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    Hi,
    I found a few threads that kind of talk about what I am experiencing but figured I may as well start a new so Epic can hopefully see this isn't an isolated experience.

    About me:
    I'm on a 25/5Mbps Comcast cable connection in Seattle and hard wired into my router and typically my computer is off so no extra bandwidth is being used. I'm not that great of a player but I'm not that bad and I've been playing gears for awhile now so I have a good feeling when hits should land and what not. I kill about as many times as I get killed in other words.

    The issue:
    In just about every vs game I play now days there is at least 1 or 2 people that I like to call supermen. Not saying these guys are amazing or anything, in fact watching them most of them really suck. Its just that shots that would normally down someone don't on these guys and their shots never miss and hit like trucks, even from ranges that shouldn't be possible. Its not hard to replicate, join just about any match and you'll find one of these guys sooner or later. I don't believe this to be a latency issue as my buds all experience the same issue and a few of them are even on fiber connections.

    This isn't a rant, this is a I love gears and hate to see any issues with it. Maybe someone can give some useful advice or maybe a dev will look into it more.

    Thanks for taking the time to read my thread.

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    Alright, almost a month later and the problem has only gotten worse, I don't remember the last game I played online where I didn't run across someone that just wont die and hits like a truck.

    What I've learned:
    1) Almost every single one (all but 3 so far of the 100s of profiles I've looked at) have been from Mexico. I'm in Seattle, why the hell am I playing with Mexico on a shoot em up game?

    2) I removed gore and could see on my screen that the shots landed right on the person I was shooting at (dude is covered in yellow dots for a second), over and over again. So at least on my side my xbox is registering I hit the guy- with gore on blood was going everywhere so I wasn't sure if only one pellet or all the pellets were landing.

    3) This seems to be the same issue everyone is complaining about with sponging.

    Does anyone know if epic is working on a fix or have they spent enough time and money on it?

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX1oMLhhEGo Watch this 20 sec video on how the power weapons sucks registry wise. But the Gnasher has the same problem in this game. Enjoy the video, but if the link does not work go on Youtube and search up Boomshot Malarkey and it should be the first video.

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    Well, here is what it comes down to, Epic doesn't want to pay for dedicated servers so everything pretty much has gone to player to player hosting. Esp. connections from mexico are equal to an awful lag that needs to be fixed. King of the hill playlist had become very bad that last few weeks and to tell you the truth i am getting very tired of it. This game has become the crap that was gears two as far as connections go. But, epic won't answer your questions because they know what the are doing and people will just quit playing their game I am close but, I paid too much money and enjoy the game when there is not a ton of lag and cheaters, ya know....enjoi...
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    Why does the hit register not work at some points of the game? I have heard from many people that it's something Epic needs to fix while other people say that it's the person with 1MB connection. What do you guys think? 1Mb connection or Epic?

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    Yes I'm experiencing the same issue and its gotten worse.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GearHead1985 View Post
    Well, here is what it comes down to, Epic doesn't want to pay for dedicated servers so everything pretty much has gone to player to player hosting. Esp. connections from mexico are equal to an awful lag that needs to be fixed. King of the hill playlist had become very bad that last few weeks and to tell you the truth i am getting very tired of it. This game has become the crap that was gears two as far as connections go. But, epic won't answer your questions because they know what the are doing and people will just quit playing their game I am close but, I paid too much money and enjoy the game when there is not a ton of lag and cheaters, ya know....enjoi...
    If you have the Fenix rising DLC, you are likely playing on dedicated servers. Please don't post false information.

    Quote Originally Posted by xSYNTHx View Post
    Alright, almost a month later and the problem has only gotten worse, I don't remember the last game I played online where I didn't run across someone that just wont die and hits like a truck.

    What I've learned:
    1) Almost every single one (all but 3 so far of the 100s of profiles I've looked at) have been from Mexico. I'm in Seattle, why the hell am I playing with Mexico on a shoot em up game?

    2) I removed gore and could see on my screen that the shots landed right on the person I was shooting at (dude is covered in yellow dots for a second), over and over again. So at least on my side my xbox is registering I hit the guy- with gore on blood was going everywhere so I wasn't sure if only one pellet or all the pellets were landing.

    3) This seems to be the same issue everyone is complaining about with sponging.

    Does anyone know if epic is working on a fix or have they spent enough time and money on it?
    1) West coast players are paired with mexico as part of their region. It sucks, but that's how it goes I guess.

