I would like to know, is single line ISDN enough for EU2 multiplayer? For more then 2 players? I am about to get one, and don't want to wait with turning my hopes down until I join a MP game. 
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ISDN should be ok.
Strangely enough there are some modem players who seem to do ok (although lagged). This probably has to do with the fact that most 56K modems run far less than 56K (33K is average for North America, but elsewhere can get far worse).
The only way I've seen to really avoid lag is to have all players with good connections (384K+). Also, as EU2 seems to send seperate packets to each player, a good outgoing bandwith for the host is critical (ie: ADSL is probably not ideal, unless it's like 1.5meg/784K).
Anyway, it all depends on what you consider playable. I don't really have a problem with playing lagged, but it does make retreating from combats in time nearly impossible.
Waffen
Strangely enough there are some modem players who seem to do ok (although lagged). This probably has to do with the fact that most 56K modems run far less than 56K (33K is average for North America, but elsewhere can get far worse).
The only way I've seen to really avoid lag is to have all players with good connections (384K+). Also, as EU2 seems to send seperate packets to each player, a good outgoing bandwith for the host is critical (ie: ADSL is probably not ideal, unless it's like 1.5meg/784K).
Anyway, it all depends on what you consider playable. I don't really have a problem with playing lagged, but it does make retreating from combats in time nearly impossible.
Waffen
I think most inportant when you play eu2 is that you have a fast computer to host the game... That includes both the hosts internet connection and computer. I have hosted games up 7 player that have run perfectly for all players (at 1:2) and without crashes, some of the players were on 56k modems. I have a 1800+ cpu with 768Mb ram and a 2.5Mbit adsl internet connection (full duplex). ( Think the send of your internet connection is the most important since the host has to send all the information to the other players).
