We’re looking at both ends of this problem. One being having a high ping gives you specific perks over low ping players (making region hopping something you want to do) - netcode is going to make this less of an issue.But that might not be enough, and then we’d need a way to let server owners control this (as it is very much asked for).*
I wouldn’t get all giddy too fast though. I am not saying this to be a troll, mock, or be mean, but DICE is under EA, and EA would have the final say. EA is a major corporation that is in the business to make money. I seriously doubt that they will cut off an entire continent of gamers, in the process taking a huge financial loss, not to mention all the premium members for those countries that would have to be repaid, or suffer potential civil suits in the respected countries, if any loss of service is incurred. It is a simple matter of numbers, piss off several people here, or shut out millions there. I suspect they will do what they have always done, as do most businesses, look after the money and try to keep a certain percentage happy.
I understand and agree in what you are saying. I am just trying to remain positive and find it comforting that they are aware and will attempt to address it. Like I said before, IMO because of this issue, the game has gone to the dogs and I just want to see it saved. Peace out.
Sadly, I’m with Ronin. The chances that they will actually make the needed changes is pretty slim honestly for the exact reasons he said. They will try to do a “middle ground” fix like they always do that won’t do much. Guess we will see, tho I’m starting to feel like it’s too little too late.
They’re only talking about this stuff because they want to get players’ hopes up, and get more suckers to buy premium and Hardline. This is all they’ve been doing since BF4 was released is talk about solutions…talk…and more talk…
Man you guys are just brimming with negativity today lol I understand where you are coming from and I am the first to have doubts but something in the net code or lag compensation is giving advantage/disadvantage based on players connection and distance to server. I don’t think it is a pipe dream to see a tweak in the lag compensation to try to bring about balance. That is the intended purpose of lag compensation after all… balance. I’m not fan a of it but it is what it is and it won’t go away. I just know that many games uses it but no game I can recall is so unbalanced because of it like BF has become. Here’s hoping!
We have lost faith in DICE. Where’s the HF bubble that we got to listen to Youtubers rave about for months? Nowhere, at least for us. It’s kinda hard to get excited when we haven’t seen a single positive effect from CTE.
True but DICE/EA did say the HF updated was ‘planned for old gen but not yet tested’ so they did not leave old gen out in the cold completely. Trust me, when it comes to lag and whatnot, you are not missing anything with HF. I run 30 tick and now I die with 1/4 a bullet instead of 1/2 All kidding aside, it does make the game ‘feel’ better when you are lucky enough to play with players from your region.
Get rid of brokenside hit detection and implement a new BFBC2 style system…Playing OOR was a real pain on that game. Trust me, i know, because it had no server browser and EA loved to throw you into Japan servers etc to be slaughtered.
Yea, I remember something about all DLC being stopped until the game was fixed. Not only has DLC kept coming out, but now they have a completely new game, and BF4 is still broke.
So tired of constantly finding japanese, brazilians and arabs in european servers. I think using quick match should send you to nearest location. So KSA that don’t have their own servers should be sent to asia for example. Brazilians can go to u.s, i don’t care. They are in your continent - not our problem.
If you look at it closer then just it’s another broken issue and I’m sure if it’s pointed out to someone the OOR advantage is breaching EA’s own ToS as those players that go out of their way to hop are breaching said ToS be exploiting part of the games mechanics to get an unfair advantage over players in their own region. Yes it’s a fault that dice need to rectify but it’s a catch 22 and it’s an easy fix by whatever means is necessary.
All kidding aside, it does make the game ‘feel’ better when you are lucky enough to play with players from your region.