[srdclark]

Quote: Originally Posted by NYYBaseball

Yea, this is my big gripe with THE SHOW over the years. Online play quality is worse than when I first bought the game in 09. I used to play online a lot back then but the quality made it more frustrating than fun. Makes me think they have not been investing in server equipment to meet the demand required for better online play. At least this year they added conquest and more card variations for diamond dynasty. (previously its been the same game each year with a new control schemes added here and there). Offline though, this game is great.

Keep in mind, server equipment doesn't contribute to online play. The servers set up matchmaking, but the game itself is P2P. That's why the denial-of-service attacks work - if the game itself were being routed through servers, your opponent wouldn't be able to see your IP address in order to attack you.

You can see how bad the server performance is every time you open a server-facing menu (the marketplace, or even your inventory). Imagine if that level of lag were applied to every action in game...