Mobilize AMA with Matt!

[MageLO 154]

AMA Announcement! 

This Saturday at 19:00 UTC (11:00 AM PST), we’re going live on the Little Orbit Twitch channel for an AMA with CEO Matt Scott! 

Got burning questions? Crazy ideas? Just want to hang out? Come join the fun!

You may also submit questions ahead of time by posting your questions in this forum thread!

See you all there!

[lRush 12]

1. Obeya legendary? I'm thinking drum mag explosive rounds with anime girl moaning sounds for reload animation.

2. I think a pve mode would be huge for new players / veterans alike. What does a pve mode look like to you? Ai missions, zombies, races, something else? 

3. Lamborghini 4x4 skin when?

4. Replace epi with skateboarding animation? 

 

 

[Reprimand 101]

I'm glad you posted this as I've just returned from a brief hiatus and things seem a little better than the last time:

Here's the good:

Escalation seems more balanced than the backup function, and matches tend to go on for a nice amount of time with the right players being called in to help others out.

 

The game doesn't seem as laggy as it used to, it's running well and those who are there seem to at least be having a good time.

 

There's a new modification, the requirements for tagger and the like have been dropped which means that I can finally put them on some of my guns.

 

Here's the bad:

 

I really think some of the guns need some serious alterations, especially mods and stats wise.

 

Red silencer mod should be removed and replaced with purple, the game should really model itself around some of the best guns.

 

There should be a marketplace for ordinary weapons because the same 5 legendaries are there and it's an ache, guns bought from ARMAS Marketplace should be traded in some way, even if it's through an NPC?

 

Health is too low, it should be much higher for what it is.

 

The Contacts should be revamped as the grind is still pretty much a slog, it should be a lot faster to get through contacts.

 

We just need more updates and experimenting, you have the groundwork of what is quite clearly an amazing game, but you've got to push a little further I feel and cut the crust off the edges.

 

There should be volunteers, or more people in game to help catch cheaters or even take action mid-match. There's some names floating around and it seems the same suspects keep getting away with nonsense.

 

Do more minigames, or bake them into the code so players don't have to wait for a GM to come along and do it. The world feels barren otherwise.

 

Just my two cents.

 

EDIT: Also the page for the Armas Marketplace needs adjusting, there's pages missing for weapons you can still buy and weapon clones aren't really organised as they should be.

Edited Monday at 06:52 PM by Reprimand

[sweetLemonade 110]

Gonna repost my old one, since in the last AMA, Matt ignored it completely (I wonder why...)

 

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Game balance questions
1.) Will you consider lowering overall RNG of the game and transitioning to a bit longer TTK, as the game was originally intended to (perhaps even make ADS 100% accurate for all guns). Perhaps even properly done RTW/High TTK districts without the original RNG garbage the old administration served us?

2.) Trimming/slimming down mod selection since they interfere with balancing (some mods should not exist at all, such as some red mods - CJ3, IR3,.. on top of my head. RS3 is useless, Slimming down green mods & adjusting blue mods for characters is also something to look at). WIll this ever occur?

3) Unbalanced missions (or even simpler, obscure game mode choices for FC) when are they getting tackled?

4.) Waterfront is long due for an overhaul (old forum had a great thread on suggestions as to what to change with screenshots of problematic spots) Will you ever detail the your plans with it? With proper full before-after screenshots. (using https://imgsli.com/ for example to showcase a before-after)

5.) When are we getting new movement mechanics? Walljumping, sliding, air strafing (such as the unreleased air control mod). Akin to GunZ, Double Action; Boogaloo, The Specialist (HL mods)

6.) Vehicle top speed & stats in general need fixing, any plans for this?

7.) Crouch movement speed needs attention, any plans for this? [take a look at Dopefish suggestion thread at my post below]


UI questions
1.) UI changes / unification of UI interfaces (inconsistency between Scaleform & Kismet frameworks) When will this happen? The UX is hideous right now (queue system, hello?..)

2.) Why can't we have all 3 FC maps simultaneously running, now that the game is 64bit? Is this a UI limitation? That was the last answer I had on this topic.

3.) You still cannot preview ARMAS clothing items individually, as seen with the release of the new bundles), Will this ever happen? Considering APB's main monetization relies on customization, I'm baffled this wasn't considered yet.

4.) Why are we still not able to uncap FPS in-game and have a adjustable in-game FPS cap? (using WaitablSwapChains for proper CPU/GPU synchro, even Trackmania in 2009 had this...)
Can we also get a OneThreadFrameLag toggle in-game already too? There are too many toggles hidden under config changes.

5.) We don't have a proper in-game VOIP system for YEARS now, are there any plans for this?

