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Add a EUW/EUE Server or Don't allow people to play with 250+ Ping

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03-14-2013

Would be incredible stupid not allowing +250 ping on pbe, how else you going to find bugs that are specifically related to latency.....

 
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03-15-2013

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Would be incredible stupid not allowing +250 ping on pbe, how else you going to find bugs that are specifically related to latency.....
That's a very good point.

 
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03-15-2013

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I think many of us misinterpreted his point as plain rudeness. A person's argument isn't any less valid when their delivery is a little bit aggressive.

And, as we know, the PBE is, of course, for testing. Such is the 'beta' aspect. How are we to report legitimate issues with the game when we can't even distinguish a game bug from a random hiccup caused by game lag? How are we supposed to find a way to reproduce a bug when we click and our character responds a second later?

Let me re-deliver the OP's point in a more appropriate way.
The PBE server is having significantly higher ping rates than the live servers. While a different connection speed is to be expected from a different server with different loads, it shouldn't be as substantial a difference as this. While I don't agree with keeping people from playing simply because of their connection, I do think it is an issue that Riot should work to identify and/or resolve. In order to have a working testing environment, ping rates should be, at the very least, playable to a level where it is possible to successfully complete a game. Thank you for taking your time to read.
Hey guess what, you play with people on the Normal servers who have 200+ ping all the time. Having people with various pings etc is actually GOOD for a beta server, as you want to test as many variables as possible.

What if a bug can only be reproduced by people with ping over 200? Guess what, that does happen all the time.

The PBE is meant for testing, finding bugs etc. Not for playing to win. That is what the normal servers are for.

 
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03-15-2013

I think this topic is pretty much done. Let's let it die, shall we?

 
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RichardMcNixon ?? Senior Member
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03-15-2013

I agree and everyone always misinterprets this as nationalism or racism or w/e. It's not even close. When i'm bringing the ping issue up in reference to the normal servers it's about the play experience of myself and others.

In the context of PBE, it's best not to have a computer / connection that causes additional problems so you can eliminate that as a potential cause for "bugs" you encounter.

Otherwise, yeah, w/e it's PBE. Play away.

 
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milktatious ?? Junior Member
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03-15-2013

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Originally Posted by Killrazor View Post
Hey guess what, you play with people on the Normal servers who have 200+ ping all the time. Having people with various pings etc is actually GOOD for a beta server, as you want to test as many variables as possible.

What if a bug can only be reproduced by people with ping over 200? Guess what, that does happen all the time.

The PBE is meant for testing, finding bugs etc. Not for playing to win. That is what the normal servers are for.
If problem A causes problem B, let's try to fix problem B instead of trying to resolve problem A, simply because problem B is easier to fix, right?
A ping of 200-300 is certainly acceptable on a beta server. What is not acceptable is getting an 80 ping on live, and a 700 ping on PBE. At that point, it becomes impossible to detect issues, and everything you see is messed up due to lag.

 
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BlobPower ?? Senior Member
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03-15-2013

It would be nice if riot would take this as a chance to fix issues with high pings.

What's the minimal cast time for Irelia's ult?
sum of cooldowns + ping one time
or
sum of cooldowns + ping times number of casts
?

Or was this fixed somewhen? The game should substract the ping from cooldowns in some(secure!, figure it out, you are smart!) way. Not just people with 200+ pings would benefit from this, even people with pings between 50 and 100 should notice a difference.

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