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Post by Mech•Wrecker on Apr 8, 2024 7:17:56 GMT -5
Coming from someone who's been gaming since the mid 1980's, I can honestly say that this game, once the best mech game on mobile is now absolute garbage. No longer does this game require even the slightest amount of skill, as the game is now catered to non-skilled players. Stealth, without the ability to target without power cells and for only five seconds, teleportation (particularly in the case of Scorpion) and weapons that negate the use of obstacles and cover have completely destroyed the game, it can no longer be considered a traditional shooter. As well, too many players take full advantage of these game breaking weapons, tactics and bots further exacerbating the problem. 1100m homing missles/ laser weaponry, teleporting bots, stealth, bendy bullets, deployable drones, indestructible titans; none of these kinds of things are skill dependant in the least and a kill with such is nothing to be gloated over. This game would require a complete reboot in order to negate the damage done, but unfortunately due to player investments, it's simply not to be. It's only downhill from here.
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Post by munkeeee on Apr 8, 2024 7:47:14 GMT -5
We call that Tuesday. More 「dookie」 is yet to come. Just wait for the bot YOU shoot at locks YOU down(pathfinder, next meta bot).
THATS gonna be fun.
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Post by gus169 on Apr 8, 2024 8:38:36 GMT -5
are you familiar with 6 Pack?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2024 9:04:59 GMT -5
The game cycle will continue. They will bring in more noobs.( can see the YT vids from several of the creator pixo employees going after new players.) fleece them and repeat. This cycle has gone on for a decade. They may slow or speed the cycle but it hasnt changed. IF you can still find some fun in regular games... Great, i still like the mechanics of the game even though the game is in a sad state. Oh and btw i PAID for my game and ill do with it what i like. Six pack etc are probably the best way to get a decent experience out of THIS game.
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Post by T34 on Apr 8, 2024 19:17:01 GMT -5
The game is not about skill and tactics. Its about people who pay (customers), getting a good feeling about demolishing those that do not pay (the product).
Find a way to break that cycle and have your own game within the game.
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Post by Method Games[YT] on Apr 9, 2024 7:54:57 GMT -5
teleportation (particularly in the case of Scorpion), teleporting bots, It's only downhill from here. You haven't come across the Shenlou then? A scorpion on steroids that can teleport 3 seperate times and for some reason gets an aegis shield every time it teleports and for some other reason has 2 medium and 1 heavy weapon slots just because. Sadly it's a very long hill we have been on for a very long time and I still don't see it levelling out yet.
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Apr 15, 2024 3:06:41 GMT -5
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Post by Mech•Wrecker on Apr 15, 2024 3:06:41 GMT -5
teleportation (particularly in the case of Scorpion), teleporting bots, It's only downhill from here. You haven't come across the Shenlou then? A scorpion on steroids that can teleport 3 seperate times and for some reason gets an aegis shield every time it teleports and for some other reason has 2 medium and 1 heavy weapon slots just because. Sadly it's a very long hill we have been on for a very long time and I still don't see it levelling out yet. Exactly. I just finished a game in which a scorpion ported in on me four different times for a kill on 4/5 of my bots, same scorpion. Absolutely ridiculous garbage, no skill whatsoever. The game is just a chaotic cluster f..k in which half the time you don't even know how or who your taking damage from. They have completely destroyed this game and it is a real shame. I agree, the mechanics are amazing but the gameplay is seriously lacking and completely unbalanced. Edit: Stealth is one of the most unbalanced features of the game, requiring the use of power cells in order to even target stealthed units let alone shoot them, and for only 6 seconds. We've all been there I'm certain, having activated quantum radar in order to target stealth, but your target lock is bouncing all around from target to target, and your 6 seconds is up before you can so much as land a single hit on the stealthed unit; power cells wasted. This is but one example. As well the power cells must be either earned or purchased, in quantity to be of any real use. If your not earning power cells, you must pay for them or do without the ability to target stealth, which we all know can make all the difference especially given that there is so many stealthed units in game. Meanwhile, bots with the ability to stealth can do so for absolutely free, as well as the ability to literally stand right in front of you expending every round of ammo that they have point blank into your face and one can do absolutely nothing to counter it unless they have power cells. I'd say that's fairly unbalanced, one example umong too many. IMO, Loki was the only bot with stealth that was halfway balanced and fair due to the fact that it couldn't attack while in stealth. That being said, still unbalanced and unfair having the need to have power cells in order to target it. Stealth was simply a poor idea altogether as were many things and as much can be said about those things as well.
