I haven't chimed in on a good conversation in a bit. I have almost always had smooth meter. The only time I don't have a smooth meter, is when I play from hotels with a weak connection while I'm traveling, so the only variable is the connection speed. I play the game on my Gateway laptop, nothing special. I have to say that from what I've seen, the issue may be with the internet connection. The people who seem to be running at 54 MBPS or better are saying that they have less problems (I've accrued this from many threads). I run on a 4G, 100 MBPS wireless home network.