6.) Crosshair customizations (dot, X, colors, etc.), along with crosshair actually displaying real accuracy of gun. Oh and resolutions and crosshairs dont play well together When will this get tackled?
https://forums.gamersfirst.com/topic/2804-resolution-differences-affecting-crosshair-and-perceived-recoil/

 
New content
1.) New hair styles? When?
2.) Any plans on new clothing that isn't the hideous poor leather effect BDSM? Take a look at the clothing suggestion thread once in a while, or at least use web-archive to access the old forum ones (examples I can think of rn: jewelry is heavily missing on both genders)

3.) Are there any plans on a new district/map, such as the Midtown (EllixOnline has great assets which could be re-used imo), which would drive the new contacts

4.) Are there any plans for a new game modes, such as BR or the legendary sought-after racing district? RIOT was a good concept but poorly implemented. Perhaps even a competitive district to segregate the casual & comp crowd of the game.

5.) Any plans to add Melee weapons? Fists, katana's, axe's,, frying pans etc. I think it would freshen up gameplay mechanics.




6.) Motorcycles, when?

7.) Music studio overhaul or additions, when?

8.) Clan progression / warfare content, when will this get looked at? For example: https://forums.gamersfirst.com/topic/2042-game-clan-progression/



Misc
1.) Why is the server still running at the abysmal tick rate it's running at right now? Can we get any updates on whether you have any plans for upgrading server infrastructure on any news on current state of server performance?


A few helpful links:
https://web.archive.org/web/20160503010949/http://forums.gamersfirst.com/topic/386708-new-ui-aka-scaleform-warning-there-are-a-lot-of-images-be-aware-of-internet-traffic/

https://forums.gamersfirst.com/topic/5968-am-i-the-only-dude-that-dislikes-the-slow-ttk/?do=findComment&comment=71943

https://web.archive.org/web/20150128031946/http://forums.gamersfirst.com/topic/288723-dopefish-list-of-suggestions-and-issues-v2/ [great thread]

[i got a few more in my post history]

A few more:

1.) All equipment slots unlocked, when?

2.) What happened to 2019's EMP grenades? Will you consider some of these grenades in the picture?



3.) When will there be a casual & competitive queue, to separate the game into their respective communities?
4.) Account-bound Coywolf, when?
5.) Debundling clothing items & weapons stuck in bundle/pack hell, when?
6.) Bombing mission final stage, why is it not more common? Will we get a fix for this? Missions as a whole need a overhaul
7.) Are there plans on changing out mission selection in Fight Club to Capture Point only? Kill missions have no place there.
8.) Will you make consumables permanent already? They're a APB $ sink hole.
9.) Can we get the missing kiosks in Social already?
10.) Can we get Parka Hoodie Down in Live and all the missing Innova items? It's a 300 pop game...

Edited Tuesday at 01:15 AM by yourrandomnobody74

[Yapopal 180]

This topic is as useless as Matt's hour-long chatter. 
First, they will thank him for the work they have done. He will reply that he is really satisfied with the work done. Then he will touch on the problems so that the community understands that he knows about it.
Then there will be vague answers without specifics and commitments.
Of course, it will not do without ignoring the really exciting questions.
And it will all end with summing up the results of the year. Marmalade speeches. And congratulations.

 

If my predictions are not correct, then answer the question. 
When will you take your head out of the bucket of screaming veterans and focus on the appeal of the game to paying and interested players? Most of the innovations pursue the interests of a bunch of local old-timers obsessed with fighting. Your game contains a unique customization system. It is this property that has always attracted and attracts newcomers. But you persistently develop the game as a shooter. A low-quality lagging shooter. This genre pulls a huge wagon of crutches. 
What you're aiming for is pretty easy to achieve. Create a copy of the game with customization disabled, vegas, ntek, AP 45 and Flaws configs. Veterans will worship you and kiss your feet.

[RealSlimShady 26]

any plans of introducing cross faction match making? it would double the player pool

[ProJH 27]

Marketplace needs UI/UX some modernization. 24 hour deals don't make sense. Make it 7 days.

[vsb 6174]

It seems like Little Orbit emptied out the vault for the latest contacts, so what, if any, plans are there for new content with such a small team?

 

 

[Talla 85]

2 questions here :

 

1. With the update to the anti-cheat solution (SARD), what is the official stance on analog keyboards (a.k.a. Wooting keyboards) ?

These keyboards have a lower than usual activation time and can allow for spamming of inputs.

 

Just asking because I logged in to the Christmas update (Mobilize) and got kicked twice in 30 minutes.
It's probably not, since the whole server crashed.
Still wondering if that's the cause of kicking.

 

 

2. Can we have numbers for detections by SARD so far?

 

Thank you

Edited Thursday at 01:34 PM by Talla

[tuktukdriver 15]

Most important thing me for is: When will NA and EU be merged and have all players from around the world play on 1 server.

[TheMessiah 430]

8 hours ago, tuktukdriver said:

Most important thing me for is: When will NA and EU be merged and have all players from around the world play on 1 server.

is plan for spring 2025 he mention it in previous AMA

[Darkzero3802 614]

When is LO going to finally fix hitreg?

[sweetLemonade 110]

9 hours ago, Darkzero3802 said:

When is LO going to finally fix hitreg?

