"Server not responding" = Game unplayabale

swiftmonkey

Starting about 3-4 days ago I have logged in to the game, only to lag out constantly via "server not responding". This game is now, tonight, unplayable at all. I can't take 5 steps without lagging/disconnecting. I find it odd that I was able to play for weeks with no problem at all up until 4 days ago. Just the game is lagging, but sometimes every now and then my entire computer lags out and I'm forced to restart. Please respond with something that will help and possibly fix this, as I know I am not the only person with this problem.

Here are the test results that I ran, and already I can tell something is not right.

tracer of patching server

Tracing route to patchserver.crypticstudios.com [208.95.185.41] over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 4 ms 3 ms 3 ms homeportal [192.168.1.254]
2 1080 ms 1195 ms 1191 ms 107-194-68-3.lightspeed.irvnca.sbcglobal.net [107.194.68.3]
3 * * * Request timed out.
4 39 ms 30 ms 33 ms 12.83.38.149
5 26 ms 27 ms 30 ms la2ca03jt.ip.att.net [12.122.84.217]z
6 70 ms 69 ms 70 ms te0-7-0-2.ccr22.lax05.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.11.9]
7 68 ms 66 ms 71 ms be2024.ccr22.lax01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.30.193]
8 110 ms 113 ms 108 ms te0-3-0-6.ccr22.iah01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.3.185]
9 97 ms 97 ms 79 ms te0-0-0-2.mpd22.atl01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.29.9]
10 * 93 ms 97 ms te0-0-0-3.mpd22.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.28.209]
11 96 ms 96 ms 96 ms te0-3-0-4.ccr22.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.6.14]
12 102 ms 103 ms 101 ms te0-4-0-3.ccr22.bos01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.44.66]
13 109 ms 101 ms 101 ms te4-2.ccr01.bos06.atlas.cogentco.com [66.28.4.254]
14 105 ms 107 ms 113 ms 38.111.40.114
15 103 ms 100 ms 102 ms 208.95.185.41

Trace complete.


CrypticNetTest

contacting nettest server..
Local IP: 107.194.70.3
Ping: 100.1 msec
Port: 80: 44 KB/sec 5 KB/sec 59 KB/sec 500
Port: 80: 15 KB/sec 4 KB/sec 27 KB/sec 500
Port: 443: 14 KB/sec 5 KB/sec 28 KB/sec 500
Port: 443: 26 KB/sec 5 KB/sec 39 KB/sec 500
Port: 7255: 33 KB/sec 5 KB/sec 46 KB/sec 500
Port: 7255: 100 KB/sec 7 KB/sec 120 KB/sec 500
Port: 7003: 43 KB/sec 6 KB/sec 58 KB/sec 500
Port: 7003: 15 KB/sec 4 KB/sec 30 KB/sec 500
Port: 7202: 30 KB/sec 5 KB/sec 44 KB/sec 500
Port: 7202: 29 KB/sec 5 KB/sec 43 KB/sec 500
Port: 7499: timed out
Port: 7499: 8 KB/sec 3 KB/sec 21 KB/sec 500
Port: 80: 21 KB/sec 4 KB/sec 36 KB/sec 500
Idle NIC bandwidth Send: 4 KB/sec Recv: 16 KB/sec
hit return to exit

swiftmonkey

And before you ask/suggest. Yes, I have done everything else from options. Disabled on-demand patching, proxy, etc.

cryptoknight22

Totally agree. Started seeing this yesterday (didn't play day before) and now I'm getting it constantly when zoning - usually when joining a dungeon or skirmish group. I had to ctrl-alt-del on the last one since the timer didn't seem to end. I gave up after 300 seconds. Even when the error doesn't occur, loading zones is soooo much slower than before.