Acceptable Ping rates?

[Thunderbolt56]

Originally Posted by Bobb4

Back to your question, what is a playable ping.
Between 250 and 450 are easily playable as long as your connection is stable.
Ping spikes are a major issue though.

Stability is ALWAYS better than a lower number. The problem with most high pings is exactly as explained earlier in the thread and that is the number of servers or hops. Like a chain, your internet connection to a particular server is reliant upon the stability (and oftentimes traffic) passing through all of the links.

Sadly, there is usually little you can do to improve it. Even if you had a wide open pipe, one of the many links you have to pass through may hiccup. You, therefore, would have a better ping, but still have potential stability issues.