Dr. Nooooo

Scarcely Lethal Noob
Summary Higher ping (ZombieEscape | US)

Detailed Explanation
Hi there, like for 3 days so far having higher than usual ping when playing at US server of zombie escape. I am playing this one the most over EU, because most of my free time happen during nights after work shifts while EU is pretty much desolated at that time or just plain empty.

Usually getting 200-230 ping (standard over a sea connection) and with that it is still bearable to play with a little occasional spikes, for ex. during longer leap jumps, but with the recent change of +270-300 its noticeable for the naked eye most of the time, especially while rubber banding on ladders, water, moving objects, lasers...

I've noticed that some of familiar players with usually a lower ping also are getting a higher one from now on.

Below is tracert of 91.216.250.15 - any help, suggestions?

Code:
Tracing route to 91.216.250.15 over a maximum of 30 hops

  1     1 ms     1 ms     1 ms  192.168.0.1
  2    11 ms    10 ms     9 ms  pl-ktw01a-rt1.aorta.net [84.116.254.140]
  3    17 ms    15 ms    18 ms  pl-ktw01a-rc1-ae-18-0.aorta.net [84.116.253.129]
  4    17 ms    15 ms    13 ms  pl-waw26b-rc1-ae-66-0.aorta.net [84.116.133.33]
  5    17 ms    15 ms    17 ms  pl-waw26b-ri1-ae-24-0.aorta.net [84.116.138.73]
  6    17 ms    15 ms    18 ms  ae4.cr0-waw3.ip4.gtt.net [213.254.220.105]
  7    36 ms    35 ms    35 ms  ae14.cr4-ams2.ip4.gtt.net [89.149.184.209]
  8    36 ms    38 ms     *     ip4.gtt.net [154.14.36.78]
  9     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 10     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 11     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 12   222 ms   222 ms   220 ms  91.216.250.15

Trace complete.
 
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Bottiger

Administrator
If you don't have a traceroute showing 300 ping there's nothing we can do on our end.

It is most likely an issue with your ISP.
 

Dr. Nooooo

Scarcely Lethal Noob
True, as once for a while any ISP can derp so I've called them recently about this issue and they changed canals as usually that helps when such problems happen. Was resetting and reloading their box too but that didn't help either and still getting higher than usual ping with your US server.

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Was checking other games that does have hosts across the ocean and ping was stable at expected 200-230 range, also in-game. The problem is intriguing as it does look like a skial issue but later on today some tech guy gonna come to check it out as my ISP scheduled one for me. I will post an update after their visit if they even gonna think something out.
 

Dr. Nooooo

Scarcely Lethal Noob
Hi there, happy holidays. Pardon for the late reply, it was busy time for me.

The tech guy was there back then but did not found anything wrong with a connection or their modem.
So apparently you do have problem over there, perhaps it is a fault of yours recent fix for asian peoples better 20-40 less ping, that helps them but cripples the european folks like me. Either way, it does not really matter as simply won't be playing much on the Skial with such issues.