Competitive play when ping is unbalanced
Can you guys please explain to me how I am supposed to play competitively against a team from a Quebec server when I am on 65+ ping every time and I get frozen over 3 times a game and can’t move. I a...
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@Thelast1left Dude, I average a 750 mbps wired and still get it 3 out of 10 games where it's damn right unplayable. Think ea has to troubleshoot their servers.
We also get some serious stuttering lag or fatman lag once every other game, still the ping is flat 9ms. It’s like the servers can’t handle the load or something.
HUT servers are awful and have been since NHL 21. Input lag is very noticeable which causes the "fatman" effect.
I almost exclusively play Online Versus for this very reason. I only play HUT if I want to just screw around since it doesn't really matter since there are no stats recorded or leaderboards.
HUT it will say I have 15ms ping or 30ms ping with no bumps in the connection but it will feel like an Online Versus connection that is at least 130+ms ping. I don't even bother accepting games in OV that are over 100ms ping as it's not competitive.
@jadaseian wrote:
@Thelast1leftDude, I average a 750 mbps wired and still get it 3 out of 10 games where it's damn right unplayable. Think ea has to troubleshoot their servers.FYI - higher bandwidth doesn't mean you'll get better response times from EA's servers. You can have 100GBPS, military grade bandwidth and if your ISP routes traffic a certain way to where EA's servers are, you're still going to get the same response time as someone with a 100Mbit connection.
- @KidShowtime1867 Good to know, so my point still stands they need to troubleshoot their servers 🤣
@jadaseian wrote:
@KidShowtime1867Good to know, so my point still stands they need to troubleshoot their servers 🤣haha yes, point still stands!
Anecdotally, we've noticed a significant improvement since the addition of the North-North Central Server. At least I think that was one of the locations added in '23.
Might be worth it to determine what server location is best for the majority of your teammates and go from there.
@KidShowtime1867 wrote:
@jadaseian wrote:
@Thelast1leftDude, I average a 750 mbps wired and still get it 3 out of 10 games where it's damn right unplayable. Think ea has to troubleshoot their servers.FYI - higher bandwidth doesn't mean you'll get better response times from EA's servers. You can have 100GBPS, military grade bandwidth and if your ISP routes traffic a certain way to where EA's servers are, you're still going to get the same response time as someone with a 100Mbit connection.
Trust me, military grade internet isn't that good.. they have allot of problems.. I would know.. haha