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Apr 17, 2024 22:51:36 GMT -5
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Post by Mech•Wrecker on Apr 17, 2024 22:51:36 GMT -5
I think power cells should be done away with, if for no other reason because of the stealth ability. From my experience, you don't earn very many power cells at all as rewards from simply playing the game, which means you have to buy them which is totally unbalanced due to the stealth ability being absolutely free. There is no real need for power cells and I don't see any reason to have them in game other than to make the company more money due to the fact that they have been made a necessity in order to target stealth. Having a line-up of modules to use while only having one slot available for them, still requires players to pick and choose between the lot. Getting rid of power cells wouldn't change the game play at all as every single module has a cool down time which would keep players from being able to spam them, or use them continuously. Although stealth yet being extremely annoying, at least this would balance the playing field as there are so many bots in game these days utilizing stealth. Fifty percent of the time I go to attack an enemy bot they immediately use stealth. Usually its about half a team or more that are using stealth at any given time, so about 50% of the time one can't even fire at about half of the enemy team without having to use power cells which mostly cost cash money and even then one can only target stealthed units for 6 seconds. I think they've gone a little overboard with the stealth feature. Its gotten quite ridiculous really. I've hardly used stealth in the past for this very reason, completely unbalanced and a rather cheap tactic given the extremely limited to almost non-existent counter to it, but I've since added it to my line up in order to counter other stealth bots. This is the domino effect that occurs when something ridiculous has been introduced into a game, everyone will use it particularly when it's so difficult to counter or the counter is hardly effective, as is what happened when the absurd bendy bullets were integrated, one of the more ridiculous features to date.
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Post by Sgt. Beacon on Apr 18, 2024 8:45:15 GMT -5
Not a bad rant. The people on this forum have been saying the same about the misguided bs that has been added. Looking for a different way to play, and tempering expectations is the way I've stayed. This forum, and people here have also helped. That said gotta meme. (Not throwing shade).
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Apr 19, 2024 22:32:27 GMT -5
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Post by Mech•Wrecker on Apr 19, 2024 22:32:27 GMT -5
I've spent thousands on this game, sadly. Huge mistake. Had I only known it would become so twisted. Just can't seem to get in a decent game anymore, always some ridiculous cheap garbage to contend with. Getting shot in the back by bendies from an enemy bot 500m in front of you and point blank in the back by a bot ported from 350m away wasn't bad enough, now getting shot in the back by a drone belonging to an enemy bot 500 meters in front of you. Beyond absurd. The hurricane 1100m homing missles, yet another rediculous idea. I spawn with a lower hp bot, hurricane locks and fires and my bot is destroyed after taking just four steps, GG. These missles have the ability to literally pin a bot down indefinitely if there is no cover close by, simply by holding the button down. Absurd. There are too many absurdities to mention, so many in fact that I was yet again forced to consider deletion. Instead rather I think I'll take yet another break in the hopes that upon my return I'll have found some serious improvement, not holding my breath. Players have invested so much in the bs content that I see no way back up from here. I've played 20 year old mech shooters on PS that are now better than War Robots unfortunately. But for now a break, this game is already making me go bald, I gotta salvage what little I have left. GG.
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Post by Mech•Wrecker on Apr 20, 2024 11:35:18 GMT -5
I've since changed my mind, I've gone ahead and deleted this garbage game. Sick and tired of all the bs content and moreover, having the annoying stealth Lynx on top of everything else dancing circles in my face shooting me point blank with no way to counter. I'm not paying for power cells just to counter stealth when they have the ability to use stealth for free. The only reason I use power cells is for quantum radar because there are so many bs stealth units in game, way too many. Again, one can't even shoot at half the enemy team anymore without power cells and quantum radar because thier all using cheap stealth, just dumb. Dumbest crap ever in the history of gameing. I've not seen such utter bs in any game on any platform, ever; and this is coming from someone who's been gaming since before Atari. I find it hard to believe that any gamer derrives any enjoyment or satisfaction from this game whatsoever. Of all the things that could possibly destroy a game, this game has them all. No skill, no contest, not even a game anymore, absolute garbage and so I leave it to all who enjoy such trash, no pun. It's all about money and greed these days, the golden era of gaming has passed. Good luck!
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Post by Method Games[YT] on Apr 20, 2024 16:40:59 GMT -5
I hear you and agree but for me stealth is not the number one "issue" with the game, probably sits outside the top five but I digress.
