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Anonymous
10 years ago

Extremely bad lag in PVP

Ability lag and player positioning lag is terrible in lvl 65 PVP (Harbinger). No where else in the game does this happen. My connection is as stable as it usually is. I've tried mid bracket PVP and it has a little bit of this lag and the low bracket has none.

This was a problem when 4.0 was released and then got better. It might be coincidence that chapter 10 is about to launch, but considering they did something to the servers recently and this problem started after that, I can only assume it has something to do with this.

Also theres this other issue I've had since September last year which also has some impact, but hasn't changed since then, so I'm pretty sure that's not the issue. But I'll include it too in case you think it's necessary. Ive run multiple tests using ping plotter and I use Nice Trace if I'm on my iPad (like now), all seem good till I get to hops 9 and 10, which look like the ones before the EA server farm. Constant 85-99% packet loss, but I've been assure from people that this is normal and has nothing to do with the lag (seems weird). I am attaching a screen shot of what I mean. 

So first, can someone get back to me about the game lag and second can someone explain this packet loss in my screen shot.

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  • proxos666's avatar
    proxos666
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    10 years ago

    @flirtyfemme

    I see nothing wrong with those hops , if the packet loss was an issue it would carry forward to the hops after them.

    ICMP packets are low priority to a router

    Can you post a pingplotter graph as a jpg that has been run when the issue is occurring in game

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Hi Owen,

    Sure, I've got some ping plotter jpgs. I just need to get them from my PC to my iPad and I'll post.

    they also show big packet loss at those hops as well as errors. It might take a day or so to get them transferred .

    I was wondering if you had any thoughts on the actual experiences I'm having with ability activation lag in lvl 65 PVP as well as the jerkiness and player positioning lag? This is not happening in any other part of the game outside of PVP. It does happen in lower lvl PVP and mid lvl, but it is nearly unnoticeable.

    Myself and 2 others actually saw a smuggler in Quesh Hutt ball get stunned in the green sludge at the bottom, as soon as this happened he started to glitch for about 2-3 sec's then seemed to teleport through the floor the goal line.

    I have seen a lot of this strange stuff going on in the last few weeks, including people flying and shooting through walls, floating above the ground or even half in it and you cannot target them.

    I've been assured by people I have asked that this is normal game lag doing this, but I have played PVP since launch and I have never seen lag do this before, especially 6 out of 10 matches.

  • proxos666's avatar
    proxos666
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    10 years ago

    @flirtyfemme

    Have you run a game repair to be sure its not a game file issue ?

    Non-Streaming launcher - Log into the launcher but don't click Play. Check for small letters "ST" in the bottom left corner.
    If this is NOT present, With the new launcher after login , select the username pulldown on the top right and select settings, then press repair.
     
    Streaming launcher - If the letters "ST" is present, close the launcher, right mouse click on the game shortcut,
    select open file location and delete the BitRaider folder. Then start the launcher
     
    Also with the game closed , right mouse click on the game shortcut, select open file location, go into the swtor folder here and delete the file called diskcachearena (don't delete the swtor folder)
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Thanks Owen,

    ill try try the game repair to make sure. Do you know how long it takes?

  • proxos666's avatar
    proxos666
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    10 years ago

    @flirtyfemme

    In theory it should be fairly quick , it should only download items it requires if it finds issues.

    if using the streaming launcher , it will have a small download due to deleting the bitraider folder , deleting that folder is a quick easy way to trigger the repair per here

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Tested the repair and nothing to repair.

    deleted the file.

    still no improvement 

    just to confirm, this is worst in lvl 65 PVP, nearly unplayable.. Happens in lower PVP, but it's more forgiving at that lvl 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    If you call that lag you should come to australia.

    PvP always lags more than PvE. The more players who are interacting in PvP, the worse. Its because of the basic scripting and algorithms are interfering because of the fact that two or more characters are interacting on each other. (Im no good at explaining it in simple words, it ends up gibberish but i tried, hopefully you get the gist.)

    Look at GW2 for instance they have 40v40-80v80 PvP battles, your MS will go from 0-200 to 800+. Happens to everyone, and often depends on many factors you cant do anything about.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Thanks for the reply😊 I am also from Australia

    I've actually been pvping in the game since launch and I do understand that PVP is more laggy than PVE and why it is.

    My issue isn't related to the "normal" lag I am used to getting. It's the increase of ability activation lag and positioning lag that is the problem

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