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Can Some Explain What the Cause of Packet Burst Is, That is Not CoD related?
Hey all, I was wondering if someone could explain the most likely causes of packet bursts, but not just as it pertains to Call of Duty? All Google searches return links to videos, from some Call of D...
One of the super common causes of this is playing over a wireless connection. This is an easy way to ensure some packets are getting dropped, so please make sure you're always playing over wired where possible!
Congestion on your network is another big factor to consider, if possible, please share here your current QoS settings and we can look at optimising that for you.
If you're only noticing packet loss on Vanguard and not in any other type of game or network activity, it could also be possible that it's just the game server you're playing on.
Thank you so much for this reply, which I somehow managed to miss earlier. This is exactly what I thought the main causes could be, yet if you look at the vanguard subreddit, the amount of misinformation is absolutely mind blowing. Even YouTube is full of videos giving useless pointers, but prefacing their silly suggestions with "the servers are trash in this game." Honestly, I've not had much trouble with the servers, and have even had luck with the Geo-Filter working. I don't play a lot of Vanguard, but I want to be able to chime in, at some point, and let people know what is causing their packet loss issue.
Thank you, both of you, for helping a guy like me try to learn about this stuff. It's very, very fascinating.
Thank you, both of you, for helping a guy like me try to learn about this stuff. It's very, very fascinating.