Internet Speed/Ping for AH?

[230G]

 I am DYING to get back in to AH. My computer will very likely need to be replaced/upgraded. However, I live in a rural area and am on wireless internet. I tested my internet speed and have an download speed of around 3.3 Mbps, an upload speed of .90 and a ping of 45 ms. Will this suffice to play AH?

 Thanks!

[FLS]

Download speed only affects updates. A ping of 90 is usually fine. I believe anything under 300 is good.

Wireless tends to have problems compared to wired internet. Setting wireless to a lower connection speed may help.

[Lusche]

However, I live in a rural area and am on wireless internet. I tested my internet speed and have an download speed of around 3.3 Mbps, an upload speed of .90 and a ping of 45 ms. Will this suffice to play AH?

I can only dream of a ping like that 


All of those numbers are totally fine. But then, it's not about how low in the tens your ping is, but how steady & stable your connection is, and that's were wireless often suffers.

[230G]

  Thanks for the replies, fellas.

   My internet is with a fairly small, local company. They're super proactive and really stay on top of things. We stream our television and rarely have any issues. I use a dual band router so internet and television are separate and don't take bandwidth from each other.

[Gman]

That ping may just be the pingtime to the site you're testing your speed on.  You should ping HTC's server directly to get a more accurate number, but as other's said, under 300 will work, and 100 and under is optimal in my experience.  I'm around 80ms now, but I've played before with  40ms, and there is a difference in how the guns affect targets just with that 40ms difference, you can see it, and it adds lethality a bit.  Still at under 100, I've never had a problem being competitive with that.  Bruv is one of if not the best player(s) in the game, and being in the UK his time will be much higher than 100 I believe.

So, don't be too concerned IMO, your connection should work fine.  Our lake home has the same sort of rural wireless connex you're using, and I've flown on it before and it was completely playable. 

[DaddyAce]

My best option here is Verizon 4G LTE, and your's looks better than mine typically is.  Mine usually works quite well.

[Lusche]

I'm around 80ms now, but I've played before with  40ms, and there is a difference in how the guns affect targets just with that 40ms difference, you can see it, and it adds lethality a bit. 

How would lethality of guns even be influenced by ping time? 

[230G]

FWIW, I'm in Texas maybe 100 directly north of HTC's HQ.

[hitech]

That ping may just be the pingtime to the site you're testing your speed on.  You should ping HTC's server directly to get a more accurate number, but as other's said, under 300 will work, and 100 and under is optimal in my experience.  I'm around 80ms now, but I've played before with  40ms, and there is a difference in how the guns affect targets just with that 40ms difference, you can see it, and it adds lethality a bit.  Still at under 100, I've never had a problem being competitive with that.  Bruv is one of if not the best player(s) in the game, and being in the UK his time will be much higher than 100 I believe.

So, don't be too concerned IMO, your connection should work fine.  Our lake home has the same sort of rural wireless connex you're using, and I've flown on it before and it was completely playable.

Ping time does not effect lethality or damage in any way. The only difference ping time can make is how quickly you see the damage applied.
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