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I usually have no issues with other games but with Battlefield 4, the second I start moving I get packetloss spikes up to 20 yet I did a pingtest and showed no packet loss?

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This has confused me for so long and I have tried so many things.

 

P.S My ping is usually higher (than other games) even when I join a server with 20ms

P.S.S If I stand completely still I get no lag spikes at all.

 

HELP ME PLEASE

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It really could be a problem with your internet or load on BF servers. Have you tried doing a CMD ping test on for example www.google.com and doing it for 100 packets?

 

I have had this problem for MONTHS and I don't know how long that is but I will check.

 

Edit: Not sure how to test for 100 packets.

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I have had this problem for MONTHS and I don't know how long that is but I will check.

Please do a couple of ping tests and check for packet loss, in common use packet loss is no big deal even though there shouldn't be any, but in gaming that can be a huge problem. :)

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Sounds like you get no packets lost on the ookla test server, but you have trouble connecting to whatever bf4 server it is...

 

Tried around 10-20 different servers.

 

Please do a couple of ping tests and check for packet loss, in common use packet loss is no big deal even though there shouldn't be any, but in gaming that can be a huge problem. :)

Already checked and I rarely get packet loss.

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Looks like a connection issue with the bf4/ea servers.

Anyway to fix it? Even a temp fix as I paid for my favorite game on PC and I can't even play it </3

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It could be a closed port or something like that unstable router/modem.

 

Tried changing some settings and reseting router 4 times.

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Speedtest is an ideal scenario anyways. It's not really real world.

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Verify the game files in origin. 

 

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Verify the game files in origin. 

Tried that an reinstalling.

 

 Just played a full game with no packet losses. Either it randomly fixed or it's the servers.

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Tried that an reinstalling.

 

 Just played a full game with no packet losses. Either it randomly fixed or it's the servers.

Likely the servers. 

I was having a few issues last night too, but nothing too bad. 

 

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Likely the servers. 

I was having a few issues last night too, but nothing too bad. 

Been having it for months so I thought that it would be on my end.

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Been having it for months so I thought that it would be on my end.

Try limiting your search results by region. 

http://gyazo.com/b3deb2bf41e1727f32c19daa80b29635

 

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Phones; Daily drivers: Nexus 6P 64GB/iPhone 6 (Music), Apple Watch, Apple AirPods.

Laptop: 2015 Macbook Pro 13, 8GB of RAM, 2.7Ghz i5, 240GB Apple SSD. 

 

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Try limiting your search results by region. 

http://gyazo.com/b3deb2bf41e1727f32c19daa80b29635

In games I refuse to search anywhere but Europe if possible.

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