Wow Disconnects Since Patch
Hi Y'all I've been having issues with World of Warcraft since around the 19th of October - huge lag spikes and very frequent disconnects. These issues are only with World of Warcraft, not with other games. After much browsing of the WoW forums, I've eliminated my game installation, my computer, my router, my network card, my graphics card and the server itself as the source of the problem. This leaves one - my ISP (you guys) and, according to the WoW forums, a number of ISPs (including Rogers) have had a problem with WoW data since their latest update (which was around the 19th of October). They mumbled something about flagging wow packets as P2P traffic and throttling them and that I should talk to my ISP. Is anyone else experiencing similar issues over the last couple of weeks, has anyone found a good fix for it and to whom should I be addressing my complaint? The game is basically unplayable now and, as it is a nice source of relaxation for myself, I intend to continue to be able to play it even if I need to switch ISPs.
I have various tracert and packet captures during a crash if they would help anyone. Thanks in advance! Robert.edited labels. Not sure if this is any help but here is my experience: I know sometime after patch 4.01 I started having lockups going into dungeons, which I fixed by clearing my cache folder. I remember at that time people in my 5-man dungeons would keep d/c'ing randomly but it didn't happen to me. A few days later I had several disconnects within about an hour period, particularly after a flightpath or while zoning. That seemed to go away on its own and since then I've been fine (played for several hours on weekend without issue).
But I'll post here with any changes. I use Rogers 25MB service in Toronto area for what its worth. I haven't played since about Feb of 2010 (but Cataclysm is a tempting mistress!), but I was a 6 year vet prior to that (original beta, whoohoo). I know they've been doing a tonne of changes in the way the data is transmitted since 4.0 (or whatever the last major push was), however, it shouldn't have affected connectivity ('shouldn't' being the operative word). There are a number of reports floating around the web (and I think i saw a couple on this forum) of some oddities with traffic management of P2P traffic that should not be occuring on the Rogers network. I've been trying to inquire about it, but it's a difficult topic to get a straight answer on. If it is being caused by something on the Rogers end, such as traffic management software not working as it should be, we should be able to correct it once we can isolate it.
There's a few lengthy threads at dslreports on the subject, which leads me to believe that something is going on, but not sure what at this point. I love you service, and for the last few days i have been randomly disconnecting from my hobby, WoW.
Judging by the thousands of forum posts about this we all now know that there is an issue that is causing people to randomly disconnect from WoW every 15 mins. Please let us know you are trying to fix it, contact WoW people, work together and lets get this issue resolved, I would like to contiune enjoying my hobby which needs a stable internet connection, if i can not do it with my favorite ISP, you rogers!! I will be forced to go somewhere else Thank you. Okinman, not sure if you saw some posts in this thread: I'm assuming you have tried the troubleshooting listed on Blizzard's forum?
As the title says, I've been disconnecting every few minutes on average and am constantly in a situation where all of my abilities are lit up as.
Not trying to put fuel on a fire, but I'm using Rogers and have not experienced this constant disconnect issue. Maybe (so far) I'm lucky? I notice there are many posts in the Blizzard forums about disconnects and it looks like from different ISPs.
But I agree there are some threads where several Rogers users report this issue. Either way, hope that your issue gets fixed.
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World of Warcraft: Legion or World of Warcraft in general, isn’t new to lag and latency issues. Ever since we got hands on the latest expansion, the problem seems to have increased than ever. The community is quite enraged in this matter and after going through a lot of forums, we found that many are even threatening for a refund for the game. Unless can sort out my lag and disconnect before I will quit and expect a refund — Peter Worthington (@CatshillPeter) This lag is getting stupid, how can you guys still not have server protection? I regret even purchasing Legion — Joshua Klaeser (@Ophindris) Totally just lagged out during a legion invasion. Hit just under 4K on lag?
Was happily levelling my shaman too — ♡ S T E P ♡ (@LegallyB0ned) Blizzard’s Response on WoW: Legion Lag It is good to know that Blizzard isn’t turning a blind eye to it and is doing their part to come up with a solution. Blizzard knows that players are facing lag problems in Legion and tweaks have become part of their updates they roll out every now and then.
However, another point to note is that Blizzard is already too plagued with threats as they have faced many DDoS attacks as of recent. Apart from that, the engine that designed World of Warcraft is quite old and adjusting it accordingly becomes difficult. It is why many players even with their GTX 1080s and RX 480s aren’t able to fully utilize their GPUs and in turn face FPS drops and WoW: Legion Lag. This was also pointed out among one of the threads regarding which kind of makes sense why there are so many players facing the issue. Blizzard in this regards also posted something on the official forum enlightening players of the possible problems that players might face during the pre-patch release.
