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Alternatively, remove it as it isn't a healthy game mechanic on the fundamental level.

They weren't banned for dethreating, they were banned for something else and dethreating was just lumped on as an afterthought. How do I know this? Because of simple logic. If they were banned for dethreating, then roughly 25% of the current Jericho playerbase would also be getting banned.

In one of the many Q&A / livestreams he did when LO first picked the game up. His reasoning for making that decision was "dethreating is a symptom of the underlying issue [of impotent matchmaking due to segregation of an already small population]" and he'd "rather fix the underlying issue for long term health, than ban players that might reform". These are of course paraphrased, I'm not about to spend probably days of my time digging through old threads and/or video to find the exact reference. You can agree or disagree with the decision, but it's the decision he's made and it's unlikely any of us can change his mind on it. For the record, I disagree with his decision. Dethreaters should 100% be held accountable to the ToS, and actioned accordingly (1st offense warning -> 2nd offense suspension -> 3rd offense permaban).

They really should just remove the threat restrictions on districts at this point. With the low population we have now, it's doing more harm than good. Districts aren't filling, and what little people are online are being split too much apart. There's new players being loaded into empty districts, and then they just leave (probably forever) because they obviously can't find any opp to fight. Or we can continue to sit here pretending like there aren't more golds in bronze than in silver, like certain... special people... on this forum keep trying to perpetuate.

Frag squad rise up! So underrated, probably because they're what you start with.

MattScott has already gone on record that Little Orbit will do nothing about dethreaters until after the matchmaking and phasing updates (which are slated for after the engine upgrade, as they rely on functionality from it). In other words, get used to that because it isn't going anywhere for at least another year or two.

It amazes me that people are trying to defend Spotter. Knowing your opponent's precise location in realtime is absurdly strong, for numerous reasons I'm not even going to bother going into because of how painfully obvious they are. To unironically think Spotter isn't that good is just... wow. Next level stupidity. Flares are in the same boat, but at least with them you have a very clear indication of what's happening in the form of the distinctive travel and burst sounds. Spotter gives no indication whatsoever, and these nerfs in this patch still don't change that in any way. The only way you know if you're spotted, is by accidental/unintentional discovery.

Said it before, and I'll say it again. If they added DMR-AV PR3 which added 3-Point Sling 3 or Bandolier 3, I would purchase it account-bound immediately despite already having DMR-AV PR1.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_the_goalposts

That just shows that Matt has a fundamental misunderstanding as to what a legendary is.

How do you figure that?

There are still people who think the /report command actually does anything. Incredible.

Automated permabans... who in their right mind actually believes this is a good idea?

Character level =/= player skill Just stop.

Man, it's a blast from the past. These threads were always amusing to see back when Battleye was last implemented as well.

Could not agree more. Converting them into yellow character mods would fix a great many issues currently surrounding them. Availability (especially for new players) and mail spam when at cap, just to name a couple of the more glaring ones. There would need to be some balance adjustments for a few of them, but then most character mods need some balance adjustments because the whole class is just a mess currently. Orange, green, and blue all have major and glaringly obvious issues.

The problem with adding a health bar (beyond most of the vets going into full REEEEE!!! mode anytime it's even suggested) is that the entire reason the damage vignette obscures on-screen and out-of-speaker information is part of the intended game design. You're supposed to find it increasingly difficult to discern if that person is an enemy player or not, which direction and how far that gunfire is, etc as you take more damage. It simulates the fact that you're dying, because you are dying.

We shouldn't need to entirely disable the /whisper chat channel for this, especially since that also disables the ability for friends to toss whispers our way.

It's not their job to personally respond to every comment you make. Get over yourself.

Correct. The golden JMBs from loyalty rewards are not purchasable, and thus should not considerable for the various gambling laws. They are a bonus/gift you get as appreciation for your actual purchases. Same logic applies to the legendaries you can get from the bonus rolls on ARMAS Joker Ticket bundle purchases (the 1% roll for each 500 JT purchased thing). You aren't buying the 1% rolls, you're buying the JT bundles. The 1% rolls are just a bonus/extra.

Most people who live normal lives will invest at most 2-3 hours in a given day to their gaming (and generally only play games a few days in a week). Those of us who spend 6+ hours on a game in a single day are the abnormal ones, and not the ones that limited duration event content should be designed for.

While I commend your persistence, do you actually believe LO is going to remove it if you just ask enough? They won't even make the simplest of balance changes the entire community has been requesting since they took the reigns (which are simple numbers changes, not outright data removal)...

Out of curiosity, how long do you have left and these rewards? I always just use them, because I never see a reason to keep them around (so can't check on my end). I imagine that if it's a global reset system, that it would be setup either on January 1st or whatever date marks the beginning of the fiscal year (which varies quite a bit depending where you live).

The fact that they haven't bothered to fix it by now tells me that it's something that will resolve itself once they deactivate the temporary rolling premium state on everyone. Would be a pointless thing to fix as it's not something that has any lasting effect, and especially since it doesn't cause any actual issues for the end user.

Honestly, if that's the reason you're considering deleting your account, I would recommend holding off for the time being. I can't tell you how many times I've done similar things (RIP a bunch of old maxed out characters I've deleted in the past out of frustration), and I inevitably end up regretting it. Give yourself some time (at least a month or two) to take a break from the game, and then if you still feel the same then you at least know it's a grounded feeling instead of a "heat of the moment" one.