Re: What makes you lack tick?

@apostolateofDOOMOk, so, regarding tick rate, I think we should approach the subject from a different perspective. Let's consider matches going on LAN or on optimal network values, with high end machines on both ends. I think the experience is usually great in this case, was even confirmed by pros on some occasions, but the thing no one realizes is that it still happens at 20hz snapshot rate. In these ideal setups, a difference between 20Hz and 60Hz would be barely noticeable and certainly not worth tripling the hosting costs. 

Sure, a lower tick rate does add a delay, but it's a constant one, which can be easily overcome by lag compensation. It's the congestion on the network that causes most of the awful issues, and the interesting fact is that the situation could actually worsen with an increase in tick rate.

With Arenas, there are chances of improvements. There are way less combinations of things to put pressure on the physics engine, a reduced amount of data to be sent and processed. It's just that this mode lacks the unique Apex BR flavor.

@DoYaSeeMe Yea but if they.... Wait, did you just say there's chances for improvements in the new mode? 😃

@DoYaSeeMeOf course you get no reg, the forum is on EA servers after all. :P

I've always talked about tick rate on server, not client side. Taking the world state and updating clients at that rate but never knew about packet splitting or how that works ect for larger updates in games until very recently.

Also aren't clients variable so if you're on a 128hz server and playing on console it would just cap and send/receive updates at 60? I don't know how that works with crossplay for example and i don't play console but most people nowadays will play at 60fps on PC as that has been the bare minimum for shooters for a very very long time and we're at 360 refresh times now... Also, how would that work on a potato PC that could only run Apex at 15fps? Would that crash it then?

Anyway, i'm aiming for improvements that would benefit those that don't need to upgrade their rig. Next gen consoles would benefit from this too.

@apostolateofDOOM I played a lot more ranked this season.

The reasons were :

Helping out yt get to plat, not carrying him btw 🥳

Ranked olympus made pub olympus much less exciting to play, so I would play ranked when olympus came up in pub rotation. 

The rotation of kc also made pub olympus less exciting.

The short rotation times with kc annoyed me too. 

Played very little in the ltm's, instead played ranked. 

I'm hoping that arena will shift the Happy Hooray Hotdrop Henry's to that location and make for a better tactical game in pubs in s9 and perhaps less lag in pubs too. 

Ps my WiFi pole is way more than 300m from the house.

PPS life is both push and pull, too and frow 😉

@DoYaSeeMe that's very interesting. My Xbox S can supposedly do 120, but the tv can only do uhd at 60. I can go to 1080 at 120 but the picture looks flat after uhd.