Latency issues in Overwatch (Looking glass results inside)

Hi!

I have an issue with my connection in Overwatch. When everything is working fine I get around 150-170 ping connecting to EU servers but then at sometimes, and sometimes for days on end I get really high and fluctuating ping making the game unplayable. 250-350ms.

I have a strong suspicion that the issue is with my service provider but the problem is when I run ping tests and looking glass, the results show that everything is fine, and I get responses like 160ms, but when I go in game its way higher (250+ms).

I would like to rule out possible causes and hopefully figure out where the problem is and take action accordingly.

The looking glass results below are taken just now while in game I’m consistently get 250+ms latency and those connection loss and packet drop orange icons are flashing.

Please help
Thanks

> TRACEROUTE:
> traceroute to 117.20.29.110 (117.20.29.110), 15 hops max, 60 byte packets
>  1  Blizzard Blizzard  0.353 ms  0.333 ms  0.330 ms
>  2  37.244.24.2 (37.244.24.2)  0.565 ms  0.642 ms  0.742 ms
>  3  Blizzard Blizzard  1.604 ms  1.648 ms  1.652 ms
>  4  137.221.66.44 (137.221.66.44)  1.239 ms  1.264 ms  1.298 ms
>  5  137.221.78.68 (137.221.78.68)  6.499 ms  6.524 ms  6.527 ms
>  6  137.221.65.28 (137.221.65.28)  6.332 ms  6.575 ms  6.569 ms
>  7  137.221.80.32 (137.221.80.32)  6.636 ms  6.812 ms  6.715 ms
>  8  GW-FF1.tw1.com (80.81.193.42)  6.467 ms  6.462 ms  6.464 ms
>  9  tw255-static174.tw1.com (110.93.255.174)  124.814 ms  124.618 ms  124.604 ms
> 10  tw255-static169.tw1.com (110.93.255.169)  123.030 ms  122.943 ms  123.222 ms
> 11  tw209-static245.tw1.com (110.93.209.245)  129.041 ms  128.925 ms  128.881 ms
> 12  tw29-static110.tw1.com (117.20.29.110)  149.500 ms  149.681 ms  149.686 ms
> 
> 21/08/2019 08:24:27 UTC
> --------------------
> 
> TRACEROUTE:
> traceroute to 117.20.29.110 (117.20.29.110), 15 hops max, 60 byte packets
>  1  Blizzard Blizzard  0.334 ms  0.322 ms  0.321 ms
>  2  37.244.25.130 (37.244.25.130)  1.206 ms  1.223 ms  1.224 ms
>  3  Blizzard Blizzard  1.356 ms  1.399 ms  1.472 ms
>  4  137.221.66.32 (137.221.66.32)  1.205 ms  1.239 ms  1.273 ms
>  5  137.221.77.66 (137.221.77.66)  9.525 ms  9.544 ms  9.532 ms
>  6  137.221.65.27 (137.221.65.27)  9.399 ms  9.400 ms  9.368 ms
>  7  137.221.80.32 (137.221.80.32)  9.486 ms  9.547 ms  9.498 ms
>  8  GW-FF1.tw1.com (80.81.193.42)  9.617 ms  9.637 ms  9.637 ms
>  9  tw255-static174.tw1.com (110.93.255.174)  131.325 ms  131.357 ms  131.676 ms
> 10  tw255-static169.tw1.com (110.93.255.169)  128.667 ms  128.565 ms  128.646 ms
> 11  tw209-static245.tw1.com (110.93.209.245)  132.000 ms  131.948 ms  131.820 ms
> 12  tw29-static110.tw1.com (117.20.29.110)  149.567 ms  149.673 ms  150.186 ms
> 
> 
> 21/08/2019 08:24:28 UTC
> --------------------
> 
> PING:
> PING 117.20.29.110 (117.20.29.110) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from 117.20.29.110: icmp_seq=1 ttl=53 time=150 ms
> 64 bytes from 117.20.29.110: icmp_seq=2 ttl=53 time=150 ms
> 64 bytes from 117.20.29.110: icmp_seq=3 ttl=53 time=153 ms
> 64 bytes from 117.20.29.110: icmp_seq=4 ttl=53 time=149 ms
> 
> --- 117.20.29.110 ping statistics ---
