-Rachel-

Oh my God, it's not removed, it's a bug, something happened to the server. Just be patient, it will come back, and in the meantime stop the outrage, it's unhealthy for you.

What the actual hell are you talking about and how does it even remotely relate to what we were saying?

Word.

I made a typo, I meant "monetary gains" lol, but yeah, we're in agreement here. I think Matt was honest when he said APB looked like a cool, unique property and that he wanted to really do something with it. Hopefully it won't be a money pit for him.

There's no way I can think of for a cheat to make the gun less shots to kill than it already is.

Indeed, this game is unique, and one day in the future it may need to be shut down, but I'm hopeful that LO will be good to it, add what needs to be added, and give us all a few more years of fun.

Well they have to make money, but it seems to me that if LO were purely motivated by monetary gains, they wouldn't buy a dying, neglected property that had lost most of its playerbase.

I would agree with you, I think it needs a TTK increase, like one more bullet to kill or something. Even after the changes, it's basically amazing at most ranges. Giving it one more shot to kill would nerf it at close range, while leaving it relatively untouched at long range (most long range weapons have high TTKs after all).

Granted, you're fired. Now you have all the time off you need. I wish someone besides me knew what somersaults were.

I think the game is mostly balanced with only a few outliers. I also find it funny that when the NTEC was nerfed, so many people said it was trash, but I still see more people using that gun than any other.

I think threat is wrong-headed in the first place, it shouldn't be visible to anyone. Matchmaking/MMR/etc. should not be player facing. That's the only way to balance the game in its current state, as the game's weapons and mechanics are generally balanced, but the matchmaker usually created imbalanced matches. Of course the only way to resolve that is cross-district matchmaking.

I don't believe TechMech for a moment when he said he's never made money on APB. I think things became unprofitable and unsustainable when so many players left due to RG's mistakes, and so he was either going to shut it down, or sell it. Glad to see it got sold.

Agreed

The way he was talking strongly implies he is a gamer. I would be surprised if he wasn't. I imagine if he wanted to play the game though, just for his own enjoyment, he would be stealth on another account.

Awesome 10 out of 10 whoever edited that for you was such a goddess

True enough, but I'm happy to see the announcement by itself bringing so many people back to the game. Servers are more populated than they've been in a long, long time.

Who knows, there may be some legal issue with going back strictly to APB, but I'm not against the idea. My only concern is getting BattlEye in, finishing the graphics upgrade, and then promoting the game again to get fresh blood playing with us. This game can be saved, it has so much potential, but it's up to LO to realize that potential.

People who dethreat aren't usually real golds. I go between gold and silver frequently due to my badness at the game (I used to be a lot better and was perma gold for years), and the golds I fight on the bronze server are almost always trash at the game, even to me... and I'm about as rusty as a nail in the ocean.

I think a name release in general is a good idea, but I don't think banned characters should lose their names. If someone was a cheater and was toxic to the community, then I don't want to see their name running around afterwards, too much potential for grief and drama.

He hasn't done anything yet, so I'm not holding my breath, but I admit, I am quite hopeful. I'm just so afraid of being disappointed again, when this game has so much untapped potential.

APB Rising Revengeance!

Is that the food guy?/10

No, it's not a good idea. Threat segregation was a mistake in the first place, doing this would only encourage further toxicity and isn't conducive to the long term health of the game.

Funny, but it does make me wonder if it needs to be rebranded. Being honest, they need to release the engine upgrade, along with a bit of content, and then rebrand and relaunch the game, that will get feet in the door, which is what we want.

Some people will always think anyone who beats them is cheating, that's just how it is, even if BE cleans up 99% of the game.