APB - The long con

[Versus]

thank god

[KarthXLR]

I swear they have no idea how to balance guns.

[Vandamguy]

They need to remove the idea of doing it against threat level entirely for rating.  A level 10 rated 200, should not be fighting against a level 9 100.

especially because you can just reduce your threat level by losing some missions then go ahead griefing on low levels.

[PyroZombie]

is this any good?

[copulatingduck]

that's what I keep wondering

[Vandamguy]

As much as I'd like to have more BRB'rs to play with , I'd say hold off on this until they resolve the issues in this game. Imbalanced matchmaking and rampant cheating in this game is really ruining it for legit or casual players.

[HeK]

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.

Damn, I like being able to out drive my chase targets, and catching them when they fuckup and crash.

[Maxon]

[quote author=Maxon link=topic=4693.msg163536#msg163536 date=1279002635]
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.

Damn, I like being able to out drive my chase targets, and catching them when they fuckup and crash.
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Hopefully this fixes a few cars that have issues with starting off.  The Jericho, while a nice car, has pretty stiff handling and when starting off and needing to do turns, it doesn't respond as well as it should.  Then cars like the regular muscle car will roll on almost any hard turn lol

[KarthXLR]

http://na.apb.com/en/news/2010/07/13/matchmaking

[Turtle]

http://na.apb.com/en/news/2010/07/13/matchmaking

wow not being able to choose who you fight sounds so bad

[Eightball]

we're also currently experimenting with removing system-generated bounty missions, stopping criminal vs criminal matchmaking, and increasing the number of players per instance.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[Maxon]

They didn't address the fact that simply going by threat levels is a bad idea.  Someone could be a level 10 or 11 and be like 200+.  I'll usually sit around 9 to 11, but I'm like 120 and I'm not decked out in crazy gear beyond my level.

It'll be interesting to see if this actually makes anything better, but it doesn't give me hope that now we are forced into everything given.  I don't know though, maybe it'll be better when you say that 4 person dispatch and want to join it, but not sure if you'll get a group that will suck or if you will get a group at all.

And yes for the bounty mission removal.  I don't mind them sometimes, but they are frustrating.

[Vandamguy]

cars handle fine as is from what i know , most of the time its people with low spec systems that cant load that much info on the fly having their system stutter while they're pressing 'd' and causing them to nosedive into a building because their client didn't send the signal that they aren't pressing the button anymore.
regarding the Jericho I know what you mean about its stiff handling. I got in James' and I like to think I'm a pretty decent driver , but I couldn't make it do shit to the point of me getting out and having James drive instead.
got one of my own (The Jailbird) and figured it out now. It's a Rear wheel drive car .. dont use the handbrake for anything , its p useless. if you need to make a tight corner tap the brakes a bit , the car is remarkably fast at recovering its momentum.

re matchmaking : i still think they should sort people into districts based on their threat level 1-5 , 6-10, 11-15 . but i guess that would mess with grouping with friends ... ? .. oh well i hope they remove the small reward you get for losing a mission when you've contributed absolutely nothing. otherwise we'll just have people idling in action districts farming rep.

They could leave bounty missions in still , I thought that they could stop the timer if you're chasing them and close enough to be sight range. or change the rules completely and make it deathmatch instead of escape.

[HeK]

I feel the biggest issue with the cars is that everyone expects this to be like Need for speed. You can't pick up some pos daily driver minivan with worn tires, airy brakes and tired engine and expect it to drive like an F1 car.
Everything in the game that isn't a personal vehicle should act like a giant turd on wheels, and you have to prepare for that when you drive.

This means LOTS of breaking for turns, no lateral grip, massive under-steering, etc.

[Turtle]

well that kinda owned

if you play with karth prepare for lulz

[KarthXLR]

You can't prepare, you can only hope.

[Versus]

looking forward to public test world

[Vandamguy]

looking forward to public test world

fuck you and your ambitions.

[Versus]

?

[Vandamguy]

just random hatred for your optimism.