Why aren't many people playing the OTW?

[scuffed 0]

I mean like some people come here to test stuff out but I'm here cause u rank way faster and u have everything unlocked, which might be fun for some players and for some not... The point I'm trying to reach here is that I want more people to play for fun on the OTW and not just play for trying out new guns and stuff. Ty for hearing me out :)

[CookiePuss 5356]

So this isnt a thread about wishing more people would test on otw,   but rather  one asking people to just goof off there?

Bruh... wtf?

[Nite 261]

OTW is for testing only, and only remains up when there is something to be tested. Playing for fun would be pretty pointless.

[DouglasFalcon 121]

This thread is very different from what I expected.

[vsb 6131]

and here we see why otw is not and should not be available 24/7

[MACKxBOLAN 384]

I think the easy answer here is that otw is another down load and or without that download you don't see otw. you see the district's on the drop down menu but there are no instances to join.

[TooStrong 15]

Well let's be real, i would say and guess that 95% of the player-base want the old threat system back, engine upgrade to be release , new maps and new content.
me personally i could care less about any weapons, guns or weapon changes lol. But then again, i stop playing APB about 8 months ago, only came back to the forums to see if anything new as happen. Same boring game months later.

[GhosT 1301]

> Requires you to install another copy of APB.
> Servers are in the US so the majority of players can't test ot due to high ping.
> No access to mods required to properly test weapons due to them avoiding to give everyone max rank.


They should honestly just do it like G1 did it before OTW went public - do it on the live server by using special instances of Baylan. The scripts and everything including the deployables 'Balanced Bundle Box A' and 'B' already exist, too.

[Nite 261]

8 minutes ago, GhosT said:

> Requires you to install another copy of APB.
> Servers are in the US so the majority of players can't test ot due to high ping.
> No access to mods required to properly test weapons due to them avoiding to give everyone max rank.
 

The last point was (mostly) addressed, they now mail you all  the pre-195 weapon mods (with several copies of the tier 3 stuff) to use.

Also, is installing another copy really worth being a point of contention? In this day and age?

[Fasalina 163]

There aren't many people playing the live version either. :^) 

[vsb 6131]

47 minutes ago, RadeonProWX said:

Well let's be real, i would say and guess that 95% of the player-base want the old threat system back, engine upgrade to be release , new maps and new content.
me personally i could care less about any weapons, guns or weapon changes lol. But then again, i stop playing APB about 8 months ago, only came back to the forums to see if anything new as happen. Same boring game months later.

95%

i think i know which hole you pulled that number from

[GhosT 1301]

1 hour ago, Nite said:

The last point was (mostly) addressed, they now mail you all  the pre-195 weapon mods (with several copies of the tier 3 stuff) to use.

Also, is installing another copy really worth being a point of contention? In this day and age?

Eh, everyone should get 255 and maxed roles for instant access to weapons. We're already supplied a bunch of cash so there's that.

Also, another copy, it's just unnecessary hassle for everyone when we've literally had test districts on the live version before, you know, where people actually tried out things. Can't properly test things with 2 people on OTW.

[Fortune Runner 796]

7 hours ago, CookiePuss said:

So this isnt a thread about wishing more people would test on otw,   but rather  one asking people to just goof off there?

Bruh... wtf?

 

6 hours ago, BXNNXD said:

and here we see why otw is not and should not be available 24/7

this and this ^^^^

[Lord Cashpoint 269]

This problem with test realms not having many players is one that goes beyond just APB - Overwatch has its own version of OTW called the Public Test Realm (PTR) and even a game of its size can often struggle to populate that.

From what I could gather about the reasons for this was that mainly people burnt out on testing, there being a period where several heroes received multiple changes, and it was always being tweaked and adjusted for weeks on end. Eventually people stopped caring, as the version you are testing may end up being completely irrelevant to the grand scheme of balance. Additionally, a specific hero (Bastion) received a tremendous buff in one PTR patch, and everyone told Blizzard it was a poor idea. Blizzard when ahead and added it to the live game, and lo and behold they ended up having to dial it back weeks later. This is often why people don't bother with testing - they don't feel as if their feedback matters, so why bother to test?

I feel like there are similar elements to APB's OTW. Given the game's limited population, it was always going to be difficult to have two versions of the game running simultaneously. Additionally whilst I appreciate Little Orbit being thorough, having five separate stages for the previous rounds of changes only for them having to announce three days after the patch that shotguns needed changing makes the whole experience seem a little pointless.

[GhosT 1301]

1 hour ago, Lord Cashpoint said:

This problem with test realms not having many players is one that goes beyond just APB - Overwatch has its own version of OTW called the Public Test Realm (PTR) and even a game of its size can often struggle to populate that.

Hmm, Rainbow Six Siege's test server is fairly populated every time it gets opened, you always get matches in peak times.

With a small playerbase like APB though, you need to host these on the live server.

[yood 345]

the OVT server is only an interesting addition to the main game , its content is justified-a small number of staff little orbit.

