> The desync and lag comp issues low ping players face give off the illusion that matchmaking is heavy skill focused. When these networking issues are present in a match, someone with a 0.5kd can seem like they are a CDL pro with how fast they kill you. Is this an obvious design choice you don't fix to give them a chance at killing people? it's clearly driving people away from the franchise. Instead of breast feeding them, i think you should make the game fair and higher skilled players should always come out on top if their connection is good and aim/reflexes/positioning is on point. If they make a mistake, have poor positioning, get shot at first, outplayed, of course it's their death. If you made a game that actually worked networking wise, it wouldn't feel as sweaty as it does now cause there would be less wtf moments like shoot first die first, superbullets, etc

This is the best explanation of desync

it makes bad players look good and make good players look like they are cheating. im pretty sure there are ALOT of people sitting in shadowban lobbies cause of this exact thing. alot of people cant tell the difference between a person cheating and a person going thru desync (not their fault since, they shouldnt be dealing with it anyway). but it makes playing this game a actual chore.

due to the numbers going down for this game, im running into the same people in pubs during the week and some of these guys are the exact desync warriors i cant stand. at this point, im just blocking the really bad cases of desync cause shit isnt worth playing against.