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<449d23e1$0$6661$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au>, Ceowulf 
<ceo@NOSPAMii.ATALLnet> writes
>"Peter Huebner" <no.one@this.address> wrote in message
>news:MPG.1f07dc21c44e5bc89899f4@news.individual.net...
>> In article <449d0871$0$6655$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au>,
>> ceo@NOSPAMii.ATALLnet says...
>>>
>>> I will be giving it a go soon! Wher are you located? US? Whats the lag
>>> like?
>>
>> I'm in NZ, lag is not normally a problem. Gets a bit sticky when you are
>> flying
>> from one system to another while loading a database on commodity prices at
>> the
>> same time :-\ but lag isn't a problem with combat etc., not like it would
>> be in
>> Freelancer or fps type games (say in Guildwars lag is much worse in terms
>> of
>> survivabilty). Not an issue for me at all.
>
>Hey Pete! Thanks for sharing that, I'm in Perth (Aus) so the ping will
>either be around +200 or -200 depending on which way the data goes :)
>
>What is combat like if it's not ping orientated? Turn based style?
>
No, it's real time, but the design reduces the effects of lag. You pick 
a target and hit the trigger (all client-side) and after that the weapon 
keeps firing (server side) until you or the target is destroyed or it 
runs out of ammo. So one "click" accounts for many attacks. Lag is 
annoying, but it doesn't often affect the result of a fight.
-- 
John Secker