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  1. Ignoring the issue amounts to passive acceptance of the game's deterioration. People deliberately provoke others by pretending to represent a specific nation, ethnic group, or community. For instance, suppose two or three Russian speakers—often matched on either your team or the opposing one—disrupt the game, hurl abuse, and so on; later, if you encounter another Russian speaker in the chat, you might—based on that prior experience—act against them. (I am not referring to you specifically, but rather to others—children or teenagers, who are more impulsive and immature at that age; though I am also certain that adults who lack psychological maturity play this game as well.) The gaming community—comprising children, teenagers, and adults who lack psychological maturity—observes and emulates the attitudes of top or popular players who have been provoked; they then project that hostility onto any group sharing characteristics with those "bad actors" (such as Russian players—or, in practice, simply anyone who speaks or understands the language). If a member of your group is wronged by someone using Russian chat, you might treat another Russian speaker you encounter with toxicity. Ignoring the situation is a passive, ripple-effect response to a significant problem.
  2. So, there are people—using a vehicle marked with the insignia of Russian Federation special units (such as the police, etc.) and bearing official state markings (flags, coats of arms)—who wear Nazi symbols (such as the reversed swastika) that are banned in the civilized world; one of them is dressed in a black German World War II-era uniform and the other in a classic beige Hitler-style suit, and they run around game servers creating the impression that Russia endorses this ideology. When interacting with them directly, it turns out they don't even speak Russian. I realize this is impossible to prove and that no disciplinary action can be taken; I simply want to appeal to the gaming community to use common sense and avoid associating "bad" behavior with any specific race, nationality, or country. Thank you. "Kaliningrad"—the username of the player mentioned above—is a Russian city; the logic of this in-game troll and provocateur follows the same pattern, and I strongly urge you to exercise caution when encountering such scoundrels. Yes, I messaged him privately—he refuses to communicate in Russian there, too.
  3. My friend got killed by T-player with machine-gun (shaw) fire in jump, and ten seconds later, we see this: The game is loaded by another client (error code 4) The question is, when will you fix your anti-cheat?
  4. Sorry, play long time ago, dont know how much time - matches/days/bullets(reloades) is it:
  5. Here’s the situation: The skill-based matchmaking system moved me to a district with a 35/40 faction population. Then, a mission popped up to prevent enemies from reaching the objectives (the blue mission marker); the enemies never showed up—so, essentially, I won the mission. Yet, I got moved to a different district—to players who turned out to be higher-level—simply because I hadn't killed anyone (or hadn't been killed myself). What is the logic behind your absurd system if it doesn't work correctly? And why am I the one getting moved, rather than the person who couldn't care less about their mission? If the skill analysis is based on all district participants (perhaps using average stats), what is the point of it? After all, I’m competing against *specific* opponents, not some "elite" players who might not even be facing me in the match.
  6. It’s the "soup and two cooks" scenario: one oversalts it while the other keeps diluting it with water. The result? To the first cook, it always tastes bland; to the second, it’s always tasteless. The concoction just swells to absurd proportions without ever actually cooking, while the person waiting to eat just wants to walk out of the café.
  7. Let me clarify and repeat (I’m using a translator, and it seems to be phrasing my answers imprecisely): right now, I’m being bounced from a region where I don’t fit the criteria to another one with very similar players. As I understand the algorithm's logic, there are two possibilities: either the game moves me to yet another region because my level still doesn't fit, or the players who didn't fit the criteria in the previous region moved to the new one along with me—but our levels still don't match, And—I don’t even understand how the game decides who stays in the zone when players are at different levels—the very same people who were with me move on to the next one, while I get sent back to the start; we’re all just spinning on this carousel that never balances out, thanks to the algorithm’s flawed logic. What's the principle behind keeping people in the region? Are the majority of them a certain skill level? Donation amount? Account creation date? Server login time? Combinations? So, the situation, ignoring the above assumed conditions, I'll point out a moment: in District A, there are four players of different skill levels, ranked 1, 2, 3, and 4, where 1 is Gold, 3 is Bronze, etc. Player 3, who lost a battle against 1, is kicked. He moves to District B, where there are three level 4 players who are losing to player 3, or three level 2 players to whom he loses. Player 3 (or 4, it doesn't matter) is kicked from one district to another. If there are only two districts on the server, this process never ends. So what's the point of this system compared to the previous one? On the Admin's side, it's understandable to pretend that cheaters or strong players don't interact with weaker players, but what about the weaker players? Besides constantly losing, they're also endlessly moved around. This is crazy.
