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Re: Matchmaking Changes - Lag Compensation

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:36:44 GMT

maccabi wrote:

rankismet wrote:

maccabi wrote:

capp00 wrote:

So, it appears that this title update will be coming out tomorrow, May 15th. Will take a bit to propogate to everyone. Hopefully by weeks end, we will see some improvement to the matchmaking system.

And real quick, once again, this is not going to be a magic bullet that fixes all the lag problems. It "might" help with lag issues if it does a better job of finding lobbies closer to all the players.

So, please don't think this 1 update is going to make the game run buttery smooth. It could, and I do hope so, but if you notice no difference after the update, please don't start rioting in this thread about how "I told you it wouldn't work".
what capp00 said remeber this is a MATCHMAKING fix, not a host disadvantage/ lerps fix

So this fixes lag comp... awesome.

havent you got some sneakers to be making

I'll have you know that I'm the PCS Lead Quality Test Engineer... I don't make a damn thing.

Re: Matchmaking Changes - Lag Compensation

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:57:24 GMT

rankismet wrote:

maccabi wrote:

capp00 wrote:

So, it appears that this title update will be coming out tomorrow, May 15th. Will take a bit to propogate to everyone. Hopefully by weeks end, we will see some improvement to the matchmaking system.

And real quick, once again, this is not going to be a magic bullet that fixes all the lag problems. It "might" help with lag issues if it does a better job of finding lobbies closer to all the players.

So, please don't think this 1 update is going to make the game run buttery smooth. It could, and I do hope so, but if you notice no difference after the update, please don't start rioting in this thread about how "I told you it wouldn't work".
what capp00 said remeber this is a MATCHMAKING fix, not a host disadvantage/ lerps fix

So this fixes lag comp... awesome.

havent you got some sneakers to be making

Re: Matchmaking Changes - Lag Compensation

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:36:37 GMT

maccabi wrote:

ghorman wrote:

maccabi wrote:

what capp00 said remeber this is a MATCHMAKING fix, not a host disadvantage/ lerps fix

I don't think that will get fix unless they adjust the game time the client is using while being host. Its really sad being host and you are the one out of sync with the game. Poor design IMO.
to make any chances bnefore the matchmaking update would be counter productive imo, as any changes made might need to be changed depending on the feedback of the matchmaking patch, if it was me id do the matchmaking patch..then once its fully propagated and feedback gotten THEN fiddle with the host disadvanatge and the un-needed extra lerps as they know both of these need tweaking (finally )

Agreed. Its like asking for a gun change with the game itself is not running correct. You can't put the cart in front of the horse.

Re: Matchmaking Changes - Lag Compensation

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:34:49 GMT

ghorman wrote:

maccabi wrote:

what capp00 said remeber this is a MATCHMAKING fix, not a host disadvantage/ lerps fix

I don't think that will get fix unless they adjust the game time the client is using while being host. Its really sad being host and you are the one out of sync with the game. Poor design IMO.

to make any chances bnefore the matchmaking update would be counter productive imo, as any changes made might need to be changed depending on the feedback of the matchmaking patch, if it was me id do the matchmaking patch..then once its fully propagated and feedback gotten THEN fiddle with the host disadvanatge and the un-needed extra lerps as they know both of these need tweaking (finally )

Re: Matchmaking Changes - Lag Compensation

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:30:48 GMT

maccabi wrote:

what capp00 said remeber this is a MATCHMAKING fix, not a host disadvantage/ lerps fix

I don't think that will get fix unless they adjust the game time the client is using while being host. Its really sad being host and you are the one out of sync with the game. Poor design IMO.

Re: Matchmaking Changes - Lag Compensation

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:30:45 GMT

maccabi wrote:

capp00 wrote:

So, it appears that this title update will be coming out tomorrow, May 15th. Will take a bit to propogate to everyone. Hopefully by weeks end, we will see some improvement to the matchmaking system.

And real quick, once again, this is not going to be a magic bullet that fixes all the lag problems. It "might" help with lag issues if it does a better job of finding lobbies closer to all the players.

So, please don't think this 1 update is going to make the game run buttery smooth. It could, and I do hope so, but if you notice no difference after the update, please don't start rioting in this thread about how "I told you it wouldn't work".
what capp00 said remeber this is a MATCHMAKING fix, not a host disadvantage/ lerps fix

So this fixes lag comp... awesome.

Re: Matchmaking Changes - Lag Compensation

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:27:06 GMT

capp00 wrote:

So, it appears that this title update will be coming out tomorrow, May 15th. Will take a bit to propogate to everyone. Hopefully by weeks end, we will see some improvement to the matchmaking system.

And real quick, once again, this is not going to be a magic bullet that fixes all the lag problems. It "might" help with lag issues if it does a better job of finding lobbies closer to all the players.

So, please don't think this 1 update is going to make the game run buttery smooth. It could, and I do hope so, but if you notice no difference after the update, please don't start rioting in this thread about how "I told you it wouldn't work".

what capp00 said remeber this is a MATCHMAKING fix, not a host disadvantage/ lerps fix

Re: Matchmaking Changes - Lag Compensation

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:18:46 GMT

If it does work I'll be the first the say good job guys. I just want to be able to play the game with my friends again. The only decent games I can get now are when i tweak my connection's MTU and upload speed along with playing in Merc playlist.

Re: Matchmaking Changes - Lag Compensation

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:30:36 GMT

So, it appears that this title update will be coming out tomorrow, May 15th. Will take a bit to propogate to everyone. Hopefully by weeks end, we will see some improvement to the matchmaking system.