Now, in rant forum expectations, I'll give you a score....Your rants are decent, 7 out of 10 ish, maybe 7.5 due to the wall of text format with no paragraphs but you should change the topic occasionally to keep us guessing.
Still playing and waiting for the game that will replace War Robots for me but it just isn't there.... Manni posted a video of another robot game in development (can't remember the name) but it actually looked promising.
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Post by Eradicator1 on Apr 20, 2024 19:12:02 GMT -5
Stealth can be dealt without PC’s. If you have Spent thousands, you should possess the gear to battle and deal with it. I see you deleted the game. Probably for the best. If you are not having fun, why play? Pix is a company walking a fine line between max profits and retaining players to further drive profit in the future. Everyone says all the time about this game finally jumping the shark. But yet, it still goes on. It may be garbage, but it is real good garbage.
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Post by munkeeee on Apr 20, 2024 20:05:18 GMT -5
I would say it, but Pix may hear me....
what the hell. Be glad they dont have a bot that will or can only be killed using unstable conduit. 200 powercells a pop would deplete wayyyyyyyyyyyy too many folks in this game.
I use Quantum Radar on my 600m weapon spiders, but sparingly. But I do have an overabundance of powercells to be honest.
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Apr 22, 2024 2:28:54 GMT -5
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Post by Mech•Wrecker on Apr 22, 2024 2:28:54 GMT -5
I hear you and agree but for me stealth is not the number one "issue" with the game, probably sits outside the top five but I digress. Now, in rant forum expectations, I'll give you a score....Your rants are decent, 7 out of 10 ish, maybe 7.5 due to the wall of text format with no paragraphs but you should change the topic occasionally to keep us guessing. Still playing and waiting for the game that will replace War Robots for me but it just isn't there.... Manni posted a video of another robot game in development (can't remember the name) but it actually looked promising. I've spent thousands yes, but I previously deleted the game for the same reasons so I started up again from scratch. As well, I noticed that no matter how much one spends it never really gives you the edge your hoping for. My apologies for the walls of text, I'll admit I got a little lazy. Also, is everyone enjoying the Hurricane homing missles yet? I noticed that there are a ton of people are using them but apparently nobody wants to deal with them because everyone quits the game within 2 minutes, literally. First thing I see when the game starts is a sky full of missles, then the game goes silent. I say again, what a shame. The game had such MASSIVE potential. Edit: And I do mean the game is empty within two minutes. It looks to me like the Hurricane is topping the charts as yet another game breaking weapon. Last game I played went under two minutes with six out of 12 players doing nothing but standing in the back of the map holding the fire button down with the Hurricane. That's a literal 6/12, that's bad. In expert 3 we've got people joining the game simply to use the Hurricane, nothing else. 9/10 times that I move to attack a bot using the Hurricane the player kills himself before I get any where near them. They don't respawn with a different bot rather quit the game altogether. I reinstalled the game, what can I say. Played another game this morning hoping that this garbage with the Hurricane was just a fluke, same issue; half the players running the Hurricane, they either get killed or kill themselves before they can be attacked and just quit the game, in under 2 minutes. There's simply nobody left in the game to even play it, it's that bad. Edit: This was in TDM, doesn't seem to be such an issue in the other modes, yet.
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Post by Method Games[YT] on Apr 22, 2024 3:04:08 GMT -5
Also, is everyone enjoying the Hurricane homing missles yet? I noticed that there are a ton of people are using them but apparently nobody wants to deal with them because everyone quits the game within 2 minutes, literally. First thing I see when the game starts is a sky full of missles, then the game goes silent. I say again, what a shame. The game had such MASSIVE potential. I occasionally see them in my league. Unfortunately, they seem to suffer from the same fate as the vortex weapons. They do decent damage but they miss the target quite often on fast moving bots, are easy to avoid with cover/stealth/aegis/phase shift. They tend to annoy the player getting targeted by them so much that they come hunting for the culprit to eliminate them from the game.
