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Seasoned Rookie

13 days ago

Hit registration/desync lag — still broken after latest patch

Hey EA/DICE Devs,

I’m posting because the hit registration in Battlefield 6 is consistently awful, and the lag compensation behavior ispunishing good players. This isn’t just my imagination. There are multiple reports from other players describing thesame problem.

I’m having the same issue as these threads:

discussions/battlefield-6-general-discussion-en/the-lag-compensation-is-punishing-good-players/13501270

discussions/battlefield-6-general-discussion-en/battlefield-6-season-3-performance-and-netcode-issues/13424744

discussions/battlefield-6-general-discussion-en/is-the-netcode-in-bf6-wrong/12812865

About me (so you understand I’m not new or hoping it’s lag): I have been playing the BF franchise since 2002. I amlevel capped in BF 1942, BF Vietnam (gamer clanned), BF2 (gamer clanned), BF2142, BF1, BFV (level 350), andBF2042 (level 300). I am not claiming to be the #1 player, but I am experienced and I know the difference betweennormal desync and systematic bad registration.

What I’m seeing (repro pattern):

The in-game network/damage and map indicators tell me I am landing hits server-side. I am also seeing the visualHUD hit markers confirm shots connect. But then many of those hits never convert to damage/kill consistently.

Example outcomes: I can put 40-45 bullets into a player (server and visual HUD hit indicators confirmed), but only 20-25 register. With the M4, I may put 28 (almost full mag) into the target, but only 10-15 register. Then I get an almostinstant death from the same player, basically back-to-back with the same encounter.

This has been persistent for me regardless of: Server selection / regions Frame rate / settings changes (I toggled literallyevery option I could find that is discussed in the forums) Weapons / engagement ranges (same pattern shows uprepeatedly)

I have done the usual troubleshooting, then went way beyond it:

Windows 11 clean install from scratch Removed / uninstalled / reinstalled BF and wiped BF config/ref files

Network reset commands: ipconfig /release ipconfig /renew ipconfig /flushdns ipconfig /register dns netsh winsockreset netsh int ip reset

Ran a million speed tests (example: 1Gb down / 30Gb up) Still unplayable

Request to devs (what would actually help):

Please treat this as a netcode / lag compensation / hit registration issue and investigate it using player reports like thelinked threads (especially I am landing shots that register indicators, but damage/kill does not follow). If possible,compare server hit-confirm events vs client HUD hit markers and actual damage application for the affectedplayers/encounters (I am seeing consistent connect indicators without consistent damage conversion). Acknowledgewhether there is a known issue currently affecting hit registration/compensation tuning for some players, and whatsteps testers can take to reproduce it reliably.

Right now, with this level of inconsistency (including almost instant death from the same opponents while my shots failto convert), Battlefield 6 is functionally unplayable for me and a TON of others. I will be in a party to play with homiesand it is downright unbearable to play this game. Frankly it is really really sad that even an average player would haveto troubleshoot a shooter game that does not count bullets hit, much less someone willing to go to these lengths just tohave a fun experience with friends.

PLEASE escalate this, because the pattern is real, repeatable, and matches other players experiences in the EA forumthreads above.

Thanks.

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14 Replies

DeathBringerrrr
Seasoned Newcomer
13 days ago
The most frustrating game to ever exist. Tired of having high skill and being pounced by campers or slow react players.
SPPOOOOON
Seasoned Rookie
12 days ago
Tested today on a bot and player server, 100% bot server vs client hits counted, 70% server vs client (player) hits counted. Meaning 30% of my visually confirmed hits didn't count towards a kill. Then I'm melted by another player with 5 hits. This is via the BUILT in network graph found in settings. Wild times homies.
HappyOz99
Rising Rookie
12 days ago
Nope, it's definitely your imagination and a good amount of confirmation bias.
PC m&k and high framerates have all the advantages over thumbsticks in battlefield games. Always have and always will.
SPPOOOOON
Seasoned Rookie
12 days ago
Perhaps 24 years of Battlefield experience means nothing. I’m also on PC now, and I’ve played BF1, BFV, and 2042 onPS5 too—so this isn’t just me “feeling” things. I’m not talking about random disagreement with damage numbers; I’mtalking about a pattern where I clearly land hits (sometimes with a damage indicator, sometimes without) and the enemydoesn’t die, then I get melted in a few shots.
For example, I just played a round where an enemy was about 5 meters away. His barrel was visibly aimed away, yet Idumped 20 rounds from the Scorpion into his chest, 8 "counted" and he still dropped me in 3 hits. How is that “definitelyimagination” and “confirmation bias,” when the consistency is the whole point?
70d11045730aa68d
Rising Traveler
12 days ago
It’s so frustrating cause the game has so much potential. I have days where everything is hitting and me and homies winning consistently then days where it feels like i’m shooting marshmallows and get one framed by a low level.
AcidryzeN
Seasoned Ace
12 days ago
Hit registration has probably been the biggest issue with this game since day one. It should be the developers' number one priority because it's genuinely ruining the gameplay experience. The real question is whether it's even fixable at this point.
I've seen several analyses from people who actually understand programming and game development, and some of them don't rule out the possibility that crossplay is part of the problem. If that's true, then I really hope the team is at least investigating it and being transparent with the community, because we've been talking about this since launch.
The problem is that we aren't even given the option to disable crossplay. I understand why, because it would probably leave us with empty servers, but if that's the case, I'm honestly not sure what the future of this game looks like.
AlphiB
Seasoned Ace
11 days ago
SPPOOOOON wrote:
Then I'm melted by another player with 5 hits.
I'm not arguing the overall issues, but wanted to point out: when you're on the receiving end, you don't know what issues the opponent faced. You may see 5 hits because they're the ones that were registered and thus transferred to your client, it says nothing about their own difficulties.
prydestorm
Rising Newcomer
11 days ago
Same for me. Unplayable since the last patch.
Shots are not being registered anymore.
GrizzGolf
Seasoned Ace
11 days ago
Desync is currently my biggest beef. I was just playing on Empire and hit a guy 9 times. 1 counted AND I assume of the desync is why I died behind the wall I went behind to reload....
SPPOOOOON
Seasoned Rookie
11 days ago
Agreed! Hit registration should be priority #1 since it directly decides fights. And maybe because... it's a first person shooter?? If crossplay is contributing, I really hope the team is investigating and being transparent about what they’ve tested and what’s next.