[CookiePuss 5356]

31 minutes ago, Yood said:

the OVT server is only an interesting addition to the main game , its content is justified-a small number of staff little orbit.

Is this your way of saying OTW is the place where you get to spam all the legendaries you cant afford?
Cuz Ive seen you on quite a few times... and I've yet to see you use a single weapon involved in the balance patches.

[yood 345]

3 hours ago, CookiePuss said:

Is this your way of saying OTW is the place where you get to spam all the legendaries you cant afford?
Cuz Ive seen you on quite a few times... and I've yet to see you use a single weapon involved in the balance patches.

strictly personal opinion .

CookiePuss or on topic or keep quiet .

On 8/19/2018 at 2:11 AM, RadeonProWX said:

Well let's be real, i would say and guess that 95% of the player-base want the old threat system back, engine upgrade to be release , new maps and new content.
me personally i could care less about any weapons, guns or weapon changes lol. But then again, i stop playing APB about 8 months ago, only came back to the forums to see if anything new as happen. Same boring game months later.

there is no alternative to this game . this is a very large and long game . 90 % of the players  leaving the game ( temporarily or permanently ) return to 10%. Edited August 20, 2018 by Yood

[CookiePuss 5356]

7 hours ago, Yood said:

CookiePuss or on topic or keep quiet .

Fair enough.
Sorry Yood. ;-)

[Akito 29]

im there 24/7

[NotZombieBiscuit 3145]

Don't tell me what to do. You're not my mum.

[yood 345]

10 hours ago, NotZombieBiscuit said:

Don't tell me what to do. You're not my mum.

"The social brain»*
                                                                                                                               
* The term "social brain" is introduced into neuropsychology in studies of disorders of emotional response and interpersonal communication after lesions of the right hemisphere of the brain. Then neuropsychologists began to use this term in a broader context to characterize the processing of social information (social cognition) and brain support of the human psyche as a whole. Primas'. TRANS.
In addition to activating the reward center in the brain, the onset of puberty seems to stimulate changes in the areas of the brain responsible for a person's response to other people's opinions. Areas of the brain that collectively are sometimes called the "social brain" become more active when teenagers are shown pictures showing other people's emotions; when asked to think about their friends; when asked to assess whether other people's feelings have been hurt, or when forced to feel social acceptance or rejection. Any of us pays attention to the opinions of others, their thoughts and emotions. Simply adolescents it is manifested to a greater extent than adults. (Many experts involved in the study of autism, believe that the cause of this disease may lie in violations in the "social brain.)

The transformation of the" social brain " continues in adolescence. That is why teenagers are especially concerned about the opinion of their peers. It's the perfect neurobiological storm (at least if you want a person to go through a painful process of self-awareness): improving the functioning of brain areas responsible for understanding what other people are thinking; increasing the excitability of brain areas sensitive to social acceptance or rejection; increasing susceptibility to other people's emotional States, such as facial expressions. That's why changes in these areas of the brain lead to the fact that teenagers are increasing the importance of the issue of their status in the group of peers; they become more susceptible to pressure from them, begin to discuss the rest and "gossip" (as well as more worry if they themselves become the object of gossip). Specialists in the study of the brain found neurobiological reasons for this social drama.

«Awkward age. Don't miss the moment»
«Awkward age. Don't miss the moment»
Feel rejected very unpleasant at any age,but in his youth it is particularly painful. (Pain from social rejection is so similar to physical pain in its neurobiological characteristics that paracetamol helps to reduce it a little.) Increased sensitivity to others ' opinions can have serious consequences: for example, many experts believe, to cause a sharp increase in cases of depression in adolescence and to explain why girls are more prone to depression than boys. From early childhood, girls are more receptive to everything related to interpersonal relationships. The psychological characteristics of girls can be an advantage when it comes to empathy, but they are more at risk of depression in a situation of social rejection.

Regardless of gender, adolescents ' increased attention to other people's emotions can reduce their ability to perceive potentially important information from the environment. In a series of experiments, scientists scanned the brains of adolescents and adults while demonstrating a changing sequence of four types of images: red circles, abstract images, photographs of people with a neutral facial expression and people experiencing emotions. Participants were given the task to mark when they see red circles. Unlike adults, the brain activity of teenagers increased when they saw photos with emotional people: it distracted them and prevented them from noticing the appearance of red circles. That's why shouting isn't the most effective way to convey a message to a teenager: it pays more attention to the speaker's emotions than to the content of his speech. I always advise parents who are angry with the behavior of their teenage children to take a break to calm down, but in the meantime to say: "Now I'm too angry to discuss with you your act, but we will talk about it later, when I calm down." Such a strategy will increase the chances that the subsequent dialogue will be more productive.


https://theoryandpractice.ru/posts/15921-effekt-sverstnikov-i-kollektivnaya-glupost-chto-proiskhodit-s-mozgom-podrostka


Teenage stupidity . Edited August 21, 2018 by Yood