Increased Server Lag?

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Is it just me or are games lagging much more than previously?  I have a 4MB connection which, while not the best, has let me play competitive games like LOL and Starcraft 2 just fine in the past.  There have been a number of unplayable games for me, not being able to scan at the start, or lagging hard towards the end when everyone is shipping offworld and purchasing stocks.  Other games have worked just fine, so I really don't know what to think at this point.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

I don't think they've implemented central servers, so you're dealing with the internet connection of the host (aka. P2P).  If they have a large upload pipe, which can be much smaller than the download pipe by the way, they can handle sending updates to all of the clients, but if its constrained, you'll get some issues.

 

My internet connection is 1MB down, and .4MB up.  I never try to host if I can help it, because of this situation.  XBox Live used to randomly make me the host, and it was always a disaster when that happened.