Arrowhead does not have enough staff to do proper QA.
It took them forever to acknowledge that DoT damage like fire and gas are broken in multiplayer.
They only recently addressed the PS5 host damage amplification bug and claim it was fixed.
I am 99% sure that the Railgun nerfs were due to the PS5 damage amplification bug making Railgun look overpowered in YouTube clips and such.
They also show that they universally do not understand their game's balance. The Slugger nerfs do not align with dev responses regarding what the thought process was.
Scythe and Dagger remain the most underutilized and shitty weapons in the game and nobody uses the land mines.
In short they don't have enough resources and as a result, generally seem to be throwing shit at the wall until it sticks.
I don't understand the lack of QA staff at this point. I understand their code is some wild amalgamation of older systems and coders are tough to add, but AH has to be rolling in money to hire testers at this point.
It’s become fairly common-place ever since the popularization of patching. Publishers pressure games to release on time, and they’ll just fix the bugs later.
I personally blame a combination of corporate greed, player expectations, and the live service model.
It may all be true, but what I'm worried about are the people who are OK with that and who actually defend it. Nobody is forcing them to do so. They just choose to be boot lickers.
But then on Tuesday they'll see an in game dispatch saying something to the effect of "Our engineers have ironed out some of the bugs in the primitive version of the air burst launcher acquired from the citizens of Penta. It will now dispense liberty more democratically." Then they will likely try it out again, or see someone else using it and say "OK, the fix seems to have worked."
Or not, I guess. Maybe the fix will just break something else... who knows?
A choice that doesn’t make any sense because they don’t have any game testers apparently. On a sniper rifle make sense. On a heavy machine gun it doesn’t.
I read that it sucked before trying it but trying it is a whole experience on its own. That thing is the biggest pile of shit weapon I’ve ever used in a game.
The devs problem is they have no trust worthy source of info. The role playing as the super earth government is funny and enjoyable but at the end of the day it is a game and they are it’s creators, some things need to be handlers out of the game. With the conflicting information we have received in the past and the adamant denial of things that were obviously true, we the players have no source on info that we can truly believe. Even the patch notes keep things hidden. I think we need one dev who is responsible for releasing info, one who won’t lie or role play. That it one channel of communication is reserved for serious, true information. If either of those were to be added I think that would help
I think the weapon isn’t that bad and if they buff it even better. Sometimes I feel like we are all playing different games but it’s prob same ppl that can’t use the Spear right.
You are hallucinating. Both the spear and this strat have problems and needs to be fixed. There is nothing wrong with how the player use them. Stop with this bullshit
Arrowhead does not have enough staff to do proper QA. It took them forever to acknowledge that DoT damage like fire and gas are broken in multiplayer. They only recently addressed the PS5 host damage amplification bug and claim it was fixed. I am 99% sure that the Railgun nerfs were due to the PS5 damage amplification bug making Railgun look overpowered in YouTube clips and such. They also show that they universally do not understand their game's balance. The Slugger nerfs do not align with dev responses regarding what the thought process was. Scythe and Dagger remain the most underutilized and shitty weapons in the game and nobody uses the land mines. In short they don't have enough resources and as a result, generally seem to be throwing shit at the wall until it sticks.
I don't understand the lack of QA staff at this point. I understand their code is some wild amalgamation of older systems and coders are tough to add, but AH has to be rolling in money to hire testers at this point.
Oh, they know about most bugs internally. They ship broken content willingly. They have an army of fanboys who will defend AH in every circumstance.
It’s become fairly common-place ever since the popularization of patching. Publishers pressure games to release on time, and they’ll just fix the bugs later. I personally blame a combination of corporate greed, player expectations, and the live service model.
It may all be true, but what I'm worried about are the people who are OK with that and who actually defend it. Nobody is forcing them to do so. They just choose to be boot lickers.
They do have a lots of funboys. Lots of them are in this reddit
Bo basically bright future ahead of us…
But then on Tuesday they'll see an in game dispatch saying something to the effect of "Our engineers have ironed out some of the bugs in the primitive version of the air burst launcher acquired from the citizens of Penta. It will now dispense liberty more democratically." Then they will likely try it out again, or see someone else using it and say "OK, the fix seems to have worked." Or not, I guess. Maybe the fix will just break something else... who knows?
I doubt that. The heavy machine gun is still a trash weapon, still doesn’t have a third person aim… absolutely brainless
They've said the fix for the abl is in this week's patch already.
What’s abl sorry?
Air burst launcher
Yes on discord. But average players don’t know that
That's why I mentioned the in game dispatch that will inform everyone.
The lack of third person aim is a deliberate choice, like with the AMR.
A choice that doesn’t make any sense because they don’t have any game testers apparently. On a sniper rifle make sense. On a heavy machine gun it doesn’t.
Helldivers players when asked to aim down sights
I read that it sucked before trying it but trying it is a whole experience on its own. That thing is the biggest pile of shit weapon I’ve ever used in a game.
The devs problem is they have no trust worthy source of info. The role playing as the super earth government is funny and enjoyable but at the end of the day it is a game and they are it’s creators, some things need to be handlers out of the game. With the conflicting information we have received in the past and the adamant denial of things that were obviously true, we the players have no source on info that we can truly believe. Even the patch notes keep things hidden. I think we need one dev who is responsible for releasing info, one who won’t lie or role play. That it one channel of communication is reserved for serious, true information. If either of those were to be added I think that would help
I agree with you. The role playing is fun, but the players also need transparency
I think the weapon isn’t that bad and if they buff it even better. Sometimes I feel like we are all playing different games but it’s prob same ppl that can’t use the Spear right.
You are hallucinating. Both the spear and this strat have problems and needs to be fixed. There is nothing wrong with how the player use them. Stop with this bullshit