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Subject: Hey Bungie how about making some decent Netcode for this game?

Bring Forth; the Banhammer

Where's my Mythic Member Status Bungie, eh?

Because Halo 3s is -blam!- terrible.

  • 09.29.2009 2:57 PM PDT

Doc: "i'm a pacifist"
Caboose: "your a thing that babies suck on?"
Tucker: "no dude, that's a pedephile"
Church: "tucker, i think he means a pacifier"

Being as all xbl titles suffer from time to time due to the host/client system, I cannot single out Halo. But I definately will say that the game would benefit greatly from a much more stable system, how to accomplish that however is completely beyond me so I cannot chastise Bungie for it.

  • 09.29.2009 2:59 PM PDT

Bring Forth; the Banhammer

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Are you kidding me? If one player in the game isn't from the continent that you play on. They simply do not take damage from weapons.

Also while you're at it give us the option to search for players in the country and/or continent. I'm sick of playing on terrible American connections.

  • 09.29.2009 3:04 PM PDT
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Terrible American connections? Try terrible overseas connections and terrible host dependencies.

Half the times I get an overseas player, the game gives them host. That's idiotic. They still lag but can kill us meanwhile they glitch all over the screen for us and they say it's our fault.

[Edited on 09.29.2009 3:15 PM PDT]

  • 09.29.2009 3:14 PM PDT

I hunt for the Prophet of Contentment, the San 'Shyumm that murdered my son, and stole his birthright, his Energy Sword. They call our species Heretics. They claim to all that our tongues sting, our words a vile poison that feeds on the unworthy. I have seen the true face of Heresy. The head of a gallant warrior lay on the ground. His neck scorched and blistered, scarred by his own blade. I shall retrieve the weapon, and drive it through that bastard's heart! Punishment for his sins is nigh.

Posted by: Maverick gw
Are you kidding me? If one player in the game isn't from the continent that you play on. They simply do not take damage from weapons.

Also while you're at it give us the option to search for players in the country and/or continent. I'm sick of playing on terrible American connections.

Unless your an idiot. You should already know that option EXISTS. In the matchmaking menu hit X and a menu comes up where you can tell it to search for "Quickest" "Best Connection" "My Skill" or "My Language"

You should try it sometime. And no, it isn't Halo 3's netcode, its your connectivity to our Continent here in North America (that I actually share with the Americans as I am a Canadian.)

[Edited on 09.29.2009 3:17 PM PDT]

  • 09.29.2009 3:17 PM PDT

Doc: "i'm a pacifist"
Caboose: "your a thing that babies suck on?"
Tucker: "no dude, that's a pedephile"
Church: "tucker, i think he means a pacifier"

Maverick, all xbl titles suffer from the cross-continent issue, it isn't just Halo. In regards to which country is to blame, that is entirely subjective. An American will percieve the other guy as being at fault just as much as a Brit, Aussie or Kiwi will.

For crying out loud I live in Hawaii, how the hell do you think I feel. I catch crap connections with the entire pacific rim, as well as AU and NZ. It's the nature of the beast, not the fault of any one group involved.

Sort by continent would by nice, except for the fact that not all "land massess" have the largest pools for playing. If you hub it all off you loose the point of a world wide network.

  • 09.29.2009 3:21 PM PDT

Bring Forth; the Banhammer

Where's my Mythic Member Status Bungie, eh?

I never said all Americans had terrible connections, I said "terrible American connections". I singled out Americans as they are most frequently playing and generally DO have terrible connections.

And you do realise that when I do search by Good Connection. The game interprets that as what is good when pinged against our server, which is located in the US. So, all that does is guarantee that Americans pull host.


[Edited on 09.29.2009 3:29 PM PDT]

  • 09.29.2009 3:28 PM PDT

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Maverick, all xbl titles suffer from the cross-continent issue, it isn't just Halo. In regards to which country is to blame, that is entirely subjective. An American will percieve the other guy as being at fault just as much as a Brit, Aussie or Kiwi will.

For crying out loud I live in Hawaii, how the hell do you think I feel. I catch crap connections with the entire pacific rim, as well as AU and NZ. It's the nature of the beast, not the fault of any one group involved.

