Ping display change and lobby display

This will probably get some flak but I will say it anyways.

Since so many hosts boot people for having pings over 150 even though the game plays fine with pings up to 300, I think it would be better to represent pings with a Green, Yellow, Red icon. Maybe make Green 0-300, Yellow 301-450, and Red 451-*

Doing so would cause hosts to boot less as they would only see a symbol showing that the connection will be smooth.

Secondly, and I'm sure this will be a much more popular idea, please put a latency rating of games in the lobby (symbol, or at least a number) showing the speed to the host. That way it would save time for both hosts and players since people won't waste time joining games just to find out if they will have a high ping and get booted because of that.

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Neilo

Join Date 04/2006

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Nice idea. I get alot of boots due to being in AU and when connecting to the Us i get a ping of 302. Now the game is perfectly playable with a 300 ping, i have a stable connection with no spikes.

My friend in MO and i play quite frequently and we never have any issues. Some folks are understanding that high ping does not always equal lag or a possible D/C other have had bad experiances and just boot anything over 150.

Anything that takes the focus off ping for those that are ill advised to its actual true meaning i would welcome.

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This is especially annoying when games are rare at the moment and retail isnt even out in Australia so getting games is really hard, having people kick you because your ping is too high when the game runs fine regardless is a bit annoying

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