# Servers favour 1 side in a game? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 9, 2018, 1:19pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/servers-favour-1-side-in-a-game/103393 "2018-05-09T13:19:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Squizzy72](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Squizzy72](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Squizzy72)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 1:19pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/servers-favour-1-side-in-a-game/103393/1 "2018-05-09T13:19:00Z")
I’m just putting this out for comment as I’m unsure but would like to hear other players thoughts, to me I believe (but could be wrong) that the servers seem to favour 1 side in a game, 1 team seem to get it easy, easy kills etc yet the other team struggle, shots don’t register and might as well be throwing water balloons at the enemy… Even tonight I hit 2 players standing next to each other square on with the AT Rocket and nothing… I’ve experienced both these and a lot more lately, does anyone else feel this happens? Australian player btw… ---
**Author:** ![crswipe](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@crswipe](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/crswipe)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/servers-favour-1-side-in-a-game/103393/2 "2018-05-10T03:06:00Z")
Yeah… Now that you mention it, the side that plays better always wins! You might be on to something… ---
**Author:** ![Vaders](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/dc4da7/32.png) [@Vaders](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Vaders)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/servers-favour-1-side-in-a-game/103393/3 "2018-05-11T20:13:00Z")
You just noticed this? Been going on with BF for the last 3 or 4 releases! ---
**Author:** ![Squizzy72](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Squizzy72](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Squizzy72)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/servers-favour-1-side-in-a-game/103393/4 "2018-05-11T21:38:00Z")
> [@Vaders](#): > > You just noticed this? Been going on with BF for the last 3 or 4 releases! Ok so it’s not just me then!!! Cheers Vaders ---
**Author:** ![V99999](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/v99999/32/103964_2.png) [@V99999](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/V99999)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 12:41am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/servers-favour-1-side-in-a-game/103393/5 "2018-05-12T00:41:00Z")
It’s a real thing you can go from God mode to dirt in a minute. Sometimes the lag hit detection can swing during a match but yes the server appears to favor one team I’ve the other at times. ---
**Author:** ![Squizzy72](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Squizzy72](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Squizzy72)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 6:07am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/servers-favour-1-side-in-a-game/103393/6 "2018-05-12T06:07:00Z")
> [@V99999](#): > > It’s a real thing you can go from God mode to dirt in a minute. Sometimes the lag hit detection can swing during a match but yes the server appears to favor one team I’ve the other at times. It’s so so frustrating! Thanks V99999 ---
**Author:** ![Buzzkill66](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@Buzzkill66](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Buzzkill66)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/servers-favour-1-side-in-a-game/103393/7 "2018-05-12T15:08:00Z")
The frustration is real. My brother and I comment on this all the time. We played last night and experienced it all night long. ---
**Author:** ![bapman63](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/bapman63/32/101289_2.png) [@bapman63](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/bapman63)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/servers-favour-1-side-in-a-game/103393/8 "2018-05-12T20:01:00Z")
Ditto, I’m playing it this morning and like one of the above posters said “you can go from God mode to dirt” in the time it takes to flip a switch. Very very frustrating. ---
**Author:** ![Halcyon\_Creed\_N7](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/halcyon_creed_n7/32/100954_2.png) [@Halcyon\_Creed\_N7](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Halcyon_Creed_N7)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 9:43am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/servers-favour-1-side-in-a-game/103393/9 "2018-05-15T09:43:00Z")
This seems like conjecture and anecdotal evidence at best. I’ve had amazing games followed by TERRIBLE matches in the same server, but I don’t think it’s the actual server causing it. ---
**Author:** ![ElliotLH](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/elliotlh/32/101030_2.png) [@ElliotLH](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/ElliotLH)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2018, 12:17pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/servers-favour-1-side-in-a-game/103393/10 "2018-05-15T12:17:00Z")
One of my friends maintains that this happens but I’m not so sure myself. ---
