Are there any tricks to surviving lag spikes?

All day today I've been plagued by terrible lag spikes - the game just won't respond to my input for 10-15 seconds at a time. I imagine the high demand for the game is causing everyone issues.

I think if I continue attacking, that the attack commands are executed once everything returns to normal - everything seems to fast forward as if all of my attacks had been fired at once. It seems like, if so, continuing to attack even though I'm not seeing any effect would be beneficial. It could just be psychological, however. Is this actually helping?

Are there any other tricks to surviving bouts of extreme lag?

What class are you, and also what type of game? Needless to say, don't play hardcore when you're lagging.

Suggestions to deal with a lot of lag in normal (SC) games:

• Play a pet class if you have that alt (ie. WD). Pets shouldn't be affected by lag issues since the server will control them.
• Use auto targeting skills instead of those that need to be manually aimed: Mobs may be somewhere else from where you think they are
• Use AoE skills - same as above, also if you hit anywhere close to your target it should still damage them
• Recruit follower if playing alone: Even if normally you'd avoid one to prevent pulling aggro, in this case you may do that yourself so having an extra tank/distraction is useful
• Team with someone who isn't lagging :p : I think chat is unaffected by game lag, so they can atleast tell you to gtfo if a horde of demons swamps the group and you can't see them on screen.

Just click the Esc button to pause the game (if you are playing single player) and wait for the lag to go away!