bonesmccoy
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Must not buy this game...
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PLAYERUNKNOWNS BATTLEGROUNDS Early Access Thread: This Is Battle Royale
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ffejeromdiks
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It should tell you something how desperate H1Z1 has become with these massive sales lately. They're rightfully scared of the competition.
I really loved H1Z1 when it first came out but I've never tried King of the Kill. Might as well give it a go at that price.
Kadin
Member
You really have an issue with KOTK don't you? I remember earlier when you told someone to avoid it because it's trash. Is it not possible for people to like both? How long did you play it before you just dismissed it and what made you so upset with it?
I'm fine for people having issues with the game but I have yet to see you explain why exactly. Would be nice to have some context.
ffejeromdiks
Banned
20+ some hours before it got split off into king of the kill. I feel like the game hasn't had any meaningful changes in the two years I've owned it. PUBG has made more progress in the past month than H1Z1 has since it's release. I mean shit, next update for PUBG we're getting a new weapon, has H1Z1 ever added a single new weapon to the game? For the amount of revenue/concurrent players the game has it's disgusting just how little has changed.
In comparison to PUBG I do think it's trash, I think it's trash compared to the original playerunknowns battle royale mod for Arma 2/3 as well. I feel like the arcadey jump around and shoot/jump out of a moving car at 80 mph and be able to accurately aim within a moments notice mechanics are directly antithetical to the core concept of a battle royale mode, where patience and observation should be stronger traits for survival than twitch reflexes and high sensitivity settings.
Either way I'm just trying not to waste people's time. It's obvious that H1z1's on it's way out, why back the losing horse? The game had a lot of potential 2 years ago, but they haven't done anything with it.
Stephen_drewz
Member
Buddy and I got out first win in duos last night. Killed 23 people between us, went on an absolute tear at the beginning. I was rocking a suppressed UMP9(underrated imo) whilst in Pochinki and my buddy lucked out and found a suppressor for his Scar about 5 minutes into the match.
Ended up dying as the 3rd person left to the blue zone after taking out the 4th guy who was landing shots on my mate. Fortunately he sealed the win as the last guy had no idea where was being shot from due to the supressor.
Ended up dying as the 3rd person left to the blue zone after taking out the 4th guy who was landing shots on my mate. Fortunately he sealed the win as the last guy had no idea where was being shot from due to the supressor.
Kadin
Member
Appreciate the response. I just recently hit 20 hours with it as well and I'm just about 50 hours into PUBG. You're clearly coming from a different point of view with the game having played it over a much longer period of time than I. So who knows, maybe the newness will wear off sooner with KOTK than PUBG but as for now I'm really enjoying it. But I respect your opinion completely, if Daybreak's progress has really been that bad since the beginning, you're probably completely correct in your assessment. But you don't feel even $10 for a completely new player to BR games is a good deal if they wanted to try that first over PUBG? The game clearly still has a lot of concurrent players even though it's below PUBG atm.
lol, whoops. Give it to a friend!
EmCeeGramr
Member
The next patch really needs to do something about lag. I had a round where I dodged all of a guy's bullets with a tiny bit of health left, only to get teleported 30 yards back outside in the open after I ran into a house, a guy who appeared in the door frame as a flash for half a second before teleporting back outside so I wasted my shots, and a time where I died because the game insisted I was stuck in the wheel of my buggy and being pulled backwards as I tried to run inside a garage.
Yep, the other day in solos I almost gave up on it until they patch it because of being unable to do much of anything. Be in a house, open a door, walk in the room, then I'm suddenly down the hall. That seemed to keep on happening several times in each house. Outside it wasn't quite as bad.
I also don't know if it's more prevalent in solos or what, but it was pretty bad. Maybe they've done some server side patches since then. Think this was Saturday.
We'll see this thursday / friday hopefully. The desync / lag this weekend made me quit a few times.
If this game isn't still a buggy mess in a year, I will be shocked. I think it's gotten a whole lot bigger than they expected.
Kadin
Member
I had a match about an hour ago where I literally couldn't leave the house I entered. No doors would open, could't pick up anything and yet I never disconnected. Had to quit out manually.
And last night I was doing quite well and progressing into the late game when this happened. To say I was mildly annoyed would be an understatement.
Got stuck in a trench and died from fall damage... It looked like such good cover too!
I wish releasing alt rotated your character to match your view, rather than resetting your view to what it was when you pressed alt. It's really disorienting to have your view change without moving the mouse.
I wish releasing alt rotated your character to match your view, rather than resetting your view to what it was when you pressed alt. It's really disorienting to have your view change without moving the mouse.
