Europe / German Server Ping Rates

[Roland]

Ok, now tell me again, that Blizzard is not to balme for the latency issues. One has to give them credit though, that at least they start admit to it.

I won't. That would be ludicrous. :P They have NOW stated that they believe it to be an internal issue. Beforehand, there was NO mention of such a problem, hence why I stated that blindly attacking / faulting Blizzard without any evidence (concrete or otherwise) that it was in fact their fault, was arrogant and foolish. Blizzard, because of their constant efforts to pinpoint the problem by asking (begging, almost :P) their customers for input have found that the problem most likely lies internally with their own hardware / software, as the post you link to states. This was not the case when you originally posted.

Since lags primarliy occur during primetime playing hours 18:00 to 22:00 I would have been really surprised if it wouldn't be a Blizzard server side issue.

Ah, but yet originally you said that, while worse during peak times, it was not noticeably different during non-peak hours, such that the problem was persistent regardless of what time of day it was. This would lead one to believe it could be an ISP networking issue, or that it could be a problem internal to Blizzard, but it doesn't spell concretely one way or the other. Your statement here somewhat flies in the face of what you said before.

And yes, you do have to give credit to Blizzard for stepping up and admitting what the real problem. You also have to give them credit for petitioning their own customers for valuable data that would help them pinpoint the problem, and also for pursuing a rapid solution (even if "rapid" is not as quick as you may like). Blizzard has done remarkably well with WoW, especially in stark contrast to past internet gaming ventures. :P I think they deserve a lot of credit for what they are doing, and that even the problems they are having do not warrant picket signs and cross-burnings (not that you specifically were doing such; but you know how those public forums get...).

Once again, my best wishes to you in the hopes that Blizzard will solve this problem rapidly. We've had several of these very same instances here State-side, although I think most of them did not hit either of our main Lurker servers (Tichondrius nor Stormrage). However, I do remember very early on into release that Stormrage had some similar problems, but they only lasted a week, tops, IIRC, and thus far have no recurred.

Here's hoping to a rapid solution.