Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Dedicated Servers May not be so Dedicated

"Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare released just a couple of days ago to a mostly positive response. While the title isn't necessarily groundbreaking, it does bring the same Call of Duty feel that we've come to know and love. However, as it turns out, Advanced Warfare may be suffering from the same broken promises as Destiny."

[oODEADPOOLOo]

I'll just leave this here...

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[PurpHerbison]

On point.

[Skate-AK]

Lol. Never seen that. It's sad how accurate it is.

[MSBAUSTX]

The truest thing I have ever seen. I have definitely been involved in the COD cycle. However I do tend to always have fun with the game regardless of its reception. Also I do not play online all the time due to the people who spam the words this guy said. There are a TON of D bags that play online and it can ruin the experience. However I enjoy the Zombies, Extinction, and whatever the new game offers. I haven't picked it up yet so I can't remember what it's version of those things are exactly.

Either way I enjoy playing the campaign and trying to beat it on the hardest difficulty and playing the Co Operative multiplayer portions of the game. It is a lot more fun to me than having people spam the worst D Bag language and Tea bagging you all the time. Just my $.02 worth

[Bansai]

Haha, people actually believe Advanced Lagfare has dedicated servers ?

Oh this is good.

[Cream]

I was hoping for it.
Article nailed it with the Red Bars on connections.
I noticed the same thing.
well said... Bubble for you.

[XanderZane]

They had them for CoD: Ghost. SledgeHammer said they would be having them for CoD:AW. We're still waiting for them. This P2P crap has to go.

[XanderZane]

Where the hell are the damn dedicate servers Sledgehammer/Activision? Don't you hate when publishers and developers both lie to you?

[neocores]

The severs are point-to-point severs not dedis which they lied about.

[Gazondaily]

Got proof of that?

[donthate]

I thought CoD:AW was confirmed to be P2P with servers for matchmaking only?

I skipped it for now, because of that and going with Halo:MCC that has dedicated server.

[MRMagoo123]

The fact that when you are playing a public game and the host leaves and the game searches for a new host shows its peer 2 peer

[Riderz1337]

The proof is the publisher is Activision.

[Gazondaily]

I have not had a single incident of the host switching that usually happens in COD. Is this deffo confirmed? Anyone got a link?

[DLConspiracy]

There are certain ways a game reacts when its being hosted on a console versus running on dedi servers. I would think those type of peer to peer hosted console antics shine through. Unlike what they would ever react on dedicated. It says ping next to the names but people I used to play on ghosts I cannot play with now on AW because its simply too far away. It lags everyone not just that user out. Sometimes kicking large groups of people off the hosted console simultaneously.

[Cream]

If they lied then is that false advertisement... then can I get my money back.

[gedden7]

Why are we surprised??? WHY.. ALL 3rd party companies lie one way or another...

[Lawboy2]

The lag is reall...and it sucks unless ur host...

[Detoxx]

How exactly do you "become" the host?

[NarooN]

Mostly random, honestly.

[MRMagoo123]

If you have a full party you can increase the chance one of you will be the host, it is usually random tho which sucks but that is one of the best ways to try to get host.

[Cream]

if its a client side server then you don't want to be host.

[SheenuTheLegend]

i am still to play a single match without lag.
in usa its less of a problem but in asia it kinda gets big.
I have 8mbps connection and i can play every other game more than fine. but never this

[ramiuk1]

i have 152mb download and 15-25 upload,not had any lag myself on ps4.
but i have noticed when i pop scoreboard up that quite a few pings are red and yellow but thats in evening UK time.
in them morning or afternoon in uk its been 100% ping all time.

[famoussasjohn]

Even then, you can get screwed by the lag compensation when you are host.

[hello12]

I agree the game doesn't have dedicated servers at all. Played number of games last night the majority of people had red or yellow pings with 1 or 2 people having white pings.

I don't get it why play on subpar connection when we can use Azure on xb1. Devs just have to code for it and stop the parity crap for third party titles. If Sony doesn't want to provide their own servers so what why should users on xb1 suffer for it!

Microsoft should do whats best for xb1 and they should really be talking to third party devs about supporting Azure.

[tlougotg]

You think this is due to parity lol hahahahaha Its because Microsoft was full of it when they alluded to the fact that they would foot the bill and all games would be dedis, also this has to do with dev coding as well. Its a monetary situation bet that.

Cgoodno....

I respect your loving Microsoft and all but plz man, plzzzzz.

http://www.gamespot.com/art...

Ill jus drop that right there lol Microsoft always with their 180s and fuddled messages.

[gamer9]

I don’t think they said they would foot the bill, they said they would make servers available. For a cost. Activision needs to stop being so cheap and spend some money. It would make the game much better.

[ScorpiusX]

You do realize that all dedicated servers MS offered are for games only on Xbox one all others are on their own.

[Godz Kastro]

@tlougotg

Hey Genius, just because MS offered doesn't mean Activision accepted it. Some Companies want to keep infrastructure on their end just like EA back in the early days of 360.

Why they are not using Azure servers is a mush deeper conversation than money. Even if they were expoensive dont you think Activison could afford it?

Come on man, think things through before you post silly, jealous, hateful comments.

Ill leave it there since you cant respond.

[DLConspiracy]

MS did offer up their servers for ghosts and they used it. It was reported that they were trying to get more for the PS4 version of the game before ghosts came out. There wasnt nearly as much lag on the xbone version of ghosts as there is on the xbone version of advanced warfare. Its more than obvious.

Like Godz kastro said. Just because MS offers it doesn't mean Activision is required to use it. They can if they want. Why they wouldn't alludes to parity. Which would make sense. Still as big as Activision is you would think they would have more than just a few listen servers to do matchmaking via peer to peer console hosted matches.

