Okay, so this has been really bothering me for some time, because it doesn't make any logical sense.Now I know a lot goes into TTK within the Gear (chest and helm) but there are times where I have aPurple Chest, and at least a Blue Helm, and I will put pretty much almost a full clips worth of ammo(mostly between two clips accounting for missed shots) and they don't die (them having same gear color less) but then I get DRAINED 200 Health in a matter of a second? This isn't just me complaining, I've played with HUNDREDS of random players, who have complained about the same thing.Is it a problem with hit box registering actual damage to the enemy?Is there something that I am doing wrong? (I literally aim at upper chest/head area for most damage capable)What is the dealio here? Because it's getting to the point where its becoming so much of an annoyance that I just close the game and play something else.

Somehow at the end I can be one hit killed from full health and 2-3 bars of armour.This isn't unusual in online games from my experience and the explanation is always to do with lag and packet loss - you are seeing the last hit of the chain and the chain got lost.Dying round a corner is evidence of this, but I haven't had it here, although I do get them coming round the corner and me being dead before I can even react, again attributed to them being 'ahead' of me in lag.Conversely I rarely come across the simple one hit kills myself.I find it extremely difficult to get weapons kills in this due to the knockdown, even when they are down they seem to take insane amounts of damage that usually end with me dying to someone else first.Personally I am sceptical, I have fibre and usually play with less than 50 ping in most games, sometimes even 25 and it still happens all the time.Additionally, I don't understand the insane accuracy at distance some people have, the recoil on most guns makes them not much use at point blank range let alone 100m+, yet there you are being hit time after time by someone you can't see.It isn't difficult to understand why there is a perception of hacking even if it isn't.

lag compenation is a curse for good wired people :P

one probability isi think you countering someone with aimbot with 100% his bullet hitting youwhile normal person battling each other with white armor and lmited early loot weapon will take some time to end

I've been noticing this far more where hits are happening but no numbers are showing up... The hit registering is just awful right now for me. It seems that single shot weapons suffer a lot. I can be point blank with a shot gun and see the hit, but no dmg You can check youtube as well, people have posted these issues.https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/b47m88/anyone_else_been_having_a_lot_of_issues_with/https://gfycat.com/mealysamejay-apex-legends

@Down4WattGamer wrote:I've been noticing this far more where hits are happening but no numbers are showing up... The hit registering is just awful right now for me. It seems that single shot weapons suffer a lot. I can be point blank with a shot gun and see the hit, but no dmg You can check youtube as well, people have posted these issues.https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/b47m88/anyone_else_been_having_a_lot_of_issues_with/https://gfycat.com/mealysamejay-apex-legendsMy first game last night after the update was so silky smooth. I thought "the stability fix has cured the hit reg/lag!!"Wrong. Second, third, fourth game I had issues. Hit a guy dead bang x3 times with a shotty and got nothing. I died as I watch his bullets pass me 2 feet from the left.Please Respawn sort your servers/connections out to be more consistent. It didn't feel like this at launch. Whatever you broke, unbreak it lol.

Why am I getting downed in a matter of 2 seconds, yet....

46 Replies

SxyAlphaBeastNJ
7 years ago
could be the location of where your bullets are hitting compared to where they are hitting. If you both have the same gun/gear, yet you are hitting the chest and they are hitting your head, they will do more damage.
Also, keep in mind about Lag compensation, it may play a role in the battles.
HenxFTW
7 years ago
lag compenation is a curse for good wired people :P
SxyAlphaBeastNJ
7 years ago
Agreed
full951
7 years ago
low end spec servers, network desyc and lag compensation that favors high ping players.
Grrizz
7 years ago
On top of the other answers it may be a case of not realising there is more than one person shooting you too.
NACHT_SlEGER
7 years ago
one probability is
i think you countering someone with aimbot with 100% his bullet hitting you
while normal person battling each other with white armor and lmited early loot weapon will take some time to end
Biochemikas
7 years ago
The TTK may be insanely long in Apex compared to other games (e.g., at least 2-3x longer compared to PubG), but it's still not THAT long. Killing full purple armor still takes <1 second with tier1 weapons.
R99 with no headshots kills in ~0.9 seconds (17 hits), R301 headshots only - <0.5 seconds (unrealistic tho), 2 shots of peacekeeper - ~1 second. 1 shot kill from Kraber or mastiff - 0 second (technically; although me and mastiff don't seem to get along too well (I feel lucky if I get a kill in 4 shots)). As for tier 2 weapons, Alternator bodyshots only - ~1.5 seconds. And the crap weapons - p2020 - 3 second.
If you're not killing in under 1 second - you're missing shots. If you miss enough shots to need a reload, well that's when you get into 3+ seconds territory...
A full purple mag of purple R99 is still <2 second (and you can miss almost half your shots and still get the kill with it). If you can't kill without needing a reload with that, well time to hit the training range or just switch to an easier weapon (I just stop using R99 and just go with the ez pz R301, when I'm failing with R99 or Wingman too much).
full951
7 years ago
many a time I have laid full purple mags of r99 and 301 into the chest of many a enemy with no drop. with and without them wearing purple armor. then me. wearing full level 3 gear I get dropped in what looks like a short burst of fire. it alll leads me to believe there is desync and not all my shots are registering
Biochemikas
7 years ago
You miss. It's that simple (I mean, you can even see the damage numbers, if you have them turned on, so there's no mystery or question whether you hit or miss). Could be due to your opponent's awesome movement (it's not a trivial task to perfectly track an erratically strafing slim opponent), could be due to your non-existent recoil control. Recoil may be low in this game, but you still have to be on point to not miss a shot. Ez pz against a target dummy, much different story against a moving target under pressure. From experience I can say that if my 1st bullet of R99 doesn't hit, I just put more than half of my mag to thin air before I fix my aim. And then the weird horizontal recoil comes and I miss the other half due to not being able to control it (too focused on trying to actually aim on point). End up doing 20 damage to the enemy and >400 dmg to the objects/air around him...
Huntinwabits
7 years ago
same crap happens to me, I unload bullets clips hear armor breaking. they still running I got purple armor and head gear, 2 shot im dead. I just land with another guy outside of buildings no guns armor anything we battle it out I hit him 3 times, he still living 3rd time he hits me im dead?????? WTF