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Multiplayer Peer to Peer or Server?
So far with TW multiplayer it has been P2P. For me and many others this has resulted in a laggy mess, very often preventing connection completely.
The new multiplayer features in TWS2 sound great but they could be completely ruined by the same old system. So, what are the chances they will go with proper servers?
Last edited by Irish guy; January 03, 2011 at 02:50 PM.
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Re: Multiplayer Peep to Peer or Server?
You can edit the first post for that, go in advanced mode.Originally Posted by Irish guy
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Re: Multiplayer Peep to Peer or Server?
Dedicated servers are always better than P2P.
But I don't think the nature of the Total War games lends itself for Dedicated servers very well.
I can;t see anyone shelling out for a dedicated server. I wouldn't even expect the hosters to offer them if the game did have support.
Semisalis
Re: Multiplayer Peep to Peer or Server?
I don't mean dedicated servers that Joe random can rent out, I mean CA providing servers for people to connect to.
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Re: Multiplayer Peep to Peer or Server?
Yeah. I want it the Blizzard way, at the very least ... ranked/ladder on Steam servers and rest peer-to-peer. Alternatively, I wouldn't mind all of games hosted on Steam servers (with exception of LAN, for obvious reasons), especially since the net protocol involved seems poor at best for P2P connections ... the more units and players you pump in, the worse it's off to a point of plain unplayable.
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Re: Multiplayer Peer to Peer or Server?
Well I get the feeling that there must be dedicated servers for Shogun 2, at least for the large clan MP games, as I remember a quote saying something like "The servers are reset every 2 weeks" for a result to be made after each round of that MP play. Plus it would be a disaster with so many people playing (in the hundreds I think) if there were not a dedicated servers. As for the "normal" mp battles I'm unsure though
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Re: Multiplayer Peer to Peer or Server?
They damn well better do something, because I still can barely play Emp/Nap online.
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