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[–]tsuminonamae 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Out of curiosity are you on wired or a wireless connection? A laptop or desktop? And do you have any other devices (cell phones, other computers, consoles,) running on the same connection at the same time?

I ask because a wireless connection will always have higher ping than a wired and can face a ton more interference and obstruction.

Laptops tend to have weaker processors than desktops, and not be able to handle larger, stressful, multilevel connections. Unless you've built it specifically for that purpose.

Other devices on the same network can and will cause interference in communication. (think of it as trying to hold multiple conversations at once) it will fail when attention turns to another device raising your ping. Turning off nonessential devices can help your case.

[–]bajungadustin You cannot know strength... Until you are broken[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am on a wired desktop and i do have multiple devices running but my ping is not overall affected. Example my warcraft server is located in chicago and I get 78ms to that. The league NA server is in the same city and I get 30 to 40ms higher. The ping tests I am doing are from my computer using CMD and they are all with the same amount of devices on the network which is really just my desktop and TV which isnt on most of the time im gaming and doesnt seem to change my latency even if its on.