Awesome you got a few games in !!
10 minute wait for a match up, which is similar to what I was dealing with the last couple seasons is just painful 
I know the player base isnāt big but itās big downer for me !
Is anyone elseās premiership challenge extremely glitchy at the moment?
My past two matches have been shocking.
I canāt get a game tonight. Tried about 5 times, for around 10 mins each time.
On a positive note, Iāve gotten lots of housework done while Iāve been waiting!
3 Likes
Good use of the wait time mate haha
Well I was productive in finally knocking off the Ashcroft objective !
I played ya earlier tonight, ya smashed me by about 50. Was it glitching out heaps for you too?
Yeah a little, there was one play the ball got spoiled in the pocket and teleported across field. You were hosting, we spoke about this a few months ago in here . The servers are P2P so few things dictate the performance
The host
- internet connection (upload speed)
- If youāre using wifi over ethernet
- Stability
- Other people in the house using internet at the same time
- Geo location (Iām in Melbourne if youāre interstate that can affect the games)
Something to take into consideration
2 Likes
Ethernet connection of course.
500mb download/50 upload.
Based in eastern suburbs Melbourne.
Only one other person lives with me lol
Highly doubt its my internet, with Aussie Broadband. Yeah apparently its peer to peer but it was fine for the past few weeks. I reckon must be cause more players are playing at the moment due to new season.
Also how do you know whoās hosting?
Unfortunately Iām not quite sure if youāre understanding what DA was explaining with regards to peer to peer.
It can ONLY be the quality of the connection between the two players playing at that point in time.
The amount of people playing canāt have any impact if youāre only connected to one player at a time.
By the sounds of it you both have a pretty good set up, Ethernet and Fast Speed, but the unknown really is the stability/quality of service at that particular point in time.
Unfortunately thatās the nature of peer to peer gaming.
Iām guessing the host is identified at the coin toss (home team/away team) and is probably reflected in the way the results get displayed as well? DA or SS might chime in here as I havenāt played online in a long time due to my connection.
1 Like
Yeah itās peer to peer, but itās not really as simple as ājust our two connections.ā
Even in P2P setups thereās still a bunch that can affect it, whoeverās hosting, the routing path between us, packet loss, or even temporary ISP
congestion.
Plus, even P2P games still use servers in the background for things like matchmaking or helping players connect, and if those servers act up, it can still affect the gameplay.
So the servers and network path can still play a part in why it goes bad sometimes.
1 Like
I think the host is the Away teamā¦ just a guess though, because Iām pretty sure Iāve experienced more lag when Iām the Home team.
2 Likes
For me, my best online games are when Iām the home team 
1 Like
Tug o footy and GoldCoast first final PT objectives both not working
1 Like
Haha I didnāt quit our match, I never quit regardless if Iām getting smashed. Managed to get around 50 points so pretty good against a team full of Obsidians.
You were the only one mate ! So full respect to you for being a good sport and finishing the game 
1 Like
Is ālost on forfeitā essentially the other player quitting? Do you still get the points? I had thought if they quit nothing happens, itās a dead match.
Also does that mean if you have a drop out you have effectively forfeited the match - how long do you get to reconnect? Tks.
Just others leaving the game, itās just a pain to play a couple minutes. Yeah you get points for winning but itās just a waste of a contract on the players and loss of maximum xp and FP.
Just annoying especially with the wait times per game as you can see from @SaintSkeeta above 
Some conversations need to be had, itās been a underlying issue since AFL23
Even if they gave you double points towards your ladder progression and had the quitting deduction at -100 Iād be happy with that, the player is rewarded with points for the equivalent of 2 games and a players gets whacked with the equivalent of 3 matches.
Iām sure that would stop a lot of it, thatās my suggestion anyway. Very easy to implement
1 Like
Yeah itās tough because thereās also random disconnections tooā¦ so wouldnāt want to excessively punish legit attempts at playing.
EDIT:
Like this. overtime, all that work, some lag and bad decisions by me to allow him a bit of a break, I start to come backā¦and it disconnects. Even if I played out a loss I wouldāve taken it.
I like the ideas thrown up before, like the pause menu to allow some reconnection timeā¦ and game completion streak bonuses, so if your areaās internet drops out, you just lose your bonus but not punished by going backwards.
Plus, if they quit in the menus, then surely thatās detectable, so it IS punishable for that illegitimate case.
Itās turning off the console or actually pulling the plug which would be harder to detect.
BTW my next attempt also didnāt go well. My house is now spotless though!
1 Like
With pulling the plug you are threatened that you can lose your data for PS5 so theres the risk of that actually happening
2 Likes