Why is WoW latency so high without VPN

VPN
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I was having issues with WoW on an OC server. My latency was at 4k ping :flushed_face:. I have fast net with 1gb download speeds. Tried heaps of things to get it working but no luck.

I tried a VPN and now my latency is back at 30.

Does this mean my Internet provider is throttling my access to WoW servers? (all other games are fine including diablo 4)

2

Probably a bad hop. You can run a trace route (while disconnected from the vpn) to see.

3

Likely a damaged node or a ddos attack across the usual pathways that your vpn doesn’t use

4

How would I check this? The server has maintenance today so this may fix it?

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  1. Find the IP address of your server. You can probably find it through a google search.
  2. Open the command prompt on your computer. Type tracert then the IP address. eg: tracert 127.0.0.1

The output should be kinda like a ping, but it’ll show all of the different stops the connection makes along the way. If it’s a bad node, you’ll see one hop will take way longer than the others

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Check this, the IP’s needed are listed there as well.

https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/7870