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cintx
Seasoned Newcomer
2 years ago

This game is unplayable during peak hours

It feels like I'm playing a different game depending on when I play. In the morning everything is smooth and responsive. During "normal" hours in the evening, when people start coming home it turns to this unplayable input delay fest. When will this get fixed? It's been like this for days / weeks.

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  • My son and I have only been playing the game since 2022, but we've always noticed that gameplay is worse in the evening in the UK, and pretty much all weekend. If we play a couple of matches in the morning, the gameplay is great, and the match-ups are much more favourable. 

  • ricm0nkey's avatar
    ricm0nkey
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago

    Also much better late at night, but EA will still deny it has anything to do with server issues.

  • blue166's avatar
    blue166
    Rising Ace
    2 years ago
    @ricm0nkey It is a thing. It's extremely noticeable. Games are slow and extremely sluggish in the UK for example all evening until near 11pm. Then the gameplay is fast.

    The same latency for example 10ms at 7pm is sluggish gameplay. 10ms at 11pm is smooth a quicker. What is the logic here?

    Why is the game struggling? It's silly in 2024 that this is an issue.

    Btw in contrast during those times Forza Motorsport, Call of Duty are super smooth and as slick as you like.

    It's this game alright.
  • cintx's avatar
    cintx
    Seasoned Newcomer
    2 years ago

    And again today. Was playing some WL games in the morning with absolutely smooth gameplay, no input lag, great responsiveness. After 4pm, the game turns into a different iteration. Input lag of 0.5-1.5 seconds, players turn like trucks. player switching takes ages etc. Same connection, same ping, no packet loss or anything. Just the servers