Hrmm I guess it just comes down to my preferences. I think that the game should promote taking action and actually make something happen in a fight situation. I think any serious competitive game should reward actual skill in the game , i.e the best player should win vs a worse player and features like dmg kicks enhances this IMO. This ofc because I value "aim and fighting" as the main skill for this game, which can be debated. Seems like Respawn values "being a rat" more hahaha
But I guess I dont think the dmg kick is THAT important for this so its no big deal for me. But removing it perhaps would promote a more passive game style, like camping and holding angles and just wait for the aggressive player to run into his aim, which already is a very effective strategy. Also, I imagine that every fight would be a spray battle where the winner survives with 10 hp every time, which I find more boring. I kinda lika the outplay potential, being able to 1v3, as long as you have a good aim and are the aggressor in the fight. The dmg kick definitely helps with this. Just be sure to snap quickly to his head and land those R99 headshots and you can win the fight losing only a small amount of hp.
As for the netcode contribution to missed shots, it seems to me that the biggest issue one has is having the server acknowledge the hit when the target is moving laterally across the screen. The position of the target at each frame changes in relation to the shot's path.
this is not the case if the motion is toward you or away from you or is stationary. So I try to shoot only targets that are not moving across the screen, especially when sniping.
Yet, I have seen many times, more often than not, with the longbow my shots don't register when the target is stationary for far longer than the flight path of the shot. This is typical for longbow, not for TT though. Not sure why.
I guess the major "flaw" with this game is that so many players thinks its so much more fun and rewarding to frag and fight rather than actually winning. I think that 50% of the players in any given ranked lobby would rather fight, get 4-5 kills, 1500+ dmg and die at top 10 rather sitting in a bush somewhere trying to get a high placement, whereas the other half know their skill level is outmatched in that lobby, simply because they ratted their way to this rank and the only chance they have to gain RP is to continue to rat. It creates a someone "unhealthy" situation but it cant really be fixed since you cant force people to enjoy a game in a certain way.
So it comes down to preferences. I think the game should promote fighting since thats what I like about the game. But if I would play for 1 million dollars for the win, I wouldnt take a single fight if I wasnt forced to =)
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