Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 discussion thread

[dbot]

nightsurge said:

dbot said:
I believe that is by design.  You actually will gain an advantage if your Internet connection is extremely laggy during the host selection phase.  The better your connection, the less chance you will have to be selected the host.  I believe that most P2P host selection algorithms work like this.   

Well that's just stupid.  Makes sense though.  When I was rocking 3mb DSL with like 512kb upload, I was host EVERY GAME on CoD4.  Now with Verizon FiOS and 25mb down with 15mb upload, I rarely get host

I know.  I tend to play online during non-peak hours.  Occasionally, I will end up in games with players in other countries.  I usually do extremely well because I end up as the host.  You should get your DSL back for your online connection.  If you really care, you can influence selection by initiating a lot of downloads from a PC during the host selection phase.  

Edit: This is one of the many benefits of dedicated servers.  Laggers and poor quality hosts don't gain an advantage.