ping restriction

(warmKeyboard) #1

Hello guys

I have no problem about people from another country playing against or with me but i still have an issue:
The connections of some people on eu servers. I mean, we have an awesome connection here all together but when i sometimes join games they have pings of 100+ (sometimes 250+). I know that they sometimes come from the us or wherever but it totally destroys the fun of the game, because the delay sometimes is so bad, that you can’t hit them at all… Did you think about a maximum ping restriction of like 80 or 90?

(averagerussian) #2

a ping restriction of 80-90 would be awful, there are a lot of people who wanna play with their friends who live on another continent. like myself, i always join my US friends on US servers and i have around 150 ping. i would like to have a maximum 250-300 ping restriction though, that sounds reasonable to me

on the other hand, there’s the people who play at hours when there’s no games in their region so they are forced to join higher ping servers

also we already have the players who randomly quit mid-game leaving us with a very unbalanced game, so kicking players because of their ping will make that even worse

[spoiler]imagine there was a ping restriction, we would have had no game in this situation

http://i.imgur.com/S28bEQ5.jpg[/spoiler]

(Amerika) #3

This game and it’s hit registration is extraordinarily good up to 130-150 ping assuming that the player who has that ping has a consistent ping (not a lot of fluctuation or packet drop). You don’t have to lead them if they are your target and they don’t’ have to lead you. There are a few minor oddities that can happen but compared to older games where having even a 70 ping was a death sentence it’s pretty awesome.

A lot of EU teams have NA or Asian players and NA teams have EU players because the game plays fairly well at higher than normal pings. However, once you start getting north of 150 things get a bit too latent for the prediction system to work properly so I wouldn’t mind a 200-250 ping cut-off personally.

The main issue with somebody who has 100-150 ping typically isn’t the ping but the rubberbanding with latency and dropped packets. If you see people warping that you can’t hit it’s not because they have a high ping. It’s because they have packets that go from 150ms to 300ms and back which screws with the prediction netcode and then dropped packets makes things even worse.

(Pedobear) #4

No because I have 988 ping sometimes when my mother call with skype and go on youtube/download

(GatoCommodore) #5

well then if the internet in asia wouldnt be so bad and giving me 998 ping randomly, maybe i will agree with your proposition.

(Mc1412013) #6

[quote=“frenziedCucumber;204533”]No because I have 988 ping sometimes when my mother call with skype and

What kind of connection u have and is there an upgrade u can subscribe to

(Xyfurion) #7

I hope to god that they don’t add a ping restriction (that is less than 200). Due to where I live, I get consistent 150 ping across RUS, EU, and ASIA servers. If they added a restriction, I wouldn’t be able to play much.

(MarsRover) #8

That’s your problem. With a ping like that you are basically AFK.

I’m in Europe and late at night it’s easier to find a game on US East servers. I get about 130ms ping compared to 50ms to EU servers. Game is playable, although there is a noticeable delay in projectile weapons like the grenade launcher. Same with hit confirmation with sniper rifles. But it’s still better than waiting for a free slot or playing 2v2 on EU servers.

On US West servers with 200+ ping it’s a different story. It is not a pleasant experience anymore. A ping restriction of 250 would be most welcome, at least for the “first world” countries servers.

(Orivar) #9

nope.