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Post by Cdr. Crimmins on Apr 25, 2024 20:29:01 GMT -5
I hear you and agree but for me stealth is not the number one "issue" with the game, probably sits outside the top five but I digress. Now, in rant forum expectations, I'll give you a score....Your rants are decent, 7 out of 10 ish, maybe 7.5 due to the wall of text format with no paragraphs but you should change the topic occasionally to keep us guessing. Still playing and waiting for the game that will replace War Robots for me but it just isn't there.... Manni posted a video of another robot game in development (can't remember the name) but it actually looked promising. I've spent thousands yes, but I previously deleted the game for the same reasons so I started up again from scratch. As well, I noticed that no matter how much one spends it never really gives you the edge your hoping for. My apologies for the walls of text, I'll admit I got a little lazy. Also, is everyone enjoying the Hurricane homing missles yet? I noticed that there are a ton of people are using them but apparently nobody wants to deal with them because everyone quits the game within 2 minutes, literally. First thing I see when the game starts is a sky full of missles, then the game goes silent. I say again, what a shame. The game had such MASSIVE potential. Edit: And I do mean the game is empty within two minutes. It looks to me like the Hurricane is topping the charts as yet another game breaking weapon. Last game I played went under two minutes with six out of 12 players doing nothing but standing in the back of the map holding the fire button down with the Hurricane. That's a literal 6/12, that's bad. In expert 3 we've got people joining the game simply to use the Hurricane, nothing else. 9/10 times that I move to attack a bot using the Hurricane the player kills himself before I get any where near them. They don't respawn with a different bot rather quit the game altogether. I reinstalled the game, what can I say. Played another game this morning hoping that this garbage with the Hurricane was just a fluke, same issue; half the players running the Hurricane, they either get killed or kill themselves before they can be attacked and just quit the game, in under 2 minutes. There's simply nobody left in the game to even play it, it's that bad. Edit: This was in TDM, doesn't seem to be such an issue in the other modes, yet. Those aren’t players. They are scripted bots used by tankers. The bot fires hurricanes (sometimes Zenits) and at the end of 2min self destructs. If you can get their attention, you can sit under cover for the 2min while they fire blindly at you until they blow up. Hophefully your team takes advantage during that time.
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Post by Garbage game on Apr 26, 2024 1:01:41 GMT -5
Coming from someone who's been gaming since the mid 1980's, I can honestly say that this game, once the best mech game on mobile is now absolute garbage. No longer does this game require even the slightest amount of skill, as the game is now catered to non-skilled players. Stealth, without the ability to target without power cells and for only five seconds, teleportation (particularly in the case of Scorpion) and weapons that negate the use of obstacles and cover have completely destroyed the game, it can no longer be considered a traditional shooter. As well, too many players take full advantage of these game breaking weapons, tactics and bots further exacerbating the problem. 1100m homing missles/ laser weaponry, teleporting bots, stealth, bendy bullets, deployable drones, indestructible titans; none of these kinds of things are skill dependant in the least and a kill with such is nothing to be gloated over. This game would require a complete reboot in order to negate the damage done, but unfortunately due to player investments, it's simply not to be. It's only downhill from here. You called?
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Post by T34 on Apr 26, 2024 1:18:30 GMT -5
I've spent thousands yes, but I previously deleted the game for the same reasons so I started up again from scratch. As well, I noticed that no matter how much one spends it never really gives you the edge your hoping for. My apologies for the walls of text, I'll admit I got a little lazy. Also, is everyone enjoying the Hurricane homing missles yet? I noticed that there are a ton of people are using them but apparently nobody wants to deal with them because everyone quits the game within 2 minutes, literally. First thing I see when the game starts is a sky full of missles, then the game goes silent. I say again, what a shame. The game had such MASSIVE potential. Edit: And I do mean the game is empty within two minutes. It looks to me like the Hurricane is topping the charts as yet another game breaking weapon. Last game I played went under two minutes with six out of 12 players doing nothing but standing in the back of the map holding the fire button down with the Hurricane. That's a literal 6/12, that's bad. In expert 3 we've got people joining the game simply to use the Hurricane, nothing else. 9/10 times that I move to attack a bot using the Hurricane the player kills himself before I get any where near them. They don't respawn with a different bot rather quit the game altogether. I reinstalled the game, what can I say. Played another game this morning hoping that this garbage with the Hurricane was just a fluke, same issue; half the players running the Hurricane, they either get killed or kill themselves before they can be attacked and just quit the game, in under 2 minutes. There's simply nobody left in the game to even play it, it's that bad. Edit: This was in TDM, doesn't seem to be such an issue in the other modes, yet. Those aren’t players. They are scripted bots used by tankers. The bot fires hurricanes (sometimes Zenits) and at the end of 2min self destructs. If you can get their attention, you can sit under cover for the 2min while they fire blindly at you until they blow up. Hophefully your team takes advantage during that time. The AFK hurricane bots are now out of control in exp and masters. In masters it’s better. The game is unplayable during the day. Lucky to get a 1v1 of real players. Not an exaggeration. The thing is, if there are a couple of hundred scripted bots that replay a game every 2 mins, then real players are far and few in between. And real players won’t log on to play 1v1. These guys do tank but I think they are more after resources. 25 games an hour would probably net them 3 to 4 M Ag, decent amount of gold and would clear every leaderboard to the end. Imagine 70 to 100M ag every day. I think Pix will react to this. It wouldn’t take much to figure out who does this buy looking at play time and match duration.
