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  1. Posted

    I wait for opp at each stage generally. Also, if I do get opp, generally we wait for the opposition to show up and then finish the objective so there is some action and we can all fight it out at the next objective. My issue with waiting on the last stage is, if I wait for opp and only get one stage the mission is over too quickly.  I just want to pew pew so I am not concerned about increasing my odds of winning the mission by only playing one stage. 

     

    There have been times however where my group has ready'd up and we've gone 10 minutes without receiving ANY mission. Not even unopposed. Nothing. Green names and no mission. That is the worst. 

     

    I do hope they fix the VIP missions. I have waited a long time to get a mission, have it end in VIP, and the opposing team runs off and hides somewhere for 15 minutes. Yay! 20+ minutes and no pew pew. Good times.

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  6. Posted

    On 11/6/2018 at 12:07 PM, Arpegius said:

    I don't mind every enemy having red names, what I do think is that the color choices for the uniforms were a HUGE design mistake; having dull yellow and orange teams on a game mode where everything is foggy is a big no-no. Solution? ditch team Yellow and replace it with team Green, that way you have 3 distinguishable secondary color coded teams, also brighten them up to match Purple's brighter palette. Done, problem solved.

     


    Did they actually develop AI for APB ?? I don't recall other events using AI before

     

    No, there aren't actual AI players you can shoot. I thought at one point the "third" team was accumulating points automatically. However, the more I have played the event, it seems that every team has been human controlled. The biggest issue, which I mentioned earlier is that both enemy factions are colored red. It is hard for me to tell if they are on the same team or will fight each other.

  7. Posted

    10 minutes ago, BrandonBranderson said:

    I gotta agree with #3.  The other two not so much.  I like the fog when used in events (I hate it in the main game though).  I think central park is the perfect place to have 3 teams fight over after each capture their 3rd of the district because they all end up converging at the center, though markers for the barrels could be made a little more obvious.

     

    The only thing I dislike about the event other than its rocky start is that APB has always had a ton of info on the screen during missions but this event sometimes feels like sensory overload at times, with the amount of numbers, icons and colors on the screen at a time.  Might just be a matter of my brain being slow to process that stuff though.

     

    I agree there is too much information. There are times also when the opposition barrel hud just disappears. Or you're driving to a neutral zone and even though it hasn't been captured it just disappears. Finding the name of teammates is difficult because they do not show up either. Overall the HUD is pretty bad.

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  8. Posted

    On 11/1/2018 at 5:55 AM, Arpegius said:

    Aren't all 3 teams player controlled ?

     

    I think it depends on the population at the start of the match, but yes, I have seen all 3 factions being player controlled. My biggest issue is that the other two factions show up as "red" enemies to me. I drove up to a location once and I saw like 6 "red" players and I noped right out of there, but then I noticed the red enemies were shooting at each other. Unless you're really close and can see the skins, I am unsure if they are two opposing factions, or if all 6 of those guys will be shooting at me. 

     

    I enjoy when all 3 factions are human controlled.

  9. Posted

    9 hours ago, BXNNXD said:

    i like this event, even tho it needs a lot of QoL tweaks and touchups imo

     

    my biggest gripes are 

    1. the fog - i hate the fog, delete it please
    2. the use of central park as the most important area - the park shouldnt be used for anything, its arguably the single worst location in any district
    3. the rewards/progress - it feels very limiting to only be able to do one daily per day and therefore only "progress" once per day, especially in a game like apb that so heavily features progression. additionally you cant level roles, earning money is slow due to match times and final scores, and theres obviously no contacts for standing

     

    other than that its just minor stuff

     

     

     

    Last night we had a pretty epic battle one round in the central park. All the teams reached 100% and we battled back and forth destroying the barrels. It was a really good finale. However, that seems to be the exception. Too many times the barrel is too difficult to find or you just do not have enough time. With only 90 seconds, if you try and push in to find the opposing barrel and die, that is pretty much your only push. They need to find a way to make the finale more back and forth more times than not.

     

    If this becomes a full time game mode I assume the fog would be gone.

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  10. Posted

    15 hours ago, Trivirium said:

    Contrary to what everyone here says, I think the poison damage is good. 

     

    BUT, it's not flawless. I agree too, it's a little broken. I think the gas shouldn't affect you as long as you're firing on the barrels, or if they get hit, the zone flashes and the gas stops or the player who shot the barrels gains immunity for a short period till they shoot the barrel again.

     

    That way, the intended spawn protection is there, but at the same time it's still viable to destroy the barrels. 

     

    Win - Win.

     

    Spawn protection already exists. Even if you wanted to camp the spawn there is a good chance multiple people will spawn with you. You are "gray" for a couple of seconds and will always get off the first shot. The poison damage makes it next to impossible to destroy some barrels because the area is so large to infiltrate. 

  11. Posted

    The poison gas zone is way too big. Numerous times I would kill a few on point and not have enough fire power to destroy the barrels before the gas gets to me. Obviously the players I killed will respawn in the zone  and I am easy pickings since the poison gas has 85'd me and I can't get out of the zone in time. 

     

    Remove the poison gas damage. 