    2 and 3 are on par.
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    Yeah, I was playing KOTH yesterday and respawned right behind some opposing players (I don't like that this happens either) and walked up behind two of them crouched behind a barrier. I pulled my gnasher and aimed for an easy headshot. The character I aimed at took the shot turned around and blew me to kingdom-come.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GearHead1985 View Post
    Well, here is what it comes down to, Epic doesn't want to pay for dedicated servers so everything pretty much has gone to player to player hosting. Esp. connections from mexico are equal to an awful lag that needs to be fixed. King of the hill playlist had become very bad that last few weeks and to tell you the truth i am getting very tired of it. This game has become the crap that was gears two as far as connections go. But, epic won't answer your questions because they know what the are doing and people will just quit playing their game I am close but, I paid too much money and enjoy the game when there is not a ton of lag and cheaters, ya know....enjoi...
    False information.

    If you have Forces of Nature and Fenix Rising, you're able to play on Dedicated Servers.

    If you don't have those DLCs, you can play Player's Choice and I think TDM No DLC and be on servers.
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    What another Sponge Bob thread? Well, Epic do you really think everyone in the world has suddenly got a bad connection? or is it server related?

    I love GOW3 but this issue is getting old and still no light at the end of the tunnel.

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    From my experience, and I live on the West Coast, I only get issues when playing with people from Mexico. I hate playing with people from Mexico because it ruins the game because they run around like gods. Yesterday I was playing with my friend and I watched him take two close range Gnasher shots to the body (he was on my team and I am saying this because it does go both ways) and walk away. The second he is clear the guy aims at me, and I am almost DOUBLE the distance from this guy, I go instant full red and get dropped the next shot. It doesn't make sense to me. For the most part I have enjoyable games, but some times, things just don't add up.
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    This game, I hate it now. Today, I quit out of all but the 50 games i joined. What a huge waste of damn time. I join a game either lag, unbalanced teams, idiots, and 90% Gaytro Lancer. Faced a lvl 31 Green loser who depended on the Retro. !!!! Threw controller a couple times and Turtle Beaches some more. FFS Plus what makes it worse is my connection. 1.2 down and 0.6 up wtf! I can't wall bounce for 2 deuces either because it is so choppy and all it does is make me roll most of the time. Can't get angular wallbouncing because of that. Saw a tutorial, follow every step, but still, I have to roll.

    Before anyone blames my skill: Lvl 98 and I mostly play solo. 5.2 kd and 34.1 w/l in tdm, 4.4 kd and 8.1 w/l in Guardian, etc...

    The thing is I am really stubbord about stats so I rage more than others.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Meek Meek Meek View Post
    This game, I hate it now. Today, I quit out of all but the 50 games i joined. What a huge waste of damn time. I join a game either lag, unbalanced teams, idiots, and 90% Gaytro Lancer. Faced a lvl 31 Green loser who depended on the Retro. !!!! Threw controller a couple times and Turtle Beaches some more. FFS Plus what makes it worse is my connection. 1.2 down and 0.6 up wtf! I can't wall bounce for 2 deuces either because it is so choppy and all it does is make me roll most of the time. Can't get angular wallbouncing because of that. Saw a tutorial, follow every step, but still, I have to roll.

    Before anyone blames my skill: Lvl 98 and I mostly play solo. 5.2 kd and 34.1 w/l in tdm, 4.4 kd and 8.1 w/l in Guardian, etc...

