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Br4ymatter
New Traveler
3 months ago

HUT unplayable

How has your netcode not improved with this game over the years?
Literally 9/10 games are practically unplayable.

opponent on speed, ridiculously out hitting, out shooting, TOA. Can’t win a faceoff. Same garbage as past years. AI dumb as ever while opponents are reacting before I can do anything. Zero time and space. 

I know I’m not the only one, so don’t even bother asking for video or examples as others have tried to provide in past and you disregard. 

Could tolerate it happening the occasional game but this is over the top.

Is it too late to get a refund?  I kind of figured it wouldn’t be great to begin with, as it never is, but this is another level. 

You really want to grow this game? Fix this.

I bet it’s 90% the reason for complaints about gameplay too. 

whatever it is, it’s on EA to fix. Stand up more servers, fix the netcode, take a year off from yearly release. whatever it takes.

I’ve tried everything and more from changing ISPs, to routers, to monitors. It is 100% an EA issue that needs to be addressed. 

or maybe it’s intentional matchmaking

Do better. You owe it to your player base.

6 Replies

  • EA_Aljo's avatar
    EA_Aljo
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    3 months ago

    Hi there. We're getting very few reports of this, but will keep an eye out for more. You can contact the retailer the game was purchased from to see if a refund is possible. Thanks for the report.

  • Br4ymatter's avatar
    Br4ymatter
    New Traveler
    3 months ago

    EA had to have done something to make things worse here. Either shut down servers close to me or somehow managed to make matchmaking even worse than it already was, or maybe it’s intentional.

    was div 2 in past series HUT and now I can’t win a game in ranked? Cmon. Fix it. I’ve done everything I can do on my end, (besides buy packs lol) Has to be on EA side. 

    Disgustingly out hit, out TOA, outshot. Opponent on speed. Ridiculously uneven playing field. Quit the messing and allow us to play straight up. Flat 30ms ping “supposedly” yet opponent’s ai is flawless. 

    feels like I’m purposely being hindered. 

    explain or do something. CANNOT be only one

  • Were there servers shutdown or decommissioned for 26? I saw someone posting about a Denver one no longer being in existence.
    I'm not near Denver but perhaps others were shutdown as well? FYI I’m in Saskatchewan.
    Just curious if this could be reason for the wildly mismatched connection games I see way too often?
    Flat 30ms but opponent feels like on 2 ping and I’m on 100. Or perhaps there’s some overly aggressive compensation going on?

  • EA_Aljo's avatar
    EA_Aljo
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    3 months ago

    If you're seeing a 30ms ping, that's what your ping is. That's a good connection so your losses wouldn't be related to that. Without watching your gameplay, we wouldn't be able to tell why you're losing so frequently. 

  • Regardless of my ping, have servers been decommissioned or shutdown though? 

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