We hope that players can occasionally still access this strategy granted they have the credits to do so. Force buying Heavy Armor and Stingers on both round 2 and 3 was too effective and lacked the appropriate nuance and economic tradeoffs. We feel that the Stinger is overperforming at medium to long range engagements at its price point. If you want to dive deeper into hit registration in VALORANT,Â check out our previous piece from 2020.įor some more about one of the reasons that motivated this update,Â read our first Gameplay Consistency Update, and thenÂ our most recent update from last year. We hope that this change reduces the frustration players feel when playing against high ping players and continues to minimize the impact of networking conditions on gameplay. These behaviors already exist in VALORANT, but we are shifting the needle for what we consider âhigh pingâ to be less generous.

Players playing with high ping may start to experience hit registration inaccuracy Playing against players with high ping should feel less like youâre getting shot after moving behind cover by a bullet fired earlier

That being said, we expect to see the following changes in gameplay patterns: In other cases, the impact from this change will be subtle, and most of you wonât notice the difference. Â If you only play in games where everyoneâs ping is low, you shouldnât even notice this change. âKevin Lee, Software EngineerĪdjusted max server rewind limit down to 140 ms from 200 ms. Based on player data since launch, weâve determined that this value is too high for the networking conditions experienced by most of you. When we launched the game, the max rewind value was set to 200 ms based on what we deemed as acceptable networking conditions (factoring in some amount of additional input/processing latency) to play VALORANT. Finding the right limit for a max rewind amount is important for reducing cases of anyone feeling like they need to lead shots, or that they can still be shot after safely repositioning themselves. When the server determines the outcome of a shot, it rewinds character positions around the bullet to match their locations at the time when the shot was initially fired. To prevent you from needing to lead your shots, VALORANT implements server rewinding. When a player fires a shot, it takes time for the input to reach the server.

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