I haven’t been playing much Halo 4 in a while, but I recently came back.
Over the past few days I’ve noticed a considerable difference in input latency and shot registration. I know it is not because I’ve become rusty, because I’ve tested it. I tried multiple buttons (while in a quiet corner during a match) and each of them have a minimum of a half second latency, but that is when the latency is bearable. Half of the games I play have a full second (sometimes 2 seconds) latency.
Campaign and Spartan Ops used to be playable, sometimes… Now they simply don’t work online at all now.
I am playing with a standard wired xbox controller with my xbox hooked up to ethernet. My internet service provider runs fiber optics through my complex as well. I highly doubt the problems are from my end.
Has anyone else noticed a considerable degradation in online matchmaking?
I typically only notice it in Big Team Slayer, and sometimes Rumble Pit and CTF. In other game modes it doesn’t seem to occur as often. Still does, just not as often. For me anyway.
I can’t say if I’ve noticed more or less or if it’s same as ever, since the internet connection at home is pretty terrible in general right now, what with all the rain storms and whatnot.
I stopped playing Halo 4 because the lag made the game unplayable. I spend more time staring at a black screen or rubberbanding then I do playing a match
I just recently started playing again myself and half the time the games are near unplayable.
I believe a lot of it has to do with the way some users are setting up their internet connections.
I have an above average internet connection, so I know the issue is not on my end.
It seems that users with Open NAT are being punished by others with their NAT set up as Moderate or Strict.
Some users are doing so purposely to gain an edge over the others they’re playing against.
That’s my speculation on the issue at least.
Its just simply bad host selection but i still love halo i would never give up my favorite franchise cause of lacg unlike 100 k non loyal fans. Then when h5 comes out the fair weather fan will return
The lag I had yesterday was simply unbearable. I almost ended up throwing my controller at the tv screen and simply decided to quit. It’s been bad since launch but now it simply kills nay desire to play this game online. Then the day before I was at this BTB CTF and both teams were at a standstill. Then suddenly the game lags out for a bit, and suddenly the other team makes a successful grab at the flag and went on to win. Funny how that happens.
Many times…Once, I found myself assassinated while I rode around in the Scorpion on Exile trying to find people who were simply not respawning.
I assume it’s the low population that’s forcing people to play with those from other sides of the world. I used to find, when the game was first released, that I hardly ever ran into Americans online, and found only people from the UK and Europe.
I’m from the UK.
That’s why I stopped playing ages ago, lag was unbearable. Mind you, being from Australia and trying to play a game with no local/good connection search filter basically meant the game never had good connection for me anyway.
