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This could really be disregarded right out the gate as this issue has been brought up so many times... discussed and ridiculed. LO has their own solution/theory/plan and are most likely already in the works on it behind the scenes.

Anything LO is trying to do is much better than nothing. APB has been in stagnant decline. The only way this game has been pushed has been from pure empathy and love for the game. It's gotten so far that two companies had to die trying to keep this game up. You can remain skeptical, down-right refuse change or support it, but it has to happen. No change is death and taking a risk at moving things, changing or re-doing is no longer a risk really... It'd be riskier to remain where we are. I couldn't imagine people not liking this idea, but it's surprising that there are any that disagree with this specific topic. More banter pls.

Things to do when waiting for maintenance to complete: Do something productive Write a novel of how empty you feel every time you don't get to touch APB Get a job and forget what videogames are

Just wait...

This post should be enough to poke LO to release a more detailed description of an EMP and it's use. So far, with what they've presented, it's useful in certain cancer situations or to disorient someone trying to ram you. With it's current uses right now, I'd agree on the point - it would be dull and people wouldn't want to sacrifice hard damage. Then again, when it's released and LO sees little use, a buff will be introduced. Adding a variety is good either way. With a team comp where three use hard damage and one uses EMP's it could be pulled off well. Being the EMP guy would give a person responsibility and a role.

Of course - It'd be much more engaging on low-pop and core additions like enemy AI are a whole mechanic that make a game more fleshed out. The better bonus of enemy AI would be that if behavior was fluid, it'd give replayability and value to combat. More casuals would appear, more content could be built to serve as live-missions that change San Paro as it goes and many more concepts could be expanded on... BUT Scripting NPC AI that performs like an actual opponent... in a sweaty world... is problematic. It'd take a lot of time, resources and testing. At a bumpy and slow pace that APB goes, it's risky to do that. It'd also change the core of the whole game by just adding something of the sort. It'd require to game be fixed and stable first. It'd require constant resources for the AI to think. The game would have to go through a ton of stabilisation. A decision to add Enemy AI would also cause divided opinions of the playerbase. Everyone here will be able to express reasonable doubt, but when a chance and resources get presented... I think it'd be something to pay attention to. Imagine though... as a criminal... you going to defend a warehouse that has an attempted police raid. Just Cop NPC's coming at you or Enforcers as a special attack unit, engaging on a criminal enterprise... taking out enemy AI that supposedly operate there... Story bits with AI that lead to random events around the town... Enforcers can find NPC crims and bust them for cash... Criminals can harass npc enforcers to estabilish 'territory'. This is just dreaming and all and would need a bigger world than the districts we have... It's easy to say it'd be cool, but it would take so much risk and time to pull of something in APB...

This is the most insignificant issue I've seen so far... and people still find reason to fuzzy bunny. This would never get old...

On that subject, it's not even confirmed. Just teased as a possibility.

Those faces are so fucking creepy.

There's no way it's not coming. LO has been busting patootie and taking heat, so they gotta do it. It's admirable that they've taken this mess and position with all the warning signs. So far, with what they'd signed up to and what they have, they've been doing great. There's been actual encouragement to let SPCT share the material and compose a video by another person that isn't going to only do the working shots. Don't write them off as G1. The old g1 was a nightmare and not even EA could compare to how patootie G1's servicability and greed got. The estimate for it to be at the end of the year would put it as a Christmas miracle and a birthday gift for me, but I wouldn't be surprised to see an extend in to next year. Matters of new territory and re-writing puts estimates at a haze. You can put trivial dates to try to form to, but so many unknown and unexpected things can happen along the way.

I get that you are not satisfied with acknowledgement. Copy-Paste replies wouldn't be a thing if the amount of tickets that people send wasn't so damn huge. They state they're on 2 month response time, which is quite insane. I'd guess there's a small support dedication to grind through all the mindless tickets that have the same contents over and over. Like - You state issues about matchmaking in support, but I think EVERYONE knows it's patootie. I'd not even waste time on a ticket like that, since they know it and there would not be enough manpower to satisfy every concern... So there's a support dedication to solving critical matters. I'm guessing the amount of people in support is too small to get through all the playerbase's concerns, so they have to dump and grind through tickets. From my standpoint it would be - We need to effectively eliminate the amount of tickets to improve further reply speed and attention... Let's categorise all the same ones or similar less-important cases in one that need to be processed quicker. The strange and damaging cases will be prioritised, but even then I wouldn't reply quicker. I'd need to solve the oldest cases first, so everyone across would get equal time spent on their tickets. Less tickets get left behind in a manner and slowly we catch up to speed. I would guess that money issues don't get priority treatment because there is a solution they might be working on to prevent the same type of money issue tickets again. Then again, if a major issue arises, support gets pushed back again and the grind re-starts. I'd certainly lose my mind if I was in support (it'd be a cool management game on insane difficulty, though).

