Incredible Lag

It's unbelievable

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Hello, I am an incredible fan of the game.  Except for one thing...

 

Unprecedented lag online!  On the order of 3000 ping!  With this machine:

 

Intel Core 2 Quad q6600 @ 3.0 GHz

2 x ATi 4850 (Crossfire)

4 Gb G.Skill 1066 Ram

Abit x38 Quad GT Mobo

 

At my university, I have ridiculously low ping on all other multiplayer games: Counterstrike: Source, Left 4 Dead, Unreal Tournament 3, and World in Conflict.  It's a 10 Meg connection, I get extreme speeds at testing sites for both download and upload.  For all intents and purposes, I have infinite speed both ways.

 

Why, then do I get such incredible lag in Sins?  Is it a port forwarding issue?  If so, is there anything I can do on my end?  All I do is plug my computer straight into the wall; I have no ability to communicate with a router or some such.

 

Feedback is appreciated.

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

Are you the host of this game, or not? That kind of changes the perspective. It COULD be that the host has ping issues!!!

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

I know this is an old post, but I'm having exactly the same problem.  I've also seen a few other people post about the same issue.

 

I have a good computer (e8400, 4GB ddr2, 8800GTX), and a great (up to 10mbps down 2-3mbps up) internet connection.  I'm located in the US.  I lag too much to play online. My average is around 200-300 and I get spikes of up to several thousand, which eventually kick me out of any game I play.  I have no lag issues whatsoever in singleplayer, except for huge fleet battles, and that lag goes away when i turn the graphics settings down a bit.

I have never had any issues with lagging in online games until sins. COD4, WoW, and OFP all run very smoothly and I average a ping of around 60. This is not an issue with my connection, I have opened all the recommended ports. This is an issue with how ironclad online is dealing with connections.

The bottom line is that I payed $30 for a game that isn't working and with a company that doesn't provide any technical support aside from forums, whose posts it seems to ignore consistently. I'm glad there is no DRM, but the non-functioning multiplayer and complete lack of technical support is pretty pathetic.

Prove me wrong, help me and others experiencing similar problems fix this issue.

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

The bottom line is that I payed $30 for a game that isn't working and with a company that doesn't provide any technical support aside from forums, whose posts it seems to ignore consistently. I'm glad there is no DRM, but the non-functioning multiplayer and complete lack of technical support is pretty pathetic.
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Did you email [email protected] ?? After all thats how support works, you contact them. Not they contact you.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

[email protected] returns undeliverable. I would love to contact them, if they would bother giving out contact information... Where am I supposed to find their e-mail address?

Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

Well for one it helps if I give out the correct email.:dur:   Its [email protected].

Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top

Hey, so, I'm still having issues.  Enabling/Disabling Alloy changes nothing.  I would buy entrenchment, but remaining impossibility of playing online makes the decision easy.

 

Any ideas?