And real quick, once again, this is not going to be a magic bullet that fixes all the lag problems. It "might" help with lag issues if it does a better job of finding lobbies closer to all the players.

So, please don't think this 1 update is going to make the game run buttery smooth. It could, and I do hope so, but if you notice no difference after the update, please don't start rioting in this thread about how "I told you it wouldn't work".

Re: Matchmaking Changes - Lag Compensation

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 05 May 2012 14:15:09 GMT

Well for what ever reason that does not work for me but next time I die 5 times in a row I will back out and see if there is a host migration. Last time I did this there was no host migration so I am not 100% sold you can tell when you are host. Maybe I never get host but I have seen all these mentioned indicators and have backed on each of them at one point in time and never saw a host migration.

I will keep my eye out to see next time. In Bops it was easy and I would pull host over 50% time, just the other night I played Bops and pulled host in my first game.

Re: Matchmaking Changes - Lag Compensation

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 05 May 2012 11:11:27 GMT

Thank you Nubdub! You've made my MW3 KC experience more tolerable. As soon as that unlucky 1 or 0 appears (about 70% of the time), I back out to see the host migration message appear before the match even begins. I feel bad for the next host victim though...

The best thing is, I haven't received any messages lately from other players, informing me that i'm garbage after suffering from a hostess with the leastest match. ahhhhhhh it's so nice. If the room is full of mellow players, I'll hang around as host and tough it out.

Thanks again!

Re: Matchmaking Changes - Lag Compensation

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 05 May 2012 04:28:53 GMT

That was me. Your welcome.

Re: Matchmaking Changes - Lag Compensation

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 05 May 2012 00:57:26 GMT

I recently found a thread on how to tell if you're host and verified it for myself. I forget the user's name that posted it, I'll have to thank him. When the map is loading you have to watch for the Intel loading bar and pay attention to the awaiting challenge on the bottom right side of the screen. If "awaiting challenge" counts down at 1 or 0 you are the host, anything else and you're not. If you miss it, you can also tell if your count down starts at 13.

Re: Matchmaking Changes - Lag Compensation

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:13:40 GMT

Good one cappo and mac. Whatever the outcome take a bow for being pro-active in trying to make some sense out of the mess wev'e been given.....

Re: Matchmaking Changes - Lag Compensation

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 04 May 2012 07:56:24 GMT

Atleast we will have all new zombie maps to play it should be interesting to see how the new zombie maps are going to look. And who do you think the zombies will be ??????

Re: Matchmaking Changes - Lag Compensation

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 03 May 2012 22:47:23 GMT

I agree but if BLOPS2 works well I might just be an every other year COD fan.

Re: Matchmaking Changes - Lag Compensation

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 03 May 2012 22:30:51 GMT

Personally, I think they won't learn their lesson, until they see MW4 sales are crap. Because I get the vibe that Treyarch is trying to separate themselves from IW knowing how the community has responded to them. Most likely the fans will give Black Ops 2 a chance since it's a different studio. But they get the money up front so it's hard to see the problems until after they've collected the $$$. If Black Ops hasn't fixed the problem by then, I'm pretty sure sales will take a huge dive after that.

Re: Matchmaking Changes - Lag Compensation

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 03 May 2012 22:19:54 GMT

They have done a couple updates on the beta which includes sensors and detection devices...you might want to try again plus the beta is going on until the 9th now instead of the 2nd.

capp00 wrote:

I've tried playing Ghost Recon a few times. The first night, it was great.....once I could actually get into a match. But it was a lot of fun. First match, I went 18-6 and my team won.

I tried playin again this weekend and it appears the CoD community has moved in and set up shop. Had 1 match where the entire enemy team was prone in corners, bushes, etc.. Found 2 guys that apparently figured out how to crawl backwards through a wall and were shooting people through the walls.
Apparently there are multiple devices/weapons/attachments that get enemies to glow orange so those were being spammed within 3 seconds of the match beginning.
Etc.. Etc...

It was just not fun. I've played the crap out of every Ghost Recon since the black box and this was the first time I'd seen this style of play outside of CoD.

Re: Matchmaking Changes - Lag Compensation

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:53:58 GMT

SheSaidNo wrote:

With people so jaded about this game and the announcement of Black Ops 2 I wonder if it'll even matter at this point. I'd like to see more people come back to get better games but I have a feeling MW3 might be past a point that's too difficult to recover from.

Heres the thing though... the harder they try to fix this game, the more I'm going to want to buy Black Ops 2. And at this point, I'm not buying Black Ops 2.

It's really in Activisions best interests to show the community they actually care. They will be rewarded with more $ (because thats the only thing that seems to motivate them).

Re: Matchmaking Changes - Lag Compensation

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:06:56 GMT

I've tried playing Ghost Recon a few times. The first night, it was great.....once I could actually get into a match. But it was a lot of fun. First match, I went 18-6 and my team won.

I tried playin again this weekend and it appears the CoD community has moved in and set up shop. Had 1 match where the entire enemy team was prone in corners, bushes, etc.. Found 2 guys that apparently figured out how to crawl backwards through a wall and were shooting people through the walls.

Apparently there are multiple devices/weapons/attachments that get enemies to glow orange so those were being spammed within 3 seconds of the match beginning.

Etc.. Etc...

It was just not fun. I've played the crap out of every Ghost Recon since the black box and this was the first time I'd seen this style of play outside of CoD.