I don't think it does (Destiny)

by yakaman, Monday, October 27, 2014, 08:48 (3917 days ago) @ ZackDark

I seem to always make the hit, even almost a full second after I'm dead.

Yeah, this. For example, just today I activated Radiance, rounded a corner and saw a guy crouched about 30 feet away. Then...

• I jumped in the air towards him.
  
• Threw a solar grenade right on top of him. He did not move.
  
• He began firing his auto rifle at me
  
• I landed and melee'd him (remember, with Radiance active)
  
• He continued to shoot
  
• I died
  
• ...
  
• He died

I think that had my internet been snappy, he would have been deader than fried chicken when I landed an melee'd him. Like, way dead. I believe I should have taken barely any damage before he died. I think he was "dead" for a full 2 seconds, but was allowed to continue to apply damage to me even though he was a dead man walking.

In the end, all of the damage I did was applied. I would argue that the damage he inflicted in the meantime is the issue. But this is where I can understand the problem - if my Xbox doesn't close the loop fast enough, how can the server apply the effects appropriately?