**Author:** ![Emporer2](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/emporer2/32/101859_2.png) [@Emporer2](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Emporer2)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/servers-favour-1-side-in-a-game/103393/11 "2018-05-16T13:03:00Z")
I’m not sure if the servers really favor one side or the other, but I do think balancing has issues. Last night I played 3 rounds of conquest. In the first match, my team was annihilated. We lost by a little more than 500 points. Then in the second match, my team dominated. We had 500 points before the other team had 200. Then in the third match, everything shifted again. The other team dominated and we lost again, by about 400 points. There were no close games and no real balancing. It was either one side or the other. ---
**Author:** ![Squizzy72](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Squizzy72](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Squizzy72)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/servers-favour-1-side-in-a-game/103393/12 "2018-05-16T13:32:00Z")
> [@Halcyon\_Creed\_N7](#): > > This seems like conjecture and anecdotal evidence at best. I’ve had amazing games followed by TERRIBLE matches in the same server, but I don’t think it’s the actual server causing it. It is conjecture and anecdotal, it just seems like the servers favour 1 side in a game but what the real reasons are, I don’t know but it would be good to know why this happens, it’s just so frustrating… ---
**Author:** ![beetroot888](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/2acd7d/32.png) [@beetroot888](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/beetroot888)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/servers-favour-1-side-in-a-game/103393/13 "2018-05-17T13:16:00Z")
> [@Emporer2](#): > > I’m not sure if the servers really favor one side or the other, but I do think balancing has issues. > > Last night I played 3 rounds of conquest. In the first match, my team was annihilated. We lost by a little more than 500 points. Then in the second match, my team dominated. We had 500 points before the other team had 200. Then in the third match, everything shifted again. The other team dominated and we lost again, by about 400 points. There were no close games and no real balancing. It was either one side or the other. > [@Emporer2](#): > > I’m not sure if the servers really favor one side or the other, but I do think balancing has issues. > > Last night I played 3 rounds of conquest. In the first match, my team was annihilated. We lost by a little more than 500 points. Then in the second match, my team dominated. We had 500 points before the other team had 200. Then in the third match, everything shifted again. The other team dominated and we lost again, by about 400 points. There were no close games and no real balancing. It was either one side or the other. Played dom last night. Was the only rank 140. Rest of team rank 90 and below. Other team had two players under 100. 85 and a 92. Rest of team was 110 and above. If course they stomped us. I was first on my side 4 games in a row. Didn’t mind the challenge but sucked playing 5 min games. ---
**Author:** ![bapman63](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/bapman63/32/101289_2.png) [@bapman63](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/bapman63)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 11:26pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/servers-favour-1-side-in-a-game/103393/14 "2018-05-17T23:26:00Z")
> [@Halcyon\_Creed\_N7](#): > > This seems like conjecture and anecdotal evidence at best. I’ve had amazing games followed by TERRIBLE matches in the same server, but I don’t think it’s the actual server causing it. Sure it’s conjecture and anecdotal but like the old saying says, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck. ---
**Author:** ![AnnoyedHaddock](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a587f6/32.png) [@AnnoyedHaddock](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/AnnoyedHaddock)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/servers-favour-1-side-in-a-game/103393/15 "2018-06-03T13:47:00Z")
> [@Emporer2](#): > > I’m not sure if the servers really favor one side or the other, but I do think balancing has issues. > > Last night I played 3 rounds of conquest. In the first match, my team was annihilated. We lost by a little more than 500 points. Then in the second match, my team dominated. We had 500 points before the other team had 200. Then in the third match, everything shifted again. The other team dominated and we lost again, by about 400 points. There were no close games and no real balancing. It was either one side or the other. I think it is partly down to the skill based matchmaking and how they assign teams by skill. Every individual player has a skill rating and it seems to me that they just simply average it out. So on one team you have a squad with 5 incredibly high skill players and the rest is populated by very low skill players, the other team is made up of all average skill level players. Thus the team with average skill players will in theory win every time, especially in the 64 player game modes as 4 or 5 players can’t win the game. I find this very noticeable as some games I’ll be 5-10k points clear at the top of the scoreboard with a 4 or 5+ kd ratio and more kills than the rest of my squad combined. These games where I do very well personally are generally the ones I lose, the ones I win mainly are the games where my teams scorebord is fairly well balanced and the top 5-10 spaces are pretty equal. I would like to see a tier ranking system that other competitive games have like Halo and Gears so you’re always playing with similar level players as yourself and don’t have a team populated by potatoes with 2 left hands. ---
