Using tick() for handling time systems

[SomeFedoraGuy (octav)]

Your compariosn isn’t right though. When talking about tick(), the question “Why not task.wait()” is not relevant. Both, even if they’re only connected by the concept of time, do different things. Tick gets, as you said, the current Unix time, while the wait function halts the thread for x seconds. I did see posts regarding comparisons between tick and GetServerTimeNow. Also,

Alternatives To tick()?

From my understanding, it’s a “more accurate” version of tick(), or better said: a better version of it. If you need even more decimals you can use workspace:GetServerTimeNow(). No idea why they all give slightly different numbers unfortunately, but I assume they’re a replacement for tick() for the reasons given in the thread you linked.