Beat my first lag-switchers last night (Destiny)

by someotherguy, Hertfordshire, England, Sunday, June 28, 2015, 08:14 (3674 days ago) @ TheeChaos

That was... interesting.

We were already 6-2 when we ran into them, and I really wanted that Launcher. At first we thought it was just bad connection because their last man standing would be running into a wall then suddenly be dead somewhere across the map, but after we reached 3-0 they really turned it up a notch.

Their strategy was to send a "fake" Titan or Warlock running (or gliding) at us - taking no damage, of course - to distract us while the other two gunned us down from the sides, using him as radar cover. We had to teach ourselves not to shoot at anything coming straight at us, which is surprisingly difficult in a game as twitchy as Destiny, and could have been our downfall if they'd wised up and sent a "real" guy running at us for us to ignore.

After our 3-0 lead we just barely clawed our way to 4-4. I was doing my pessimist thing now and was sure we were going back home to the Reef. Mex and Jello ran down to the Sniper lane while I headed to the middle of the map to keep an eye on my radar.

Movement! A warlock was flying through the air towards me, and I was already lighting him up before I realised my mistake. I was doomed. Then Bam! Bam! Two sniper shots from my team. Two headshots. Three kills! We couldn't figure out how we'd wiped them with only 2 shots, but looking at the placement of their ghosts it looked like the Warlock had actually been standing right next to his teammates, and according to the killfeed he'd died from an explosion - Praedyth's Revenge had saved us with a pair of perfect Firefly detonations!

Tl;Dr - a Guardian displaced in time saved us from a Guardian displaced in location. Thanks Praedyth.