APB: Reloaded AMA with Matt!

[MageLO 326]

Hello everyone,

 

We're excited to announce that our CEO Matt Scott is going to be holding another AMA tomorrow on Tuesday the 21st of October at 11 AM PST!

Submit your questions ahead of time in this thread, mark your calendars and join us as we talk about the last couple of months of APB: Reloaded and what is coming up next!

 

See you there!

[Basti0 2]

Since the leaderboard isn't working properly, could we bring back the old ranking system or something similar?

[Pedroxin 115]

Regarding anti-cheat .... WTF ????

[Westford 197]

GFAC, Sanctions & Stats

On the 3/15/2025 AMA concerning the implementation of GFAC,
the following was mentioned;

 

Rules Engine: – Sanctions (Removing or Locking out Features)
You had mentioned that players using 3rd party tools and have accrued “Cheat Points”
would be pulled out of the primary pool of players for matchmaking,
with the assumption being that they would then be matched up with other players
who were also using 3rd party tools and had accrued “Cheat Points” .

- Can you give some examples of what other features a player might be locked out from ?
- What is the duration for these loss of features, or lockouts, and how does a
   player regain these features they lost ?

   (a player that does not use that “Sanctioned” account for 3 months
    would not be considered for any relief I am guessing)

- Is the player notified that they will be locked out of these features,
  or is “no notification” a better and intended approach?

 

STATS:
You had mentioned that you were considering providing STATS on
“Detections Identified” / “Sanctions Administered”

Is this still under consideration, or have you made a final determination as to
publishing this information to the player base ?
-  If yes, where will it be published, and how often ?
- If no, what led you to this decision ?

 

[Ardita 224]

Will your in-house Anticheat GFAC soon work as intended? 

[UltraMES187 19]

Whats the future plans on APB to bring back player numbers and actually keep them for more than just 2weeks? It makes me sad to see the current player numbers for apb and Im honestly worried about apbs future with not even 300 players.  I didnt play much last years but apb will always be one my favorite pvp games no matter how outdated it gets. Im just waiting for reasons to play more again and spent some money on the game again.

Also how is the anti cheat doing? Is it possible that player count is that super low because more people cant properly launch the game with the Gfac?

Also I remember you telling us about bringing apb to unreal 5. Is it beeing worked on and when yes how realistic is it that you actually can complete this in the next years? Because the legendary engine update already didnt go well 

[MACKxBOLAN 481]

zero confidence in ac, still same people in na. 

STOP charging me for spawn car tax for cars destroyed by hackers and thugs you matt dug up to bring into my district. 

Ya give gold to the preferred people n crap on legit players by freezing the threat level of accounts. 

Stop doing this, wipe the losses. You desegregated without wiping accounts of losses therefore insuring noone 

not hacking could achieve gold. then you dug up thousands of old banned accounts for me to fight. 

I'm gonna do everything to those people that You let them do to me, i wont hack but i will take out their cars. 

Whats good for your favored golds is good for mack. You wanna charge people game cash and let the trolls get away 

with it, even boast about it in your discord. 

 That said I don't expect anything to change, your ac is rubbish, but i'll be around to hear what U have to say. 

[SixxstagesofMajik 9]

Is there plans to rework missions?(changing the time per stage, adjust areas of objectives and so on)
Is there plans to add new missions to the pool?
Will we see VIP missions come back with a rework?








 

[raging 8]

Now that the content from RTW files have been injected what plans do you have for new content ie- contacts missions events ect considering it would bring back some or alot of the APB vets that left along time ago. Is there any chance we will see added options to some of the vehicles in Armas like the Mirage Fresno Coywolf ect, For the people who have everything from armas what packs will be updated\added and can we have more account bound packs added to the armas. Will there be an update to the armas reward system.  

[MidnightQ 12]

merge accounts ? tired of buying the same weapon on 2 different accounts or at least figure out somehow to pay character to transfer even stripping all items before transfer

[EC2Jonathan 27]

MCD APPROVES OF THIS POST!

 

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[Victoria97 53]

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Edited Wednesday at 02:45 PM by Victoria97

[sweetLemonade 133]

This AMA was another case of rinse & repeat.
It's the same substance as the previous 2 AMA's.

Matt should change his middle-name into "It's on our todo list", "It's low on priority" or "We'll look into it"

Matt "On our todo list" Scott.
Fits great for a "vibe coder" like him

The vague date of Q4 2026 for UE5 (the assumption was that they move all resources into building a UE5 version of APB) is also the most ridiculous claim I've seen someone throw.
Making a game as complex as APB in a year with the small team-size of LO?

Lies upon lies... 3 new legendary weapons and EMP grenades planned for the Legends patch, while the other +70 unique guns in this game are a unbalanced mess & both maps suffer from severely game-breaking spots.

Edited Wednesday at 04:20 PM by sweetLemonade

[Yapopal 209]

I wonder if there are still people who can trust him?

[Rolhen 9]

5 hours ago, Yapopal said:

I wonder if there are still people who can trust him?

There is always a lost soul who faithfully believes what Matt says. 

[Ardita 224]

1 hour ago, Rolhen said:

There is always a lost soul who faithfully believes what Matt says. 

The intensions are good - the actions are bad and/or catastrophic.

