I know complaining on here isnt going to solve anything, I just want to se how many others have this problem. This lag in this game is terrble, even worse it doesnt have a search filter, id prefer to wait 5 mins to play a good game than 1 min with a horrible laggy game.
Not only does the match making lag, but the game itself (frame rate drops, making the game feel really chunky)
just really puts me off playing this game, so far 343 is putting me off this once powerhouse of a franchise.
I’ve had that problem, due to players leaving and joining in a match. However, i think its worse in SpOps MM.
You can check who is host in the lobby, they will be at the top of the list, instead of sorted alphabetically. So I just check at the start of every match, and it they aren’t local enough to me I just back out. Sorry if that makes me seem like a -Yoink-, but since I live in Australia I basically depend upon a regional search filter to play, so sorry.
> You can check who is host in the lobby, they will be at the top of the list, instead of sorted alphabetically. So I just check at the start of every match, and it they aren’t local enough to me I just back out. Sorry if that makes me seem like a Yoink!, but since I live in Australia I basically depend upon a regional search filter to play, so sorry.
I do the same thing, but 90% of people in the US have unbelievable -Yoink!- internet.
This happens to me constantly and my connection is excellent… I’ll always be so close to a killing spree and then BAM lag I’m dead one kill away. And riot is right lag in SpOPs is absolutely crippling.
> I’ve had that problem, due to players leaving and joining in a match. However, i think its worse in SpOps MM.
It is definitely worse in Spartan Ops. Even when I do play with people from the same country. I once had lag so bad that two people were booted from my game! Even THEN there was still annoying lag. Sigh 
> <mark>You can check who is host in the lobby, they will be at the top of the list, instead of sorted alphabetically.</mark> So I just check at the start of every match, and it they aren’t local enough to me I just back out. Sorry if that makes me seem like a Yoink!, but since I live in Australia I basically depend upon a regional search filter to play, so sorry.
I did not know that! Thanks for the new information. It’s fun to learn something new. 
Past two weekends have been complete garbage. Unbelievably game breaking lag. I’ll sprint somewhere and it’ll send me back where I started 5 times. Then it will keep putting me in sprint when I’m not and messing me up horribly.
Not to mention being sniper in the face 3 seconds after stepping behind a wall.
Of course, if you want to talk about a game that has constant lag…then go and try playing a lag free game of minecraft with your buddies.
I’m usually the host so I don’t get the lag, but hearing them complain about it all the time is bad enough lol. Of course when you can’t do anything…
But yeah anyways, it’s been horrible lately. To the point of dropping me out of games and unplayablity.
for me just in spartan ops
in MM is only when the -Yoinks!- quit of the matchs…they need to get banned or something
the population doesn’t help much also
If you’re complaining about general MP lag, I suggest checking your connection, that’s normally the issue. MM uses Hopers, which again, the better the connection the less lag, but filters shouldn’t of been left out. If you’re complaining about Spartan Ops… That lag is a whole different can of worms right there, because you’re not just syncing every single player, his weapons, bullets, grenades, and so on. You’re syncing every single AI in the match. Which eats up bandwidth, it helps a ton to have a damn good internet connection, but it’s still there, and without the AI Sync, you might as well be playing SP with “ghosts” of you team mates.
“HEY JOHNY! WATCH OUT FOR THAT HUNTER! IT’S GOING TO SMACK YOU!”
“What the hell are you talking about, I killed both hunters 3 minutes ago with the warthog.”
“But the warthog was blown up 5 minutes ago…”
That’s kind of an idea of what could happen without any kind of syncing of the AI.