Hey guys,

I'm Chris and I am form germany, so please don't notice my bad english. My frinds and I play a lot of crysis 2 but we have to wait so long to find a match on the new maps and if we find one it is to often an american server, so the ping svcks. Thats not good for the opposite and for yourself if the ping is like this. We all would have a lot more fun if there is a server only for europeans the ping would be mutch better in all games... Please notice this!!

Radchris 05

Change your locale to UK in system settings.

Okay,

I will try this, hope it work, thanks.

Do you already hear about this problem ???

You are aware that there are no dedicated servers, right? One person is chosen as the host of the game, and therefore functions as a "server" for all others with his own internet connection. Depending on distance from you to the host, the lag can be quite terrible.

Du wei?t schon, dass es keine speziell zugeh?rigen Server für Crysis 2 gibt, oder? In jedem Spiel wird eine Person vom Programm als Host ausgew?hlt und fungiert mit der eigenen Internetverbindung als "Server" für alle anderen. Je nach Entfernung zum Host, ist der Lag/Ping oft nicht auszuhalten.

Yes, of cause but the main problem is that I dont find any server. So this comes before the ping...

And my NAT is open.

I've changed my locale many times to try to find the best servers. Once I changed it to Germany and I swear I willl never change it to Germany again. I'm from Canada but I've changed my locale to USA so that I can get the best servers.

Again, there are no "Servers". There are Hosts. The one dude with the full green connection you see in every match? That's the host. For all intents and purposes he is the hub, the main gateway, the linchpin, the One, he is the point everything goes through, the one that's "hosting" (I don't have another way to say this, I'm sorry) the game. And yes, if you have to, call him a server. For that game, his Xbox is the Server. He is the Host. His Box is the Server. Hosts usually change, sometimes every game, sometimes if the program thinks for whatever reason the Host is good, he or she may be host several times in a row. Supposedly the game will try to find a server that is the closest to everyone in the lobby, like the lowest common denominator, distance wise. But sadly that doesn't really happen.
But there are NO DEDICATED SERVERS. Which means there are no computer banks strategically located around the globe that will automatically function as hosts for Crysis 2 games, so that people can get the best ping possible with no one server being too far away from any one player for decent performance.

As to the locale settings of your Xbox, the game utilizes those settings as a pre-screening measure, a filter to try and put you together with other gamers from the same locale. So in a perfect case (for you) all people in the lobby are from Germany, which means that no matter who of those players will be the host and function as the server, since they are all geographically close enough to each other, it would guarantee low ping times, good connections and therefore lag-free gaming. So if you're looking for the best connections to other people (There is no Server, only people which are hosts), keep the locale on where you actually are, or at least as close to where you are as you think fit.

The reason why people seemingly get more games or better connections by choosing a locale that is not actually theirs, is simply a matter of population. As far as I can tell, the most people still playing are in the US. If I change my locale to the US (which I did, once) I get into games immediately, but because the people are all from the US, and therefore the host of my game (There is no Server) is about 3000 miles away from me, I have a bad connection, and thus lag.
Now, I shouldn't make much of a difference for the connection if you put in the UK, or Holland instead of Germany, except maybe for the spoken languages; in the same way, it doesn't really matter if you put it to the US but actually live in Canada. It's just a matter of where people are playing the game and what their consoles tell the game where they are.

It works like this:

Locale: Germany
Actual place of residence: Germany
Lobby searching for people:
1. with the same locale (Germany)
if it can't find any, or not enough, after some time (60 seconds I think) it will go to search for people
2. with a close locale to Germany, meaning basically Europe
and if that doesn't work out, it will go to ever increasing distances and search for people
3. spiraling outward distance wise from your locale until a lobby is found with people to play with.

The locale is a filter. It tells the game "Hey, I'm in Germany. Please try to find people that are as close to me as possible first, because, you know there are no dedicated servers, so some other Crysis 2 playing dude and his Xbox will be the host, so the closer we are together, the better the connection will be".

If you want to improve your connection and or ping, try shutting down everything else that might use your connection, computers, laptops, TV, everything. Even Anti-Virus Scanners on a PC that shares the same connection can decrease your speed.

