Best Connection / Lag Advice in the Game

I see tons of people having severe connectivity issues (myself included) so I thought I would tell you how to fix the majority of it and what it does. When you start Diablo3.exe and BEFORE you press play, click on the options menu and look for a check box that says "enable peer-to-peer" and UNcheck it.

This will NOT hinder your gameplay in any manner. Blizzard added torrent downloads for the client install and updates. If you are unfamilar with what a torrent is, imagine going to the grocery story with a shopping list. If you shop for those items all by yourself, it might take you an hour to get your shopping done. Now imagine 100 people helping you go get all the items on your list... you will be done in 10 minutes. A torrent is those 100 people helping you.

Pros of Torrents: Took em 30 minutes to download the client.
Cons of Torrents: (in D3) Holy mother of lag while playing.

Hope this helps!

People should see this, bump.

thanks, i remember i turned it off in the beta but i actually forgot to turn it off again in retail.

Bobbonew: I was complaining about the lag in general chat as so many people do and a fellow gamer sent me a message and asked me if I had unchecked the peer-to-peer option. Not being sure what he meant, I asked and he explained in step by step detail. I have been very greatful ever since!

MY advice on this would be to get a better computer a better computer will make sure there is no lag for you. This is only one way to fix the problem but I think a good way.

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MY advice on this would be to get a better computer a better computer will make sure there is no lag for you. This is only one way to fix the problem but I think a good way.

its due to always on DRM, any extra work for internet connection WILL directly hamper your gaming performance. Not being rude or anything, i suggest you do research before automatically assuming its a lack of power...