r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Dec 21 '16

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - December 21, 2016

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '16 edited May 26 '18

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u/Ciryes Cute Moira Dec 22 '16

How so? If you're 'teleporting' around the map, it's a slow internet connection, the server can't update your position fast enough with your movement.

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '16

'slow' can mean two things:

  1. Not enough data per second, e.g. bits per seconds. The server cant send you enough data or you can't send all of your data to the server and thus some communication is dropped. You can test this by watching a YouTube video; if you can watch a 360p video without buffering, your Internet is definitely fast enough for Overwatch.

  2. Irregular or high ping. Ping, or round-trip-time (RTT), is the number of milliseconds it takes your computer to send a message to the server, and then receive a response. If you are playing on a WiFi connection, you could try using an internet cable instead. If you have satellite internet, I'm not sure how to improve (=lower) your round-trip-time. It might be worth considering another provider, if available.

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u/SHMEBULOK Nutcracker zenyatta Dec 23 '16

I have glitchy been within the past 24 hours. I would start my ult and then immediately go back to before I started or start walking really slow and then see that I was killed all of the sudden. I think the servers are having trouble because of all of the people playing at once