Saucycarpdog
Member
You will buy this game.....and you will like it.
Give in and buy it. You know you want to. It's as fun playing as the steams make it seem.
bonesmccoy
Banned
FINE
EmCeeGramr
Member
I just had three rounds in a row where I jumped all by myself, only to see another player pop into existence about 100 yards from the ground, right ahead of me, always closer to a gun than I am, and then when I try to fight them the game loses its shit and starts teleporting them around so they're impossible to hit.
At least one round I got a 12 gauge, emptied it right into a guy with no armor at point blank, only for him to survive and pop me in the leg with an AK to kill me.
At least one round I got a 12 gauge, emptied it right into a guy with no armor at point blank, only for him to survive and pop me in the leg with an AK to kill me.
| Praxis |
Banned
That's really weird, i haven't​ experienced anything like that in around 15-20 rounds.
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
I really want this after seeing a couple of the Easy Allies playing it. It looks like a whole load of fun...but too broke unfortunately. I've still yet to get Persona either so this is going to to have to wait a while. Hope it gets a good sale during the summer and still has a decent population.
H1Z1 had a lot of promise when Sony was still behind it and pretty much has been stuck with a graveyard crew at Daybreak ever since SOE backed out. Bluehole has consistently shown amazing diligence and competence in their work on PUBG since pre-alpha and there doesn't look to be any risk of them slowing down.
After almost 100 hours in H1Z1, I echo most of ffejero's points. KotK is a fine game of you're completely new to the genre but it might also kill a lot of peoples' interest for the wrong reasons. Aside from the influx of hackers that are plaguing pretty much every match you jump into now, hit registration and desync became too much for me. These issues are present in PUBG but don't feel nearly as severe. The shotgun glitches were really bad at one point where you would blast a dude two or three times and your shots would ghost right through them and they just turn around and pop you. Things like that and Daybreak constantly pushing back updates and anytime they finally pushed one out it would feel incredibly bare bones and bugs/glitches they claimed to fix still persisted.
It's fine to try I would say but people should really go in with tempered expectations.
GGs man! No worries at all. Hope to play again with you soon.
Thursday 20th we should get .45 ACP Vector along with general balance and performance tuning, at least.
Felix Lighter
Member
I'm hoping to jump into some squad games with some gaffers tomorrow night if you don't mind playing with an inexperienced player.
Blam
Member
After almost 100 hours in H1Z1, I echo most of ffejero's points. KotK is a fine game of you're completely new to the genre but it might also kill a lot of peoples' interest for the wrong reasons. Aside from the influx of hackers that are plaguing pretty much every match you jump into now, hit registration and desync became too much for me. These issues are present in PUBG but don't feel nearly as severe. The shotgun glitches were really bad at one point where you would blast a dude two or three times and your shots would ghost right through them and they just turn around and pop you. Things like that and Daybreak constantly pushing back updates and anytime they finally pushed one out it would feel incredibly bare bones and bugs/glitches they claimed to fix still persisted.
It's fine to try I would say but people should really go in with tempered expectations.
GGs man! No worries at all. Hope to play again with you soon.
I've yet to see a single hacker in H1Z1. But I will agree with hit reg. It's being fixed consistently in their beta updates.
EmCeeGramr
Member
I just had an amazing run (5 kills, #4.... well it's amazing for me) come to a tearjerking end when my trusty buggy (which already claimed at least one victim) actually got destroyed when I couldn't run over a guy on a hill near the very end.
This was the first time seeing a buggy actually get disabled, and its tires disappearing like something out of a cartoon as it suddenly stopped completely had me more upset than the realization that I was going to get out and face the music.
This was the first time seeing a buggy actually get disabled, and its tires disappearing like something out of a cartoon as it suddenly stopped completely had me more upset than the realization that I was going to get out and face the music.
Well, this just happened...
https://clips.twitch.tv/OnerousCautiousPineappleNinjaGrumpy
https://clips.twitch.tv/OnerousCautiousPineappleNinjaGrumpy
Week 4 highlights are up.
These videos should really just be called "10 minutes of why you should always pickup that saiga."
These videos should really just be called "10 minutes of why you should always pickup that saiga."
Kadin
Member
Amazing how many great moments they're able to find and put into these videos. Never short of a ton of laugh out loud situations. Best clip without question starts at 5:17.
CertifiedFP
Member
Well, that's what happens when Ambition hits the brick-wall of Budget.
Also, SOE didn't "Back Out". SOE got renamed Daybreak.
