CookiePuss

Game goes down every Wednesday even when its only maintenance. This has been the case for years. Come on guys.

It is going to be hard to take anything you say seriously after reading this. First off Im just a player homie, I can't offer you anything. I've been playing for many years now, so I don't expect anything more than the norm from players... that is for players to do nothing but complain. I also don't expect players to pay enough attention to see that no one agrees on anything in regards to balance.

Its more like comparing the COBR-A to the Euryale... or you know, a shitty gun to a good one.

wym, the New Glory IS worse than the Ursus and it DOES sell for more OCSP Joker is literally the same as the other OCSP but sells for several times as much. Its almost like greater rarity = higher value.

So Sakebee means "missions" when they say "games"? As in they will just be playing the game as a normal player? Not sure how that's going to help from a testing perspective either. Welp... Here's to hoping this goes better than the last time a CM played with us.

Are other weapons disabled? Cuz that WOULD be sweet. Though even then, with an entire district shooting the same person, Im not sure what data you are getting from that.

Testing IS being done internally. Unfortunately, there isn't much to be done about players not caring enough to test or offer feedback.

Im realizing now that its not as obvious as I thought that this was sarcasm. Even if I disagree with the Strife changes, I dont believe these new numbers will have any real effect on the gun in-game. The only thing rarer than having opp with Fragile, is actually pulling off the one shot on them. Of course it was fun, but I feel like players are reacting as if this was THE reason to use the gun, and on that I disagree.

Im trying to behave a bit better on the forums, so Instead of reiterating the same disagreements over and over, I try to focus on something on which we agree. Im a proponent of visible numeric values for threat. Ive nothing against overall categorization (or even adding to our current divisions), but Id love to be able to see my actual rating. Something like SR in Overwatch to use a common example. I feel like it would make it easier to track your progress or lack thereof. As is you only get visual confirmation of change when you switch between colors, which for some players, is never.

On this we agree.

ugh where to start... There is matchmaking. Matchmaking works as intended. Adding 1 or 100 more threat colors or categories will have no impact in your in game experience. The problem with matchmaking is the number of players matchmaking has to pick from when trying to find you opp. 40 players max. Subtract those already in missions. Subtract those in group sizes too large for matchmaking to pair. Subtract those also waiting for opp while unopposed in a mission. This is the problem with matchmaking. Should we ever get matchmaking across the entire player base and not just within a district, you should see some improvement. APB would still have a tiny overall player base to choose from compared to popular games, but it'd at least be better than the 40 we have now.

Im not sure how this is going to help with testing, but I guess some will find it "fun". Not me though, I hate everything.

Because bounty sucks. Why would I want to be playing a mission, having fun, only to have some pleasant fellow not in my mission come stomping through and throwing any semblance of balance out the fucking window. Don't even get me started on capping a point in OT, only to have some mong not in my mission suddenly go N5/P5 next to me, costing me the mission. Absolutely dumb af system. Still is even with the change. Also, if you are getting bounty in bronze, its time to move to silver. (assuming they ever return seg)

lol... rekt

lol who tf even does this? I don't know a single player that does this. Aside from abandoning VIP or Creme de la Crime (because they are just no fun missions), or abandoning missions with bronzies (because who wants to be involved in a mission where you pick on the disabled), I don't know anyone who is only willing to play defense. That's just silly.

"Farewell old friend" -me retiring the Strife to my locker for good

This is a poor matchmaking issue I think. Not an issue with /abandonmission. Removing this ability won't fix the main problem. (imo)

Advanced Launcher and Steam still work fine for me.

Oh man... that LA ping is really bad.

That's a good point.

Zero players on my ignore list. I don't understand people these days.

If anyone new is actually reading this, you need to know two things. 1: prices are constantly fluctuating 2: just because you see a weapon listed for a certain price, doesn't mean people are paying that amount

The biggest issue I have with the bounty system is it allows players not in my mission to fuck with my mission. Nothing like capping a point in overtime only to have some mong standing next to you who is NOT in your mission suddenly go N5/P5 and killing you, costing you the mission. Same goes for ANY time an out of mission player interferes with your mission. Outside of the bounty system, this behavior is known as giriefing and is both reportable and actionable. And yet, the bounty system is currently designed to allow it. That isn't balance, that is broken.

I can't believe I need to tell you this Hex, but this is a support issue. The forums cannot help you. Now, for a little teasing... Imagine thinking that because a thing happens, it is allowed. Removed derogatory language ~@mayii

EU could have a million players... matchmaking still only has 40 players at a time to choose from.