continual freezes during gameplay
My arena client continually freezes during gameplay and eventually crashes out with windows error.
It seems to most commonly happen when a special effect is being played for a card that has one, so the ability to turn those off might be a useful start. At the moment it's unplayable.

107 comments
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HobusTobu#85758 commented
Game really likes to 'check for updates' after Ikoria. Like ****, just gonna leave your own client hanging like that? Don't leave your boy on read fam.
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menchirox#67662 commented
Hi, i'm also receiving very slow boot time since the update. I'm happy to see all the comments below, i thought i was the only one.
Please address this in next update.
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DesolationsDawn#35277 commented
Fix your servers. Slow boot time and constant in game issues after Ikoria.
New issue Victory/Defeat screen has no continue. I have to force close the game and restart.
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OutlawStar333#84168 commented
My computer has no problem loading any massive gane, and Arena would load very quickly before Ikoria, now it's taking up to 10 minutes or more to get past "checking for updates" and loading inventory. Come on Wizard's!
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PapaBearz#91507 commented
Very slow load times since the Ikoria update. seems consistently on the "checking for updates" screen after login
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DavosFirebeard#20240 commented
Is this still a place to report poor performance?
Game very frequently stutters and drops fps for no apparent reason whatsoever. System has loads of CPU, RAM, GPU and HDD resources available.
Specs.
Ryzen 2600x
16Gb 3200mhz ram
RX580 8Gb
Game Installed on Firecuda SSHD -
SylwesterTatkowski commented
Spec:
I9 9900k
32GB ram
NVMe m.2
Palit GTX 2070Super
DRIVERS UP TO DATE -
Hello,
It sounds like you may need some more troubleshooting advice, please submit at: https://mtgarena-support.wizards.com/hc/en-us/requests/new and select 'Technical Troubleshooting'.
Thanks!
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TurnOneRagingGoblin#37065 commented
Game constantly freezes during matches. When this happens, the cursor still moves, but I cannot perform any actions, including conceding. I can close the game and reopen it to rejoin my match, but by that point I have already lost a turn or the game.
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MrFigs#82680 commented
My game sometimes crashes, and other times lags so bad that I time out. Which I don’t understand I am running it on a new 16 MacBook Pro high end booted to windows 10
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MattEng#27134 commented
Hello
I cannot play anymore this evening to MTGA because the game is laging very much and I cannot complete my turn, especially when I need to select card in my graveyard to sacrifice.
It's laging very much.
My connection is very good, I only have performance issue with MTGA ...Could you please fix it ?
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Hello,
It sounds like you may need some more troubleshooting advice, please submit at: https://mtgarena-support.wizards.com/hc/en-us/requests/new and select 'Technical Troubleshooting'.
Thanks!
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RDUNeil#07225 commented
Significant lag and "static" or "stuttering" in nearly every game I play. Making Arena not worth my time. This is not a performance issue with my machine.
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cavaleironegro#68757 commented
THERE ARE PLAYERS USING CARD VIEWING TO FLASH CARDS ON OPPONENT SCREEN, SLOWING THOSE WITH A LOWER GRAPHIC PERFORMANCE AND PROMPTING THE TIMER ON OPPONENT, CAUSING BUGS AND EVENTUALLY WINNING THE GAME DOING THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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wrathspride#86416 commented
was winning my rank match in diamond and opponent disconnects to force me to quit and try and take a loss but I wont quit
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Hello,
It sounds like you may need some more troubleshooting advice, please submit at: https://mtgarena-support.wizards.com/hc/en-us/requests/new and select 'Technical Troubleshooting'.
Thanks!
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KermitlL#52242 commented
Given this is peak time on a friday night, this seems like epicly bad server performance. I've been playing several times throughout the day today, but performance was fine until ~ 9pm (EDT). at this point the lag is too pervasive and annoying for me to continue playing tonight.
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Hello,
It sounds like you may need some more troubleshooting advice, please submit at: https://mtgarena-support.wizards.com/hc/en-us/requests/new and select 'Technical Troubleshooting'.
Thanks!
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Aurelia#74315 commented
Nov 5 of the Oko Autumn ....
been getting lagging issues for days on end now . Not even able to complete a game .
Connection lost is a common term in my head now .... sometimes it ends when I have two creature and attacking , then it goes through a reset and back to Shimmer Dragon screen checking for updates .
Then you are back at the orange pill again . Do you press it twice and hope it works this time ? Or better off to just find a paper game somewhere.It is funny though how it teases you to play again and then this time you don’t even make it to the game . It’s disconnect and you have to cycle again. Have not finished a game in 3 days now ...
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TAGE33#89039 commented
Add me to the list of people now having this issue. No issues at all until the last week or so when I started experiencing this "stuttering". I thought it was my wireless mouse and keyboard, replaced the batteries but no change. Realized later that it was only happening in Arena, and cannot figure out why. I'm playing on a desktop rig that should eat this game for breakfast, so this is unacceptable.