Path of Exile 2 high ping

If the latency number stays over 100 ms, the first public lever is the realm picker on the login screen. A distant realm adds delay before any graphics setting will.

Path of Exile 2 boss encounter screenshot from the Steam store page

What I can point at

Choose a gateway closer to you and make a new instance. Party members in another region will still feel the worse of the two routes. I do not have a current realm list with city names, so I am not printing a city name as if I measured the route today.

One bug-forum thread describes ping that climbs on every area change. That is a single report. I am not treating it as a confirmed defect with a patch number.

Lockstep versus predictive is a network mode on the login screen in the first game and in this client’s public discussions. I will not tell you which radio button to pick, because the page I opened does not publish a recommended mode for a 100 ms link. Change realm first, then judge the delay on a town you already know.

Path of Exile 2 landscape screenshot from the Steam store page

FAQ

How do I change server?

At the character login gateway, pick another realm, then enter the game again.

Sources

Last updated 2026-11-08.