Game periodically stops responding to input for seconds or minutes

same here...

My in game latency just randomly spikes to around 20,000 then I get dc'ed

ok, next try in "could be" storys ...

go to game files and start the PathOfExile_x64Steam.exe as admin ...

played 30 min. for now without these cheeky peaks ... tried before normal start and it was ... mäh

Was alright during the first three days of the league launch and started having the same issue today, pretty much after the hotfixes patch. Playable but dying every now and then because my game freezes doesn't feel that good.

Lag spike to 10+k ms for several seconds and then either DC or the game continues

Have the same issue. Game will periodically stop responding to input then boot me to the log in screen, and it will say "an unexpected disconnection has occurred".

I play on the NA servers (tried California, Texas, DC all do the same)

Yup still happening. No word from GGG? The support team tells us to come here for help.

I don't understand why GGG becoming so bad at communicating

Bumping int he hopes this gets addressed. It is still occurring for me.

UP

been having lag spikes for the past hour. Have had no issues since league start. Tried resetting router to no avail. Even their website is crashing as i tried to write this earlier.