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Far as I can tell it hasn't been nerfed either? Seems to still have the same stats it did from back when it was tossed into the wild. It does have scaling damage. Further the rocket goes the more damage it deals. Could that be where the problem is? Fairly easy to miss given it's a unique mechanic that it only shares with the DMR.

That has bothered me since the start. Including some type of reward per month would be an incredibly good incentive to keep paying. Whether it just be a weapon skin, lone clothing item, or even simply an item lease. Wouldn't even have to be unique. Just something to keep people wanting to pay that fee would be nice. I have to totally agree on that.

..that's fair. Hadn't even really thought about that until you mentioned it. I don't even know where to begin with how flawed the SPCM group was for example. Abused to all hell and back.

Speaking of which: why the hell is everyone constantly out to get you guys? I mean I personally disagree with his decision to choose who he did, but that doesn't exactly warrant me being an a-hole. You'd think people would go the route of simply waiting for a chance to do what they can elsewhere. Is what it is I figure. I want to help out. Trying to shit all over a volunteer program doesn't get anyone anywhere. Yet that's exactly what I keep on seeing. Well, that or kissing patootie. Beyond irritating to say the least.

We've waited this long. Might as well let them take the extra time to get things right.

Gotta ask (sorry I know it's a really dumb thing to bring up): regular guns can't be traded and are bound to your character. Guessing they are all JMB weapons? Those are the only ones that can be traded. Anyway. Trade lock possibly? If it is this it'll show how long in chat on login. Few days at most typically. Something like "[Trade][System]: Time remaining on Trade Lock: _ days" I do recall other people mentioning a bug where it'd state an absurd amount of time for it. If that's the case then.. you might have to toss a ticket to support and wait a good long while unfortunately.

Really wish I could say this was all that shocking. Unfortunately APB has a few people that will do anything to maintain a low threat level so they can harass newbies more readily. Bright side is it's a bit more rare now given the lower population? Anyway.. Like TacticallyRed said, try using the /report feature. You've already sent in tickets so there isn't a whole lot more you can do beyond that from the sounds of it. Have you considered trying to actively avoid the player in question? I know that isn't ideal, but if you are on during primetime hours there's likely another district with at least a few people in it you could hide out in.

We all have nightmares from time to time

People gave you some pretty extreme examples, and some have gotten regular ol' bloom confused with the "high quality bloom" graphics option APB used to have. It's been explained pretty well. I just haven't seen any great examples of what it used to look like in the engine. Here's what I feel was a better example of it: As others have mentioned there are other small effects that have gone missing over the years. Subtle effects like the steam venting up from manhole covers for example. I believe that's still there, but it serves as a good example? Haven't played too actively as of late and can't recall. Oh! While I'm at it the compression APB uses absolutely slaughters texture quality. Still have all kinds of issues present today from that ancient change (see the cubes around lights in certain areas). Please, please use a less brutal method in the engine upgrade. That was one huge mistake the old G1 made and never re-visited. Actually they did all kinds of things that really violated the visual aesthetic APB used to have. If you want some proof of that then take a peek at what Asylum used to look like: Those screenshots were taken by me way back when. Was in-game with a few tweaks that aren't approved anymore, shaders mainly, but even so. Still serves as a good comparison to what it used to be. That place is ugly as sin these days. Global illumination cranked up comically high alongside numerous other questionable changes. Please don't go down that same route after the engine upgrade. Have your team strive for proper solutions to performance. Don't cut corners at our expense. Don't think you will, just feel I had to throw it out there. Keep on learning all you can from what the last company did wrong.

Super easy to use just like the ATAC. Technically a free alternative to that cash shop item if you grind enough. Plus it looks neat and has a silencer. For whatever reason a lot of people love silencers. I'd presume that's why at least.

