OK, so I don't know much about computers and how netcode works and all that stuff. So this might be totally stupid.

Complaints about netcode and lag are common place on the in game channels. I was thinking about the server / client data that needs to be sent / received and had a small thought. If (*huge* assumptions here) we assume that the client / server data exchange contains:

1. Positional data
2. Damage data
3. XP Data

May be some others...dunno. I noticed (whilst Rhinoing) that the XP bar doesn't go up client side until a small delay - as in some kind of server communication as both client and server work out the XP you just got.

If we could remove the XP data transfer from Ops, would this cut the lag in that zone? i.e. Less bandwidth / data needed for each client in the zone.
Would that quicken it up?

I mean, who Op wars for XP?

I was thinking something like after the first layer goes down, then for one hour (real-time) the zone is considered "Contested" and has all XP removed/non-calculated (would only affect the zone, not zones coming off it - So Chaos caves, Gravis swampcave would be un-affected).

Obviously some zones would be hurt (Cycrow, Gabanium) but most Op zones aren't levelling zones.

Just a random idea.

Cheers