CookiePuss

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Full disclosure: I think dethreaters are the worst of the worst. I think they have done more damage to APB than cheaters and G1 combined. That being said, on to the topic at hand... There are two important parts of the Q&A regarding this, the first is the Q&A specific to dethreating: Q: What will you be doing to tackle dethreating, and if so how? And will there be changes to the threat system? A: This is definitely one of those systems that fall under the “Critical Mechanics” segment earlier. The threat system has to be altered at a minimum, or if necessary, scrapped and started over. There’s just a fundamental flaw at tracking your progress over such a short timeframe. To be able to bring your threat down quickly should not happen, and should take much much longer. We see this as an exploit in some ways, if it is an exploit it should be dealt with. If there’s an exploit then it should be on us to fix it. Shame on us for leaving the exploit in for so long, that it has a name and people can look it up. The second is a statement made about bans themselves : " I view banning as a failure; it’s not something to be proud of or to enjoy." So I dont think players will be getting banned for this in the future, but rather LO will be going out of its way to re-work the threat system so that threat change cannot happen quickly. I assume they will try to find a sweet spot where it will take longer to lose threat than it would be worth, while still being a useful indicator of overall skill. In other words, players are finally going to have to either play where they belong, or spend a great deal more time losing threat than in the past. Perhaps, if after all these changes people still insist on gaming the threat system there will be punishments. But if LO reworks threat properly, I doubt there will be many left to punish.

Oh wow... yeah thats quite new my dude. Not sarcasm btw.

Germany you say?

I hope soon... getting tired of listeneing to people laugh about cheating cuz they know that even if they get caught, they will just get unbanned when BE hits.

Whoa... new engine looks sick!

Pretty sure most player cant even legally smoke... let alone drink. Lucky for me, Im old. I will gladly have some beer since you recommend it.

Ive never noticed hitreg issues with crouch spammers.

Bruh... no one can play the game 24/7. You'd literally die.

oshit, failstation making videos again? Sweet!

Agreed. For real tho, ZombieBiscuit for GM when?

If you havent played regularly, and you dont play regularly, I doubt you will be getting the job regardless of how old your account is, or how many forum posts you have. Would be nice to see some actual current and consistent players get the job.

HVR is fine. Play smarter.

I cant beat every other gun in every other scenario with my trusty ntec. Plz fix.

WASP-Inc best nerds NA!

Please tell me this means we are finally getting nukes in APB.

Age no, but maturity yes. One of the hallmarks of maturity is taking responsibility for one's actions, and not blaming someone else for the choices you have made. G1 of old being a bad company is no excuse for bad behavior. Plus, what kind of dumb dumb risks their account over a shittier version of the Obir? Sorry, no sympathy for me. And hey, at least G1 decided to let these players simply pay for all the boxes they stole!

Its incredibly rare that Im 100% certain that someone is cheating. But if it does happen, I just go make a sandwich or something. Maybe spam /cointoss if Im not hungry.

As long as everyone continues to use the same system as everyone else... Im down for whatever. Change it dont change it... its whatever.

Dropoff ranges are fine. Just use the guns correctly. Throw Heavy Barrel 2 on your Empire / NSSW and full auto up to 50m. Silenced snipers wont seem so useless once tracers return. Except the Dog Ear which is literally one of the beat guns in the game already. GG EZ

trying to out range an AR with an LMG? ... WHAT? Im not sure you should blame the mechanics for you using weapons incorrectly.

"They made it too easy too exploit" "Naturally it was exploited" Damn G1 practically FORCED people to exploit the codes! ... kids these days

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Fresh meat!

As has been stated, being a high burst damage weapon, cover is your friend. Pop in and out. And as far as marksman mode, I use it when jumping and shooting shotguns, especially over walls.