Well it's been fun.
me being quite a ways away from the ATL i'm rather screwed.
I've got some problems with connection too.
If I'm alone in the zone, have 330 ping, which is normal and fine.
If mob has damage shield, ping skyrockets to 3000ms+
If someone else in in zone killing, ping can go up to 6000ms+ and I get 3 minute delay between any action. After this has happened, even if I go alone in a zone, I get massive ping, like the server is de-prioritizing my data.
It started last week, thought it was my connection. Spent weekend trying to improve my modem stats. Tried again last night, same thing happened. I am connected to EverQuest live servers on other computers, ping is hovering at around 300ms, while zipp server sitting at 10,000ms.
Something doesn't seem right with either the network code, or the server. I'm really at a loss what it is. Going to try disabling virus scanner/firewall tonight, as it could still be my computer.