Newcomer / Intro What is the minimum inet connection for ED?

[lackmus]

After searching for quite some time, I had to come up with this question as I didn't find an answer. Maybe I'm stupid, But please don't be mad at me for doing so.

 

[peterbbb]

I don't know of a value but I was having internet problems and had very low speeds, less than 1Mb/s. It worked fine.

 

[lackmus]

Well, that's good to hear! Thank you!

 

[Araviel]

for solo play i think its enough whit a 56k modem,
for online play and if you wish to meet other players you need something beefier, otherwise the matchmaker will simply disregard you in the matchmaking and online will be like playing offline.
(if i understand the matchmaking function correct)

 

[Shadowdancer]

For online play, you'll want at least 2 Mb/s upstream or the connection will be overloaded every now and then when things get busy.

 

[lackmus]

Thanks for your answers.

 

[Juby]

For online play, you'll want at least 2 Mb/s upstream or the connection will be overloaded every now and then when things get busy.

I only get 1Mb up and I haven't had any problems yet...

 

[Shadowdancer]

I only get 1Mb up and I haven't had any problems yet...

It works most of the time, but there are situations when your machine gets chosen to host a large instance, and that won't work too well

 

[lackmus]

Well, thank you all for your answers!

 

[Juby]

It works most of the time, but there are situations when your machine gets chosen to host a large instance, and that won't work too well

OK. Thanks for the clarification - hopefully it won't happen too much before they upgrade the spaghetti internet in my area with something decent (the hardware is in the street - they just haven't switched it on yet).