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I never really had a problem in Black Ops. Yes I have it terribly bad in MW3. In MW3 I get shot buy the bullets in front of me but with nobody there. Happens all the time. However I had a great experience on Black Ops. I lagged from time to time like anybody else, but most of the time I had a decent connection if I was host or not. Out of all the games I thought Black Ops had the best connection, then World At War, and 3rd MW2. MW3 has been horrible for me. I seriously hope Black Ops 2 does not follow that. Lag comp has ruined MW3 most of the way.

I completely agree.  Black Ops is really where the lag comp started.  There were lag issues in MW2, but not really compensation problems.  In Black Ops, the devs denied any kind of problems with lag compensation.  I think that now MW3 devs have admitted the problem, and have done the right thing in trying to fix it, BO2 devs have nowhere to hide.  In one of the interviews, I believe it was one of the devs (theres a thread around here somewhere) spoke about netcode and network and lag and they were going to do everything they can to keep the game flowing as fast as possible.

Unfortunately, in that same video, you can see a few instances of questionable delays in firing bullets, and those bullets registering, which worries me.  But for me, I'll buy the game as long as they are honest and do what they can to fix the problems that exist.

Also, if I buy this game and there are lag comp problems, I will probably do what I can to "tweak my connection" to remedy my connection problems.  I won't sit idly by anymore and get screwed by the lag comp.

Also, now that they have taken a focus on competitive players, I feel that it would all be for nothing if lag comp problems run rampant.  So hopefully because they want players to be able to actually compete in a fair manner, they will get this fixed.

blackopsfan2025 wrote:

 

anyone with a good connection and experience with online gaming knows that lag compensation is horrible in the original black ops and the latest modern warfare. it's going to be difficult for anyone to buy this game if no significant improvement has been made and lag compensation has not been dialed down to that seen in the first modern warfare. there also needs to be open communication from the devs about this problem. i am tired of situations where you shoot first and die, killed after taking cover, enemies have super quick reflexes, you need to shoot an entire magazine to kill an enemy, and such. to also know the devs have not been open about it and do everything from lie to and deceive everyone about this. lag compensation was obviously poorly written or has just been turned up more with every game to attract more profit by catering to novices with bad internet.

Everyone here is aware of the connectivity issues in Black Ops & MW3

I'm sure the devs are aware that the community are worried about BO2's connectivity.

The link you had in another thread where Vahn spoke about connectivity means that he's aware that BO2 needs to have a decent connectivity system in place so there's fair competition.

He mentions "lag detection" as something that is defined as inconsistant & inaccurate so there is a reason why there hasn't been much chatter between the community & himself.

An example:

"Lag Compensation should be completely removed"

"I have a 100mb download speed" therefore my connection is optimized for gaming"

These comments is why we can't get proper dialect from Vahn as:

1) Lag Compensation has been in all FPS ever since the 90's

2) Your download speed isn't as important as your upload speed & your ping to the host.

3 Matchmaking & Region Lock - finding players closer to you & avoiding the issue of being matchmaked to someone from another country.

4) According to IW developers, the code used for connectivity in MW3 was different compared to MW2 which included more security code & removed the host advantage when the game first launched.

If the community were more understanding about the connectivity system, we would get better answers but we're stuck with players who still believe lag compensation is new to COD & that their download speed is the most important factor of connectivity.

Actually, for me, it seems like Black Ops, as of NOW, is absolutely fine to me-I rarely have any problems. I doubt they can **** it up if they got it right now-all they can do is improve. Treyarch know what they are doing.