Patch 3.3.5 Addon Throttling Explained

WOW Insider goes over how Blizzard plans to limit addon requests ingame.
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/28/inspect-request-throttling-explained/

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Blizzard to Limit GearScore and Other Addons

According to this article by WOW Insider, Blizzard is going to cut back on what are called "inspect requests" by addons like GearScore to help with lag.  It says this is implemented as of Patch 3.3.5.  There are links addon developer sites in the article.  One of them says in an update that it appears this throttling will happen with the next rolling restart, not with Patch 3.3.5 itself.
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/25/blizzard-to-begin-throttling-gearscore-like-inspect-requests/

I think what this means is any addon that has to request character information will operate slower to help the stressed WOW servers.

UPDATE:  WOW Insider explains how it will work.  Again.
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/28/inspect-request-throttling-explained/

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Battle.net Problems

WOW Head pointed this morning to an article at Zam about the upcoming changes to Battle.net that will add the Real ID system.  The problems aren't what you expect--they relate to Starcraft II beta players who discovered they can't play with friends in another region without buying and registering a second game and the fact that there are no chat rooms.  Whether this will impact WOW players or not is another issue, but I suspect at least a few folks won't like this among the WOW player base.
http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=22533

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The Anti-Lag Addon (SnowfallKeyPress)

Sarah says this addon will help reduce lag.  Please note she also says other addons you have may be doing what SnowfallKeyPress does already so download this only after you are sure you need it.
http://thebearflank.blogspot.com/2010/05/reduce-your-lag-time-100ms.html

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The Spamalyzer (Addons) and Other Lag Addons

Spamalyzer wins my vote for Best Addon Name.  It helps you identify addons like Carbonite or GearScore that cause lag by spamming chat during raiding.  The writer says this happens even if folks don't have the addon themselves.  If this is a problem for you, it is worth checking out.
http://pwnwear.com/2010/03/09/spamalyzer-addon-can-help-lag/

UPDATE:  Another lag fighter called Leatrix
http://www.twistednether.net/2010/03/08/resource-site-spotlight-leatrix/

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Pet Lag And a Fix (Hunters)

Apparently pets are not auto-casting as they should.  One of the writers at OutDPS has posted a macro that should fix the issue, although s/he plans to test it later, just to make sure it works.
http://outdps.com/2010/01/18/is-your-pet-lagging/

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Frost Mages Use Spell Queuing, Increase DPS

How frost mages use spell queuing to increase DPS, including a macro to help.  Works for warlocks, too.
http://frostisthenewblack.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/spell-queuing-waterbolt-macros-and-you/

More on the same topic.
http://criticalqq.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/talking-about-forst-fro-a-bit/

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Tips to Reduce Lag

WOW Insider mentions tips to reduce lag and links to forum postings with further information.
http://www.wow.com/2009/11/13/fixing-raiding-lag/

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How to Raid Despite Lag

Euripedes talks about lag and how to raid despite it.
http://criticalqq.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/the-lies-of-lag/

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Latency Help From Pwnwear and Lowerping

Pwnwear has posted about a service that is supposed to help with latency issues. Note that he does not say he's used this, so be careful.

http://pwnwear.com/2009/08/17/improving-latency-lowerping/

Here are Pwnwear's tips for reducing lag. Again, I don't know how helpful or accurate these tricks are but if you have terrible trouble, I'm sure you will want to consider some of this.

http://pwnwear.com/2009/06/11/improving-fps-and-latency/

Lowerping does have a free trial offer. Here's their website.

http://www.lowerping.com/

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Latency Effects (and Strategies to Minimize) UPDATED

The Hunting Lodge's Wertez tries to chart how latency effects hunter shot rotation. Surprise! DPS is effected by lag....
http://www.brigwyn.com/2009/06/24/1261/

UPDATE: Wertez has added a second posting about lag/latency with strategies to minimize any latency you might get in-game with hardware and software and addon tweeks. Note that his tips are for Windows machines mostly.
http://www.brigwyn.com/2009/06/25/where-does-lag-come-from/

UPDATE #2: Wertez demonstrates the use of Traceroute to check your realm latency and to look at latency of various realms if you plan a transfer.
http://www.brigwyn.com/2009/06/28/how-many-hops-does-it-take-to-get-to-the-tootsie-roll-center/

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