So, today I fought many battles and 2 of them were against serious laggers. One with a ping of about 300 and another had a straight lag percentage of around 10%. I mean, this can happen in online gaming and all and I do not request to ban them or something like that, BUT what annoys me is the fact, that people without lag suffer from it. Let me explain why...
For me, it always seems like the lagging person has absolutely no trouble shooting at me and hitting me. When trying to bring the problem to their attention, they react extremely unfriendly and almost never show a sign of goodwill. Instead, they say it's not their fault, that I should deal with their technical insufficiency. It is unfair since it is, from my experience, always the non-lagging person who has the technical disadvantage. I am the one getting hit by invisi guns and mines. I am the one shooting at a jumping or outright teleporting target.
Again, I do not request any kind of insta-ban for higher pings, BUT I refuse to simply bow down to people, who easily kill me because the game turns a technical flaw into an advantage. If you lag serioiusly and you KNOW it, stand down. It's not my fault you live in who-knows-where or you have whatever kbit/s internet connection.
On the other hand, with a lag percentage of ~10%, the autokick system should kick in, imo. This is just too much and indicates some sort of download next to the game.
my ping normally hovers around 400 + (ANZLAG), and I still manage to get shot down. Its more the fluctuation that causes the teleporting and such.
If you are unable to effectively engage a target, tell them they have crazy lag and leave them be. Most people (well, I do anyway) will stop shooting you if your not shooting back unless you have a bounty on your head.
' Wrote:my ping normally hovers around 400 + (ANZLAG), and I still manage to get shot down. Its more the fluctuation that causes the teleporting and such.
If you are unable to effectively engage a target, tell them they have crazy lag and leave them be. Most people (well, I do anyway) will stop shooting you if your not shooting back unless you have a bounty on your head.
Or if your Order ping. Almost anywhere. Only aplicable to Order hating lolwuts.
And yeah, you can shoot them down. It just takes patience.
Note:I have never fought one though.
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Upload and download lag. Someone seeding a torrent but not downloading anything will kill their upload speed for Freelancer, making them lag for everyone else, but they'll be able to see everything going on almost as soon as it happens server-side. In theory.
some people lag. you can either wait till it gets better, or try to shoot them without postponing. one thing you shouldnt do is whine about it later. people won't move to germany from australia so that you can have a better gaming experience.
tldr: deal with it. you can always refrain from shooting and move away from the guy until a later time.
' Wrote:Upload and download lag. Someone seeding a torrent but not downloading anything will kill their upload speed for Freelancer, making them lag for everyone else, but they'll be able to see everything going on almost as soon as it happens server-side.
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A ping of 300 is not *that* much of a problem and Freelancer compensates to a certain extent for high pings.
Lag and loss are really problems though.
DiscoveryGC has always and will always allow players with high ping to play here. There are other servers that do have restrictions about the maximum ping.
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