p2p

[BiggieJohn]

The only thing holding me back from pulling the trigger is this.

I just imagine seeing a pop up screen saying "connecting to new host" with the spinning circle.

Is it prevalent?

[JBM]

Can't tell you... I mean, for me, not so much. But I do have other problems (slightly longer queue times, stuff like that). Some people report very frequent pauses, some say they have yet to encounter them.
In the end, overall, I'd say you have to take a plunge and see how the game behaves for you specifically. It's a weird thing to say for a video game, but this one is kinda "individual" when it comes to plethora of things, even on similar machines/locations/connections.
The only other game I can think of that is like that is Battleborn (but only in graphic performance department).

[Alfonz (house raven-claw)]

p2p is a massive pain in the ass for me, but my friend is not having any problems i tried to get a refund of how unplayable it is but steam informed me that if you play for longer then 2 hours you can no longer return it, i played for an hour yesterday and left my game on while i went out, now i am stuck with a broken game, you might get lucky and be fine or you may have the same problems alot of us are having.

[Count Dracula]

it happens sometimes... but you forget about it eventually

[SystemiK]

Personally P2P took this game from being an easy release day purchase to being "I'll reconsider purchasing this game next time I see it below $25". Looking at a lot of what people have to say about it so far, I reckon the wait will not be too long...

[SystemiK]

Originally posted by The Guy:

it happens sometimes... but you forget about it eventually

This really inspires me to chop off another $60 for an ubi title....

[Rodi]

Originally posted by SystemiK:

Personally P2P took this game from being an easy release day purchase to being "I'll reconsider purchasing this game next time I see it below $25". Looking at a lot of what people have to say about it so far, I reckon the wait will not be too long...

Why don't you try it yourself? You have 2 hours to ask for a refund, it should be enough for you to see how the connection goes for you. Keep in mind there are thousands and thousands of players perfectly able to play.

[BiggieJohn]

Originally posted by Rodi:

Originally posted by SystemiK:

Personally P2P took this game from being an easy release day purchase to being "I'll reconsider purchasing this game next time I see it below $25". Looking at a lot of what people have to say about it so far, I reckon the wait will not be too long...

Why don't you try it yourself? You have 2 hours to ask for a refund, it should be enough for you to see how the connection goes for you. Keep in mind there are thousands and thousands of players perfectly able to play.

It's not that most of us doubt stability to a degree. It's that as paying customers on pc we are acustomed to dedicated servers. Any attempt in stepping away from that is nearly always a fail.

Any competative game on pc that is p2p has failed. I would love to play this game, but this is why i'm not hitting the purchase button atm.

odds are the game gets overun with hackers and lag switchers in a few months and the game dies. All while people put up with the occasional "Changing Host"

[SystemiK]

Originally posted by Rodi:

Originally posted by SystemiK:

Personally P2P took this game from being an easy release day purchase to being "I'll reconsider purchasing this game next time I see it below $25". Looking at a lot of what people have to say about it so far, I reckon the wait will not be too long...

Why don't you try it yourself? You have 2 hours to ask for a refund, it should be enough for you to see how the connection goes for you. Keep in mind there are thousands and thousands of players perfectly able to play.

Oh I've played since the first alpha and have been very excited to finally buy the game but P2P has been the one thing holding me back. Decided to wait a week or so to see how it all shakes out and if anything I am starting to think I'm over it.

[Rodi]

Originally posted by BiggieJohn:

Any competative game on pc that is p2p has failed. I would love to play this game, but this is why i'm not hitting the purchase button atm.

I am no expert, but I know For Honor p2p is not the traditional p2p, it wouldn't really work well. Whatever they are using, it's working very well for me and thousands of other players.
You can read more about their p2p connection here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/forhonor/comments/5sa351/for_honor_interview_about_networkingp2p/
If you can afford the game and wait for the refund in case you have problems, I can't possibly understand why not trying it for yourself since you just wrote you would love to play it.

[✪ Battle Fox ✪]

I wasn't on the P2P hate bandwagon but come day 2 of For Honor... I sure as hell am!
Even in the bot modes it's such BS.
Constant game freezes. Players will join and then leave immediately repeatedly so your team keeps losing because hey that bot was replaced by a player then replaced by bot, then by player etc

Also sometimes during the P2P matchaking BAM! you get kicked to menu or the whooooole game will just hang until you exit the application. I just switched off matchmaking and play solo with bots vs bots right now because the P2P thing means 30% of matches freeze or end prematurely.

G G for an MP game.

[76561198154605437]

Originally posted by BiggieJohn:

The only thing holding me back from pulling the trigger is this.

I just imagine seeing a pop up screen saying "connecting to new host" with the spinning circle.

Is it prevalent?

most people have good internet connections

[Skoowy]

Originally posted by BiggieJohn:

Originally posted by Rodi:

Why don't you try it yourself? You have 2 hours to ask for a refund, it should be enough for you to see how the connection goes for you. Keep in mind there are thousands and thousands of players perfectly able to play.

It's not that most of us doubt stability to a degree. It's that as paying customers on pc we are acustomed to dedicated servers. Any attempt in stepping away from that is nearly always a fail.

Any competative game on pc that is p2p has failed. I would love to play this game, but this is why i'm not hitting the purchase button atm.

odds are the game gets overun with hackers and lag switchers in a few months and the game dies. All while people put up with the occasional "Changing Host"

P2P is honestly better in the case of 1v1's and 2v2's. It allows a more stable connection between fighting which is why fighting games opt towards this network style. Though in 4v4 it does get a little bit choppy, but never to the point where it's ruined my enjoyment.

[gamer posture]

Originally posted by The Guy:

it happens sometimes... but you forget about it eventually

Are you reallt The Guy?

[Harambe The Almighty]

Originally posted by Skoowy:

Originally posted by BiggieJohn:

It's not that most of us doubt stability to a degree. It's that as paying customers on pc we are acustomed to dedicated servers. Any attempt in stepping away from that is nearly always a fail.

Any competative game on pc that is p2p has failed. I would love to play this game, but this is why i'm not hitting the purchase button atm.

odds are the game gets overun with hackers and lag switchers in a few months and the game dies. All while people put up with the occasional "Changing Host"

P2P is honestly better in the case of 1v1's and 2v2's. It allows a more stable connection between fighting which is why fighting games opt towards this network style. Though in 4v4 it does get a little bit choppy, but never to the point where it's ruined my enjoyment.

That's not true. Dedicated Servers are always better.

Fighting games can get away with it because it's less cost effective and less issues with less people. But Dedicated Servers are always better.