I think Bustr is right on the point. I have been hoping for some good news on cure for "rubber bullet" vs. one shot killz. I can see how loss packets and delays in hops might explain some of my rounds disappearing into cyberspace. What is VERY frustrating is that the quality connection seemingly depletes my armor or magnifies my damage (this I can only suspect, but is backed up by what bustr observed his countryman doing).
In fact, I actually was browsing the Bug Reports and Technical Help forums to see if I could get help in solving this phenomenon, when I came upon this thread.
This was prompted by my encounter the other day with Kvuo75, where I ranted on 200 for about 5 minutes about this very thing. I have to apologize to Kvou75, because my frustration with his dead eye accuracy in a manned field gun, and my inability to do little more than knock some dust off the wings in one, I used a questionable tone as to why and how, he was ALWAYS the one landing the one shot kills on me. It is definitely not his problem that everything on his end is working fine.
Target Name: N/A
IP: 206.16.60.39
Date/Time: 11/10/2010 4:00:06 AM to 11/10/2010 4:01:35 AM
Hop Sent Err PL% Min Max Avg Host Name / [IP]
2 90 0 0.0 4 14 10 [*edited because I am new at this]
3 90 0 0.0 10 26 14 KAB-208-66-121-105.kaballero.com [208.66.121.105]
4 90 0 0.0 10 20 13 KAB-208-66-121-97.kaballero.com [208.66.121.97]
5 90 0 0.0 8 16 11 KAB-208-66-121-93.kaballero.com [208.66.121.93]
6 90 1 1.1 8 73 14 KAB-208-66-121-13.kaballero.com [208.66.121.13]
7 90 0 0.0 11 47 18 KAB-208-66-121-1.kaballero.com [208.66.121.1]
8 90 0 0.0 15 36 18 [12.118.17.133]
9 90 0 0.0 49 179 58 cr2.rlgnc.ip.att.net [12.123.152.106]
10 90 2 2.2 49 165 55 cr1.rlgnc.ip.att.net [12.122.30.89]
11 90 0 0.0 49 133 56 cr2.attga.ip.att.net [12.122.30.82]
12 90 1 1.1 50 103 55 cr1.attga.ip.att.net [12.122.2.133]
13 90 0 0.0 49 206 57 cr2.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.122.28.174]
14 90 5 5.6 44 189 55 gar23.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.122.138.161]
15 90 1 1.1 47 202 62 12-122-254-154.attens.net [12.122.254.154]
16 90 1 1.1 50 232 63 mdf001c7613r0004-gig-10-1.dal1.attens.net [63.241.193.18]
17 90 0 0.0 43 210 55 [206.16.60.39]