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[PocketYoda]

Hello just wondering why i cannot join oceanic servers if i only choose oceanic servers from the list, it just sits there searching for hours...

I'm Australian and i choose the mech variants it says has the shortest wait times but nothing...

If i choos North American and Oceanic in the list i get mostly NA servers and occasional oceanic games... If i remove NA i get no games it just sits there, why is this going on..

[justcallme A S H]

That's because you need to have the population.

You're limiting yourself for no reason. Select US as well, find matches instantly. I play one in 10 games on Oceanic I reckon. It's all about load balancing, availability, players etc.

Playing on US is no issue at all.

[PocketYoda]

I'm limiting myself because the ping times after the server maintenance is now over 300 or more on NA, Oceanic i'm now 150 which was 130 before last maintenance..

Edited by Samial, 20 January 2018 - 11:31 PM.

[adamts01]

PGI really didn't put work in to MM at all. I gave up on using the Oceanic server and I'm even in Asia. What's frustrating is I'll finally get a match in NA and it's completely full of Asian/Oceanic players. It's all nonsense.

[PocketYoda]

What i don't get is the oceanic servers when i do get a game after i've chosen NA is its 90% NA players in the Oceanic servers?

Edited by Samial, 20 January 2018 - 11:42 PM.

[justcallme A S H]

That is because they have all 3 "ticked" to allow fast search times.

Something you are clearly having a problem with.

Honestly I play with 250-350ms US/EU and I really do not notice any difference to when I'm on Oceanic with 110ms. If I can't notice it...

[Deathlike]

Oceanic population is an FP/CW simulation that everyone can experience for free...

Maybe we should suggest that to the split-queue people just to feel what Oceanic users have been loving to death.

[Lupis Volk]

The "issue" i have is just ping.

[justcallme A S H]

Deathlike, on 21 January 2018 - 12:33 AM, said:

Oceanic population is an FP/CW simulation that everyone can experience for free...

Maybe we should suggest that to the split-queue people just to feel what Oceanic users have been loving to death.

Lol yeah it's awesome. The population is that low in Oceanic cycle (even with US ticked) that Mon-Thur it can take easily 15mins+ even for SoloQ. I rarely play mid week now if it's after 6pm local time (literally peak for Oceanic).

But then that is partly my fault as I flatly refuse to tick EU.

[PocketYoda]

I also refuse to tick EU 400 ping time is unplayable imo.

[Deathlike]

justcallme A S H, on 21 January 2018 - 01:03 AM, said:

Lol yeah it's awesome. The population is that low in Oceanic cycle (even with US ticked) that Mon-Thur it can take easily 15mins+ even for SoloQ. I rarely play mid week now if it's after 6pm local time (literally peak for Oceanic).

But then that is partly my fault as I flatly refuse to tick EU.

Sorry, I refuse to tick Oceanic (ping). I tick EU though. It's probably some sort of Russian influence.... or something .

Actually, EU's just a lot more latency friendly than Oceanic (I'm talking about 150+ms in EU vs 250+ms in Oceanic) with respect to the US (East Coast).

Honestly, Oceanic should really be US West Coast or something, but that's a different discussion I guess.

[DV8R]

Its even better now, 400ms for Oceanic server and I am in Singapore! it was 5-20ms.. not that I plated much on the Oceanic server but they dont do themselves many favours!