    The thing is I am really stubbord about stats so I rage more than others.
    That's a pretty ****ty connection actually...besides that this isn't a complain fest about the weapons...and I would have to see your 34.1 w/l ratio. What is your GT?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Second to None View Post
    That's a pretty ****ty connection actually...besides that this isn't a complain fest about the weapons...and I would have to see your 34.1 w/l ratio. What is your GT?
    If he quit out of almost 50 games, there's no way in hell he rolls solo with a 34.1 w/l.
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    Ok, I see that alot of people don't know this. If you play quick match, and you quit, the stats you had in the game do not count toward the playlist and leaderboard ranking, and you do not get a loss either. Even if you look at the previous game stats, it says (+ 5) kills and (+2) deaths or whatever, it does not count, but except counts for your overall stats along with private matches (Quitting still does not count toward this). As a result of joining games in progress and losing instantly, I have more losses than intended. Because of what I described above, my overall stats are like 3.7 kd and a 33 w/l which used to be 64 lol. I'm not the best, but what impairs me is the connection and the amount of retro abusers who have never been in a shotgun battle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Meek Meek Meek View Post
    Ok, I see that alot of people don't know this. If you play quick match, and you quit, the stats you had in the game do not count toward the playlist and leaderboard ranking, and you do not get a loss either. Even if you look at the previous game stats, it says (+ 5) kills and (+2) deaths or whatever, it does not count, but except counts for your overall stats along with private matches (Quitting still does not count toward this). As a result of joining games in progress and losing instantly, I have more losses than intended. Because of what I described above, my overall stats are like 3.7 kd and a 33 w/l which used to be 64 lol. I'm not the best, but what impairs me is the connection and the amount of retro abusers who have never been in a shotgun battle.
    So what you're saying is you quit out of losing matches to not get ****ty stats. That's an accurate representation of your skill....and the only way you won't get a loss for quitting out is if you haven't spawned yet. No matter if it's Quick or Ranked, if you have spawned and are playing and quit, you will get plus one to losing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JuggaloJ4y View Post
    Why does the hit register not work at some points of the game? I have heard from many people that it's something Epic needs to fix while other people say that it's the person with 1MB connection. What do you guys think? 1Mb connection or Epic?
    So I believe it’s a little a both.

    As I understand most modern shooting games have limited AI built into it to help compensate for poor connections. This AI is there to help predict what the user with the poor connection was trying to do and if you have a good connection the AI isn't used since all the data is making it to the server. So Epic needs to tweak this AI or remove it all together. I don’t think people with decent connections should be penalized for it and that’s what appears to be happening right now.

    So people from Mexico connecting to servers in the US will obviously have a higher latency because of the distance at least, not to mention the obvious that most of Mexico’s internet infrastructure isn’t that great in the first place. Just as in the states, someone connecting from a smaller town is likely to have higher latency (the amount of time it takes for data to leave you and reach the server).

    At least this is the best answer I’ve been able to come up with.

    How am I countering it? Not very well. Every time I’m waiting to spawn I’m looking up the gamer cards of the opposing team and trying to identify people from Mexico and then I try to identify what skin they are using in the hopes that I can do everything I can to stay in cover and take them down at range or lure them into a planted nade that may or may not kill them. Basically avoid gnasher battle at all costs.

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    Then how is it possible for my w/l to not go down after quitting out?

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    I'm from Texas, and yes mine is getting worse over the past month or two. Same issues as above, please Epic, look into rebalancing the server matchmaking.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Meek Meek Meek View Post
    This game, I hate it now. Today, I quit out of all but the 50 games i joined. What a huge waste of damn time. I join a game either lag, unbalanced teams, idiots, and 90% Gaytro Lancer. Faced a lvl 31 Green loser who depended on the Retro. !!!! Threw controller a couple times and Turtle Beaches some more. FFS Plus what makes it worse is my connection. 1.2 down and 0.6 up wtf! I can't wall bounce for 2 deuces either because it is so choppy and all it does is make me roll most of the time. Can't get angular wallbouncing because of that. Saw a tutorial, follow every step, but still, I have to roll.

    Before anyone blames my skill: Lvl 98 and I mostly play solo. 5.2 kd and 34.1 w/l in tdm, 4.4 kd and 8.1 w/l in Guardian, etc...

    The thing is I am really stubbord about stats so I rage more than others.
    So you're telling me you hold a 34.1 W/L playing Solo? Absolutely doubt it.

    You quitting out of 50 games in one day is why you have high stats.

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    Just spent the last two hours playing with and vs people from Mexico. Every match I joined was full of Supermen with maybe one or two people like me: normal player able to deal normal damage. The VS portion of this game is flat out broken now, which is a real shame because when it worked it worked awesome and I had so much fun playing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by xSYNTHx View Post
    Just spent the last two hours playing with and vs people from Mexico. Every match I joined was full of Supermen with maybe one or two people like me: normal player able to deal normal damage. The VS portion of this game is flat out broken now, which is a real shame because when it worked it worked awesome and I had so much fun playing.
    I cannot stand playing with people from Mexico because of their connection. I really want to know why we get matched up with them. It's awful. I can play with people from Canada just fine (because they have GOOD internet) but the second I see someone from south of the border, I know it's gonna be a bad time, and that sucks.
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    I agree to the issues with Mexicans now in 80% of the matches I play!

