Very good points Marsman, I suppose I was a bit quick to put all of it on SOE's lap. I'm just frustrated that their attitude seems to be that the problem is on our end, and they more or less deny the possibility of it being their problem. If they want us to report our ISP's and such, that's easy, and if it helps, we should do it.
Based on my play experience with the lag, I have come to my guess that the problem lies on their end. First of all, it did not start happening after the server merge. The first time I noticed it was on New Years' weekend. Secondly, it didn't start happening after any patch was released. It was well before the patch to remove the holiday stuff. And lastly, my outfit uses TS, and I've made an effort to ask across TS everytime I lag, if anyone else did. Every single time I have, every other person on TS responded with a yes. And my outfit is comprised of players from all across North America and different ISPs. I'm not debating you Marsman, I guess if it takes more badgering from us to get their network techs to look harder on their end, it's worth it. Deep down though, I know we're wasting our time.
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