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How come modern multiplayer games don't show ping/latency? (yiffit.net)
submitted 2 days ago by Kolanaki@yiffit.net to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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It's always been useful in figuring out if you need to lead or trail a target more in a shooter, but all these modern shooters have taken that bit out of the scoreboard.

Checking out The Finals and for the first few games, I thought it used projectiles for the guns because I hit more often shooting ahead of moving targets, only to find they are indeed hitscan and hit better when actually looking directly at the dude when nobody is lagging.

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[โ€“] saigot@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I can't think of a game that doesn't have it, unless you mean for your teammates and opponents? That seems like an obvious way to reduce toxicity, and avoid giving info to people trying to DDOS their opponents. Modern games you don't need to lead or trail your shots based on latency, if it hits on the shooters screen it will hit. this is often called "favour the shooter".

[โ€“] sbv@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

It looks like The Finals doesn't, but I think most other games do.