    Its now become Sponges of War!

    Never had these issues the first couple of months.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RBallKillShot View Post
    I agree to the issues with Mexicans now in 80% of the matches I play!

    Its now become Sponges of War!

    Never had these issues the first couple of months.
    Mexicans connect to YOU, not the other way around.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChocolateBacon View Post
    Mexicans connect to YOU, not the other way around.
    I don't think anyone was saying otherwise.
    Mexico players connect to US servers and if the theories out there are correct its because of that horrible connection they are able to sponge and one shot gnasher gib people from 50+ yards.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChocolateBacon View Post
    Mexicans connect to YOU, not the other way around.
    It has no bearing, who connects to who, only your internet speed. I don't care if you live across the street, if you have dial-up, there is gonna be lag. Mexicans do not have good internet. Thus, no matter what happens, they are the ones sponging and killing from distance because this game tries to compensate for people with crappy connections. Attenuation has something to do with it too.
    Do people really think other people actually care about their rank and accomplishments down here? I am not so sure.

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    I hate this kind of stuff. 10mp dl, 1.5 ul, like a 5ms ping. I am a very realistic person, and I do die a bit, I have a .7 kd. I'm still getting used to and learning the differences between horde/campaign and vs. (up until recently, I got to green 85 almost exclusively from insane horde/insane campaign) and I die quite a bit. If someone outplays me, I can honestly say it doesn't bother me at all. I'll be the first to tell someone nice shot, or good game or damn, nice sniping in the post-game lobby. But the lag, sponging, teleporting etc. is so annoying. I shouldn't be able to shoot someone in the back, at point blank 5 times with a gnasher while they're lancering someone, and somehow they take their gnasher out, teleport behind me and I am instantly gibbed. I went into several game modes yesterday, and quit because they all just seemed broken, more so than usual. Boom boom, had potential to be awesome. Playing yesterday, I hit someone with a boom, literally hit them. Nothing. Somehow I then blew up from the digger that I didn't see them shoot. This kind of stuff is really annoying. I lost my interest in competitive horde because of freezing, and the nonsense in vs. is getting frustrating as well.
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    @D4u2s0t you're not the only one with these issues! Really wish Epic would at least make a post saying "Hey guys, we're aware of the problem and hope to have a solution in the near future." Instead all I've been able to find is one message blaming the player's internet connection and I can't even find that thread now.

    To counter the problem my buddy and I have switched to a retro/sawed off solution. Strat is bacsically hide behind cover, retro guys coming at you, hope to down them with the first clip or at least hurt them enough to saw off when they get close to you. It still fails, most of the time, but we last a little longer at least.. Nothing beats seeing your sawed off go off and nothing happens to the guy right in front of it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GearHead1985 View Post
    Well, here is what it comes down to, Epic doesn't want to pay for dedicated servers so everything pretty much has gone to player to player hosting. Esp. connections from mexico are equal to an awful lag that needs to be fixed. King of the hill playlist had become very bad that last few weeks and to tell you the truth i am getting very tired of it. This game has become the crap that was gears two as far as connections go. But, epic won't answer your questions because they know what the are doing and people will just quit playing their game I am close but, I paid too much money and enjoy the game when there is not a ton of lag and cheaters, ya know....enjoi...

    i gotta agree on that. damn. smh
    Quote Originally Posted by JuggaloJ4y View Post
    Why does the hit register not work at some points of the game? I have heard from many people that it's something Epic needs to fix while other people say that it's the person with 1MB connection. What do you guys think? 1Mb connection or Epic?
    even if its the players connect.but Epic suppose to be overlooking it

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    Quote Originally Posted by xSYNTHx View Post
    @D4u2s0t you're not the only one with these issues! Really wish Epic would at least make a post saying "Hey guys, we're aware of the problem and hope to have a solution in the near future." Instead all I've been able to find is one message blaming the player's internet connection and I can't even find that thread now.

