Extreme lag spikes on all EU servers since last patch

Here is my MTR: https://pastebin.com/pze4bTxG
I am using wired connection and up until now I never had any problems with the game.

After the last patch, I see consistent latency spikes every ~10 or so seconds, making the game unplayable for me.

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cadosinio#5981 wrote:

Here is my MTR: https://pastebin.com/pze4bTxG

| Host - % | Sent | Recv | Best | Avrg | Wrst | Last |
|------------------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
| 192.168.68.1 - 0 | 82 | 82 | 1 | 5 | 143 | 1 |


There is something wrong if your computer is connected to your router via an Ethernet cable and - in a test as short as 82 requests (we typically ask for 500) - we're already seeing a ping as high as 143 ms without the traffic having ever left your home.

I hadn't seen this prior to responding to your other post.

Is there anybody else using your network who might be putting it under strain, such as by torrenting? (Perfectly legal downloads such as Linux distros, I am sure.)

My thinking is two-fold. One, there is zero packet loss affecting your connection to the server itself. Two, the latency spikes we see never get materially worse... for example, on hop #1 it's 143 ms, and on hop #5 it's 177 ms. While hop 5's worst latency value is, well, worse - hop #1 is within your own home, and hop #5 is miles away. We would expect travel time to increase with the distance involved, and a 'jump' of 34 ms doesn't clearly convey that both your home network and your ISP both have issues occurring. I suspect improving things in your home would 'fix' things for you.

There is nobody else using my network.
I have a PC connected by wire to the router.
There are zero problems with any other online games I play (FPS games, mobas and MMOS).
There are zero problems with speedtest.

Nothing is broken except POE1 latency spikes after the latest patch.

The latency spikes make the game unplayable for me.

This is the latency graph when I'm connected to Amsterdam (ping 60ms)

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