Just a thought...
If you turned off aim assist and it was possible to use a keyboard and mouse would it be ok??
Aim assist is the problem??

Aim assist isn't the problem and I actually think it is an essential part of the game design on consoles. The problem is that at the the extreme ends of lag comp coding it doesn't work properly. With a really high latency you get a sort of "snap" aiming going in, almost like an aimbot.

At very low latency it doesn't really work at all, likely because the lag comp code is messing with the real time position of the player within the server, but who knows? It's just another symptom that if you haven't experienced, you will have absolutely no grasp of how infuriating it is.

In reply to a post by woweebert:

Its just so ridiculous that we now try to increase our latency to be competitive .

Without doubt Bert.

Anyway, here is my definitive plan of action. I think a VPN is a good idea. I hadn't thought about using one before but it makes perfect sense, especially with mobile banking etc. I have chosen a british company that works on most platforms, PC, iPhone, iPad, etc. This will secure our browsing through a UK server that shouldn't increase latency, other than by the encryption/decryption overhead (likely quite minimal). That costs £5 a month for a fixed country.

Unfortunately, PS3/4 and Xbox360 (don't know about the Xbox One) do not support VPN's. However, they do include proxy server support in their firmware. What I will have to do even though I was trying to avoid it, is set up the VPN on my laptop, then a proxy server. I can then share access with my laptop via the proxy server and forward on through the VPN. Simples eh?

Also unfortunately, a UK server is unlikely to add any latency, so for my ps4 I will have to pick another server abroad. This requires a "global" subscription upgrade to £9 a month. Luckily though, it is a monthly contract that can be cancelled or altered whenever you wish. So I will try out which servers work best before deciding which to stick with. It also removes region locking if you're into you're streaming. I must point out that this is all speculative on my part and based on limited research, but the company are apparently as good as it gets support wise, so we'll see what happens when I sign up later today.

As easy as it sounds, this still has the potential to go spectacularly Tittylargo, so stay tuned for the expletives..

Been using a VPN for years now and have run my 360 through it no problem , think i set it up through my rather complicated router , which is probably not a option you want to consider .

VPN are not complicated and choosing a provider with good support is a smart move , i have two VPN accounts one in America one in Europe which gives me the best of both worlds , especially as the one in Europe is in a country that prides its self on protecting people privacy .

Also have a VPN running on my home server so i can connect to iplayer when abroad .

What do you think to running the console via proxy on a laptop, to servers in say Spain or Germany? I reckon it should increase latency by around 50ms.

Do you use a Swedish company?

Yup Swedish indeed

no idea if you want to increase it that much , you just don't want to be the fastest on the block , like i said for my self putting interleaving back on the line and connecting my xbox wireless mostly sorted my issue .

Now i do the lag killing ," now you don't see me , Oops now you do but its to late instant death" .

There is a trick to playing with increased latency , all ways be the one to pop out from behind cover , not the one trying to run behind cover , or the bendy bullets will get you .

Edited by deleted (Mon 30-Dec-13 18:57:55)

That's what I suggested Nelly do months ago...switch on interleaving which I can do from my portal to my ISP .

Your ISP has no control over interleaving with FTTC connections, only ADSL. Open Reach don't allow it. Or at least they didn't the last time I enquired.

This shows average and peak time ping levels in the UK. That's the average not the highest, and that's only UK connections. How often are you in a UK only lobby on COD for example?

I reckon 70ms is likely optimum given the way matchmaking seems to work, so I will try Spain first as that seems to return an average of 60ms for me.

If that's the case and I get your online woes then it's back to a straight standard ADSl connection because there is little point in paying a priemium for a Fibre connection if it's utter pants matey

Besides Bert has Fibre ain't he so what part of interleaving is he talking about then ? Or has he got the basic ADSL connection and is getting confused.

I know when I had the basic package I had some control,but I'm not arguing with you Nelly if you say we have no control with Fibre