Originally Posted by
Zenfoldor
To answer your VPN question, I had an issue since 7.2 where instead of my usual 54/54 I've been getting 150/54. Many have experienced this in SE us due to AT&T ISP(according to blizzard) but after I have argued with Blizzard many times, I gave up.
I've started using Private Internet Access and connecting to their Chicago servers. My new ping is 45/45, so its actually better than ever.
How that works, is instead of you connecting through the intermediate and long term pathways your ISP sends you down, instead you tunnel directly from your connected local router to the vpn server you are connected to. From there you then connect to Blizzard through the VPNs intermediate routing.
Look at your server and find out what datacenter you are in. There are dedicated gaming vpns which specialize in getting you the lowest ping and it's not just numbers, you definitely actually feel it in gameplay.
I can't say for sure how Blizzard looks on vpn usage, but I have no other choice. However, use at your own risk. I do know that you would be better off going with a paid service, as the free vpns are rife with unscrupulous users.
Don't just connect to one server in your VPNs array, try each server and notate the ping you get, to find the best one. PIA has dozens I believe, so I had to try a few before I settled on Chicago. Oddly, the NY servers gave mediocre ping, even though KT is in the NY datacenter.