[XanderZane]

@tlougotg
You foolish fanboys love to twist words. Microsoft never said every game would use dedicated servers. They said they had 300K dedicated servers that 3rd party developers could use at a minimal cost. They said all their 1st party games would use these dedicated servers. They wanted all 3rd party developers to use these servers as well, but EA, 2K Sports and several other companies wanted to use and control their own servers and this is why many 3rd party companies aren't using Azure dedicated servers. I think they were footing the bill for the first year only. Whatever the case, M$ can't force these companies to use their servers. Your links says exactly what I said. Microsoft offered developers to use dedicated server. Obviously several developers chosed NOT TO USE the AZURE Dedicated servers. That's not Microsoft's fault. Learn to read.

[pompous]

Or maybe there's far more to it then MS has led the fans on to believe about Azure. Maybe it's harder to get the game going on them meaning more time/money spent, or they want FULL control over what goes on for mp.. OR the pubs are cheap and don't want to fork over the extra cash when free is perfectly fine to use..

[famoussasjohn]

Titanfall on both Xbox One and PC seem to work just fine on Azure servers. Respawn had total control over the servers.

[Aries83]

@KNWS I agree. People will complain about forcing resolution parity, we have the right to complain about online multiplayer parity.

[MasterCornholio]

Activision isn't doing this because of parity. They are doing this because they dont like the dedicated server system that Microsoft is offering.

That's the truth.

[SonyAddict]

Typical xbot!, let's blame it on Sony. .

[Aries83]

Please...Tiatanfall's servers are flawless, as an example. No matter how you may or may not feel about the game, it's stable and is always up. There have rarely been any issues.

[Christopher]

Umm...

They are supporting dedicated servers. For when you run private games. They've done this a few games now. It's a service you have to pay for.

They never said that public games would run on dedicated servers.

So, no one lied here, only people who don't know what is being discussed and decide to make it mean that all games would run on dedicated servers.

[Utalkin2me]

Obviously you have no clue as to what you're talking about.

[Christopher]

Obviously not. I mean, I only have this to go on:

Condrey: "Yes, we will be SUPPORTING dedicated servers and there will be announcements soon on WHICH PROVIDERS AND PLATFORMS. I can't answer just yet, but you can let your community know that it's coming."

Notice the emphasized portions. Notice that it was all public games going on dedicated servers they wouldn't need to announce anything of that sort. It would just be 'yes, the game will run on dedicated servers.'

@tlougotg: You said: "I respect your loving Microsoft and all but plz man, plzzzzz. "

Offering != Every game will run on dedicated servers. That means some people don't accept their offer nor do they explain the costs behind them.

So, no to that as well.

At no point has Activision said that their game would run public games on dedicated servers. At. No. Point. They've only said they would support it through certain providers and certain platforms that they have not mentioned yet.

Also, could you tell all these people over here --> http://n4g.com/news/1615881... <-- that I'm a Microsoft lover?

[XanderZane]

Dude, Activision & Sledgehammer Games lied to their fans. They both said the game would be on dedicated servers just like CoD: Ghost. Now the game is released and it's set as P2P, which is BS. They should have had all thise crap set up BEFORE the game was released and not after.

[Christopher]

No one lied. You guys just don't know how to read.

[Geezyboy170]

Thats True!! i play it and it aways freezing and i have to turn it off... am getting ode tired.. i forget how many time i turned off because of that.

[The93Sting]

this goes to show you how lying a-holes these money hungry devs are, they promised of dedicated servers since ghosts, a year later! still no servers! AND there WILL NEVER BE dedicated servers as long as people is paying for this sh#t of a game annually.

[Dudebro90]

Ita amazing this is being allowed since its slander. They never said the game would run on dedicated servers. Ever.

If people would learn to read, they would know this.

[The93Sting]

"They never said the game would run on dedicated servers. Ever"

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

[SliceOfTruth888]

good lord people you all realize we are only 3 days in. The fact that it is currently running as smooth as it is now is impressive. By next week everything will be stable.

[MRMagoo123]

Its p2p servers, they will never be able to fix it because it comes down to the person hosting, as it has always been.

[gedden7]

Why is this a surprise to ANYONE.... lol 3rd party companies LIE all the time but want all your money...

[Angerfist]

Someone must have shit for brains if they believe anything with COD and dedicated servers.
They said Ghost has them, it didn't.
They said nothing about dedicated servers for AW so what should everyone's guess on the subject?

Freaking P2P! I see all the Nerds crying on twitter about Lag and those seem to be guys that should know better since that's all the play smh.

Don't be stupid, get Halo for full dedicated Server support, not a franchise that constantly fools their userbase

[quenomamen]

You don't make 500 mill every Nov by wasting some of it on Dedicated Servers morons. Keep sending your money to Activi$ion, dopes.

[N4GJD]

Wait a minute!

There are people out there who are honestly surprised there are, yet again, no 'real' dedicated servers? Seriously?

[quenomamen]

It's called living in a city called denial and its getting bigger every November.

[SeanScythe]

I was on last night and the game frecking crashed on me after I picked up an enemies care package. I grabbed it and selected to use it and the game froze then my system restarted. The lag is getting annoying, it's sad that a game with less than half the player and a fraction the map size of BF is having problems like this.

[Deathdeliverer]

I have had only one game that had lag for me. I am playing the ps4 version. Not saying it doesn't exist though. At the end of the game my team had full connection bars and the opposing team had 1 bar to 2 bar players. I figured it was probably a matchmaking issue. Like maybe it didn't get players from the same regions for that match. I'm level 32 or so now so I played a number of matches. I'm using a 100 mb connection. *direct connection- no wifi.*

[headblackman]

why won't they just use microsoft's azure servers?

[jon3sy9]

no lag at all for me on xbox one i love this game