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[therealminime]

Finally consumed some delicious chicken all by myself. Had several duo/squad wins but I don't solo very often. Managed 6 kills, it was hectic as fuck. The last guy decided driving around in a UAZ was a good strat. It worked for me. He got everyone shooting at him, which allowed my 8X KAR to hit some shots then he just drove over to me and jumped out and was promptly murdered. Fun.

The game feels dramatically better after this patch.

 

[blacklotus]

GMG got smart and tied those codes to accounts instead of universal use.



RNG of loot, which has been like this for few weeks now and not just after this patch. Finding even SMG can be fucking achievement now.

Smart or dumb, really.

Instead of buying from them, i'll buy it directly from steam now.

Thanks for the information man.

 

[Tagyhag]

FUCKING YES

After 12 hours, I finally did it.

Highlights of that match

1. Slowly swimming underneath someone hiding under a bridge and taking them out without them realizing what happened.

2. Headshotting someone trying to ram me with the jeep and dodging the vehicle at the last second.

3. Seeing the circle be at Georgopol (I have the worst luck there) so I almost gave up and used the restroom not caring if someone killed me. I was still alive so figured I should press on.

Once we were all in the same building, it was 3 of us in different floors and it stayed that way for a while. I heard grenades pop off and I threw a few smokes but we didn't encounter each other until the very last second. I killed someone coming up the stairs and was ready for the other person but it looked like the circle was in a weird spot so they ended up dying outside the playzone.

Also, I'm actually glad it was at Georgopol because the best sight I had was a Red Dot. Had it been outdoors I would have been fucked. I'm loving this new circle!

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to lie down because my heart is going to explode, I literally can't remember the last time I was this tense in a video game.

 

[brentech]

I think my last 2 wins came off of dropping in Georgiapol and winning the area. But usually drop there, pachinki, the school, or Yas.

Those are probably 80% of my landings, if not higher.

 

[TheRed]

I finally came back to this after like a month away because of the new patch. Like that it's running much better now. I turned up settings and game still runs good and looks good. Only get some little hitches still though but overall it's a lot better.

Anyway somehow I just wandered my way into the top 2 without killing anyone or even being shot at the whole match. I had no armor the whole game too lol. Was able to get the advantageous position behind a rock at a higher elevation than the tree close by that the other guy was behind. He decides to rush at me. I peek out and forgot to switch what shoulder my third person aim was on and it was on the left when I wanted it on the right. So I stepped out saw a screen full of rock when I aimed and he took me out fast before I could fix my view. Sad gameplay from me.

 

[Archpath1]

I land in the two fucboi towns between pochinki and school
Never lets me down.

 

[Mutagenic]

I land in the two fucboi towns between pochinki and school
Never lets me down.

I typically always do this. I drop at the closest of the two from the flight path, loot quickly, then head to the other town.

 

[v1lla21]

I should've known that jumping out of a moving car kills you. Lol

 

[lazerfox]

I should've known that jumping out of a moving car kills you. Lol

We all had to learn it the hard way

 

[Magwik]

My game no longer tanks during gunfights and while ADSing

BLESS

 

[Giganteus]

I feel like for the last few patches, people have said they've noticed improved FPS, while i didn't notice any change for my low-end PC, but this one has significantly increased it. Most matches are totally smooth throughout.

Also, they fixed something that was really bugging me. When you freelooked around and then snapped back to your fixed 3rd person view, your character would move. It was annoying when you were trying to be stealthy and stay completely still. Great patch.

 

[epmode]

I also received one of those 25% off GMG coupons for three people.

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[Glass]

Not to be a broken record, but wow the performance increase from this patch.

 

[HowZatOZ]

This update, holy damn. So good.

Also, quote to reveal 25% off code for GMG as well.

 

[broncobuster]

I'm wondering if there's a way to reset old settings with this new patch. And if I should.

 

[Lupercal]

Did some teams of 3 tonight, damn I'm such a Noob but loving the shotty.

Did some real damage tonight.

