Oh well, dinner is not ready and I am bored so here you go lol. Enjoy
There is nothing incorrect in eagles posting.
It does not explain what the OP is describing
The guy is not talking about a few milliseconds. To fire 4 shots can take over 10 seconds. What ever he us seeing is not lag. Probably the cell just bounced off
At one time I thought about changing it so that a spawn would occur instantly. And then decided I like the variable spawn time when it came to vehicle camping. Gave the spawner a change to kill the attacker.
I think the above delay is by design to give spawning gvs a chance. Not sure though
The reason for the delay is mostly due to the way the server keeps track of who you need to see. It has a list of near people, and then everyone else. The server updates you 4 times a sec.
So, in your opinion if your ping time is 30ms and mine 150ms somehow I will be able to take advantage of the additional time? FYI, HT has taken care of the differences in ping times.
The server is sending data at set intervals and so does the client. I checked years ago and it was every 250ms. Therefore, 30ms ping or 200ms ping does not make a difference. If your ping gets close to 250ms then it may make a difference. But as I said, most people talking about net lag and how the game woks really don't have a clue. However, if you think you can take advantage of 180ms in a GV you are a very fast man. You can do something in the amount of time it takes me to blink my eyes 2 or 3 times
As far as purposely inducing lag. This myth has been around since I started playing AW in 1991. The strange thing is that I have always heard accusations, but it always is the other guy doing it. Never once has anyone shown an advantage to be had.
The question is not if a delay could be induced purposely, it really is that there is nothing to be gained from inducing this lag. Your plane can still be killed, and flying on a very predictable path while the temporary disconnect is happening.
If someone was able to induce lag at will, wouldnt they be effecting them selves also? They would have to only delay or drop sendin packets but not receiving. Lag does happen and what you described sounds more like dropped packets or bad satellite connection.
I m not saying it is impossible but we are talking about a community that needed to be told what alt-f4 does. I d be very surprised if anyone could do it on demand with out HT busting them with in a day or two.
I bet you still don't see my point