Why are pings so high?

[MrGoat]

Will they be lower when the full game is released? I have really good internet and I live in Dallas, tx. I can always find a server with like 40 or less ping, but in RO2 i'm lucky with 100 or higher.

Is this the same for everyone?

 

[Jorg Biermann1]

One Word

Punkbuster!

Apparently?

 

[Moyako]

If yuo look at the server browser, pings are ok. But when you're inside the game, it goes up, sometime twice high

 

[Stahlhelmii]

My ping is 40. On one server today, everyone's ping first shot up to 100-200, then to 150-300. It went on the whole, laggy, unplayable game. And yes, I agree it seems nearly all of the populated servers are for some reason 100+ ping since the update. WTH is going on?

 

[AeneasXI]

My ping is 40. On one server today, everyone's ping first shot up to 100-200, then to 150-300. It went on the whole, laggy, unplayable game. And yes, I agree it seems nearly all of the populated servers are for some reason 100+ ping since the update. WTH is going on?

very strongly agree
Since the update I lost interest in playing anymore since it is lagging so much. Playing on servers with 60players is just frustrating...
And even playing with few people it seems worse than before the update
Lag is a real gamekiller to me...
WTH is going on? :S

 

[wazups2x]

The last patch caused major lag in servers with high player count.

 

[gotee]

Is there a command to retrieve pings through the console? I wonder if the player list might be reporting incorrect pings.

 

[Krobar]

Is there a command to retrieve pings through the console? I wonder if the player list might be reporting incorrect pings.

"stat ping" most likely

 

[Xendance]

"stat ping" most likely

Stat net.
And if the ping for everyone on the server shoots up, then the server CPU can't handle that many players the server has.
Punkbuster has never caused anything like that in any games I have played.

 

[OrdeaL]

But what if the server has been doing fine with 64 players until latest patch?

 

[Kiwi-NZ]

Maybe this could help or explain to find a solution:
Ping / round-trip delay time

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_delay" target="_blank">[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_delay[/URL]

 

[brutal99]

"The ping is to damn high!"

 

[Eighties]

there is something going on for sure, pings was fine before last update. hope they fix it! D:

 

[wikchi]

"The ping is to damn high!"

Party.

Anyhow with stat net command my ping is always over 100ms in this game, it used to be lower and i get 60ms in other games.

 

[cyclonejack]

I get the same thing. It shows low ping in browser and then in game its twice as high.

 

[Graphic]

Some of the main problems with the game (high ping, bad hit reg, etc.) seem to be caused by servers running 64 player games when they're not powerful enough for it.

 

[Cpt-Praxius]

If yuo look at the server browser, pings are ok. But when you're inside the game, it goes up, sometime twice high

Odd.... I seem to have the opposite issue, where servers I join that have pings of say 80 end up being only 40 when I am in the match.

I guess that's not really an issue, lol

I've also noticed when you console "Stat FPS" it brings up your FPS but there's also another number below that in miliseconds, which I assume is also the ping?

 

[Icey_Pain]

But what if the server has been doing fine with 64 players until latest patch?

Agreed, the current servers were able to run 64 players without any substancial lag. You would get 150 ping at most.

After the patch the average ping has doubled and with punkbuster enabled tripled. Now I know they are fixing punkbuster, but I'm really hoping they are putting effort into getting the netcode/serverload issue fixed as well.

 

[Baleur]

Stat net.
And if the ping for everyone on the server shoots up, then the server CPU can't handle that many players the server has.
Punkbuster has never caused anything like that in any games I have played.

What? It has caused it in pretty much every punkbuster game i have ever played.
If not bad network preformance, bad framerate stutter.

There must be Some connection when every game using punkbuster has online issues in one way or another. I will not believe it is just "oh RO2's netcode sux", because it was fine before punkbuster was "turned on" in the patch.

 

[Ziggurattus]

Yeah before this patch pings were fine , and the high ping is real , i ntoice it mostly when proning and moving , it's rubber band party time !

Hopefully this is another thing that can be fixed before the game goes live .