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6 years ago

Weapon buff or shield downgrade?

With the latest patch the send to have been some sort of weird buff that absolutely melts shield regardless of how high level they are. I had a level 3 shield on and my teammate and I had another team kill us off within seconds flat. Had an enemy hit me from behind on another map when I had a level 2 shield and within seconds was taken down as well. Unsure of it's a certain weapon that's giving certain damage, but it is an issue. Just want to see if anyone else is having this issue and will I provide video when necessary.

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EA_Blueberry
Community Manager
6 years ago
@Th3Extreme

What did the weapon summary show? Did you record it?
Th3Extreme
6 years ago
I don't think I recorded it. Next time I will make sure of it. It was just very odd and wasn't expected at all.
lord_cherubi666
6 years ago
Maybe it was my Caustic stalking your * with the Kraber 🦇
Jimmahwd
6 years ago
@Th3Extreme It's the Netcode/Servers.
BFV had the same issue but Dice fixed it.
You tend to receive all damage at once or in a very short space of time.
Th3Extreme
6 years ago
that's hilarious.No, it was either a Pathfinder or Wraith I got killed from using Mirage.
Fingrpistols
6 years ago
@Th3ExtremeIve felt this too and just chalked it up the netcode.

My TTK feels random as hell when it comes to me taking damage. Lag comp and poor netcode = a bad time for good internet connections on these kind of servers.
This is more or less whats going on https://www.reddit.com/r/modernwarfare/comments/dqj2md/proof_of_bad_netcode_and_peekers_advantage/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x .
GRiPSViGiL
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
It is definitely netcode being bad front loading damage on you. Been a problem since launch and it won't get better anytime soon since they are not prioritizing fixing the netcode.
Wingmannedbro
6 years ago
Your shields were melted "within seconds" ?
I don't mean to be mean here but I think you're imagining things, 75 HP shouldn't take long to melt.
That's easily less than half a second for R99. 1 single burst from a prowler deals 70 damage alone, 1 wingman headshot even with a purple helmet destroys that lvl 2 body. Etc etc.
I can go on and list examples, but the bottom line is that 75 HP isn't that much, and anyone hitting their shots will break that shield in a lot less than "seconds"
Killtheism
6 years ago
You can be killed by a single player in under 1 second in this game from 200ehp, discounting the Kraber. After you add in latency and reaction time you can feel like you instantly die. If you have more than 1 player shooting at you, you can instantly die.
We need a better internet infrastructure. Until then there is no fix for latency outside ping limits or lan gameplay. In a perfect world you should ping any location from any location with a maximum of 66.6ms, but things don't work like that.