I understand the server maintenance can sometimes cause some issues that even the devs cannot forsee, but I thought, since everyone in the game has been expressing there, well......disdain....for this, I figured someone should post about it:
After the server maintenance, which I understand took much longer than expected, has caused a massive lag in the game. Assets, NPCs, companions/pets, mobs, and quests, are all taking an insane amount of time to spawn in (upwards of 5 minutes for some players). I have been running the same solo stuff for years now and it usually takes me around 15-30 minutes to complete what I want. That said, this is the first time in all the years I have been completing timed trials such as Celestial Arena that I have failed it. Enemies took 30 seconds to a minute to spawn or despawn after being killed, and the rounds where multiple mobs were supposed to spawn in took 2 minutes at least.
Pit of Patrax was just as bad. Normally when I enter, I allow the companion to auto gather the mining nodes inside while I am busy taking out Patrax. However this time, the campanion took a full minute to spawn, she gathered the node and it took over a minute to be given the collected item, and Patrax, upon defeat, spawned an empty chest. I waited around for a good ten minutes inside the chamber to see if the items would spawn on the floor but they did not (on my second run). The experience orb didn't even spawn, which means I did not collect exp for killing him, which also meant I was denied the vanguard credit and drops for the daily quests.
I have not tried out Ace Dungeons or Echoes yet, but global chat has been abuzz with complaints about how horrendous thew lag is. Player skills are taking much longer to activate and subsequently cool down.
I believe this may be worth looking into
