APB - The long con

[Eightball]

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[quote author=PyroZombie link=topic=4693.msg204562#msg204562 date=1303973222]
[quote author=Versus-pwny- link=topic=4693.msg204552#msg204552 date=1303964080]
uh it's not gta online

It's essentially GTA online.
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Have you ever actually played it? Because everyone who replied to you has.
[/quote]I've seen GTA and I've seen APB, and I have to say, from view alone, it looks like what i think a GTA game would look like if it was solely online.
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It's a bit different than GTA online. Got a very different feel to it. Not to mention 30 times the butthurt.

[Versus]

apb has nice character customization

gta games are actually good

take your pick

[If-I-Die-Its-Lag]

APB is fun with friends, not so much with random strangers.

[at0m]

APB is fun with friends, not so much with random strangers.

welcome to almost every MMO

[Vandamguy]

lets all just stop with this nonsense game.
it was rubbish from the start, then became the game that shall not be named
no amount of positive thinking is going to help this game improve.



listen to the lolcat

[Luinbariel]

In lolcat I trust

[[SiN] Merc]

it's ok, I'm just gonna keep playing barbie dream time dress up adventure when it comes out again. Bonus points if I can get a longer trench coat for my Scott Shelby character.

[KarthXLR]

Anybody want to play tomorrow? I'm willing to give this one more shot.

[[SiN] Merc]

Anybody want to play tomorrow? I'm willing to give this one more shot.

The servers are back up?

[Versus]

Merc link=topic=4693.msg204663#msg204663 date=1304055822]
[quote author=Karth link=topic=4693.msg204657#msg204657 date=1304052750]
Anybody want to play tomorrow? I'm willing to give this one more shot.

The servers are back up?


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um

it's the apb reloaded beta

[[SiN] Merc]

[quote author=[SiN] Merc link=topic=4693.msg204663#msg204663 date=1304055822]
[quote author=Karth link=topic=4693.msg204657#msg204657 date=1304052750]
Anybody want to play tomorrow? I'm willing to give this one more shot.

The servers are back up?


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um

it's the apb reloaded beta
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Man...The one time I get to use a raised eyebrow in response to a question...

[Versus]

:-*

[KarthXLR]

Played about an hour or two with Star Knight. It feels better. Gunplay is varied and not completely dominated by the OCA (that said, still needs a lot of tweaking), the new mission system is much more efficient, there seems to be at least a little bit of developer response, and hackers don't seem to be running as rampant anymore.

But it's laggy as hell, oh my god.

[Star Knight]

But it's laggy as hell, oh my god.

The East server isn't in the East btw, it's in the West(just reiterating btw Karth). Which surprised me, your physically closer to the server than I am(Indiana(midwest)). I had no lag other than a short spike.

[HeK]

[quote author=Karth link=topic=4693.msg204819#msg204819 date=1304194162]
But it's laggy as hell, oh my god.

The East server isn't in the East btw, it's in the West(just reiterating btw Karth). Which surprised me, your physically closer to the server than I am(Indiana(midwest)). I had no lag other than a short spike.
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It's a network, physical distance doesn't mean anything. It's all about logical distance and route metric values.

[Star Knight]

APB: Reloaded open beta starts May 18th.

"However, between now and the Open Beta date (ie for the next two weeks), we will progressively permit access to MOST PEOPLE (17 or older in the US and 18 or older in the rest of the world) who do two things (1) creates (or already has) a GamersFirst Account with the appropriate info (see the link to the right of the blog) and then (2) submits his/her email (matching the G1 account) at the front of the APB page (www.gamersfirst.com/apb) in the "Newsletter Signup Email form." This will let us slowly turn up "the heat" on our servers before going fully "open.""

[url=http://apbreloaded.blogspot.com/2011/05/open-beta-date-credit-bonuses-new-items.html]http://apbreloaded.blogspot.com/2011/05/open-beta-date-credit-bonuses-new-items.html

[Goffin]

lol...  internetz.

Stemming for a game that had ramapant hacking prior to them picking it up doesn't really make me believe they'll have it under control..  I guess we'll find out in the "open" beta .    :p

Cheaters (aimbotters)
It keeps baffling us that people are cheating in one moment, then paying for premium, and then continue cheating? Seems really odd, given the amount of money you will be risking for something that literally only will  help you aim. We have ON PURPOSE not kicked hackers for over a week to monitor what they are doing. That clearly will change. One semi-famous aimbot site realized that we had caught a slew of their users over the weekend (though we did so silently), then they stopped their own hack, and then earlier today re-enabled it. Sigh... when will they ever learn. Anyway - before Open Beta we will perform various changes, which will be good for the game, and bad for the aimbotters. Long term we have a more radical solution to the issue, which we will share when it's ready . In the short term we also have what we think is a good solution, and you should see the beneficial effects of that by Open Beta.

[KarthXLR]

You can port over your old characters now. Anyone want to play? Me and Star Knight are in mumble right now.

[Versus]

oh shit

[Star Knight]

You can port over your old characters now. Anyone want to play? Me and Star Knight are in mumble right now.

dickbutt