Originally posted by Jeru
Dedicated servers were removed originally back in 2015 due to the first slow lobby infection being spread through them. The game-- at the time-- didn't entirely rely on them, it also treated user host connections nicely and did not divide them and prioritize dedicated servers as you see now.
They only recently made an appearance again in early 2017.. but this time Treyarch put everything on the dedicated servers, making it so you are put into one 98% of the time. You'll find the occasional force hosted lobby, usually with people using Destiny, but besides that force hosting with success has basically gone extinct.
It's truly a shame considering I used to host Zombieland on a daily basis, and now I can't even get more than 3 people in a forced host TDM lobby in more than 5+ minutes. I was thinking it was done because Xbox One was creating backwards compatibility for the game, and they wanted to prevent modding as much as they really could.. that's if they share the same dedicated servers as us. I have no clue if they actually do.
..Someone infect them again so Treyarch removes them. xD
It is a shame, because I used to host XP lobbies, as well as giving menus out, or doing Floor is Lava/Hunger Games/Prop Hunt.
![Sal](/images/smilies/qcQ3Y7b.png)
Now, i've only the choice of hosting zombies, which is very lackluster in what can be done, compared to multiplayer.