250-300 ms on on all servers

[Mitthoux]

4 months ago I was very disappointed to see that all the servers I was playing on (although they indicated 40ms on the menu), actually had 300 ingame.

I've only seen a few topics on the subject, and none of them offer a solution.

I've been able to talk to other players on Discord or ingame servers and I've found everything from players with constant 30ms to others with the same problem.

I can't figure out where the problem comes from, my connection isn't the problem, since ARK ASA is the only game where this happens.

Does anyone have a solution? Or anything else?

[°Dofus]

Originally posted by Titus:

4 months ago I was very disappointed to see that all the servers I was playing on (although they indicated 40ms on the menu), actually had 300 ingame.

I've only seen a few topics on the subject, and none of them offer a solution.

I've been able to talk to other players on Discord or ingame servers and I've found everything from players with constant 30ms to others with the same problem.

I can't figure out where the problem comes from, my connection isn't the problem, since ARK ASA is the only game where this happens.

Does anyone have a solution? Or anything else?

i second this!
having the same problem despite decent hardware.
are you guys having pings under 100 in europe??
my lowest is 160.

[Fluffy_Llama]

yes i have my own Nitrado server and in the game's server list it shows as a 60ms ping but in game its 200-220ms. Im on the west coast of the US

[BlueMeanie]

Same here, if i ping the server i get 49ms,.. When i join its like 150-320 fluctuating.

[Mitthoux]

Originally posted by °Dofus:

Originally posted by Titus:

4 months ago I was very disappointed to see that all the servers I was playing on (although they indicated 40ms on the menu), actually had 300 ingame.

I've only seen a few topics on the subject, and none of them offer a solution.

I've been able to talk to other players on Discord or ingame servers and I've found everything from players with constant 30ms to others with the same problem.

I can't figure out where the problem comes from, my connection isn't the problem, since ARK ASA is the only game where this happens.

Does anyone have a solution? Or anything else?

i second this!
having the same problem despite decent hardware.
are you guys having pings under 100 in europe??
my lowest is 160.

Nope, I come from France and I tried on "French Servers" it shows 40ms on menu but I have around 130-160ms in game...

[Mitthoux]

Originally posted by Fluffy_Llama:

yes i have my own Nitrado server and in the game's server list it shows as a 60ms ping but in game its 200-220ms. Im on the west coast of the US

It makes no sense ._.

[Mitthoux]

Originally posted by BlueMeanie:

Same here, if i ping the server i get 49ms,.. When i join its like 150-320 fluctuating.

45€ for 6 months without any solution... :D

[Average mid]

same problem here. I think it is associated with how many structures and tames are on the server

[dagger]

High pings are usually associated with either a taxed server resource (Nitrado for instance) or a taxed client PC (high utilization of the CPU).

The players on my privately hosted server (not with Nitrado) experienced a similar issue until I upgraded the server hardware back in March 2024. Now my players get lag free and low pings.

The only cost was a full server rebuild investing a substantial amount on high end latest gen server hardware. Over time more unofficial clusters should pop up that are self hosted without Nitrado.

If you want to test if it is a server / Nitrado issue try joining my maps as a test to see if you still get those high pings. This server is on $28,000 hardware with 96 cores / 192 threads running at 4.1Ghz. It would be a good sanity check.

[PVE]JurassicArk - The Island - https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/arksa/24434495
[PVE]JurassicArk - Scorched Earth - https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/arksa/27043819

[Evren]

The answer lays with traceroute on server IP addresses.

[dagger]

Traceroute will not show the entire picture. As the server side resources are overloaded which is typical of over provisioned virtual machines during peak usage times there are not enough CPU cycles available. The virtual machines are then stuck waiting on system resources resulting in high ping times, rubber banding, or other server side lag.

My day job is in IT (System Engineer) for the past 14 years.

The simple solution is to try a different server host that is 100% not over provisioned to see if the symptoms are still being experienced by the original poster.

The other options are do nothing, complain, or find a different game.

[✬ L I G A V I]

Originally posted by Titus:

4 months ago I was very disappointed to see that all the servers I was playing on (although they indicated 40ms on the menu), actually had 300 ingame.

I've only seen a few topics on the subject, and none of them offer a solution.

I've been able to talk to other players on Discord or ingame servers and I've found everything from players with constant 30ms to others with the same problem.

I can't figure out where the problem comes from, my connection isn't the problem, since ARK ASA is the only game where this happens.

Does anyone have a solution? Or anything else?

That's a "fake" info of the servers. We have the same info but it isn't it ! No lags and runs pretty smooth.

[dagger]

The traceroute will show you the network perimeter packet times such as to a application firewall... It will not show internal resource congestion.

To dumb it down your traceroute is like Google maps drive times to the physical building. Once inside the building if there is a traffic jam at the elevator having to wait in line the traceroute won't show that back log.

Random stupid insults are classy and shows the general immaturity and lack of intelligence.

[Black Rain]

Hahaha I'm the only one posting about ping I thought but yea same ping as evolved oooooooooooof.

[Lone Starr]

im on an official server with 3 people online right now and its always lagging so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bad its insane, dinos and my character are stuck rubberbanding back to the same place for up to 20 seconds all the time, cant open inventory for 10 seconds. what the actual ♥♥♥♥ is going on? i guess i was scammed

[°Dofus]

It's also unplayable for me.