Daybreak already had a pathetic budget under Sony for being a PC-focused studio of a console-producing company (You can thank Kaz Hirai for slashing their budget and shifting control over them from Sony Music Group to PlayStation after he became CEO) - And now that they're owned by another Belt-Tightener it's only getting worse.
EmCeeGramr
Member
Lesson learned: those two story garages with the half-closed shutters are not safe from the red zone, even if you're on the far side from the windows.
good lord...another top 2...can't get a win to save my life lol
i have somewhat similar specs...(r9 290) but 16gb of ram. I have a lot set at medium, low shadows, very low foliage, runs well
i have somewhat similar specs...(r9 290) but 16gb of ram. I have a lot set at medium, low shadows, very low foliage, runs well
Kadin
Member
Back to back issues tonight. Ugh. Both with friends. 3 of us lost connection to the host and then a duos where we locked up and I had to actually do an end task to kill the game while we were out in the water. Drove over a buddy with the boat and he was crawling at the bottom of the water after he got knocked out. lol
Really showcases how messed up gun accuracy is while jumping and during transition animations like landing and going prone. Hopefully that's something they'll address relatively soon.
Felix Lighter
Member
It's a cool looking gun but will submachines guns have a place after the initial looting stage? It seems like the gun you carry because you have no options. Shotguns are more effective in the same close range, assault rifles are better everywhere else.
Vector .45 ACP should be very viable mid to short range SMG for end game, it should be very stable and deal a lot more damage per bullet than UMP or UZI. Even now UMP is somewhat viable all way to the end, but less so than e.g. AK spraying from close range.
Felix Lighter
Member
That sounds good. I've never been a great shotgunner in fpses, so it would be nice to have a quality SMG.
Early Access - Month 1 - Patch Notes
Known issues
Client Performance Improvements
Server Performance Improvements
Content Updates
World
UI
Gameplay
Action/Gunplay
Sound
Miscellaneous
Bug fixes
Known issues
- The motorbike leans slightly to the right when being driven straight.
- The tires of the motorbike cannot be shot out at the moment
- [Non-English Players] There are some mistranslated in-game texts and they will be shown in English
Client Performance Improvements
- Made some improvements to address the issue of FPS drops when opening the inventory UI
- Reduced the load on the CPU through instance rendering so that the GPUs can function to their full capabilities
- Made improvements to address the issue of FPS severely dropping when in the vicinity of Yasnaya, Polyana & Georgopol
- Rendering performance on PCs with minimum system requirements has been improved
- Graphic performance and quality on PCs with minimum system requirements has been improved
Server Performance Improvements
- Performance improvements have been made with relation to the items spawned in the world
Content Updates
- Added Vector SMG. A very powerful SMG most appropriate for short to mid-range combat that is spawned in the world
- Added Motorbike w/ sidecar. A sidecar-less version will be added in a future update
- Added a 2X Aimpoint scope
- Added a Ballistic Mask
- Added 3 new color variations for the Dacia
- Added the crossbow back into the game
World
- Adjusted the density of environmental elements to be identical across all graphic options
- Adjusted object placement to address issues of characters getting stuck
- Adjusted placement of trees that were spawning inside houses or above the terrain
- Adjusted the frequency of thunder sound effects
UI
- Revised certain system messages and item descriptions.
