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PLAYERUNKNOWNS BATTLEGROUNDS Early Access Thread: This Is Battle Royale
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WilsonX100
Member
Was playing solo earlier and got stuck inside a house as i was being shot at. Took position at the door when the enemy started surroundig the house in smoke. I was terrified, luckily someone managed to kill him.
Ive been having so much fun with solo today
Ive been having so much fun with solo today
Neither has any magnification.
Golden_Pigeon
Banned
Gaf is recently tending toward a chicken diet.
mullet2000
Member
Man.
Mannnnnn.
I got to the end of a match today. Seven people left total, Me and two squadmates are three of them.
...and for no reason the game stops allowing me to use items. I had a sliver of health and tried to heal, but I couldn't use my first aid kits, painkillers, etc. Right clicking them didn't work. Hot keys didn't work. Just could not use them. So I had to approach the new circle with no health and instead of being able to tank a bit of the blue circle I had to get up and run, and of course I got shot and died. Even at half health I would have made it since I was so close.
Fucking bummer man.
Mannnnnn.
I got to the end of a match today. Seven people left total, Me and two squadmates are three of them.
...and for no reason the game stops allowing me to use items. I had a sliver of health and tried to heal, but I couldn't use my first aid kits, painkillers, etc. Right clicking them didn't work. Hot keys didn't work. Just could not use them. So I had to approach the new circle with no health and instead of being able to tank a bit of the blue circle I had to get up and run, and of course I got shot and died. Even at half health I would have made it since I was so close.
Fucking bummer man.
After this patch, I will always get one freeze and "Network Lag" message before jumping off the plane. What gives?
That's what the 15x scope is for.
That's what the 15x scope is for.
BLAUcopter
Gold Member
It's getting worse with each patch lol. LEAVE IT ALONE YOU ANIMALS! YOU'VE DONE ENOUGH DAMAGE ALREADY!!!!
EmCeeGramr
Member
Fun moments today:
-Jumping onto a roof from a balcony, then jumping down to shoot a guy with a revolver.
-Rushing into a building, guy runs in from another building in the compound to get me, I hear a door open and close, then I realize it was two doors opening: there was another guy on the third floor of the building and I don't think the two were aware of each other.
-Tried jumping off of a roof of one of those garages onto an aware guy who pulled up, firing my UMP. Despite being 5 feet away from him, the recoil causes 95% of the shots to miss, and I keep firing while in the staggered from falling position, forcing me to reload and die to what must have been a very confused guy. It especially hurt since I had a nigh fully tricked out M4 (just needed a suppressor and magnified scope) and Level 3 helmet and vest.
-Spend 3 minutes trying to flank a sniper on the edge of the ring, I finally see him get gunned down by another guy who doesn't seem to see me. I wait and wait and wait for the other guy to move (the circle is practically touching the tree he's behind, and the white circle is a good distance away). I figure out that he must have gone around a ridge, and decide to follow him and flank. As I get within 20 feet, he suddenly opens fire and kills me. The guy wasn't a smart tactician, he was camping in the smallest possible place to go prone for far longer than was reasonable and I'm 90% sure he didn't know I was there before I ran up on him.
-Jumping onto a roof from a balcony, then jumping down to shoot a guy with a revolver.
-Rushing into a building, guy runs in from another building in the compound to get me, I hear a door open and close, then I realize it was two doors opening: there was another guy on the third floor of the building and I don't think the two were aware of each other.
-Tried jumping off of a roof of one of those garages onto an aware guy who pulled up, firing my UMP. Despite being 5 feet away from him, the recoil causes 95% of the shots to miss, and I keep firing while in the staggered from falling position, forcing me to reload and die to what must have been a very confused guy. It especially hurt since I had a nigh fully tricked out M4 (just needed a suppressor and magnified scope) and Level 3 helmet and vest.
-Spend 3 minutes trying to flank a sniper on the edge of the ring, I finally see him get gunned down by another guy who doesn't seem to see me. I wait and wait and wait for the other guy to move (the circle is practically touching the tree he's behind, and the white circle is a good distance away). I figure out that he must have gone around a ridge, and decide to follow him and flank. As I get within 20 feet, he suddenly opens fire and kills me. The guy wasn't a smart tactician, he was camping in the smallest possible place to go prone for far longer than was reasonable and I'm 90% sure he didn't know I was there before I ran up on him.
therealminime
Member
That feel when you have the drop on a guy and go to shoot but the camera is on your left shoulder for some reason and there's a tree blocking your view.