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Post by Mech•Wrecker on Apr 26, 2024 4:20:59 GMT -5
Those aren’t players. They are scripted bots used by tankers. The bot fires hurricanes (sometimes Zenits) and at the end of 2min self destructs. If you can get their attention, you can sit under cover for the 2min while they fire blindly at you until they blow up. Hophefully your team takes advantage during that time. The AFK hurricane bots are now out of control in exp and masters. In masters it’s better. The game is unplayable during the day. Lucky to get a 1v1 of real players. Not an exaggeration. The thing is, if there are a couple of hundred scripted bots that replay a game every 2 mins, then real players are far and few in between. And real players won’t log on to play 1v1. These guys do tank but I think they are more after resources. 25 games an hour would probably net them 3 to 4 M Ag, decent amount of gold and would clear every leaderboard to the end. Imagine 70 to 100M ag every day. I think Pix will react to this. It wouldn’t take much to figure out who does this buy looking at play time and match duration. That's just rediculous. I really don't see the point of running bots, expect to ruin the game further, which it does. These bots exit the game leaving the teams unbalanced. But it's not just the bots, player are quitting in droves as well. I quit plenty of games myself being frustrated over the rediculous amount of stealth in game, that and constantly being shot in the back by a Scorpion; amazingly frustrating. I can handle a Scorpion if I've spotted them on the field, but that's not always the case. And could somebody please explain why after all these years players are still spawning right next to each other in FFA? And why in FFA and no other game mode? Makes no sense to me. Player starting positions should be distanced appropriately apart as in other games modes allowing players to work thier way to eachother or have player selected starting positions as in other game modes as apposed to having to destroy your own first bot or being shot up likely by multiple players the very moment you spawn. It just seems like common sence to me yet PIX constantly gets wrong the most simple concepts. Almost like they do it on purpose which they likely do in some cases. Lynx is now likey my most hated bot, and it's defense is way over powered for having the stealth ability. Notice how these bots almost always come right at you, even with having very low hp. Players know that with the combination of the bots OP defense, weapons and the ability to stealth, that they have "an advantage" and will likely get the kill, which speaks to its being unbalanced, several times over in fact wich would include the power cell vs stealth issue. And of course if you dont have power cells, you always have the option of using your precious gold instead, if you have it.
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Apr 26, 2024 5:24:20 GMT -5
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Post by Cdr. Crimmins on Apr 26, 2024 5:24:20 GMT -5
Those aren’t players. They are scripted bots used by tankers. The bot fires hurricanes (sometimes Zenits) and at the end of 2min self destructs. If you can get their attention, you can sit under cover for the 2min while they fire blindly at you until they blow up. Hophefully your team takes advantage during that time. The AFK hurricane bots are now out of control in exp and masters. In masters it’s better. The game is unplayable during the day. Lucky to get a 1v1 of real players. Not an exaggeration. The thing is, if there are a couple of hundred scripted bots that replay a game every 2 mins, then real players are far and few in between. And real players won’t log on to play 1v1. These guys do tank but I think they are more after resources. 25 games an hour would probably net them 3 to 4 M Ag, decent amount of gold and would clear every leaderboard to the end. Imagine 70 to 100M ag every day. I think Pix will react to this. It wouldn’t take much to figure out who does this buy looking at play time and match duration. I have been reporting them for months and submitting tickets as well telling them how to do their database queries. Pix is doing nothing and imo will do nothing. The fact they renamed Hurricanes ‘AFK Missiles’ on April 1st tells you all you need to know. I see the same names over and over and I can’t even read Chinese.