Screw it. I'll give this a go. Used to spend way too much of my spare time trying to contribute to the game I suppose. Don't know if I made much of a difference, but I sure as hell tried my damn best. Pissed off a few people along the way, but things like the 'Below-Zero' are quite literally my creation. Had a thread with over 500k views for example (somewhere around there I believe). Where I whined loudly about the graphics changes back when G1 first got the title. Sucks that I can't get a chance to volunteer under the games new administration. Oh well, is what it is. TL;DR: was an a-hole that tried to be useful. Not sure if I was. Sure did do some dumb things however. Identity in-game? Eh. Quite lazy when it came to that. Used to wear a red version of the Ophelia Customs outfit I made just because. Moved onto a customized tactical gear loadout after that. None of which was too terribly brilliant. Betting almost everyone out there outshines me there by a mile. I am all the bland. Someone who does crazy stuff? There have been a lot. I mean seriously people give eachother a hard time yet there have been quite a few pretty damn good players over the years. Having trouble naming any one of them in particular is the problem. All I know is I've been seriously impressed by some of the plays I've seen from time to time. There are definitely names you get to know from how well they can regularly pull off insane things. Bonus: me in my natural state ..being shot repeatedly. Also G1 give tracers back plz

I think everyone else covered this pretty well. There are some unique weapons offers up on the ARMAS marketplace. You aren't missing out on anything if you really don't want to shell out for them. They are just there to offer different playstyles (don't worry the default guns still beat out those offerings). At absolute worst you can always farm joker tickets every week to lease one off the vendor in social. By the way use db.apbvault.net instead of APB:DB. It's kept up-to-date unlike APB:DB.

Take a break? Sounds like you burned yourself out on the current content. Set yourself up to receive e-mails for events & promos from Gamersfirst, and come back next time they have something new going on. At worst you stay gone until the engine upgrade or something similarly big is out. No harm in that really, don't HAVE to play only APB all day every day.

Eh, some people like having a weapon they can use as a crutch. Been plenty of examples in APB's history. Pretty normal for people to seek out a competitive edge then do everything they can to hold onto it for dear life. Bad for a game, but it's what people do.

flavor of the month and typically doesn't require THAT much work to adapt existing titles in many cases. There's a reason everyone has been doing it. It's another mode at least. One that is currently very popular. I doubt that'd hurt anything really.

Gateron is also a brand of keyboard switches. Have nothing else to say. Just felt the need to bring this up.

Even if it is a repost I didn't know about it. So thank you.

Probably. Then again it wouldn't hurt to give it a try with the engine upgrade.

Gotta wonder about that myself. ..then again an optional one-time payment to get all kinds of permanent perks would be interesting. Perhaps access to permanent leases you otherwise can't view or somesuch. Akin to what a lot of other F2P games end up doing these days.

...I'm guilty of this. I get very lazy with customizing cars.

I don't really believe there is anything too unreasonable in cash shop. All of it is generally downright worse or fairly easy for an active player to maintain through joker ticket leases. That said I agree that the game NEEDS more ways for free players to obtain content. The game is downright lethargic in that respect and it hurts it on a regular basis. Then again the game needs more content for it's primary gameplay loops too. So you know.. it needs work. Everyone's been saying that for ages. Eh. Just feel like I'm repeating the same old stuff everyone already knows. So I'll shutup now.

Oooooold stuff that never made it even close to release during the RTW days. It was horribly broken mechanically (bugs galore!) and just plain not worth it. Plus the reasons above kinda outline why it's just a rather pointless thing for them to bother with.

That is all kinds of weird. Snowballs were always quite fun to use in missions when this time of year rolled around.

Stole my go-to suggestion To op: Anyways, yeah. This is probably the best bet. VFX are the main cause of nasty spikes in APB. So dropping this value will most likely help alleviate your problems to an extent. Even on my high end machine it helps me avoid nasty drops.

Put the silencer on it and never change the stats. It'll be the Kurai from waaaaayyy back all over again. When people were praising how much better the handling was. Meanwhile the devs forgot to put it in the update.