Constant lag spikes

I'm on the California server.
Tonight, just now, for the past 30 minutes (it's 10:12pm), it was spiking above 1000 ping.
I wouldn't be able to move or do much, but the monsters still were.. so it was very scary.
I switched to the Texas server and I'm fine now.

I hope this will do with reporting the issue... anyone of any importance reading this?

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mrbawjangles wrote:

ggg pls have another tech look into this...its obviously on YOUR end

I'm having incredible lag on every EU server since last week, all freezes for over 5 seconds and usually it ends with my pg dead or a disconnection error.
Seems very much an overloaded server-side: things get messy when there are likely more active players.
Now for what I see POE is totally unplayable in EU, and I think GGG ignoring so many complains is the worse part

It is basically unplayable for me as well on EU. Every say 10 seconds or so, the game just stops and freezes for 1 to 2 seconds before going again. This of course gets me killed now and then (no hardcore possible) and is of course more seriously a huge let down to the enjoyment of playing the game.

During xmas holiday I played on an old laptop and it was a lot smoother, now that I am home on my gaming rig (980 card) I am having massive problems and lags, so it is obviously not my rig, since I play other demanding games flawlessly.

After changes of my previous post, my lag is gone but... fk guys... this game rly SUCKS!
Open 77 map, in there - zana 78 one... and game just stop. Disconect.... afrer connect - nothing. All portals gone... 15k armor, 6k life, all resist 75+ 60k dps - ground slam char 92lvl and ? die from 1 hit from somethign... I realy loose faith in the mechanic of this game. To play with char up to lvl 90 is just a madness. I should pay to play !? fk this! Another "free" game... D2 die... PoE die... no matter what we talk... they talk about money!

Dear GGG guys, please fix lag problems!
So many players including me just can't play your great game due to lags!

turn the predective mode on.. this help me..seems a problem with the lockstep on the eu server or generrell ...an we all post/sent GGG the winmrt thing and no replay....

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decided to share winmtr too, may be this will help a bit. today spkies started way too early than usual, after about 1 hour of playing

I've pretty much dropped out of HC due to all the latency issues I've been having recently. Kind of sad about the whole situation, especially considering the obscene amount I pay for quality internet. Laggy-ass softcore isn't that much fun either though...........

removed by author because problem is not the same as OP's

I have also seen this problem on US servers. I've lost 3 HC characters in the past few days due to lag spikes, always when summoning talisman bosses.

I'm aware of the dangers of HC but honestly, the lag when talisman boss is summoned is a particularly ill-timed problem. It ensures that I'm standing around like an idiot in the middle of the monsters when they show up and pummel me. And I can't really tell whether I'm having slight lag or "you should quit" lag until it's too late and quitting won't save me.

I had done numerous talisman fights before and there was always that initial burst of lag, but it usually started after my character already started walking or teleporting out of the center circle, and resolved with my totem, summons, etc. chewing through enemies or at least holding them back long enough for me to turn the tide or run. In each of the recent cases I could probably have gotten out if I could have seen everything happening or if my commands went through, even if they went through late. By the time it registered in my head "this is really bad lag" and I quit out I was already dead.

I know ideally the safest solution would be to only play HC when there is no lag, and quit out the instant any lag at all appears, but if I did that, then I'd be quitting every 30 seconds. I really just wouldn't be able to play at all.