Crazy lag spikes on EU servers

Game is unplayable on EU servers, huge lag spikes every second, all day.

WinMTR: https://pastebin.com/EUWUTZiG
Last edited by Foozenberg#2833 on Oct 6, 2025, 11:53:37 AM
Last bumped on Oct 6, 2025, 12:15:57 PM
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Game is unplayable on EU servers, huge lag spikes every second, all day.

Hi, since this seems to be an issue that happens often with your game (and many others on EU servers), then troubleshooting the starting location of this should be easy. Follow the instructions in the spoiler closely and ensure the proper instance server IP is selected.

WinMTR

This is what GGG recommends:
Ensure to do this when the lag, high ping, packet loss, or connection issues are happening.

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

After running this test per the instructions please link the URL of the pastebin back here

The instructions are the same for PoE2, just locate the file in the appropriate installation folder.
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Game is unplayable on EU servers, huge lag spikes every second, all day.

Hi, since this seems to be an issue that happens often with your game (and many others on EU servers), then troubleshooting the starting location of this should be easy. Follow the instructions in the spoiler closely and ensure the proper instance server IP is selected.

WinMTR

This is what GGG recommends:
Ensure to do this when the lag, high ping, packet loss, or connection issues are happening.

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

After running this test per the instructions please link the URL of the pastebin back here

The instructions are the same for PoE2, just locate the file in the appropriate installation folder.


Thanks for the advice, here is my WinMTR result: https://pastebin.com/EUWUTZiG
You're welcome.
That WinMTR is showing 5% packet loss after your router on your ISP's network going all the way down to the game server connection at the end.

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