Lag

[Justpixels]

Seriosly! I start to wonder why I even pay for the VIP in this game! Well it aint the game...

Its the servers this game is running on! It's getting worse every day, after specific times its UNPLAYABLE due the ammount of lag.
Last quest I had to abandon and after a long pause of swearing I realized I pulled off 500 mana on spells...that didnt even land or anything! Why?
Since the lag ate em up!

Right, other toon, ranger...arrows deals no dmg no hits or misses due lag!
Fighter, no hits lands due lag...

What is my bandwich? Well atm sitting on 99% speed on a 100mbit fiber connection UP and DOWN!

Same issues happens to several players I know and they experience the same issue, also sitting on fiber connections.

My location? Sweden!

Talked to friend of mine who lives in the USA, same issues.
This problem NEED to be looked into asap! Unless you want to have the issue and loose players, since that is just a matter of time.


Shape up and fix it!

[Telmarinne]

Dont you just love when it takes 10mins just to run across the marketplace or watching helplessly while you get slowly beaten to death .. I think its actually a new spell DDO gave our opponents called RedFacedHairPulledOutFrustratedScreamSmashedComput erScreen

[MsEricka]

No lag here.

There are many causes of lag, most of them have to do with your connection or your computer. Of course when 99.9% of players hear that they stop listening.

Latency. That's your connection, either between you and your ISP or your ISP and Turbine. It's nothing Turbine can control. So what are your ping times during these times of latency to the DDO servers? If they're high, that's your issue and there's not much that can be done.

Your computer is another issue. Fragmentation, viruses, spyware/adware, virus scanner.. in other words hard drive activity. Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it's not happening.

Lag could be caused by old (bad/inefficient) drivers, poor hardware choices and heat. Check your cpu and gpu temp and make sure they're running cool. Just because you have a $200 fan doesn't mean it's working properly.

[Antheal]

So... just because you're never online at the times when lag is at its worst, means that lag doesn't exist?

[Ryan220]

I ve only had a small amount of rubber banding twice if i remember correctly. So lag isnt an issue for me

Im not saying it doesnt exist because clearly it is an issue for some.

I never play between 0100 and 0600 Gmt (which is when the US population is most active?) Maybe its more laggy then?

[Failedlegend]

There is actually very little lag in this game most of the "lag" is on the client side not the server side...recently i upgraded my PC and all my "lag" disappeared.

[donfilibuster]

Theres several kinds of lag, one needs to troubleshoot a bit and make sure everything is right.
If it worked before and not now may check for damaged RAM out of the blue or any recent changes to the system.

Also, if your install is four or more updates old, say, from before u5, then consider a full reinstall.
This is to rule out the 'dat file fragmentation' issue, which some people get and some don't.

But server side lag do exist, u9 has reportedly increased crashing and odd latency problems.
Some of us have witnessed mass disconnections that multiple people would confirm in general chat.
There's also that 'contagious' lag where someone gets latency and it spreads to whoever is nearby.
And then there's the reports about failed ToDs and other raids due to party wide lag.

There's however, a thread where a dev is asking for details on lag related to u9.
If someone is so kind of fishing up the link, my search-fu is lagging.