This may sound weird but can we get a Any Region Except Russia option on prefered region please ?
This may sound weird but can we get a Any Region Except Russia option on prefered region please ?
Or a simple interface where we can tick the regions we want to allow.
Hmm If I remembered correctly from long time ago when I was in school … Russia is considered both in Europe and Asia
From a geographic point of view, Russia’s territory is mainly in Asia, but very important (and huge) parts lay west from the Ural. So Russia is both an European and an Asian country, but how is this relevant here? We have an Eu server, a Russian and a South Asia (usually its South East Asia).
I want play only in US server because is the only playable server to South america( 150-170 ping)
This may sound weird but can we get a Any Region Except Russia option on prefered region please ?
Why oh why? I get more ping on US than RU, and I get significant loss on EU.
But either way, even if this option exists, I doubt anything would change. MM has not been respecting my server preferences at all, save twice.
The current MM region choice works as prefered region. An option to exclude one or more regions would increase the waiting times.
The current MM region choice works as prefered region. An option to exclude one or more regions would increase the waiting times.
I would gladly wait 20 min’s to have a playable game… than wait 2 mins to get into an unplayable game. As it stands now ping time is deciding the outcome of the match. Team with the better ping can hit target… team with 200 plus ping miss target half the time and get hit 2 times before they even get the dmg report, and that’s only when I’m not watching my ship just sit and wag back and forth or spin in a circle.
I would gladly wait 20 min’s to have a playable game… than wait 2 mins to get into an unplayable game. As it stands now ping time is deciding the outcome of the match. Team with the better ping can hit target… team with 200 plus ping miss target half the time and get hit 2 times before they even get the dmg report, and that’s only when I’m not watching my ship just sit and wag back and forth or spin in a circle.
All you people with such nice ping >< I’m utterly envious. At least the ping-aware prediction marker’s pretty accurate.
The current MM region choice works as prefered region. An option to exclude one or more regions would increase the waiting times.
My preferred server is SA. I know it’s not the most popular server, but any reason why I’m consistently not getting matches there?
- This is connection quality issue
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forget geography
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forget ping times
Infra going into Russia is bad for whatever reason. I get +300ms to EU server and +300ms to RU server
But latency related problems are very visible on RU matches while on EU things are playable
Despite having THE SAME PING TIMES.
It is connection quality. And for whatever reason, connection to RU is bad.
- I understand the need to have a broader pool of players to help with waiting times which is why I humbly request for ANY REGION except RU
- currently if I wanted to avoid RU I would have to select a specific region and this makes it queue longer. By allowing Any Region minus RU I get best of both worlds:
a playable match, best waiting times as possible.
- This is a good thing for Russian players as well because they will not suffer having HPB’s on their team not being able to play properly or lagging them out.
- @Jacxis - We dont get SA games because there aren’t many SA players.
The current MM region choice works as prefered region. An option to exclude one or more regions would increase the waiting times.
You miss the point. He wants to be able to get a low wait time without getting the lowest. Right now, “Any Region” provides the fastest times, but selecting ANY of the provided options will yield a much, much longer wait time (usually). What Kine wants is to have an option in the MM that will exclude all high ping servers (RU for him) from the search.
And honestly, I don’t blame him. I am pretty sure that I have said this at least five times, and I would appreciate this request ending up on the Dev’s tables. They designed the mechanic to allow their gamers to select the region of their choice. Well, it’s not working! Fix the region selection so that when you choose the one desired, it will NOT EVER match you to a different region. I cannot stress how bloody annoying it is to wait for 5 minutes, HOPING to get the server that I want only for the MM to decide, “Eh, you’ve waited long enough, how about a high-ping game! :D”
Can we please see some feedback about the MM as well? The devs have been avoiding it since February, and we have not seen a decent patch in over a month. Myself and others are growing increasingly frustrated with their inability to communicate with the community. What happened to the way the captain was chosen? It was changed without any notification whatsoever!
- @Jacxis - We dont get SA games because there aren’t many SA players.
A long while back I read somewhere on the forums about people from other parts of the world getting matched to the SA server, which is ridiculous.
Back on topic:
Rather than having to select one preferred server, would it be possible if we can select multiple preferred servers instead? And if we have this as well…
Fix the region selection so that when you choose the one desired, it will NOT EVER match you to a different region.
… then we will only have matches on our preferred servers, and it’s up to us to decide if we’re willing to ‘compromise’ and add in more servers to the list to improve queue times, or prioritize quality matches over bad queue times and stick to one or two preferred servers.
EDIT: Is it just me, or has the server indicator really completely vanished from the UI? I’ve been looking for a way to get the server indicator back on the UI but I’m failing to.
What Kine wants is to have an option in the MM that will exclude all high ping servers (RU for him)
not quite. i get same ping on EU and RU but do not suffer latency issues on EU … Just the Russian server
I cannot speak for everyone but from general comments over and over it seems USA, some parts of EU and Asia have issues playing on the Russian server. Basically most of the players who dont live in Russia have problems playing on RU server but not on others.
So I’m not asking for multiple choice selection. That would just mess up the MM even more probably. I’m asking for an option to blacklist RU server. It is the opposite of prefered if you will. Instead of setting the one server I want, it is setting THE ONE SERVER I DO NOT WANT. Simple.
Honestly, I don’t care about waiting. I DO care when I wait for a long time to get a US server (20-60 ms) and it matches me into RU (200+ ms) instead of even an EU (120-150 ms) server. I am fine with waiting 10 minutes to play a game—I can minimize and do other things while I wait. What is most annoying is being forced to play with a high ping because the Devs made a somewhat broken system and have never addressed it. If wait times are that big of a deal, then just include an option in the settings window that allows a customization option for how long that max wait time is. I.E. "Max wait time for specific region: [30 sec., 1 min., 5 min., 10 min., indefinite].
Also this is a complete joke, and it needs to either be removed or changed. It has been the same for as long as I can remember.
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Thank you for posting this pic!
I really think that forced matchmaking is good and bad at the same time. On one hand you dont want to wait that long, and then on the other hand you dont want to default to a server that is bad your you ping wise after a certain time period.
Seriously, a check box system and then another check box that says “Match will be found regardless of region after 5/10/15 min? Y/N”
Just putting this out there. If this game is going to have any chance at establishing any significant retention of US players this issue will need to be addressed. I’m actually surprised this isn’t issue no. One on the dev cycle as the US market is the most significant profit for gaming online or otherwise. Without the ability to provide a stemless gameplay experience player retention is doubtful, and as it is the ping times and lag are getting worse instead of better with each patch.
- This is a good thing for Russian players as well because they will not suffer having HPB’s on their team not being able to play properly or lagging them out.
Considering the kill-fetish of most players, having a couple lagging, bobbing people on both sides is preferable, they are easy score.
Considering the kill-fetish of most players, having a couple lagging, bobbing people on both sides is preferable, they are easy score.
True!
Considering the kill-fetish of most players, having a couple lagging, bobbing people on both sides is preferable, they are easy score.
Not when you are that person. 
Not when you are that person.
Well, we talked from the Russian guys’ viewpoint, so :Dwop