Tibia on LTE and a phone hotspot
When your main link dies, your phone is right there. The trouble is that Tibia notices the switch faster than you can get back to the game.
Why switching to LTE throws you out
A connection to the game server is tied to the IP address it came from. A mobile network is not the same internet as your fixed line, it is a second, independent route with an address of its own. The moment you switch, the game sees a connection from a completely different place, treats it as new, and the old session ends.
On LTE there is CGNAT on top of that. Your mobile operator does not give you a public address of your own, it sends you out through a shared gateway used by thousands of other subscribers. That address can differ every time your phone re-attaches to the network, so even coming back to the same LTE is no guarantee the game will see what it saw a moment ago.
Can you actually play Tibia on LTE?
You can. The ping is higher than on a cable and it jumps around under a busy cell tower, but it is enough to play. Treat LTE as a spare wheel: it should get you to the end of the hunt, not replace your main link for good.
KickShield adds its own share too — game traffic goes through our node, so a few milliseconds come with it. We sell session continuity, not lower ping. If you are looking for a faster connection, this is not the product.
What changes with KickShield
Traffic to Tibia's servers enters the tunnel and always leaves from the same address: our node's, not your operator's. When your computer hops from Wi-Fi to LTE, the route the packets take to the tunnel changes, but the address the game sees stays the same. It feels like a second of lag rather than a disconnect — you keep playing with no fresh login.
Phone hotspot — what to keep in mind
Only game traffic enters the tunnel, so your data allowance drains slowly: Tibia eats a fraction of what a video or a download does. The battery will go first, so a phone acting as a hotspot is better left on the charger. Most important, turn the hotspot on before the link dies. Switching over only saves the session if the second route is already up.