Matchmaking

[Pixel0x]

Hey
So I'm quite new to this game i have about 100 hours in it and absolutely loving it and I'm having great fun but can someone fill me in on the state of matchmaking.

I have a premium internet connection... I have Nat set to open... i have port forwarded all steam and bungie ports for the game... I have restarted my pc / router multiple times... I have allowed those ports through my firewall...I cannot get reliable gambit or crucible games like at all no matter what I do.

I have read the forms on people complaining about how poor the servers are and I get that but I have to know what must i do, surly there are many people playing crucible and gambit and its not like its just one game mode. Multiple game modes cannot get into a que or get higher than half a lobby before everyone else just kinda bails out cause its taking too long.

Is this a common thing for people am I an exception what steps must i take so that i can play some match made pvp /pve content.

Also note that in vanguard strikes I generally get a game reasonably fast.

[The MidgetCrusader69]

I play with a moderate nat and with around 80Mbps and i never have any issues with Destiny. I play loads of PVP and never are there any issues and matchmaking times are very quick often being under a minute. Seems to me it is somewhere with your set up

[Pixel0x]

Interesting thank you. I have a feeling it might be something todo with my location as I'm kinda far from any known servers as far as I know. However I experience almost 0 latency and have never had issues with ping or disconnects or anything.

After looking into it i found that it Destiny doesn't even have dedicated servers and uses a semi p2p networking system which was the last thing I would have thought in 2023...

[The MidgetCrusader69]

Originally posted by Dismeha:

Interesting thank you. I have a feeling it might be something todo with my location as I'm kinda far from any known servers as far as I know. However I experience almost 0 latency and have never had issues with ping or disconnects or anything.

After looking into it i found that it Destiny doesn't even have dedicated servers and uses a semi p2p networking system which was the last thing I would have thought in 2023...

Indeed. Should be location wise then. I live in West Europe it's a good location for matchmaking. I did not know it was partly p2p? Strange as i never have any latency at all

[BushudoDragon]

only crucible and gambit are p2p, everywhere else is on a dedicated server for the most part.

[Ixamesh]

Originally posted by BushudoDragon:

only crucible and gambit are p2p, everywhere else is on a dedicated server for the most part.

https://www.bungie.net/en/News/Article/45919
"Every activity in Destiny 2 is hosted by one of our servers... This differs from Destiny 1, where these hosting duties were performed by player consoles and only script and mission logic ran in the data center."

"Destiny 2 uses a hybrid of client-server and peer-to-peer technology, just like Destiny 1. The server is authoritative over how the game progresses, and each player is authoritative over their own movement and abilities."

[M37b730n]

You are opening a can of worms here, this is a random issue some players are having, there is no clear answer why this is happening, or how to fix it, but I wish you the best luck, also try directly connecting to your modem, change your internet speed with your IP service, see if any of that will help.

[Pixel0x]

Originally posted by M37b730n:

You are opening a can of worms here, this is a random issue some players are having, there is no clear answer why this is happening, or how to fix it, but I wish you the best luck, also try directly connecting to your modem, change your internet speed with your IP service, see if any of that will help.

I have 100 up 100 down link between my ISP and and my house. And I literally have 2.5Gbps wired locally between my switches and routers. I find it highly unlikely that its that. Its most definitely the way destiny likes to try match via location/ ping which would make sense. having clients connected together with the same average ping is more beneficial and makes it more balanced for everyone. Also with p2p having one or more people with high ping or poor connection from the rest of the group would degrade the quality for everyone.

[Dark_Embers]

Dont believe we should be giving the guy with a vac ban advice on joining pvp lols.

for all i care once you have a vac ban you should be locked out of online gaming or pvp permanently.

[Magnetar]

if you want to play lmk

[Pixel0x]

So I have marked the answer but TLDR, location plays quite a big role in matchmaking. I ran a few tests myself and port forwarding seems to help the most.

After scouring the forms and other discussions I've seen a few commented about how firewalls for certain antiviruses could block it and I doubt it does. I'm running premium version of Glasswire which is very thorough when scanning through network activity and uses VirusTotal to scan any traffic and it doesn't flag anything related to Steam or Destiny.

I would if you are desperate, port forward, follow Bungie's guide and also specifically allow priority pass through on your windows firewall. Other than that there is not much todo.

Hope this helps anyone who needs it xD

[GS_GerBeGurGya]

If you have a good connection then you will not be happy playing PvP only PvE. Peeps are using VPN's to be able to matched up on a different planet and they will absolutely destroy you with the advantage they get from the system for having high pings. Then there is netlimiting also so the problem is not on your side dont try to fix it.