So over the last few weeks I've been getting back into GSF. Whilst I have been having more fun than frustration at the moment, there seems to be a few players on the Empire of my Server that seem to be purposefully lagging themselves out to gain an advantage.
By this I mean these guys generally end the match on the top of the boards with most kills and damage etc and have fully upgraded ships, yet when you try to dogfight them or line them up for a gunship shot they skip across the screen. Instead of flying in a smooth animation like everyone else these guys ships jerk and lag and move forward every .5secs by a few hundred meters making them impossible to hit or lock onto in anyway.
Usually when I am in a match with them I will see multiple people on my team make the same observation.
If they were lagging like that and had terrible stats I would just peg it down to the fact it was just normal lag, but since it is always the same 2-3 players doing it (whilst no one else on their team is skipping about) and always are together in a group AND are always the top of the charts leads me to think they are doing this purposefully just to cheese the game engine since they know people are unable to hit them.
I would put their names up to see how many other people are noticing this against them but naming and shaming is bannable on this forum.
Also before people start just saying "L2P issue" or such, I know I am not the best GSF player, but when I can still manage to hit EVERYONE else on their team in every match I come up against them but cannot hit those 3 (even when they are charging front on or moving at throttle speed). It kind of stands out.