Totally agree (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 00:13 (3018 days ago) @ CruelLEGACEY

The only thing I would add is that I believe laggers often do have a direct advantage against non-laggers in a 1-on-1 engagement. As you already described, I (a non-lagger) can be shooting at a lagger and hitting them right in the head, only for the game to realize the thing I'm shooting at isn't where it appears to be on my screen, therefore applying no damage. Meanwhile, the lagger is able to deal consistent damage to me. How exactly is this possible? I have no idea. Perhaps the lagger, despite their poor connection, is able to get a more accurate view of where I really am at all times thanks to my solid connection. Perhaps some laggers are able to receive game-state updates more frequently than they are able to send them out. I have no idea how it really works. All I know is that I'm able to win more 1v1 duels than I lose... but against laggers I almost always lose.

Which is interesting to me, because I don't think of lagging players as having an advantage. Mainly, they bounce around the map and don't do a lot of damage, if any. It's as if they don't have a good idea of where I am and can't fight effectively... which makes perfect sense if I'm bouncing around on their screens as much or more as they are on mine.

As Kahzgul said below, it's the way they distract or disrupt the flow of a battle that's their biggest weapon. But laggy players disrupting a team is hardly a Destiny only problem.