Unifi is 400ms... skills got a lot delay

this make me dont want buy gw2 lol... hope they made asia server

Bandwidth and latency is two different thing.

Online MMO don't need high bandwidth, but it needs good latency. And this has got nothing to do with unify. Unify just give you more bandwidth.

TM outsources a lot of its service operators (dunno actual name) so some cheaper solutions (e.g. streamyx 1mb) in certain area will get lousier contractor, thus bad IP and spikes

unifi i think normally get better deal

That would sound more like local issue right

As far as routing from Malaysia to US it wouldn't make a difference I think

So it would be confusing to generalize that problem as having to do with streamyx or unifi IMO, since many streamyx user get good quality service too.

Distance between Malaysia and the server is like 5000-6000miles away, there's nothing they can do to get better latency for you guys, it's technology limitation.

used proxy?

Distance between Malaysia and GW2 server / Distance to connect from Malaysia to GW2 server are two different context here.

Using proxy can shortern the connection link/distance thus improve the latency issue

It depends on the proxy and the server location itself actually, the lesser route you have to go through, the lower the latency is, it might be differs since it depends on the routing reliability, some might good, some might not, like direct connection from MY to GW2 servers now. I'm currently using my VPS as a proxy ,located in LAX, US -- my connection somehow have better routing to the VPS. It's sailing pretty smooth for me now but there's 1-2times lag spikes in an hour.

This post has been edited by nymerine: Aug 31 2012, 09:43 PM

Want to ask something, if anyone can help.

Its really hard to quantify the difference between proxy and no proxy since the game do not have any in-game ping and as shown in earlier post, when we use proxy we only see the ping to the proxy server. Hard to test different proxy server myself and see the difference

So I'm wondering is it better to connect to a proxy server in Malaysia, then let the server connect it to the game in US, or is it better to connect to a proxy server in US ourself, and then to the game.

Isn't connecting to US proxy server same as connecting to US game server ourself? This is something I'm still confuse about proxy

Thanks

This post has been edited by Hornet: Sep 1 2012, 11:38 AM

Reporting 4mbps Streamyx 200-400 ping.Penang 4mbps

It's all about routing.. every IP and ISP have different routing, some might be good some might be bad. If your IP routing to the server is good, then there's no need to use proxy. If it's bad, then you'll have to use else you'll have to face the lag/spike lag.

Here's an example.
My PC direct to GW2


My PC -> VPS (add around 20ms for VPS -> GW2 server)

pvp only player here,
ditto the post above, im using unifi 5mbps and lagless tunnelling, I have to say there are times where I could play the game without tunnelling but some of the time they are inconsistent and i would get lag spikes. so when that starts to happen I would use the tunelling, experiment with various server until I achieve a stable connection with no lag spike

for lagless user i recommend just use the malaysian server (this is what lagless themselves recommend) if it is still laggy connect to the singapore server, I find this to have the most success rather than connecting to the US server(s)

under resource monitor, I see 2 gw2 with 2 different ms readings.one with a 470ms that fluctuates and the other that fluctuates around 300ms. so which one is the correct ingame latency?


This post has been edited by ExCrIpT: Sep 1 2012, 03:58 PM

Thanks for the replies.

I'm facing some lag spike, and generally my ping is always above 300, so I'm trying to find ways to reduce it or get more stable.

The one that is changing all the time.

the one that fluctuates

Thanks, about to go with that as well.

Unifi 10 isn't good enough either, still huge lags.

Anyone here with streamyx 1mbps? What's ur average ping?

been getting so much lag lately.... think server is too overload or something

Is proxy safe to use? I scared they can hack into the information (log in details) from their proxy server side.