> 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3001ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 149.725/150.778/153.225/1.497 ms
> 
> 
> 21/08/2019 08:24:27 UTC
> --------------------
> 
> PING:
> PING 117.20.29.110 (117.20.29.110) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from 117.20.29.110: icmp_seq=1 ttl=53 time=149 ms
> 64 bytes from 117.20.29.110: icmp_seq=2 ttl=53 time=148 ms
> 64 bytes from 117.20.29.110: icmp_seq=3 ttl=53 time=150 ms
> 64 bytes from 117.20.29.110: icmp_seq=4 ttl=53 time=155 ms
> 
> --- 117.20.29.110 ping statistics ---
> 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 2998ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 148.544/150.918/155.030/2.485 ms
> 
> 
> 21/08/2019 08:24:28 UTC
> --------------------
> 
> MTR:
> Start: Wed Aug 21 08:24:28 2019 Blizzard  1.|-- Blizzard            0.0%    10    0.3   0.9   0.3   5.6   1.6
>   2.|-- 37.244.25.130            0.0%    10    0.5   0.6   0.5   0.9   0.0
>   3.|-- Blizzard          0.0%    10    1.2   1.4   1.2   1.5   0.0
>   4.|-- 137.221.66.32            0.0%    10    1.1   1.1   1.0   1.2   0.0
>   5.|-- 137.221.77.66            0.0%    10    9.4   9.5   9.4  10.2   0.0
>   6.|-- 137.221.65.27            0.0%    10   11.0  18.3   9.4  74.0  20.7
>   7.|-- 137.221.80.32            0.0%    10   45.0  15.0   9.5  45.0  11.9
>   8.|-- GW-FF1.tw1.com           0.0%    10   10.0  10.3   9.5  16.2   2.0
>   9.|-- tw255-static174.tw1.com  0.0%    10  131.4 131.4 131.3 131.7   0.0
>  10.|-- tw255-static169.tw1.com  0.0%    10  128.7 129.1 128.6 133.6   1.5
>  11.|-- tw209-static245.tw1.com  0.0%    10  132.4 132.2 132.0 132.6   0.0
>  12.|-- tw29-static110.tw1.com   0.0%    10  149.2 149.7 148.4 156.5   2.4
> 
> 
> 21/08/2019 08:24:27 UTC
> --------------------
> 
> MTR:
> Start: Wed Aug 21 08:24:28 2019 Blizzard  1.|-- Blizzard            0.0%    10    0.4   0.3   0.3   0.5   0.0
>   2.|-- 37.244.24.2              0.0%    10    1.5   0.8   0.4   1.5   0.0
>   3.|-- Blizzard          0.0%    10    1.4   1.7   1.3   3.7   0.5
>   4.|-- 137.221.66.44            0.0%    10    1.5   5.2   1.1  30.8   9.4
>   5.|-- 137.221.78.68            0.0%    10    6.3   6.5   6.2   7.6   0.0
>   6.|-- 137.221.65.28            0.0%    10   12.0  13.6   6.3  53.8  14.8
>   7.|-- 137.221.80.32            0.0%    10   24.2   8.3   6.4  24.2   5.6
>   8.|-- GW-FF1.tw1.com           0.0%    10    6.3   6.3   6.2   6.5   0.0
>   9.|-- tw255-static174.tw1.com  0.0%    10  124.8 124.6 124.5 124.9   0.0
>  10.|-- tw255-static169.tw1.com  0.0%    10  123.4 124.9 123.1 135.6   4.1
>  11.|-- tw209-static245.tw1.com  0.0%    10  131.8 129.4 129.0 131.8   0.8
>  12.|-- tw29-static110.tw1.com   0.0%    10  149.4 150.5 148.9 156.0   2.0
> 
> 
> 21/08/2019 08:24:27 UTC
> --------------------

Looks like all of the lag you’re getting is on the Tw1 domains, so I’m guessing that’s your ISP? I’m not familiar with them because you’re in the EU, and this is the US/OCE forum. As a general rule, EU players should post in the EU forum because the staff there (I am not staff) may have more insight to any issues affecting servers or ISPs on that continent.

EU players should post in the EU forum

You’re right. Sorry I didn’t even realize. Thanks!