Since battlegroups are being removed, will East coast players and West coast players be vs each other in Arena? And if they are, is it random which server is selected for the Arena game, or how would that work? As in, how would it be decided which team gets a ping disadvantage?
Posted Apr 16, 2021, 6:14 AM UTC
To make it fair, they're going to make all Arena game take place on the Australian Servers.
Snutz used to play in BG9 from Ontario, just sayin. If you can't get Gladiator, don't blame the ping.
wow this simple question sure made you people butthurt
Lol I feel you but literally nobody on this sub knows the answer, hell bliz might not know the answer right now.
Already getting your excuses ready?
Probably however they do it on retail is the answer.
There is no info. But if they remove batching entirely or go with a tiny window, this will be a significant factor. Right now with a modest batching window, it's not really a big deal (even 100-150 ping on endless is fairly playable).
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I thought it was 10ms?
is there a source on the 100ms? that would be great news
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prob the same way they do it in classic bgs and in retail since there is no battlegrounds in either.
It will work similar to how it does on live. If you que into other east coast your ping will reflect.
With australian servers existing on live blizzard has it set up for everyone to play on a west coast server latency to allow for overall lower ms.
The system notoriously has attempted to pair you with people in your region. I.e the issue where australians sat longer ques due to it attempting to pair them with a better latency.
TLDR: play on whatever server region gives you the best latency. Your latency will vary slightly depending on the team or players you are fighting at the time.
I've played on Tich(west) for years from East coast Canada on around 120ping
They will get the advantage to the rogue, they were gonna win anyway
Blizzard will will count the number of stars in the sky at the exact moment you queue and divide that by the number of blades of grass on your lawn.
This will give them a seed which which they will use to generate a random number. If that number is even then West coast will get the advantage, if it is odd then East coast will get the advantage.