Made a post a week ago regarding balance issue to start a discussion about where this is going to go and what and when will a fix be implemented if ever.
My post has been deleted as far as I can tell. It met posted criteria. If criticisms can not be taken in stride here then whats the point of it all. Im not an old mod fanboy here to plant my lips on someones ass cheeks because they made a game. I am here to inject something that there is little discussion about.
I represent the typical gaming group player. We have around 40 active members. For a few days we were all hot to jump on the next FPS, especially one with the WWII era for its setting. It started with wow this is sweet everyone hurry and go get it off steam. Now its reverted to DONT BUY IT. Its going to last a few weeks and all that will be left are the hard core loyalists who cry in game about whats missing from the free mod version.
The axis stacking and lack of auto team balance is an absolute load of crap. To say that we need a mutator or modification from a 3rd party to rectify this is unacceptable. You assume going into the purchase that a game released in this day and age would have the basics covered. A server side patch came out so apparently this wasnt a priority.
The axis based clans and retards that dont care for a real challenge love the game. I see the same 40-50 players hop on the server, check the teams, when they cant get their stack on they just leave. Then theres the type that stacks axis and plays until the teams are even or the Russians are getting the upper hand and they disconnect. There are dozens of these players. I see them regularly. How can a game be released like this when you know its human nature to take any advantage offered?
The axis weapons are clearly superior, with better sight picture. (I dont want to hear **** about realism, this is a game and should be balanced as such, the russian weapons have absurd accuracy issues).
The momentum the axis team tends to carry overwhelms the russians too often. You should be torn with what side to choose at game start. If the russains need more guns and equipment to offset this THEN DO IT. I don’t know how some people think that others are enjoying playing the Russians with a bolt action rifle or a ppsh that wont hit the side of a barn 80% of the time.
Yesterday a [RO-DEV] joins our server. Stacks up the axis by 3-4 people. I say something to him about it, he leaves without an answer. Typical, even the developers cant take a second to dish out a response. You think of all people that know whats going on they would join spec and then pick a team. Hell no, STRAIGHT TO THE AXIS STACK FOR ODESSA. That is just plain gutless crap.
Things were looking bright early on. We assumed this would blossom, so we shipped out an idle server to launch on premium bandwidth. To our surprise and $500 later, a dual xeon 3ghz with 2gb ram with nothing else on it and ultimately a 4GBPS connection are inadequate? I say your gaming engine is. My processors (which it only takes advantage of one, pffft) get to 26-30% at 30-32 players and pings go through the roof. Our BF2 server that is full 24.7 at 64 players runs lag free on the same connection on a p4 3.2 SINGLE with ultra low pings. I get a 8-11 to my servers. Not in this game. I ping usually 25-35. 0-1088 is common. YES POST SERVER PATCH. All over the place. Not alot of in game lag but way too much instability. If our Tier One connection is good enough for the #6 BF2 server in the world it should be good enough for ostfront.
I had around 12 people run out and buy it. Of those about 3 actually play. I suspect they will last about another week tops. With the lack of content, the game has to be balanced plain and simple. I wish the best for the game and the community but I cant fight another losing battle with a game right now.
I was getting burned out on BF2 and the ranking system, thought that ROO would bring a better style of gameplay with the lack of points. People still go out only for themselves. There is a real lack of teamwork and communication. An exceptional amount of in game flaming, teamkilling, and voice comm spamming are common place.
You can start to flame away with the obligatory good glad your gone. Thats not the point. The point is to do something about the axis stack before more of the main stream, new to ROO players disappear like me. While this was somewhat of an issue in the COD games its not nearly as pronounced as the American equipment balances things out.
Thanks to all the regulars and players that helped us with the slow painful process of populating the server daily. We are going to shut it down with the lack of player count to support it. Peace, good luck to the game and the community. Have fun, GGs
My post has been deleted as far as I can tell. It met posted criteria. If criticisms can not be taken in stride here then whats the point of it all. Im not an old mod fanboy here to plant my lips on someones ass cheeks because they made a game. I am here to inject something that there is little discussion about.
I represent the typical gaming group player. We have around 40 active members. For a few days we were all hot to jump on the next FPS, especially one with the WWII era for its setting. It started with wow this is sweet everyone hurry and go get it off steam. Now its reverted to DONT BUY IT. Its going to last a few weeks and all that will be left are the hard core loyalists who cry in game about whats missing from the free mod version.
The axis stacking and lack of auto team balance is an absolute load of crap. To say that we need a mutator or modification from a 3rd party to rectify this is unacceptable. You assume going into the purchase that a game released in this day and age would have the basics covered. A server side patch came out so apparently this wasnt a priority.
The axis based clans and retards that dont care for a real challenge love the game. I see the same 40-50 players hop on the server, check the teams, when they cant get their stack on they just leave. Then theres the type that stacks axis and plays until the teams are even or the Russians are getting the upper hand and they disconnect. There are dozens of these players. I see them regularly. How can a game be released like this when you know its human nature to take any advantage offered?
The axis weapons are clearly superior, with better sight picture. (I dont want to hear **** about realism, this is a game and should be balanced as such, the russian weapons have absurd accuracy issues).
The momentum the axis team tends to carry overwhelms the russians too often. You should be torn with what side to choose at game start. If the russains need more guns and equipment to offset this THEN DO IT. I don’t know how some people think that others are enjoying playing the Russians with a bolt action rifle or a ppsh that wont hit the side of a barn 80% of the time.
Yesterday a [RO-DEV] joins our server. Stacks up the axis by 3-4 people. I say something to him about it, he leaves without an answer. Typical, even the developers cant take a second to dish out a response. You think of all people that know whats going on they would join spec and then pick a team. Hell no, STRAIGHT TO THE AXIS STACK FOR ODESSA. That is just plain gutless crap.
Things were looking bright early on. We assumed this would blossom, so we shipped out an idle server to launch on premium bandwidth. To our surprise and $500 later, a dual xeon 3ghz with 2gb ram with nothing else on it and ultimately a 4GBPS connection are inadequate? I say your gaming engine is. My processors (which it only takes advantage of one, pffft) get to 26-30% at 30-32 players and pings go through the roof. Our BF2 server that is full 24.7 at 64 players runs lag free on the same connection on a p4 3.2 SINGLE with ultra low pings. I get a 8-11 to my servers. Not in this game. I ping usually 25-35. 0-1088 is common. YES POST SERVER PATCH. All over the place. Not alot of in game lag but way too much instability. If our Tier One connection is good enough for the #6 BF2 server in the world it should be good enough for ostfront.
I had around 12 people run out and buy it. Of those about 3 actually play. I suspect they will last about another week tops. With the lack of content, the game has to be balanced plain and simple. I wish the best for the game and the community but I cant fight another losing battle with a game right now.
I was getting burned out on BF2 and the ranking system, thought that ROO would bring a better style of gameplay with the lack of points. People still go out only for themselves. There is a real lack of teamwork and communication. An exceptional amount of in game flaming, teamkilling, and voice comm spamming are common place.
You can start to flame away with the obligatory good glad your gone. Thats not the point. The point is to do something about the axis stack before more of the main stream, new to ROO players disappear like me. While this was somewhat of an issue in the COD games its not nearly as pronounced as the American equipment balances things out.
Thanks to all the regulars and players that helped us with the slow painful process of populating the server daily. We are going to shut it down with the lack of player count to support it. Peace, good luck to the game and the community. Have fun, GGs