ProverbsofHell.2307 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Before summer of this year I played with the same PC I am currently, with the same internet - nothing has changed. I played mostly WvW but also PvP and PvE. PvP and PvE were always lag free, with slowdowns only in large metas and large blob fights in WvW. Since I returned, I have faced a new kind of lag which I didn't experience before. The entire game will become extremely slow and freeze up, this lasts for about 2 and a half seconds (I monitor my FPS, ping and relay response time, and when these "spikes" happen, all THREE are showing bad numbers, i.e. my fps will drop to single digits {like 1fps}, my ping will skyrocket into the thousands and my relay response time will be in the red). It's incredibly frustrating because I often die when this happens. This problem seems to occur upon approaching a small to large group of other players who are engaging in combat. This even happens in PvE, and not just in the larger metas. I heard the game has been even more laggy than usual lately and some friends have told me they have had similar issues of late. This is a huge problem, these issues are making me consider walking away from the game, as at the moment, I can barely play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glider.5792 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 It starts lagging due to all the players and effects you PC suddenly has to load. You can do 2 thing in options (i think): - reduce the **Character Model Limit** and **Character Model Quality** (from very high to low is best IMO), this will increase performance quite alot when it comes to "zerg" play. - check the **Effect LOD** which reduces alot of skill effects from rendering (afaik). I dont realy like this one, since i want/need to see every area of effect skill. But yeah, performance overall did drop a bit i think ? Especialy in newer areas. I might be wrong though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loosmaster.8263 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 When was the last time you updated your graphics driver? I've had 3 in the last 2 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProverbsofHell.2307 Posted September 17, 2019 Author Share Posted September 17, 2019 Yeah sorry guys I forgot to say, I have and always have had my models set to lowest, LOD checked, and what's more, I cleaned my PC both physically and digitally a couple of days ago to try fix the problem. I've updated my graphics card drivers. I want to note that whether I have my GFX set to quite high or incredibly low, it doesn't seem to prevent this issue. The game runs at a nice framerate when the freeze spikes aren't happening. Since nothing at all has changed on my end, I can only suspect that the amazon servers ArenaNet uses are to blame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 That, or the path to those servers. Tier 1 Backbones often experience periods of issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProverbsofHell.2307 Posted September 17, 2019 Author Share Posted September 17, 2019 > @"Inculpatus cedo.9234" said: > That, or the path to those servers. Tier 1 Backbones often experience periods of issues. Yeah that's possible too I suppose, I spoke to my ISP and they weren't very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biermeister.4678 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 > @"ProverbsofHell.2307" said: > Before summer of this year I played with the same PC I am currently, with the same internet - nothing has changed. I played mostly WvW but also PvP and PvE. PvP and PvE were always lag free, with slowdowns only in large metas and large blob fights in WvW. > > Since I returned, I have faced a new kind of lag which I didn't experience before. The entire game will become extremely slow and freeze up, this lasts for about 2 and a half seconds (I monitor my FPS, ping and relay response time, and when these "spikes" happen, all THREE are showing bad numbers, i.e. my fps will drop to single digits {like 1fps}, my ping will skyrocket into the thousands and my relay response time will be in the red). It's incredibly frustrating because I often die when this happens. This problem seems to occur upon approaching a small to large group of other players who are engaging in combat. This even happens in PvE, and not just in the larger metas. > > I heard the game has been even more laggy than usual lately and some friends have told me they have had similar issues of late. This is a huge problem, these issues are making me consider walking away from the game, as at the moment, I can barely play. > > > > Then you have got the new update to the game lag for any server other than the two Golden Children it has become a very useful tool you start lagging before the outnumbered notification Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowestTruth.2635 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 > @"ProverbsofHell.2307" said: > Yeah sorry guys I forgot to say, I have and always have had my models set to lowest, LOD checked, and what's more, I cleaned my PC both physically and digitally a couple of days ago to try fix the problem. I've updated my graphics card drivers. I want to note that whether I have my GFX set to quite high or incredibly low, it doesn't seem to prevent this issue. The game runs at a nice framerate when the freeze spikes aren't happening. > > Since nothing at all has changed on my end, I can only suspect that the amazon servers ArenaNet uses are to blame. Are you on Windows 10? And are you monitoring your temps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProverbsofHell.2307 Posted September 19, 2019 Author Share Posted September 19, 2019 > @"LowestTruth.2635" said: > > @"ProverbsofHell.2307" said: > > Yeah sorry guys I forgot to say, I have and always have had my models set to lowest, LOD checked, and what's more, I cleaned my PC both physically and digitally a couple of days ago to try fix the problem. I've updated my graphics card drivers. I want to note that whether I have my GFX set to quite high or incredibly low, it doesn't seem to prevent this issue. The game runs at a nice framerate when the freeze spikes aren't happening. > > > > Since nothing at all has changed on my end, I can only suspect that the amazon servers ArenaNet uses are to blame. > > Are you on Windows 10? And are you monitoring your temps? Yeah, it turned out to be a memory leak from windows 10 updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowestTruth.2635 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 > @"ProverbsofHell.2307" said: > > @"LowestTruth.2635" said: > > > @"ProverbsofHell.2307" said: > > > Yeah sorry guys I forgot to say, I have and always have had my models set to lowest, LOD checked, and what's more, I cleaned my PC both physically and digitally a couple of days ago to try fix the problem. I've updated my graphics card drivers. I want to note that whether I have my GFX set to quite high or incredibly low, it doesn't seem to prevent this issue. The game runs at a nice framerate when the freeze spikes aren't happening. > > > > > > Since nothing at all has changed on my end, I can only suspect that the amazon servers ArenaNet uses are to blame. > > > > Are you on Windows 10? And are you monitoring your temps? > > Yeah, it turned out to be a memory leak from windows 10 updates. Any idea which one? Just rolled it back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProverbsofHell.2307 Posted September 19, 2019 Author Share Posted September 19, 2019 > @"LowestTruth.2635" said: > > @"ProverbsofHell.2307" said: > > > @"LowestTruth.2635" said: > > > > @"ProverbsofHell.2307" said: > > > > Yeah sorry guys I forgot to say, I have and always have had my models set to lowest, LOD checked, and what's more, I cleaned my PC both physically and digitally a couple of days ago to try fix the problem. I've updated my graphics card drivers. I want to note that whether I have my GFX set to quite high or incredibly low, it doesn't seem to prevent this issue. The game runs at a nice framerate when the freeze spikes aren't happening. > > > > > > > > Since nothing at all has changed on my end, I can only suspect that the amazon servers ArenaNet uses are to blame. > > > > > > Are you on Windows 10? And are you monitoring your temps? > > > > Yeah, it turned out to be a memory leak from windows 10 updates. > > Any idea which one? Just rolled it back? I posted a topic on reddit half an hour ago outlining the problem and what I did to fix it: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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