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  2. Posted · Edited by neophobia

    50fps sounds... okay - but with 300ms you will lag to hell. i used to play like that too and it is virtually impossible to perform on par - you will hate it and people will hate you for lagging around.

    so your pc is okay-ish, but ye. internet/your location is a big issue. they might host new servers in more places in future (i assume you live neither in US nor EU) so you might be in luck... but right now i couldnt recommend it.

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  5. Posted

    12 hours ago, BXNNXD said:

    r6 siege has regular test servers iirc

    ye the games i mentioned have/had test servers/clients too, point was that none of them known to me rewarded players with anything but seeing/playing/testing new things early (plus being able to play with more things unlocked or w/e)

  6. Posted

    On 11/22/2018 at 11:10 AM, thesamscout24 said:
    On 11/22/2018 at 9:53 AM, Yoss said:

    Every game I know of gives an incentive to play the test branch before it's pushed to live. It would REALLY help out our current population with testing.

    An incentive to play the OTW (If it wasn't closed for internal testing) would be good.

    except dota, csgo, overwatch, stardew valley, starbound... uhh... minecraft...?

    (not sure abt pubg tbh)

     

    i honestly can't think about any "major" game with a "regular pts". only early access/alpha/beta stage games come to my mind.

     

    also... a closed otw (open test world) is not an otw xd

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  8. Posted · Edited by neophobia

    On 11/29/2018 at 9:58 AM, MrsHappyPenguin said:

    This is what I recommend for the current game.

     

    CPU: 2nd Gen i5 quad-core 3Ghz or better.

    RAM: 8GB min, 16GB recommended. 1866MHz or higher DDR3, 3000Mhz or higher DDR4.

    GPU: GTX 960 (1080p/100fps), GTX 970/RX580 or higher (1440p 144fps)

    Storage: Separate HDD for APB, or an SSD.

    OS: Windows 7 64bit

     

    If you are good with tweaking your hardware, you can get decent fps with an older gen CPU. For example, the X5690 in my sig gets 140+ fps on average and rarely dips below 100fps. I still have the garbage collector stutters, but that's unavoidable atm. Also, due to the latest security patches and useless hardware features, you can actually get worse performance with the latest hardware and software.

     

    A few more tweaks:

    - Use Nvidia GPU driver 388.59 if you don't have a GTX 2xxx series. Some new games may require a newer driver.

    - Disable HPET in the BIOS. Make sure your new motherboard has this option before buying it.

    - Do not apply the spectre/meltdown security patched BIOS to your system. Obviously a security risk, but it does reduce performance. This mostly affects new hardware.

    apb relies on single core performance. many notebook cpus (including i7 up to 6th? generation) only have two cores (4 threads) - and the game runs more than fine. you do not need a quadcore to run this game well (especially not an i5). an i3 is perfectly fine, especially the newer generations (as long as it isn't a low end with barely 2GHz)

    Even if you run couple of background processes like Discord/Steam/TS3 or whatever you want (Ventrilo x Mumble lul).

     

    Same for the GPU. No, you don't need a 960, nor a 970. Not even close. A GTX 760/960m is perfectly capable for running the game 80-90FPS/high/FHD

    You will still get drops with too many particles - that also happens on my 1080 Ti and 2080 Ti though. You can lower the limits and are fine then though.

    You will also get the drops from garbagecollection and some memory leaks etc - better/worse depending on SSD/HDD, even with an m.2 it's still noticeable - and you shouldn't install APB on an SSD to begin with since it considerably wears it down, more than any other game because of cacheing on it (I think that was the reason...) - RAM disks are a godsent here.

    So - although you normally don't need more than 4GB RAM for APB (so far!) - since it is a 32bit application and can address 3GB max. However they wanna change to 64bit either way and for a RAM disk you'd want more memory. 8GB is worth it an reasonable these days. There is hardly any reason to go over that considering the other specs listed.