Have they said anything about this yet? It's annoying as shit.That feel when you have the drop on a guy and go to shoot but the camera is on your left shoulder for some reason and there's a tree blocking your view.
I just got 5/98 playing Mad Max style. Get a gun or two and spend the rest of the match driving around. Roadkills are my favorite thing in the game, especially when I know it's someone who painstakingly earned their way into the top 10 and has an awesome inventory.
Maybe I'm too bad or impatient to get kills other ways.
I might have ranked even higher but I accidentally rammed a house right at the end, almost killing a guy who was near it. I need to figure out which car is the hardest to shoot the driver of.
Maybe I'm too bad or impatient to get kills other ways.
I might have ranked even higher but I accidentally rammed a house right at the end, almost killing a guy who was near it. I need to figure out which car is the hardest to shoot the driver of.
Twin Tails
Member
therealminime
Member
It's kind of crazy to me how much I like the game with one or more friends and how much I dislike it solo. I 100% understand and appreciate the way tension and lonlieness build in solo play but the way people just camp for days and other reasons have led me to not really playing much more then a few hours of solo.
But duo or grouping, man do I love that. I think being able to set up flanks and bait people and such adds a ton to the game, plus banter and shenanigans with friends, plus more strategy because of knowing everyone is paired up with one or more allies. And, my favorite, most twisted part, is the joy in ruining other groups. If my whole group dies early and it's just me, all I want is to fully kill the member of another group. Knowing that, if they are truly grouped up, they are stuck spectating for who knows how long brings me great joy.
But duo or grouping, man do I love that. I think being able to set up flanks and bait people and such adds a ton to the game, plus banter and shenanigans with friends, plus more strategy because of knowing everyone is paired up with one or more allies. And, my favorite, most twisted part, is the joy in ruining other groups. If my whole group dies early and it's just me, all I want is to fully kill the member of another group. Knowing that, if they are truly grouped up, they are stuck spectating for who knows how long brings me great joy.
OnionPowder
Member
Currently typing this as I'm sitting frozen on top of a roof after I hit the inventory.
Yuuup pretty much every game tonight all of us were getting freezes and "network lag detected" when we were in the airplane.
We got a group dinner though so it wasn't all bad
BrettHeazy
Member
Ah glad that wasn't just me then! Thought something was happening to my network, but it was stable AF.
In 3 games, today I:
- Had an out of the blue Sandy Hook truther as a duo partner.
- Came SO CLOSE to landing my parachute inside the nuclear power plant tower. I was disappointed to discover they're open at the bottom even if I had landed inside.
- Landed right next to the lighthouse, and barely punched another player to death who was landing at the same spot. Turns out the lighthouse can't be entered, and the building next to it had crap loot. That game didn't last long.
OnionPowder
Member
Good end to a match where a friend and I were killin it
Also got a squad wipe with a S12K earlier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOUuOEtR-xg&feature=youtu.be
Also got a squad wipe with a S12K earlier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOUuOEtR-xg&feature=youtu.be
The car physics have definitely changed since the motorcycle update - its really fun to drift with the dacia now.
It should have opened the case(which makes the case disappear) for you and put the item in your inventory even if it says "error opening crate" or whatever. I think I get that message 50% I try.
If you're unsure of what item you got was from a crate you can go to the steam marketplace and look at your inventory there. The items you are able to sell are the ones you have gotten from chest and those you cannot sell are the ones you start with
Daffy Duck
Member
What.....where those player AFK or something?
no, but it's possible they were at a desync disadvantage. Darting out at people like that lets you shoot at them before they see you on their screen.
plus a lot of people are so cautious in this game that they have trouble responding quickly to someone who is extremely aggressive
Is there a way to get to the island in the northeast corner of the map? The plane seems to auto-eject you early even if it's headed in that direction, and I've never found a boat that could allow you to get there quickly.
Also, I've never seen it rain on matchmaking servers.
