I didn’t see any issues playing WoW while DLing 30GB+ game client at almost full speed of my 120Mb connection XD
So yeah, Wow doesn’t need much.
Pff, internet shminternet.
I think you and I are talking about 2 different things while talking about the same thing.
When you said incoming traffic, I took it to mean you accessing say a website and the content being incoming to you 
Where as you probably meant it to mean incoming requests to send data out.
Speed can actually affect your ms.
I used to be on a 22mb connection. During raid, we would have bbc iplayer going, and my son would be on steam. Just these 2 things alone while I was raiding was enough to push my ms to 55. When my daughters both streamed from youtube my ms went up typically to 90[. When an update kicked in on steam, despite being limited to a mere few kbps, my ms would shoot to between 1800 and 2800ms.
Then off course there was the quality of the copper line between me and the cabinet, which created a fair amount of noise and resulted in a certain number of packages having errors.
Then if everyone in the area was on the internet downloading or streaming heavily that actually affected me also (saturating the pipe).
Off course this could also happen on a full fibre connection, but the chances are lower.
Anyway our discussion is now straying away from the original question by the op 
> But yes your speed could have a bearing depending on your household. As could the quality of your line (which is what then affects your speed). Since going to fttp my in game ms is typically 12ms no matter how much my family hammer the connection.
It can also depend on what type of internet connection you got and the routes you’ve got to Blizzard’s servers.
WoW really doesn’t need a particularly large volume of data at least after it’s fully downloaded. What it does need is low latency.
It does, as there are others in the house, and in the nearby houses, all sharing same hubs. Faster lines imply faster hubs, less sharing, less load shedding etc, also the extra throttling means some packets get delayed behind others being throttled. Basically there is nothing to gain by slow lines, only to lose. If you have a slow line, make sure no one is streaming / watching videos as you are trying to time your M+ key…
I know, I was saying the same (albeit in a more simplistic way) thing to Dejarous who was implying that speed doesnt really affect your ms. Provided you have a solid speed or something.
Latency is not usually connected with speed, unless your speed is very low.
Think of it like a water pipe, if a small amount flows through it, it all gets through quickly but if it’s full then the water goes slower or even backs up.
Gaming needs the pipe to be as empty as possible to be at it’s fastest.
I’m on 400mb/s, which I think is set to 450 as I get 420 on most testing sites. It’s more than enough for my needs, the company do a 900mb/s line but that’s close to my router maximum speed.
I have a 1000/100 coax connection.
There isn’t any significant improvement in WoW.
I would say package loss and latency are more critical to keep an eye on.
With steam i hit around a 100-130 mb/s.
Took me 8 minutes to download Elden Ring.
You’re still limited by servers.
Ping has more of an impact on your online gaming experience than downloading speed.
The only time download speed comes into play is if there is heavy traffic; if there are a lot of people in your household using the internet at the same time.
no difference
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