Message from the Robert Bowling via twitter:

FYI #MW3 players in remote areas; I understand the recent update on XBOX 360 has adjusted your matchmaking, it will be addressed swiftly

https://twitter.com/?lang=en&logged_out=1#!/fourzerotwo/status/17987986473472819 2

Meaning that for players in remote areas, the matchmaking will be back to normal (as per before the latest title update)

Well, here's my two cents.

I just came on the game, not too long ago and I've had nothing but 3 hours of my life wasted completely in lobbies where my connection bars never exceeded 2 bars in total.

The lag is horrible, the match making is even worse and I'm not even going to mention the time I have to spend WAITING to join a lobby.

I currently live in a shitty country named "Croatia" and the match making in here is bad. Before this patch, I would need to restart the lobby searches a couple times to find 75 Ms games. I've never had a connection of 2 bars or less during that old style searching.
Why fix something that's not broken ? I didn't pay you 60 dollars + to have to wait 30 minutes for a lobby and then spend the entire game shooting blank bullets at targets that stand still.

Do me a favor, add a freaking setting (in the game settings) that we can choose to select either local or broad searching because this is rediculous. I think it would be the best thing to do. This way, the players could choose which works better =)

Also, this is my second forum account. The first doesn't even have the ability to post (With everything linked and verified). Could someone contact me regarding that ? Thanks.

Ok, that´s it! Paid for this game 8th november with Elite, couldn´t play online until late december and i could only play Barebones. Now, in late February i could play most game types without any lag issues. Updated last night and i haven´t found a single match in 25 hours. Now, i want my money back.

each update just makes it worse for me, now region lock is back i can find 2 maybe 3 games with the same people in tdm and no other game. and the lag is even worse. work that one out.

i find it strange there was maybe 12 of us on tonight, most from the uk 2 from denmark and 2 from usa. now the ones from usa with slower internet, have no trouble joining the guys from the uk. the 2 from denmark could not get in the screen would stop at loading the map for both. i know i have 30/30 not sure about the other. but we could not join......it took maybe 40 mins before one of us could get in..

so now i can play the same people in tdm knowing i will get host which means i will be laged comped the crap out of, or i can not play it...............it is as if you want to stop people playing this game, i dont get it............. i have no desire to play with the same few people all the time..... and i do not ever want to be host.. give me a choice local. eu.. rest of the world. 3 simple choices and then give me a choice consider being host yes or no.i have still not been able to play the new map. now i payed for it to play it early. but i cant . no games found........ you are not giving what you promised........