Anyone else burned out on Mech Arena?

Reposting with more detail after my last thread got no traction. It seems to depend heavily on region, which nobody mentions anywhere.

Everything I read suggests it should just work, and for me it very much does not. Happy to be told I am overthinking it.

This is the bit people miss — it is almost always a setting rather than hardware, so try the free fixes before spending anything.

Short version: region and server load matter more than most guides acknowledge.

Same boat here. you get most of the benefit from the first adjustment; everything after that is marginal.

Speaking as someone who got it wrong initially, verify the files before anything else; it catches more problems than people expect.

Quick correction to the above: it is almost always a setting rather than hardware, so try the free fixes before spending anything.

Not the answer you want, but it is almost always a setting rather than hardware, so try the free fixes before spending anything.

Slightly different take — keep a note of what you changed, otherwise you cannot undo it cleanly later.

Counterpoint: worth testing on a second account to rule out something profile-specific.

Same boat here. the community guide covers this better than I can, but the summary is to prioritise the basics first.

Report back once you have tried it.

Same boat here. the difference is real but small enough that you may not notice it while playing.

Only partly related, but the averages hide the problem; look at the one percent lows instead.

Worth a shot before anything drastic.

Slightly different take — region and server load matter more than most guides acknowledge.

Others may have a cleaner method.

Speaking as someone who got it wrong initially, region and server load matter more than most guides acknowledge.

Adding to the above: give it a clean reinstall before assuming the hardware is at fault.

Only partly related, but if it only happens in one mode, that narrows it down considerably.

In my testing, this changed for me after the last patch, so older threads may steer you wrong.

Others may have a cleaner method.