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PLAYERUNKNOWNS BATTLEGROUNDS Early Access Thread: This Is Battle Royale
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I wonder if this means the cursor will be correct now when spectating.
PATCH NOTES said:
So does this mean that turning down the foliage setting doesn't make other players more visible anymore? Because one of the most annoying things about watching streamers is that they turn this setting (and shadows) down for a competitive edge and the game ends up looking like shit.
EmCeeGramr
Member
Damn, that patch sounds great.
I didn't expect new content past the Vector, the density stuff is huge, better team functionality (markers for the whole team, better revive/spectating) is something it sorely needed, crouch running is cool as hell, hopefully the tweaked footsteps sound will make it harder to camp, and I was just thinking the other day about how muzzle flashes are just barely bright enough to see if you aren't already looking directly at them.
I didn't expect new content past the Vector, the density stuff is huge, better team functionality (markers for the whole team, better revive/spectating) is something it sorely needed, crouch running is cool as hell, hopefully the tweaked footsteps sound will make it harder to camp, and I was just thinking the other day about how muzzle flashes are just barely bright enough to see if you aren't already looking directly at them.
So what does this really mean? Does it have anything to do with foliage being the same on low and high?
Kadin
Member
So many great things in the patch notes. These types of fixes are pretty impressive for such a small team. I hope Daybreak takes notice. Yeah, yeah I know...
Teammates now seeing map markers is great news along with being able to move while aiming or in prone.
Teammates now seeing map markers is great news along with being able to move while aiming or in prone.
Yeah. No more turning it down and having an advantage over others who have it on high. Characters and the foliage they're hiding in will be visible the same in all instances.
Muzzle flashes currently are authentic in their implementation as they are quick flashes and in daylight like map has they are barely to none visible. Should it be more arcedy and make them a lot more visible, but would it add that much to spotting as you can already tell direction from audio and then just eyeball obvious spots?
Density of e.g. grass should be same across all quality settings. No more removing 95% of grass by setting it to Very Low.
"Grass and other foliage should now be the same across all gfx settings"
Kadin
Member
Is the lag in the core game code they're referring to the cause of the lag when picking up items, opening doors and getting into cars? This is something that's still a big issue with me and why I enjoy taking a break and playing h1. The interaction lag is just so terrible at times. I imagine this is the reason so I'm hoping they get addressed as quickly as possible.
So changing it from very low to max will just improve the visuals of said foliage?
Kadin
Member
From my understanding, it shouldn't change from one setting to another. Or maybe there won't even be any options to change it. Sounds like this is a static fix.
This is actually what I am most excited for.
Shouldn't be at a disadvantage for having a better system...
They've talked about nerfing the M16. I do wish they'd go into specifics though. None of this vague stuff.
Nooo I loved to heal underwater, won me a couple of games
It was either this or lower tactical use of diving by allowing people fire through water so people abusing underwater healing could be countered.
It isn't OP. It has clear advantages over other AR's, but also has its downsides. You need get lucky in CQB with M16 to win any AR that is on full auto. Firing long range is easiest with M16, but not sure I would say it makes it OP.
PetriP-TNT
Member
Ooooh those patch notes are :fire:
Won't have time to play until the tuesday after though
Won't have time to play until the tuesday after though
Tbh used it mostly to survive while Trying to outswim the electric wall.
CyberPunked
Member
Awesome update, the game just keeps getting better
ffejeromdiks
Banned
Ehhh...I'd rather have the M16 burst in CQB than any of the other AR's, there's no luck to it at all, it shreds dudes up close.
If you can't land upper body to head burst about 3 times with all 9 bullets connecting before enemy with AK or M416 has emptied half of mag into your upper body you are dead. Because M16 kicks vertically quite a bit with every burst that is harder to do than just drill through target with M416.
Skill plays part in encounter like that just like luck does.
WilsonX100
Member
wow if this is how the patches will be then i'll be around nonstop.
Afaik their plan is to push 3 smaller patches (1 / week) and 1 bigger patch (1 / month, at end of month) every month through whole early access that supposedly ends by end of September.
