Chris of SDA NB.1974

^^ This...particularly Thunderhead Peaks. There are some very serious issues with lag in this region even when no major events are happening. It makes the area borderline unplayable. I'm 100% sure it's not my system (AMD3950x + GTX2080Ti + reams of RAM, SSD, etc) and I'm reasonably confident that it isn't my ISP (rock solid static IP connection). I really hope someone looks into this and fixes it.

I would like to add that on Saturday I came to this region for the first time and it was unplayable throughout, with up to a 1-sec lag between pressing an attack button and there being any response to it. Everyone on the map chat said they were experiencing it so it wasn't a case of just my system or ISP connection, both of which are well above what would be considered necessary. As it was, it was unplayable so I gave up and went to a different map which was perfectly fine.

Thinking that perhaps it was simply a case of Saturday user overload I decided to come back today (Monday morning) when it would be quieter. The lag issue was better, but there was still a frequent appreciable delay of perhaps 1/3 of a second at most times, and occasional spikes when the lag was in excess of 1 or even 2 seconds. Again, asking in map chat indicated that I wasn't the only one experiencing the issue and that everyone in map was getting the same lag spikes.

The map itself is not very busy at all this morning so I can't attribute it to player overload, and I've not had any trouble in any other map I've been on...just Thunderhead Peaks. I am fairly confident that my system isn't to blame (AMD3950X, GTX2080Ti, etc) or ISP (never under 100mbps up/down, static IP, no other users sharing the connection) and that would tend to be born out by other people on the map experiencing the same issues at the same time.

Just one last note...this wasn't during just the metaevent (whatever and whenever that is). It's happening repeatedly and frequently throughout my attempts to explore the map. It will be fine for a few minutes, then lag out for a minute or two. It's unplayable. I will once again go and do something else, but I had hoped to be able to experience this map as I've been working my way through the Season 4 for the first time. Maybe I will be able to try it again after another update or two.