APB: Finally, I Can Be A PUNK!

[Chinchilla]

Well it looks like servers are down.

They back up yet?

Edit: Nevermind, guess not...

Posted by Deum today, 20:29 0

We are currently investigating an issue with the La Rocha game world. The server will be offline until further notice. We will update you as soon as we have more information.

[Mrbloodworth]

Don't explode on us Chinchilla!

If this game hooks you, it hooks you. As evidenced by the huge explosion on the main forums of nerd rage beyond nerd rage. lol.

I'm going to go see a friend tonight, and have an urge to, well, not.

But I will.

[Chinchilla]

I rushed home, but I did leave work late so I it ain't so bad ;-). I gotta go clean the dogs cage either way. My darn puppy shit in it while I was at work.

[LK]

You might want to den that APB Beta notice.

[UnSub]

Any bets about how long it takes for RTW to get a cease and desist letter about some of the IP violating player-made creations?

[Chinchilla]

Still not up?

[Threash]

Been up for a while.

[Chinchilla]

Shit power went out. Posting from my crllphone.

[Chinchilla]

Just when I finally get in a clan group. It goes out. Damn storm.

[Mrbloodworth]

Can't wait for the reviews on this game to come out.

Eurogamer 6/10

PCGamer 55%

www.edge-online.com  7/10

www.criticalgamer.co.uk 8/10

EDIT: Added a few more.

[Threash]

I just blew up a cop car with a bush/cheney bumper sticker.  That... felt way too good.

[Mrbloodworth]

I just blew up a cop car with a bush/cheney bumper sticker.  That... felt way too good.

lol.

[Threash]

Well after reading the reviews it seems like the main complaints are exactly the same ones everyone mentioned on this thread: when it works it's a shit ton of fun but the shooting, driving and matchmaking sucks.  Can't really argue with any of that, although i will say this about the driving: after a couple days playing i have no problems with it anymore.  A friend who just started last night could not keep the very forgiving starting car on the road no matter what, i had no problems driving the mini that handles like a greased up crackhead.  That sounds too much like L2P i know but after having my friend drive for the couple hours we played he was much much better at it.

[Mrbloodworth]

Added a few more.

[Chinchilla]

Anyone who has access to an NTEC or a pretty good gun (better than the newbie OEM and such ones)... could they buy it for me and I will buy it off of you?  I'm level 4 almost 5 with Prentiss, but I'm getting impatient as I have the money... just not the rank and the guns fights I have the most issues with are the damn NTECs.

[Threash]

I can only one buy one per day and i've already sold todays, if you still need one tomorrow i can help though.

[caladein]

Last I looked on the Marketplace on LaRocha, there's a good amount of basic/1-upgrade weapons up for a reasonable price.  Considering you're not going to replace a weapon with a decent upgrade on it for an age, you can just pick one up there.

If you need one though, just shoot me a PM with your character name (assuming you're on LaRocha and I can still mail things to Enforcers).

[Hoax]

I would give a l2p on the driving myself, it shouldn't take so long to get good at but it does and you can.

The shooter is purely f2p caliber though and the game is far from f2p. Hope it getting slammed by review sites wakes RTW up to the fact that creating a large user base and giving them reasons to buy new customization stuff via cash shop (so fucking obvious right?) is the sensible revenue model.

I honestly didn't have as much of a problem with the MM but that was during the beta where there weren't many people who were higher level than me. I only saw one person with multiple weapon mods and that was a massive advantage (sniper rifle w/ 3 mods can 2-shot someone I learned) so I believe people when they say that there can be bad match ups.

[Threash]

A sniper rifle can two shot someone with no mods and you can't improve it enough to one shot.  Faster reload and longer range probably help it a bit though.  At this point i wish the match making would go by distance to the objectives rather than rating, being put 1k + distance away from the goals means the mission is over before i get there.

[Threash]

I have the final countdown as my death tune, that makes me happy.  Munitions specialist: do i have to supply other people to gain ranks in it or can i just sit in the garage wasting bullets and using my pre order car? cause it's at zero, it's not something that comes up very much during regular play.

[climbjtree]

Should have the game downloaded shortly. Do we have a Bat Country guild/clan/thing established on a certain server?

[Threash]

I think almost everyone that is playing is on Larocha, Bloodworth has an enforcer clan going i think.

[climbjtree]

Hmmm. Larocha it is, and I'll be there in about half an hour. Enforcer though? Bleh... guess I'll have to try out both.

[Furiously]

I just unlocked the rocket launcher tonight. Much hilarity ensued.

[climbjtree]

Good news! My computer runs the game like crap. Unsure how much I'll be around.

[TripleDES]

Apparently there's a clan playing APB, who freely admits they're hacking and exploiting, and Punkbuster isn't doing shit. Nor is RTW.

[Modern Angel]

Wait a minute! Are you daring to suggest that when RTW claimed they were letting aimbots go apeshit in beta to catch them it was all a line?

[Mrbloodworth]

Hmmm. Larocha it is, and I'll be there in about half an hour. Enforcer though? Bleh... guess I'll have to try out both.

Drop your name here so we can invite you, baring performance issues.


And yeah, hackers, I am becoming more aware of them, RTW needs to up their game. At the very least make it easier to report someone. Seeing someone kneel, 180 and have magical aim in one flawless motion is a bit of a tip off.

Something interesting from massively. Anti-Aliased: When playing a bad game is just so good

[TripleDES]

Wait a minute! Are you daring to suggest that when RTW claimed they were letting aimbots go apeshit in beta to catch them it was all a line?

I'm not surprised. Punkbuster has been a placebo since ever. But I'm just mentioning it, in case you're wondering about some people's accuracy.

[Chinchilla]

Just finished my exam. Wish me the best to have passed it. Did some studying this morning and took an break to some APB action. I really really do enjoy this game. I'm getting better too.

About the NTEC. I will gladly pay extra too for u having to get it for me. Is rather a clanny get tha cash than someone else. Just name the price.

My char is Chinchila ( 1 L ).

[caladein]

Should be in your mailbox.

[Threash]

They seem to be adding new stuff without patching.  There is a marker where you leave your car now if its a player vehicle and there is a escape type mission for enforcers.

[Mrbloodworth]

They seem to be adding new stuff without patching.  There is a marker where you leave your car now if its a player vehicle and there is a escape type mission for enforcers.

Considering how much of this game is server side (good move) its not surprising.

[Chinchilla]

Should be in your mailbox.

Checking ingame right now.  Thank you!  Did you tell me in the message how much to pay ya?  If not then I will just send ya some $$ because that's a huge favor for me!

[UnSub]

Has the NDA on this game been formally dropped yet? I haven't seen an official message anywhere.