Server Hosting
I have noticed that my connection is stable and I always ping relatively the same number (low 30’s) with zero packet loss. I had thought that this game had dedicated game play servers rather than individually player hosted matches. This is a HUGE problem.
Anyone (most of you, I’m sure) who hosts while using a device that allows auto fire and auto aiming, (modded controllers or Titan devices do this) ruins the basic gameplay. An example of this is when you play a round and your character is moving incredibly fast for no reason. Someone has adjusted gameplay settings and because they are hosting it broadcasts to everyone else playing. Same thing happens when you have someone who suddenly hits a lag spike while hosting and the game either disconnects or lags to the point of disconnecting. This has made this game a tragic mess for pvp and at times even ops. Sadly, the game defaults to the best connection it can find which usually leaves someone hacking as a host.
Are dedicated gameplay servers a thing of the past? I understand there is a cost of upkeep and maintenance in general, but at least one can control the environment in which the game is played then. At this point players have no classes as I can simply make my tank fire as fast as a rapid fire soldier and automatically target anything that moves on the screen, regardless of range.
This is a game killer for me. No skill other than the scripts that people are writing. Sadly, those who actually write the scripts will never actually get the attention that the child who abuses does.
Hope to see some changes soon.
@GraveledStoopid
I have certainly noticed moving super fast all of a sudden for no reason many times in Ops and wondered why.... interesting.
Don't think I'm observant enough to notice these other details.
I'm sure I remember them saying in the very early Founders live streams that Ops would not be hosted locally like GW2 and would have dedicated servers to avoid the issues that GW2 had eg, when the host was disconnected during the game for some reason the game would end for everybody.
Have they changed this?
Sidenote: Rapid fire Slide? Oh Id like a rapid fire Slide 😃