I experienced severe problems with playing Freelancer Discovery with the new limitation on lag. I live in a region where only bad Internet connections are available and I live in a house with several people using the same Internet.
Every time someone just opens his Internet Browser, I get kicked because of lag. Which makes it nearly impossible to play and enjoy Discovery on this server. I can't just say to everyone "hey, stop all internet activities, I want to play Freelancer" as Freelancer really does not need that much internet. If they open Browser, I have temporarily high Ping and Lag, but only for some seconds. But thats enough for the new limitation to kick me.
Beyond that, this can be abused very easily, just imagine a Smuggler stoped by Police starting a download, he will be kicked and does not have to drop the cargo and pay the fine.
I just wanted to say, if the limitation won't be fixed in the future, or removed soon, then I have to stop playing Freelancer, as right now I don't have fun getting kicked out of almost every fight.
signed :| it doesnt do anything anyway, they get kicked...then they just come back :| and tbh lagging for 5 seconds does not deserve a kick, definatly signed.
' Wrote:On the other hand I'm sick of having to try and shoot people who have upwards of 80% lag/loss and are warping all over the place.
Then there's no need to fight them, especially since the rules allow you to fly away and dock if they don't see you docking. Then you can rearm and proceed elsewhere, or they'll go away. So Arthur is right here, in my opinion.
Anyway, signed, since PvP, while being important, is not the only kind of interaction on the server.