And, once more, so that all will know:

There are no Servers.

Again, there are no "Servers". There are Hosts. The one dude with the full green connection you see in every match? That's the host. For all intents and purposes he is the hub, the main gateway, the linchpin, the One, he is the point everything goes through, the one that's "hosting" (I don't have another way to say this, I'm sorry) the game. And yes, if you have to, call him a server. For that game, his Xbox is the Server. He is the Host. His Box is the Server. Hosts usually change, sometimes every game, sometimes if the program thinks for whatever reason the Host is good, he or she may be host several times in a row. Supposedly the game will try to find a server that is the closest to everyone in the lobby, like the lowest common denominator, distance wise. But sadly that doesn't really happen.
But there are NO DEDICATED SERVERS. Which means there are no computer banks strategically located around the globe that will automatically function as hosts for Crysis 2 games, so that people can get the best ping possible with no one server being too far away from any one player for decent performance.

As to the locale settings of your Xbox, the game utilizes those settings as a pre-screening measure, a filter to try and put you together with other gamers from the same locale. So in a perfect case (for you) all people in the lobby are from Germany, which means that no matter who of those players will be the host and function as the server, since they are all geographically close enough to each other, it would guarantee low ping times, good connections and therefore lag-free gaming. So if you're looking for the best connections to other people (There is no Server, only people which are hosts), keep the locale on where you actually are, or at least as close to where you are as you think fit.

The reason why people seemingly get more games or better connections by choosing a locale that is not actually theirs, is simply a matter of population. As far as I can tell, the most people still playing are in the US. If I change my locale to the US (which I did, once) I get into games immediately, but because the people are all from the US, and therefore the host of my game (There is no Server) is about 3000 miles away from me, I have a bad connection, and thus lag.
Now, I shouldn't make much of a difference for the connection if you put in the UK, or Holland instead of Germany, except maybe for the spoken languages; in the same way, it doesn't really matter if you put it to the US but actually live in Canada. It's just a matter of where people are playing the game and what their consoles tell the game where they are.

It works like this:

Locale: Germany
Actual place of residence: Germany
Lobby searching for people:
1. with the same locale (Germany)
if it can't find any, or not enough, after some time (60 seconds I think) it will go to search for people
2. with a close locale to Germany, meaning basically Europe
and if that doesn't work out, it will go to ever increasing distances and search for people
3. spiraling outward distance wise from your locale until a lobby is found with people to play with.

The locale is a filter. It tells the game "Hey, I'm in Germany. Please try to find people that are as close to me as possible first, because, you know there are no dedicated servers, so some other Crysis 2 playing dude and his Xbox will be the host, so the closer we are together, the better the connection will be".

If you want to improve your connection and or ping, try shutting down everything else that might use your connection, computers, laptops, TV, everything. Even Anti-Virus Scanners on a PC that shares the same connection can decrease your speed.

And, once more, so that all will know:

There are no Servers.

But where are the servers?

The servers are in Cryland, also called the Place that Never Was, a nether realm beyond our ken, where all the dreams and hopes we had for this game go to die.

The servers are in Cryland, also called the Place that Never Was, a nether realm beyond our ken, where all the dreams and hopes we had for this game go to die.

It sounds like such a beautiful place, is that where Adam has gone?

'Tis a most wondrous place, far beyond anything we could ever envision, where lag-free connections sprout from enormous server farms, and Crylanders from Crytek spend all day and night on their knees, picking through the battlefields, purging even the most insignificant bug from Cryland's flawless surface. 'Tis ruled by the noble king Adam, a most dedicated, eloquent and attentive ruler, beloved by all his subjects, venerated in song and tale, from the dreary remnants of Liberty Island to the cracked environs of war-torn 5th Avenue.

And just in case you were wondering, Cryland lies within all of us, slightly south of Scrotum and the Venus Hill.

Sounds AWESOME!
I hope Cryland is in the next DLC.

Well, I never miss a chance to empty my coffers and spend my hard earned gold for the benefit of Cryland, so... bring it on, I say!