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Uhhh, yeah... good advice. How do you invoke the Tutorial ? Do I press 'T' Any help would be great. Thx

Reading this thread, there are three issues that stand out. The 1st issue which the OP has expressed, that any questions that new players ask to the playerbase to understand the gamplay, what do I do ? how do I equip a weapon ? How do I get a car ? how do I ........? "git gud" are met with toxic, nonsensical or otherwise useless replies. The other issue, is just toxic or harassing comments in general. The 3rd issue is deathreating. @LittleGamersFirst raises an interesting solution to one problem. The problem with this approach is, that as new players ask questions in district, in order to "git gud", and are met with anything other than advice, but more toxic, nonsensical or otherwise useless replies. Those players will have a difficult road to "gitten gud" Cause, no one is helping them to "git gud". @LittleGamersFirst, please take note. Please keep in mind, that one of my primary objectives when I play APB, is to NOT, in any way, ruin someone else's gameplay. This is my first, and foremost objective... in any online game. Their entertainment and enjoyment of the game, during my playtime, is of the utmost priority and importance. The hell with what I want. Even, if I want to "git gud" and ask questions. As far as just toxic trash talking, This !! This may very well help with a fair amount of issues. I never really did follow down the Tutorial path. Not even sure how to invoke it. T ? I'll look in to it, as I am curious what is offered to new players.

Haha... Only when you use a USB adapter. ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning

I totally appreciate the effort and can't imagine the level of frustration that Matt Scott and team are feeling as a result of these delays. One suggestion, unless already being performed, and if there are enough resources to implement, (hardware/team availability) would be to conduct "dry run/practice runs" of the cutover to a "copy of the Production env". Testing patches in a Test env is one thing, the deployment of a bundle or upgrade can introduce their own issues. My background is with ERP business applications, and our team would perform dry run cutovers to a copy of production to test the technical aspects of the deployment, as well as the speed and timing of each task. One project I was on, we had to perform 4 dry runs before the actual cutover to production. (Starting on Friday 5pm thru Monday 3 or 4am was typical run time for our Upgrades) The 1st two cutovers would identify and resolve any technical issues, the 3rd run would identify tasks that could be sped up. (running multiple processes in parallel ... etc) Anyways, good luck next week.

@MattScott, if possible in future updates, would it be possible to add Consumables to the Joker Store. Right now there is one Consumables available. Medium size Mobile Supply. Thanks

Pretty damn impressive. A separate company not affiliated with Gamersfirst other than a licensing agreement for the use of a Gamersfirst product, shutsdown, and Little Orbit makes an effort to compensate those players from another companies system. Impressive !!

Well this is most disappointing .. My biggest nemesis has been @NotZombieBiscuit, as he has forcibly encouraged me to "git gud".... And I have. I have excelled my skills beyond all means. I "got gud"... And now this .. ? I don't know....

What the hell are you saying man.. ? We have been told countless times that there really isn't a cheater problem and we all just need to "git gud" I'm so confused.

Using a macro to auto fire a semi weapon seems to be a bit lame. Thankfully any rumors concerning macros to detect colors for a potential triggerbots or mouse correction to reduce recoil is a myth. I feel a bit more comfortable about people using macros.

Well, the word on the street is, and has been for many years, is that there were very few, if any cheaters since PunkBuster, FairFight , BattleEye had been implemented. So not sure why we're going with a different ant-cheat. Some of the other ones were pretty effective in keeping this game clean. Well, maybe one of em. That's what they say anyways.

I read the OP's initial post with great interest and mild concern. @NotTheEnforcer made a great point that "Google" may not always be our friend. I ran the OP's post through multiple translation websites, with no success. I was almost ready to give up all hope, until I found a "Universal Translator" on a Star Trek Fan web site. The resulting output was most disturbing. Not something that can be shared in any public venue. @Vnight, my first initial thoughts were that an increase in dosage of your current medication might be the right approach. But after re-reading the translation a few more times, I honestly don't have any guided measures that you could follow. Understandably, I too have been told to "git gud", on more than one occasion, and yes ... I try .. I really do try .. Some may even call me a TRYHARD, but the list is very short. So my heart is out to you brother ,.,,, I feel your pain. You are not alone... and your voice will not be silenced in the dark of night.