  8. You shouldn't do that; some people might want to play without sniper rifles or machine guns—or, ultimately, play without you. Always, and for everyone. You’ll never be able to assemble an opposing team for a match. It’s still possible today; I’ve made a habit of staying in the match when faced with those "golden boys" marked with "X"s (teammates who quit right after the match started). This doesn't happen because of the current system itself, but—I suspect—due to the script, courtesy of that "beloved" Artificial Intelligence (as I mentioned in another thread). One thing makes me happy here: like you, I resort to a war of attrition—going AFK and ignoring the opponent while sitting in a truck (the Balkan Kolva, "Killva", ...which became a particular favorite (with the morons riding on the roofs of their Mustangs all over the neighborhood—they explode so beautifully) during the Zombie City event) beforehand (sometimes even winning). I just run the scumbags over without wasting bullets on them (I’m no cheater and don't have 100% accuracy, heh-heh). Of course, an opponent's patience isn't infinite, and a player's reputation tends to spread via word-of-mouth among those who face off against them.
  9. Oh, that kind of talk sounds all too familiar to me from *GTA Online*, with its massive open map and countless spots for tactical maneuvering. In the user's defense, that phrase makes sense within the context of "stereotypical" psychology—what some here called "newbie" thinking. But even newbies vary; they might come to *APB* from other shooters that don't rely on such cramped, trap-filled combat zones and spawn points. I’ve spent a long time playing solo against teams (1v2, 1v3, 1vMany), relying on my own logic and tactics, yet today’s "legit skilled players" somehow know exactly where I’ll be, when I’ll be there, and even how much ammo is left in my magazine... STOP TALKING NONSENSE. You don't seem to be part of the "interested parties" crowd—or maybe you're just hiding it really well while playing the "good cop" (which is a shame).
  10. A sad reality of our times is that Artificial Intelligence has suddenly crept into the online sphere—sneaking in through seemingly harmless pathfinding algorithms and the kinds of mechanics cruel children enjoy in games. It is what makes such nonsense—like the automated selection of teams and the like—possible.
  11. And just to set the record straight—dispelling any notion that I’m some greedy noob constantly getting fragged by "guys with gold guns"—here is my purchase history; I’ve been showered with various weapons for leveling up, yet I don’t even use them. The point I want to get across is this: even though people here might say, "Hey, you broke loser, you have no right to want anything," I *do* have that right.
  12. As for the money—I was never interested in the so-called "dominating" of other players; I spent it to enhance the aesthetics of my character—my virtual projection. I think there are quite a few people who value in-game aesthetics. In fact, I believe many players joined and stayed precisely because of the features available *at the time*—such as the image editor for clothing and vehicles (even if it was somewhat limited, which actually added an incentive to get creative) and the really solid character editor. Even many modern social games—like *Second Life*-style projects—don't offer the same level of customization for height, body width, and so on. Someone is composing music, creating themes—in short, like many others back then, I hoped this game would be more than just a shooter; I hoped it would be a *stylish* shooter. Nowadays, as you’ve probably noticed, we can’t even chat in the district lobby between missions; the game kicks us to a different one, and after a couple of rotations, it dumps us back—only for the people we were talking to (who might have become friends) to get booted off somewhere else entirely. If such an award existed, I’d give this game the prize for "Best Asocial Project of the Year" (or ever). Knowing the kind of people who add these sorts of features to projects—and having served as a tester for several of them (specifically the kind of tester who analyzes the game’s adaptability at "level zero," so to speak—viewing it through a newcomer's eyes)—and having witnessed their collapse either right before or shortly after release, I don't just doubt it; I know from experience that such games simply get stolen or bought up after going bankrupt (having failed to stay afloat amidst the demands of marketers who frankly couldn't care less about the game's future). I increasingly suspect that APB is one of these cases; none of the original owners or team members remain involved.
  13. Unfortunately—I’m afraid it’s a global conspiracy by marketers—I only have faith in games released on CD (With very rare exceptions: I happen to know a game designer from a long-running Russian-language project whose team—including outside volunteers like programmers, artists, and so-called alpha testers—truly "polishes" every single change. They test for suitability—including the psychological impact on the player—and, to put it bluntly, for how engaging and playable it is, and how it affects the feel of the game compared to previous versions or—in the case of new features—the original, initial experience that is so crucial for a newcomer), —back when it was very difficult to burn copies, and when every link in the chain (developers, designers, artists, and those handling physical production), as well as suppliers and retailers, faced real financial losses if a game flopped; errors hit the organization right in the wallet.
  14. I understand the underlying reason for the changes: people were used to playing without spending money, but now they’re being forced to use weapons that "forgive mistakes" and offer a chance to hold your ground thanks to guaranteed damage against *any* opponent. BUT, I feel that players like me—who actually utilize the game's intended tactics and weaponry—have the right to play how we want; we might lose, sure, but we get to experience interesting gameplay situations rather than just a *Counter-Strike* clone. It would have been far more honest to just come out and say it: "Folks, the only way to play this game is with an assault rifle; otherwise, you'll be hopping around different zones"—kind of like those mobile games where you have to pay to remove ads or else you're stuck watching garbage between levels forever.
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