Why are the servers so laggy

[Thecheat-turalyon (Thecheat)]

See the below threads for insight into how long this should have been a known issue but went mostly unaddressed.

Ability/Loot Lag on North American Servers Despite Normal Latency

I posted this in the customer support forum and was advised to post here for help. For the last 2 days I have had this issue. I have lower latency (less than 30ms) at all times yet my spells do not register the input for about .5-2 seconds. Also, at times, skills that generate holy power will go off and the holy power will not generate for several seconds at times. This all happens for long periods of time where there will be this delay. This issue does not affect chat, or my ability to move a…

Ability/Loot Lag on Oceanic Servers Despite Normal Latency

Note: Originally posted at https://us.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/20767607585 - see that thread for additional reports from other players. Hoping that Blizzard support can investigate this problem, as the delays during Australian peak times have been a significant issue since the BFA launch. Some information to assist - My experiences are when playing on the Khazgoroth server (Oceania). - During peak times for Australia, which is driven largely by players from the Eastern states (i.e., Au…