Ninja explained it so well!

It will not be raw ping. Ping is the average. Jitter is the variation. Packet loss is the missing data. A stable 40–60 ms connection is frequently more playable than a spiky 10–20 ms one, because the game can actually predict and compensate for consistent delay. Instability breaks that.

For some reason, I was expecting Ninja to get his head blown smooth off as he was explaining.

I’ve read really high ping favours client side over server side so he’s right can work both ways. Low ping is great but only when you’re versing the same or similar ping.

Nah, then all seasons would be the same. This season theres something weird about the hit reg.

Bigger question - why does ping vary based on match difficulty? When I get "easy" lobbies my ping is about 35-45. In difficult lobbies it is between 55-75. And no, its not just some random ping fluctuation. And no, the lobby isn't easier because of the ping - the low ping lobbies have lower skill players and more bots.

Talking about Ghost ping from the Gunz days lol. Anything higher than 40 ping yoy have to lead the target to where their client says they are. Not where they currently are, so if they move to hide behind a pillar, ur shooting their after image.

Man I miss that map so much... Even the campers in that little house on the roof when me and my duo would go fill up the car sigh

Yeah absolutely

Nobody wants to hear this man child.

Yo this dude ninja is aging

So most sweats have good ping? Nah

why i seem to hit more shots when im playing on 250 ping server with friends in another country

i’m experiencing this same shit even still

My theory is that there’s a new anti cheat running in the background. Like a server in a server.

In the age of “everyone needs to have a chance” capitalism gaming they introduced lag compensation. LC actually ruins the game dynmaic by allowing low ping players to die to high ping players, whoever got the shot first should always win but thats not how they do it.

Rtt is what youre looking for ping one way just shows your connection tonwhatever server so if its 10 to connect its 10 to come back ultimately 20ms . If thr guy has 80 his ping is actually 160

Dude the fact people still need to explain ping problems in 2026 holy shit come out from under the rock already

Ohhh make so much sense now

I play apex with my boy I’m on east coast and he’s in Hawaii. I’m at 90-120 ping on his servers and I’m frying better can’t explain it 🤷🏻‍♂️

Wait until he touches build mode where people go through walls.

I’m on 200 ping 😭😭

So what’s the issue. ?

desync is the server reporting the players last known location, if you have better ping and higher frames your likely gonna be on the winning end of the desync. you guys are braindead if you can’t understand that.