Okay in both videos I at least chuckled half the time. This is good stuff. Not bad, not great, but good!

It can be asked for, but not now. It's too early to ask this question. Just keep asking for engine upgrade.

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Simply put - This. It's a chain of events that starts somewhere from real life. It's people looking for validation in their actions and since they don't get enough validation IRL, they seek it in games... Except APB is sweaty and nobody ever wants to admit if anyone's good, bad, right or wrong. Those people just start self-validating, since no one else would do it for them. Don't worry though, if they have to value themselves all the time, it means they simply don't have friends. You can have a pity laugh, but that won't stop them from being irritating.

Please tell me this is bait. How can you be this confident in your statements? I mean, it's funny to read, but it's troubling to realize that a person like you exists... It's a delicate subject that requires at least two of your brain cells. Judging by your reply to Whiskey, you already misfired a statement completely. First shot you take, you miss completely and you expect to be 'useful' GM?

You're confused. Stop trying to justify your own mess and own up that you don't know what you're even talking about. You may see that there is an issue, but you have no idea what that issue or how it manifests. Other than that, I've never actually seen this point be raised. The kevlar has an overall gain, not simply against sniper rifles. A buff would clearly ruin balance... You only raise issue with not being able to take 3 hits with a kevlar, but how many more hits can you take with other weapons? It's general effect is perfectly understandable and I raise you a solution - For the mod slot, have a new Mod that makes you be able to take more hits from snipers, but it's no use against any other weapon type

You say you don't want to be an edgelord, but you want to have Katana + Wings? Do you think that both edgy items cancel themselves out when equipped together? 'Kawaii dark angel the katana demon slayer' Maybe you saying you don't want to be an edgelord is just sarcasm... In which case, you should go full edge and 3x the eyeliner.

Oops, we got a "Back in the day" almost here. It's too bad this game supports such customization that the weebs seem to flock to it. Want to see less weebs? 1. 2. Delete APB's customization possibilities. If the image of weebs is still too hard to handle for your poor masculinity, then - 1. Imagine the weebs spending more time looking like cats in game and getting less of the 'cats' outside of the game. Have a pity laugh or something. 2. Go after them and harass them 'till you're left with a constant following and nagging of weebs, so they force you to quit. 3. Mind your business and somehow eventually grow immune.

You should stop dreaming... Please. Dream something that enhances the experience and not flips it sideways. You have new established minds working on it. Juinor designers and devs are a nigthmare. Responsible junior devs are a way of killing the company fast.

People who think NTEC has a learning curve... Get a grip. The depths you take to learn the gun are shallow and it's quite easy for even new players to switch to it, since Star 556 is similar. Not the same, but similar in stats. Go test it and see if there's any reason to start bitching. It may be balanced between the factor of being a medium-range gun, but it's actually good for multiple scenarios, which beats it in contest to other guns. I would be copy-pasting what Matt said, but there is just a HUGE chunk of people that, when faced with a difficult situation, just seek resolve by just choosing an NTEC. I believe LO's intention is just to make people consider more options as NTEC is just one of the most popular picks. I don't really have a good image of NTEC users, but let's just hope you're not actually braindead.

And still you (or others) judge without actually first having the experience. I'd say to not sabotage something that potentially could improve the experience. And it wouldn't be just you saying something that you don't like, but I mean the people that right off the bat disregard these changes by just vaguely understanding what would happen. You can imagine your likely results, but there's a big possibility that it may be different. Only by a small margin or fully different, it's not 'likely' that you're capable of fully predicting the outcome. If you can predict absolutely everything, kudos and 'hang the witch'.

Aaah the push-back. Dip your toes for a little bit to get bitten already. I haven't seen and tested anything yet (because it isn't available yet), so I guess I can reserve this reply for an updated opinion. Everything that comes to this is always divided opinions and better yet, it's opinions without even getting their hands on the actual testing first! Whoa, chill! I think that the shotgun changes, even if written as 3STK, might even itself out in gameplay, but how can I tell when I haven't even tried? Written is not the same as experience, so try and limit your criticality to when it's useful. I don't buy some people's BS that EMP grenade does not 'match' the game... APB has so many divided opinions about it that it seems to have an identity problem. I see it as an opportunity to slowly grow the game and create a new meta, but until it proves otherwise, it stays to show that maybe for APB this is an opportunity to expand in different ways than to 'aim better at bad guy'.

I agree.

I want to see dirtbikes that you can upgrade to fly and shoot rockets with a flashy reload and massive capacity. Let it have an option to drop ammo for your team when above. If it gets destroyed, it drops it's core on the ground and you just hold it for 1 sec to completely repair the vehicle. Make sure only those with key of the city can buy it, so there is a drastic difference between the player advantage. But srsly - Bikes in APB would feel terrible to control... Physics would probably be the most hilarious shit since flying cars. I'm used to car handling, but it's still weird...