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DarthValtrex
Hero (Retired)
4 years ago

Does anyone else have inconsistent Ping?

If you're not sure you can turn on the performance display in settings. This will show you the ping you are getting in each individual match.

Mine is all over the place. Some matches is as low as 18 other matches it's as high as 120. 

My best guess as to what's going on is a thing known as match optimization. Basically what is happening, the game puts a priority on finding a match. That might mean putting you into a higher skill lobby or it could mean sending you to a different server. 80-90 ping would NYC servers and I typically play on the Oregon servers. Ping in the 60's would be some place in the mid west of US. 


I'm just curious if anyone else is having this go on?

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  • I dont have this, I would do some checking with our own network, btw what platform are you running? I heard there can be some inconsistency on the consoles if it has not been fixed yet, but im in general steady only fluctuating 2-3 ms on my ping during a match and +-10 ms pr server good vs bad one. I had some issues earlier but found my network cable been damaged so I got inconsistent speed and ping but now its dead steady.

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    hayhor
    Hero
    4 years ago
    @Zkepz He means game to game. I don't have it as drastic but going from 25 to 65 ping happens for me when I go from a near server to one in Texas or Oregon. It has to do with matchmaking in some way.

    All they need to do is show the actual game server you connect to in game and the question would be answered.
  • Ye you see both in a game and from game to game indication in my message ☺️

    Edit: Im in europe though and on PC.

  • @DarthValtrex  This was rife for me before It forced me to stop playing. (My ping was fluctuating too wildly for the game to actually be playable. Ping was jumping between 20ms-300ms every few seconds)

    Seemed fine when I jumped on last Wednesday though?

  • hayhor's avatar
    hayhor
    Hero
    4 years ago

    @ZkepzEurope has a lot less server locations so you will see a lot less variation.

    I think me being middle of the US limits my change. Darth is on the edge tho so if he connects to the other coast he will see a larger difference. Darth also plays into the wee hours of the West cost time, which means the rest of the US is sleeping. So finding a match when MM is based on speed of the MM will probably move him around a lot.

    @DarthValtrexwhen you look at the lobby server list does the ping from any of them match the ping you see in game? That's probably the in game server you ended up on.

  • DarthValtrex's avatar
    DarthValtrex
    Hero (Retired)
    4 years ago
    @hayhor It does I can probably guess the server based on the ping. 80-90 is NY, 60's is Iowa.
  • DarthValtrex's avatar
    DarthValtrex
    Hero (Retired)
    4 years ago

    @MandatoryIDtag My ping is consistent throughout the match for the most part. The inconsistency is on each individual match. If it starts out at 80 ping, then it's going to be 75-95 ping the entire match. If the match starts at 22 ping then it's going to be between 17-30 ping the entire match. Those swings don't matter much but the average ping does.

    @hayhor Agreed, but I won't lie if I see NY servers I'm just going to leave the match before I even drop in. Days in which I can get consistent matches in below 50 ping range, I'll post a few 2k's and be in the top tier lobbies. If I'm having days with most matches in the 80+ range the game becomes nothing but death for me and I end up in bot lobbies. I already do leave most matches as soon as I see 70+ ping. I can sort of work with below 70. 


  • @DarthValtrex same here , I've been complaining about this for a long time.
    whenever I play on Frankfort and London server my ping is very inconsistent, one match it's 130 - 140 Ms next match it's 240 - 260 Ms , the match after it's back to 130-140 the next is 260.
    I don't get this on ME or Asian servers , mostly it's a problem with EU servers only

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