Online VS Issues
Where to begin. I have been playing NHL since 93. Once online was available I jumped in headfirst and over the last 3 NHLs it has become all I play. For clarity, NHL 23 I played over 1200 online VS g...
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EA_Aljo
Community Manager
Community ManagerThere are 2 issues here. One is that you're on a wireless connection. You are never going to get as good a connection wireless as you do wired. There is a lot of information on this already posted online that you can look up. The bottom line is, if you're going to be required to use a wireless connection, make sure it's 5g and not 2.4. That still is going to leave you susceptible to interference and lag/disconnects are to be expected. No matter how close your console is to your router, it's still wireless. The other option, if using a wire isn't possible, is to get a powerline or MoCA adaptor. Personally, I use powerline adaptors and they have been an excellent solution. MoCA will provide a better connection. However, they're more expensive than powerline adaptors.
The other issue is that you're not playing on our servers. As mentioned previously, Online Versus uses a peer to peer connection. Either you or your opponent are hosting the game. That means one of you is the "server" that you're playing on. So, our servers are only involved in matchmaking and then again when the game ends to send those results back to our servers. Also, if you happen to be in a more remote location, it's possible you're connecting to opponents that are far away. That's going to have a big impact on the connection. Especially if your opponent is hosting the game.
The connection will fluctuate. You may see it as strong, but then suddenly hit a lag spike or disconnect. That should be reflected in the connection meter in game though.
I totally understand you don't have this issue in other games. Every game is different. NHL is pretty demanding of a wireless connection. You have 12 players on the ice with a puck traveling at high speed and constantly changing direction. This is going to need a very stable connection that wireless just doesn't provide 100% of the time. You're going to be susceptible to not only the traffic on your network, but other signals outside of those. If the router is in another room you have to deal with walls that also contain wiring which can compound interference issues. I know it's now in the same room. I'm just using this as an example of how easy it is to interfere with wireless signals.
Using a wire is one of the biggest upgrades you can do to get a better connection. However, in the case of Online Versus, you're still dependent on the location of your opponent and them possibly hosting the game.
I got a LAN cable. Hooked it up. Am only playing full green bar games, And still the same problems.
1) Laggy players. Feels like moving a house boat to turn them. Select them.
2) Still experiencing the in between whistle glitching
3) Players like Hughes, McDavid, McKinnon, who are the fastest in the game can't get around low level defensemen.
4) Whole team lagging when keeping puck away during PK.
See the connection speed below.
Now please explain how this is my connection somehow? What is the excuse this time?
Top city in the world, top internet, great connection speed, hard wired in, "good" connection rating to my opponent.
Go ahead, I'll wait.
- EA_Aljo
The other issue, as I previously mentioned, is that you're not on our servers. Online Versus uses a peer to peer connection. The quality of the connection is based on not only yours but your opponent's as well.
If you want to test this out, try playing a mode on dedicated servers such as HUT or WoC. If your connection is fine there, chances are good you're connecting to someone else with either a poor connection or they are not in your immediate region.
- @EA_Aljo Hello! I completely agree with the person above. But I have a global issue that concerns the whole of Europe) Tell me, when will the swamp effect, handicaps and other assist functions be removed from HUT and Wo mode? Why is everything perfectly fine in Online Versus mode and it used to be like this in both HUT and Woc....This problem fundamentally changes the gameplay of the game. If in Online Versus I am in the TOP 300 across Europe, then in HUT mode, no one can do this because of the swamp effect, because player cards with ratings under 95 and various AI assistants solve 90% of any match. How can this be considered fair game when everything depends on the AI assistants?
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