- Added descriptions for attachments
- The dead team-mate icon will now disappear after a certain time and distance when in team modes
- Map markers are now visible to all teammates
- Names of teammates now appear on the world map
Gameplay
- You are now able to move sideways and backwards in the REVIVE state
- The REVIVE timer will no longer decrease when a team mate is attempting to revive you
- When attempting to revive a team mate, the reviving timer icon will now also be visible to the player being revived
- Adjusted the character position slightly when in the REVIVE state
- Made improvements to address the issue of characters shaking while being spectated
- You are now able to open the world map when spectating
- You can now view the casting bar when the teammate you are spectating uses heal and/or boost items
- You can no longer use heal and/or boost items when in water
Action/Gunplay
- Adjusted the overall balance on all attachments
- Adjusted the overall balance on Assault Rifles
- We will continue to balance all weapons and attachments throughout Early Access
- Fixed the issue that caused cars to temporarily stop when their tires get shot out
- You can now sprint when in the crouch stance
- Fixed the issue of ”Armed/Unarmed" state not being applied when there are delays in the server network
- The blood hit effect size now varies according to the weapon caliber
- You can now move when in aiming and/or scoping in the prone state
- Fixed an issue with the sitting position of the character in the back-right seat of the UAZ
- Fixed an issue with the position of the left hand when reloading the AWM
- Fixed an issue where aiming from vehicles was not accurate
- The positions of bullet hits are now the same for both yourself and the others
- Fixed an issue that caused the hit box for the head to be slightly larger than the actual head
- Adjusted the ragdoll physics for dead characters to be more natural
- Fixed an issue that caused the character to use the wrong aim offset when using the freelook function while holding a grenade
- Fixed an issue that caused the landing-from-a-high-altitude motion to seem awkward when holding a pistol
- Improved the quality of zoomed-in scope views
- Bolt actions are now triggered even after the final shot has been fired, so that you can starti re-firing as soon as reload is complete
- Added swimming animations to go upwards and downwards
- Fixed an issue that caused the reticle to appear even when in situations where you are not able to shoot
- Your character now uses a different animation when in crouch stance while holding a melee weapon
- Made improvements to the reload animations for the M249
- Made improvements to the reload animations for the P1911
- The muzzle flash is now brighter than before and is now visible from a longer distance
Sound
- There are now sound effect differences for supersonic and non-supersonic bullet speeds
- Made adjustments so that the sound of the bullet flying through air doesn't play when shots are fired from a short distance from your character
- You can now figure out what floor the opponents are at just by listening to their footsteps
- Adjusted the firing sound of the SKS in mid to long range combat
- Adjusted the volume of the footsteps
Miscellaneous
- We have opened a test server to better manage our content and secure stability for our live environment updates
- Additional in-game texts have been localized
Bug fixes
- Fixed a bug that caused some buildings to not be visible at long distance
- Fixed a bug that caused a knocked out player to be ejected in front of a vehicle. If knocked out in a vehicle, you will now be ejected to the side
- Fixed a bug that caused weapons to clip through walls
- Fixed a bug that caused the icons for certain ”pants" items to not appear correctly
- Fixed a bug that caused the PLAYERUNKNOWN shoes to not render properly
- Fixed a bug that caused the hit effects to play at random
- Fixed a bug that caused bald characters to have hair
- Fixed a bug that caused disconnects after 5 minutes into a match
The_Hitcher89
Member
Got it running just about okay, all medium except AA which I need on High. 40-45fps when the game gets going, drops don't seem to be related to intensity since I can keep 40 in a firefight, and it'll drop to 20 for a moment when I'm doing nothing
Played 4 matches, died instantly in the first one, one crashed because (I think) I overextended on the graphical options, top 50 in the third and top 25 in the last one. Only got one kill, in that 4th one. Was badly struggling for gear, and had to search a house that I knew had already been searched. Found a shotgun, and the guy who get there before me happened to strafe in front of me looking out the window. Crouched up behind him, boom, one shot to the back and I suddenly had a lot of gear
Is there a way of transferring everything from a corpse to yourself? Ended up dying cos I found a safe little spot and was pissing about with my inventory for too long, and had to sprint to the safezone in a race against the blue shit. Got caught up in it, and was trying to shoot someone else in the back who was also sprinting for the safe zone. Only hit him twice (SCAR iron-sights are dreadful), someone else was taking potshots at me, I was stuck in the gas and by the time I got to the safe zone I had like 10% hp. Knew the guy I'd shot at earlier was behind a tree but had no option to try and get there myself and bandage up, since I was in the open with at least 2 people knowing I was there. As I approached the tree he leaned out and cracked me in one shot
Great game
Played 4 matches, died instantly in the first one, one crashed because (I think) I overextended on the graphical options, top 50 in the third and top 25 in the last one. Only got one kill, in that 4th one. Was badly struggling for gear, and had to search a house that I knew had already been searched. Found a shotgun, and the guy who get there before me happened to strafe in front of me looking out the window. Crouched up behind him, boom, one shot to the back and I suddenly had a lot of gear
Is there a way of transferring everything from a corpse to yourself? Ended up dying cos I found a safe little spot and was pissing about with my inventory for too long, and had to sprint to the safezone in a race against the blue shit. Got caught up in it, and was trying to shoot someone else in the back who was also sprinting for the safe zone. Only hit him twice (SCAR iron-sights are dreadful), someone else was taking potshots at me, I was stuck in the gas and by the time I got to the safe zone I had like 10% hp. Knew the guy I'd shot at earlier was behind a tree but had no option to try and get there myself and bandage up, since I was in the open with at least 2 people knowing I was there. As I approached the tree he leaned out and cracked me in one shot
Great game
dave is ok
aztek is ok
Thank god for the map while spectating, team nameplates and team markers.
