NRS's lack of communication about the netcode is inexcusable

Just don't play then. I'm sure, if your gonna be a dick about it one costumer isn't a loss. PSN, is down even, so they probably would like to wait for that to be fixed.
 
A little while ago someone at NRS, I can't remember who, stated that the online would be "virtually lag free." Now the simple fact is arguably the most important component of the game, the online, is completely broken and to MOST people currently unplayable. After all the hype about this game being a real competitive fighter and how great the online is with modes like King of the Hill, the fact that the majority of players can't enjoy it is a major issue and needs to be addressed asap. On Xbox Live my connection displays at 4 green bars, perfect, and still the fights move at a snail's pace. I haven't been able to try out the PS3 online yet due to the PSN crash, sadly. :(
 
this game is soo good except for the horendous amount of lag. they have looby with chat rooms spec. mode and a really solid game to back it all up. once they fix the netcode(hopefully) then this game will be perfect. i hope they realize this and fix this problem to salitify themselves as a top contender in the fighting game genre.
 
XanXic said:
Just don't play then. I'm sure, if your gonna be a dick about it one costumer isn't a loss. PSN, is down even, so they probably would like to wait for that to be fixed.
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uhhh... no.

It's this kind of behavior that is not going to help anything. It's up to people like myself, and others that have spoken up, to get the right thing out of the company.

They promised something, I invested my money, they need to deliver on said product.

Tedakin said:
A little while ago someone at NRS, I can't remember who, stated that the online would be "virtually lag free." Now the simple fact is arguably the most important component of the game, the online, is completely broken and to MOST people currently unplayable. After all the hype about this game being a real competitive fighter and how great the online is with modes like King of the Hill, the fact that the majority of players can't enjoy it is a major issue and needs to be addressed asap. On Xbox Live my connection displays at 4 green bars, perfect, and still the fights move at a snail's pace. I haven't been able to try out the PS3 online yet due to the PSN crash, sadly. :(
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Exactly, it's up to them to back up what they push. If not, they're just selling snake oil.
 
Netcode is pretty bad at this point. NRS made claims like combo timing would be no different than playing offline... They could AT LEAST acknowledge that they are aware of the issues people are having and looking into it. I just spent $60 (really $150) on a product I can barely even take online. Just say something please!
 
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I agree with you guys,

online is really important and needs to be fixed, I thought mvc3 had bad netcode but MK is just worse. PSN is down now but i am not missing too much i guess :-/
 
strugler said:
I agree with you guys,

online is really important and needs to be fixed, I thought mvc3 had bad netcode but MK is just worse. PSN is down now but i am not missing too much i guess :-/
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No you didnt miss anything it was pretty bad although I had a few lag free matches a majority of the time was spent waiting for matches or being declined matches. I was dissapointed after reading their big article on the online quality and howngood it would be. I expected it to bad the first few days as most games are. So hopefully when PSN is back up we can all get some quality match-making
 
Don't go making claims that for the vast majority of people, the lag is unplayable. I don't believe that is true. When I go in a room, I mostly 4 dot/bar connections. a few 2s, and some 3s, but mostly 4s.

In KOTH, I've experienced lag in there if a 2 or 3 connection comes in, even if I'm not playing them. It sucks, but, I've been able to play, just not do my best combos or react to things properly sometimes. I've had my room get better once those low connections leave.

I started doing ranked matches last night, and in every single one, I've had a perfect connection. There was literally no lag whatsoever. It was like playing someone next to me. I didn't have to adjust my timing at all.

Tip to you guys, make sure you play your xbox/ps3s hooked up with an ethernet cable. Don't do wireless. Even if you play with a router right next to your xbox/ps3, it will not be as good as a direct ethernet connection.

And if you think MK9 is unplayable online, I'm betting it's like that for every game you play online on that same console. I think the netcode is just fine, it's your internet/network setup that sucks, or you might be playing with a horrible connection themselves due to distance or they are on a router.

I don't think NRS has to respond to anything, really. If someone's network setup sucks, tough, they can't make a shitty connection better than it is. I work in an office, and while I can download faster than I do at home, my network there filters crap and goes through a buncha different systems, so my ping is bad. I can play games at work, but it sucks because it's not set up for it.

Try this. Make sure your game systems are hooked up to an ethernet cable, and then play some ranked matches (you have to wait maybe a minute for a player to show up), and see how the lag is there.

Exactly. 10 dollars to use something that doesn't work.
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They only charge people who didn't buy a new copy. And it does work. Stop making generalizations.
 
To be perfectly honest I have experienced little to NO lag online and it has taken me less than 15 second to find a game the last couple of days
 
Anyone who plays online alot knows that alot of games have lag issues for the first few weeks after launch. Look at Tekken, the lag on that game was the worst I ever experienced and they fixed it after a few weeks and now its great. The same goes for MK9, give it time. I GUARANTEE it will be fixed and running very smoothly soon, just be patient
 
Okay, so I know that NRS hasn't acknowledged the sh*tty online experience. But yesterday, I played for almost 3 hours on KOTH and the lag was almost completely gone. I am aware that the proximity to the people you are playing is a factor in how smoothly it runs and that I may have just been playing with people close to me, before I started playing, I tried to enter a room and I got a message saying that the MK servers were unavailable at the moment. I think maybe NRS may have been working on it. Again, it could just be nothing, but yesterday's online experience was the best I've ever had. No lag or issues at all.
 
Justin Drown said:
Exactly. 10 dollars to use something that doesn't work.
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Ok, I have to pipe in here about this nonsense. I absolutely agree that a tweet or any quick correspondence would be a great courtesy for us. But to bring in the "10 dollars to play" issue is misleading and untrue. Stop and think about why an online code is needed. When we purchase the game new, we pay no additional charge whatsoever. It's not about making money for online service, it's about making money for a game they made. This is something that's happening a LOT lately, and will happen on every game very soon. Companies such as Gamestop that resell games make 100% profit on used games, and everyone who was involved in the making of the game sees no money at all; not a dime. So they charge 10 bucks for those that buy the game used in an attempt to make something off of these sales. This is not even close to being new for this MK as it's been happening for several years, especially with computer games, and again is not the same as charging for use of the online service.
 
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Okay, so I know that NRS hasn't acknowledged the sh*tty online experience. But yesterday, I played for almost 3 hours on KOTH and the lag was almost completely gone. I am aware that the proximity to the people you are playing is a factor in how smoothly it runs and that I may have just been playing with people close to me, before I started playing, I tried to enter a room and I got a message saying that the MK servers were unavailable at the moment. I think maybe NRS may have been working on it. Again, it could just be nothing, but yesterday's online experience was the best I've ever had. No lag or issues at all.
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Same here... online has been perfect for me last 2 days. No complaints at all
 
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