Game Freezes, Huge Lag Spikes, particularly when other ppl in the same instance

I am getting ridiculous lag as high as 10000 ms latency, particularly in parties and at crowed base instance, like a1n. Most of the latency graph would spike and remained flat until it ends, (Most of the time it didn't.) I am unable to open stash or it takes like 2-3 mins to load. In an attempt to resolve the lag spike, I try to spam lightning warp. As a result, frequently, I received "an unexpected disconnection" message and put me back to login screen. I tried all the four servers. Still, none of them allowed me to play during peak hours.

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| WinMTR statistics |
| Host - % | Sent | Recv | Best | Avrg | Wrst | Last |
|------------------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
| 10.133.168.1 - 0 | 154 | 154 | 6 | 14 | 112 | 8 |
| 192.168.119.181 - 0 | 154 | 154 | 7 | 16 | 118 | 10 |
| 192.168.66.13 - 0 | 154 | 154 | 8 | 15 | 116 | 8 |
| 192.168.68.81 - 0 | 154 | 154 | 7 | 18 | 195 | 11 |
| 192.168.64.29 - 0 | 154 | 154 | 8 | 17 | 117 | 8 |
| softlayer1-lacp-10G.hkix.net - 0 | 154 | 154 | 8 | 17 | 114 | 10 |
| ae0.bbr02.eq01.tok01.networklayer.com - 1 | 150 | 149 | 58 | 66 | 164 | 62 |
| ae7.bbr01.eq01.tok01.networklayer.com - 0 | 154 | 154 | 59 | 66 | 164 | 61 |
| ae2.bbr02.eq01.sjc02.networklayer.com - 0 | 154 | 154 | 157 | 165 | 261 | 159 |
| ae0.bbr02.cs01.lax01.networklayer.com - 0 | 154 | 154 | 163 | 173 | 272 | 170 |
| ae7.bbr01.cs01.lax01.networklayer.com - 0 | 154 | 154 | 170 | 178 | 312 | 178 |
| ae19.bbr01.eq01.dal03.networklayer.com - 0 | 154 | 154 | 198 | 206 | 301 | 200 |
| ae0.dar02.sr01.dal01.networklayer.com - 0 | 154 | 154 | 199 | 210 | 300 | 204 |
| po2.fcr05.sr06.dal01.networklayer.com - 0 | 154 | 154 | 195 | 204 | 300 | 202 |
| patch101.pathofexile.com - 0 | 154 | 154 | 193 | 200 | 297 | 197 |
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|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| WinMTR statistics |
| Host - % | Sent | Recv | Best | Avrg | Wrst | Last |
|------------------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
| 10.133.168.1 - 0 | 185 | 185 | 4 | 14 | 114 | 8 |
| 192.168.120.181 - 0 | 185 | 185 | 8 | 16 | 124 | 10 |
| 192.168.66.9 - 0 | 185 | 185 | 7 | 15 | 123 | 11 |
| 192.168.68.81 - 0 | 185 | 185 | 7 | 16 | 120 | 12 |
| 192.168.64.45 - 0 | 185 | 185 | 7 | 16 | 150 | 116 |
| softlayer1-lacp-10G.hkix.net - 0 | 185 | 185 | 7 | 16 | 135 | 10 |
| ae7.bbr02.pn01.hkg01.networklayer.com - 0 | 185 | 185 | 9 | 17 | 133 | 12 |
| ae0.bbr02.eq01.sng02.networklayer.com - 0 | 185 | 185 | 38 | 47 | 151 | 42 |
| ae7.bbr01.eq01.sng02.networklayer.com - 0 | 185 | 185 | 38 | 46 | 138 | 40 |
| ae5.dar01.sr03.sng01.networklayer.com - 0 | 185 | 185 | 38 | 46 | 154 | 40 |
| po1.fcr01.sr03.sng01.networklayer.com - 53 | 61 | 29 | 40 | 56 | 179 | 45 |
|216.12.203.91-static.reverse.softlayer.com - 0 | 185 | 185 | 39 | 47 | 151 | 42 |
|________________________________________________|______|______|______|______|______|______|
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Last edited by MinaGing on Jul 28, 2014, 2:31:51 PM
Were these traces captured while experiencing an issue?

They also only have a coupe of minutes of data in it.

You should run it for at least 300 packets (5 minutes).
I don't thinks so, there are no signs of the behaviour described.
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| WinMTR statistics |
| Host - % | Sent | Recv | Best | Avrg | Wrst | Last |
|------------------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
| 10.133.168.1 - 1 | 498 | 497 | 5 | 12 | 75 | 14 |
| 192.168.119.181 - 0 | 502 | 502 | 7 | 15 | 121 | 13 |
| 192.168.66.13 - 0 | 502 | 502 | 5 | 14 | 118 | 13 |
| 192.168.68.81 - 1 | 498 | 497 | 6 | 14 | 190 | 9 |
| 192.168.64.29 - 0 | 502 | 502 | 6 | 16 | 160 | 9 |
| softlayer1-lacp-10G.hkix.net - 1 | 495 | 493 | 7 | 15 | 116 | 12 |
| ae0.bbr02.eq01.tok01.networklayer.com - 0 | 502 | 502 | 57 | 66 | 141 | 65 |
| ae7.bbr01.eq01.tok01.networklayer.com - 0 | 502 | 502 | 58 | 66 | 173 | 71 |
| ae2.bbr02.eq01.sjc02.networklayer.com - 1 | 498 | 497 | 157 | 165 | 232 | 167 |
| ae0.bbr02.cs01.lax01.networklayer.com - 0 | 502 | 502 | 165 | 173 | 282 | 167 |
| ae7.bbr01.cs01.lax01.networklayer.com - 0 | 502 | 502 | 169 | 178 | 260 | 174 |
| ae19.bbr01.eq01.dal03.networklayer.com - 0 | 502 | 502 | 197 | 206 | 280 | 202 |
| ae0.dar02.sr01.dal01.networklayer.com - 0 | 502 | 502 | 200 | 209 | 282 | 203 |
| po2.fcr05.sr06.dal01.networklayer.com - 0 | 502 | 502 | 195 | 205 | 353 | 198 |
| patch101.pathofexile.com - 0 | 502 | 502 | 192 | 200 | 275 | 197 |
|________________________________________________|______|______|______|______|______|______|
WinMTR v0.92 GPL V2 by Appnor MSP - Fully Managed Hosting & Cloud Provider

Taken when I am experiencing terrible lag, even get myself disconnected in the end.
Last edited by MinaGing on Jul 28, 2014, 2:58:28 PM
Photo for proof

[URL=http://imgur.com/ULfzM7i][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/ULfzM7i.png?1[/IMG][/URL]
Last edited by MinaGing on Jul 28, 2014, 3:05:39 PM
If these were taken at the same time, then your issue is not likely network related, and more likely related to the PC specifically.

There are factors which can cause the "latency" to spike higher than the network trace is showing.

These are usually bottlenecks in your PC setup. Do you get screen freezes as well?
Sometimes i get screen freezes. Although my pc is not very good and I have set the texture quality to 4 or 5, I can play in parties with no or little disconnect issues in off-peak hours.

I think it is due to the having different people from different servers being in the same instance. I only occasionally experience these crazy lag spike when I am the one creating the instance or that I am the only one in the instance.
That might be possible. Maybe you should test to party with some players from the same gateway.

Are you on WIFI and can you give some more information about your LAN?
I will try testing with players from the same gateway.


Yes, I am playing on my home's wifi. There are less than 4 device connected to my router at all time. Even if my computer is the only device using the internet, I still experience lag spike.

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