Desync Cheat?
Product: NHL 21 Platform:PlayStation 5 How often does the bug occur? Rarely (0% - 9%) Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Believe the problem is a network issue not performed by an in-game a...
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My PS5 has a wired connection, I have cycled power to the modem and router and my console on the network. I had no problems with the game before or the game after this match without having to cycle power to anything which is why I was suspicious that there was foul play involved. It could have just been a strange coincidence with regard to the timing of the desyncs during that game but this is the first time playing NHL 21 (over 500 hours played, PS4 Pro before PS5 arrived December 20) that I ever experienced a desync. I have not had a regular problem with desyncs since NHL 18 or 19. I am more accustomed to the connection just being lost without a desync if there is a network issue.
EA_Aljo
Community Manager
Community ManagerIt's certainly possible there was a hiccup in the connection causing this to happen. If it starts happening more regularly, we should look into it. For now, it seems you're ok.
It happened again this time after I had scored a few goals early in the first period, I think this is a bigger issue of people looking to avoid getting handed a loss and falling in the rankings. I feel it is not as widespread because of how much intricate knowledge you need in networking and that the average person will not know how to do it easily, and this is a console game so people are not pushing 3rd party software like you can on PC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xAA4Ntnt78&ab_channel=SteelCityK1D
Like seriously, how hard is it to monitor successful packet transfer for both transmit and receive, set a threshold for a given ping. If the success rate of either of those falls below that threshold, that player disconnects and gets a loss.
- EA_Aljo
It's more difficult to do this during Rivals matches as those are on dedicated servers. Is it just these 2 occurrences where you've experienced this?
