Goldtiger

IMO, the amount of hours you played the game for is irrelevant in deciding if you're a veteran or not. Like if you played the game back in its glory days, then I'd consider you a veteran. And if you're wanting to be considered a veteran now, I'd say you'd genuinely be considered one after 2-3 years of sticking around in the community.

The things that stick out the most in the engine upgrade version is the coloration, clouds, and vegetation. I personally like the trees, but ig it's just because I hate the current look of the game

The showstopper is a really good and cheap weapon to pick up. If you're looking for a primary though, I had personally bought the S1-NA 'Maniac' JT3 a 2(?) months ago and have started maining it ever since. I'd definitely recommend it; it's like a cross between the oca and the atac.

Every person you ask will give varying answers, but since you're asking me, it's mainly problems with the following: Shotguns (most prominently, the NFAS and JG) NTEC-5 (although I think the NTEC-7 is also too powerful as well, which is apparently an unpopular opinion, but most of the community agrees that the NTEC-5 is too powerful) Percussion Grenades Showstopper (the thunder is especially disgustingly powerful) Cars (Literally no reason to use any car other than vegas 4x4, pioneer, and espacio) Hitboxes (this isn't weaponry but it has to do with the gunplay... The hitboxes in this game are far from perfect). FBW and maybe .45 AP (unpopular opinion but I thought I'd include it) There's definitely more issues but these are some that I can pull from the top of my head. I tried to rank these with the most urgent ones at the top but I know some people will definitely disagree with me. DISCLAIMER: this is just my opinion, but I tried to also factor in popular community opinions as well.

Naturally, you will gain an advantage by increasing your brightness to the fullest.. It's an issue with every game and really depends on the player to what they prefer: a better looking game, or a better chance at winning.

Unfortunately, the engine upgrade is not here yet. It is still being delayed from the original 2014 release, lol. The company that bought out G1 is working very hard on finishing what G1 started, though. If I were to predict, it will come out in Q2 of 2020; if not Q2 then maybe Q3. To somewhat answer your question, the current game is not very enjoyable, as the game is still facing many issues with the matchmaking system, threat system, gunplay (lack of balance) and so on. If you want to learn more about the progress of the engine upgrade, you can view this post here: https://forums.gamersfirst.com/topic/11333-tracking-the-engine-upgrade/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Also, This isn't really true. You'll get verbally assaulted or simply shamed by some members of the community for posting things the community doesn't like, but the mods themselves do their job in a very fair way.

ok. So the OSMAW is clearly not the best explosive weapon. We all have known this ever since it's nerf way back when (cause it used to be overpowered). While I do agree that 3 slots is unnecessary on the OSMAW, I do think that 2 is useful, and that that having it permenant is even more useful. It's honestly very subjective whether or not you like the OSMAW or think its bad, cause I've seen many great OSMAW players. As for the rocket vanishing, I have no idea what you're even talking about. Unless it's like the opgl vanishing shots bug, I can only assume you're referring to when you shoot it further than 110m... cause I'm pretty sure it explodes at 110m of travel distance (correct me if I'm wrong).

IK I haven't replied in a couple days, but I don't really stalk the forums as often as I did before, so I apologize if this counts as necro. But no, I am not fucking up threat at all. I am a Gold-threat player who is FAR into the Gold threat. Giving a win to a team of silvers or bronzes will not affect me threat level AT ALL because I am so far into the Gold threat level. And half the time I give free wins/go easy, I am alone, so I'm not affecting anyone's threat level negatively either; the only one you could debate I would be affecting is the silvers/bronzes I get matched up against but half the time they have no more than a 1.0 kd/r because I still kill them more than they can kill me lol. You need to realize that there's a difference between "rolling a bunch of noobs" and going easy on them. I am extremely appalled that anyone would even take my choice to do this as me doing an evil. This is a good example of what is exactly wrong with a good portion of the people in this community. Fortunately though, I know not everyone in this community is like this, which is exactly why I still follow this game as closely as I used to.

That all sounds super nice! But the game will definitely be dead long before most of those things can exist. So unfortunately this is stuck in our imagination

That sucks, man. I can definitely relate to this; I've tried to get a couple of friends to start playing the game, and one in particular was interested in it only for the customization, but he hated playing the actual game b/c of the many tryhard premade vet groups that we'd get matched against. Like I get that my threat level is likely why he was getting matched up against them, but the most he should have to deal with is 1 tryhard vet. Whenever the matchmaking fails to match fairly, and I get put against silvers, I usually go easy on them and sometimes give them the win just to keep it fair. I wish more vet groups would do the same, but unfortunately most of the veteran part of this community struggles with huge egos. I'd definitely recommend trying to get them to try the game when the matchmaking improves, cause at this point in time, it is impossible to come into the game.

Ah yes, lets assume they have had the patience to either sit through multiple hours of Q&A or read through the entire transcript to see if their question is answered. I don't see anything wrong with opening a post asking a question about the game's state; it's a general dicussion sub-forum after all But I'd like to add that I personally would like events to come back, even if they are repeat-events. Just to give me a reason to play again.

