Hey Miwok,
Based on what you’re describing it sounds like the World connection is cutting out while your Home connection remains intact. Home is responsible for chat and World is responsible for NPC/mob movements and spells and abilities. There’s more info on Home vs World here if you’re interested.
The WinMTR shows some minor packet loss starting on the 2nd “hop” at 96.120.94.37
If you’re using a wireless connection try switching to ethernet if you can. World connection dropping out is commonly caused by blips in the wifi. If you’re already wired make sure you don’t have any background processes running that are using the network connection while playing.
If you’re still having issues run a new WinMTR to 24.105.62.129 for about 20 minutes and post the results.