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Seasoned Novice

1 year ago

Why is this year's online play so wildly inconsistent?

Managed to convince a few of my friends to come back to this game (everybody else refuses to play 24) and man it's been horrendous. We play 6s drop-ins and club. Inconsistent puck pickups and posse...

kezz123

Rising Veteran

1 year ago

@Homie45677654 There are many issues with their netcode and such. One question though, Do you play on XBox or PS?
In either case, did you notice the problem being more common when playing vs the opposite system?

I found that as an xbox player, when we play vs PS players mostly, its like they have more speed, agility, puck control, etc etc. Basically everything you describe. We need to be 3 on one guy to take away the puck "maybe". He can usually skate throught he entire team

Its dumb.
Fatman lag here and there...no specific reason, but I always suspected their networking. I know its worse for me when I play vs Quebec people (im in ontario but less than 2 hour drive from those folks in Qc) yet I lag the most vs them.

Stuff like that.

EA_Aljo
Community Manager
1 year ago
@kezz123

There was a thread recently claiming Xbox players get a boost. There is no boost on either side. Connections can play a role, but most likely this is just confirmation bias.

We're not aware of any netcode issues. There is a lot more that goes into a connection than our servers and code that is out of our control. Your equipment, your ISP's equipment, the traffic in your area, the backbone of your ISP, how your ISP routes your connection, etc.