- naky4 lyfe
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Its about host record, If you pull host with people who you give over 200 ping to constantly, this will drop your host record, not by alot.
But for example in Halo 3 Its all about the host record and even if you have 100mbit up and 100mbit down with 3ms to nexthop, if you host a game and just one person in the game has crap internet or is downloading while playing or even has graphics card lag, these will force them to dropred dot connection and will make the game go red dot.
although no body will notice this unless they are watching the connection bars, this is what ruins host records.
So its quite simple, get a bunch of friends who dont pull host and just start searching and once your in a game spam speedtests on your computer, this will drop the game red dot and ruin peoples host records. This doesnt work in reach tho =\
It will still ruin peoples host records in reach but you being red dot wont drop it red dot for everyone i believe. This is kinda sad and pointless in halo reach. but in halo 3 it can even force a host change :D
A way to tell if you have a good host record is to see if when you pull host the connection starts off orange / yellow bar. If it does in halo 3 or reach your host record is bad. You can also press start > network details or something... > and look for upstream bandwidth. if it says good it means your host record is good. It might say warning! even if you have 100mbit upload its just your host record is bad for multiple reasons. And ping, bandwidth have little to do with pulling host if your american, host record doesnt record your ping and bandwidth, it records stability.
But ofcourse more bandwidth and lower ping is vital for a good host, I'm saying the host record system is flawed since it cant really tell the difference between 50mbit up and 500kb up.
And btw for notice, i see this in alot of forums - bridging is not against bungie, 343, microsoft, anything's rules and will not give you a ban or host ban. So If you want to pull host either get a new xbox with a fresh host record and play big team games if you can handle it, or get someone to bridge you and 'boost' your host record. You cant get your host record better if you dont pull host.
[Edited on 12.26.2011 12:04 AM PST]