Have you seen half of the decisions G1 has made over 7 years vs LO in the past 1.5 years? LO clearly way better at decision-making than G1. The only thing that may serve as a counter-argument is RIOT, but everything else (especially their decision to focus on the engine upgrade) has been great. And when we're talking only about balance changes, they fixed the yukon and nerfed the RFP... 2 things G1 kept broken for years.

If you've been around for a while, you'll know that frag grenades, percs, and concs have been the same for years. Before the release of yolo grenades, grenades were actually somewhat balanced, with percs always being considered the "noob" grenade. When yolos came out, they were a straight upgrade to frag grenades, and debatably a straight upgrade to every other grenade, considering you could carry 1 extra yolo. With the recent yolo nerf, I feel like grenades feel more balanced now and that the previous balance pre-yolo release has been restored. Yolos are still strong in some cases, but not in all (which was its main issue). As for the ntec and oca nerfs, I feel like the nerfs were/are very much so needed. Yes, people will switch to other weapons, but the guns were/are clearly more powerful than they should be; especially the ntec. I feel like if they nerf 1 ntec though, they should nerf both (ursus included, is what I'm saying), but that's just my opinion. I think that true balance won't be restored though (at least in cqc-play) until the shotguns get rebalanced. Right now, nfas and jg are broken, lol.

I'm not sure if the threat system changed since 2017, since I wasn't able to play the game at the year, but as far as I know it's been the same for years. Maybe you just remember incorrectly; you might've dropped to silver before going on a hiatus with the game, lol.

Hope I'm not too late, but I'd strongly suggest picking up the S1-NA 'Maniac' from the JT store. It's very fun to use, and pretty mid-tier of a weapon. It may not out-perform the oca and pmg, but it does have equal ttk to the oca and can be good at low-mid ranges... And it plays just like as if you were using a cqc-built atac.

I feel like making the threat level invisible will just make me more cynical of every one of my teammate's skill level, lol. I'll pretty much be assuming that everyone is a boosted animal unless proven wrong. At least with the current system, I can know ahead of time if they might be unreliable (or not). Also, most games I've seen have mmr/skill ratings shown in a simplified color/symbol for this reason, and imo apb is no different. I just think that the system in apb needs a bit of a rework, and that matchmaking needs to be tuned.

I was going to comment about why I think the Ursus needs a nerf, but then I saw the number of dislikes OP got lol...Ig we should just let people enjoy their OP legendary-locked gun

I find the gun super fun to play with. The main problem with it is its reload speed and recoil. Everything else about it is pretty good; I feel like a buff in those 2 categories would make it really good.

Honestly, is it really "More work than it's worth?" Most, if not all, shooter games nowadays have features such as this. Yes, it would require LO to put a lot of time into reworking systems, but things would be so much more polished all around if they could actually make these systems work. I'd say, if they do decide to go through with it at some point, it should be way after the Engine Upgrade and way after weapon rebalancing takes place. I feel like a better answer is, "There's more important things to work on right now." As for specifically the reload animations and mag changes, I think this is honestly not too much to be asking for. I would like it if it were to be announced to being worked on sometime this year or the next year.

Don't get me excited like that please. This sounds all too much like how there was a rumor back then that the engine upgrade would be coming out in 2014.. so this one is probably false too.

simple answer: there's no reason to use any other AR over the ntec b/c it is literally the most broken gun in this game

I find it weird that one of the showcased images features a screenshot from someone showing off an explosion on what seems like the lowest graphics settings. Like why would they even consider taking screenshots from someone who is running the game on a potato? And that one OP posted... no words needed haha. I do think that LO should consider making new pictures for the steam page, cause I don't think a lot of the player-submitted ones give the game a good look. It's not that player-submitted screencaps are bad, it's just that the ones that were selected (by the G1 team pre-LO) were poorly selected. (imo). I'd like to suggest more cinematic shots; ones that catch peoples' eyes while showing off the things that make the game unique. The customizer, for instance, should not be done straight from the customization window, since there is literally T-Posing done in it (not necessarily bad in its own, but bad for a screenshot), but rather taken out in a district to show off clearly unique customizations. Anyways, I don't want to come off like I'm attacking the people who's screenshots are showcased...I'm just saying that there could probably be better pictures in replacement that give the game a better look.

This. And it's funny when people use this exact same excuse to argue that the game isn't P2W. Ofc, now it's more of a debatable topic, but back when LO just took over (and before that), things were definitely P2W. Either way, this argument is probably one of the most ridiculous things, cause you can't assume that a noob will just immediately master a mid-tier weapon and hold up against knowledgable players using high-tier meta.

CA3 is definitely the meta but Flak is the only green mod that is somewhat worthwhile. I do agree, Flak does need +1 grenade. I also think that Fragile shouldn't have a health debuff but rather a health regen debuff. However, Kevlar is fine and should be left unchanged IMO.

Oh well I'll be damned, I didn't know that was actually a whisper reskin, I always assumed it was just a regular oca reskin with the suppressor mod. And after checking, it turns out it's true. I think i might go pick up one of those eventually just so I can get an open slot whisper