What Has Been Done For Connection?

Does anyone know what 343i has done for connection issues?

Examples:

People from the US should not get matched against Columbians and people from Australia and vice versa.

There should not be a host-record that is plain stupid.

Should be able to search matchmaking by region. Like North America( North East, Mid West).

If you don’t think its a problem to be matched against people who live in Australia when you live in NY let me just say I ping off of people from Australia at .800 ms that is almost a full second…

Anyway this is not trying to be a “troll” thread please don’t post ignorant comments.

Thank you.

i dont see why americans care because there internet speed is 3 times as fast as what us new zealanders have.

> i dont see why americans care because there internet speed is 3 times as fast as what us new zealanders have.

I said no ignorance…

You need to understand that “faster” does not mean it moves physically faster.

If you have host from New Zealand and I am in NY it takes my packets .800ms to Reach your part of the world.

Also I have never ever played a game of Halo against Australians or people from New Zealand where they did not have host.

Honestly it shouldn’t matter playing against people from other countries as long as 343i has a stronger net-code than halo reach then I will be ok. Host could be eliminated by using servers or dedicated servers but 343i is still some-what of a new company and can’t afford that at the moment.

> > i dont see why americans care because there internet speed is 3 times as fast as what us new zealanders have.
>
> I said no ignorance…
>
> You need to understand that “faster” does not mean it moves physically faster.
>
> If you have host from New Zealand and I am in NY it takes my packets .<mark>800ms to Reach your part of the world.</mark>
>
> Also I have never ever played a game of Halo against Australians or people from New Zealand where they did not have host.

yea and it takes double for us. i dont even care, 80% of my games are yellow connection i just try my best to win.

> Honestly it shouldn’t matter playing against people from other countries as long as 343i has a stronger net-code than halo reach then I will be ok. Host could be eliminated by using servers or dedicated servers but 343i is still some-what of a new company and can’t afford that at the moment.

343i is partners with Microsoft I am pretty sure so they could certainly afford it.

Plus if they had a “Premium Package” where you could play on the servers or rent servers or even buy servers I would gladly pay 50 to 100 dollars a year for that and I know plenty of other people who would do so as well. So no money issues if you have to pay honestly I see nothing but laziness in the way, but hey I don’t know how busy these guys are.

Also net code doesn’t change how long it takes for my packets to get across the world.

The world needs to be 100% fiber-optics then we are set.

> Does anyone know what 343i has done for connection issues?
>
> Examples:
>
> People from the US should not get matched against Columbians and people from Australia and vice versa.
>
> There should not be a host-record that is plain stupid.
>
> Should be able to search matchmaking by region. Like North America( North East, Mid West).
>
> If you don’t think its a problem to be matched against people who live in Australia when you live in NY let me just say I ping off of people from Australia at .800 ms that is almost a full second…
>
> Anyway this is not trying to be a “troll” thread please don’t post ignorant comments.
>
> Thank you.

800 ms is 0.8 seconds
.800ms is 0.0008 seconds.

if you want no ignorance, don’t be ignorant.

> Honestly it shouldn’t matter playing against people from other countries as long as 343i has a stronger net-code than halo reach then I will be ok. Host could be eliminated by using servers or dedicated servers but 343i is still some-what of a new company and can’t afford that at the moment.

343 wouldn’t pay for the servers. Microsoft would.

Im more worried about the netcode personally.

> > > i dont see why americans care because there internet speed is 3 times as fast as what us new zealanders have.
> >
> > I said no ignorance…
> >
> > You need to understand that “faster” does not mean it moves physically faster.
> >
> > If you have host from New Zealand and I am in NY it takes my packets .<mark>800ms to Reach your part of the world.</mark>
> >
> > Also I have never ever played a game of Halo against Australians or people from New Zealand where they did not have host.
>
> yea and it takes double for us. i dont even care, 80% of my games are yellow connection i just try my best to win.

Not when you are host and all your friends live next to you then they get what I like to call backyard host… I see your point but what I am saying is not for “Americans” benefit only I used that as an example. Wouldn’t you rather play people from your part of the world?

> > > > i dont see why americans care because there internet speed is 3 times as fast as what us new zealanders have.
> > >
> > > I said no ignorance…
> > >
> > > You need to understand that “faster” does not mean it moves physically faster.
> > >
> > > If you have host from New Zealand and I am in NY it takes my packets .<mark>800ms to Reach your part of the world.</mark>
> > >
> > > Also I have never ever played a game of Halo against Australians or people from New Zealand where they did not have host.
> >
> > yea and it takes double for us. i dont even care, 80% of my games are yellow connection i just try my best to win.
>
> Not when you are host and all your friends live next to you then they get what I like to call backyard host… I see your point but what I am saying is not for “Americans” benefit only I used that as an example. <mark>Wouldn’t you rather play people from your part of the world?</mark>

playing against foriegn people is what online multiplayer is about i have to listen to new zealanders go on everyday. atleast when i play against someone from another country i can laugh at their funny accent.

> > Honestly it shouldn’t matter playing against people from other countries as long as 343i has a stronger net-code than halo reach then I will be ok. Host could be eliminated by using servers or dedicated servers but 343i is still some-what of a new company and can’t afford that at the moment.
>
> 343i is partners with Microsoft I am pretty sure so they could certainly afford it.
>
> Plus if they had a “Premium Package” where you could play on the servers or rent servers or even buy servers I would gladly pay 50 to 100 dollars a year for that and I know plenty of other people who would do so as well. So no money issues if you have to pay honestly I see nothing but laziness in the way, but hey I don’t know how busy these guys are.
>
> Also net code doesn’t change how long it takes for my packets to get across the world.
>
> The world needs to be 100% fiber-optics then we are set.

Umm, you still don’t get the big picture here. Why does EA have servers in their games because they’re a big company who makes profits and halo 4 is not under bungie’s control it is under a fairly new company (343i) why would Microsoft take a risk like that. Even if halo is the biggest seller this year 343i has to be the one to put servers unless Microsoft can make a big profit from it.

Also just because you would pay for a ‘premium package’ doesn’t mean others will you’re speaking for yourself and I am quite sure you’re not the majority of the community.

Been playing on yellow bar connection against Americans since Halo 2, I don’t expect 4 to be much different since there’s only so much 343 can do about this. Not enough Australians to get constantly matched up with someone from my own country unfortunately

Okay,

  1. I have played in the states once, lag is nothing but hilariously minor compared to where I live.
  2. If that happens, people in regions with less players will rarely find a match.

Not a very good idea.