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Show Killer's ping in lobby

Malkraz
Malkraz Member Posts: 112
in Feedback and Suggestions

The Killer's ping should be shown to Survivors in the lobby, and ideally vice versa. Assuming hit registration is handled with client authority, which it appears to be, a Killer with an excessively high latency will basically offset the fact that the Survivor is playing with low latency on a nearby server and will appear to hit from a significant distance away. On the original P2P system, players were able to see when the latency was too high for an enjoyable experience and were able to requeue for a better one. This is no longer the case and it's a complete gamble regardless of what your own ping to the server is.

Comments

  • LordGlint
    LordGlint Member Posts: 8,682

    I'm pretty sure hit detection is NOT client based, otherwise Huntress wouldn't be missing so much in dedicated servers.

  • Malkraz
    Malkraz Member Posts: 112

    Huntress is likely a different matter as projectiles are typically handled by the server.

  • Mat_Sella
    Mat_Sella Member Posts: 3,557

    Yeah, all they'd have to do is put the survivor ping bar and the killer ping bar right next to each other.

    If both are green, then you know the match is ideal in comparison to any other combination.