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  1. 5 minutes ago, TheOppositePolarBear said:

     

    you do know that mods dont increase damage, right?

     

    once again, you're fearing the spear, not the warrior, if you dont have the practice to shoot your weapon with accuracy without sacrificing lots of DPS, then you shouldnt be shooting outside of cover, not even to shot a guy on his back.

     

    i've been in your position, i've shot a guy from behind and got killed anyways. i was new, i was unexperienced, i didnt know how to control my weapons, but my enemies knew.

     

    i can give you pointers if you want, but this is not the tips section, but know that, even if you dont notice it, you might be doing more mistakes than you can imagine

     

    But they do increase fire rate, accuracy etc. so with a higher fire rate and a higher base damage weapon he destroyed me.


  2. Just now, TheOppositePolarBear said:

     

     

     

    i've been a gold for years now.

     

    i usually main stock ntec, stock star, stock OCA, and sometimes if im feeling special, stock JG. stop fearing the spears, start fearing the warrior. you cant to anything because of your lack of experience in the game, not because of their weapons.

     

     

    That makes sense. BUT on the other hand here's an example. 1 v 1. I see him he doesn't he has bought mods etc. we are same threat level. I shoot him 5 times he shoots me 3 I'm dead. HEADDESK


  3. 3 minutes ago, Yood said:

    show me the rubber band of the gun ! 

     

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    please show me the following parameters !

    Apparently it's wrong to say that this is P2W material. That I have to grind my patootie off for weeks to get this starter gun to this point, when someone can just go and buy a stock legendary that's better.

     

    LMAO at patootie


  4. Just now, BXNNXD said:

    additional matchmaking parameters like that would probably just play havoc with the already subpar system - who gets matched up with a high gold player using the base star and no character mods?

     

    either it sandbags matchmaking and they get easier opp or it overcomplicates matchmaking and theres no equivalent opp in the district who is high threat but low gear score

    I mean that kinda makes sense. But there's really no way to fix matchmaking and make the game appealing to F2P players if that's the case. As it is right now. People with max Gear can simply keep losing on purpose to drop Threat level and join lower threat servers. (Even if they fix that) Gold should be play with gold for sure. But that's not the only way of fixing matchmaking.


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    3 minutes ago, Fortune Runner said:

    As a token of good faith I would suggest a book " Brave New World by Aldous Huxley"

    If you do so you might understand me better.

     

     

    Stop Patronizing me. No reason to keep posting trying to justify your position. Do you have anything else to add regarding the topic. We've gone really off topic with this 1v1 back and forth dude. Now as a token of good faith I'll say this: Sorry if I misinterpreted what you wanted to convey. water under the bridge and all that.  


  6. 3 minutes ago, BXNNXD said:

    means that achieving a headshot is not actual skill

     

    idk how you could say this means anything other than headshots = no skill

     

    good job on joining the mongoloids who resort to namecalling instead of actual arguments

    THIS^

    I actually Have no idea why someone would think that I want to shit on a game I've played for 15 hours the last 2 days. To ease your mind, reason I STOPPED playing back in 2012 or something (not sure) was because the game WAS REALLY BAD. Good idea. SUPER BAD execution. People I joined with stopped playing. I was too bored to play alone a game I didn't actually enjoy. AND the reason I have an account created in 2019 was because I didn't create a FORUM account back then. So all in all top notch observations Detective. Sadly you are mistaken and you've 100% misjudged me.

    Also Fuck the headshots. Sure I got 2 answers explaining why it would suck and it actually makes sense. I also had other points but you didn't care to answer. It was more important to you to analyze your statement like it would make any difference. You are just sort of backpedaling because you realized that you basically indirectly called games witch count headshots no skill games. But that's besides the point. I got bored of your glosology lessons really quick. 

    Regarding the name. I couldn't bother to think of a good name. I'm weird like that. You should see my ingame name. It sucks.


  7. 12 minutes ago, Fortune Runner said:

    Before I answer that lets do a simple observation of you :

     

    WaitingUntilTrueF2P - meaning - APB is pay to win - apparent troll name

     While date joined suggests new to the forums the troll name does not.

    possible conclusion would be someone banned and returning to sow discord in the community to damage APB

     

    Now to answer :

    If you try to take a part and ignore the whole the truth did not change ; only your understanding of it.

    To put  my statement in a similar way would be :

     

    APB is unique because there is not head shots which helps promote actual skill , because the maps are also designed for more skill involved rather than a cheap one shot  thrill

     

    To add other words into my statement is not what I said at all.

    To not read my whole statement is not what I said either.

    To make a pie takes more than one ingredient do not exclude them.....or it's a nasty pie.

     

    The observation is relevant  to my answer to you so that it establishes how you do in fact know APB and

    how I suspect you are only attempting to twist peoples words to cause saltiness and toxicity on the forums.

