For Honor is currently in an Alpha phase on PC. A tester discovered major issues that led him to break the confidentiality agreement.
Via reddit, an Alpha tester of For Honor expresses his frustration: He reports significant connection issues, complains about the P2P matchmaking, and accuses Ubisoft of it being unacceptable to not provide dedicated servers with such a budget.
To highlight these issues, he even broke the NDA, the confidentiality agreement, and leaked gameplay via Vidme:
In P2P networking, one player acts as the host during the game, while all others connect to him. If a client has a poor connection, it results in lag and a terrible gameplay experience for everyone. The Alpha tester is unwilling to accept this.
There has even been a call for a petition urging Ubisoft to implement dedicated servers.
The Alpha tester concludes his “leak” with the statement that For Honor is an excellent game, but the P2P matches are terrible. If dedicated servers are not available by the release on February 14, he will not purchase For Honor.
The online experience should be smooth and reliable
PCGamesN has requested a statement from Ubisoft, and the publisher responded. They confirmed that For Honor uses P2P networking. However, their peer-to-peer online architecture will provide a smoother and more reliable online experience for all players when the game launches in February.
Regarding lag, Ubisoft stated that no player will have advantages over others during a game. Some of the current connection issues are due to For Honor still being in development. The online systems are continuously being improved and fine-tuned before the game is released. They will utilize all data gathered during this Alpha.
Information on the Closed Beta and four new trailers for For Honor are presented here.
