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the intent is to release riot season 1 at the same time as the engine upgrade theoretically, this would allow any new players lured in by the promising new game mode to experience apb without all the shitty performance issues and then orbit can dump content on them so they never leave imo what’s really going to happen is riot will be an abysmal failure, the engine upgrade will be a buggy mess because it’s an engine upgrade, and orbit will be too busy scrambling to fix engine upgrade issues before the rest of the diehard community gives up on apb to pump out enough content to entice the few new players who get suckered in by riot

removing the need to choose between different mods for different advantages lessens the depth and strategy imo either way im not sure you really need to think on your feet for a shield, and what strategy do you use for an ammo box? chances are opp isn’t going to attack you with one - it not like they’re offensive weapons (aside from memeing on someone)

which one are you?

i would like to order one BLYAT! gun please with a side of fries

aside from the obvious low population issues on a certain server, i’m more concerned that it seems like all new content is going to be tied to riot, at least for the first few seasons

which is why i havent even mentioned it btw ive yet to say anything is op why do you keep bringing this up? its irrelevant to the discussion lmao i didnt realize pointing out flaws and suggesting changes was complaining at this point its clear that this whole conversation has gone over your head there is no "depth" with the current consumables because you either use ammo box or shield, the other consumables arent even worth mentioning - thats not depth, thats an obvious sign of imbalance why? we've gone back and forth on this and yet all youve had to offer is "no", "you're wrong", "you're bad" oh and "adds depth" which is clearly wrong quoting the exact thing that im discussing seems pretty normal, why would i quote something that im not replying too?

fuck the police

did i say andyjames the spotter guy?

andyjames the low yield king?

no riot pls

i quoted the part relevant to my argument, nothing more nothing less

everyone in this thread is discussing the subjects covered in the op your post (and now mine) are the most off topic of all, congratulations on derailing the thread

here we go again do you understand what context means? we'll circle back to this shortly dont worry what does a poor combination of mods have to do with anything? is the hvr suddenly a weak weapon because you can use heavy barrel on it? i literally provided an example of why a player would use mobile resupply box, good reading comprehension what? you're the one who just assumed i want consumables nerfed because i lose fights because of them - thats it, thats the entire context pretty stupid assumption tbh, why would i put myself at a disadvantage by not using consumables? which one of us is "taking a sentence of its context" now? am i allowed to call you a dumb cockhead at this point? fire up those brain cells i have a piping hot take for you apb has tons of rpg mechanics already so you've suggested (in this very thread) that consumables should be normal permanent character mods and yet you also dont want them to have a downside like a majority of current character mods? yet again you're making wild assumptions, good job bud using smaller words didnt seem to help you understand anything, thats a shame

that was the perfect place for a watchmen quote im a little disappointed in you kev

what if they're the ones that need to be replaced?

understatement of the year

sorry will use small word so no hard no balance i say why use mod, i no think why is good i no talk of lose game, why you talk of lose game? all mod have trade why no trade for yellow mod? i no talk of kill, why u talk of kill? u spell bad

do you just not understand the fundamental concepts of balance? if item A and item B both have the same use but item B is superior, item B is not balanced it "allows" more builds at the expense of forcing tradeoffs, the very concept apb is built on e.g. instead of choosing between ammo resupply or blowtorch, a player can have ammo resupply and blowtorch i sincerely doubt that shield was implemented so players could run into the open and magic up cover, but i guess there's no real way to know what g1 was thinking same issue as above instead of having to choose between shield or ammo, you can have shield and ammo well yes obviously its only certain "builds", because only certain "builds" are unbalanced use your brain

you technically can get them at any rank the problem is that they're classified as random mission rewards but know what else is classified as random mission rewards? every single symbol and every emote - when your max rank chances are you've unlocked all or nearly all of those already, so you roll "consumable" reward way more often than someone who has only unlocked half of them this is what i meant here a r150 with 3 or 4 consumables has is at a disadvantage vs a r250 that can spam ammo boxes for every stage of every mission

lazy repost of my riot thoughts

ammo box is a direct upgrade over the mobile resupply mod ammo box also leads to more prolific use of alternate character mods (spotter/blowtotch/det) with no downside consumable reward system causes imbalance between players still ranking up and players who are max rank mail box spam (even the most minor issue still hasnt been fixed lol) shield rewards poor positioning with a "save button" 2 consumables are at best not worth using, and at worst completely worthless the broad problems with consumables i can think of off top, satchel charges are the only consumable that doesnt have glaring flaws

consumables were railed since g1 first announced them and true to community expectations they've caused nothing but issues since, where have you been?

it’s not rocket science, they just don’t care