Customized Ping Ranges for Matchmaking
Is it possible to have a better matchmaking system to solve the ping disparity in HUT? Could we not search within bands such as 1 to 15ms, 16 to 30ms and and 30+ ms? Or even +/- 10 ms or 5ms? I w...
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EA_Aljo
Community Manager
Community ManagerIt's fine to ask that here. No worries. The best location option was removed while we investigate the long wait times for drop-ins people have been experiencing. So, that's contributing to the ping issues currently. As far as setting a custom ping goes, I don't have any details on that. I know it would be great for getting matches with a better ping, but at the same, it's going to mean a far smaller pool for matchmaking which will introduce longer wait times. We'll just have to wait and see what happens in the future.
Just wondering if this idea was put forward to the team? The +/-5ms ping search would be for HUT only and should be optional. So it wouldn't delay people with good ping from having a game. Those with bad ping could queue in longer searches for someone with 5 to 10ms of their ping.
A lot of people in the community are not going to continue playing HUT until the unfair ping advantage is fixed.
Some feedback from the team at EA would be great.
- EA_Aljo
@Thunderclap83 wrote:
Just wondering if this idea was put forward to the team? The +/-5ms ping search would be for HUT only and should be optional. So it wouldn't delay people with good ping from having a game. Those with bad ping could queue in longer searches for someone with 5 to 10ms of their ping.
A lot of people in the community are not going to continue playing HUT until the unfair ping advantage is fixed.
Some feedback from the team at EA would be great.
I'll make sure this feedback gets passed on.
Just another note on this.
I usually have my matchmaking on maximum 40 or 50ms. Today I played a game at 92ms with that setting on. Is there a reason why the game is forcing me to play against people outside my ping range?
I would rather wait for an hour or not play at all.
It is bad enough playing 37ms vs 2ms on the QC server.
Thanks!
- EA_Aljo
What's your location? It's possible to connect to a higher ping match if they are the closest to you. This would happen in more remote locations.
Do you also play WoC? If so, what's your ping normally for those matches?
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