Also, I've never seen it rain on matchmaking servers.
Daffy Duck
Member
Yes, there are boats that spawn up at that area and you can make a dash to explore the spawn island if you are quick.
jediyoshi
Member
Is there a trick to getting in? I've only found invisible walls surrounding it.
Daffy Duck
Member
I don't believe so, I was watching drift0r play on one of his streams and him and his team just jumped on a boat and went there.
Meeting people shortly after landing is always so tense, especially if you can't punch for shit...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGBtzxQI55s
No that much if you think about it.
Join game at the same time, go to a common spot on the lobby to make sure both are in the same server => land in the same area away from highly populated areas.
I doesn't surprise me one bit, people online are scumbags and will do no matter what to get an unfair edge over anyone else.
Still that's not the most despicable, the worst that has happened to me is joining duo with a random, have good communication and help each other with gearing up and then this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3wix9rrJgY
I guess he loved too much my newly found m4.
It's true that I didn't find too many teamkillers but having someone nice that voicechats and all and then he does that infuriates me more than it should.
You're not going to find anything special there - no epic crate loot or anything like that. /partypooper
abracadaver
Member
It will probably get worse once they add achievements
It feels fairly simple to implement a kick + incremental time ban if a teammate does you 100% of the damage of your death.
Sure there might be a few cases where this is going to punish someone that made a mistake but I believe this would be fairly low considering how visible is the UI for teammates.
Anyway this game's barebones but awesome. I really hope they give priority to server stability cause I've been playing for 5 days and lag seems to only get worse.
Sure there might be a few cases where this is going to punish someone that made a mistake but I believe this would be fairly low considering how visible is the UI for teammates.
Anyway this game's barebones but awesome. I really hope they give priority to server stability cause I've been playing for 5 days and lag seems to only get worse.
OnionPowder
Member
A common tactic is they all wear the same clothing. Saw a video of multiple squads teaming up running around with a group of like 8 plus people.
Fucking pricks.
Hopefully if they add that they don't do it for squadmates you're grouped up with. I've had some fun matches with friends that ended in team killing for the fuck of it.
Also PU has talked about the servers recently. He said they're running on the best specced Amazon servers, the issue is in their netcode. They have some tests on their side that they're working on and that should be in the next monthly update (this month)
I'm tending toward the other direction. I hate spending 25 minutes trying to scrap together loot for 4 guys in some remote farmshack location, attempting to dodge all engagements because we have no long range scopes and people aren't confident in their gunplay, only to get plugged like fish in a barrel once teams around us have snipers and ACOGs and 8xs. I'd rather drop solo hot, get some momentum rolling and get gear, and be able to pick and choose whether I want to keep playing aggressive or wait until the circle thins out before making a play.
It's kind of a pain right now that the game doesn't support squads larger than four. I tend to play with a tight group of 'real life' friends and it isn't unusual for five or six people to be on simultaneously, in which case we either have to split the squad or try to get together in the same game which is, frankly, more trouble than it's worth a lot of the time.
I'd really like to see them implement another playlist or two to facilitate this in a clean and fair way.
Me and my buddy went to the spawn island earlier this week, there's supposed to be military loot but we were unlucky and got absolutely fuck all. Time is pretty tight but you can do it.
You need to drop on the North East coast, find a boat and double time it up there, absolutely zero point if you don't drop near there. 5mins sounds like a lot, but it's really not by the time you've took the boat and had a look around.
You need to drop on the North East coast, find a boat and double time it up there, absolutely zero point if you don't drop near there. 5mins sounds like a lot, but it's really not by the time you've took the boat and had a look around.
OnionPowder
Member
They are currently working on a mode called war that doesn't have a lot of details. It might be what you're looking for.
My encounter with the 'shaking groovy guy' made Kotaku's Highlight reel of the week..surely this is the peak of my internet "fame"
3:52 is where the clip is
http://kotaku.com/jason-isnt-the-only-killer-in-friday-the-13th-1795727717
3:52 is where the clip is
http://kotaku.com/jason-isnt-the-only-killer-in-friday-the-13th-1795727717
WilsonX100
Member
could have been talking in game and decided to not kill eachother.
played so much solo yesterday, need more.
stop doing this please, it's cheating.