Hitreg is fixed by playing the most accurate guns in Marksmanship mode such as the Scout (with HS3), ISSR-B, Oblivion, Coroner and hoping the server will register shots.
Oh, and increasing server tickrate would help tremendously.

Edited yesterday at 01:03 PM by sweetLemonade

[MACKxBOLAN 435]

My Question would be. 

 Why, How, if you claim X amount of bans were issued. That none of the knowns from NA are gone. 

Why am I still seeing speed hackers and use of aimbots in NA.

Why is sard not active in NA and only EU, We just didn't make the cut eh?

@MattScott 

Well the War goes on, same patootie different day

[MACKxBOLAN 435]

Well the ama was a disaster connection wise. 

 

When I talk about knowns, I'm talking about people everyone else knows as knowns. 

The question was is sard fully active in NA?

Due to it might cost more to run it on both eu and na.

And with said knowns still in district, if sard doesn't catch them it wont catch anyone, 

in my opinion. 

 Ah not my problem, I'm not even salty towards the particular people, just that if it dint get them, 

I don't see how it will get anyone else. 

 Sooo, Don't count on me for reports or help, Ya think I don't what I'm talking about. 

Its your ship Captain. 

[sweetLemonade 110]

"We all need to have faith in the anti-cheat, because it's just #1. You know, it's a competitive game. Anything that affects those matches has to be our top priority" (c) MattScott, Dec 2024 AMA (@ 00:05:35)

Order of priority:
- More Anti-Cheat work
- More Matchmaking work (they're moving to "instancing" / "phasing")
- A little bit of mission work (@ 00:43:20)
- PvE (tutorial district, won't happen before Easter) district ("Redhill will better suited for new district" @ 00:49:17) - examples: mission against bots, common enemy, technological elements,...
- Next big patch will include 2 new contacts (around Easter), cross-world matchmaking & "some more content behind those contacts" & "other things we're working on"
They'll edit contacts which are in-files already and re-release them "way, way cooler" (@ 00:48:30)
The two new contacts won't be Redhill and they're Matt's favourite contacts in the game "which are thrown away and underutilized"


Small tidbits:
Game will come to Epic Games Store "soon" (@ 00:06:13)

CQC will get looked at "soon" (@ 00:11:00)

Car "teleport" will get nerfed by adding a delay, it's "on their list" (@ 00:12:02)

Clan system & player (monthly) leaderboards talk (@ 00:16:50)

Private district talk (@ 00:19:00)

NA-East server talk (@ 00:29:35)

"New district & some other stuff" will happen afterwards - post Easter (inventory, more than 100 layers, music studio was mentioned as post-easter as well, "possibly even post that patch") (@ 00:57:15)

EMP was created for RIOT and will release for the next big patch. (@ 00:55:30)

A new login screen is "very low priority"

"Hairstyles are tricky...and a bit lower on the list" (@ 01:02:43)

Plans to make a "Disable Garbage Collection" option in settings. 

"The more modern way technique is gonna be doing it in another thread" (@ 01:09:00)

High frame-rate slide issue is "an artifact of framerate and animation timing" and it's "fixable but sorta low on the priority right now" (@ 01:12:50)

HUD glitch is "sky-high priority and is on their radar" (@01:13:25)

Mouse-sensitivity issue - is completely unknown to them (don't expect anything from it) (@01:14:04)

More vehicle mods will be coming, according to Frosi

Spawn points are "high on their priority" and work was started on it but got sidelined for anti-cheat (@01:18:20)

Melee weapons won't happen. (@01:22:32)

Login rewards & gifting system mentioned but not elaborated on. (@ 01:32:00)


Personal comments:
The fact the sliding bug & GC being something which are low priority is... very sad, considering the statement at the top.
Not to mention the fact that they're completely unaware of the mouse sensitivity issues this game has. (IT NEEDS A SEPARATE THREAD AS WELL)
EMP Grenades will break the game, both in balancing & in it's performance impact on the client. Just look at the Flare Gun, the particles are mega FPS bombs.

Very similar to last AMA in the end...

[MACKxBOLAN 435]

4 hours ago, sweetLemonade said:

- More Anti-Cheat work
- More Matchmaking work

Well according to the Man, known switch lagging and speed hacking is not hacking. 

 

MM puts gold groups against lower threats, and puts golds in teams with lower threats to dethreat them. 

The Bronze is not gonna score 200 kills per mission, so he will dethreat automatically even if he gets 100 kills. 

So I'll have to go play EU because they have sard active, or so its confirmed, we still have no confirmation from staff 

that sard is on and is affordable to run in NA. 

 Only thing close to an answer was he said AC's were expensive to run if you had a low pop, and NA has a low pop. 

So the Man thinks that Mack is Stupid and Mack will keep his money in his wallet. 

They won't put sound kits in for all cars or wheels n sound for mirage, and if they do i won't buy it. 

Won't buy anything now, LO don't like stupid people money.