PSN Lobby Bugs

[Brute]

I don't know if this is happening with other people, but for starters: DOA5's online has always been atrocious. The bad lag has been a highlight, sure, but other glitches and issues that simply don't allow you to join matches/lobbies or freeze lobbies entirely have been notable in actually preventing from playing at all; literally.

However, in the past I've been able to circumvent such issues by re-starting my PS3 or signing out/on of PSN. No longer. The situation is getting worse, where now the game often will simply refuse to let me host or join any lobbies at all, regardless how much re-setting I do. It keeps getting worse and worse, and I'm fairly convinced it's not my net as every other game runs fine (and let's be honest, none of us trust TN's ability to make online modes playable of NG:S2 and DOA5).

So I guess my inquiries are threefold:
1) Has anyone else (particularly on PS3) been noting that this type of thing has been getting increasingly worse?
2) Has anyone found a surefire way to get around this issue and actually join a darn lobby when the game's not cooperating?
3) Has anyone heard whether TN is even still trying to patch the online's numerous issues with either the upcoming patch, or future ones?

 

[DR2K]

1. No
2. Try backing out to main offline menu then hitting online again.
3. Yes TN, is addressing various lag and connectivity issues in the upcoming patch.

 

[Brute]

2. Try backing out to main offline menu then hitting online again.

Tried that. Doesn't work.

 

[DR2K]

Tried that. Doesn't work.

Are you wired or wireless?

 

[Yaguar]

Had this a few times, no more recently than before.
I just restart my console usually.

Though I thought I had seen it happening more, just turns out I was sucking at getting the last spot in a lobby.

 

[Dave]

Only issue I've had with lobbies (and I'm on Xbox 360) is that sometimes if I join one and spectate for a while then change to fighter it will keep me at the bottom of the list and I'll never get a turn unless I back out and rejoin.

 

[Ghosty-J]

The only thing that bothered me was the fact the game freezes up into a black screen whenever I DC from a lobby match Or when I try to access a room and fail to enter. Talk about way past uncool <_<;

 

[phoenix1985gr]

Its been greatly reduced for me actually... There was a time that it happened to me so often i just stopped playing the game for awhile lol... Most of the times i just restart ps3 and its ok, one or 2 time i had to restart my router too

 

[Dave]

The only thing that bothered me was the fact the game freezes up into a black screen whenever I DC from a lobby match Or when I try to access a room and fail to enter. Talk about way past uncool <_<;

Oh yeaaa. Speaking of that... sometimes if the host disconnects from the lobby, it'll stay at a black screen forcing me to dashboard or join a previous session through recently played.

 

[Brute]

Are you wired or wireless?

Wired, and it's still happening. Thing's driving me crazy.

Sorry I took so long to respond.

 

[Brute]

OMFG this is pissing me off!

Are you guys serious that no one else has this problem? It's just me?
It only happens with lobbies, too. Ranked works fine, so I doubt my net is the issue.

 

[lopedo]

Sounds like a strict NAT problem to me. Google a tutorial for NAT settings and how to configure them for PS3.

 

[Brute]

Sounds like a strict NAT problem to me. Google a tutorial for NAT settings and how to configure them for PS3.

I'll look into that (using my school's network).

Thanks for the heads up.