Quote Originally Posted by Orcish View Post
You can only have as good as a connection as the host in this case the PL server, and if the server basically waiting for a response from that player's device, then yes you can experience lag like symptoms even if you have a ping under 100 or so... They call it rubberbanding.
I seriously doubt the server requires constant communication with each player. The lag is on your end, not the server's. I've been in numerous games where people are lagging constantly yet I'm fine. No lag spikes or anything.