I'm not buying it's a technical issue, I think it's political. Somebody is heavily invested in "lag compensation", and is high up enough that they can require it be in.
Here's a suggestion: Remove "lag compensation" completely. Do a release. Let us, the users, see how it works. Because frankly, not only have I never heard of any other games doing lag compensation, I''ve also never played a game so suffering from lag.
Not to mention, the whole concept of "reduce everybody to the worse player" just sounds wrong on so many levels. Should I disable my legs to be at the level of my neighbor 3 doors up? Gain 200 lbs to be at the same level as my fat-arsed neighbor, who breaks a sweat talking over the fence? Sniff a lot of glue to be at the same intellectual level has my neighbor's useless crotchfruit?
