Many users in chat are reporting high latencies on PTR as of the past hour or two – This is a consistent problem. Normally my pings are 6-10 ms, but now they’re ranging from 400 - 900 ms consistently. Speedtest shows low latency on my end.
I assume this is an entity cleanup issue for AotD – since everyone seems to be using it and it’s very spammy.
I had to stop playing, I had around 1 second delay on everythin (950-ish ping). Makes it hard to test the new patch.
I can only assume it’s the theme causing immense stress to the server and it’s borderline melting.
My lag splikes are also +1 sec constantly. It’s pretty much unplayable.
Yep, sadly unplayable…
Aw, was gonna spend the evening playing the PTR, but guess that is a no no if it’s like this, thanks for the heads up though 
The PTR is always laggy for many seasons, its one server fitting everyone in. Hell wow ptr at times was. I think a ton of more players are playing it as well. Sure the theme doesn’t help but yeah. Its WAY more laggy . Its in bursts 80ping to near 1k.
It’s not really that bad… It’s not laggy just as often as it is. There’s a couple of spikes where it’s unplayable, but for the most part it just adds time to your run as you’re not able to kill things or move about as quickly, and only about 50% of the time.
It’s PTR, it’s to be expected. It’s literally 1 server for ALL REGIONS, whereas we normally get multiple servers per region on live. I’m sure it’ll improve as people start to drop off.
What’s worse is the sheer number of people pleading for power level… like, that completely defeats the purpose of playing the PTR - standing around while someone else levels you.
well I’ve been stuck at 800ping every other second can’t move my character, today is way worse then yesterday holy hell. lol
It’s entirely unplayable at the moment. This is not normal PTR lag. Can’t even get through a single GR because I keep popping back to the same location and everything is basically invisible.
Lol, it was for me. I tried a Nephalem Rift and it kept stuttering and resetting me back a ways. Then it seemed to clear up for a bit, so I tried a Echoing Nightmare. It was BAD! I would vault and just not go anywhere until the lag allowed me to, but then I had no idea where I landed. It was both frustrating and comical… Anyway, this was my first attempt at a PTR so I will back out and let the professionals have more bandwidth in case it helps. Happy Testing!
The latency is entirely the servers having connections from all over no separate regions etc.
During a “PTR” the whole purpose is to you know actually test everything, but having thousands of people connection from all over the globe, spamming the bags, etc. its just to much.
TBH allocating a few additional servers, or maybe separating into at least 2 regions should alleviate some of the issue’s, and then possibly people could test the features.
There are a ton of issues with a bunch of the new features, but its white knuckle unbearable to try and do anything with the server response issues. I understand after the Hype train people getting on die’s down the servers should stabilize, but holy thundering bajesus allocate some additional resources to your PTR sessions.
Not for the last hours or two… but all morning.
The latency runs constantly from 90 msec to 800+, back and forth.
HC is impossible.
Definitely don’t recommend playing HC. Survivability even in any mode is really all over the place.
Yea I kept having Echoing Nightmare and Rifts and GRs not drop rewards after the rift guardian would go down. And Ursi wouldn’t go away after upgrading gems so I could never close them. Time would stop counting on the rift but they just…wouldn’t close. Twas weird.
been happening to me since PTR came out…I can’t even finish leveling yet
Frames drop like crazy being just in town walking around in a solo game
Completly unplayable for me! I normally run 40-50ms but I’m getting anywhere from 900 up to 1500ms. absolutely trash servers
If the Ratma build wasn’t so insanely overpowered, it would be unplayable at the moment.
One day later still unplayable…