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9 years ago

Titanfall 2 and Battlefield 1 Lag and Rubber-Banding in Multiplayer

Some days of the week, usually weekends, I have lag "spikes" that occur in both Battlefield 1 Multiplayer and Titanfall 2 Multiplayer. I have performed detailed diagnostics on my home network, my modem, my router, my computer, and even asked my ISP (Comcast) for help and what I've learned through many hours of troubleshooting my own network and internet connection is that there is nothing wrong with my network or internet connection. I have a 150 Megabit/sec. download and 20 Megabit/sec. upload speed from my DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem and a solid, reliable ethernet (cat-6) connection from my gaming PC to my router and between the modem and router. My internet connection speed has stayed steady from 140 to 160 Mbps down and 12-20 Mbps up for many months now and nothing has broken or gone wrong on my network, and my gaming PC is connected properly with no issues. 

Despite hours of troubleshooting on my side and in my network and PC, I cannot solve this BF1 and Titanfall 2 multiplayer lag/rubber-banding issue. This problem is not a result of my PC's game frame-rate or performance. My PC specs are very fast and modern, far-exceeding the system requirements of BF1 and Titanfall 2. I have Windows 10 Pro (licensed), an Intel Core i5 6600K at 4.5 GHz, 32 GB of DDR4 2400 RAM, my games are installed on fast Samsung 850 Pro SSD's with lots of space, my graphics card is an EVGA/Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti with 6 GB of dedicated GDDR5 VRAM, my motherboard is a Gigabyte G1 Gaming Z170X, my sound card is a Creative SoundBlaster ZxR dB Pro outputting 24-bit/96-KHz DTS 5.1 sound via optical cable. My PC runs these two games above 60 frames-per-second consistently, never falling below 60 FPS. 

I am able to connect to both the BF1 EA/Origin official game servers and the Titanfall 2 official game servers/data centers with a ping always at or below 40 ms to 50 ms. I can successfully log-in to both games' official multiplayer data centers/servers with no problems. But when I play multiplayer matches this morning and this afternoon (10/30/2016) I experience ping <50 ms but with significant and regular lag. The lag occurs the same way, with a "rubber-banding" effect whereby my player and all the other players "freeze" suddenly, this freezing lasts from 1-4 seconds, but the game itself is not frozen, animations still play, my frame-rate remains above 60 FPS, and I am connected to the games' servers. I never get disconnected from the servers of BF1 or Titanfall 2 while this lag occurs. Then, when the "freezes" end after a few seconds, everything starts moving again as per normal as it should, but about 5 to 10 seconds later another identical type of "freeze" occurs and my character and all other characters just pause everything suddenly, then when a few more seconds go by everything "un-freezes" again and this cycle just repeats every 5 to 10 seconds over and over until the match is finished, again, this occurs identically in Battlefield 1 multiplayer and in Titanfall 2 multiplayer, on official servers. 

What's interesting is that I experienced NO lag at all just yesterday (10/29/2016), but this exact lag problem with "rubber-banding" has occurred the same exact way before under the same exact conditions. I have run network diagnostics at the same time as these lag freezes occur and have not been able to identify any change in ping in any area of my connection to my network or internet connection, and my game ping remains great (<50 ms) the whole time. 

Additionally, I have tried connecting to different official servers/data centers in Titanfall 2 prior to starting a multiplayer match, I've selected all of the different data centers in the US that I can choose from, from Texas to Virginia, to New York etc... and the lag problem occurs the exact same way with the same freezing timing every time (3-5 second freezes followed by 5-10 seconds of smooth gameplay, followed by another freeze, repeating until end of the match). 

My best guess is that there is a problem in the connection between my ISP's connection and the EA/Origin (BF1/Titanfall 2) official game servers/data centers. However, this problem is not on my end, all of my router and networks' ports are forwarded fully, ports 80, 443, 20000-20099, 30000-30099, 80000-80099, and a few other port ranges. My router is a Cisco/Linksys EA6900 and my modem is a Motorola SurfBoard SB6190 and both are functioning properly and with excellent connection to the internet and to my gaming PC. 

One last bit of information is that on my gaming PC I have Windows 10 Pro (licensed) as my O.S. and I have full/licensed legitimate copies of MalwareBytes Anti-Malware as well as ESET Smart Security 9 Professional installed as my two Anti-Malware and Anti-Virus software applications. Inside these two applications I have forwarded the correct ports for both Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, Origin, and all the necessary ports on both TCP and UDP. I also have Anti-Virus/Anti-Malware application exceptions added properly for all game executable files and all other types of game files and directories in both ESET Smart Security 9 and MalwareBytes Anti-Malware software. I don't use any Windows 10 built-in Anti-Virus or Firewall applications, ESET and MalwareBytes are the only two I use. I've even tried turning both firewalls off and turned off ESET and MalwareBytes entirely while trying to play BF1 and Titanfall 2 online, but the lag freezes and rubber-banding have continued today, even after several full system reboots and even more troubleshooting. 

I am hoping that someone can help me understand if there is a problem with EA's/Origin's official BF1/Titanfall 2 game server or data center bandwidth, or if there is currently server over-population, overcrowding, or infrastructure problems on your end (EA) that are being actively investigated or taken care of if this is a common problem today. I am also hoping, that perhaps there are even more ports I can open up in my router or any other steps I can take on my end to try and fix these lag freezes.

Thank your for your support, your time, and your patience, your help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

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