    Although  others would mean it to insult you , I however am using it to establish how you are not trusted by me nor should others trust you at face value due to apparent shadiness and deception tactics

    First of all. No. Never banned. Secondly TLDR. Thirdly expressing different opinions than those of people who have actually paid for ingame items is not sowing discord. Ease up on the lectures maybe then people can actually stand you and read your whole posts.

    5 minutes ago, BXNNXD said:

    theres really not, it would require every character's height/width to be locked to a specific value

     

    the technical hurdles are pretty insignificant in compared to the gameplay issues this would cause

     

    since im lazy af heres some my thoughts from the last time this came up, minimal editing to remove unrelated content

    All this actually makes sense. Thanks!


  8. 1 hour ago, Fortune Runner said:

    If you cant read the whole thing you might want to just  stop.

     

    You said 2 sentences.

     

    1) No headshots help promote ACTUAL skill. Which makes me believe that you think that having headshots in a game doesn't promote ACTUAL skill. 
    2) the maps are designed in a way that also promotes MORE skill than a CHEAP one shot thrill. 

     

    Am I misreading this? Are you trolling? Or what?


  9. 32 minutes ago, Fortune Runner said:

    APB is unique because there is not headshots which helps promote actual skill

    The maps are also designed for more skill involved rather than a cheap one shot  thrill

    Are you implying that games that have more than 1 hitbox. Take less skill?

     

    52 minutes ago, CookiePuss said:

    Hitboxes is more of a technical issue due to the ability to change the height and weight of your character. Would short players have smaller hitboxes? Or would hitboxes extend beyond the model of the character? Either option is sub-optimal.

    This is an actual good point about it. Still there's a way to do this that's optimal for sure. It's not like you can make your character 1 foot tall or something.


  10. Ok. So now I played a bit again like 10h or so. My P2W attitude stands. Buying an ARMAS weapon with full slotted top tier mods vs grinding to get "close to that" is P2W. I can even justify premium "subscription". You know what would be better? If premium was tradeable, no weapons or mods, or cars were purchasable, only skins. It's funny how everyone who has ever bough weapons for real money in this game says "it's not P2W, git gud and you can win". It's simply not enjoyable for anyone who wants to play without giving in the to the BUY YOUR WAY TO THE TOP mentality. I'm not even butthurt since I won alot of missions etc. 

    Regarding cheaters. This time around I didn't notice any so that point is now moot.

    Bugs. Meh I can live with the existing bugs I encountered.

     

    Matchmaking is still bad. I got in a mission with bronze guys when I was silver and matched against 200 R gold and silver etc.

     

    Honestly the game needs alot more than an engine update from UE 3 to 3.5. At this point I would be way happier if they worked on APB 2 or something.

     

    Ideally for me with no particular order:

     

    1) No buying any type of upgrades that gives you an advantage over other players. ib4 "you can get the same items by grinding"... I need to be playing for weeks+ to get something that someone buys from the store and gives him an advantage even if we started playing the same day.

    2) Focus a bit on lore. Voice act some stuff and make people connect with the NPC and "the cause"

    3) Update Graphics along with the Engine

    4) MAYBE add a bit of PVE.

    5) Fix matchmaking

    6) Add more hitboxes for more damage and generally rework combat. I got used to it while playing but Shooting someone with a sniper to the head should get me a kill. not 2 shots on the pinky from a sniper = a kill.

     

    I know most people are going to be like. NO. GTFO etc. and I'm fine with that. It's not that the game would change even if everyone agreed. I'm just basically concluding my own thread and thoughts on the game. There IS something here. But if the current state of APB doesn't change the game will remain low activity.


  11. 30 minutes ago, TheOppositePolarBear said:

    when i told you to check your MM complain ("one team has one player who's skill is miles apart from the rest"), it was because, if you admit that the game is putting you against oposition way stronger than you, then how do you know they are cheating? because they are better than you? cheaters are uncommon in the mission districts, saying there are "1 or more cheaters every mission" is simply fake, but i understand where you're comming from, if i were put vs global elites in csgo, i could also think they are cheating.

     

    would i recommend this game to new players as it is right now? if they are willing to put the time to learn the game, if they are willing to blame themselves and not the guns or calling everybody a cheater, then yes, if they are easly frustrated and want something pretty casual, no.

    Well it's obvious you've invested alot of time in the game so I'm not going to question you on the fact that there were alot of people that might have been plainly better than me. But I'm talking aimbot level aim and reactions. I've played my fair share of FPS as well. I'm no global elite in CSGO by any means, but I can differentiate a person who's blatantly cheating from someone who's REALLY good and/or lucky in 1 play.

    Anyway I might be talking out my behind right now, since it's been 5 years. But the important thing is that I had a BAD experience with cheaters in this game. Take it with a grain of salt but it is how I remember the game. 


    Oh one more thing that came to mind. Was a hitbox issue. Either there was 1 hit box for the whole player model or hit box tracking was trash.

