15th Anniversary Launch Party

[sweetLemonade 130]

11 hours ago, BlatMan said:

So now if a player attempts to enter a blocked vehicle, they won't know for 1.7s if they're going to enter the vehicle or not. 

 

Meh, can't play anyway. Server downtime, and now APB won't launch on Linux. I'm not installing anything LO codes that requires administrative rights. I don't play some games due to them having too many different anti-cheats that can conflict with each other. It's bad enough when I get a call for work saying all the servers are down because a bad update was pushed out, but at least I'm getting paid for it. If you can't write a basic 'if then' statement to detect if a player is running too fast, then there's no way you can handle writing your own kernel level anti-cheat. 

Spot on!
The management's incompetence has lead to the community's distrust in any of their implementations.

[Flyrew 10]

On 7/31/2025 at 9:49 AM, sweetLemonade said:

You've just described a gameplay mechanic which requires intrinsic knowledge of the game (positioning of car, knowing what angles are appropriate etc.)
That is a tool in the arsenal of a good player. It only raises the skill ceiling.

 

I think that your skill level is questionable, considering the hyperbole in your statements.
Based on what data do you exclaim that "the game is full of cheaters"?
The game currently has a population of ~300 players.
Out of those players, anecdotally, the amount of times I've faced a blatant cheater can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
As for "closets", I think they're a even smaller minority in this 300 pop game. Most of the "closet" accusations are usually worse players baselessly attacking better players for outplaying them.

always come up with "questionable skill level" as if its an argument about my statement, gosh I hate apb players. 

and no it's not a gameplay mechanic, there's nothing mechanical about it, stop coping. 

In a game of ~300 is even more evident and more likely too see cheaters, and if u haven't faced as much blatant cheaters as me good for you, but ur experience doesn't mean it's the only experience.

[CookiePuss 5388]

9 hours ago, Pedroxin said:

I dont agree with the whisper changes, sure it had more range than other variants, but you couldn't use cooling jacket with it, so essentially more range but worse ttk, now if it has the same range as the other OCA variants, why would anyone pick it over the normal version with say CJ3? maybe if you would change the suppressor mod to purple so CJ could be used with it, the whisper could become a viable option again. But all in all don't like it, it was never broken or op.

 

 

 

I think it has a longer damage drop off than the standard OCA, but I agree on making it a purple mod

[MACKxBOLAN 474]

On 8/1/2025 at 2:07 PM, CookiePuss said:

but I agree on making it a purple mod

No Gun should be restricted from red mods or taggers.

Guns in general should reflect the stk of real world weapons

[Ardita 205]

16 hours ago, MACKxBOLAN said:

No Gun should be restricted from red mods or taggers.

Guns in general should reflect the stk of real world weapons

How funny would that be to get tagged and 1 shot killed by an NHVR? >_>

[vsb 6207]

17 hours ago, MACKxBOLAN said:

Guns in general should reflect the stk of real world weapons

Borderline bronze player suggests change that would make his game experience even more miserable than he already whines it is 

[MACKxBOLAN 474]

6 hours ago, vsb said:

Borderline bronze player suggests change that would make his game experience even more miserable than he already whines it is

Threat level has zero to do with my suggestion/opinion. To me its a matter of realism or realistic guns that do realistic damage. 

What makes you think my experience is miserable? I set goals and follow them in my grind of tickets, weapons, ect. 

What are referring to my hatred of hackers and due to their sociopathic nature are to me, the epidemy of Evil. 

Or is it my distaste for Golds as opp or tm's in a world NA, of being low pop but high in gold players, and an MM 

that feeds bronze and low silver to stacked golds??

 You're grasping at straws coming in here trollin and then ya throw salt, have zero to say about subject, 

but feel gratified you threw salt and implied I have a miserable gaming exp. 

Funny I spend most of my idle time in district watching D chat and watching all u gold punks whining and sniveling 

about everything from hackers and if they spam rockets whilst running, to if they have mini sub secondary and a pmg. 

half of ya running multiple char's on separate pc's, n start talking to yourselves, then arguing with each other.

And all of ya talk like your K\D and your Threat lev. Matter in Life. 

Whatdya gonna put it on a job application or dating app.

Ya'Know vsb, Misery Loves Company"

 It is all of You who are miserable, I feel sorry for you youngsters, as you will never see life outside your little pc box.   

[vsb 6207]

2 hours ago, MACKxBOLAN said:

To me its a matter of realism or realistic guns that do realistic damage. 