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Post by T34 on Apr 29, 2024 2:20:10 GMT -5
The AFK hurricane bots are now out of control in exp and masters. In masters it’s better. The game is unplayable during the day. Lucky to get a 1v1 of real players. Not an exaggeration. The thing is, if there are a couple of hundred scripted bots that replay a game every 2 mins, then real players are far and few in between. And real players won’t log on to play 1v1. These guys do tank but I think they are more after resources. 25 games an hour would probably net them 3 to 4 M Ag, decent amount of gold and would clear every leaderboard to the end. Imagine 70 to 100M ag every day. I think Pix will react to this. It wouldn’t take much to figure out who does this buy looking at play time and match duration. I have been reporting them for months and submitting tickets as well telling them how to do their database queries. Pix is doing nothing and imo will do nothing. The fact they renamed Hurricanes ‘AFK Missiles’ on April 1st tells you all you need to know. I see the same names over and over and I can’t even read Chinese. How on earth do you manage to report them all? It’s like 6 to 10 reports every 4 to 6 mins. I don’t think reporting has much effect. They can see all this in their logs and will react when some sort of threshold hold is breached. Interestingly, most of the AFKs are in tdm now. They are probably farming the leaderboard.
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Post by T34 on Apr 29, 2024 2:32:05 GMT -5
The AFK hurricane bots are now out of control in exp and masters. In masters itâs better. The game is unplayable during the day. Lucky to get a 1v1 of real players. Not an exaggeration. The thing is, if there are a couple of hundred scripted bots that replay a game every 2 mins, then real players are far and few in between. And real players wonât log on to play 1v1. These guys do tank but I think they are more after resources. 25 games an hour would probably net them 3 to 4 M Ag, decent amount of gold and would clear every leaderboard to the end. Imagine 70 to 100M ag every day. I think Pix will react to this. It wouldnât take much to figure out who does this buy looking at play time and match duration. That's just rediculous. I really don't see the point of running bots, expect to ruin the game further, which it does. These bots exit the game leaving the teams unbalanced. But it's not just the bots, player are quitting in droves as well. I quit plenty of games myself being frustrated over the rediculous amount of stealth in game, that and constantly being shot in the back by a Scorpion; amazingly frustrating. I can handle a Scorpion if I've spotted them on the field, but that's not always the case. And could somebody please explain why after all these years players are still spawning right next to each other in FFA? And why in FFA and no other game mode? Makes no sense to me. Player starting positions should be distanced appropriately apart as in other games modes allowing players to work thier way to eachother or have player selected starting positions as in other game modes as apposed to having to destroy your own first bot or being shot up likely by multiple players the very moment you spawn. It just seems like common sence to me yet PIX constantly gets wrong the most simple concepts. Almost like they do it on purpose which they likely do in some cases. Lynx is now likey my most hated bot, and its about defense is way over powered for having the stealth ability. Notice how these bots almost always come right at you, even with having very low hp. Players know that with the combination of the bots OP defense, weapons and the ability to stealth, that they have "an advantage" and will likely get the kill, which speaks to its being unbalanced, several times over in fact wich would include the power cell vs stealth issue. And of course if you dont have power cells, you always have the option of using your precious gold instead, if you have it. balance has always been 「dookie」. However, you donât even get to play a game, not even an unbalanced one. I stopped playing during the day.
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Apr 29, 2024 6:32:06 GMT -5
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Post by Cdr. Crimmins on Apr 29, 2024 6:32:06 GMT -5
I have been reporting them for months and submitting tickets as well telling them how to do their database queries. Pix is doing nothing and imo will do nothing. The fact they renamed Hurricanes ‘AFK Missiles’ on April 1st tells you all you need to know. I see the same names over and over and I can’t even read Chinese. How on earth do you manage to report them all? It’s like 6 to 10 reports every 4 to 6 mins. I don’t think reporting has much effect. They can see all this in their logs and will react when some sort of threshold hold is breached. Interestingly, most of the AFKs are in tdm now. They are probably farming the leaderboard. It’s all therapy. Reporting them all gives me time to calm down a bit.
