i usually play _+ around 8pm cdt or -6gmt and have been experiencing more transatlantic lag. "i think"
I was wondering if others have been also?

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C:\Users\jalore>tracert uthgard.game-server.cc

Tracing route to uthgard.game-server.cc [88.198.56.21]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 25 ms 32 ms 32 ms 10.20.114.1
2 18 ms 20 ms 21 ms 172.30.8.113
3 34 ms 29 ms 31 ms 172.30.9.165
4 19 ms 21 ms 17 ms 172.30.9.170
5 25 ms 42 ms 36 ms 12.116.27.181
6 52 ms 51 ms 62 ms cr83.cgcil.ip.att.net [12.122.133.62]
7 88 ms 70 ms 60 ms cr1.cgcil.ip.att.net [12.123.7.110]
8 26 ms 21 ms 16 ms cgcil02jt.ip.att.net [12.122.81.17]
9 42 ms 34 ms 33 ms 192.205.37.150
10 31 ms 39 ms 32 ms vlan52.ebr2.Chicago2.Level3.net [4.69.138.190]
11 53 ms 64 ms 54 ms ae-6-6.ebr2.Washington12.Level3.net [4.69.148.14
5]
12 40 ms 52 ms 72 ms ae-5-5.ebr2.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.143.221
]
13 140 ms 134 ms 149 ms ae-42-42.ebr2.Frankfurt1.Level3.net [4.69.137.53
]
14 144 ms 151 ms 148 ms ae-72-72.csw2.Frankfurt1.Level3.net [4.69.140.22
]
15 128 ms 135 ms 129 ms ae-2-79.edge3.Frankfurt1.Level3.net [4.68.23.75]

16 163 ms 133 ms 139 ms HETZNER-ONL.edge3.Frankfurt1.Level3.net [212.162
.40.206]
17 167 ms 142 ms 136 ms hos-bb1.juniper1.fs.hetzner.de [213.239.240.242]

18 135 ms 142 ms 156 ms hos-tr1.ex3k11.rz13.hetzner.de [213.239.224.12]

19 141 ms 163 ms 156 ms uthgard.game-server.cc [88.198.56.21]

Trace complete.

C:\Users\jalore>

i LD every 2 hours or so. often sooner. always been like this for me.

Yep i get the same ping jumps at the same point as you do. But when i play i dont get to much lag and almost never get LDs. If i do get an LD, it would be because of my router crapped out and restarted (happens rarely). LD can happen from server issues, your internet, router, and possibly video lag or simular issues.

If your on a router, see how your connection is preforming , if on wireless.

I don't think it's my gateway as my isp replaced my old one with a new one out of the box. But i did check my GPU temp on my nvidia 260 gtx 896meg and it's hanging at 52C with daoc running. And my CPU is running at 40C on a amd phenom II x4 955 3.2g

I've always had some autofollow lag and have to drive myself now and then when it would act up but not ld. seems i've burned up a years worth of LD's in couple days. lol