Titanfall 2 high ping smooth gameplay disadvantage?

ashish18

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Hi.
I am from India. Titanfall 2 is the first online multiplayer fps shooter that I am playing. I am at level 25 but still I suck too much. I use wireless internet with 50-70 ms ping at speedtest.net. If I had any wired internet option in my location I would have taken it but there isn't any. I get connected to Singapore server in game where it shows 140-200 ms ping at first. After I complete any match my ping report is shown to be fluctuating from 300-400 ms. Game also catagorises it as high ping. I also cant play fighting games with my internet. In Tekken 7 I get 3 network bars matches tops. And even such players are only 10 of them. I mean I can only play against 10 players I see everyday with 3 bars max. Every other player connection is 1 network bar for me. I don't play tekken anymore.

Now I know 350 ms ping is high but my Titanfall 2 game runs smooth and fluent in multiplayer. I run and aim smoothly without lag. I couldn't believe it. I feel NO input delay at all! I would like to know if I really am bad in the game or its my ping disadvantage that fails me. I can shoot non moving targets like AI opponents very easily. When I shoot at the player who moves constantly I miss terribly. I didn't know I was that bad.

So can high ping smooth gameplay can still be disadvantageous like that? If anyone knows about this kindly respond. Thank you.

(P.S. I die more in game than I kill all the time. I cant get more than 7 player kills in 10 minute matches no matter how hard I try. I see an opponent player, I shoot and miss, they shoot and put me down SO FAST! Yet no lag.)
 
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answer: AI script for npc's means what you see is what you shoot.
players dont have scripting, their position is 'predicted' by your client (a predictive ai script) to keep things looking smooth .... unfortunately, in combat, a player moves erratically to avoid getting shot ... and the scripting cannot 'predict' a dodge (duke if you prefer american term) = you miss players more.

you may not be bad, but due to the high latency, youre shooting 'air' unless the enemy player goes afk for a second.

so game runs smooth because your pc is good. you shoot air because your connection is 300-400ms ... thats half a second almost.

amendment: enemy players see you and shoot you. youre not shooting them, they whoop you. your client picks up the...

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answer: AI script for npc's means what you see is what you shoot.
players dont have scripting, their position is 'predicted' by your client (a predictive ai script) to keep things looking smooth .... unfortunately, in combat, a player moves erratically to avoid getting shot ... and the scripting cannot 'predict' a dodge (duke if you prefer american term) = you miss players more.

you may not be bad, but due to the high latency, youre shooting 'air' unless the enemy player goes afk for a second.

so game runs smooth because your pc is good. you shoot air because your connection is 300-400ms ... thats half a second almost.

amendment: enemy players see you and shoot you. youre not shooting them, they whoop you. your client picks up the data from the game server 'youre shot' .. and so on your screen you are getting shot. nice and smooth youre seeing what happened to you 1/2 a second ago, not whats considered 'live'.

best way to view this is: have you got sky tv? if you sit 2 tv's next to each other both watching the same channel ... ones using sky tv, and the other is just on ariel ... the sky tv channel is 'smooth' but 1/2 a second behind the ariel tv .... thats what you got. its no wonder you dont hit anything, but see yourself get hit.
 
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ashish18

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Hey man! I would like to think that too. I see the replays of how the other player react to me and everything seems fine. But couldn't digest the fact that I can walk normal just like single-player game without any onscreen delay of my inputs despite having that ping. I am desperate so I am still playing.

I hope to get a better internet soon. Thanks for your detailed response!
 

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Mera ping bhi kachra hai. 150-180. 16mbps WAN.

I think the servers themselves are not good. Also In a ping test for the same regions I get the same pings. However R6 siege, and many other games give 60ping in SEA countries.
 

ashish18

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You mean R6 gives better ping performance? That's cool! That's the way to go. Titanfall 2 is so great but my problem still remain unsolved.