 

[cripterion]

Never playing in random squads again on euro servers. Fuckers didn't help me at military base, I fended myself off against another group (I got the kills) we made it out of there all ok with good loot, I go ahead to look for a vehicule, I found a bike, another dude from my group follows me with a buggy and fucking shoots me in the back, others guys come and loot all my stuff...

I got some good squad games with randoms on NA and even Asia servers but I always end up with shitheads on the euro servers, most of them being russians, feels bad man.

 

[v1lla21]

Ugh the last two times I've died is because I have to run to the circle and I get picked off by someone
At least one of the guys I ran into after parachuting had no desire to fight. We helped each other out and went our ways. Lol.

 

[cripterion]

The circles are really wild now, I like it cause forces you to stay on the move all the time, well unless you get lucky.

 

[j-wood]

I was in top 3, had the guy in my sights to be in the top 2.

Then the game fucking crashed. It would have been my possible first place ever. Mother fuck.

 

[Moz]

I don't know what to do with all these extra frames man.

 

[Tagyhag]

So I don't know how long they've had the official zombies mode but it's pretty sweet. It gets hilarious when you separate the humans and they start to panic.

Except you can't win as zombies even if you kill all the humans (Unless our host messed the setting up) , you have to end it in a free for all punch-fest.

 

[v1lla21]

I gotta run it on low to get 60fps on my 7950 and an i5-3570k. It's whatever though as long as it runs well I don't care much.

 

[Venfayth]

Got my second solo chicken dinner of this season.

Thought the ending of this match was really entertaining so I recorded it and uploaded it.

https://streamable.com/6swui

 

[Robaperas]

Got my second solo chicken dinner of this season.

Thought the ending of this match was really entertaining so I recorded it and uploaded it.

https://streamable.com/6swui

That was great, nice throws

Spoiler

except for that one

 

[darkwing-buck]

wow this update made a massive difference!

 

[Venfayth]

That was great, nice throws

Spoiler

except for that one

Yeah no idea what happened to that first one, haha. Pan saved my life too!

 

[Nabs]

Got my second solo chicken dinner of this season.

Thought the ending of this match was really entertaining so I recorded it and uploaded it.

https://streamable.com/6swui

Shoutouts to the clutch pan.

 

[chugen]

that game is really good. its my first battle royale type of game and its really fun. and i think one of the biggest thing that keep me into it is how fast you can jump into another match. i really really like how fast it is. i didnt played a lot before that new update but looks like the devs are doing a great job. can't wait to see what will come later.

now i need to do better than 2nd place.

 

[Jibbajabbawockky]

Oh man... So I'm playing the game for the first time in maybe a month today. Solo match. The map is looking all atmospheric with the twilight lighting going on. Hugging the north side of the map where the circle is closing in with about 25 people left. I've gotten basically nothing for weapons this whole match ( a shotgun and pistol) and haven't seen a single person since I jumped out of the plane. But at least I've got a level 3 helmet.

I'm right at the edge of the circle as its closing in on this hillside and I'm just staying right on the edge where there are still some trees and rocks for cover. All of a sudden I see a guy running down the hill in front of me and then he goes prone by a tree. I'm keeping an eye on him as I'm crouched by a tree when I notice a giant supply crate out in the open between me and the guy.

Now I've maybe gotten a supply drop once and it only had a Tommy gun in it. Throwing caution to the wind, I sprint to the supply crate and get behind it so the guy by the tree hopefully can't see me. Inside the crate I get a Ghillie suit, a ton of ammo, a 15x Scope and an M249. Since I just have a shotgun, I stick the 15x scope on the M249 and crawl away feeling like a badass in my Ghillie suit, still with eyes on the guy camping by the tree, who is now looking away from me. But now the circle is closing again and I've got to move- closer to the guy by the tree.

So I get prone, nearly invisible with my Ghillie suit on and look down the scope at this guy and light him up... only to hit him maybe once or twice before he bolts behind a rock.

Then some random guy ran in from behind me, and killed me with a shotgun.

Yup, that's me playing PUBG.

 

[MyleMan1010]

Yeah no idea what happened to that first one, haha. Pan saved my life too!

