Dasnya

The fulfillment of a promise. I quit playing when it was obvious G1 had no intentions of actually finishing the engine upgrade. I'll stalk the forums or log on to drive around every 6 months or so, but I haven't really wanted to play APB since maybe 2013. No matter how the engine upgrade goes, good or bad, if it gets done it'll show me that Little Orbit is willing to do SOMETHING. That they're willing to try. And that's what will get me to play again because that's all I want.

Yes, perc + shotgun come very close. Yes, I realize that. I've used it. Many players can't consistently use it. (See the end of my reply.) Yes, but if I have the HVR at a long range, my opponent isn't going to pop their head out. The thing is.. OPGL, PMG, and Shotgun aren't cheese-mode if you're forced to fight in their range. I guess what I'm saying is, somebody who is a pro with percs + PIG will stomp on anybody forced to fight in their range, which missions will do occasionally. Somebody with perc + shotgun might be able to stand up to them if their pellets land correctly. Of course, this doesn't happen consistently. Hell no. It's hard to do. But in the hands of someone who rarely misses with their PIG and consistently achieves the near-instant TTS it feels ridiculous. I've experienced it a few times. My stance is that it would be nice not to nerf the PIG or Percs so that all the other players can't use it, but the near-instant stun should not exist to be abused by someone who can abuse it. Maybe it's not possible to achieve that, but that's what I think.

But my point is, it's not fair because perc + PIG has an insanely lower time to stun than other guns' time to kill. The HVR does a lot of damage, but does not have any of the mobility you would want up close. Between two people, let's say they have near-perfect aim, forced to fight in a tight alley or nearly point-blank, the perc + PIG is flat-out the better option. The most similar thing you can get to it is percs + shotgun, but the shotgun has spread (which means there's potential for your shot to not do the damage you need) and does not do as much health damage as the PIG does stamina damage. In addition, green mods do not affect stamina, only health. It's much easier to throw your perc and then hit any part of your opponent's hitbox with the PIG than it is to throw your perc and then hit the center of your opponent's hitbox with a shotgun. You can think I'm the problem if you want. I'm fine with that. I haven't been convinced at all. My argument only applies to percs + PIG. I think the PIG itself is fine. I think the rest of LTL is fine. Edit: Yes, you can absolutely keep your distance and use cars. Of course I do that when I can. However, some objectives will force you to play in their range.

I do beg to differ, because when my opposition is really good with a shotgun, if I die it feels like "Oh, I messed up. They had better aim than me and I should have killed them before they killed me." However, when the opposition is just as good with this combo, it feels like "There was literally nothing I could do. My gun is unable to kill them before the time it took for them to stun me. It was over the moment they saw me."

I mean, I could try. The person I fought was a literal god with it. 1: He was definitely smart enough not to perc himself. 2: Worked a few times. I didn't have the opportunity to do this all the time. 3: Probably could have done that in hindsight, would only work IF I can land perfect shotgun hits in. 4: Not always possible. 5: Not always possible. 6: I'll be honest, I'm not sure what you mean here. It just doesn't feel like it works as intended to me. Somebody with near-perfect aim can steamroll close-quarters objectives by just running in and near-instantly-stunning opposition. I'm not saying it's easy to do because I play both sides and the PIG is hard for me to use. But against someone who uses it perfectly and religiously, it just feels like I had much less of a chance if that makes sense. But if it's as viable to counter as you say, I would like to try and "git gud" and have some practice against it.

I think LTL is fine. The only thing to look at is perc+PIG. That stun is INSANELY fast and you still have a primary weapon to fall back on. I've played a few matches where as soon as my opponent was in range, I knew it was already over. I couldn't do anything when the mission objectives were in a tight spot. I know you can overcome this with good teamwork, but in a 1v1 situation there's no chance.

Skillcap has gone way down. Maybe the lowest I've ever seen it. Matches felt fair to me. My opponents weren't omnipotent gods who never miss. It felt great. Can't wait for the old players who used to destroy me all the time to destroy me again though.

Shout out to Philanthropist for making my night a few days ago when I drove up to him in a dump truck. "Hey, how it's going?" "Pretty great, how are you?" "I'm doing good, just thinking of getting some food. Maybe pizza." "Oh yeah, pizza sounds great. Do you mind if I get out and shoot you?" "Oh, I don't mind at all. But uh, I'll shoot back at you." I proceeded to get out and gun him down. Later we laid plans to open up a pizza place. 10/10 experience.