severe lag for console players - random maps - please read GGG :)

My lag is usually nice and smooth at 20ms on PS5.

Sometimes I enter a map (or area, or even my own hideout) and it suddenly starts fluctuating rapidly between 20ms and 3000+Ms. Unplayable.

Starting a new map usually works. No more lag. But here's the kicker:

If I'm playing with a PC player and enter a map, and I happen to get the super lag, they DO NOT lag. But here's the super duper kicker:

If the PC player dies and leaves the map, my lag GOES AWAY.

If my hideout is super lagged, and I leave and go to town (no lag) and return, there's usually no lag. But sometimes when a player enters to buy something, the lag returns.

Help? lol.
Last bumped on Dec 30, 2025, 12:17:36 AM
https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExile2/comments/1pxhwpb/network_spikes_constantly_unsure_how_to_resolve/

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