57 replies to this topic

[Oldog]

This sounds good but really there is only one way that I can see to restore arena participation and that is a mass merge of battlegroups, we need like a maximum of one BG per language in Europe, and the US would benefit from maximum one per datacentre.

Seems unlikely this would happen as it probably requires some actual planning and work on Blizzard's part xD

[ApplejackxD]

I hope they don't remove teams from the game. Would suck so damn hard to have an individual rating like in RBG, "LF mage with 2.5k cr"... Also I hope cross-realm raiding never ever gets implemented because being on the same realm and im the same guild while raiding really get people closer to eachother.

[Regent]

This is probably the most promising tweet ever, but the chances of it coming even "soon" are "debatable".

[Jinngofagswag]

if they make one big bg, i return to play.

[Hyrmine]

Probably next expansion.

[Synkz]

this would be great, and would be a BIG motivation for players who have quit to return to the game

[thrudgel]

if they do this they have to make data center game is hosted on random for each match so u play a few matches with 200ms, and some with 50ms etc.

[ApplejackxD]

thrudgel, on 27 February 2013 - 07:04 PM, said:

if they do this they have to make data center game is hosted on random for each match so u play a few matches with 200ms, and some with 50ms etc.

Oh yeah, can't believe there was 2 pages with comments before someone figured this out. Good job!

Would work on EU though (if you possibly exclude russia)

[Virent]

ApplejackxD, on 27 February 2013 - 08:47 PM, said:

Oh yeah, can't believe there was 2 pages with comments before someone figured this out. Good job!

Would work on EU though (if you possibly exclude russia)

You don't exactly need to exclude Russia seeing as they're completely seperate to begin with anyway. I've never faced Russians in 3s.

[hairpiece]

thrudgel, on 27 February 2013 - 07:04 PM, said:

if they do this they have to make data center game is hosted on random for each match so u play a few matches with 200ms, and some with 50ms etc.

or you just make the data center central so everyone has equal ping

[Celaurthor]

I'd like to seem them at least break it down into battle regions first. Just east west and central and maybe if that doesn't help queues then go to 1 battlegroup for us.

[ardnut]

Celaurthor, on 27 February 2013 - 09:57 PM, said:

I'd like to seem them at least break it down into battle regions first. Just east west and central and maybe if that doesn't help queues then go to 1 battlegroup for us.

Surely everyone in the USA can get a decent ping to a central server?  When I say decent I mean below 100ms.

[Nightmonkey]

hairpiece, on 27 February 2013 - 09:17 PM, said:

or you just make the data center central so everyone has equal ping

That isn't how ping works.  If the data center was in Kansas City, somebody living in the midwest would have a much lower ping than somebody living on the East or West coast.  Now if there were multiple data centers across the country, and the game selected which one to put your game on based on where each team is located - that could work.  However then you might have the problem of some data centers becoming overloaded.  It is a very delicate problem, however I think a solution can be found.

Somebody who lives on the East coast and plays on a West coast server will definitely see latency over 100ms.  Anyone who plays on Tich and lives on the East coast will tell you that.  They should start by consolidating battlegroups that share data centers and then look for a solution outside of that down the road.

Edited by Nightmonkey, 28 February 2013 - 08:52 AM.

[Razorx]

I want a EU ans US realm like PTR dont care playing on 150ms if participation would be as high as it is there

[alleaya]

me and my partners quit due to 10+ min que times.
If they implement this im 100% sure they would come back

[hairpiece]

Nightmonkey, on 28 February 2013 - 08:42 AM, said:

That isn't how ping works.  If the data center was in Kansas City, somebody living in the midwest would have a much lower ping than somebody living on the East or West coast.  Now if there were multiple data centers across the country, and the game selected which one to put your game on based on where each team is located - that could work.  However then you might have the problem of some data centers becoming overloaded.  It is a very delicate problem, however I think a solution can be found.

Somebody who lives on the East coast and plays on a West coast server will definitely see latency over 100ms.  Anyone who plays on Tich and lives on the East coast will tell you that.  They should start by consolidating battlegroups that share data centers and then look for a solution outside of that down the road.

i know how ping works, its not exactly rocket science.

if the data center were central, east coast would have same ping as west coast, roughly 30-50, while people in central region have slightly lower ping.  This would be best for everyone, because you can't just say let it choose base on what teams your fighting, or you are playing.  If i want to play with my friend who is on the west coast when i'm east coast, i would rather have us both play on a central server against central server people than have it force me to west coast data center, or force him east, and do the same for the opposing team.

[ñåéé]

Claynz, on 27 February 2013 - 09:41 AM, said:

Was just a question about when, this is a huge step being able to play with more people without migrating.

As amazing how this sounds i believe this would raise other questions such as will this be a wise thing to do for Blizzards department? Transfers have a huge deal in their profits.

[ardnut]

ñåéé, on 28 February 2013 - 01:18 PM, said:

As amazing how this sounds i believe this would raise other questions such as will this be a wise thing to do for Blizzards department? Transfers have a huge deal in their profits.

Please read the whole thread.

[Jjmuscle]

We've been asking for a huge BG ever since the drop in activity after s4, but hopefully this time they will actually consider it and do something about it.

[Vioz]

Won't there be issues with ping by combining Battlegroups? From my understanding BGs are related with servers located in the same area.