    39 minutes ago, Kanav said:

    Played APB again for the first time in a few years and I was getting destroyed by an OCA "reskin" ... Population is low as hell (ColbyNA) aswell so I had to figure out how to get my gold account into a bronze waterfront, which was impossible so I had to play in a silver financial. I can see why new players quit the game quick. Not much has actually changed. I wouldnt say the guns are pay to win but you definetly have an edge. I usually shotgun/ACT44 and the OCA "reskin" would shred me in 1.5s, I couldnt even get my second shot off in time in some cases. Now I know what some die hard veteran will say "buy a gun to counter it", if thats how this game works now, than count me out. Why should I have to buy a load of counter weapons for certain scenarios because my CQC gun cant beat another CQC gun. Sure, shotguns and submachines differ but I still have the camera swapping,free aim, and strafing and even then I am getting shredded by the "reskin". Seems like these days only diehards are playing and keeping the game alive through their ARMA purchases of "reskins". Biggest problem for me back in the day was the Nano but I have yet to come across it again. Weird how people justify ARMAs weapons purchases as cosmetic items and then say things like "these in game purchasable guns are no different". I mean with a game like fortnite, atleast people can actually see your puchased skin,axe, or glider. You can barely see someones gun in this game and usually all it is, is an indicator that they are pretty deadly. Just my 2 cents.

    This is what I'm kind of talking about. I remember people who have actually spent money on the game at that time, that "reskins" were actually better.


  12. 49 minutes ago, BXNNXD said:

    never really understood the issue here tbh; aside from the fact you start the game with 2 permanent (and quite good) guns it takes maybe 2 missions to get enough money to lease a gun for 10 days, if you want a gun for every range you'll have to do 4 missions or so

     

    if an hour per week is too difficult, apb probably isnt the right type of game for you - altho to be fair once you start getting into slotted guns and mods its no longer quite so easy

     

    i also (might be biased, considering the filth that is my purchase history) have no problem with how the game encourages you to pay money for the convenience of skipping "the grind", its not like this is a typical mmo where theres indestructible endgame gear and unbeatable top tier weapons players can purchase 

    I see. Well to be honest, it's a personal opinion on my end, but I don't see how this is an appealing method of obtaining gear. Guess you could say I would prefer a more mainstream way of getting gear. And no I don't mind grinding to some extend, since I've played too many MMOs to count really.


  13. Cool guys. Thanks for the input.

     

    56 minutes ago, TheOppositePolarBear said:

     your crediblity hit the floor pretty hard.

    It's just concern as a consumer man. I don't need credibility to express my previous experience with the game, I have nothing to gain out of this topic. AS I said it's been a long time since I last played. Upwards of 5 years. 

    1 hour ago, liav said:

    I guess that you didn't play this game enough to understand and realize, that this game is absolutely NOT pay to win. Almost every weapon in the armas marketplace is a reskin of an already existing weapon that you can buy for 10 days lease. And those who aren't reskins are not even that good and can be countered by other free weapons. The only "good" weapons that I can think of which are not reskins and are STILL easily countered are probably gonna be the: Euryale, OSCAR, CSG/TAS20. Can't think of anything else currently.


    About buying weapons. Meh. Basically you can rent a weapon for 10 days, but to buy it you can either spend cash and insta-buy it OR spend alot of hours with little progression to buy lower tier weapons. 

     

     

    1 hour ago, TheOppositePolarBear said:

    ok, lets do a list of your complains:

     

    -bugs: what do you think the new engine is for?

    -matchmaking: again, what do you think the new engine is for? (new engine = phasing = bigger playerpool = better matchmake)

    -cheaters: check your "matchmaking" point, think about it.


    Again. I don't know what has changed since then. And no I don't think that the new engine will change MM or cheaters. Matchmaking "rules" can stay the same. And anticheating software may not improve. So changing the engine wouldn't fix these issues.

    So all in all. Would you recommend this game to new players as it is right now?


  14. It's been quite some time since I've touched this game.

     

    I just saw a video of a guy playing it on youtube and honestly it brought back some memories.
    Last impression was not great. And I'm happy that you're aiming to retouch the game on UE 3.5 and of course it's important. But graphics and engine is not the most important thing that's lacking.

     

    Here's a sort of list of issues that I remember encountering back when I last played APB.

     

    I literally despised the way buying weapons worked and it was a Pay 2 Win mess. If you want this game to make a comeback it needs to be TRULY f2p with micro-transactions for specific cosmetics etc. OR Buy to play with no micro-transactions what so ever. We're playing games in 2019 that are Free to play, making millions every year. 
    Another serious issue that I can remember back then was cheaters. Every mission 1 or more cheaters. 
    I hope bugs will someday be wiped. Maybe the new Engine will sort it out but damn this is too old game to still have so many bugs. 
    Really important issue for me as well, was the horrendous matchmaking. It wasn't even balanced in terms of we have 1 high level player, enemy team has one as well but a bit better. We're talking Miles apart.

     

    These are the things that come to mind, when I remember APB. And I seriously feel sad that this game never really took off. It would be amazing to see a comeback happen, even though I doubt it. But I'm still rooting for this game. I hope new management sorts some things out and revives this title.

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