I'm making this discussion because I want to know what you guys think is the best ping in pb2. Lag has been around ever since pb2 was created.
Almost everyone has different views on lag and how it works. Some people despise it and think it gives you an unfair advantage in the game while other people say the opposite.
First of all, we need to know how lag even works in pb2. In my opinion, what lag does is create another dimension in pb2. The larger the ping, the more you will phase between the normal pb2 world and the lag dimension. When a player is phased into the lag dimension, they will temporarily not be in the game so they will not be harmed. When the player returns from the lag dimension (depending on ping 0.1 - 1.5 seconds), the player will have missed being in pb2 for that entire period. When he/she returns, they will see that players are teleporting and other players will complain because they're not dead.
This is what I believe lag is. Many people see lag as an advantage. It's not. When you lag, depending on your ping, it becomes harder for people to shoot you, but it also becomes harder for you to shoot other people (depending on their ping as well).
Imagine 2 laggers going head to head phasing out of dimensions and being unable to hit each other. Because both of them are phasing in and out, the probability of hitting each other is lowered even more.
But that's not the only issue, laggers have to constantly deal with connection problems as well and when that happens, the player cannot move. Laggers have no stability or control over themselves. Their shots hitting opponents is based on heavily on luck.
In pb2, lag can be beneficial but if you lag too much (say over 300), you will struggle.
In my opinion, I believe the best ping is one that can eat bullets as well as shoot people without much difficulty.
That ping lies somewhere near the region of 200.
What do you guys say? Why can't we have an Oceania server?