Lag at peak times is completely unbearable. The severity if the issue can be felt majorly in arena, bg, big cities. The problem itself lies not in the constant-high delay, but in it's enormous inconsistency.
Real data from arenas I did last night (using Quartz to see real-time delay):
Delay goes from 110-ish to 380, then back to low 100s then up to 300 and up to 600, then back to low 100s. Needless to say while low 100s MS is not perfect, it's playable, but those constant spikes are really killing any desire to play competitively.
Logged on Blackrock right after my Lordaeron delay test to observe the following results:
- The delay I have there is in the range of 80-ish ms and while this is not THAT much better than the low 100s Lordaeron produces, there simply are no spikes. As simple as that. A little higher MS (120-ish is bearable but the constant spikes are not.)