Alexander. Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 A VPN stands for Virtual Private Network. I have been considering for some time now to use VPN on my PC although I wanted to gather who uses one for Gaming What impact does it have on Gaming and what's the difference between a free and paid VPN?
skyfire Posted March 7, 2019 Posted March 7, 2019 I don't know if people use VPN for gaming. Most of the time people use VPN for bot running. There are some free VPNs with the data limit that you can use. You can consider making use of the Windscribe. I have their lifetime license. i have also good experience with the NordVPN.
Patrik Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 It's good only when you are banned from some custom server, otherwise it's not recommended, it affects the ping so badly and sometimes increases the packetloss.
Empire Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 VPNs will generally increase your latency when gaming, although there are some situations where, if the VPN has hubs in both your city and the city of the server you're connecting to, it may reduce, or barely impact latency at all. But having fast connection to the house with good ping is what needed for gaming. HELL, My $500 Router has VPN option that I do not use. I hear that Nord is one of best VPN's out there with a wide selection of servers types to connect to. Use the closest server to you to get the best latency.
killamch89 Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 VPNs are only good for content/websites that are geo-locked and depending on the provider, your internet speeds will show a very sharp decrease. Gaming with a VPN is not advised as you may get banned once it's discovered you were using a VPN.
skyfire Posted February 17, 2021 Posted February 17, 2021 I have recently checked the news from the league of legends that if they detect VPN they deny the match joining attempts. sounds like harsh but they have done that.
killamch89 Posted February 28, 2021 Posted February 28, 2021 On 2/17/2021 at 3:12 AM, skyfire said: I have recently checked the news from the league of legends that if they detect VPN they deny the match joining attempts. sounds like harsh but they have done that. I've seen plenty of companies do that very same things so I'm not surprised at all.
Syntax Posted March 3, 2021 Posted March 3, 2021 I’ve tried to game with some and most multiplayer games will filter them out, think they are bots/account sharing, or they are way too slow to be practice and use.
skyfire Posted March 3, 2021 Posted March 3, 2021 On 2/28/2021 at 7:16 AM, killamch89 said: I've seen plenty of companies do that very same things so I'm not surprised at all. Considering if the VPN adds more lag for other players so it can be pretty bad to have the VPN enabled so kind of agree with those people.
The Blackangel Posted March 3, 2021 Posted March 3, 2021 I've heard good things about ExpressVPN. I haven't signed up for a VPN myself, but have been considering it for a while now too. I made a post somewhere here asking about VPN's, but can't for the life of me remember where, or what anyone said in their replies to it.
skyfire Posted March 4, 2021 Posted March 4, 2021 Not sure if it's in context of gaming or for other stuff. But so far NordVPN seems to be good. It may not work for the foreign Netflix content as netflix is more smart now.
Heatman Posted August 5, 2021 Posted August 5, 2021 Personally, I don't really know if there is anything like a relationship between VPN and gaming usage. It just basically changes your IP address which won't affect your gameplay.
The Blackangel Posted August 8, 2021 Posted August 8, 2021 If you use any wireless hardware like a printer, your VPN will block it and not let you print. You would most likely have to run a cable between the two. The only way I was able to get mine to print was to delete and uninstall the VPN. I had NordVPN and it blocked all of my wireless stuff, not just my printer. Simply shutting the program down wasn't good enough to allow me to print. I had to delete the program. So personally I advise against getting a VPN.
Heatman Posted August 8, 2021 Posted August 8, 2021 12 minutes ago, The Blackangel said: If you use any wireless hardware like a printer, your VPN will block it and not let you print. You would most likely have to run a cable between the two. The only way I was able to get mine to print was to delete and uninstall the VPN. I had NordVPN and it blocked all of my wireless stuff, not just my printer. Simply shutting the program down wasn't good enough to allow me to print. I had to delete the program. So personally I advise against getting a VPN. Was it just the NordVPN that gave you such challenges or just all the VPN's you tried? I think some VPN are more effective than others.
The Blackangel Posted August 8, 2021 Posted August 8, 2021 The only one I tried was NordVPN. After the issues I had with it, I was soured on them and haven't used one since.