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Post by Mech•Wrecker on May 1, 2024 5:34:50 GMT -5
How on earth do you manage to report them all? It’s like 6 to 10 reports every 4 to 6 mins. I don’t think reporting has much effect. They can see all this in their logs and will react when some sort of threshold hold is breached. Interestingly, most of the AFKs are in tdm now. They are probably farming the leaderboard. It’s all therapy. Reporting them all gives me time to calm down a bit. Correct, TDM is littered with scripted bots running the Hurricane. They make up almost half the teams every game. From the start one might as well just seek cover immediately and wait out the two minute constant barrage of missles. I'm fairly certain the only thing keeping the game afloat now is it's mechanics, everything else relates to the title of this thread. Just can't get a decent game anymore. TDM is bot/ hurricane infested causing imbalanced teams upon destruction with players constantly dropping out ending the game in under two minutes, domination and beacon rush the games are over too quickly and FFA is nothing more than constant back shooting; wait till two bots are engaged and then pounce on one shooting them in the back, it's just lame. Never seen so much back shooting in my life, it's seems to be the theme of the game, hide until you've spotted someone's back. 10 minutes is not enough time to be hiding and still make a decent game of it.
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Post by T34 on May 1, 2024 19:25:46 GMT -5
It’s all therapy. Reporting them all gives me time to calm down a bit. Correct, TDM is littered with scripted bots running the Hurricane. They make up almost half the teams every game. From the start one might as well just seek cover immediately and wait out the two minute constant barrage of missles. I'm fairly certain the only thing keeping the game afloat now is it's mechanics, everything else relates to the title of this thread. Just can't get a decent game anymore. TDM is bot/ hurricane infested causing imbalanced teams upon destruction with players constantly dropping out ending the game in under two minutes, domination and beacon rush the games are over too quickly and FFA is nothing more than constant back shooting; wait till two bots are engaged and then pounce on one shooting them in the back, it's just lame. Never seen so much back shooting in my life, it's seems to be the theme of the game, hide until you've spotted someone's back. 10 minutes is not enough time to be hiding and still make a decent game of it. You can use a Loki and run to the red spawn area immediately after the start. Have decent high damage weapons on it, go for the AFKs, shoot em in the back and bang you will have 10 kills in no time. The issue is that the approach is only good for leaderboard farming but the strategy is unsustainable because it is really boring shooting stationary bots in the back.
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Post by Mech•Wrecker on May 2, 2024 2:36:48 GMT -5
PIX has really slaughtered this game. A "shooter" in which 50% of the time you can't shoot your target. Damn near every time I engage an enemy bot, they throw up a shield, stealth, phase shift or special ability not allowing them to be shot. Yes, theres quantum radar and shield breaker ect, but you can choose only one mod and have only 6 seconds to destroy your target, and its not like it's just gonna stand still and let you shoot it. I think I preferr shooters in which as long as you have line of sight you can hit your target. All of this other content is just garbage, as in Anglers blind ability; it's just another shot blocker. You've got your target right in front of you but cant shoot it. This all falls into the "dumbest thing ever" category and each of these things can be the difference between win or loose.
Have I yet mentioned that I cannot stand the stealth feature? I think it's kinda funny when I get a clean kill on a player, then they immediately spawn a bot w/ stealth, usually a Lynx and come right for me to show me how skilled they are...when in steatlth and can't be shot. This happens quite often and basically says all you need to know about the stealth feature. Attack bots with a stealth feature such as Lynx are the go-to bots for skilless players and easy kills. Scorpion could join this list as well. Super duper annoying.
I remember back when it was awesome if you had a bot that could jump or dash. The good old days.
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May 2, 2024 15:58:24 GMT -5
Post by Cdr. Crimmins on May 2, 2024 15:58:24 GMT -5
PIX has really slaughtered this game. A "shooter" in which 50% of the time you can't shoot your target. Damn near every time I engage an enemy bot, they throw up a shield, stealth, phase shift or special ability not allowing them to be shot. Yes, theres quantum radar and shield breaker ect, but you can choose only one mod and have only 6 seconds to destroy your target, and its not like it's just gonna stand still and let you shoot it. I think I preferr shooters in which as long as you have line of sight you can hit your target. All of this other content is just garbage, as in Anglers blind ability; it's just another shot blocker. You've got your target right in front of you but cant shoot it. This all falls into the "dumbest thing ever" category and each of these things can be the difference between win or loose. Have I yet mentioned that I cannot stand the stealth feature? I think it's kinda funny when I get a clean kill on a player, then they immediately spawn a bot w/ stealth, usually a Lynx and come right for me to show me how skilled they are...when in steatlth and can't be shot. This happens quite often and basically says all you need to know about the stealth feature. Attack bots with a stealth feature such as Lynx are the go-to bots for skilless players and easy kills. Scorpion could join this list as well. Super duper annoying. I remember back when it was awesome if you had a bot that could jump or dash. The good old days. Come try 6 Pack. Or even Sage Retro. Experience the glorious days!