[MACKxBOLAN 481]

I think allot of you are looking through your own personal pinhole and 

failing to see the bigger picture. You fail to appreciate the work being put daily 

on current matters. 

 I wanted a freeze on car spawn fee's, which would take some considerable recoding.

I didn't get that, but I did get info on coming enforcement of griefers that cause the spawn fee's. 

 I think the AC is working to some extent otherwise I wouldn't be seeing so many rerolls.

[Ardita 224]

6 hours ago, MACKxBOLAN said:

I think allot of you are looking through your own personal pinhole and 

failing to see the bigger picture. You fail to appreciate the work being put daily 

on current matters. 

Such of BS to be very honest. It's not about anyone not appreciate the work but it's about too many stories/promises been told, not much done in reality and always some excuses to delay and/or not do as told.

 

Besides that, you're the one who talk about cheaters (in your opinion: fake golds) and bashes LO for not doing anything and/or believe they earn money from that. So when your personal agenda is changed, please speak up about people not appreciating the work there's been done.

[EC2Jonathan 27]

16 hours ago, MACKxBOLAN said:

I think the AC is working to some extent otherwise I wouldn't be seeing so many rerolls.

Macks, 

     While I agree that GFAC is working to some extent based on the disappearance of HRS, I believe many of these rerolls are a result of Operation: Big Mack. MCD Clan is a known Anti-Cheat within the community because we outplay cheaters with our friendship, skills, APB physics and mechanics. You deserve to give yourself some credit Mack, as you are a large influence in McDoubling cheaters.

 

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[MACKxBOLAN 481]

13 hours ago, Ardita said:

not much done in reality and always some excuses to delay and/or not do as told.

 

Besides that, you're the one who talk about cheaters (in your opinion: fake golds) and bashes LO for not doing anything and/or believe they earn money from that. So when your personal agenda is changed, please speak up about people not appreciating the work there's been done

well i was really referring to lemonaids EU3 comment and the comment about trust. 

I don't think LO is making money off game cash car spawns, and I don't think Lo is capable 

as we stand now, to recode and take away those fee's, based on the slow progression of matt's plans/road map. 

  As far as cheaters go, thats still true, i still think most golds have cheeated and or are so new account wise that they 

turn gold quickly, and I am still upset that older accounts stagnate with each loss. 

I didn't get my way, they still charge spawn tax on cars, and people with points still play NA, 

Matt said grief points will be coming, that takes care of the jealousy trolls trolling my car.

Matt also suggested playing on a dif day,, hahahha. I play every day. 

 However that doens't mean I have to play all day, i generally come in early and really don't play till afternoon. 

The pop doesn't come up till then and Im not physically ready to play at early hours, so i change my morning habits 

and avoid the two or three names that are always on in the early morning and we very low pop then so the cheaters 

cheat points don't really work good because the mm will pick up the only other players cued up. 

While thats going on, I make blowing up the enemy car my priority of any mission, so in mission and legal. 

Why? So others may join in my idealism that cars should not be taxed for a spawn fee, it makes no sense for 

lower ranks and is insignificant to those players who would use car bomb/det.

And I must warn you, that all of this was because of a jealous player who seems to like you. 

The trolling I received was due to jealousy of me complimenting your picture.

Now remember I'm an old married man, I'm so old, women dont attract me. 

So I'm not some internet wierdo, i just think ya have nice hair, but there are people within 

discord and apb that are that way toward you, and I cannot let that happen. 

 You have my Protection now in game. I won't bother you further on this, but please be 

careful of your discord. See I used to be a career security/safety officer/Vip Protection ect. 

I can almost read someone's mind just by studying their demeanor, its like a puzzle only I 

look for things that don't fit. I will continue my quiet investigation when those people show up. 

I still have some loose ends to follow up on. I want you to have a good day and may God bless You. 

[Yapopal 209]

On 23.10.2025 at 21:44, Ardita said:

intensions are good - the actions are bad and/or catastrophic.

I agree with you. LO is constantly trying to jump above the ceiling and it spoils all their efforts. They clearly lack the ability to assess the situation, their capabilities, and time limits. I am sincerely grateful for the anti-cheat. It functions really well. But at what cost has this been achieved? And what it led to. I can't call it a good result. 
Do you disagree with my opinion? Here are some examples for you: 
1. the release of an unfinished car, ignoring the problem of light signals, poor quality of the 3D model, textures, and deranged characteristics. At the moment, the car is not of interest to players and developers. Why not refine the 3d model? Fix bad texturs? The players were just left with a piece of undercooked meat. It seems to be possible to eat, but somehow it doesn't chew well.
2. Inter-district matchmaking of players. They did what they promised. But have they made progress?. No. Are they doing anything to remedy the situation? Yes. They're just stomping around in an attempt to clear the pile under their feet. 
3. The anti-cheat is developed based on previous solutions and experience working with them. Lack of strength and resources. Rush. The result is a blue screen, antivirus blocking, and loss of audience.
One scenario in all endeavors is to jump over your head, shit yourself in flight, and shovel a pile.
I'm grateful that I can play this game. But I am sure that further development of the project in the chosen development vector makes no sense and will eventually lead to a commercial collapse.

Edited 10 hours ago by Yapopal