Has Firefight co-op been really laggy for anybody else?

*GarythePotato* · 23-09-2009, 4:05 PM

I've played Firefight four times in LIVE co-op, and each time it's been really laggy and even ended the game on two occasions. Is anyone else experiencing this? There's nothing wrong with my connection, by the way. I've tested it numerous times and it's been fine.

manowar68 · 23-09-2009, 4:13 PM

My bro and i had lag in firefight yesterday,might be due to alot of people playing it

don't really know.

reddevil63 · 23-09-2009, 4:16 PM

Had a couple laggy moments in couple of firefights and that was with 2 people only.

sordid_sentinel · 23-09-2009, 4:48 PM

I posted this in the other thread:

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The lag issue is a real downer though, it seems that if one player has a poor-ish connection (or lives far away) the game goes to hell for everyone. I've played a few 4 player games that have been fine though, so if you find someone whose connection works well with yours play with them regularly!

*GarythePotato* · 23-09-2009, 4:53 PM

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Originally Posted by sordid_sentinel

I posted this in the other thread:

We were playing Firefight together earlier, mate :D. I really hope something is done about all of this unecessary lag. It plain ruins the experience.

Carnagerover · 23-09-2009, 6:25 PM

I have been playing this with a friend of mine over live and we have had Zero Lag so far

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Looking on Majornelson.com in his updates feed it does mention something about problems with Live, they have since been fixed so try again now and see if it is any better.

*GarythePotato* · 23-09-2009, 9:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Stu/d

I have been playing this with a friend of mine over live and we have had Zero Lag so far

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Looking on Majornelson.com in his updates feed it does mention something about problems with Live, they have since been fixed so try again now and see if it is any better.

Oh sweet! I'll be back on the Xbox tomorrow so I'll see if it's been sorted then. I assumed it was because loads of people were playing it at the same time and that was causing mass lag, but I guess that wasn't the case.

The Bass · 23-09-2009, 9:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Stu/d

Looking on Majornelson.com in his updates feed it does mention something about problems with Live, they have since been fixed so try again now and see if it is any better.

I was still having terrible lag at 9PM+. It only happened in some games but stayed for about 80% of the time and made it nearly unplayable.

Mattk84 · 24-09-2009, 7:25 PM

My son has tried to play this with his friends a few times now but each time it has been unplayable due to excessive lag.

Is this a common complaint?

The Bass · 24-09-2009, 7:33 PM

Unfortunately it is. While I don't think it's happened to everyone for some it is certainly unplayable

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1LeeDenton · 25-09-2009, 8:04 AM

I've found there's been plenty of lag in coop campaign, Firefight, and on the new Mythic Maps. Never really been a problem before on Halo 3, so I don't understand why its suddenly become a problem on ODST

Hope it gets fixed soon though as I was really enjoying my Legendary coop playthrough, then someone else joined who's connection clearly wasn't being liked, and everything started lagging......

croutledge · 25-09-2009, 8:16 AM

Me and a mate managed to get through coop campaign without much lag really. But we had our first go on Firefight last night and in parts it was truly awful, just unplayable which is a real shame as when it was running nicely it was superb fun.

1LeeDenton · 25-09-2009, 8:30 AM

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Originally Posted by croutledge

Me and a mate managed to get through coop campaign without much lag really. But we had our first go on Firefight last night and in parts it was truly awful, just unplayable which is a real shame as when it was running nicely it was superb fun.

That's the thing, when its running well both the coop campaign and Firefight are amazing, really good fun. I'm just puzzled as to why, when I'm playing with people that I regularly play Halo 3 with, usually without any problems, that are all based in the UK, why is it lagging so much?? Had a look on the Bungie.net forums but can't seem to see anything about it...

Billy Goodgun · 25-09-2009, 8:45 AM

I've had exactly the same probs, Viper. I would tentatively suggest that perhaps the September deadline for ODST was of Microsoft's making, and not Bungie's, and that it was a bit of a stretch getting there. The content is great, but campaign bugs and the lag is definitely a step away from Bungie's usual polish.

One of the very things I saw in the very firts mission was a brute standing walking into a wall endlessly, like players with red ping sometimes do in matchmaking. That's not right.

I thought the campaign got better and better as I went through, although I'm still not convinced about the mechanic of hanging everything on the Rookie's night missions.

Anyway. Yes. Firefight. Laggy. Agreed.

sordid_sentinel · 25-09-2009, 8:58 AM

I don't think Microsoft pushed Bungie too hard, they had the game finished around May apparently :/

It just seems to really dislike some connections and the whole game becomes unplayable as soon as anyone with a 'bad' connection joins. Most of my games have been fine (including games with Americans) but with certain people it'll lag every time which sucks as it pretty much prevents me getting my co-op/Firefight on with a few folks on my friends list.

The Bass · 25-09-2009, 3:29 PM

I've only played about an hour of Matchmaking but I didn't notice any out of the ordinary lag. I got a stuck respawn counter on a Heretic game but that happens occasionally to me anyway so I didn't think anything of it.