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PLAYERUNKNOWNS BATTLEGROUNDS Early Access Thread: This Is Battle Royale
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Wow you got decapitated. Brutal
fierrotlepou
Member
Heard about this game in the Giant Bombcast and this looks like a competent Day-Z game. It's definitely on my radar!
It is not in the same genre as DayZ. This isn't survival where food, hydration, temperature, etc.. matters.
This is straight up action with no filler.
Fahzgoolin
Banned
I haven't played in a couple of days...has server performance been okay? I stopped playing because the lag was unbearable (NA servers living in NA).
So I won't be available tonight as I'm streaming Cosmic Star Heroine, but I really need to get some games in with GAF on Discord when I'm not streaming. Don't want to drag you guys to our discord when I'm doing that lol
I played a few rounds last night before I crashed (long work day, didn't get home till 10PM, started at 7:30AM) and am so glad the footsteps are back. I made it to the edge of the circle just as the blue closed in and took cover against a building, but then I heard someone moving around upstairs in the house. So glad that's fixed.
I played a few rounds last night before I crashed (long work day, didn't get home till 10PM, started at 7:30AM) and am so glad the footsteps are back. I made it to the edge of the circle just as the blue closed in and took cover against a building, but then I heard someone moving around upstairs in the house. So glad that's fixed.
They tweeted out yesterday "We're aware of the lag issues on the servers & have tracked down the root cause. This will take us some time to fix, so please bear with us." So hopefully they can get it fixed soon.
jediyoshi
Member
An important distinction I think they didn't hammer enough is that Battlegrounds is explicitly competitive, whereas in hindsight, the allure of DayZ was that there was no specific objective and you simply just had to survive. At some point it's just as apt to compare Minecraft to DayZ than Battlegrounds.
Not at all the same kind of game. It's the ARMA 2/3 mod turned into a full game.
So new content. Wonder what we'll get besides the camouflage.
If memory issue is resolved expect performance patch too.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
I don't think I finished in the top 50 once in like four games in a row yesterday.
Kept running into people who found ARs immediately, and I was picking far off corners of the map.
Kept running into people who found ARs immediately, and I was picking far off corners of the map.
Sounds very nice. I'm all for performance patches.
mmmm can't wait! Hope to see a good performance patch along with new content.
Wonder when they'll overhaul the UI and added a "pay for cosmetic" store as that's definitely happening and expected (and I'm ok with that).
More and more people are spreading out at the start and going to the quiet areas on the Map. Usually when the plane fly's right over George I jump out and nab that car and drive straight to Prim which is as far away from the plane as you can get (other than Mylta and Military) and I'd say 30-40% of the time there's someone else showing up with me or already there. Not all the time though.
MM I kinda like it, but there are a lot of other issues that need prio right now.
TangoAlphaLima
Member
I'm fine with that, but first I want to get one of the rare cosmetic drops and sell it on the Steam Marketplace. Some of those are going for crazy money.
Kadin
Member
Only ones I see going for crazy money are the ones you can't get any longer - all those that you got for preordering. I've got a couple items that are worth like a dollar or so but I'm hanging onto all of them for now.
TangoAlphaLima
Member
Oh, is that where they come from? Damn. I would have preordered if I'd known. But then, weren't preorders sold out or something? I thought I remembered seeing that.
markwaters
Neo Member
On Twitter, they said they tracked the memory issue down and are testing the fix internally now. We gotta believe!
How is everyone feeling about the increased foot step volume? I like it, but I think it might be a little too much. I absolutely think you should hear people sprinting from a decent distance away, but it should scale down realistically and it's either not working as intended or overtuned at the moment -- especially for crouching and walking. Also, sometimes I can barely hear things over my own footsteps now, which is kind of hilarious. Hopefully they tune it to a happy medium.
Kadin
Member
I'm not sure about that. I do know though how salty I am for waiting because my friends weren't willing to commit until the day AFTER the EA launch. I was ready to buy a few days before and waited. Yeah that was a mistake.
TangoAlphaLima
Member
Definitely. I think listings for those various preorder cosmetics are in the neighborhood of $150+ total on Steam Marketplace. It would have been nuts to essentially get paid $100+ to buy the game. Oh well.
Aeonofgods
Member
So my first match was really tense. All the luck in the world was on my side that match. I landed with no one around me, found a house with really good gear and weapons. I was really close to the center of the play zone so I made my way deeper to get set up. I killed 5 people and eventually died at #5. Every match since then has been nowhere near that good, but still very fun!
Enordash
Member
Man, the tension ramps up when you are down to ten or so. I managed to place 7th which is my best solo outing. Watching someone run a zig zag to the circle while multiple people take shots at them is just something else. This game makes my heart race like nothing else.
On a side note, I really love the sound of the guns in this game. They have a ton of punch.
On a side note, I really love the sound of the guns in this game. They have a ton of punch.
That would be my number one complaint with the game. They get very loud from a long distance away. I don't think they should be completely silent at its maximum distance, but they should be more subdued, unless your straight up sprinting. Also, moving slowly by aiming your weapon should vastly reduce your sound footprint.
My buddies always freak out when the first circle is coming. Take a breath, it's easy to tank.
I'm talking about endgame circles where people who would survive if they run into the circle but instead decide to start shooting people meaning that both them and whoever they shoot die. It's really annoying and I hope they eventually make it so it's not as easy to shoot people when you're outside the circle. Maybe some fog or something.
Saucycarpdog
Member
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One thing I'd been calling for since closed alpha was to not make visibility looking inside or outside the electric field so transparent. Or make it easier only for people outside the field to shoot at others inside like in H1Z1. At this point they're just rewarding people who abuse the boundaries and not punishing people enough who can't get in the safe zone in time.
Norwegian_Imposter
Member
whats the best settings to run this at an acceptable framerate?
Kadin
Member
Personally, I've followed the guide below along with some friends and we've had good performance from it. We didn't do the ReShade options but those were confirmed from the devs to be fine to use.
https://www.reddit.com/r/PUBATTLEGROUNDS/comments/642qbm/ultimate_tweak_guide/
PetriP-TNT
Member
Perfect equipment, couple of kills, perfect position and then:
I spent some time with the settings just now and Post Processing to Ultra is definitely the way to go if you want to see anything. Thanks for the link, I wondered if there was a way to cap the framerate.
edit: Okay, EU servers are pretty much unplayable too ATM (my local ones, that is)
I spent some time with the settings just now and Post Processing to Ultra is definitely the way to go if you want to see anything. Thanks for the link, I wondered if there was a way to cap the framerate.
edit: Okay, EU servers are pretty much unplayable too ATM (my local ones, that is)
yo_soy_el_topo
Member
This for 29. I bought H1Z1 and couldn't even enjoy more than 6 hours of it. I've put over 80 since the beta on PUBG
Kadin
Member
I almost bought kotk yesterday for $17 on cdkeys but I'm buying it now for sure on GMG. Thanks for the head's up.
As to your question, all I can say is that PUBG is def worth the $30 but I've always wanted to try kotk as well so I'm grabbing this now.
Kadin
Member
I would say buy PUBG since it's def the more popular option and a lot of people are playing right now. Seems PU has a pretty good track record and so far they've been doing a good job on pushing out updates. I think that's the thing to consider, which dev do you think will support the game better. And so far they seem to be the ones.
If you like the gameplay and feel you might wanna look at a similar game, buy kotk before the sale ends.
ffejeromdiks
Banned
Choice is clear, H1z1 is trash.
CubanBoy1127
Member
I was on the fence on buying this game and I am so glad I did. What an amazingly fresh experience.