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Post by Mech•Wrecker on May 3, 2024 19:34:23 GMT -5
PIX has really slaughtered this game. A "shooter" in which 50% of the time you can't shoot your target. Damn near every time I engage an enemy bot, they throw up a shield, stealth, phase shift or special ability not allowing them to be shot. Yes, theres quantum radar and shield breaker ect, but you can choose only one mod and have only 6 seconds to destroy your target, and its not like it's just gonna stand still and let you shoot it. I think I preferr shooters in which as long as you have line of sight you can hit your target. All of this other content is just garbage, as in Anglers blind ability; it's just another shot blocker. You've got your target right in front of you but cant shoot it. This all falls into the "dumbest thing ever" category and each of these things can be the difference between win or loose. Have I yet mentioned that I cannot stand the stealth feature? I think it's kinda funny when I get a clean kill on a player, then they immediately spawn a bot w/ stealth, usually a Lynx and come right for me to show me how skilled they are...when in steatlth and can't be shot. This happens quite often and basically says all you need to know about the stealth feature. Attack bots with a stealth feature such as Lynx are the go-to bots for skilless players and easy kills. Scorpion could join this list as well. Super duper annoying. I remember back when it was awesome if you had a bot that could jump or dash. The good old days. Come try 6 Pack. Or even Sage Retro. Experience the glorious days! After all the garbage with this version, I don't know that I will. As it is I quit more games than I play due to the rediculous content. Yes, I know you lot of people shun leaving games early and I'm actually one of them, but in my defense the game can be beyond frustrating; and these days with all the bs I don't blame people one bit, with the exception of those who leave early not having something to do with the bs in game. I'm not even certain why I still play honestly, just to pass the time I believe. One simply can't get a good game in any more, there's really no "game' here to be had. A game requires skill, challenge and competition, none of which exists in this game anymore and so I really don't know what to call it other than a jumble fk. Amazing mechanics, garbage gameplay. I sometimes just sit messing with my bots, changing loadouts, paint jobs ect, just seeing what looks good, what setups I think might work well against particular bots and what not as I find this can be more interesting and fun than actually playing the game; again because the mechanics are great, the gameplay is not. I doubt it, and I'm not certain it's even possible while keeping thier player base, but I certainly hope that PIX finds a way to balance out the game and undo the damage they have done. Some of you old schoolers may remember a game called Armored Core for Playstation, another mech game. This game was definitely the best of it's time and would have made a good foundation for PIX to build upon, without the added bs content, that would have been a shooters dream. Off topic: Alien Front Online for Dreamcast was an amazing game. Today's industry really should take a look back at where they came from and try to follow suit.
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May 4, 2024 16:09:57 GMT -5
Post by Cdr. Crimmins on May 4, 2024 16:09:57 GMT -5
Come try 6 Pack. Or even Sage Retro. Experience the glorious days! After all the garbage with this version, I don't know that I will. As it is I quit more games than I play due to the rediculous content. Yes, I know you lot of people shun leaving games early and I'm actually one of them, but in my defense the game can be beyond frustrating; and these days with all the bs I don't blame people one bit, with the exception of those who leave early not having something to do with the bs in game. I'm not even certain why I still play honestly, just to pass the time I believe. One simply can't get a good game in any more, there's really no "game' here to be had. A game requires skill, challenge and competition, none of which exists in this game anymore and so I really don't know what to call it other than a jumble fk. Amazing mechanics, garbage gameplay. I sometimes just sit messing with my bots, changing loadouts, paint jobs ect, just seeing what looks good, what setups I think might work well against particular bots and what not as I find this can be more interesting and fun than actually playing the game; again because the mechanics are great, the gameplay is not. I doubt it, and I'm not certain it's even possible while keeping thier player base, but I certainly hope that PIX finds a way to balance out the game and undo the damage they have done. Some of you old schoolers may remember a game called Armored Core for Playstation, another mech game. This game was definitely the best of it's time and would have made a good foundation for PIX to build upon, without the added bs content, that would have been a shooters dream. Off topic: Alien Front Online for Dreamcast was an amazing game. Today's industry really should take a look back at where they came from and try to follow suit. Well fair enough. Just know that every 6 Pack match is filled to the brim with pilots who are both trying hard as well as having fun. The allowed bots, weapons and level limit to 1.6 with no pilots, drones, motherships or titans brings the game right back to where it was great. The skill, challenge and competition is right there. We’ll be here if you ever want to give it a go.
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