Having some sort of "lag" issue. Help?

[Jadage]

I'm pretty sure it's not lag in the traditional sense. I just installed, and am getting a weird feedback loop. Like, I'll click to get a quest, hear the page open up three times while my screen freezes, then it snaps to and the quest is loaded. Same thing happens when I attack, or when someone near me attacks, or when my character makes sounsd, etc. I always get the looping sound 3 times before the "lag spike" stops and I can move again.

While I can still do the low level quests quite easily, though in a more time-consuming fashion than I'd like, this is going to be a major issue if I ever want to pvp or do instances. Which obviously, I want to do.

Anyone else have anything similar happen? Anyone know how to fix it?

I'm already a bit frustrated with this server, as my first download was corrupted and I had to download the game three times actually, before I could play. I eventually had to download the "VanillaGaming" link and change the realmlist. Could that have something to do with my "lag?"

Any help is appreciated.

[AverageJoe]

Sounds less like lag and more like a stuttering problem, like your game is having to "catch up" with itself. If you monitor your ms latency, what kind of connection do you get while playing?