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5 years ago

Is Ping actually factored into the matchmaking system?

So yeah as above in the title. Getting a little fed up of being shot through cover lol. I've developed a weird tick where I count to 5 everytime i step into cover during a gunfight...and i had one ...

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MandatoryIDtag

5 years ago

@DoYaSeeMe I see, I would love to know what lobbies its actually chucking me into then, as I generally run into a player who can shoot me around corners or cover literally every game.

Playing from the London data centre I would've thought logically it would be Amsterdam and then frankfurt after that depending on capacity.

......hmmm maybe this is the issue actually....as a lot of ZA players connect to these servers. >.>

DoYaSeeMe

5 years ago

@MandatoryIDtag Can't say for sure, but it seems that I have more Western Europe teammates when I or the party leader are connected to London and more Eastern Europeans / Asians when connected to Frankfurt. Also, sometimes the game recomments London or Belgium to me, with Frankfurt being much lower in the list in Season 7, although it was the default for the previous seasons. Ping fluctuation and possibly some recent rerouting...