Borderline bronze cites realism in game with bulletproof breast implants and special pills that stop you from being hit by a car

[SirNooch 3]

I gotta (and am happy to) say ...

 

Since the GFAC release I've been having a great time.  Matchmaking seems to take longer but my matches are generally far better balanced than before.  And I don't expect the AC to be totally effective but it's great knowing at least the cheaters are being cautious if not stopped.  

 

You're doing it, LO. Thanks & please keep it up

[Ardita 205]

11 hours ago, SirNooch said:

Since the GFAC release I've been having a great time.  Matchmaking seems to take longer but my matches are generally far better balanced than before. 

I'm having same experience actually.  for this

[Yapopal 203]

Hurray! There aren't two speedhack jerks in the game anymore! What a blessing! It's a pity, of course, that there are 100 smarter jerks left with other means of gaining advantage in the game. Everything is legal, everyone is happy... How annoying this stupidity is...

[Westford 191]

7 hours ago, Yapopal said:

Hurray! There aren't two speedhack jerks in the game anymore! What a blessing! It's a pity, of course, that there are 100 smarter jerks left with other means of gaining advantage in the game. Everything is legal, everyone is happy... How annoying this stupidity is...

Ok, if that's not "words of encouragement" , than I don't know what is ... 

 

 

Thank you 

Edited Thursday at 03:47 AM by Westford

[Ardita 205]

6 hours ago, Westford said:

Ok, if that's not "words of encouragement" , than I don't know what is ... 

 

 

Thank you 

I guess it's more like.... 

[MACKxBOLAN 474]

On 8/5/2025 at 2:32 PM, SirNooch said:

Since the GFAC release

Funny, we play the same world, n all I see are the known hax, same stuff dif day. 

Only there are less legits, n if ya k up n do a mission its gonna be me vs golds. 

I went back to war thunder.

 Missions don't pay, very little cash compared to what i can steal as crim 

and about equal to what i can farm stolen cars as a cop, in about the same amount of time

as a cop with stolen impounds as ya get in a mission. 

 That would include the cash boost from prem, still not enough to be worth the time and effort 

of a mission. 

 With such a low pop in NA giving the hax hacker points is simply useless. 

You will be brought in by MM to those very missions those with hackers points are 

involved in. 

 Course they're chatting openly about their hax in game chat and discord. 

Then I really don't need money or tickets, they have nothing worth buying or that I 

don't have, so why mission or even steal. You kids have fun hacking each other. 

[Yapopal 203]

Has the game improved after fixing the animation of boarding the car? I'm afraid not. This innovation is confusing because of the too large range. 
Why aren't developers addressing escalation issues? You created it yourself! Finish it at last! Why do we need these useless crossings to the area where the mission ended? Why do I need an automatic escalation call? Especially at the end of the mission? 
Why is the load transfer error ignored? This is disrupting the game! 
The number of interested players playing now is an indicator of the pointless efforts of the developers. STOP SPOILING THE GAME WITH YOUR DEVELOPMENTS! OR AT LEAST CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELF!

[koenyboy500 70]

On 8/4/2025 at 5:20 PM, MACKxBOLAN said:

 It is all of You who are miserable, I feel sorry for you youngsters, as you will never see life outside your little pc box.   

Literally every time I see you comment I think "Oh it's this guy again just ignore him".

And I'm sure I am not the only one.

I understand you care for the game and often have a different opinion and are not a COMPLETE troll. Atleast I don't think you want to be.

However, please just use your comment making time to think about giving arguments. Points and counterpoints. All I see so far are these comments like this that is just whining.

 

You want to gain value, to either person and your point of view? Then bring ideas to the table and elaborate as to why something should or should not be the way you think it should.

Or maybe you're already doing that, I dunno. I Rarely read what you have to say.

[MACKxBOLAN 474]

1 hour ago, koenyboy500 said:

I Rarely read what you have to say.

I feel the same way about most people's posts here. 

You have to understand that at my age I don't give a tinkers damn what others players think of me or what I post. 

Second, You need to understand that I view and perceive them for the most part as adolescent trolls.

I see zero value from gaining likes or agreement from such people. 

 You kids that think that streaming your game battle and or streaming with cheats is an act valued by the masses, 

Kids that think that their gaming success ( in an ancient run down game) means something irl. 

As if a gold threat or how much trash you can talk in game chat or your streams and steams are of some value and 

an endorsement of your social intelligence, and that those without such endorsements have zero right to use chat or forum. 