**Author:** ![bapman63](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/bapman63/32/101289_2.png) [@bapman63](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/bapman63)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/servers-favour-1-side-in-a-game/103393/16 "2018-06-03T15:42:00Z")
> [@AnnoyedHaddock](#): > > > [@Emporer2](#): > > > > I’m not sure if the servers really favor one side or the other, but I do think balancing has issues. > > > > Last night I played 3 rounds of conquest. In the first match, my team was annihilated. We lost by a little more than 500 points. Then in the second match, my team dominated. We had 500 points before the other team had 200. Then in the third match, everything shifted again. The other team dominated and we lost again, by about 400 points. There were no close games and no real balancing. It was either one side or the other. > > I think it is partly down to the skill based matchmaking and how they assign teams by skill. Every individual player has a skill rating and it seems to me that they just simply average it out. So on one team you have a squad with 5 incredibly high skill players and the rest is populated by very low skill players, the other team is made up of all average skill level players. Thus the team with average skill players will in theory win every time, especially in the 64 player game modes as 4 or 5 players can’t win the game. > > I find this very noticeable as some games I’ll be 5-10k points clear at the top of the scoreboard with a 4 or 5+ kd ratio and more kills than the rest of my squad combined. These games where I do very well personally are generally the ones I lose, the ones I win mainly are the games where my teams scorebord is fairly well balanced and the top 5-10 spaces are pretty equal. > > I would like to see a tier ranking system that other competitive games have like Halo and Gears so you’re always playing with similar level players as yourself and don’t have a team populated by potatoes with 2 left hands. I don’t think that’s what op is talking about. I do understand what your talking about but, op (I think) is talking about how one side seems to be able to kill with no issues yet the other sides 4 shot weapons seems to take 8 now, how the other team seem to be able to snap aim the heck out of your team but when you snap aim your either Lt or Rt of them, the other team captures a flag and it done in seconds but even when you have 10 players on it, it’s just tic, tic, tic. There’s more of corse but this should be enough to understand op point. ---
**Author:** ![AnnoyedHaddock](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a587f6/32.png) [@AnnoyedHaddock](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/AnnoyedHaddock)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/servers-favour-1-side-in-a-game/103393/17 "2018-06-04T18:31:00Z")
> [@bapman63](#): > > > [@AnnoyedHaddock](#): > > > > > [@Emporer2](#): > > > > > > I’m not sure if the servers really favor one side or the other, but I do think balancing has issues. > > > > > > Last night I played 3 rounds of conquest. In the first match, my team was annihilated. We lost by a little more than 500 points. Then in the second match, my team dominated. We had 500 points before the other team had 200. Then in the third match, everything shifted again. The other team dominated and we lost again, by about 400 points. There were no close games and no real balancing. It was either one side or the other. > > > > I think it is partly down to the skill based matchmaking and how they assign teams by skill. Every individual player has a skill rating and it seems to me that they just simply average it out. So on one team you have a squad with 5 incredibly high skill players and the rest is populated by very low skill players, the other team is made up of all average skill level players. Thus the team with average skill players will in theory win every time, especially in the 64 player game modes as 4 or 5 players can’t win the game. > > > > I find this very noticeable as some games I’ll be 5-10k points clear at the top of the scoreboard with a 4 or 5+ kd ratio and more kills than the rest of my squad combined. These games where I do very well personally are generally the ones I lose, the ones I win mainly are the games where my teams scorebord is fairly well balanced and the top 5-10 spaces are pretty equal. > > > > I would like to see a tier ranking system that other competitive games have like Halo and Gears so you’re always playing with similar level players as yourself and don’t have a team populated by potatoes with 2 left hands. > > I don’t think that’s what op is talking about. I do understand what your talking about but, op (I think) is talking about how one side seems to be able to kill with no issues yet the other sides 4 shot weapons seems to take 8 now, how the other team seem to be able to snap aim the heck out of your team but when you snap aim your either Lt or Rt of them, the other team captures a flag and it done in seconds but even when you have 10 players on it, it’s just tic, tic, tic. There’s more of corse but this should be enough to understand op point. Gotcha, misunderstood that my bad. ---
**Author:** ![bapman63](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/bapman63/32/101289_2.png) [@bapman63](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/bapman63)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/servers-favour-1-side-in-a-game/103393/18 "2018-06-06T02:41:00Z")
Dice isn’t even trying to hide it any more. I just watched some one respawn right behind someone on the other team in a spot I’ve never seen anyone spawn before, I watched someone spawn on a teammate under fire. I mean it’s just blatant. ---