Sort by continent would by nice, except for the fact that not all "land massess" have the largest pools for playing. If you hub it all off you loose the point of a world wide network.



Get off dial up.

[Edited on 09.29.2009 3:32 PM PDT]

  • 09.29.2009 3:30 PM PDT

Bring Forth; the Banhammer

Where's my Mythic Member Status Bungie, eh?

I run on a 50 Mb connection.

  • 09.29.2009 3:31 PM PDT

IcanHazSausage

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Posted by: Maverick gw
I run on a 50 Mb connection.


most european players do.

  • 09.29.2009 3:33 PM PDT

I hunt for the Prophet of Contentment, the San 'Shyumm that murdered my son, and stole his birthright, his Energy Sword. They call our species Heretics. They claim to all that our tongues sting, our words a vile poison that feeds on the unworthy. I have seen the true face of Heresy. The head of a gallant warrior lay on the ground. His neck scorched and blistered, scarred by his own blade. I shall retrieve the weapon, and drive it through that bastard's heart! Punishment for his sins is nigh.

Posted by: IcanHazSausage
Posted by: Maverick gw
I run on a 50 Mb connection.


most european players do.

Lulz 20gig for the win.

  • 09.29.2009 3:34 PM PDT

Bring Forth; the Banhammer

Where's my Mythic Member Status Bungie, eh?

Posted by: IcanHazSausage
Posted by: Maverick gw
I run on a 50 Mb connection.


most european players do.


So why don't we get rewarded the host, when it is clearly superior?

  • 09.29.2009 3:36 PM PDT
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Posted by: Fos Tis Krisis
Posted by: IcanHazSausage
Posted by: Maverick gw
I run on a 50 Mb connection.


most european players do.

Lulz 20gig for the win.


speedtest now.

  • 09.29.2009 3:40 PM PDT

Doc: "i'm a pacifist"
Caboose: "your a thing that babies suck on?"
Tucker: "no dude, that's a pedephile"
Church: "tucker, i think he means a pacifier"

Posted by: Maverick gw
I never said all Americans had terrible connections, I said "terrible American connections". I singled out Americans as they are most frequently playing and generally DO have terrible connections.

And you do realise that when I do search by Good Connection. The game interprets that as what is good when pinged against our server, which is located in the US. So, all that does is guarantee that Americans pull host.


They generally have terribly connections to accross the pond, that is my point. The same way that those on the other side of the ocean will have terrible connectivity to those in the US, it is purely sujective, and once again, the nature of the beast. Your point about the sever location isn't quite valid either as xbl does not utilize servers for it's games, it uses a host/client system.

@ IcanHazSausage,

I don't have dial up smart ass, it's an intermittant issue with living in Hawaii. It's just how it goes sometimes, it isn't the norm.

  • 09.29.2009 3:40 PM PDT

Posted by: Fos Tis Krisis
Posted by: IcanHazSausage
Posted by: Maverick gw
I run on a 50 Mb connection.


most european players do.

Lulz 20gig for the win.


What are you from the future?

I thought the highest NA connection was around 100mbps?

  • 09.29.2009 3:44 PM PDT

Bring Forth; the Banhammer

Where's my Mythic Member Status Bungie, eh?

It still runs through Bungies Servers.

  • 09.29.2009 3:45 PM PDT

Doc: "i'm a pacifist"
Caboose: "your a thing that babies suck on?"
Tucker: "no dude, that's a pedephile"
Church: "tucker, i think he means a pacifier"

Posted by: Maverick gw
It still runs through Bungies Servers.


Only the statistical information, the actual gameplay and all associated information is hosted on a single console. Point in fact I believe most of the info that Bungie gets is after a games completion, not live, though I could be mistaken.

  • 09.29.2009 3:51 PM PDT

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Halo 3 came out in 2007, just under a year after the ORIGINAL Gears of War. In the time between then and now Bungie has greatly increased, in size and ability. They have had plenty of experience and I'm sure we won't be disappointed, well almost sure.

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  • 09.29.2009 3:58 PM PDT