Yeah the pan literally saved your ass... That was pretty cool.

 

[SomTervo]

I finally came back to this after like a month away because of the new patch. Like that it's running much better now. I turned up settings and game still runs good and looks good. Only get some little hitches still though but overall it's a lot better.

Anyway somehow I just wandered my way into the top 2 without killing anyone or even being shot at the whole match. I had no armor the whole game too lol. Was able to get the advantageous position behind a rock at a higher elevation than the tree close by that the other guy was behind. He decides to rush at me. I peek out and forgot to switch what shoulder my third person aim was on and it was on the left when I wanted it on the right. So I stepped out saw a screen full of rock when I aimed and he took me out fast before I could fix my view. Sad gameplay from me.

Christ the aiming system still needs work for sure. This shouldn't happen.

Even just something as subtle as making the un-aimed view shift a little when you swap shoulder

 

[Aselith]

Anyone got one of those 25% off codes? I need some murder in my life

Edit: NM, the one from HowZatOZ worked. Thanks, dude!

 

[Grassy]

I must've missed this in the notes, I didn't know they were doing this.

I'm guessing this is to try and spread out players after the jump?

From the Steam page patch notes:

In case you missed it yesterday, we are also adjusting the loot balance this month.

This is our first real pass at adjusting the loot balance in the game after the data science team started their analysis. We will most likely be making several more of these passes during Early Access, so please don't take this week's upcoming change to the balance as final!

Due to a bug, we’ve been experiencing an issue where some items either spawned more or less than intended. This was discovered in the process of modifying the spawn table internal structure for developing custom games, and after following and testing the issue, we discovered that a similar issue was present throughout all spawn tables.

Not all items had issues, but we decided it was necessary to adjust some of the items that were spawned too much or too little for their tiers.

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That or they just don't like the idea of everyone and their mother getting fully kitted out in the first few minutes of the match by jumping into a hot spot. Getting a comfortable loadout should be something that happens across the entirety of the match, not all at once. Hell, ideally the player in this sort of game should probably always be at a want for something (be it ammo, equipment, health, whatever) to encourage them to actually move around the map and take risks to loot buildings or fight other players.

Or maybe its just to encourage more map usage. The circle helps but right now the grand majority of the action happens in the urban areas with huge swaths of empty space around them. It's more economical to try and hit every house when any of them might have a little bit vs. Most of them having jack and a few having guaranteed good stuff.

This was my biggest problem with the game. Gearing up was relatively trivial unless you got incredibly unlucky. I'd rather have most people running around with handguns, shotguns, etc.

Having assault rifles everywhere seems to kill a lot of the weapon diversity.

Yeah I agree you shouldn't be able to get fully geared-up by looting four houses then be able to just camp, but having three people land in a cluster of four houses, and one coming out with a shotgun while the other two have melee weapons...it kind of kills my desire to want to immediately jump into another match. I'm not saying that kind of thing didn't happen before occasionally, I've had plenty of early deaths, but out of eight games last night I was killed by the first five people I came across and I pretty much had no chance to survive. I say this as someone who is in the top 1% of top 10 finishes so I'm not that bad, and I certainly don't want to be too much of a whiny baby because I got pwned, but maybe I just need to completely change how I approach this game from the start.

I understand what they're trying to achieve and obviously they'll keep tweaking it, but maybe they should limit AR's and Snipers to only spawn in the 2nd or 3rd white circle onwards or something? Maybe that's too extreme...

Y'all gonna ruin things if you mention Pochinki and Zharki

One of my favourite spots has no name, the town on the south coast to the east of Primorsk. There or Gatka...

I think my last 2 wins came off of dropping in Georgiapol and winning the area. But usually drop there, pachinki, the school, or Yas.

Those are probably 80% of my landings, if not higher.

The 3 houses and garage on the far west of Georgopol, and the houses across the road have always been pretty good to me. Most people go for the hospital it seems.

The circles are really wild now, I like it cause forces you to stay on the move all the time, well unless you get lucky.

Even the starting white circle has been more random which is good to see.

