How safe is parsec for use here?

[OceanArtist]

Ive looked all over and want to try parsec with a friend to do some online co-op going. but im finding NO resources online on how dangerous/safe it is to use. can anybody give some info on this who has maybe some exsperience with the program?

[Nagandrea]

It hasn't gained much traction yet but it's sponsored and used by Alpharad for example (his spelunky video yesterday) and plenty people seem to know and suggest it on forums for local co-op games.

Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-2rXVF543U
I'm hopefully gonna try it for this game, but my friend is extremely paranoïd about these things. Also, another says it's not lagless, but that has circumstances too, maybe it's lagless in most optimal conditions..

[Spectrum Legacy]

I would say that general rules and limitations of any peer to peer connection apply here.

Regarding lags, try to reduce the distance between peers as much as possible (or choose peers who live closer to you), try to cut latency by using ethernet cables instead of wifi and so on. As long as you have enough of free bandwidth available, distance and wifi connections are probably the biggest lag-inducers in p2p.
However, since WoL is not out, we don't know how it would perform and how it would perform for you and your friend. Imo games which require fast reaction times are not really ideal to be used with cloud gaming/streaming, but turnbased games and casual games are much more forgiving to lag.

Regarding safety, as long as you download software from trusted sites or ideally from official site, you should be alright. If you don't consider windows 10 unsafe, then this is nothing compared to it.

[Nagandrea]

Origineel geplaatst door Spectrum Legacy:

If you don't consider windows 10 unsafe, then this is nothing compared to it.

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[WhiteCrow]

Origineel geplaatst door Spectrum Legacy:

I would say that general rules and limitations of any peer to peer connection apply here.

Regarding lags, try to reduce the distance between peers as much as possible (or choose peers who live closer to you), try to cut latency by using ethernet cables instead of wifi and so on. As long as you have enough of free bandwidth available, distance and wifi connections are probably the biggest lag-inducers in p2p.

This is solid advice, and as long as you follow it I don't think you'll have any issues regarding latency. I haven't used Parsec myself, but many people I know have and have said good things about it. You're very much in the right to be cautious however. It's pretty easy to screw with someone through Hamachi and Tunngle, but I haven't heard things like that about Parsec.