Or they might be pinging my ip address and flooding my router with junk data to slow me down. Just a theory....OR FACT?(jk)

It's not a "lag Switch"... is a DoSS Attack, cloning the PS3 connection... sending more packets through the web... and bomb !! Insta Lag... laggy corp use this to win...

Yep, doss attacks are the norm these days. I've played against corps where they are loosing and bam, lag on headache giving scales.

Lag switches are not a myth.

That being said, they do not work on Dust.

They only work when one of the players hosts the game, at which point the hosting player can use it. I think CoD is one auch game that uses player hosting. I.e. their PS gets picked as the host for the game.

At least that is my understanding of lag switching.

I hear Ariana (probably misspelled im tired) has been doing a "Limbo glitch" to lag people... Again b4 oh you just suck posts. I stated that I heard it. I am not blaming anyone... Also tbh every time I have faced Ari in fw last night I was always lagging... The limbo glitch stated above I also heard it has something to do with knifes... Ari was running knives each time... So tbh the facts kinda match... Again only rumors and what I saw... Nothing more.

None of you actually has any idea what you're talking about, because networking systems do not work like that.

First off, let me be clear that I in no way defend those players/corps accused of using/abusing lag to their advantage. I cannot say what they are doing (if anything), or whether the accusations hold water.

I can, however, tell you that it is not a DDoS attack.

DDoS, or Directed Denial of Service, attacks leverage one or more botnets to continuously ping a server. A PS3 system, your average home computer, cellphone, laptop, tablet, whatever, is a client device.

Which automatically makes it immune to DDoS attacks. Moreover, the IP address assigned to your home devices isn't the address that is used for Internet communication- a home router will have an "internal" and an "external" address. The internal one is used to communicate with any and all devices on your home network. The external address is used to communicate on the Internet- it's a measure used due to the limitations of IPv4 addressing.

Additionally, the tools necessary to do this are generally specialized, and quite frankly do not work in the way you ascribe them to. It is not possible for another player to ping your PS3's IP address, because your PS3 uses an internal network address that is not accessible across the Internet.

It is also not possible for them to attempt to attack your home router, as it is not possible for them to know the router's external address. Only the CCP servers will know that information, and they are not sharing it. Even the CCP developers and personnel who maintain the Tranquility server cluster aren't going to know your router IP address.

So no, there are no DDoS attacks (because if there were, they'd be directed at the CCP server clusters, in which case you would not be able to play DUST at all).

Source: my industry-standard networking/network security certifications.



Most console shooters use peer-to-peer networking. One client is often appointed as the "host" wherein that system is used to time all information transfer between clients so that you don't get exceptionally weird goings on.

Whether or not it works well is another issue entirely....

Dust uses server-side hit detection, so attempting to lag-switch would hurt you as much as the other players.

Yep, doss attacks are the norm these days. I've played against corps where they are loosing and bam, lag on headache giving scales. And those guys on the other side have no issues and yet everyone on my side has issues. Just read the message board and you can easily find out who's doing it cause it's the same corps that are calling people's internet connection garbage but on other threads basically writing out how to do it. All the while claiming innocence. And the modded controllers are on YouTube for all to see. Some people are too stupid to understand that video shows you as a cheat. End of rant lol

[quote=Operative 1174 Uuali]I always do a lag test at the start of any match by firing my weapon. You can get a rough estimate of how laggy the match is by paying attention to the time it takes from when you press R1 to when the actual numbers indicating your ammo go down on your HUD.

A similar test can be done with cloaking, dropping equipment, and scanning.