Latency difference in different game instances
Hi, guys,
Im playing on Frankfurt servers and in the last couple of months i found very weird latency difference when im changing game zones, from my hideout to an map or even in the last vendor zone. My network latency usually was 25-30ms, but in the last couple of months in some game zones (or probably i should say game instances) my latency becomes constant 130ms. After some log checks, mtr and etc. i found that when my game client is connecting to game instance with ip from network 94.242.198.0/24 (for example 94.242.198.151) the latency becomes 130ms, but if im lucky and the instance is using ip from network 94.242.197.0/24 (94.242.197.213 as example) the latency is 25-30ms. I see that both of those networks are part of AS7979 (most probably owned by your hosting provider), but for some reasons the prefix upstreams for those two are different, 94.242.197.0/24 is pushed thru AS174 (COGENT) and the upstream of the other is AS1299 (Telia). Now let see what happens on London servers. Long story short - there is no such issue, because every single /24 network is advertised thru more than one carrier and the chance for the "best path" logic, which is used in general by the most ISPs to find route, which usually doesn't include routing the network traffic from EU to EU over USA is way bigger. Just as example for such /24 "London server" network is 212.117.170.0/24, which by the time im writing here is advertised by Telia, Level 3, Cogent and Hurricane. I've checked couple of more "London" /24s and each of them was advertised with at least 3 upstreams. Maybe its worth to apply some pressure on your hosting company to revise the routing of the networks, which are used by your servers, GGG? btw im almost sure that Pohx have the same issue, during a stream couple of months ago he shared, that he is constantly using VPN, because weird stuff happens with game latency, which magically disappearing when the VPN is active ;) Last bumped on Jun 16, 2025, 1:09:59 PM
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Well, now, when the new league is out and more players joined the game again, now you're seeing what can be the impact of neglected network issues, GGG.
Good luck to resolve it, but it would be nice to post something on your front page, because a lot of player will be done with this league soon, not because of the issue, but because there is no sign that someone is working on it. Im done with this league till the resolution of this problem. Last edited by Hellzepop#1985 on Jun 16, 2025, 1:10:49 PM
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