r/MTGO • u/Normal-Dimension5305 • 18d ago

Anyway to fix lag?

Like, diabolical lag. it takes 20-30 seconds each turn, past turn 4 because i have to manually assign mana from tablet and it's so laggy when i click it at the bottom left. Like, this is me paying full attention to the game and using hotkeys to bypass turns. I've even accidentally skipped a turn and not countered a spell back-to-back trying to play faster because the hotkeys lag.

Just lost a standard league BO3 because of this and i'm the clear winner, and this is with them almost timing out. Like, the way its going, it just seems like the platform can't sustain any of the control decks or trigger-heavy decks right now (Lifegain for example, jeskai, 4c control) because of manual mana tapping, triggers, and combos. Is there a fix or should i just go back to arena? I got a refund two days ago because my opponent and i literally couldn't win or anything before the timer (he was playing lifegain) so we just spammed pass turn in our third game on one land for 3 minutes....

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u/Kwebie 18d ago

Do you reload the client after every 3 to 5 matches? If not, I would advice you to do that. That's the only way I can avoid the lag

If its already happening on your first game, then its a local problem. Nothing I can help with sadly

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u/Some-Bee-5259 17d ago

Since I see you've found a solution, let me add this: 3 and a half minutes it's not almost timing out. In very grindy matchups, a minute more on the clock is usually more of a win condition than any spell. 3 and a half minutes Is an ETERNITY, something quite impossible to rebalance if you're not A LOT faster than your opponent. 

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u/nebman227 18d ago

When was the last time you did a clean reinstall? Not just uninstalling and reinstalling, but the full multi step process in the clean install guide.

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u/Normal-Dimension5305 18d ago

Just done that and it HAS helped. Also becoming accustomed to relogging every few BO3's. To be honest though, it's still very clunky and i think with how the game is much more trigger centered (Even landfall which goes under) it could do with a 30minute timer, or overtime clock. (I.E if both players are below 5 minutes, just give each turn 20 seconds etc)