Re: Disadvantage on purpose?

Exactly, this. People will say your aim is off but in some games it just feels easier to get on target and keep it there. 

On Thursday I think I had a lot of shots not register, emptied a whole clip from a Volt into a Caustic and it was as if nothing happened. I could specifically see that only about 1/3 of my shots registered. He shrugged it off and downed me like nothing. In a later game the same day the same thing happened while shooting at a Revenant. I just stopped using the Volt after that.. 

Well yes, to some extent I have experienced some of it. Sometimes it feels like I'm slowed down in CQC but the other team seems to be all over the place. And I sometimes wonder, you know those games where you just rip through a squad like it was nothing? Could it be that at that moment that squad was experiencing this exact same thing? So, makes you wonder, if that is true, how big of a role does your skill really play in the game? Did I win by merit or was it designed for me to win? 

As for the loot, people will say it's just part of RNG. I'm not so sure that's the whole story. The other day I was losing match after match and couldn't even get a kill. The next match on drop I open a door and lo and behold there's golden armor, a r99 with a blue mag with a flatline I believe lying next to it, just waiting for me. The lobby was also considerably easier. So there's that... I can't be sure but it does sometimes feel like loot will spawn to my benefit or demise. The hardest lobbies will typically have the worst loot. It's random most of the time but every so often I wonder. 

Just from watching youtube videos I would constantly notice how fast they're moving. Maybe they're on a faster sensitivity (I'm on 5-5 btw) but that would not explain how scary a fully stacked pred team chasing you with 3 mastiffs.

Yes, true. My sens is pretty high myself, I'm on 7, but like you said it won't really account for movement and running speed. 

I just had about 8 games. In 6 of them, I was getting destroyed, missing shots, bullets not registering, moving like I was in molasses and then boom, 2200+ damage, 7 kill win. Hit almost every shot and moved like Muhammad Ali. What changed?! 

@Sand_spitterI felt a lot of sluggishness lately, but what's worse is that there's input delay too. Maybe this was introduced with the latest patch, with the fix for the animation exploit that allowed users to draw and shoot guns in the boxing arena. Alternatively, it's possible that they increased some buffering values, to increase stability. It's not the same in all matches, so it's probably something that takes into account the average delay variance or some stability indicators.

It's normal for pursuers to be faster in general. If you move to the sides to dodge bullets, you travel more distance (20-40%). If you get hit by bullets or run with the weapon unholstered, you're also slowed. Deciding where to go can cost a few miliseconds on every turn. If you run away from someone who's pretty close, it's hard to gain enough distance quickly, actually none if the enemy follows your exact movement. 

On top of the above, consider Bloodhounds with ultimate activated, Octanes, Pathfinders, Horizons, Lobas that are faster or can take shortcuts which are not possible for the other legends. Also, there are moments when the enemies use movement exploits (through macros), speed hacks and wall hacks, in that case only their lack in skills and game sense can save you.

@Sand_spitterYep, movement was better, aim was better, hit reg was perfect. Not just skill of other team.

@maximas1986 I've noticed it happen a few times. I can't say whether they were a streamer or not very I've seen questionable connection/ server issues when facing champion squads. You appear to have slowed ever so slightly or they rotate, reload or fire faster. Shots won't register or if you're extremely lucky you might trade and you both get downed at the same time.

There's been numerous matches back to back (playing ranked) tonight where whole areas have been trash loot. The RNG has been a complete joke. I don't get how you're supposed to compete when you have nothing (you might have one gun if you're lucky) vs a squad with purple shields with meta guns. Like they've all got some aggressive version of Lobas passive. It's always the champion squad or some kind of sweaty premade.

I have experienced "rocket launcher" jump myself but in all fairness if @Koochi-Q is JM it's very very rare that someone will beat us to the drop.

@hayhor I've seen sooxfar get melted numerous times and you can see him getting annoyed but its kinda refreshing to see it happen to them because you can emphasise. I saw it happen Rogue on twitch the other day and he's what currently ranked 5?

@DoYaSeeMe I've noticed the input latency but ignored it and put it down to my control as I've also got quite a bad stick drift on my RS. The game must just think I love missing ziplines, having to press reload 3 times in a fight before anything actually happens or me having to frantically button bash to pick up the same items three times as they magically reappear back on the floor after being picked up..

@gg123xyzYes that's what I was thinking, a way to manipulate outcomes to matches, kind of like a nerf or slight buff to the player. Thing is, if it's happening there are many things to manipulate aside from movement. Think about bullet speed, reload times, input delay, damage numbers, aim, switching weapons time etc... I won't be surprised if it's already there but I'm not sure.