Can host advantage in games be lessened?

     I am finally back from my over punishment of a 7 day suspension for telling a fanboy off :D. Yea I had just had enough with them at that point and lost my cool a lil, but it's ok I'm back :P.

    Back to the topic; Can a host advantage in games be lessened? Possibly through a patch or update? Games like Gears scream host advantage and it's terribly annoying. Is this something the developer can lessen? I realize there will always be host advantage, but are there precautions that can be taken to lessen the extent of the host advantage?

Dedicated servers.foxhound_fox

It's not that important, I just pwnd two hosts today. Funny since a lot of ppl in Gears actually wait for someone to go to Locusts so they can go COG with the host :Djachichorro

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]Dedicated servers.DA_B0MB

Heck no. And if Halo 3 doesn't use them I will never play it online. I'm sick of Host bridging, bridging people out, host standbye, Host Modding, Host Shotgun, Host BR, just everything about Halo 2 online pisses me off. If it was just one guy with a better connection sure I could deal with it but when the host has all of these cheating advantages that are only given to him and his team because he is host it pisses me off. 

Too bad Microsoft won't give them to us. We pay $50 and we can't even get dedicated servers.TrueReligion_

Seriously wtf. I mean its good that host can be used for anygame otherwise we'd get the MGS3 online treatment but seriously they should have dedicated servers devs should be able to access. 

[QUOTE="DA_B0MB"][QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]Dedicated servers.Blackbond

Heck no. And if Halo 3 doesn't use them I will never play it online. I'm sick of Host bridging, bridging people out, host standbye, Host Modding, Host Shotgun, Host BR, just everything about Halo 2 online pisses me off. If it was just one guy with a better connection sure I could deal with it but when the host has all of these cheating advantages that are only given to him and his team because he is host it pisses me off. 

Dedicated servers.foxhound_fox

[QUOTE="TrueReligion_"]Too bad Microsoft won't give them to us. We pay $50 and we can't even get dedicated servers.Blackbond

Seriously wtf. I mean its good that host can be used for anygame otherwise we'd get the MGS3 online treatment but seriously they should have dedicated servers devs should be able to access.

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[QUOTE="TrueReligion_"]Too bad Microsoft won't give them to us. We pay $50 and we can't even get dedicated servers.TrueReligion_

Seriously wtf. I mean its good that host can be used for anygame otherwise we'd get the MGS3 online treatment but seriously they should have dedicated servers devs should be able to access.

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[QUOTE="TrueReligion_"]Too bad Microsoft won't give them to us. We pay $50 and we can't even get dedicated servers.TrueReligion_

Seriously wtf. I mean its good that host can be used for anygame otherwise we'd get the MGS3 online treatment but seriously they should have dedicated servers devs should be able to access.

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[QUOTE="TrueReligion_"]Too bad Microsoft won't give them to us. We pay $50 and we can't even get dedicated servers.tommy12321

Seriously wtf. I mean its good that host can be used for anygame otherwise we'd get the MGS3 online treatment but seriously they should have dedicated servers devs should be able to access.

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[QUOTE="TrueReligion_"]Too bad Microsoft won't give them to us. We pay $50 and we can't even get dedicated servers.Dreams-Visions

Seriously wtf. I mean its good that host can be used for anygame otherwise we'd get the MGS3 online treatment but seriously they should have dedicated servers devs should be able to access.

[QUOTE="TrueReligion_"][QUOTE="Blackbond"]

[QUOTE="TrueReligion_"]Too bad Microsoft won't give them to us. We pay $50 and we can't even get dedicated servers.tommy12321

Seriously wtf. I mean its good that host can be used for anygame otherwise we'd get the MGS3 online treatment but seriously they should have dedicated servers devs should be able to access.

[QUOTE="tommy12321"][QUOTE="TrueReligion_"][QUOTE="Blackbond"]

[QUOTE="TrueReligion_"]Too bad Microsoft won't give them to us. We pay $50 and we can't even get dedicated servers.TrueReligion_

Seriously wtf. I mean its good that host can be used for anygame otherwise we'd get the MGS3 online treatment but seriously they should have dedicated servers devs should be able to access.

Lag has never been an issue for me on XBL unless its been due to cheaters. Anybody who experiences lag online is fault to a bad connection or playing with people with a bad connection.

The issues I have with Live are the host advantages which in then turn to Host advantage of cheating. If games had dedicated servers it would kill practically all the cheating and it would be easier to ban people that cheat. 

[QUOTE="TrueReligion_"][QUOTE="tommy12321"][QUOTE="TrueReligion_"][QUOTE="Blackbond"]

[QUOTE="TrueReligion_"]Too bad Microsoft won't give them to us. We pay $50 and we can't even get dedicated servers.tommy12321

Seriously wtf. I mean its good that host can be used for anygame otherwise we'd get the MGS3 online treatment but seriously they should have dedicated servers devs should be able to access.

[QUOTE="tommy12321"][QUOTE="TrueReligion_"][QUOTE="tommy12321"][QUOTE="TrueReligion_"][QUOTE="Blackbond"]

[QUOTE="TrueReligion_"]Too bad Microsoft won't give them to us. We pay $50 and we can't even get dedicated servers.TrueReligion_

Seriously wtf. I mean its good that host can be used for anygame otherwise we'd get the MGS3 online treatment but seriously they should have dedicated servers devs should be able to access.

I've been meaning to get a xbox 360 for a while now and one thing I was really exicted about was the online so what is this host advantage and is it that serious

Yes, and not only using dedicated servers. See Halo 2 for a good example of stopping huge host advantage.