[quote name='dafoomie']Have you tried checking your connection settings in the dash? 99% of the time, the culprit is your router. When I first got my 360, even though I never had a single problem with my original Xbox, and even though the 360 dash said it was an open NAT, my router wouldn't connect to most people. I replaced it with a cheapo wireless router, problem solved. Your issue might be resolved with just opening up a few ports, however.
This game is insane, you'll wish you had it. I got up to Colonel a week or two ago, but most of my squad had to take the week off, I can't stand not playing.[/QUOTE]
I did the whole shebang, putting the 360 in the DMZ, opening up ports- enabling high priority to the MAC address I created for the 360-- nothing seemed to work. Open NAT, all of that. I even tried the straight cable modem into the 360, to no avail. Only game that doesn't seem to work-- Street Fighter and Texas Hold 'Em work fine enough.
It would say I was connecting to lobbies and areas with people in-- would hear the trademark mic "click" from the others in the lobby, then Chromehounds would say I'd lose my connection.
If you've got any other ideas, I'd appreciate it-- but for now I'll probably just finish up Dead Rising, and get into Saint's Row.