Was playing Ops earlier in split-screen as Soldier & was finding about a third of the time that my ZPG fire action wouldn't complete.The Soldier would bend forward, sometimes I would get the sound effect & the * backwards but the shot itself didn't appear to happen, others Soldier would go from bent forward to standing straight up with nothing at all in between.Has anyone else had similar? Not sure if this is just to do with the horrible on/off lag you get in split-screen or a more general problem with abilities that's been mentioned in other posts . . .

@ToastedSarnie I had massive problems with the ZPG while in Giddy Park at a time when the server lag was hideously high- there was breakage and desyncing with either parts of, or the entire, animation and sound effects.In some cases the ZPG animation would not execute and the audio would lag behind by several seconds.There's also issues with the fire rate of the Soldier's primary weapon.When the sever lag is absent I don't experience the same issues

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realitysquared
6 years ago
@ToastedSarnie I had massive problems with the ZPG while in Giddy Park at a time when the server lag was hideously high- there was breakage and desyncing with either parts of, or the entire, animation and sound effects.

In some cases the ZPG animation would not execute and the audio would lag behind by several seconds.

There's also issues with the fire rate of the Soldier's primary weapon.

When the sever lag is absent I don't experience the same issues
ToastedSarnie
6 years ago
@realitysquared So general lag, rather than a specific split-screen problem? Thanks!
realitysquared
6 years ago
@ToastedSarnie My impression is that it's just server lag from a system which is not optimized to handle even a decently high number of players simultaneously in one iteration of Giddy Park. I haven't done split screen so I can't compare.

You'd think that being a live service game they'd have planned accordingly for such a load but the influx of new players over the holidays shows that once the player count goes over a dozen or a dozen-and-a-half everybody's experience turns into garbage but the Soldier seems especially bad.
GraveledStoopid
6 years ago
@ToastedSarnie I’ve been complaining about the ZPG forever. I actually don’t play the soldier because of it, I’ve tried and it irritates me to no end! I’ve also noticed that I can’t hit the broadside of a barn with it and have absolutely no splash damage effect, while it seems to be the exact opposite when fired at me. I honestly attributed the latter to a lag factor, just can’t seem to ever have any success with it. (Shuck shot with Corn is the same way for me)
ToastedSarnie
6 years ago
Yesterday was the first time I'd had such major problems with it, but it's been a while since I've played Soldier & the first time I've done split-screen for anything other than regional quests - I got him up a few levels initially, but I found him hard work pre-buff so I left him to return to later.

I'd had odd mis-fires previously & while I might've expected those sort of problems in 12 vs 12 TT with lag, it seemed ridiculous in a game of Ops!

I also had issues with primary fire often feeling like it wasn't landing, but from my end-of-game stats, I think it must've been, whereas the ZPG definitely wasn't.

@realitysquaredI really don't understand why this should be such an issue!

@GraveledStoopidI'm constantly floored by other people's Soldiers!! I had thought he felt lots better after recent changes & had hope I might at least do ok with him now, but don't expect to be pulling off sweet little ZPG pops the way I can in GW1 anytime soon! 😥
TheSprinter85
Hero
6 years ago
@ToastedSarnie I haven't used Foot Soldier a whole lot, but I still think he's a great character. I find his ZPG fires perfectly almost every time. The ZPG does not seem affected when I play split-screen, but it does when it's generally lagging for me. So, I'm pretty sure the split-screen has a minor, if any, effect on it! Hope that helps your concern!
realitysquared
6 years ago
I spent a bit of time leveling up my Soldier and had no issues at all in Ops and a couple of games in Turf Takeover had me at the top of the team despite a late entry so no issues there either- but going into Giddy Park gives a completely different experience, but that’s also the only area where I experience significant lag.
ToastedSarnie
6 years ago
@realitysquared I played a lot more Ops (split-screen again) yesterday with Soldier & had a lot less problems, but playing Snapdragon with a couple of others doing the same was horrific - effects slowed us down so the game felt like a video being replayed frame by frame.

So the solution stands that it is lag rather than ability issue. Overall, lag seems worse in most areas for me with the arrival of new players & it may just be that split-screen is making that way worse.
TheSprinter85
Hero
6 years ago
It seems that, when playing on split-screen and the game is lagging significantly, it gets to the point that abilities just don't activate, primary fire does not shoot and you can't sprint properly! It is very annoying to deal with, hopefully if split-screen lag is dealt with at some point, this will happen a lot less often!🤔
spIash_damage
6 years ago
@ToastedSarnie wrote:
@realitysquaredI played a lot more Ops (split-screen again) yesterday with Soldier & had a lot less problems, but playing Snapdragon with a couple of others doing the same was horrific - effects slowed us down so the game felt like a video being replayed frame by frame.

So the solution stands that it is lag rather than ability issue. Overall, lag seems worse in most areas for me with the arrival of new players & it may just be that split-screen is making that way worse.
Not lag.
I can play Ops solo (in PvE areas) and still experience all of the Soldier rate of fire issues.
I have so many videos of Soldier bugs I can’t explain but don’t care to spend the time transferring and uploading video.
Feels like servers that need to be rebooted and/or an issue with virtual memory, if games function the same as other networks?