I too rarely read what any of you have to say, i only check the social menu for posts from staff. 

Then I only post if its a subject that interests me which is rare compared to some of you, or if I am tagged in a post. 

Then It doesn't matter if I rant and rage or if I have a simple one line to say about MM or nerfs ect. 

You trolls will find the post out of all of them and raze me for it. 

 Then when you do, I simply consider you as 'One of Them' as in haters, hackers, trolls, ect. 

I think you kids don't like me cause I wont buy your hacks, don't agree with your 'Youngster Main Stream Bullying"

I mean first off, if i was willing to hack, the game as it sets would not be worth hacking, this would devalue the game more.

Beings it would clutter the screen and further the unauthenticness of this pretendland we call APB. 

See You kids see it as just another shooter, I see it as a fantasy Adam-12 cops and robbers game,

more recently I see it as a Good vs Evil platform taken over via desegregation by the Evil Bad People.

Another thing, see You kids lack what was a standard in upbringing back in the day. 

That being Class and Morals. 

[koenyboy500 70]

Must confess it's AGAIN a wall of text and didn't read all of it.

But i am a samurai. I fight honourable, the most difficult playstyles and I absolutely DESPISE cheaters and tankplayers or other impervious bs. Do not speak to me of honour.

 

sigh, that said. I see little point in us becoming enemies. So if you want to make a difference, try to give your comments more  value. I think you're not great at that, prove me wrong. Please.

[cowhorseman 451]

On 7/31/2025 at 10:22 AM, vsb said:

“all the blue character mods suck except valzipram, so we nerfed valzipram and the other blue mods still suck” 

 

10/10 balancing 

Oh i ahve enjoyed this nerf. a barely moving vegas now kills you. and 90% of vechiles going mid speed also kill you. i'm so glad my mod to avoid being ran over was nerfed so i could be ran over.

 

Lets see my options now are: more fall damage, being stunned after falling... what a great choice. or if you want you can pick car surfer. and then clip into your teammates car and give them a TK, or get sniped at 100m

[koenyboy500 70]

7 hours ago, cowhorseman said:

Oh i ahve enjoyed this nerf. a barely moving vegas now kills you. and 90% of vechiles going mid speed also kill you. i'm so glad my mod to avoid being ran over was nerfed so i could be ran over.

 

Lets see my options now are: more fall damage, being stunned after falling... what a great choice. or if you want you can pick car surfer. and then clip into your teammates car and give them a TK, or get sniped at 100m

I wholeheartedly agree. Valzipram was one of the only viable AND RELIABLE mods that was not only in a spot (blue mods) that had very niche uses in many combat scenarios, but Valzipram was a great and solid addition to almost any mission. A mission involves travel from place to place, thus it involves cars.
Being able to outplay people with this was an awesome thing to do and catch people off-guard, pretending I didn't see the car going behind me as I am fighting in a 1v1.

 

The blue mods involving falling is something that just rarely comes up, and even then it's the choice between two poisons. Why would I want extra damage if I am running away from something but recuperate faster (though it COULD allow you to not miss an opening when ambushing) OR negate the damage from falling which while under-fire hardly makes any difference if the enemy can engage my chosen LZ. It COULD be used to trick an enemy into thinking you are damaged when using it before the engagements really start, but having to do the slow-arsed animation for jumping of small stairs is an immediate deathsentence where normally there wouldn't even have been any problem.

Car surfer is the only real viable choice that has little downside because you can CHOOSE when to use it. It might not be a passive buff like Valzipram without downside, but it can be handy for some situations.
Still, car surfer is often praised but I feel like people don't fully understand the risk it brings, though this can easily be avoided by just not using it when you are uncertain.


While on the topic of char mods I feel like the green character mods need an overhaul as well.

[Ardita 205]

21 hours ago, MACKxBOLAN said:

Then I only post if its a subject that interests me which is rare compared to some of you, or if I am tagged in a post. 

Maybe, but you seems only (and always) to just quote random sentence of the whole context and commenting on that, instead of the whole post or respond.

 

It's very rare for me to actually understand what you're trying to say -compared to yourself I believe  

[MACKxBOLAN 474]

7 hours ago, Ardita said:

t's very rare for me to actually understand what you're trying to say

You'll Understand when you get Older, that goes for the rest of you as well. 

[Ardita 205]

13 hours ago, MACKxBOLAN said:

You'll Understand when you get Older, that goes for the rest of you as well. 

So you ran out of intelligent arguments and referring to my age which you don't know ^_^