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APB to overhaul driving and combat
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| Iris |
Posted on 13-07-2010 23:59
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Found this article over at Massively.
Pretty much my #1 issue with APB is the lack of hit detection. I have been trained to shoot at the head by every FPS I have ever played, for this game to not have hit detection is stupid.
I can handle the "little" issues like lack of content and balance issues, as those can be worked out. But Hit Detection is like boobs, if you don't have it, it aint worth playing.
I may not waste my remaining 50 hours until I see the noted changes. Driving mechanics, well that is minor too.
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| tetra |
Posted on 14-07-2010 07:51
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Here is the actual post from the APB forums by Toxico
http://na.apb.com...hp?t=70582
"Over the last number of months, through closed beta and then KttC, we''ve collected a huge number of issues, complaints, suggestions and requests covering all aspects of the game. Because of the focus on getting the game stable and going through the process of launch, many of these (especially the ones requiring significant changes) may appear to have fallen through the cracks. But they didn''t - they''ve been sitting in our rather copious ''to do'' list, waiting for us to have the time to begin to address them properly. We also wanted to get a chance to contrast the feedback from new live players with the feedback from the beta community to help us draw up our hit list for the first few months.
So, here''s an idea of some of the areas of gameplay that we''ll be tackling over the coming weeks (by no means an exhaustive list). It''s our goal to involve the community as much as is practical when tackling most of these areas - as we''ve said all along, and hopefully demonstrated throughout beta, RTW''s goal is to grow APB into the game that its players want it to be, so we''ll be asking for comments, posting polls and throwing ideas up for you to mull over at various points throughout the process.
In the meantime, let us know what''s at the top of your own hit list and what you think should be at the top of ours. This is your chance to help us prioritise our development efforts to tackle the issues that most concern you, or add the features that you most want.
Some examples of the issues we''re already looking at are:
Cheaters
Catching and removing cheaters from the game remains our top priority. Expect further news on this soon.
Vehicle Handling
We''re already underway on a major overhaul to vehicle handling to make cars more responsive and less slippy overall. You''ll still be able to power slide around corners in stylish fashion, but steering is more responsive overall and easier to get the hang of early on.
Combat
We''re looking at almost every aspect of combat - how it looks, feels and sounds, as well as weapon characteristics and tactics. Weapon changes will be put up on the Public Test World to get some feedback in due course.
Matchmaking
We''re taking a look at both the way in which player threat is calculated and how mission offers are distributed to players to try and improve the matchmaking experience overall.
Camping
We''ll be addressing a number of the worst camping spots in the game in an upcoming patch. We''ll be tackling the rest on an ongoing basis.
Missions
Investigations are already under way into ways to make mission objectives more interactive and to try and add a bit more strategy to the actual missions themselves, not just the combat surrounding them.
Rulesets
We''re currently looking at adding a ''newbie'' ruleset to give players a safe place to learn the game against other new players, and of course we''re still progressing work on the ''pure skill'' ruleset that was mentioned towards the end of closed beta. The Chaos ruleset hasn''t been forgotten about either.
That''s just a sample of the things that are currently going on here, and we''re already very excited even with some of the early prototypes. The APB Public Test World will host each of these changes in turn to allow players to give us their feedback before we make a move to push any changes live, so watch the website and forums for announcements about how and when you can get involved in upcoming PTW events.
A number of adjustments to mission offers and matchmaking are already being prepped for PTW and we''ll giving you details about when these will be available for you to try very soon.
I''ll be starting up more detailed threads on lots of our top development priorities over the next few days, starting with Matchmaking tomorrow. These threads will be a chance for us to explain the issues as we see them and share some of the ideas that we have for addressing them - and a chance for you to let us know what you think about those ideas, or even throw in some of your own."
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| trent |
Posted on 14-07-2010 08:19
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There was a big post from another developer about matchmaking. Grind that car cash while on mission while you still can!
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| FoulPhil |
Posted on 14-07-2010 12:45
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Yeah that's the article I was telling some people about.
Over the last number of months, through closed beta and then KttC, we''ve collected a huge number of issues, complaints, suggestions and requests covering all aspects of the game.
They should of had that shit fixed before they released the game because now we'll be waiting for ever for them just to get to this shit. By the time we get new content half the people will have have probably stopped playing or moved on to a new game.
Edited by FoulPhil on 14-07-2010 12:46
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| trent |
Posted on 14-07-2010 14:30
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Am I the only one who's had no issues with driving at all? Well, at least on the 'free' cars in-game anyway. I guess I could see how some of the player-owned cars are tough to control.
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| tetra |
Posted on 14-07-2010 14:52
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I don't think there's any problems with the driving either.. Some people out there are noobs! |
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| SandMan |
Posted on 14-07-2010 15:08
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Yep, most of this should have been fixed already, ho wells
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| Iris |
Posted on 15-07-2010 15:51
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No issues with driving here, I like power sliding into pedestrians. =)
My issue is just the hit box.
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| ounce |
Posted on 22-07-2010 02:18
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my only issue with the hitbox idea is headshot kills...ok i get that...then why is it when i blow someones feet away they can still run? if they are going to implement headshot kills , why not go all the way and make it shooting the feet causes slow movement? When you think about it either way , you get shot you're going to be in alot of fucking pain. |
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| Kanyon |
Posted on 22-07-2010 08:12
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Not necessarily. Adrenaline is beastly. |
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| trent |
Posted on 22-07-2010 09:28
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Today they announced on the APB forums an overhaul plan for upgrades. They might change where system where you can't loads some of the popular upgrade combinations (e.g. spray and pray + savage) while adding some more to the game. There's also a chance that guns might get grandfathered in and become 'rare' since after the changes you wouldn't be able to make guns with upgrades like that any more.
Man,if they grandfather guns in, that'll be ridiculous. In an awesome way. I love rare loot. Time to really start saving up for some 3-slot guns and lvl 3 upgrades now.
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| FoulPhil |
Posted on 22-07-2010 13:42
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Yeah I wouldn't mind a Ntech Diva to add to my collection.
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| trent |
Posted on 22-07-2010 13:44
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Forgot to post the link which I was referring to in my previous post: http://na.apb.com...hp?t=87005
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