My understanding is that LO just switched hosting services. Admittedly, I am not familiar with hosting services for online games, but I am familiar with hosting services for business ERP applications. And with business hosting, you have different level of services offered, at a price. But as @neophobia mentioned, some gaming companies go to great lengths for added protection. Unfortunately , this is not always possible considering budgetary constraints. It is what it is.

Yeah, some people may not be aware. What amazes me, is the amount of effort to disrupt a game with a lower than usual population, and more than 7 years old. Hmmph .. ?

I may be wrong, but typically, it is the hosting company that provides the DDOS protection, high availability, fail over and whatnot. This all depends on what services LO has purchased as part of the hosting services. So, LO would need to let the hosting service know, that they need to up their game a bit with DDOS protection if possible. Lag and discconnects can make for some frustrating times.

Much appreciated. I may have exaggerated a bit, but it can get a bit "spammy" at times. A lot of people choose not to get into administrative mode by taking screen shots, reporting and what not. My guess is that they would rather spend their time doing other things. That's just my guess. EDIT: Not sure if anyone noticed a young Clint Eastwood in that Rawhide clip.

I don't go into Social very often, but when I do, it is usually for short periods of time. Not like some of these designers or music artists. I can't even imagine how much time they spend in Social, busy improving their craft, ... for hours. (I envy them.... I have not one artistic bone in my body) back on topic. Sometimes the SPAM in social can get overwhelming. "So much yelling" - /Y I once had a few discussions in district chat with a few fellow Socialites. The conversation was flowing. And then, SPAM !! Like waves, one after the other. It was relentless. Our conversation quickly took a swift turn. Scrolling' Scrolling' Scrolling' ... Rawhide I swore to myself, that I would devote the next 30mins, and add these shleps to the /ignore list. And I did. And then ....., new names popped up. I started to type faster ... Haha. Anyways, yeah, it can be a challenge.

I believe that if Matt Scott wanted the moderators to communicate the technical issues related to the servers, than it would have been Matt Scott drafting the verbiage with which the moderators would have disseminated to the player base. I also believe that because of the severity of these recent technical issues, that Matt Scott thought it would be best for "that" message to come from him directly. Although my beliefs could be wrong.

Not sure what Server everyone's having problems with , but here over on Jericho.... 5th of May : 00:10 (EST) Login Server: Failed to login to Login Server 5th attempt .. success World Server: Took about 1.5 minutes to connect District Select: 1 Minute to connect In District: In district for approx 1 min ... crashed to Desktop. I did not select, "Send Report" I Cancelled... (have no knowledge as to whether these reports help)

Thanks

What sever was this ? Citadel, Jericho ? Both ?

,,, a blurp ,.. or more pressing concerns ,, ?

Haha, my thoughts exactly. Can't help but laugh at these responses. Lol.

Hmm, I can't speak much for the "anime geeks", but I can say, as I'm sure all of us can attest to at on time or another as a "New Player", that they just want to learn the game. Challenges ... ? yes Insurmountable Challenges .... ehh,,, not so much. Let me learn the basics of the game first so I can somewhat compete.. That's what I hear from new players. We have not yet established "Who" is the vocal minority or the vast majority. But we can all guess. Just as an Example of Jericho population 7:30pm EST 4/22/2019 Granted this is a Monday, but I have not seen much of a change last Friday or Sat. It is what it is. Can LO implement a "quick fix" (alternating different districts) as a short term measure ? .. or They may very well be knee deep in pushing the RIOT content out, and segueing from that path adds risk to their current objective. We just need to be patient , and wait and see.

I agree somewhat, but even without a threat system, a player's "load out" does give some indication as to their level of experience & expertise. Most newbies are starting out with the STAR or NTEC, rallied up against opponents with ............ (add whatever weapon, legendary, whatnot} Will these STAR bearing newbies get their patootie kicked ? Probably. How many times might this happen before a newbie says ... "Ok, that was kind of fun, but ... " and then never to return again. I would rather add game mechanics to retain new players, than an attempt at changing the mindset & attitude of new players to .... conform. Just my opinion.