LilyRain

Nicely written but there is no way "the majority of players" asked for the OCA to be buffed to this currently absurd extent. The players simply wanted the PMG to be nerfed a bit. What LO said was crystal clear, "We", twice as well. LO chose to buff the OCA on their own accord (which is fine, this is their game), plus LO also chose to give it another buff when crouching, just because not many players used it when PMG was the superior option. LO could've buffed other barely-used weapons across the board, weapons that actually needed the buff more than the 0.7ttk OCA, hmm? That is what the Players actually want, not incomplete-changes with no obvious and proper state of balance.

On top of the fact that LO doesn't ban without definitive proof, it is good to know you aren't exactly a hacker. But you must be careful.. Your desires are clean and you want to simply play in a populated district. You'd be completely in the clear if the game you were playing didn't care about threat levels or tracks player performance, but every game publisher has the right to say what goes and what doesn't, it is their game after all. Going down to destroy Newbies that have no knowledge nor chance against you whatsoever is currently not endorsed by LO and therefore, Dethreating was declared bannable at LO's discretion. While it is difficult to prove that someone was indeed dethreating, openly admitting and declaring you'd do it for the time being is not wise. Your good history matters not. A bannable-offense is a bannable-offense. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes, open-conflict will make things better for a while but it will only be a matter of time before the same emptiness you are currently feeling will come back again. There are 3 types of players in this regard: 1 » Those who want to play against good players, even if they are better than them. They wouldn't want to have a bronze/low_silver in the match. 2 » Those who want to stomp weaker players, even if it means they'll dethreat on purpose to have a fake-sense of achievement. 3 » Those who don't care and will just play the game. Open-conflict will have the first and second kind of players leave the game till things change, which will again have you at where you started, a semi-wasteland list of districts to choose from. While this isn't necessarily bad in principle as Open-conflict should be a temporary measure till the Engine is released, some of those players might leave permanently. This is why such a move is rather risky to do and wasn't approved before. I am not saying you are wrong or I won't support your thread, in fact I do. It is just something that must be approached carefully since it could have dire consequences on population-count, heavy ones.

You dare admit to the bannable-offense of de-threating and ALSO publicly declare your consideration to do it even further? Respect++

Not many players would spend too much time playing around the most boring meta there is, OCA-meta.

nfas is superior to both jg and even cj3-OCA at 5 meters, is it not?

It could be. Any opportunity to make money that is given out for a single-time payment or for free may indeed be bad for business. But we must also remember that the current standard in gaming comes with the ability to switch classes and whatnot on the same character and many games achieved this for well over a decade. If LO doesn't ascend APB to modern-standards and decides to have APB continue being in the classic-days and/or practices, many Newcomers would simply steer away from APB as this is important to them. Those Newcomers going away can potentially mean even more money being lost and thus, business sinking.

That wouldn't be a problem, since the game already has a faction-checker that can be used to deny Criminals equipping the LTL weapons they acquired. The best example is the F-Series SJ equipment, which is only obtainable by Criminals. But the check allows Enforcers to use them when bought from the marketplace. Say, the CCG doesn't allow Criminals to officially equip it (they can only use it if it drops from an Enforcer when weapon-drops-from-the-dead are enabled). You did well mentioning this. The checker is already proper for the CCG and TG-8. LO should adjust it for NL9 and O-PGL CD if they indeed choose to proceed with making faction-swapping on the same character a reality.

So... the Haxors haxed these accounts to speedhax while listening to good music? ♪ ♫ #Worth --------------------- Thanks for the heads up

The Admin will win, since it is standard procedure for them to say so when closing a thread

Nothing wrong with Vitamin C.

Not exactly, but my stomach wouldn't mind seeing cheese followed by blue-berry

While it is important to know & acknowledge the ups and downs of a single load-out item such as Clotting_Agent or Kevlar, the entirety of the load-out can matter more. Back in August, the med-spray consumable was changed to heal TWICE as fast as it used to. While this change is debatable, that is a different discussion. You should know how utilize it in your favour for the time being. Yes, this change made clotting agent exceptionally more useful when paired with med-spray (which is the questionable part), but you must also remember that other green mods already benefited greatly from med-spray before that change and this is where the good part for you is situated. While I do not recommend Players to use Kevlar unless their load-out complements it and they REALLY know when to advance/hold (or car-gameplay), you'd be surprised how good med-spray + Kevlar can be in good hands that properly utilize cover. Just be mindful that every med-spray activation equals $400 (or 4 car spawns, 4 rockets, or any other measure), so you won't be making $APB as easily when playing this way if that's one of your goals.

I quit ketchup for years now, there are way more delicious options out there

You'll need more than that assumption to win this thread.

Wait till you know what I did to the last one I had..

Some people sleep with their eyes open.

Thanks, Little Orbeet!

Very true

The 2nd Corona-wave will destroy the World's economy.

Kindly quote where I said make LTLs as powerful as lethal weapons, you can't and won't.

I have already said this before in a parallel LTL-thread and I'll say it again Less than Lethal doesn't mean more time to neutralize targets, more time to equip nor does it mean inaccuracy-nonsense like the TG-8's. I'd like you to get tazed in real-life then walk away from it like it was nothing then speak about what "should" and shouldn't be. The only thing that is faster than a Tazer is a shot to the head (which don't exist in APB, but half-bricks and other things do that in its place). ---------------------------------------------------------------- And speaking of "thinking", whatever you are thinking will never be right when your numbers are wrong or outright refraining from referring to weapon-stats. It truly is that simple. Perhaps your lack of knowledge in weapon stats is the reason why you were arrested so much and developed LTL-phobia.

I wouldn't call the fastest primary LTL (CCG) requiring 1.05 seconds to stun against a 0.6s to kill OCA "at a perfect place" and most people won't either. It is time to use numbers before making further conclusive-comments.