 

[jeffc919]

Heard a guy outside the house I was in so I hid quietly just inside a doorway to one of the rooms inside. Sure enough he comes into the house and eventually opens the door in front of me. I immediately hit him square in the chest and I see blood....he then sprays me with the AK. Game over for me. I don't get shotguns in this game. Is a point blank chest shot not an instant kill if they are armored? Meanwhile I have been one shot outdoors at full health by a shotgun well past the range where I would have expected it to do minimal damage. Has to be the difference between a head shot vs. a body shot. I pretty much drop shotguns for SMGs or a second rifle first chance I get these days.

 

[SomTervo]

Is vaulting/climbing not in this update?

 

[BleedOrange]

Zharki is amazing but it fell off once hard spawns went away

Dropping at Zharki is the ultimate gamble. You either get lucky with the circles and get looted basically uncontested, or you only have 1 minute to loot before you have to find a vehicle or start running.

 

[darkwing-buck]

Is vaulting/climbing not in this update?

Next month at the latest.

 

[Bornstellar]

At long last, glorious chicken dinner is mine.

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

You can get into some glorious shootouts in this game...some janky as hell one's too though.

 

[Tagyhag]

Ninja is so underrated.

Dude decimated 5 others with ease.

 

[Vipu]

This new patch is amazing!

8 wins total today, 6 of them in a row!

 

[TheRed]

Christ the aiming system still needs work for sure. This shouldn't happen.

Even just something as subtle as making the un-aimed view shift a little when you swap shoulder

That would be nice actually at the very least. A much more robust contextual lean based on your cover like in Battlefield would be good to be added in. I don't expect that to happen, but hey they're already putting a lot of work into a Battlefield like vaulting system and more destruction. Maybe they will look into changing up the leaning mechanics a bit.

 

[Felix Lighter]

Vipu and Tovarisc put on a show tonight. 6 wins in a row, 7 together. Vipu had another duo win earlier in the day for a total of 8.

I was glad to be in for 3 and actively participate in 2

The one Vipu posted above, the 14 kill monster round, I died in the beginning in Rozhok trying to play hero.

 

[Grassy]

Heard a guy outside the house I was in so I hid quietly just inside a doorway to one of the rooms inside. Sure enough he comes into the house and eventually opens the door in front of me. I immediately hit him square in the chest and I see blood....he then sprays me with the AK. Game over for me. I don't get shotguns in this game. Is a point blank chest shot not an instant kill if they are armored? Meanwhile I have been one shot outdoors at full health by a shotgun well past the range where I would have expected it to do minimal damage. Has to be the difference between a head shot vs. a body shot. I pretty much drop shotguns for SMGs or a second rifle first chance I get these days.

I got this pretty ridiculous kill yesterday with the S686 on a guy driving off. You can see me turn back after the last shot as I was astounded I actually killed him in a car from that far away - https://streamable.com/jfg1b

 

[Chanser]

I also received one of those 25% off GMG coupons for three people.

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Thanks.

I want to see what the fuss is all about.

 

[Blizzard]

The early houses where only 1/4 may have a weapon is also rough when you drop near someone and try to find a weapon. There's a very good chance you'll get stuck on a door or something and get jankpunched to death before you can pick up or load anything.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

Well I had fun today. I tried out zombies, got into some Pochinki fights that culminated in a UAZ shootout in the wheat field, I completely ghosted some guy trying to overwatch a crate by sniping him, and at one point while I when I finished looting my starting compound I saw a car drive past. I shot at it hoping they'd come and fight me, and they charged right in, dodged my nade, ate my UMP, and S12'd me in the face, and ran away. It was Grimmmz and when I checked his VOD later he thought I was another filthy camper.

 

[v1lla21]

Anyone want to partner up? I'm just looking to have fun tbh. Lol.
My steam is the same as my gaf name.

 

[greenmind]

just a heads up, i got an email from Green Man Gaming after I bought the game for $22 with a new code that I could give to up to three friends..

i posted that code on another site, probably redeemed....

but if you got the same email, post your code here for others to use