Well, I have been away from this game for about 6 months now, and I recently came back, I have to say, between the matchmaking balancing that has taken place, and the new playlists I am very pleased. But there is one thing that is still bothering me, the host selection. I mean, I REALLY thought they would have done something by now. Giving someone that has a good connection in China host when everyone else in the room is from the EU is not ok. The system should take into account the majority of the players IP addresses and select host depending on the majority of the players region, NOT by who has the strongest connection overall. I would rather have someone be host that is from Poland who has a 10MB connection, than someone who is in China that has a 300 mb connection. Distance can make or break the game no matter how strong your connection is.
Oh well, the game is overall more enjoyable atm than it was 6 months ago, and I hope with the new halo coming out the community gets a boost again. See you all on the battlefield.
TL:DR - Game is shaping up, host selection is still awful and needs work.
Not a lot of people playing, you’re going to get hosts from other countries.
Low population hurts but honestly the net code / host selection for this game was crap since day 1. Out of the 6 people I know from my office who played this game, all 6 quit after 2 months due to lag (Reach was somewhat laggy too but had a Good Connection Filter that did wonders. It wasn’t perfect but it did help).
> Not a lot of people playing, you’re going to get hosts from other countries.
I understand that, but when 90 percent of the people in the lobby are from the UK, Germany, Spain, etc, the host should not be from the US, Canada, China, or Australia. Simple logic…
> Low population hurts but honestly the net code / host selection for this game was crap since day 1. Out of the 6 people I know from my office who played this game, all 6 quit after 2 months due to lag (Reach was somewhat laggy too but had a Good Connection Filter that did wonders. It wasn’t perfect but it did help).
Yeah, I always played wit the good connection option. hell, in reach I ever took it so far to pick the language option. Then I was guaranteed to get hosts in Germany, Switzerland, or Austria.
> Yeah, I always played wit the good connection option. hell, in reach I ever took it so far to pick the language option. Then I was guaranteed to get hosts in Germany, Switzerland, or Austria.
I did exactly the same! I rather wait a little longer to get a good match, instead of playing laggy ones where I’d quit anyways.
I’m from EU too, so it happens quite often that i get hosts from other continents. I don’t understand why there’s no filter option in h4.
I always compare between other xbl shooters and still I’m experiencing fhe worst lag in h4.