WTFast

WTFast is a downloadable mod that reduces lag and latency in games. It is designed primarily to assist MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing games) users, keeping PCs running at a uniform speed to keep the game play flowing smoothly and quickly. The program is published by WTFast Corporate, and also styled the Gamers' Private Network.

In the best case scenario WTFast can improve gaming speed by up to seventy per cent, reducing ping time dramatically. This results in smoother gameplay and the ability for all players to stay on top of the online action instead of suffering from lag or latency issues and missing out on vital parts of the game, such as an enemy popping up to shoot at a crucial and exposed moment!

The application is pre-configured with settings for many popular games, meaning that players can access these settings for their favourite games with just one or two clicks, no time-consuming setting up to do before the software is ready to use. It is, however, customisable when necessary and these changes can be saved for rapid start-up on the next use.

Once the utility is downloaded, players can easily search for their desired game by typing the name into a google-search type search bar and waiting to see what results come up.

Some of the games that are pre-loaded into the system include: Guild Wars 2, World of Warcraft, Diablo 3, Ragnorak Online, Aion Online, League of Legends and many, many more. In fact, WTFast supports over eight hundred games, altogether.

Any player who has suffered ignominious defeat because of their system napping at an important part of the game could benefit from trying out WTFast.

There is a free trial, which is rather encumbered with advertising banners, and a premium, paid-for service. However, a word of warning, WTFast is geared to accelerate software in certain circumstances: especially that of having poor internet connectivity. Therefore, people living in rural areas with less than adequate internet connections and even entire countries that have not yet invested in super-fast and fibre-optic broadband will see a great improvement with WTFast, whereas players with slower or older PCs and more advanced Internet bandwidth will probably not see much improvement.

Pros

• Works to improve lag and latency issues in live, online games
• Easy to use, clear and simple search processes, access to over 800 popular games
• Customisable to add new games, when necessary (but this is rarely needed!)

Cons

• Advertising banners plague the free version
• The free version cannot be minimised to the task bar, so it is easy to accidentally click on it while playing with enthusiasm!
• Only works to improve poor Internet connection, not PC or other issues