    Recommending 3000MHz DDR4 when recommeending 1866MHz DDR3 is kinda unreasonable and most CPUs are barely specified for 2400MHz (including latest gen Intel) and you'd need to use XMP (that you didn't mention)

     

    tl;dr

    - any "better" i3 (3rd Gen, 2,4GHz (if there are any in this spec this early))/any Ryzen will do

    - anything >=760/960m will do

    - 4GB/8GB w/ RAM disk will do, dw too much abt frequency, 1333MHz should be fine.

    - SSD is good, HDD + RAM disk is better (for your SSD xd)

     

    the performance hits from meltdown and spectre should be negligible for APB (with newer cpus especially) but so are the risks for end users. go for whichever.

     

    budget builds with ryzen are much better than buying a "lower end" intel for the same price.

     

    edit:

    of course more memory always can't hurt. since apb should improve graphically and might cache more things in ram/vram, going higher newer can't hurt. 8gb ram and a gpu with 4gb vram should be standard these days. and with those, you should stay futureproof. also sincd you probably dont always want to play apb, a better cpu than an old i3 probably should be your aim too. i5, gtx 960 etc and the specs listed are/were fair and should be aimed for - but far from needing to be recommended

     

  11. Posted · Edited by neophobia

    On 11/24/2018 at 1:01 PM, BrutalCopp said:

    So just because it has the same specs you say its the same weapon. I have used it before and its not the same. Also VAS-R2 'Sword', Joker CR-5 and N-TEC 5 have the same specs, but do they work the same?

    Yes.

    Just like how all Obeya series have the same specs and they ARE the same. Some weapons are reskin some are not, the N-TEC 5, PMG and Obeya are part of the former.

    ftfy

    On 11/24/2018 at 3:11 PM, BXNNXD said:

    am i being trolled right now?

     

    if a weapon has the same stats it will perform the same, that’s how stats work

    dont try to make sense out of it

  12. Posted

    1 hour ago, Deftonez said:

    no man look at the last thing matt said, he literally said Sunday 9am PST

     

    1 hour ago, Yoss said:

    Still waiting

     

    2 hours ago, Deftonez said:

    wasn't the sale supposed to start today at 9am pst?

     

    5 hours ago, Zydrax69 said:

    I dont see any sale .. still 500 g1c 5+1 joker boxes .. 

    op says 9pm, his 9am probably was a typo. 6.5h from now

  13. Posted · Edited by neophobia

    20 minutes ago, Jazeker said:

     

    Ok, look at Wildstar. Big game, big company, big budgets, big initial sales ...  it will close down on the 28th of Nov 2018.

     

    I could make a list of similar titles but the main point is this: APB IS STILL HERE!

     

     

    wildstar closes down?

     

    apb probably wouldnt be here if it wasnt for some (un)lucky circumstances. (such as g1 , which were kinda good in the beginning but got way worse - and lo getting the idea to buy the game

  15. Posted · Edited by neophobia

    use what you are comfortable with. em doesnt really make too much sense imo.

    how many people do you want to kill in one mag?

     

    just try hs? it does affect zoom levels etc

     

    3ps is always a straight upgrade.

     

    some people love hb or mb on it but i've never really seen any reason.

     

    ir and cj work quite well too but it really does come down to personal preference and use. i have found the amg to be quite easy to control so i'm fine with both.

  16. Posted

    On 11/18/2018 at 10:35 PM, Fortune Runner said:

    and I said no I refuse and walked away yet you all keep harassing me daily and do not respect my decision

    just because you make it look one way by talking making claims of "this is how it will be" does not mean thats how it will be done

    I said no I don't want to be a part of this and here you are arguing saying I should (you wouldn't keep harassing me otherwise) and its fine its safe do it  blah blah....

    #$$% off I said no

    do you ever go into a bank and shout fuck you, you're not getting my money? just wondering.

