TheMessiah

edit:(26.01.)Ok the last engine upgrade news like 21 hours ago seems way better.At least my excitement is back.Thank you for explaining what was going on all this months.Keep the good work LO side note:I knew that consoles gonna slow the entire game and i told G1 about that back in 2013.How they must focus only on PC upgrade and when the game become more successful and the company get more staff and money - eventually making console versions.Otherwise they gonna sink in this 3 times more work and meanwhile the main game gonna die.But nobody to listen.Anyway too late going back now..we must look to the future

topics like this one not bringing much positivity indeed..last one i make about 3.5

cant remember how was working..like each of this was connected also to ranks?cant remember..

I just read the last engine upgrade news and yea looks like things are far from public test.I was hoping we start this new year with that test but unfortunately not gonna happen.Too many things to be done..i guess not sooner than spring.The big question right now is what the hell LO can do about this slowly but surely /pop decreasing.I mean i log like 2 days ago and /pop was less than 500 players and was weekend.Like i dont know..any plans whats next?I doubt valentine event will bring more players.Im just worried for the game thats all.. edit:(26.01.)Ok the last engine upgrade news like 21 hours ago seems way better.At least my excitement is back.Thank you for explaining what was going on all this months.Keep the good work LO edit:(04.02.)Last update 2-3 days ago is also nice.So after fixing this issue the game runs close to live?The public test is not far?We wait for this xbox fixes(memory etc)only now?Just some questions i have.. side note:I knew that consoles gonna slow the entire game and i told G1 about that back in 2013.How they must focus only on PC upgrade and when the game become more successful and the company get more staff and money - eventually making console versions.Otherwise they gonna sink in this 3 times more work and meanwhile the main game gonna die.But nobody to listen.Anyway too late going back now..we must look to the future

I think i figured out a new way how to improve the current matchmaking even before the return of threat districts(can work with threat dist. as well)Also before engine upgrade and the new cross district thing. Challenges..what i mean(not sure if possible before 3.5 dou) When you run certain command in game from the command panel you can see which groups,players and more stuff are in current district right?So why not player to have the option to run command and system shows all players with theyr threats and what is theyr current status(on mission,ready and waiting or just stay in the district)So every player can have the option to challenge other player(only hes own threat)to a match.Similar when player sends friend/clan request to other(just example how message gonna appear)So besides pressin K and waiting for random oponent/s to be dispatch against him - every player or groups of players can also do what i suggest.We dont even need threat districts if we do this method.Also you can give option when player is ready(K is on)the system to auto search for the same threat oponent/s and only then the match gonna start. So i give entire example:Im new player(T)and i play one mission(no threat dist.)I get bronze threat after match finished.Im ready to play my next mission.Now when i press K - message appears and ask if i want to start my next random match or system can show me all players/groups and theyr current threat and status.So i can directly challenge someone(only same bronze threat)or make the system to search for opponent(same threat)and when find - our match will start So thats in my mind overall.At least players will have more options how to play theyr matches with this method.Hope i helped and sry for my english

social is still in NY?not like really matters just curious

welcome sir

how much time they gonna need to fix that? Like i dont get it..looks like serious problem but in same time he says that they need a little more time next week to look whats wrong.Probably gonna fix it next week?

At least the game not looking worse and when u have in mind all the fixes and changes that will happen after 3.5..at least im excited

They never said that.Nobody says that APB Reloaded will never be upgraded to unreal 4.0(not very likely but still..)Plus we dont know what gonna happen with this apb brand in next years so who knows what the future holds for this game.We may all being surprised...

thx for the reply Right now we play on free for all districts with visible threats and matches are based on whoever is available right?So i suggest this type of districts to stay and after threat districts are back(green,bronze,silver,gold)players can join only the threat that correspond to them.So every player can choose if gonna play hes threat districts or gonna play the free for all districts.I know we have like 600 players only but still new/T players gonna be able to choose green dist. and play with each other even if theyr little people(or choose the free 4 all dist.)Otherwise if old way returns new players gonna have to play in bronze dist. again where experienced high rank silvers(fake golds)still gonna farm them like before. edit again: So how i see it..For example in EU server - ur silver - u log in and go choose ur district.U can choose ur silver dist. where no more golds(only silvers or players who become gold/bronze but next time they log not gonna be able to choose ur dist.)or u can choose the free 4 all dist.(like we play right now)For EU gonna work and threat districts gonna function because we have more players than NA server.NA on other hand i guess all gonna have to choose the free 4 all districts because they have little players.Even so NA new players still gonna be able to choose the green dist. and avoid to jump right on the free 4 all dist. even for a short period of time p.s. sry for my english

where EU servers are located?all in same country or?and is server or district?

