The lag is really putting me off although I love the game

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The lag is really putting me off although I love the game

Postby TheArtOfPlay » Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:22

I have been experiencing the following problems when playing the world tour online;
I often get stuck into the lobby and the message “The game is finding the best opponent for you” can stay on screen also for like 30min!!! Often happens that I am in the lobby with another player (so 2 players in total) and it takes up to 5/7 min to find an opponent? It’s there! There are only 2 of us in the lobby just let us play. Ok the system will eventually find an opponent for you but what about keeping me entertained during the searching of an opponent? Even more annoying when you are in a tournament lobby; you are forced to wait in there if you don't want to lose the tournament. Unacceptable!!!

Also it often happens that I play 2 or 3 matches in a row against the same player, is the system nuts? How does the system couple the player? Using an abacus? And it is not the only player in the lobby suitable for my grade and I can’t believe that it can match me only with him (and 2/3 times in a row!!).

Seriously, how can you make a game where the shoots are based on timing and have so much lag online? When it lags your player is unable to hit the ball with power and on time. At the beginning I thought it was me not being able to time properly but playing online with other friends they said they had the same problem (and some of my friends played also the previous version of the game, so they are pretty good).

I understand that the lag is hard to eliminate but how about creating a better system for the timing, maybe more flexible?? as it is often very frustrating!
Everyone knows that there will always be lag online so, realistically you can’t base the game on such a strict timing system if you are trying to give me an acceptable online experience.

I am very disappointed by the stability of the online and I have to say that I have great respect for 2K but seriously they really ruined the game with this world tour no working properly :(
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Postby brazegoesmoo » Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:28

That's more connection issues than lag, I think.

In game, the only lag I experience is the incorrect split step and the random speed up. I hate hitting to an open court, thinking I won the point, then all of a sudden the opponent goes triple-speed and takes a shot that catches me off guard. Annoying, but bearable, considering a lot of the time I get games with people in the UK or AUS (I'm in USA) where games run pretty smoothly.
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