High Ping after Update

[Keko]

Ever since the new season started, the Brasilian server (aka the Latin American one) has been giving me over 160 ping, when it used to be only 60. Game is barely unplayable right now, since the other servers are all 130 ping minimum. I am not using a VPN nor have made any changed to my router or PC.

[crogeek]

Usual cause of this is bad IP routing where you can't do anything at all.
Only solution is to wait.
But also one of other causes can be awful quality of game's data centers.
This game depends on the ping and in the same time game lacks of data/game servers as well.
Incredible if you ask me.

[dope]

yes. playing right now friday evening on FRANKFURT location (EU central). Instead of ~13ms ping now its between 70-90ms. just hilarious and unplayable.

It's not bad routing from my side, just the developers f***** something up here.

[alien_tickler]

you are a bunch of dummies, it's not the game it's your routing.

and sometimes routers break and your routing can change a lot.

you must be new to pc gaming...

[Keko]

Originally posted by TERMiNAL:

you are a bunch of dummies, it's not the game it's your routing.

Well this was useful.

[Frankster]

Hey Keko, is your IPS using any type of Internet shaping or throttling? Have you checked your traceroute in the past and present?

I suspect that's where some of these answers can be found.
https://www.ultratools.com/tools/traceRoute

[dope]

I by myself checked another trace route to an IP on the same location and the pings are low.
Only since id software changed something on their server location the pings are ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up. I guess the reduced theire server capacity to reduce costs. bad decission in my opinion.

[dope]

Originally posted by TERMiNAL:

you are a bunch of dummies, it's not the game it's your routing.

and sometimes routers break and your routing can change a lot.

you must be new to pc gaming...

your absolutely brainless btw

[ciklotron]

I was about to start a similar thread (though with better numbers), but then I noticed this one.
In my case start of the new season was okay (Sept. 19), apart from it started an hour later than expected (8:00 pm CEST, instead of 7:00). However after the non-detailed ~800 MB patch a week later (Sept. 26), my ping got significantly worse (20-30 -> 40-60), and gameplay introduced new challenges too. Not only servers occasionally decide that I am a couple meters to the left or right, but sometimes they suddenly replay 4-5 seconds of my recent actions, and I often end up dead in the process.
I am playing from a university (on EU central) and I find it unlikely that the university did anything to the network exactly at the same time, mid-week, when this game got an update. So I too would go with Dope's guess: probably the QC guys try to cut back operational costs.

[Keko]

So I guess it's an issue from QC's part. I don't really think they'll take action on it until next season...

[iiTzCrappy]

same here. I've been playing on EU Central most of the time and usually had around 20-ish ping. For a week or two the ping is ♥♥♥♥♥♥. Not only it is higher (35+), but - what's much worse - it's super unstable. It fluctuates every few seconds and can go from 30 up to even 100+ and back again all the time. it dramatically changes the experience and - to be honest - makes me thinking of uninstalling the game. with ping fluctuations this huge the game is just a random ♥♥♥♥ to play.
...not to mention missing sounds introduced with one of the last updates.

and no, I didn't change anything about my internet connection - it run great, just as it did for the last few years. I don't think it's a coincidence since so many people seem to have ping problems all of a sudden.

edit: just played two matches to check out the ping thing... and it was solid 27-29 all the time. so might the fluctuation be connected to how many people are on the server at given moment? it's monday morning here, so not many people playing the game right now I suppose. yesterday evening was horrible tho.

[ciklotron]

Originally posted by antonio_scarpetti:

...not to mention missing sounds introduced with one of the last updates.

You can switch back the sounds (I assume you mean sound of hit, taking damage and the like), just scroll a bit down in Audio settings. Somehow they found it a good idea to switch off those sounds at the update.

[iiTzCrappy]

Originally posted by ciklotron:

Originally posted by antonio_scarpetti:

...not to mention missing sounds introduced with one of the last updates.

You can switch back the sounds (I assume you mean sound of hit, taking damage and the like), just scroll a bit down in Audio settings. Somehow they found it a good idea to switch off those sounds at the update.

unfortunately that's not the case (but yeah, I did have to enable sounds in the settings after the update tho). what I meant are the random missing sounds like completely silent jump pads every now and then, some complete ninja enemies running close by without making footstep sounds, etc.

[Lars]

Originally posted by TERMiNAL:

it's not the game

Nice meme

[dope]

I register bigger ping problems at EU Central in the evening times. I guess the server capacity is not enough anymore.

[dope]

Maybe one day low pings for everyone, yes. Till then, data has still to travel over thousands of kilometers (to Japan :-P) and also do many hops between internet knots.