Nitronik

CHAPTER 3 : Montecristo has a good day, but not really A chain reaction had been set forth. Many people joined. Far too many. Even I got a chance to join. After all, all you had to do was request your totem animal. Mine was a goat playing a banjo made out of ham. Wonderful days. Something beautiful had come to be. Something unusual : The APB:Reloaded community working together, side by side, rather than against each other. "SPREAD THE WORD. EVERYWHERE. I WANT THIS STUPID COMPETITION TO BE UNFEASIBLY POPULAR. JUST TO RESTORE MY FAITH IN LIFE, HAPPINESS, AND THE PURSUIT OF... Happiness.." But. Beautiful, never lasts. As the demand to partake in the competition increased, so did Montecristo's lust for players' time. Many players [me included, sorry!] had asked for preferential treatment. An unique reward. Something even more special than the butcher skin. A crime so gross could not go unpunished. "Right.... Now I have five minutes to sit down and recap your efforts since I last did so. I've seen a lot of wonderful things... I've seen players running around on top of players, dodging exploding cars. I've seen a variety of marvelous animals playing banjos out of ham, including hummingbirds, swans, penguins and even a snake. I've seen all kinds of misspellings of [See above] but nonetheless I count all these efforts, for the intention was good. I've seen all manner of vanquished foes being tea-bagged in my name simply because I asked for it to be so. This pleases me. END HAPPINESS However, I've also seen people attempting to cajole me into affording them special attention simply because they seem to have mistaken me for a nice fellow... 'Tis a foolish notion, for I am a sir; and therefore: an a$$hole. I have always been one, and will continue to be one. So much so, that I have decided to cancel this competition." "UNLESSSSSSS MY WHIMS ARE ONCE AGAIN MET!!!" "Therefore, another video must be created that pleases me." The people of the forums trembled at the sight of those words. The whole competition canceled, unless.. ...what would be next?

CHAPTER 2 : Montecristo has a bad day. Community member Kogey begged and begged. "That's right, I absolutely NEED it." "It matches my outfit so well," -the post read- "I must have those sexy colors all over my guns. It is time for us all to come together as a community and help someone who's obsessed with red and black to have their weapons match them." " :­D " Little did they know, Lady Luck would be on their side that day. "Right, seeing as I am bored this morning, I'm feeling generous. Semi-generous. So. You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours." Montecristo's words echoed across the forums, like a leather glove slapping the buffoon's face. He was pissed someone dared waste his time, and he was out for blood. "The listed people and only them will be eligible for the butcher skin if they can provide me with proof that they deserve it. Namely... [Nitronik's note : the thread kept getting updated with more and more people, this post was edited and I can't find the original] 1) Provide a montage image of 5 screen-shots of display points around Financial that say "Reloaded Productions Rule!" I'll accept 1 of these if there is a picture of a kitten playing with a ball of wool in the picture. Reference image provided in the Emoticons section. 2) Provide a montage image of 5 display points around Waterfront that say: [Nitronik's note : I think it's safer if I get rid of the link and name] Bonus points if you add words to the effect of how awesome she is or suggestions that people support her by purchasing her calendar (any negativity made towards the goddess that is [See note above] risks resulting in a suspended account). 3) 1 image on Display Point in both fight club maps of a monkey playing a banjo made out of ham. It needs to be good. Or very crap. Either way I'll probably be content. Actually. Put that on a car, too, and screengrab yourself jumping off of the roof of Tiptoe's garage. 4) Lastly and most importantly. Teabag 5 separate vanquished foes and supply the following words in the chat window: THIS ONE'S FOR MONTE!!! If you do this I will consider your "WILD GOOSE CHASE" achievement unlocked and will reward you with a butcher skin. That is all. " Our hero, Kogey Fox, set forth to complete this most difficult challenge. In spite of all the hardships, he managed to swiftly work his way past any and all hurdles put forth by the devilish artist. [Nitronik's note : He was more than "just" an artist (that's already a lot of work) on the team, please don't mind me] This is where his efforts culminated - Stage four. 'nuff said. More people began begging. More people kept being added to the list. It was the spark that ignited the fire.

A.K.A. "Why are a bunch of you being annoying over pixels?" CHAPTER 1 : The origin of the Butcher Skin It's some time around 2012. Before the release of 1.8.0 Jack "Montecristo" Oakman, a name older APB:Reloaded players are most certainly familiar with, begins dropping some really strange hints all over the Gamersfirst Forums. Sadly - finding the original hints has become quite a hard task. Most of the forum sections containing the original posts are now inaccessible to us mere mortals. One such entry was made by a good friend of mine. The butcher. Slice and Dice. Get in and get out. Another entry, in video form : The rewards is where things get interesting. As some of you may know - there are some completely unique weapons in the game. These have a special tagger and a skin, and were made available for purchase only on Innova - the G1 APB servers had those weapons limited to their rightful owners only. Find a sample of such weapons below, the N-HVR 762 'Rapid99' and the N-HVR 243 SD 'sluttles' "Next is the prize that everyone who entered will be receiving. " This prize was what would soon become the object of eternal contention : the Butcher Skin. The skin would only be available to those few people (forever), and only on those few weapons (for a limited time) - nowadays even the most niche ARMAS guns can display the skin. That was the end. ...was it?

