Only for the initial search and connection. Borderlands, for instance, doesn’t run central servers except for helping to find matches. When you search the game list, the person you connect to becomes the host and you (and anyone else who connects) become a client.
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Didn’t know they were using servers thought it was p2p. Good to see they’re still ok with mods though. For the most part anyways.
Matchmaking requires servers.
Only for the initial search and connection. Borderlands, for instance, doesn’t run central servers except for helping to find matches. When you search the game list, the person you connect to becomes the host and you (and anyone else who connects) become a client.
Yes… That’s matchmaking.