The comm errors have decreased a huge amount in full rooms since they stopped letting people spectate(which is annoying as hell btw) but I haven't noticed anything regarding hit detection. I will say even in smaller rooms the item distribution can be hilariously dumb.
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The comm errors have decreased a huge amount in full rooms since they stopped letting people spectate(which is annoying as hell btw) but I haven't noticed anything regarding hit detection. I will say even in smaller rooms the item distribution can be hilariously dumb.
and even then, pls.
I'm not sure if the horrid item balancing was intentional or just laziness on their part. I'm sometimes inclined to believe the former, i.e. they noticed people were intentionally slowing down to fall down a few ranks and snatch a better item; but then sometimes I'm inclined to believe the latter when people in third get LIGHTNING BOLTS.
nintendo qorl...
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Room got up to five people but two quit 
Porcile
Member
Room got up to five people but two quit
I'm still with ya, man!
Saint Gregory
Member
I'm just wondering if they still have the EAD MK team working on it. Considering all the content that was added to Pikmin 3 after launch it's not impossible but I hope that they hurry up before people start to get burned out and move on to other games.
That was a specific bug caused by the server losing count of how many people are in the room once the spectators joined and then more people from the previous race left. The crazy netcode issues during the race had been getting worse for me recently but last night wasn't awful and actually got better once the room got smaller.
I think a lot of that is still being caused by netcode problems. The servers seems to have trouble keeping track of the placements of racers so the person in 3rd may actually seem to be the person in 8th to the servers - boom, lightning.
Try people in first getting red shells. <_<
Jeff Vader
Member
I was in 2nd and rolled lightning so yeah >.>
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
LOL:
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
So many coins that race. Evil item.
The other day I had the item reel glitch get me on an item draw when I was in a really big group of people. My number was fluctuating between 2nd and 9th most of that time. Tell me how when I break away from the group and get 1st, the reel stops and I get a spiny shell?
Mario Kart tellin' me to kill myself, smh
Saint Gregory
Member
Did you do it? You wouldn't have been the first and it's always good for a laugh!
There might be some truth to the game sometimes just not being able to track what place you're really in. This is extremely rare but I did once have the blue shell completely pass me in Bowser's Castle and do another lap which let me avoid it, and I have no idea why that would have happened unless it didn't think I was in first.
That actually has (almost?) always happened in other MKs. A single red shell anyway.
But stuff like second place blue shell is lol.
Shoutouts to first place bloopers, which when used actually hit your screen and nobody else.
That actually has (almost?) always happened in other MKs. A single red shell anyway.
But stuff like second place blue shell is lol.
Shoutouts to first place bloopers, which when used actually hit your screen and nobody else.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Red shell immediately followed by a blue shell before I could even accelerate.
oh I didn't know that, that's so vicious hahaha
anyone saw this ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_43cq3DalZw
some times when i play mario kart with my friends this happen to me , but not like that ,much less
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_43cq3DalZw
some times when i play mario kart with my friends this happen to me , but not like that ,much less
CrimsonCommie
Member
As soon as I get in first a green shell hits me from behind while I'm holding a banana. It didn't destroy the banana either
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
That last lap in the desert and the whole race at Yoshi were just brutal. Waluigi is going to need a doctor.
1000 Branches
Banned
What is this about netcode issues I am reading? I haven't actually run into many (or any) myself, outside of one random disconnection earlier today (but that was my system itself PMSing as opposed to the game).
Are the netcode issues supposed to be severe? In my experience, the online has been (unexpectedly) buttery smooth...
Are the netcode issues supposed to be severe? In my experience, the online has been (unexpectedly) buttery smooth...
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
DRIFT BUTTON, why must you fail me?! Should have had first there.
CrimsonCommie
Member
2nd place gets triple reds after I lead the whole race. Fuck you MK! Lol
I knew that's what happened but it hit me from behind on my screen lol
A banana isn't going to help if someone shoots a shell into your side
I knew that's what happened but it hit me from behind on my screen lol
PhoenixDawn
Member
Netcode has been great for me. The only major problem that bothers me at the moment is the constant communcation error that happens 95% of the time someone is in a 12 person race and quits before selecting a new stage. I'm assuming that'll be fixed soon, if it hasn't already though.
Kor of Memory
Member
Same here. I occasionally see people get hit and not lose speed, but that's about it.
I was getting connection errors the first or second day, but haven't seen them since.
I miss Mario Kart Wii... I really do.
Edit: the blue shell explosion sounds so fucking badass
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Take first for two seconds, get hit three times before I can start moving again.
I feel like an item magnet right now.
I feel like an item magnet right now.
CrimsonCommie
Member
Pink Gold!
This game was so fucked up.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
At least someone was looking out for me, tripon bumped me with triple mushrooms after I got hit
Didn't help though, I missed half the item boxes somehow.
Didn't help though, I missed half the item boxes somehow.
Saint Gregory
Member
Some people (like me) have been having really bad network/netcode issues including invisible items/racers, teleporting items/racers, item wheels that won't stop spinning, finishing the race in a different placement than was shown on screen, getting items that seem strange for the position that you are in the race and frequent disconnects.
I've tested my down/up network speed and it's 30/5 Mbps so I don't think that's the issue and I put my Wii U in a DMZ a few days ago which seemed to make things slightly better. Now I'm trying to figure out if the problem is on my end or Nintendo. The fact that some people are having issues but not others is really confusing to me.
1up
Member
Www.twitch.tv/oneupgamer for GAF tourney. Watch me fail.
At least someone was looking out for me, tripon bumped me with triple mushrooms after I got hit
Didn't help though, I missed half the item boxes somehow.
That's actually another thing about online I don't get. Some matches the item boxes will get used up and leave gaps a lot, others will just keep them there while everyone flies through them. It sucks so hard to miss out on the mushroom party and get passed up by everyone.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Ping matters more than Mb/s. If you're not receiving data frequently enough it will cause timing issues that will make racers/items appear out of place.
Also today I noticed the tournaments in MK7 tell you how many groups are playing, come on Nintendo, why is this not in MK8?
Saint Gregory
Member
My ping between the Speedtest servers were always 20ms or below but I'm not sure how to test my ping with Nintendo's servers.
I expect to get hit so the invisible stuff isn't bothering me anymore but the item wheel glitches and disconnects are driving me insane.
Stuff like this happening in MK7 was so rare, I can kind of understand now why I had such a hard time adjusting to the cruelty of MK8.
D
Deleted member 325805
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Maybe a stupid question but can't you view a highlight in regular view? I couldn't find a way to swap camera angle.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
If I hadn't missed that little boost thing I might have won.
This can happen in any track with separated paths. It seems if you gain first but you're on a separate branch, the blue shell follows the track nodes going forward, so it has to go around the track to get you.
1up
Member
I didn't even realize I was in 2nd.