Dear 343, your parameters for ping are horrible. 100 is not an acceptable ping in any game, “competitive” or not . Your green target should be 50 or below, not 100 or below. And thats being generous and realistic. With player movement speed as fast as it is, and spartan abilities added to the mix, pings this high can actually effectively make the game unplayable since hit detection becomes an unreliable joke. Players can also appear to move faster than is actually possible, change direction instantly leaving you unable to predict where they will move or unable to keep the crosshair on them. People with poor connections and high ping also benefit tremendously from the game’s auto aim systems and are able to get kills they would not be able to get through legitimate means. A ping that high is essentially cheating. They can also shoot you from around corners you have not seen them turn. Damage also seems to be applied much faster from someone with a high ping, an issue I’ve seen in many a game. Basically, the person is able to kill you faster than you can kill them, dealing the damage necessary to kill you in less time then it should take. Some ping indicators would be nice, for both player to player and for you to the server. Developers need to stop the trend of really fast movement when their “netcode”(not the proper term, but one that most will get and understand) cant keep up. Same with assists built into the game that give unfair advantages from high ping/poor connection.
Source:
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/matchmaking-improvements
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nice topic
Agreed. When I’m looking for a server, anything with a triple digit ping is filtered. That’s not ideal, that’s last resort before quitting to play another game.
Have you tested your XBL ping/latency?
BRAZILIANS in USA SERVERS have 250/300 of ping. LOL LOL LOL.
This game’s connection is a joke, and not a good joke, it’s one of those really bad jokes your lame uncle tells you at a family gathering where you just look away and laugh and immediately pretend like it never happened because just the thought of him telling that joke is enough to make you blush of embarrassment on his behalf. In fact, the mere thought of this joke is enough to make you contemplate whether you really are a part of this family, but I digress.
The player base is already in steep decline because of…well…take your pick: servers, gimmicky spartan abilities, overly competitive, a shell of past halo titles with respect to content, etc. I say this because it is the reason the connection is so poor; the player population is so low that we have to play with people that are either light years away (slight over-exaggeration) from us or just downright have K-mart connections resulting in piss poor game quality (i.e. 343 doesn’t have a very large pool to pull from). But yes, the fast pace of this game’s mp makes poor connection quality depressingly obvious. Hold on to your pantyhose, its going to be a bumpy ride with 343i in the driver’s seat.
SWAT is undoubtedly hurt the most from this. Some matches you can’t even get your reticule on a player without dying instantly and you’re nothing but a liability to your own team, even though you make all of your shots. That should never be allowed.
Australian here. 100 ping is completely acceptable.
couldnt agree more withya
Agree with this topic in one point: Ping should be 50 or less.
Now lets see. 100 Ping makes it harder to land shots, ppl seems to move faster and hit markers are not reliable, but someone with high ping 300+ gets advantages in game? Is that serious?
Every bad effect experienced with 100 ping get even worst the higher the ping goes. Advantages in autoaiming? Your targets moves faster or even teleports in front of you…
Seems that ppl with high ping kills faster than normal? it takes a lot more shots to take down someone (i can land at least 5 BR shots before the perfect kill shows up and have to completely unload an AR to take down someone) while we are melted down by any weapon.
Taking shots before someone even shows up? Ppl with high ping are the ones who takes more time to see whats going on…
Have you ever turned a Ghost upside down after running right through someone? (The guy survived and killed me btw)
If higher ping gives advantages to some players It’s easy to conter back, just overload the internet so the ping goes up and get ready to owns! (maybe not…)
praised be the day i can play again with 100 or lower ping.
Did you know that when xbc was out, player played at 300+ ping and no one cared?
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> Dear 343, your parameters for ping are horrible. 100 is not an acceptable ping in any game, “competitive” or not . Your green target should be 50 or below, not 100 or below. And thats being generous and realistic. With player movement speed as fast as it is, and spartan abilities added to the mix, pings this high can actually effectively make the game unplayable since hit detection becomes an unreliable joke. Players can also appear to move faster than is actually possible, change direction instantly leaving you unable to predict where they will move or unable to keep the crosshair on them. People with poor connections and high ping also benefit tremendously from the game’s auto aim systems and are able to get kills they would not be able to get through legitimate means. A ping that high is essentially cheating. They can also shoot you from around corners you have not seen them turn. Damage also seems to be applied much faster from someone with a high ping, an issue I’ve seen in many a game. Basically, the person is able to kill you faster than you can kill them, dealing the damage necessary to kill you in less time then it should take. Some ping indicators would be nice, for both player to player and for you to the server. Developers need to stop the trend of really fast movement when their “netcode”(not the proper term, but one that most will get and understand) cant keep up. Same with assists built into the game that give unfair advantages from high ping/poor connection.
> Source:
> https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/matchmaking-improvements
I play with 5 ping 
I am in Germany and play with 200-300 in 95% of my games.
I have anything between 4 or 12. I have no idea what all this stuff means but low is good right?
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> This game’s connection is a joke, and not a good joke, it’s one of those really bad jokes your lame uncle tells you at a family gathering where you just look away and laugh and immediately pretend like it never happened because just the thought of him telling that joke is enough to make you blush of embarrassment on his behalf. In fact, the mere thought of this joke is enough to make you contemplate whether you really are a part of this family, but I digress.
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> The player base is already in steep decline because of…well…take your pick: servers, gimmicky spartan abilities, overly competitive, a shell of past halo titles with respect to content, etc. I say this because it is the reason the connection is so poor; the player population is so low that we have to play with people that are either light years away (slight over-exaggeration) from us or just downright have K-mart connections resulting in piss poor game quality (i.e. 343 doesn’t have a very large pool to pull from). But yes, the fast pace of this game’s mp makes poor connection quality depressingly obvious. Hold on to your pantyhose, its going to be a bumpy ride with 343i in the driver’s seat.
This is the one everyone needs to read. You have no idea how many times I play with ppl from other continents. No offense to them but I live 500 miles from Seattle and having to play with someone across the ocean is unexceptable.
The reason damage get applied faster is because their upload is so slow the game tries to force it to catch up and you download multiple shots of damage at a faster than normal as you download it in bulk.
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> BRAZILIANS in USA SERVERS have 250/300 of ping. LOL LOL LOL.
I know that feeling bro! :’( RIP Halo 5 in South America. I really want to cry