The European servers of Path of Exile are having problems again. While the developers spent a lot of money last year to better protect the servers from attacks, players are now experiencing lags and high ping again.
Since the introduction of 3.28, many players have experienced repeated disconnections from our game servers. This is the result of some very persistent and targeted DDoS attacks aimed at our game backend.
While we do not want to disclose specific details that could assist the attackers, we want to assure you that this is a top priority for our server team, and we are in constant contact with our server providers, who have taken measures to counter these attacks. Although we have already seen some improvements due to these countermeasures, the problem will only be considered resolved when these disconnections have completely ceased.
We apologize for the disruption and will try to resolve the problem as quickly as possible.
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What is the status of the servers of Path of Exile? Fresh for the new season of Path of Exile, which started on March 6, 2026, the server problems on the EU servers have returned. Players felt the peak of lags on the evening of March 11. At this point, the ARPG delivered a ping of over 800 to the players, making it unplayable.
Accordingly frustrated were the fans on Reddit, who have already gotten used to the situation. User Cute_Activity7527 posted under the title “EU patient lives! Pulse stable.” his 800 ping along with a graph showing the significant lag spikes.
Also, Reddit user SaudiHaramco complains: “Currently unplayable… This has been the case almost every afternoon for the past few leagues. At night or in the morning it runs smoothly… Ridiculous.” In the past, there have been strong server problems, especially at the start of the season, but that is not only due to the many players.
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DDoS attacks strain the servers
Where do the server problems come from? The server problems of Path of Exile usually do not arise solely from the players who are playing in large numbers on the servers of the ARPG. In a past conversation with the developers of Grinding Gear Games, they revealed that the servers are constantly fighting against so-called DDoS attacks.
These are attacks from hackers, through which the servers simultaneously receive hundreds of thousands of fake requests and then lag or, in the worst case, crash under the load. In 2025, the developers invested many resources in protecting the servers and were able to significantly reduce lags in the past seasons.
Whether the problems this time are also due to an attack of this kind has not yet been confirmed. However, Community Manager Natalia_GGG has already commented on the lags.
What does the community manager say? In a statement on Reddit, Natalia_GGG confirms the lags on the server. At the same time, she explains that some initial improvements have already been made. The developers are therefore still in talks with the server providers and will work together to try to mitigate the problems until a solution has been found.
In response to her statement, some users express frustration. The fact that the EU servers are repeatedly plagued by lags at the start of the season has now become a meme in the community. This has gone so far that many players prefer to play on the American servers, which, despite a higher ping, at least run smoothly.
The servers of Path of Exile remain a topic, especially in Europe. Whether the problem can be solved with even better DDoS protection or whether this time it is not due to an external attack remains open. Here is how it looked in the past: Developers of Path of Exile apologize for the server problems, clearly stating where they come from
