Problems with the new ping limits

[Joeggernaut 1]

So, I only recently started playing Day Z, about a week ago. After some trouble trying to get it started, I finally got it to work. Very well, in fact. I have had no further problems until today's update.

Today, I checked for updates, and installed beta patch 95389. Then I launched the game, and as you may imagine, I tried to join a server. But what is this? I was kicked? Because my ping was too high? But it says the auto-kick only goes up to 175, and in the browser, this server showed a ping of 16?

This happened on every subsequent server I tried. I have come to a conclusion, and it is that the server is kicking me because of high ping, but high ping that the server is causing. In the first few moments of joining, my computer gets bombarded with information about the game; what time it is, weather conditions, where I am on the map, what my inventory is, the location of every single entity that the server is tracking (other players, vehicles, any zombies in the area), and returns fire with all the information that the server needs from my computer. I don't have the fastest internet, only 3MB/s, so my bandwidth tops out pretty easily, even though I know that I can play with much lower pings than would justify a kick. Once I'm all loaded in, which isn't a short process, I generally have a ping between 20 and 70ms.

I don't know if anybody else is having this problem. My suggested solution is either raising the ping cap (which I know is mostly up to the server owner, not the devs), or waiting a little while, maybe a minute, for the ping to stabilize before kicking. I would ask for longer than a minute, as loading can take up to about two, but I realize that that would entirely defeat the purpose of the limiter.

I really enjoy playing the game, and I really appreciate that it's free. I'd just like to be able to continue playing. Hope my voice is heard!

[oifriendlyfire 46]

I have this problem, but my ping actually is an issue.

I have 12mbps/dl and 2mbps/ul connection, but my ping is usually high because it is a satellite service provided by Exede internet. This is the nations fastest net service for people that live as far in the country as I do.

I play with a large group on a regular basis, and I have uploaded videos of our group. I don't show the least bit of lag, and no one I play with thinks I ever show lag, sometimes however, my ping can get up to the 500s.

The server owners are hurting their servers by placing ping limits on players, there is far more involved in a good connection that just ping limits.

I make a motion to please remove this function from the server interfaces.

Thanks!

[ODoyleRulez 195]

I haven;t had any problems personally. But I have seen some regulars that play on a server that I do. Getting kicked for pings, when they used to not. sounds like there may be another issue with the Arma beta patches.

Edited July 27, 2012 by ODoyleRulez

[Bender Rodriguz 8]

I was getting kicked for 150 ping when people on the server had 223 ping so I don't what that was about.