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APB: Reloaded: Open Beta Goes On Temporary Hold
Drew
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It would seem that a player disconnection issue is holding up GamersFirst's release of the APB: Reloaded Open Beta. The disconnection issue "manifests itself in disconnecting some groups of players after one to two hours of gameplay, which clearly is not acceptable in Open Beta". A patch was released for the Closed Beta that may resolve the issue.
In the meantime we are looking to our devoted community of Closed Beta testers to continue playing the game so we can continue recording data related to the issue and track down the root cause of this particular service-affecting problem.
If we determine after the next patch that the issue has been resolved, we will then proceed to release the game to the public.
As soon as we have more data we will update the community on Facebook, Blogs and through Twitter.
Read more at the APB: Reloaded blog.
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I was accepted into closed beta the 17th, and i would've been fully prepared to play open beta with a few DC's if i did not get in.
This just seems like a bad excuse to delay Open beta..
I dont know why, but this just makes me suspicous.. I'm probably just imagining things.
Agoden, you are imagining things. This bug they are talking about is pretty annoying and will give OB players a bad impression. I find the developers very open towards the playerbase, and this was a necessary delay. I don't get it.. it is beta, but people whine when a BETA gets delayed. jeeez.
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I'm not whining - But open beta is still a testing stage and i dont see why this would prevent them from testing, if anything they'd have more results to go by.
As i said - I'm able to play and haven't really noticed the impact of this DC thing, no reason to be that hostile.
On that note, i haven't really kept track of the Devs, so i suppose you have a better impression of them then i do, to me personally this delay is completely acceptable for a release, but not really a beta.
a testing stage for some, a first impression for others.
Did they ever start policing for aimbots and other cheaters? And did they fix the 1-2 second server side lag that plagued the game a week or so back?
It was lagging so bad it looked like everyone was cheating, you could empty your gun 2-3 times into a guy see blood spray like crazy and he'd still be shooting back.
they need to delay the game till they get the grafics lag under control, and they claim to be banning people for aimbot but i just dont see it i had some d-bag hop out of a car turn completely around to face me and shoot me twice as directly as you can in this game , so i keep wanting to like the game so badly but its just not worth the troubles
games nice but dont get me wrong, its full of hackers still like the original APB before Gamersfirst got it... just now you dont have to pay to get in... hackers that are caught and banned just make a new account and setup a new program to play with...
its a losing battle so meh, just tollerate it and keep playing... if you beat them then god that proves your better than the lowlife scum who only download and drag and drop their skills into the game.
I'm really looking forward to the game going live again
That Really Sucks I have been waiting to try this game
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They fixed the lag but not the hackers. In time i hope : )
Precisely this. The bug is pretty major and definitely one that will be offputting to Open Beta Players 90% of who in any game seem to treat "Open Beta" as "Head Start" instead of the next phase of testing.
When the bug hits it is pretty rage-inducing to even me and I am usually a pretty relaxed guy.
Server side lag huh ?
are you talking about the lagspikes (which seem to have largely gone away that were being casued by Punkbuster ?
Other than that I have no noticeable lag now with a ping of 160. What is your ping ? pings over 200 you will notice some delay in car handling because car hadnling has to be controlled server side. For me a ping of 350 in APB:R is unplayable and becomes extremely debilitating when driving.
Ferrisblue graphics lag ? are you running a dual core ? I get that problem on my dual core but not my quad machine and the games minimum requirement really is 4gb RAM & Quadcore CPU.
This game pissed me off the first time it released and failed and it looks like its failing again...Do yourself a favor dont play it!
Aimbotting is all but non existant.
Odds are in favor that you're just not as good as your competition if you keep losing to them.
This game is great. They are honestly working to fix the bug. It's causing alot of zones to dissconnect. All the people claiming its a lie and a fake reason to hold off open beta are the same people who would qq about it going live with this bug saying things like: Look at the crappy state they went open beta with this. Be happy that when it is open beta you will have a better product.
I'd rather they delay Open Beta than open with a crash bug. I'd really hate restarting the client every hour.
The games heading towards an good start, Honestly however i don't see that much hackers that everyone claims. Well from a NA-west server there is about 10-15 people, but the CB population is pretty low approximately 200-250 avg and 300-350 during peak hours. Low population on the colby server may just make it seem there is alot of hackers, but in-fact the same group of people that are hacking.
The newest patchs however is really what is delaying OB testing such as Mass server disconnections and servers locking down for a long while periodically. It only happens when a district hits a population of 65+, but there is only 2 Finanical/ Waterfront Districts and 1 social ATM so it fills up quickly and Bam mass disconnect. If they made it OB with is problem there will be floods of server lockdowns.
Also it isn't a Pay to Win game due the armas market (Cash Shop) the ingame guns do as well or even better then the armas. Only thing worth spending some cash is the major increase of decals you can add to your car as well as some nifty misc items.
The new treat level system is well a love it or hate it topic. It reminds me alot like Starcraft 2, Bronze Silver and Gold, but in my opinion again the hate is from the unfair match-ups such as 2v4, but again the population in CB is low and Criminals out number enforcers with a ratio of 2:1 or greater from what I have seen in NA-West (Colby) server.
Another tester and also claiming this 'hackers are everywhere' to be complete BS, have people been so cuddled, so pandered to and given so many super easy games where everyone wins all of the time that they cannot comprehend that there are people who are just better than them at online shooters?
But that a-side, the game is coming on nicely, the new matchmaking is much better imo, it will take time to settle down but im seeing much better match ups and more importantly much more varied opponents compared to the linear 'oh god ive played these guys 6 times in a row' old system. Once they implement the segregated districts it will be another improvement.
I disagree with the above poster about being more crims than enfs, suprisingly, there are more crims on during off peak hours but more enfs on during peak times but its a mute point, the districts are 50 vrs 50 if 1 district has 50 crims vrs 20 enfs there will be another 3 districts with the full 50 v 50 so it makes zero difference.
The last few patches have gone wrong tho, but not to the point of it being a total and complete breakdown, its a very annoying issue but a fixable one, considering we have been having a patch every day since the issue cropped up is a testament to the hard work G1 are doing right now, not to mention the frequent communication.
Hold your horses, OB will be here soon!
their support is very bad....worst if i have to say.
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I cant help but agree that their support is terrible and the way they conduct their business is really ammatuer.
GamersFirst are an organisation used to dealing with crappy free mmo's who just have no experience with dealing with the public demand that a game like APB will give them. They have definatly bitten off way more than they can chew.
But then... lets be brutally honest, who does get good customer service from any game?... in 10 years of mmo gaming I cant say i've ever had a satisfactory experience whenever I have been forced to contact support. Gamer's in general are treated like scum, you'll get a much better service from your corner shop lol
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The Gamersfirst site is now under maintenance.
Does that mean Open Beta is imminent?