    To counter the problem my buddy and I have switched to a retro/sawed off solution. Strat is bacsically hide behind cover, retro guys coming at you, hope to down them with the first clip or at least hurt them enough to saw off when they get close to you. It still fails, most of the time, but we last a little longer at least.. Nothing beats seeing your sawed off go off and nothing happens to the guy right in front of it.
    hell yeah/ i hate it when i get close use the sas and he just walks off. i wish epic would say something to acknowledge they know and are working on it. instead of having EPIC Dickriders on here defending them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GearHead1985 View Post
    Well, here is what it comes down to, Epic doesn't want to pay for dedicated servers so everything pretty much has gone to player to player hosting. Esp. connections from mexico are equal to an awful lag that needs to be fixed. King of the hill playlist had become very bad that last few weeks and to tell you the truth i am getting very tired of it. This game has become the crap that was gears two as far as connections go. But, epic won't answer your questions because they know what the are doing and people will just quit playing their game I am close but, I paid too much money and enjoy the game when there is not a ton of lag and cheaters, ya know....enjoi...
    This is so fucking wrong, it pisses me off that you post it. MICROSOFT OWNS THE SERVERS. Not Epic. Epic has nothing to do with them. Stop spreading lies, especially when you have no idea what you are talking about.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Second to None View Post
    This is so fucking wrong, it pisses me off that you post it. MICROSOFT OWNS THE SERVERS. Not Epic. Epic has nothing to do with them. Stop spreading lies, especially when you have no idea what you are talking about.
    Epic rents the servers from Microsoft. They would've gone the Bungie way and had a few on-site and the rest rented from MS, but when it comes down to it, it all depends on the budget. Now have some servers been shut down? Most likely, most companies discontinue support post-dlc. Are they working on it? Doubtful, there are some games they just abandon altogether (ahemUnrealTournament3ahem). Does that give you the right to be an ass to someone who is posting their knowledge on the situation? Certainly not.

    And since when can a post on the ****ty hit detection devolve into people in similar situations insulting each other over arbitrary facts and statistics? You have bigger issues than playing bull**** detector if you feel the need to brag about (and subsequently condemn) your/others' statistics in a video game. It's like bragging to a baby that you're older.
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    I don't play much vs. and even I can realize it has gotten much, much worse in the past few weeks. It is a daily thing... Today, active gnasher, hard aimed someone 3 times, didn't miss. I moved, shot again, didn't miss. I then got 1 shotted from the same distance. I don't understand how I can shoot someone 4 times with an active gnasher at 1 shot down range, yet they gib me from the same distance with 1 shot.
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    All true but Epic does have dedicated servers but the are shut down a lot due to maintinince. The true problem you are dealing with sir is lag hitbox which many players including me are getting angry about. Boomshot not killing although it was a dead on hit, heck I have even seen people sawed-off people that are executing and it doesn't kill them, and they just broke the LongShot sadly. Also I agree with you about people from Mexico they should separate American servers from Mexican servers because it does cause lag and plenty of it which ruins the fun for some people.
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    Quote Originally Posted by xSYNTHx View Post
    Hi,
    I found a few threads that kind of talk about what I am experiencing but figured I may as well start a new so Epic can hopefully see this isn't an isolated experience.

    About me:
    I'm on a 25/5Mbps Comcast cable connection in Seattle and hard wired into my router and typically my computer is off so no extra bandwidth is being used. I'm not that great of a player but I'm not that bad and I've been playing gears for awhile now so I have a good feeling when hits should land and what not. I kill about as many times as I get killed in other words.

    The issue:
    In just about every vs game I play now days there is at least 1 or 2 people that I like to call supermen. Not saying these guys are amazing or anything, in fact watching them most of them really suck. Its just that shots that would normally down someone don't on these guys and their shots never miss and hit like trucks, even from ranges that shouldn't be possible. Its not hard to replicate, join just about any match and you'll find one of these guys sooner or later. I don't believe this to be a latency issue as my buds all experience the same issue and a few of them are even on fiber connections.

    This isn't a rant, this is a I love gears and hate to see any issues with it. Maybe someone can give some useful advice or maybe a dev will look into it more.

    Thanks for taking the time to read my thread.

    -D
    I, and many other members here, understand where you are coming from when it comes to someone in a match sponging bullets. Now most people have been saying that the 'Savage Kantus' is the character in which sponges the most damage, but I've seen people sponge with him and not sponge with him. Now if you were to ask me how the game is connection wise I'd say I don't get it at all. The reason I say this is because I run on a fiber (FiOS) connection and I still have games in-which I get downed from one shot at 100ft.+ distances/don't do any damage at all to others and then there are games in-which I am able to get people down from the same distance/they can't do damage at all. In the end, I'm not blaming EPIC or the internet in general, but I do feel as if they need to address their problem because it seems as if EPIC is the only company that has connection problems with their games. I mean, not saying the companies that make Halo/CoD/Battlefield are better but, I have never had a problem in one of those games when it comes to connection and my shots not counting.

