Why is a high ping so BAD?

[{N3RD2} HazardousJJ 15]

I am in the US trying to join a Russian server where my friends are at and it won't let me join due to a high ping...

So, WHY does the servers limit the ping number? What is so wrong and disgusting to the servers about having a large ping? <_<

Edited August 15, 2012 by HazardousJJ

[eldritch (DayZ) 17]

Um, you lag the game up for you and everyone else. No one wants to play with people who are flickering all over the map.

Is this a serious question?

[SmashT 10907]

DayZ's heavy client side nature means ping isn't as much of an issue as it is with most other games, you can play with a high ping and probably won't notice much difference, although you may appear to 'warp' for other players which is pretty annoying when you are aiming at someone and they constantly teleport every few metres, that's probably the main reason servers implement a ping limit.

Edited August 31, 2012 by smasht_AU

[Solaris-Raiden 1]

it's really hard to kill people when there lagging as eld said above

[Deathcall 101]

Never stopped ANYONE from killing me and I play with 250-280ms all the time... regardless of server or time of the day or anything.

[Kyzahh 127]

I don't see a problem if you have a ping of less than 250.

And yeah, max ping kicks do get annoying.

[Priceless 154]

It lags the whole server thats why

[Raaarghh 3]

I can never notice the lag on any servers I go on, I live in Australia and play on some US servers, and my connection, to me, is completely fine.

[A Bush killed me 189]

Because you ruin everyone elses experience with your lag. be respectful and gtfo

[chiknz 1]

This is something you should know when playing on PC...

Ping is the time it takes to send data (like a shot) from the moment you click untill the moment it reaches the server. Since everyone should have the same reaction time the server looks for a balanced ping (high pings = server lag)

Easy explanation, not the best one but you'll get the point

[MoronToTheKore 57]

You do know what ping is right? It's a rough calculation of how fast your connection to the server is. The higher the number, the longer it takes for data to transfer, the more lag and shit that happens. It affects everyone else too, so try to avoid doing that to a large group of people if you can.

[Element47 2481]

with the general sync issues, player lag is probably the least problem.

i seen players kicked for a ping of 140, thats slightly over the top..

[BobDole (DayZ) 129]

I don't see a problem if you have a ping of less than 250.

And yeah, max ping kicks do get annoying.

no they arent annoying play in your fucking countries servers..

[sostronk 334]

Some of the local servers for me have a 100ping cap and I get around 30 ping on them. But I play on US servers because, for some reason, they tend to be quicker on load time despite the 200+ ping.

Edited August 31, 2012 by sostronk

[Thadeum 103]

One of the main reason is simple.

The zombies you spawn in towns have their pathfinding done by the client who made the zombies spawn, not by the servers.

Then the client sends the zombies coordinates to the server, which broadcast them to the players around.

Zombies can seem to lag to other players, even if the managing client have a good ping.

If the managing client has a terrible ping, zombies would simply seem to teleport and would not be killable at all.

Then to keep things "fluid" it's better to keep pings lowest as possible.

[Jaoai 16]

I got kick for this..

"You were kicked (Ping to high 41ms)"

[malau (DayZ) 36]

I remember back in the day, playing Day of Defeat over a 56k modem with a 750ping, and maxping was 3000!

Not good.

[jblackrupert 308]

It lags the whole server thats why

This is the reason.

If you're looking to play DayZ during daylight hours just search around, there are plenty of US servers that are set to daylight hours even when it night time hours in North America.

Third party launchers have browsers with bookmarks which makes it easier.

[jakeo10 9]

Ping is quite irrelevant in DayZ as even high latency players are offered higher bandwidth by the servers resulting in minimal play issues. The client side design of arma means often the higher ping player can be at a disadvantage versus a low ping player. I never play on Australian servers due to the amount of hackers and general idiots. I host my server in the US and only play with US/EU friends anyway. None of them see any problems when we are on the same server. The idea that one person with a ping above 250 and below 500 could affect a large group of players is absurd. Unless the server is from the 1990s :)

[VSnares 17]

My ping is usually around 1000 and my clan and I have no problems whatsoever. I can kill and be killed just as easily so it doesn't really matter.

[Iezza 108]

My ping is usually around 1000 and my clan and I have no problems whatsoever. I can kill and be killed just as easily so it doesn't really matter.

with 1000 i can easily call that as bullshit. might seem fine to you, but not them.

[sarkasm0 109]

I can only play with 200+ ping, so to all those servers kicking because of the ping: fuck you.

Not everyone gets to play with 30 ping

[Jex =TE= (DayZ) 218]

I can only play with 200+ ping, so to all those servers kicking because of the ping: fuck you.

Not everyone gets to play with 30 ping

Do u mean the servers we PAY for? U can't seriously find a server with a lower ping than 200? Fuck you.

[MoronToTheKore 57]

Why was it necessary to rez this thread?

[Fonziе 159]

My ping is usually around 1000 and my clan and I have no problems whatsoever. I can kill and be killed just as easily so it doesn't really matter.

You know that's a second? It sure is a big problem.