Does ping matter?

[Zechs]

I tried playing on different servers, and the game seems to run the same whether I'm on 60 ping or 300 ping. I'm new to the game, so maybe some parts don't rely on ping, while other parts of the game do?

[John]

Everything relies on ping, ping is simply the time it takes for your input to be registered in the game. If you have a ping of 300ms that means it takes 0.3 seconds from the point your computer sends your input (like hitting the jump button) to the server and have the character jump. Ping 300 is bad and the majority of people do see the difference.

[Nik]

Doesn't matter for 90% of things you'll be doing in wuwa, it's mostly handled in the client

[Seth Abercromby]

Originally posted by Nik:

Doesn't matter for 90% of things you'll be doing in wuwa, it's mostly handled in the client

This is correct, with some caveats. The game is actively communicating with the server and the server is the final authority on everything, so if you go beyond a certain ping you'll sometimes notice the game rolling back a few frames because the server validation came back so late, and that will cause dropped inputs and other messy game behavior.

As a European that is playing on the American server, 95% of the time I have no issues, but there are certain time frames where I assume a network node is being hit with a ton of traffic and causes a lot of delays and dropped packets in the connection to the server and I go from a stable 120-180 ping to 600+ and the game becomes basically unplayable until whatever is causing the traffic jam to dissipate.

[Vikii :3]

Originally posted by John:

Everything relies on ping, ping is simply the time it takes for your input to be registered in the game. If you have a ping of 300ms that means it takes 0.3 seconds from the point your computer sends your input (like hitting the jump button) to the server and have the character jump. Ping 300 is bad and the majority of people do see the difference.

honestly in gacha game it doesnt matter at all to me been playing genshin and wuwa since the both launced and had 200+ ping and it has not affected me at all