Ping spike followed by freeze, forced to ctrl alt del

[forester55 0]

Nearly every time I've been able to get on the server (many times I get stuck at some portion of the loading and must close the game) I play for a couple minutes, more or less, and then the game freezes after an insane ping spike (could be 900, 2000, 8000).

Like I can still move my character around, but everyone is frozen and I can't interact with questgivers, mobs, etc. I also cannot logout or close the game when this happens, and must use task manager to close the game. The most recent attempt I was able to get in the game but no players or NPCs spawned, I had 0 ping. But I could still move my character around with no issue.

Does anyone know about this/these problems and can maybe offer some help?

Edited January 13, 2017 by forester55