**Author:** ![Squizzy72](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Squizzy72](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Squizzy72)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/servers-favour-1-side-in-a-game/103393/19 "2018-06-08T14:08:00Z")
> [@bapman63](#): > > > [@AnnoyedHaddock](#): > > > > > [@Emporer2](#): > > > > > > I’m not sure if the servers really favor one side or the other, but I do think balancing has issues. > > > > > > Last night I played 3 rounds of conquest. In the first match, my team was annihilated. We lost by a little more than 500 points. Then in the second match, my team dominated. We had 500 points before the other team had 200. Then in the third match, everything shifted again. The other team dominated and we lost again, by about 400 points. There were no close games and no real balancing. It was either one side or the other. > > > > I think it is partly down to the skill based matchmaking and how they assign teams by skill. Every individual player has a skill rating and it seems to me that they just simply average it out. So on one team you have a squad with 5 incredibly high skill players and the rest is populated by very low skill players, the other team is made up of all average skill level players. Thus the team with average skill players will in theory win every time, especially in the 64 player game modes as 4 or 5 players can’t win the game. > > > > I find this very noticeable as some games I’ll be 5-10k points clear at the top of the scoreboard with a 4 or 5+ kd ratio and more kills than the rest of my squad combined. These games where I do very well personally are generally the ones I lose, the ones I win mainly are the games where my teams scorebord is fairly well balanced and the top 5-10 spaces are pretty equal. > > > > I would like to see a tier ranking system that other competitive games have like Halo and Gears so you’re always playing with similar level players as yourself and don’t have a team populated by potatoes with 2 left hands. > > I don’t think that’s what op is talking about. I do understand what your talking about but, op (I think) is talking about how one side seems to be able to kill with no issues yet the other sides 4 shot weapons seems to take 8 now, how the other team seem to be able to snap aim the heck out of your team but when you snap aim your either Lt or Rt of them, the other team captures a flag and it done in seconds but even when you have 10 players on it, it’s just tic, tic, tic. There’s more of corse but this should be enough to understand op point. Yes Sir, you hit the nail on the head and is exactly what I am talking about… obviously I’m not the only one who experiences this lol. ---
**Author:** ![Squizzy72](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Squizzy72](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Squizzy72)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/servers-favour-1-side-in-a-game/103393/20 "2018-06-08T14:14:00Z")
> [@AnnoyedHaddock](#): > > > [@bapman63](#): > > > > > [@AnnoyedHaddock](#): > > > > > > > [@Emporer2](#): > > > > > > > > I’m not sure if the servers really favor one side or the other, but I do think balancing has issues. > > > > > > > > Last night I played 3 rounds of conquest. In the first match, my team was annihilated. We lost by a little more than 500 points. Then in the second match, my team dominated. We had 500 points before the other team had 200. Then in the third match, everything shifted again. The other team dominated and we lost again, by about 400 points. There were no close games and no real balancing. It was either one side or the other. > > > > > > I think it is partly down to the skill based matchmaking and how they assign teams by skill. Every individual player has a skill rating and it seems to me that they just simply average it out. So on one team you have a squad with 5 incredibly high skill players and the rest is populated by very low skill players, the other team is made up of all average skill level players. Thus the team with average skill players will in theory win every time, especially in the 64 player game modes as 4 or 5 players can’t win the game. > > > > > > I find this very noticeable as some games I’ll be 5-10k points clear at the top of the scoreboard with a 4 or 5+ kd ratio and more kills than the rest of my squad combined. These games where I do very well personally are generally the ones I lose, the ones I win mainly are the games where my teams scorebord is fairly well balanced and the top 5-10 spaces are pretty equal. > > > > > > I would like to see a tier ranking system that other competitive games have like Halo and Gears so you’re always playing with similar level players as yourself and don’t have a team populated by potatoes with 2 left hands. > > > > I don’t think that’s what op is talking about. I do understand what your talking about but, op (I think) is talking about how one side seems to be able to kill with no issues yet the other sides 4 shot weapons seems to take 8 now, how the other team seem to be able to snap aim the heck out of your team but when you snap aim your either Lt or Rt of them, the other team captures a flag and it done in seconds but even when you have 10 players on it, it’s just tic, tic, tic. There’s more of corse but this should be enough to understand op point. > > Gotcha, misunderstood that my bad. You make some good points about balancing though Haddock, I’m a Halo 5 player and I always find it frustrating matching players far greater in skill than me and where there doesn’t seem to be any skill based matchmaking (i.e. ranked TDM maybe) but I guess that’s for another thread and not sure it would work in Battlefield games, thanks for your reply though ☺ [Next page](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/servers-favour-1-side-in-a-game/103393.md?page=2)