That's awesome What's not so awesome is the other guy going "Just give us the butcher skin" They fucked up exclusivity more than once, so that means they must keep fucking up instead of learning?

More than 12 people won the event. We want to play this game? Then what do I get, since I have a butcher skin?

You talk as if LO never made a new weapon skin, or can't make a new weapon skin. I dont' see why they should ruin what little exclusivity the Butcher skin has left

watch it now, someone will go "oh that's not exactly literally true so your point is moot" !

I managed to win the skin, but it was more of an exercise in luck rather than skill. I don't mind it being given out at this rate

Would be nice to get No / 1 slot ARMAS weapons as part of either role progression (but that's dangerous since most weapons share playstyle, despite having different purposes) or contact unlocks

To offer an opposite viewpoint - I think the NTEC's issue is that it is too good at range. Nerfing accuracy is the most annoying thing you can come up with (since nobody really likes RNG), so I'd drop its range by 5m tops (so that CJ3, HB1 are still not as terribly affected when it comes to choices)

they never went through with the Test-A nerf , unless you mean the super old health damage nerf that broke HB2 on it

The issue is that its comfortable killing zone is a bit too generous for an AR, even more so with IR

Civil discussion never hurts, but yours is a fair concern tbh

I don't see how a well written post making no wrong statements is a sad thing There's a difference between constructive criticism and shitflinging This post is the prime example of constructive criticism done right

Personally I'd have the spawns tweaked *before* missions. It might make some of them that much more bearable to the point where the rebalance needed might not be as extensive

Magazine size increase benefits both AntiVehicle and Players, as well as all blue mods - which is why I thought of that vs a Hard damage increase

It's ya boy Nitro-Nik with another ShittySuggestion(tm) After being miracolously killed by a SBSR IRS , curiosity got the best of me. I've leased the gun, put some hours into it and oh boy.. I can see why everyone tells potential customers to steer clear of it. The good : it has the fastest TTK of any 3shot sniper rifle, it has a 1x walk modifier (so mobsling is an option) and it's full auto so minTTK is easy to achieve at shorter ranges The bad : Damage is laughable, the recoil makes minTTK at anything further out than marksman range not really feasible, the accuracy kinda sucks unless you use Hunting Sight, it slows you down an awful lot Here are some thoughts on the weapon, with ideas on how to make it at least desiderable, if not competitive : Accuracy : This weapon weighs you down just like any other sniper rifle, but it doesn't have the accuracy to compete unless you slap Hunting Sight 2 or 3 on it. Why not change the crouch multiplier to 0.9 (from 1) ? The weapon's low mobility would make you deal with either being a sitting duck or not being as accurate as you'd want to be, making it be in line with other sniper rifles (IRS) & at a disadvantage against the Obeya / OBIR (Coroner) Damage : Three shots from this gun only deal 1050 health damage. Even equipping kevlar 1 will drastically worsen its TTK. Consider buffing damage per shot up to 395 to bypass kevlar 1 (also give the Coroner a bit of overdamage for longer ranged shots, giving it more of a purpose against OBIR) or-Increase it to 400 so that the weapon can punch through Kevlar 2, putting the gun's damage output on par with the DMR-SD Magazine Size : Consider adding one more bullet to the magazine, so you can raise kill-per-mags ratio to 3 (like on the HVR-762). Its reload time already matches that of other snipers! This would also make it more formidable as an AV weapon, allowing it to critically damage tougher cars like the Espacio or Pioneer without the need to reload - while also keeping its Hard Damage Per Second average Bloom Recovery : It's awful, but I actually would suggest against changing this stat. Keep it as it is It actually makes Cooling Jacket have a downside, which is a good thing given the TTK and drop off range of the weapons

That's assuming they want one GM per district, and not two

This is absolutely the most annoying thing. Would it not be possible to have GMs run events simultaneously? I understand it lets everyone have a shot at playing the event, but for people who can't join at the very start it just becomes a crapshoot when it comes to picking the right instance

NFAS sounds pretty awesome imo. PAAM PAAM PAAM PAAM and the whole room's coated in lead. I love how the firing sound just pops your ears

your wish has been granted Someone out there is running HB3 CCG , HS3 IR3 NL-9 You have ushered into a new era of broken

fess up, who downvoted this my personal opinion is that curves can spice things up, but ify ou don't clearly communicate to the player that shit's about to go down it's just bad see NTEC bloom spazzing out at random if you fire a tad bit too fast

Honestly I wouldn't mind. There's many areas in the game that could be propped up for Fight Club - the two malls in Waterfront and Financial come to mind. Could even run smaller instances to ensure they won't become overcrowded The construction site in Fin by Saul Linklater is also one - if you add more cover and prevent people from going on the highway it can become CQC mayhem

I beg you It's a small change that could massively improve the weapon's QoL without making it broken OP PLEASE LO

I believe the DOW's animation is just the JG / CSG reload - same one used for the EOL