Does a Wired Connection Actually Improve Defiance?

[FEAR Alpha KEQ]

It's not necessarily your bandwidth that's the problem but the latency. All the other issues were covered by others in great detail. Check it out, but yeah, wired is better; however............ all depends how old the wires you are using, and everyone else is using. I get kicked 1 / day (other than the usual kick for maintenance)

Although I did notice that in major arkfalls, a new enemy has appeared. Apparently this Monarch has the ability to freeze your PS3 and force a hard-reboot. Personally I think it's an overpowered mutation, but ok

[Chippy]

Hi

I have an Xbox 360 in the living room and the bedroom. Living room is wired, bedroom is wireless... cant notice any difference. I also play PC version on a laptop wirelessly in the living room and on a desktop wirelessly in the bedroom, again cant notice a thing! I'm sure there is a slight difference but its not really noticeable for me.

[Malachi]

Short Answer: No.

Long Answer: No, it does not. I inquired a GM a week ago about the gameplay in Shadow Wars - it's pretty bad. Objects pop out of no where, players don't load properly, 10 minute loading periods, etc. I had a wireless connection during the chat. The GM told me that if I had gotten a wired connection, all my problems would go away (He/she kept assuring that it wasn't Trion's servers or had anything to do with them). He/she was wrong. It didn't improve my gameplay at all. The problems are still occurring at the same frequency and magnitude.

To sum it up...: Don't bother getting a wired connection - it doesn't help.

*note: I created this forum because it was really difficult for me to establish a wired connection. My internet output was on the other side of my house and I had to run wire through the attic and walls. Took about 3 days of drilling holes and such. I kept asking the GM several times if it would help. He/she said no doubt. Just aggravating that I did all that for nothing :/ . Would have been more helpful if the GM had just told the truth...
*on another note: I understand that Trion wasn't prepared for this amount of players on Defiance - hence all of the server-related problems.

That is a problem with your internet provider. I haven't had any problems loading anything, it's super fast, and everything works fine. Yes even in Shadow Wars. Get a better internet company, or at least upgrade your plan.

[MacDeath]

There is an automatic RWIN / MTU adjustment tool called CfosSpeed (don't remember URL). It's free for 30 days but you only really need it for a few days. Leave that running and continue using your connection as normal. It will calibrate , based on what you use, your line.

Cool beans! I hadn't heard of that. Sounds great.