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Subject: Latency Issues
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I'm not sure if this post is in the correct place, however the problems I'm experiencing are with Halo 3, specifically with matchmade games on XBL.

Yesterday while attempting to enter matchmaking, I recieved the message "Information could not be retrieved from the Halo 3 server." Today I reset my router in the hopes that it would resolve this, which it seemed to do, however I experienced rather large latency times in the 3 matches I played thereafter, eg. standing on a weapon for 5 seconds holding RB to pick it up, kills being registered seconds after my opponent has killed me, etc. I am wondering if there is a solution to this short of switching from a wireless to a wired connection, or if this problem can be helped at all or if I am simply at the mercy of the network/server/whathaveyou.

thanks for any helpful/informative replies, and apologies if there is a better place to report this

  • 08.22.2010 9:39 PM PDT

Mostly your at the mercy of your ISP. If you are having constant problems contact them.

Having a wired connection is ALWAYS going to be better when compared to a wireless one (whether you see/notice the difference or not, trust me it's faster).

I get the "failed to retrieve info..." message all the time. Just back out and re-enter matchmaking, this usually fixes it.

  • 08.22.2010 10:22 PM PDT
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My Gamertag is Mr Naughty Body.

I may be short, but my heart is tall.

Your internet just flat-out might not be fast enough to play online games. I remember when I had satellite internet and actually attempted to play a custom game in Halo 3... it was horrible.

Can you play other games without lag? If so, then you might want to ask your internet service provider what might be wrong.

And it's probably okay to post in this forum if the problem is specific to Halo 3, but, for future reference, you might want to take stuff like this to The Flood, the off-topic forum (I'm being nice because you actually sound like an intelligent person, unlike a lot of the people who come here for help :) ).

[Edited on 08.22.2010 10:28 PM PDT]

  • 08.22.2010 10:26 PM PDT