+1 defendin players always have advantage ofc(if teams are balanced)

people to stop making topics about engine upgrade?

next week when LO team is back from vacations they will give latest build to SPCT to test and till the end of the month - open test of 3.5..u ll see.I can smell it..is coming

Looks like LO knows what theyr doin again

if wasn't for the eu nerds this game would shut down 5 years ago because the NA community left long ago

Nothing wrong with little hype from time to to time.After all is the thing that kept this game alive all this years-the hope that something would change for good.Especially now when the big waiting is about to end.Although if many of the staff working on the engine go on vacation around xmas(which is normal)maybe this open public test not gonna happen till end of january..

Think the same but also think LO may decide to sell the rest of the game if low numbers continue..

I mean the public OTW test of the engine.Looks like from the last update couple of hours ago all major things are done and we are in mid december right now.So looks very likely the public test to be in january.Soon guys..looks like for real soon this time

I was thinkin about this yesterday.This defending/attackin objectives gets like super dated and kinda slows down the entire game.The team arriving first on point always have advantage.Better every stage to be alternate for crims and enf.Like 1st stage of mission for example enf must defend but on stage 2 they must attack and so on.Otherwise is not fair.I think missions must be changed like this or only last mission stage to stay.Maybe this last stage/entire mission to be 15 min or something like that.I play other shooters and when come back to apb everything feels like in slow motion and is boring plus when u have in mind the matchmaking..like in unbalanced match u run couple of minutes to obj and when arrive-dead and u do the same again.Thats the entire game in many cases

Future matchmaking must be based mainly on kills and deaths ratio.I mean starting on clean to measure from lets say next patch for example.Theres gonna be at least 3 skill groups of players.With scores around 15 kills - 3 deaths,another group around 7 kills - 8 deaths and third group with 3 kills - 15 deaths(for example)Obviously this 3 skill groups of players dont have to meet each other(call it bronze,silver,gold or whatever)This threat/skill lvls have to be hidden probably so players wont start dethreatin.This overall score next to player name right now(mission scoreboard)wich contains also assist,objectives done,medals etc is not very objective.Same must be for premade groups again based on overall score from theyr k/d ratio and such group must be dispatch vs another similar group if available.

LO sold the Brand when theyr BR mode failed which was the main reason they bought the game and nobody can convince me in the oposite.On 1st blog may 2018 among the things they said gonna add to the game on 1st place was new mode.Check for urselfe.Also CEO said when they sold the brand that work on 4.0 is cancelled.No doubt dat will never happen(at least to me)So the future of this game is cleared idk how more clear they can say it.Next year till some point the game will run with new matchmaking,some new contacts and the 3.5 finally done but still nothing big will hapen and population will still be low.Eventually LO shuts down Reloaded or sells it thats true..

No point on gettin back the old matchmaking.New players get farmed on bronze dist from more experienced players anyway Right now one thing must be done urgently.Districts for only new players/new accounts(T dist)Must be invisible for rest of players so they stop making new accounts just for farmin noobs.LO must not even mention when they add it.This districts gonna be only till player reach Rank 25.Thats the 1st 3 contacts(u max 1st auto when enter mission dist and the other two are with 10 ranks each one in finan and the other one is in waterf)Thats how new players will learn the game and not leave immediately cause gettin destroyed right away Another thing for right now-remove completely the visible threat just leave the Rank and make it blue for enf and red for crims.No point of this gold,silver etc.Players only gonna stop playn when see whats goin on

New players/T districts(new accounts)first 25 ranks(first 3 contacts)after that bronze,silver and gold threats and free for all districts where matchmaking is off.But we need more players to work