  17. Posted

    most prices are lower than original sales niveau (except for some odd ones...)

     

    for joker misery boxes... probably not soon. all we ever got with g1 was "bogo", however, jmbs are already 20% cheaper than they were under g1.

     

    as the previous poster said, they said they'd refrain from sales for now.

     

    aaaand a christmas sale would probably around christmas. as a reminder, classic christmas days are 24-27.12. (every year!) xd

     

    just kidding - sorry, but your guess is as good as anyones - and LO already commented on sales either way.

  18. Posted · Edited by neophobia

    5 hours ago, NotZombieBiscuit said:

    What would you change?

    i guess he'd probably want clientside

    (to reduce latency when controlling and introduce a whole variety of new issues)

     

    or cars that are not driving on ice

     

    and flipping over "randomly"

     

    and getting stuck under telephones

     

    however... very constructive op, yes

    "ite weird"

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  19. Posted · Edited by neophobia

    you can only sort weapons by type

    just by pressing I and selecting the weapon slot and switching between the categories at the top. basically a necissity with 50+ weapons xd

     

    but yeah, that's about it for weapons.

     

    people asked for loadout/sorting a lot but it has not been implemented (yet)

     

    maybe LO is up for the task at one point.

  20. Posted · Edited by neophobia

    28 minutes ago, pikckyy said:

    I didn't say make the game pay to win, im saying a Trainee who has put no time into the game or effort shouldn't be able to buy a gun that is better than my 4 MILLION $apb Yukon that in marksmanship mode is a FOUR burst kill at SHORT - MAYBE MID range where the RFP is short/mid 3 burst kill guarantee and a 4 burst at long range most of the time..... THAT is BROKEN.

    why not? should they get stomped by you instead?

     

    and sorry that yukon got "nerfed". it was just broken before.

    and if you look at the yukon... it has a 20% lower min TTK - as a trade off it's less accurate. the rfp is not fine as-is, but the yukon is just made for shorter ranges - obviously.

    and it stays at it's accuracy, whereas the rfp should get less accurate with every burst (just looking at the bare stats.)

     

    https://db.apbvault.net/items/Weapon_Pistol_Mountie_PR1_ArmasJB

    https://db.apbvault.net/items/Weapon_Pistol_RFP9

     

    of course the yukon shouldn't be straight up better than the RFP. it isn't - same goes for RFP though.

     

    and "noobs" should have good options too - like, why should they have worse weapons than anyone?

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  23. Posted

    10 hours ago, pikckyy said:

    I am a strong believer that the nerfing of guns needs to stop.  But the strongest pistol in the game(rfp) should not be purchasable for a few thousand apb$ and be able to absolutely shred anyone at almost any range.  My nano, yukon, colby 45... all dont stand a chance.

    yeah, make the game p2w, this gun should cost you 500$ instead of being acquireable by everyone since it is a good gun.

     

    ???

  24. Posted · Edited by neophobia

    the ntec has a 33% lower ttk (on paper) and you shouldn't get outplayed by rfp with it much.

     

    the rfp is too easy to use imo - but it definitely isn't >the< strongest secondary, it is strong in too many situations though imo (as in that it's too versatile) and very dominant in its niche. an act/rsa will outrange it though, other pistols are better in close and it doesn't really outperform primaries in their intended range.

     

    the armas version is definitely a straight upgrade - which shouldn't be the case - you could argue that this is also an issue with ir3 though.

    but - it's far from p2w.

     

    if anything the rfp is just a worse but maybe easier oscar.

     

    the weapon does need tweaking, either range or accuracy-wise - i guess.

    or maybe longer/slower bursts (or maybe intervals - which probably wouldn't really help/nerf too much imo) (maybe bring it on par with obir ttk)

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  25. Posted

    there was a new car already in development with g1 along with the growl - i think. so maybe they'd go for that. it was a quite big one (think seiyo and pioneer) iirc

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