Talk:Latency

Move Closer to the Server Tip
Removed, for obvious reasons.(It was retarded, yeah let's spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to move and shave off 20 ping in Guild Wars) Hawk Skreer 23:21, 25 June 2007 (CDT)

Things that Seem to Help Lag
This section is for simple solutions that you have noticed seem to stop/lessen the effects of lag.

To start the list off here are three:


 * 1) More RAM usally helps.
 * 2) I have found Free Ram Optimizer to help. (Note that Guildwiki neither supports or recommends this product at this time.)
 * 3) On the Guild Wars shortcut.
 * Right Click. Select Properties
 * Go to Shortcut Tab
 * Where it says target at the end of that type -image
 * Run Guild Wars (Note it will have to decompress all the files.)


 * Those are not latency related really, ram issues are computer related and do not effect the latency of a connection. The -images does not directly improve the connection speed of your connection, it only reduces what files are required to download before you go into an area and not the time it takes to send data. -- Xeon 06:34, 5 January 2007 (CST)
 * Indeed. Reducing latency basically just involves mucking around with network and firewall settings, jumping ISPs, maybe changing a driver. &mdash; 130.58 (talk) 06:48, 5 January 2007 (CST)
 * Not entirely true. Anymore, most network cards offload the majority of the processing to the CPU and memory. The idea is that the processing of network packets is so minor a cost that in most applications it won't matter. However, if a computer is borderline, or if the computer is pushing a LOT of its data into the swap file, it is entirely plausible that network performance will suffer. I would, however, point out that this is VERY much limited to PCs that are on the borderline of being able to run the application.

/jump
This is not listed in the commands article, where did you find it? Very useful I might add, I need a command like this >< Entropy 03:48, 26 December 2006 (CST)
 * Emotes <- its an emote, all emotes ask the server for a re-sync. jump is just easy to remember Xeon 07:30, 26 December 2006 (CST)

Lightning bolt
Didn't it use to mean that you were downloading something, before the little round dot came in? ~Seef II 03:18, 21 January 2007 (CST) Yeah... i think its like you said because I don´t get a DC when havong the bolt..--Krushak 06:00, 27 January 2007 (CST)

Crazy High Ping
I just got a huge lag spike. Here's Proof:



- Ayumbhara  01:46, 6 February 2007 (CST)


 * O.O I hit 200 000 ms though once. It was a "lag nuke"... preceded and followed by 50 000ms. ^_^ -- Nova  [[Image:Neo-NovaSmall.jpg]] --  (contribs) 21:00, 24 May 2007 (CDT)


 * My highest ping so far is 84,641ms. The funny thing about it is it resulted in this:



--Yaki 14:54, 6 July 2007 (CDT)
 * Degen got you that low, the kill command comes from their server before you see your character die. -- Xeon 15:02, 6 July 2007 (CDT)
 * Uhm, no? I didn't die. That was the first mob and I completed the whole run. The lag let go and I saw myself finish casting Stoneflesh. Since when has Smites caused degen? --Yaki 17:23, 6 July 2007 (CDT)
 * my highest was 2,000 then i started rubber banding like crazyHapsta 19:50, 20 July 2007 (CDT)
 * The Highest Ping i've got is 15,000 when i was in morostav trail, doing into the whirlpool quest. i was just about to ener the mission when i rubber banded back to vasburg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Crazy!!

Illogical solution?
On the solution that says move closer to the server, wouldn't you have to completly move where you live costing a person probably thousands of dollars for a game..? I think thats a retarded solution.. --Kabraxis 01:52, 6 February 2007 (CST)
 * Agreed. Remove it? --Zaros 15:36, 20 February 2007 (CST)
 * When looking at it in a Guild Wars context, yes, that is retarded. But nonetheless, that is a viable solution outside of Guild Wars. I would say just add a note.
 * I dont see how that's a solution at all, since you have no idea how the ISP redirects trafic. And yes, you would have to move a state or two. I'm guessing someone's playing a mean joke on new people. -Milcho 11:42, 12 March 2007 (CDT)
 * Yes it would cost money but it is a solution and dont think of it of as a move from state to state, think of Australia -> America. -- Xeon 22:08, 19 March 2007 (CDT)
 * I say remove. -- Nova  [[Image:Neo-NovaSmall.jpg]] --  (contribs) 21:01, 24 May 2007 (CDT)
 * Everyone agreed, yet some months later it's still there. Lol. ;-) §: TůζipVõrζąx Talk 00:16, 15 June 2007 (CDT)
 * its does prove true i live in washington no more than 75 miles from the anet offices and i rarely lag unless im getting one of those dumb streaming updatesHapsta 19:50, 20 July 2007 (CDT)

Lag Spikes
Mostly, Lag seems to be at it's highest at special events, such as the vasburg bug and the dragon festival. at the dragon festival, i had to wait 30mins for the shing jea loading screen to finish! CCRRAZZYY!!