im not sure if im the only one with that trouble, normally i think is a lag problem, but even with normal connection i have the same issue, when i shield i still receive dmg and the danm blue thing is like: hohoh trolled, im like: dead ,and then the shield is like: sorry dint feel like blocking that devilite picthfork, but im still up
did any one have the same issue? is a part of the common system?, is a bug, is a lag issue, or the thing is broken?
I'm having the same issue, which was never a problem before all these " Updates".
"Someone is getting the short-end of the stick here"
@Tech-Ally
Lol, I think you're imagining things. I've experienced that problem ever since Winterfest, which is when I started learning how to use my shield in the first place. If anything, it dramatically improved IMO when they introduced Blast Processing a little while ago.
Also, your shield is not up until the bubble itself is completely showing. if you just have the circle at your feet, your shield isn't up yet. It takes a couple of frames.
The one thing that you really have to understand about SK as an online game is that what you see on the screen might not be what the server sees. It doesn't matter if you see you shielded/landed a hit/walked across that trap safely, but it what matters is that the server sees you did.
Because it's an online game, there will always be latency. Depending on your location and connection, you may have to do your actions up to half a second to a full second (or more, if you're really far) ahead of what you see is happening.
Chances are, you were trying to play SK like it was an offline game, hitting shield just as the pitchfork was about to hit you. By the time the server got the message that you were trying to shield, it already saw you getting hit.
Tech-Ally, please stop spamming threads with that link. It's not funny.
Anyways, as others said, it's an issue of latency due to the fact that this is an online multiplayer game.
Your client shows your shield bubble cause he actually knows you are holding the key for it but before the server receives the information it deals you damage and you die. In other words, you need to shield faster depending of your connection speed.