Having played the entire first day, I have experienced the Hybrid connection system a good bit. Here are my thoughts and experiences with it. The Good: The experience is the absolute definition of [i]smooth[/i]. When there's lag, I don't notice it. And when it is noticed, you can tell that they suffer because of it, not you (at least in gunfights). There are times where someone will teleport around a corner yet you still get the kill because the server decides that, yes, you did get off the killing blow. The Bad: Hit registration can be either really good, or obscenely awful, mostly involving Super usage. Playing Arcstrider, I've noticed that people apparently don't take direct damage from the melees. There are many times where I'll swipe and hit nothing but air in close quarters, and die because of it (possibly because my target rubberbands behind me all of a sudden). There are also times where Super duration suddenly drops because the server realizes "Hey, you shouldn't still be swinging that Dawnblade!" And you drop out of the sky unexpectedly. I've had moments where Power Ammo refuses to spawn, but that is a problem that happens in D1 as well.