Online disadvantage from Saskatchewan
Terrible from Saskatchewan today. it may not look like lag per se, but something is going on. I’m no pro, and I don’t mind losing to good players, but all teams I play against today (and most days)...
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Still bad this weekend again. Team is playing in mud. Can’t generate anything.
Why grind to get better players when player stats, strategies mean nothing at all?
I had my share of sluggish games last year too but this year is absolutely horrendous. Always a step behind.
Game after game like this now! Absolutely brutal!
EA_Aljo
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Community ManagerHi there, @Br4ymatter
As you suspect, most likely this has to do with your distance from the closest dedicated server. What is the ping you're seeing in-game from the pause/stoppage screen?
Typically it is always around 40 on average, but it varies at times. Seen it get up to 44/45 or low as 34/35. Rarely ever in 30s though.
Regardless what it shows, the game play can most times, feel a step behind (even when at 40) and then other times it’s shows 40 and it’s perfectly fine. Rarely fair though this year it would seem.
Ironically, I recently played around with max ping setting and even set it to 80 and to my amazement, gameplay was super fast. Still felt like opponent had advantage but my team seemed faster too at least.
- EA_Aljo
Having a 45 average isn't bad. As far as feeling a step behind goes, does your TV have a game mode you can enable? Also, if you're on PS5 or Xbox Series X/S, make sure you're using the HDMI cable that came with your system and not an older one.
Yeah, I’ve had great games at 40/45, but more often than not I’ve had awful games even at same speeds this year. I don’t have any trust in those numbers or if they are accurate, something else on sever side is going on. Nothing to do with lag from tv. Server proximity or something else, but has to be server side.
fyi played a kid other day who was only playing his 3rd game online ever, so div 10 I guess? With a win, I get into div 5. I managed to win but in OT and it was one of these games where I couldn’t do anything but I managed to squeak it out. Not sure what’s going on there, but super frustrating.
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