Massive Latency Spikes

Actually insane how the devs are straight up ignoring this issue

THIS is actually the biggest issue and it has gotten so bad recently, to the point that it wants to make me quit. I tried VPN, different server, reinstalling the game, you name it. I am all for listening to the community about game balancing issues but shouldn't basic technical problems like this also be a priority? You can't use EA as an excuse to test server load and latency issues surely.

This is making the game unplayable. The issue seems to be network related, I usually have a 15-20ms latency to Milan (EU) server, but every 30 seconds I get 3 seconds of unbearable lag spikes of hundreds to thousands of ms, alternating with the usual 15-20, causing HEAVY stutter and usually, death ingame with the lovely experience loss. This is not worth any more money, honestly.

Hardware is top notch:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
SSD: Samsung 980 Pro
VGA: Asus 4090 Strix
PSU: Corsair HX1200i
RAM: 2x16GB G.SKILL Trident Z5 NEO RGB 6000MHz, CL32

No other game has any issue, network is proven stable (TIM 2.5gbps FTTH).

You have to diagnose the problem. Stable connection doesn't mean anything, it's all about routing. Start with this:

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1377789

My problem is I have stable ping around 40-50 ms, but in PoE1 using the same gate I have 2-5 ms. Guess that might be due to server loads, but I'm not good at stuff like that.

For me it works nicely during the days, I can play almost lag free. Some small stutters here and there, but totally playable. The issues start during peak times in the evening between 8-11pm in which it becomes really bad. Latency goes crazy, game becomes almost unplayable. Then later at night it becomes good again.

So I assume it has something to do with the server load and how many people are playing at the same time. And this problem only exists in POE 2. I can play other online games totally fine, no matter the time.

Same here on EU server. Tested another game, ping is fine. This is definitely related to servers.

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Same problem, getting a bad instance is a lost map/trial, endgame unplayable

It seems like either clearing shader cache or flushing dns fixed it for me for now.

To clear shader cache go to %appdata%/Path Of Exile 2 and delete ShaderCacheVulkan/ShaderCacheD3D12.

To flush dns open cmd and type "ipconfig /flushdns"

Found a solution for my lagspikes:
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3645120

Maybe it works for others aswell.