But the lengthy post still didn’t include each and every problem and is why Blizzard also mentioned that “the list does not include every issue that we know about, but a majority that we feel will impact you the most.” WoW: Legion Lag Fix So as part of our efforts to provide gamers the liberty of playing their favorite games with an enhanced experience, we would be putting through a few steps that will help you solve WoW Legion lag problems and hopefully allow a smoother gameplay. Step 1: Turn down your graphic settings If your WoW legion lag is related to FPS drops lower your graphical settings as per the aspects defined below. Yes, even though you have the best computer in the world, giving this a try is still worthy. As described above, since the game’s engine being outdated, it does not utilize computers the way it should. As a result even having high-end PCs don’t let you play WoW legion lag free. Take down Anti-Aliasing to zero or minimum.
Reduce Draw Distance. Reduce Shadow Quality Furthermore, there are also some significant tweaks that are recommended if the above ones don’t seem to help. Disable all add-ons (Trust me this helps in 90% of the cases). Set Render Scale to 100%. Turn off Vsync and Triple Buffering. If you have a good GPU and Monitor turning on Gsync will give you the same graphical results without compromising any FPS. Step 2: Prioritize the game over other processes Since WoW doesn’t fully utilize the capabilities of a computer, in many cases, this can be the source of the issue.
The game does not consume all the cores of a PC the way it should and in return can cause WoW Legion lag. Forcing high priority to the game has solved the problem in many cases. DO NOT however, set the game to Real Time priority as it may crash your computer. We hope you know how to do it, but if you don’t you can find the pictorial representation below; Step 3: Reset Game Settings One good way to make sure your WoW Legion lag isn’t because of inappropriate game files is to scan and repair them through Blizzard’s utility. Those who have been playing the game in the past would probably know how to do it. As for those who are new to the MMORPG the points below will let you know how to do it. In the Battle.net app click on World of Warcraft and go to options.
The options button is located right in the front and looks like this. Click Scan and Repair. The utility will check all game files for World of Warcraft: Legion and automatically repair them if deem necessary. Start the game and observe the changes. If it helped, you would be able to see a significant decrease in WoW Legion lag and at the least, you will experience an FPS increase for the game. In case no detrimental changes were observed, one should also reset the World of Warcraft UI as the game add-ons can also be the culprit behind the problem. Simply locate the World of Warcraft folder in your computer.
Look for folders named WTF, Interface and Cache. Rename them with WTFOld, InterfaceOld and CacheOld respectively. Relaunch the game and it will automatically reset your game UI to the default settings. You can later copy your desired addons from the Old folder Step 4: Improving Internet Connection While this may sound strange but bad internet connections are one of the main reasons why one might be facing WoW Legion lag. The game is very network demanding, and if your internet isn’t up to the task, chances are you will never be able to solve the problem.
While an internet connection of 2MBPS is recommended, we advise you to upgrade it to at least a 4MBPS connection. It’s because of the huge amount of game data that is required to play the game in a smooth environment. Roaming freely in the world you won’t notice anything, but in PvP and PvE scenarios you will clearly be able to see a lackluster performance. In the case of PvE scenarios where DPS is considered the only difference between a good and bad raider, pings above 100ms will apparently put you on the back foot. It’s something that can greatly felt by Hunters whose primary damage output is by standing and throwing out your arrows. In PvP cases, each and every second counts. Split second decisions can be the difference between a match won or lost, and you are greatly relying on coordination and timings to get the upper hand.
Your teammate expects the same for you, and if you mess up your timings then most likely you are as good as dead. Step 5: Using a lag reducer We are not boasting about how awesome we are at reducing lag but truth be told, we have our success story to back up the statement.
Blizzard’s FPS Overwatch in its Beta stage and even after the official release faced similar troubles. We asked players to give a try and it worked wonders for them. We already support Warlords of Draenor and ever since Legion’s pre-release Kill Ping’s main focus was to support the new expansion as well. Thankfully, the homework is done and Kill Ping now fully backs World of Warcraft: Legion. Therefore, along with the tweaks described above, the best thing you can do to reduce WoW: Legion lag is to use Kill Ping. Above, you will find a video of a user who used Kill Ping to reduce WoW: Legion lag and was satisfied, to say the least.
Below are the results of one of another user who has been playing since Vanilla WoW. In the past, the pre-release patch was just unplayable for him but now with the help of Kill Ping, he can play it in much smoother settings. This is why we recommend you to try Kill Ping and see the difference. Hopefully, you will be able to get rid of WoW Legion lag and witness and much enhanced online gaming experience.