    Some things you can try:
    - Turn 'gore' off (many people I follow on YT use this method and yet it seems to work for them) (I've tried it recently and it has been working so far)
    - Make sure everything on your network is off and so your able to have all your bandwidth. (I do this when I usually decide to play Gears, but then again I still have problems)
    (Not much you can do, but I hope one of them helps you because, like you, I enjoy playing Gears, but sometimes enough is enough. Good luck!)
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    Quote Originally Posted by KILL3R FURBY View Post
    Epic rents the servers from Microsoft. They would've gone the Bungie way and had a few on-site and the rest rented from MS, but when it comes down to it, it all depends on the budget. Now have some servers been shut down? Most likely, most companies discontinue support post-dlc. Are they working on it? Doubtful, there are some games they just abandon altogether (ahemUnrealTournament3ahem). Does that give you the right to be an ass to someone who is posting their knowledge on the situation? Certainly not.

    And since when can a post on the ****ty hit detection devolve into people in similar situations insulting each other over arbitrary facts and statistics? You have bigger issues than playing bull**** detector if you feel the need to brag about (and subsequently condemn) your/others' statistics in a video game. It's like bragging to a baby that you're older.
    It is all speculation. You have no idea. He has no idea. I don't have any idea the status of the dedicated servers. Have I ever had a host migration when playing on 'dedicated servers'? Not even once. It has never happened to me. Which means that I am either insanely lucky, or, get this, I am actually playing on dedicated servers. But for people to come here and spread their half truths and full lies is ridiculous. Once things don't go people's way, it's all Epic's fault, and Epic sucks, and Epic is the worst company ever. And it is getting annoying. If he knew for a fact that Epic has shut down servers and is already walking away from this game, then I, and I am assuming many others, would at least like some proof. Not, 'I had a ****ty game so Epic sucks'.

    I have never bragged about my stats on here. But I, and others (look back up, you'll see the posts), don't believe a 34/1 win loss ratio. It's not possible when quitting out of that many games. I never came on here and put people down because of MY ratio, ever.

    Also, Epic renting servers means that Microsoft owns them. So don't come in here and play police to my so-called 'bull****' detector. It has nothing to do with my need to feel better than others, it's just that I have a big problem with lies.
    Do people really think other people actually care about their rank and accomplishments down here? I am not so sure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by xSYNTHx View Post
    I don't think anyone was saying otherwise.
    Mexico players connect to US servers and if the theories out there are correct its because of that horrible connection they are able to sponge and one shot gnasher gib people from 50+ yards.
    There's also a fair share of Americans/Canadians who have god awful Internet speed. Not just Mexicans.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChocolateBacon View Post
    There's also a fair share of Americans/Canadians who have god awful Internet speed. Not just Mexicans.
    Of course, just today I ran across someone I thought had to in been in Mexico only to see their profile says United States however majority of the profiles I look up are from Mexico. I'm not looking up everyone, only ones I flag as supermen, which sadly is at least one every match now days. As I said before I do this so I can then try my best to avoid or counter them with lots of cover and range attacks if I meet them on the map again. Doesn't work so well vs supermen but its better than trying to gnasher them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by xSYNTHx View Post
    Of course, just today I ran across someone I thought had to in been in Mexico only to see their profile says United States however majority of the profiles I look up are from Mexico. I'm not looking up everyone, only ones I flag as supermen, which sadly is at least one every match now days. As I said before I do this so I can then try my best to avoid or counter them with lots of cover and range attacks if I meet them on the map again. Doesn't work so well vs supermen but its better than trying to gnasher them.
    Obviously it's not majority. Only way you could know is if you checked every profile you came across, crunched all the numbers and stats and got a result. Which, quite frankly, I doubt you've done.

    Mexicans aren't the only ones that sponge. Everyone, from any country, sponges.

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    It's not just this game, something is seriously just ****ed up with Mexico's internet. I get more stable games against people in Japan than Mexico. It's been 100% unplayable the past few days because emptying full retro and Gnasher clips into people won't down them, not to mention the rollback when ever you wall bounce.

    I live on the east coast and this was never a problem before. Now I can't get into a match without some mexican player eventually joining, and yes I do check gamertags. Popping someone's head and then that dead player killing you 2 seconds later will do that.


 
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