EmCeeGramr
Member
I had two incredible experiences today playing Duos with XANDER CAGE.
-He got disconnected at one point while inside a UAZ and the game would not allow him to reconnect, but his model was still alive, so I had to chauffeur him around like Weekend at Bernie's. I eventually left him on a beach near the final circle with the hopes that he'd outlive me, and he did. I ended up dying inside what would be the final circle. I wanted to flip the UAZ so absolutely nobody would look inside it, but he ended up living anyway until the UAZ was caught just yards from the edge of the circle and he died from the blue. Ended up #7.
-Making a mad dash to the crate, realizing it's right in view of the school and what a bad idea it is, grabbing it and the M249 and Level 3 vest inside it anyway as people are sniping at us from all over and even two rushing straight at us from across the field. I actually took one of them down with a FUCK YOUUUU blast from the machine gun, and if I hadn't been stymied trying to make room for 5.56 ammo I could have actually jumped back into our UAZ and driven off before getting sniped at the last second.
-He got disconnected at one point while inside a UAZ and the game would not allow him to reconnect, but his model was still alive, so I had to chauffeur him around like Weekend at Bernie's. I eventually left him on a beach near the final circle with the hopes that he'd outlive me, and he did. I ended up dying inside what would be the final circle. I wanted to flip the UAZ so absolutely nobody would look inside it, but he ended up living anyway until the UAZ was caught just yards from the edge of the circle and he died from the blue. Ended up #7.
-Making a mad dash to the crate, realizing it's right in view of the school and what a bad idea it is, grabbing it and the M249 and Level 3 vest inside it anyway as people are sniping at us from all over and even two rushing straight at us from across the field. I actually took one of them down with a FUCK YOUUUU blast from the machine gun, and if I hadn't been stymied trying to make room for 5.56 ammo I could have actually jumped back into our UAZ and driven off before getting sniped at the last second.
Ah good call. Thought I knew that already but must've gotten confused with something I read recently. A damn shame series of events indeed.
My personal top highlights from all the quality of life improvements they're pushing through. These were all things that personally bugged me a lot. Damn, they've been busy! A shame they are so vague about the balance details related to gunplay. I really hope we get more specifics eventually on all yhe weapons in the game. Similar to the great amount of detail Battlefield 4 provided for their arsenal.
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
Is there a group here for this game? I've only played one solo match and had a lot of fun but I bet this is a lot better with a team.
ffejeromdiks
Banned
I know it does take a while longer than it should to get right back into it, but coming from the playerunknowns battle royale mod in arma 3...it's incredible to just be able to match back in with 100 other players as quick as you do. In arma 3 BR there were only 12-15 servers worldwide at any given time, so if you got taken out, you were refreshing the server list until the in-progress games finished and the empty servers started filling up, and even then you were stuck in the in-game lobby with 30 other people waiting patiently for the last few people to join. it was SO tedious and unwieldy but the gameplay was so tense and addicting that I dealt with it, luckily the downtime in PUBG is less than 2 minutes, could still shave some off though for sure.
Smoothing out what's in there a tiny bit will go a long way. I think there should be a way to match into another lobby from the death screen, rather than going back to the menu and searching.
It's something you can absolutely test yourself with a friend. But sticking numbers to it kinda ruins feedback, as increasing or decreasing numbers and making those publicly available tends to create self fulfilling feedback, which isn't very useful when first trying to tune things in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCQulQtwzFY
That's a good video on testing how armor/helmts works, and that weapons do exactly as much as their bar says they do. Pretty much the only thing that's difficult to get a good test for is recoil functionality.
Later Alligator
Member
is there anything in the way of controller support for this? ive looked in the steam forums but get mixed results... some say yes, others say no
Quote this post to get the link for our Discord. A lot of people there and all skill levels are welcome.
Felix Lighter
Member
In the Discord, looking to play squads if anyone is interested. We have 2 now.
Edit:
make that 3
Edit:
make that 3