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  13. Posted

    1 minute ago, BXNNXD said:

    i suppose

     

    if people want to grief they’re going to grief tho, id much rather they get booted for team killing than stick around running over barrels and trashing vehicles with impunity 

     

    I agree that they will grief if they really want to, but it would be super annoying to be gunned down right as the match begins. 5 TKs and you're kicked anyway, but as well all know, it's pretty dumb especially when you're TKing your group mates waiting for opposition. 

     

    Overall I have been surprised at the lack of griefing so far.

  14. Posted

    10 minutes ago, BXNNXD said:

    i wish it was on tbh, super annoying breaking off an engagement because a grenade landed near me only to realize it was thrown by a teammate 

     

    Just asking people to grief at that point then. Since the teams are random and the community is so small, people are forced to play with people they normally don't get along with. Last thing I want is some noob mowing me down because of issues they have from action districts. 

  15. Posted

    On 10/29/2018 at 6:04 AM, Queen of Love said:

    try to ask to bronze how nice is fight against carsurfer or remotedetonator. Plus the experienced players with CA3

     

     

    I tried to ask a bronze this once but it was obvious they were unable to use their keyboard and mouse in order to reply.

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  17. Posted

    21 hours ago, NotZombieBiscuit said:

    If you don't know the missions by name after this many years I feel sorry for your memory.

     

    6000 Hours in this game and I still don't know all the mission names. I just don't pay attention enough. There are a handful of missions that I "know." Plenty of times though I've read mission names and it seems like the first time I read them. 

  21. Posted · Edited by LaQuandra

    On 9/6/2018 at 11:34 AM, Defibrillator said:

    Title says it all,

    Provided a chance to meet someone from apb,

    Who do you wanna meet, why and what would you do if you meet?

     


    I've met a couple of local APB players before. We game when they come over. APB and SOS Classic LAN party at my place. You bring the pizza though. 

    PS- On a side note, I did see someone wearing an APB tshirt back during the RTW times. I was going to mention something but I didn't. 

  22. Posted

    2 minutes ago, GermanTobi said:

    4. How many seats (i know car surfer)
    5. Price (vegas 4x4 $$$, vegas 40k, jericho 40k, etc.)

    we dont care about the price but literally every newcomer


    It isn't worth buying unslotted cars. Any newcomer should hold off until they unlock some slotted versions. By then they should have money.

    A whole team rolling around in one car is generally a bad idea. With the mods it's nice to have a car spawner and a mobile radar tower or two. 

    The whole car meta from the cars themselves to the mods need a rework. 

  23. Posted

    1 minute ago, GermanTobi said:
    Just a joke, even without premium you can literally do every kill with remote detonator and still earn money That would be one part of the rebalancing. You obviously cant give the car more cargo space. But you can give it a Health buff, and a chassis / suspension upgrade. It is just the question if it is already possible with our engine. Because doing a Rework -> New engine -> again reworking would be a waste of time 
     

    If the car is going to be a tank, I prefer it to be slooooooooooow. If the car is going to be zippy, I prefer it to be weak. 

    I don't think you're going to get car balance like weapon balance. You can keep tweaking the stats until all the cars are equal and then the other difference is the car model. 3 things make the difference when picking a car:

    1. Is it durable?
    2. Can it to get to the point quickly
    3. Can I transport big items

    The Escapio and Pioneer do all 3 and they provide a nice wall of cover to shoot behind.

  24. Posted

    On 8/27/2018 at 4:25 AM, Dragon said:

    I think it would be a nice change to additionally use cars like bishada, pioneer or any other non npc car as the mission cars (objective cars to burn, break in, deliver etc.), instead of the regular npc cars. This would switch things up a bit and teach people how to drive these vehicles and also help them with their decision of buying the car or not while having a bigger variety of vehicles to drive around for the missions.


    Not a bad idea, not sure if they can do it though. 
     

    On 8/27/2018 at 3:44 PM, NotZombieBiscuit said:

    I would argue against this as it is meant to feel like there is a difference between general civilian vehicles and performance player vehicles to show the power discrepancy between the two. It subtly makes the player feel more powerful than any random walking NPC.

    #NPCfeelingsmatter

  25. Posted

    1 minute ago, GermanTobi said:
    4 minutes ago, LaQuandra said:

    Yes, the car meta is often ignored. You're generally at a disadvantage if you're not using one of the big 3 (Espacio, Pioneer, or 4x4). The highly durable cars do not have any disadvantages. They can start there.

    The disadvantage is that you have to pay 100$ to spawn it instead of 25/50$. And the big cars dont need a nerf. Its the custom ones which need a buff. just make the cisco and kurai double as heavy as they are and the moirai half a meter shorter and him him some suspension

    Are you kidding me? Nobody should be concerned about spending $50 or $100 on their car spawn. The cost of the spawn is hardly a deterrent to which car you're going to pick. If you win the mission you're going to receive upwards to 2k-5k depending on premium per mission. 

    But why would I pick the Cisco over the 4x4 even if the cisco was heavier? I am going to drive faster, handle better, have more durability, and have the same amount of cargo space. The meta cars are the meta cars because they have no disadvantages. 
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