Ping Spikes

[Jmac]

Is there any reason I receive random ping spikes every couple of minutes? Here is an example of my ping in roughly 30 seconds:

I saw online that Windows 7 has problems with ping spikes, and I performed the "fix", but I haven't seen a change. Is there a solution to this? (Btw, my virtual machine works a little better now, still not perfect though)

[sayers6]

What type of internet are you using? If it's cable or similar, that can shoot your ping through the roof periodically.

[Jmac]

It's standard ADSL, I'm pretty sure Earthlink is our ISP, even though they're pretty worthless and unreliable.  :(

[Meiun]

It could just be your internet, or even the servers internet acting up. I likely wouldn't be too concerned unless it continues like this for more than a day or two.

[Jmac]

It happens every day on this laptop. The spikes last around 5 minutes, then stop and I'll have a stable 94 ping, but then start up again randomly. It could be 5-30 minutes, but they seem to always come back especially when I'm in the desert for some reason. I don't believe it's my internet, as my other laptop didn't experience ping spikes, although it wasn't running Win7. At the moment, it's quite stable in the bandit forest.

[sly 3 4 me]

Does the game exhibit increased CPU usage during the 5 minutes of the spike? Try minimizing the stick online window and then pulling it back up a second or so later to see if it improves. (Don't do it during combat though :P)

[Jmac]

I believe I have fixed the problem. I still occasionally get lag spikes in the desert (at least noticeable spikes) but it's not enough to affect gameplay. Thanks guys.  :)