The matches I’m getting at the moment are all wildly inconsistent. Some matches, Aim Assist (both Sticky Reticule and Bullet Magnetism) work fine, enemies move and shoot normally, and I have a good match (and a fun time). I even seem to get headshots aiming at chest-height. But a lot of the time, everything breaks for me. Aim assist feels completely off, or only works up very close, or only on certain people, melee lunges are broken, and I seem to have a much larger hitbox (enemies will hit me, if they are pointing and shooting directly at one of my teammate, which I am standing near.) People seem to shoot their weapons faster than their firecap, and move faster than normal. Weapons even miss when aiming perfectly at people. I’ve managed to get a video clip of this specific issue in action. This is all alongside the “standard” kind of laggy stuff (taking less shots to die, requiring more to get kills etc.).
I’ve even encountered weird occasions, where there were a couple of enemies that I literally could not miss, where the Aim Assist mechanics pulled my sights straight over them, and I had to wrestle with the controls to stop aiming at them. It was like their magnetic and actual hitboxes were bigger than they should have been. It feels characteristically similar to what it’s like for me under bad conditions.
I play on “Fishstick” controls, with 4 sensitivity and 4 acceleration, if that’s relevant. I’m a UK player, with decent internet (don’t have lag issues when playing multiplayer on UK dedicated servers or P2P.)
I’m guessing this is all connection based, but I’m uncertain if there is any solution (NAT?) or if it’s out of my hands.
Thanks for reading.