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The lags not caused by players was an issue since PoF release. Since then, the lags are there on every single new map post-PoF release. Recently, it seems like it worsened to the point, where I hear everyday people complaining this on map chat, it feels like some of them are on verge of quitting the game, some of them already quit and some of them will quit eventually. The issue must be addressed as soon as possible, people hate the lags more than bad content, it affects new players as well, as there are stories around the community about players quitting right after starting PoF content due to unbearable lags. I have no shade of doubt it needs to be fixed as soon as possible, but not sure if Arena Net realizes that, hence this post. Feel free to speak about Your lag experience under this post, maybe some Anet employee will read it, maybe push it through to management and maybe, just maybe they will finally address the issue that was overlooked for far too long.
Inb4: It's pandemic fault, there is a lot of new players out there and they are overpopulating servers!
No, it's not true, it happens even in a middle of night where there are not even enough players to do some meta events, not to mention generally maps are nearly empty. It's something wrong with either code of the game or servers themselves.