Patch Notes Discussion - Patch 1.010

[Zuul]

Looking forward to it, but I'm pretty disappointed at the lack of any real chat improvements. I've been waiting for at least a zone-wide chat since launch, and am beginning to think it won't be coming. Lack of one makes this game feel like it's not an MMO at all. Other than Arkfalls, I end up doing everything else alone due to not having any real way to get random people on the map together for missions or whatever. Plus in general, it's a nice (and standard) feature in any MMO. It'd be nice to be able to just chat away with other players in the game. Hoping to see it here some day =(

ps - I've haven't followed upcoming changes to the game 100%, so if I've missed any "real" updates to the chat can someone point them out so I can correct myself!

[Remag Div]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^this x129837123

Agreed.

It's going to be super annoying as a PC user if all future patches and updates are being designed around the consoles and the PC crowd just gets lumped into it.

[DustOfDeath]

0 chat updates this far.


Weapons didnt need nerf - they needed boost. Nerfing a weapon doesnt make me use the weak *** crap one i didnt useb efore. It just forces me to use 1 weapon type thats most effective (assault rifles and snipers).


and voip.....


Im starting to regret buying the season pass -_-

[ironhands]

0 chat updates this far.

● Text chat now displays for longer and no longer hides when sprinting or boosting.

[Taaltos]

● Text chat now displays for longer and no longer hides when sprinting or boosting.

Now if we can just get scaleable text and all the awesome features that are listed in /help in the chat box working properly!

[Scyris]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^this x129837123

I agree, when I see MMO in a games title, I fully expect there to be some sort of global text chat, Then again trion sadly for fairly lazy with this port, garbage looking textures, poor chat features that rarely work, HORRIBLE UI for a pc. I can go on.

[Psion]

Half of it just makes me cry.

I actually HOPED the game will improve and kept my optimism... but everythign besides bug fixes is just making everythign worse - and none of the real issues have been touched.


People who said the game will fail.. well i must now agree. ... they were correct. Its all a fking pvp update nerfing pve even more.

"○ Players are now not able to use inventory vehicles in shadow war or shadow war vehicles outside of shadow war." - so we cant even use our cars anymore ? Let me guess - they are gonna add "shadow war" cars to cash shop.

You can't use vehicles that are one hit KOs in Shadow Wars or that completely confuse you as to whether some is participating.

"● Lowered damage output of sawed off shotguns" - They were already useless in PVE - slow as hell, i already almost never used them - i certainly wont now.

And they were absolutely overpowered in PVP. However, I don't use them in PVE to make a consensus there.

● General tuning to improve LMGs. - LMG-s were already op LOL.

That's debatable, considering the awful accuracy and damage that some had in my experience.

Cluster launchers have had their damage lowered. - those were the ONLY rockets even worth using (and werent that great, considerign the tiny ammo pool).

I digress, but that's your opinion again.

Added cooldown to prevent elemental effects from constantly applying to player. - let me guess, that cooldown affects pve aswell now.

Does that even matter? Scrapper Forges are the only enemies you cam't absolutely melt.

● Infectors have had their homing range decreased + dmg and speed of bugs. - another pvp fanboy cry related nerf that kills it for pve.

I can agree with bug damage nerf, but even the DoT ones feel unpowered till you have a swarm out.

● Pistols have had their ammo pools increased in competitive multiplayer. - only pvp ? why the ****?

Could definitely use it in both, but you could expend a pistol on a single player in PVP.

● Shields for rollers have been reduced - just cuz some people qq-d about rollers in arkfalls? really?

No, because they made that change with the monarch one.

PLEASE dont turn this into a mindless pvp game -_- I actually waited the "big patch" now i hope it never comes.

You're playing a horizontal progression game that was sold on Arkfall events and Shadow Wars. I think you may've made the wrong purchase if you don't realize that PVP is the longterm in this game.

[DustOfDeath]

that chat update isnt live yet. thats why i said this far.

[Swampster]

Agreed.

It's going to be super annoying as a PC user if all future patches and updates are being designed around the consoles and the PC crowd just gets lumped into it.

That and the 'gotta wait at least 2 weeks for the next proper patch' cycle...

[Frostlight]

The PVP centric nerf of the LMGs and Sawed-Off shotguns makes me worry about the future of PVE in this game. While I can see the necessity of it for PVP, in PVE, those weapons are either just fine, or pretty damned gimpy.

LMGs: Fine. Leave it alone. It's a good alternative to ARs as a main or secondary while we screw around with everything else, like...

Sawed-Off Shotguns: Using this in PVE is challenging and I would never touch it in PVE except for the fact that the one that I have just looks damned cool, but I consider it a "toy" more than anything. These things are next to useless in PVE; reducing the damage just makes it more so, especially if the reload time stays the same.

Grenade Launchers/Rockets: I refrain from speaking on these weapons as I always found them to be underpowered and haven't used them since launch...perhaps I'm just not using them effectively, especially the rocket launchers.

Regardless, if this is the way things are going to go, I'm really disappointed since I have been enjoying the game immensely and do not want to leave, but when changes to a game starts tanking my enjoyment, it only makes sense to walk away. While this patch will probably not be enough to make me do that, if this is the pattern that I can expect then it is just a matter of time.

PLEASE, for the love of Cthulu and all that is unholy, separate PVE and PVP balancing!