The solution is to report them (Destiny)
Maybe there is a way to characterize lag switcher network traffic in a way that would never find false positives. But unless Bungie can create that, the answer is "you know lag switching when you see it" and you report them and have Bungie look into it.
Even if Bungie did have a sniffer that caught lag switchers and created no false positives, it would inevitably let some slip through. Again, the answer to that would be to report them.
The only surefire way to get rid of them instantly is to have everyone that experiences a moment of bad connectivity be auto banned, or auto forfeit. But that would suck for a lot of legit players really quickly. Most games can handle a truly random spurt of lag, because in most games you'd never even notice two players being out of sync for half a second because they aren't actively engaged. Again, lag switchers become a "you know it when you see it", because to experience lag happens, to experience lag at exactly that point in the game is... how does Beorn put it? Or yes, "bullshit".
Complete thread:
- Are lag switchers coming back? -
MacAddictXIV,
2015-12-16, 14:24
- Are lag switchers coming back? - CruelLEGACEY, 2015-12-16, 15:23
- Perhaps their earlier temporary bans are over
- Chappy, 2015-12-16, 17:02
- The solution is to report them - Earendil, 2015-12-16, 17:13
- The "easy" fix is actually really hard -
Kahzgul,
2015-12-16, 17:41
- The "easy" fix is actually really hard -
MacAddictXIV,
2015-12-16, 17:50
- The "easy" fix is actually really hard -
Kahzgul,
2015-12-16, 18:38
- The "easy" fix is actually really hard -
MacAddictXIV,
2015-12-16, 18:42
- Great question - Kahzgul, 2015-12-16, 19:44
- The "easy" fix is actually really hard - stabbim, 2015-12-17, 18:44
- I bet it's a trap -
Earendil,
2015-12-16, 21:31
- I bet it's a trap - Kahzgul, 2015-12-17, 00:37
- The "easy" fix is actually really hard -
MacAddictXIV,
2015-12-16, 18:42
- The "easy" fix is actually really hard -
Kahzgul,
2015-12-16, 18:38
- PvE and PvP don't use the same code -
Earendil,
2015-12-16, 17:59
- PvE and PvP don't use the same code -
Kahzgul,
2015-12-16, 18:39
- PvE and PvP don't use the same code -
Ragashingo,
2015-12-16, 22:54
- PvE and PvP don't use the same code - Kahzgul, 2015-12-17, 00:34
- Where the “bad network connection” argument falls apart - Beorn, 2015-12-17, 13:57
- PvE and PvP don't use the same code -
Ragashingo,
2015-12-16, 22:54
- PvE and PvP don't use the same code -
Kahzgul,
2015-12-16, 18:39
- If I understand correctly... -
CruelLEGACEY,
2015-12-16, 18:24
- You're close -
Kahzgul,
2015-12-16, 18:36
- Gotcha -
CruelLEGACEY,
2015-12-16, 18:42
- Gotcha -
Kahzgul,
2015-12-16, 19:44
- Tell that to all the bastards bumping me off course...
- ZackDark, 2015-12-16, 20:14
- Why is it that I'm a feather & everyone else is a brick? -
dogcow,
2015-12-16, 21:03
- Perhaps... - Earendil, 2015-12-16, 21:35
- Lag switch. Obviously. - ZackDark, 2015-12-16, 21:58
- I was just thinking about this the other day. - BeardFade, 2015-12-16, 22:01
- Why is it that I'm a feather & everyone else is a brick? -
Ragashingo,
2015-12-16, 23:04
- How dare you say we test when confirmation bias suffices!
- Funkmon, 2015-12-17, 00:54
- :)
- Ragashingo, 2015-12-17, 01:06
- :)
- How dare you say we test when confirmation bias suffices!
- Why is it that I'm a feather & everyone else is a brick? -
slycrel,
2015-12-17, 01:18
- Would that explain the man cannon on mars? -
Durandal,
2015-12-17, 15:26
- Would that explain the man cannon on mars? -
Claude Errera,
2015-12-17, 15:30
- ^This -
Earendil,
2015-12-17, 16:01
- ^This -
stabbim,
2015-12-17, 18:37
- Thank goodness I just play with that sparrow I've always had - Funkmon, 2015-12-17, 19:19
- ^This -
Claude Errera,
2015-12-17, 19:35
- had the EXACT same experience as you...
- kidtsunami, 2015-12-17, 19:47
- +1 - ZackDark, 2015-12-17, 19:49
- had the EXACT same experience as you...
- ^This -
stabbim,
2015-12-17, 18:37
- ^This -
Earendil,
2015-12-17, 16:01
- Would that explain the man cannon on mars? -
Claude Errera,
2015-12-17, 15:30
- Would that explain the man cannon on mars? -
Durandal,
2015-12-17, 15:26
- Why is it that I'm a feather & everyone else is a brick? -
dogcow,
2015-12-16, 21:03
- Gotcha - stabbim, 2015-12-17, 18:30
- Tell that to all the bastards bumping me off course...
- Gotcha -
Kahzgul,
2015-12-16, 19:44
- Gotcha -
CruelLEGACEY,
2015-12-16, 18:42
- You're close -
Kahzgul,
2015-12-16, 18:36
- The "easy" fix is actually really hard -
MacAddictXIV,
2015-12-16, 17:50