Poll

I prefer not to play if my ping is more than...

200%0% - 0
405%5% - 7
8030%30% - 40
12033%33% - 44
16019%19% - 25
20010%10% - 14
Total: 130
Todd_Angelo
Leukocyte
+336|7109|Warlord
Since the patch and a couple of recent threads that mention lag and ping issues I was wondering what other people find playable.

Obviously low ping is everyone's ideal but ping alone isn't the only thing that governs how laggy the game feels*. My connection seems to have sucked more than normal lately so I've been paying attention to other people's pings in the scoreboard during the game a bit more the last few weeks and every now and then you see someone doing well (even best) who doesn't have a great ping. Even have the occasional game where I'm leading for part of the game with the worst ping of the lot.

*Is there any way to keep track of packet loss in BF2 like there was in UT?
Des.Kmal
Member
+917|7100|Atlanta, Georgia, USA
<160
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liquidat0r
wtf.
+2,223|7109|UK

Kmal1 wrote:

<160
ditto
Cbass
Kick His Ass!
+371|7176|Howell, Mi USA
anything over 160 and im done. but it depends on the server, ive had pings of 90 that lag like hell and some like 120 that play just fine.
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Cybargs
Moderated
+2,285|7198
i can still play 230 ping, but 300 is not tolerable, too much shooting lag
https://cache.www.gametracker.com/server_info/203.46.105.23:21300/b_350_20_692108_381007_FFFFFF_000000.png
Psycho
Member since 2005
+44|7258|Kansas, USA
I'm usually around 40-60. Normally I won't play on anything with triple digits.
Avarice
Member
+41|7054|London, UK
I'm so crap it doesn't make a diff

But seriously, when you have wireless ping 0 is lag, so it really doesn't make a diff.
*=]AD[=*Pro_NL
Member
+77|7111|The Netherlands
under 20 is always fine, i have it in most of the servers, but insomnia for example evrybody has a ping of 150,  then you cant play normally
megaboost
Member
+14|7165|Englandshire
<100
Sydney
2λчиэλ
+783|7325|Reykjavík, Iceland.
120 for me.
-Solv3r-
Heia den som vinner!
+115|7039|Oslo, Norway
Yeah, 120, but I manage to play on servers with higher ping, but only on SF!
ROFLCOPTER_
Member
+8|7025
under 120. i ping 100 to most servers in texas and a lot lower to the west coast. east coast servers are unplayable, as are european servers.

sudden spikes of ping are worse than a constantly high ping, though. they're the ones that always happen when you're flying over the airfield to reload, and you suddenly find yourself in the side of a mountain.
Impaqt
Member
+37|7120|Chicago, Il
When I fly and Snipe I like my ping under 80...   If its one of my favorite servers and I feel like playing suport/Spec/Medic I'll go to 160...
Spearhead
Gulf coast redneck hippy
+731|7171|Tampa Bay Florida
100?  There's no 100.  So I guess 80.  It just gets too laggy.
rh27
Not really a Brit
+51|7078|England
Only play when my ping is under 60. I find mostly that anything over that leads to lag spikes, usually at the most innapropriate times.
Darky
Hi..
+71|7043|Here.
I ping a grand total of........ 6! to the server I tend to hang out a lot in. Good stuff.
[tlv]TDL
Member
+7|7140
Over 80 it's getting laggy.
Mekstizzle
WALKER
+3,611|7103|London, England
Over 40 for me, usually i just stick to UK/French/Spanish/German servers and it's usually inbetween 10-40, once went on a US server but with high pings the Red tag bug happened alot and things were overall messed up.
KEN-JENNINGS
I am all that is MOD!
+2,993|7114|949

I try to stick to around 15 ping, but I will play in a server with up to about 50.
WhyTwoKay
Member
+15|7251|Texas
I will only play <100, but I will prefer <60. However, I am on a shared connection at my house, and if anybody gets on their computer, I spike to the 500's everytime they load a new webpage.
elmo1337
Banned
+186|7041|The real world
160, since my friends allways play on UK servers
LT.Victim
Member
+1,175|7044|British Columbia, Canada
<180

but it really depends on the server. I can play one some servers that i have under 50 ping on it, and it lags to shit.. and then i'll go to a server with over 150 Ping and it will be smooth. I hate servers where the gameplay is really jumpy, and its not just me, cause everyone is getting it.
niomosy
Member
+26|7171
I'll go up to around 150 or so depending on the situation.  I prefer to stay under 100.

I did manage to get my Expert Explosives with a ping around 157 playing on a UK server.  Got Vet Medic Specialist on the same server as well.
[DEI]Bart
fire at will!!!
+76|7195|Leiden, Holland for the n00bs
I alway try to find servers around 50
Bahiti
Respect! Give it .. Get it!
+55|7130|Land of =KBK=
I usually play with an average ping of 25.  Hate it when it gets up to 80 or more.  Too much damn lag.

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