Addendum: Last night I had to kill the eqgame.exe process again, twice. Then log back in after zoning.
~100ms ping time constantly and 0 loss according to what the in game meter reads. (same as before)
Since it was a DB issue, I wonder if there is something up with disk latency after the fact. Only monitoring can tell.
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Just throwing it out there.....