I have no idea how many things have gone wrong with this patch, but the lag in the Crucible is worse than ever before.
Iron Banner can be described as lag free, in comparison.
The matchmaking seems to be fundamentally broken, as every lobby I am in either has at least 3 red bars, 6 yellow bars or everyone is yellow bar.
Shots take forever to register, melee charges are getting consumed, yet no damage is being dealt.
Bullets simply disappear (some call them phantom bullets).
I am getting sniped, yet no lense flare shows up (or the last 40 people are apparently the best quickscopers in Destiny).
People do not appear on the Radar, even though they aren't invisible.
Getting killed through walls is also a new favourite pastime of mine.
PvP is currently pretty broken, in terms of connection quality.
Edit:
Thanks for all the replies, up votes and agreement.
It's very reassuring when a lot of people experience similar things.
Something went horribly wrong with this patch, concerning the connection quality and hit detection of melee attacks.
-
So Ladies and Gentleman, how is the lag in the IB? Haven't played until now (will play my first match soon) and wondered just how bad it is.
-
Bump.
-
Edited by JohnnyPleb: 12/27/2015 11:17:58 AM
-
Because there are less people playing these days so you are getting matched with players from farther away. Expect it to get much worse as more and more people quit playing.
-
So true. Bump this
-
I just played 5 games with an international lobby of ransoms. Each game I backed out and restarted matchmaking. I'm from Hawaii and the lobby was filled with people from the UK, Japan, Australia, France... This is insane.
-
On average I get shot through walls about 3 times per game. The hit detection on melee attacks is so bad now I just shoot at close ranges.
-
https://youtu.be/t5aOJE3SFkA You mean this kind of lag right?
-
Another trend are guardians appearing out of nowhere. I walk Slowly around a corner to see if someone aims at my spot, nobody is jn front if me, and suddenly 2 guardians appear out of nowhere, are in my line of sight and I take 200 dmg in 0.2 secs. That's not normal and I have it consistently in every game.
-
Lan cable
-
True melees don't deal damage even though they do and you hear the sound. And matchmaking take forever now
-
Not one game today with a stable connection. Complete shit
-
Hello everebody, The biggest lag problems players from europe get isssssssss...... U.S. Every time playing the trials and got matches with US players its a certain 5-0 loss. Why do we have less problems in the iron banner?
-
It seems 50/50 with me. Sometimes I can go a few games and then get some weird lag for the next few games. Most the time it's kinda ok.
-
I don't know why people say this, I personally NEVER experience this! People need to get off McDonalds WIFI
-
The matchmaking equation has definitely been changed to prioritise skill over connection, which is completely backwards as you can't judge skill in games where latency is an everlasting problem. I'm from Europe and now a days most of my opponents are from the US (I'd say 8 out of 10 games) also just the other day I was playing in the morning and got thrown into Japanese lobbies, this happened two days in a row. Why on earth would it ever throw me into a Japanese server when I'm from Europe? It's no fun been yellow or red bar in a game where everyone else is green even though you're paying good money for good internet to ensure you don't lag. Besides that it clearly shows games where the pings are shown as green but you're getting shot through walls or around corners. Yesterday everytime I got pinged by a bodyshot I would try get out as usual but it's impossible when you can't even rely on cover to save you from a cleanup, this makes playing good players (all I seem to get now) very frustrating. I don't mind playing competitive games, I would run into top tier players quite frequently before this patch it just wouldn't be EVERY game. How are you supposed to warm up if first thing you're been thrown into a sweaty game with lag to boot. If you don't believe what I'm saying go sit in some top tier players streams and see what the chat has to say, everyone is experiencing the same problems I'm having and it's making this game really frustrating. This could quite easily be resolved by doing the following: 1. Create ranked playlists where people can play competitive matches based upon rank (if you're rank 1 you play rank 1 players, if you're rank 50... Yup). However this should still place connection over skill everytime - this rule should never be broken, if you have to place a couple of rank gap for a good quality game this is better than playing in a lag fest for all players. Create separate rules in ranked playlists (No exotic armour, no heavy, slower/ no special on spawn and less special spawns making gaining special a tactical exercise, possibly slower ability recharge rates including super?). 2. Keep public playlists as a place to play and have fun, test guns out and goof around etc. if you don't feel like playing competitive games you shouldn't have to.
-
Well we won't know about IB until next week but I hope it's not a lag fest!!!
-
These past few days I have seen many instances of getting killed around walls, no sniper glare, shots not registering, and charged melees being consumed but doing no damage as well. Not fun at all.
-
The biggest thing I've noticed isn't lag in terms of people "jumping" around the screen. It's been really, really poor hit detection. Shots that usually register as hits give nothing, clear headshots give nothing, it's really frustrating. Don't get me started on the phantom melees, the last game I played I stabbed a guy 3 times, did zero damage, only for him to then turn around and shotgun me. I even recorded it I was so baffled, after reviewing the video, I clearly hit him 3 times, all 3 even have hit markers. Ugh.
-
I was accused of lag switching, when lobby showed green bars across the map while gameplay reflected otherwise. Connection sucks in the 6v6 playlist.
-
I have noticed the same things...... One patch and its bungie just threw their hands up and gave up lol but thats not surprising right? They've been breaking this game for a year
-
I'm regularly getting matched into entirely wrong REGIONS. I can't even get matched up in the right country. What the hell.
-
It seems to be pretty bad with storm callers especially, idk if it's because of all of the crap that appears on screen when they start shooting lightning or what.
-
Lmao, yesterday I looked the radar real quick after a confusing fight and saw nothing just to get blasted by a shotgun shot in the back. I swear that guy came from beneath the ground.
-
It is nice to be reassured that I am not alone but it sucks since crucible is unplayable right now. I am also salty that crucible is starting to feel a lot like year 1.
-
The worst is when you play trials and the last guy alive is a red bar, he hits you and then you kill him only to die right at the beginning of the next round