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how many is a few? 8 players? 12 players? 16 players? i think putting those players in a separate district is just as unfair as you claim premades vs solos are, essentially they either have to face the same people over and over again (the very thing you complain about) or not play with friends, and depending on the actual number of grouped players, having them all moved to a separate instance or simply not playing is going to ruin the pop of solo only instances as well i have no idea what the numbers are for solo new players vs grouped (altho i doubt its most tbh), but removing premade groups is still a net negative - adding more barriers to new player entry without actually solving anything

removing premade groups is only going to make it more unfriendly new player wants to group with friends already playing apb? nope new player wants to group with friendly player met while playing apb? nope new player wants to group with experienced player to learn how to play? nope the same people that are stomping now will continue to stomp even when they're solo, the only difference is now no one will have the buffer of goofing around with friends to offset the poor gameplay experience of current apb

my threshold is thinking about how long it takes for the game to start up and then comparing that to how quickly i can do literally anything else

actually i think they fought specifically so you could be free to pine over a dead game instead of harvesting tobacco

everyone means everyone, i'm certain that every apb player has played in a group at least once i'd wager a good portion of those people returning do so either because a few friends are also returning or to play with a few friends that never left, take that away and those players won't be coming back as i said above, i don't see much sense in orbit diving into the code for who knows how long to make a change that will eventually be resolved as a byproduct of phasing anyway

you literally have a thread where you complain (still incorrectly, at this point in time) that orbit only takes actions against the people reporting, do you not think that instating a system that actually does punish people for reporting will lead to even more frustrated players?

you and your weird fixation on character, saying someone's suggestion is bad (sarcastically or not) has nothing to do with demeaning their character splitting the population at this point is a bad idea imo, the game already barely supports having 2 different districts, adding group and solo instances for each district will double the problem plus messing with the group/team/mission systems at the base level is probably more work than anyone realizes, by the time orbit gets around to it phasing will have made such a split irrelevant anyway i also doubt that a game based on teamwork and advertised as multiplayer not allowing friends to play together (which is what op suggested) will be very attractive to new players

so we're on day 5 and the thread hasn't been deleted nor (unfortunately) has hexerin received a forum suspension, at this point im questioning if this "russian griefer" even exists tbh

so make everyone suffer because a portion of the pop has no friends to play with? great idea

we're already getting free premium

ur opinion is wrong

i think you've countered your own suggestion pretty nicely - a downside that will rarely if ever see practical use isn't really a downside at all, nor would it significantly change the way the gun is used compared to the base variant plus the euryale is already head and shoulders above its competition, less recoil is the last thing balance needs

you couldnt just post this in the thread you already made on the same gun?

revert med spray

on a scale of 1-10, how awkward is it going to be when none of this happens?

im pretty sure the person in charge of weapon balance is a fully grown adult already, and if they aren't then they should be

what happens when its not the first mistake?

as much as i've suggested this over the years, at this point in time the removal of mods would not only cut a significant chunk of content from apb but it would also require a massive rebalancing effort in the long run i agree we would be better off, but its hard to justify the frontloaded extra work it would require

do we really need to go over this again

base oca variants have 17.5m range because orbit is apparently no longer capable of reverting things even when its clear they shouldn't have touched them in the first place

you fit right in

i guess its cool and all but mostly all i feel is mad concern, switching shit up in the middle of development is a big reason apb is the way it is in the first place

the firework launcher is a legendary, they always have different mechanics from the f2p counterparts aside from that the only real difference is the flaregun ammo has an arc to it and ~4m less range, neither of these things really matter when using it tbh

metaphor for the whole damn game tbh