Vote for what you want in the next patch
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I can't accept this game's quick death since nobody plays it online because, regardless of what you think of it, it's pretty damn boring/unbalanced/arcadish to most players.
Don't take my word for it, check the server browser.
Please don't tell me you are suggesting this game is dead?
/Me checks the server browser..... 2150 people currently playing. That's a hell of a lot more than nobody
I don't find it boring, balance is for cod type games and it is far from an arcade game.
I enjoy it a lot, and so do many others. You would do well to learn that not all people like what you like.
One other thing besides the poor post-patch performance and hit detection that should there is the server browser. Last night I had a hard time finding a game, went to recently played and there they all were. Just sayin' it oughta be there ... I still think the performance and hit detection are the two that HAVE to be done, as they're game breakers.
Please don't tell me you are suggesting this game is dead?
/Me checks the server browser..... 2150 people currently playing. That's a hell of a lot more than nobody
I don't find it boring, balance is for cod type games and it is far from an arcade game.
I enjoy it a lot, and so do many others. You would do well to learn that not all people like what you like.
Saterday/sunday and weeknights are peak hours, 2150 is really not alot of players for a game that just came out. Considering that the online player number peaked at about 9000 this is a sharp decline and it hasn't stopped yet. Don't tell me you haven't noticed the ammount of empty servers besides the few 64 player servers. Saying that this game's online community is growing like a healthy game should 1 month after release is just false.
Besides, I could tell you the same thing ( not all people like what you like) but the difference between you and me is that actual stats and all the complaints on this here forum back my and not your opinion. Sorry, this game is not doing well. Maybe dying is a little too early but it certainly isn't doing well by any means.
In the end I want the same as you, I want this game to be succesfull while being fun for most people in the process. I payed for it as well so I don't see why I should accept the state of the game just because you like it, broken and watered down as it is.
I just don't see why they had to let go of the original gameplay concept and make it another CS clone on steroids.
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This.
Plus, the option to bind first person cover to different a key. I can't how many times I've tried to pick up a weapon or give an MG ammo only to take cover on the nearest object.
I think you're failing to consider something in your evaluation here. While it's true that 2150 is a low number for a mainstream game that's only a month old, HoS is not a mainstream game. Despite the complaints of many RO1 veterans, this game is far from the arcade experience that your average CoD or BF player will be attracted to (i.e. not a fast enough pace, unforgiving of screw ups, the fact that you can be killed in one shot by any weapon as opposed to only sniper rifles (and the fact that there's only one or two sniper rifles per side)). . This is a niche title with a vastly smaller audience. That being the case, I don't personally think 2150 is a particularly low number of players. I will admit, however, that HoS is my first venture away from the arcade style shooters so my opinion may not be well enough informed on such matters. This fact does, in my opinion, give me some semblence of credibility in saying that this game isn't the arcade CoD clone so many people are accusing it of being (because I just came from those games).
This goes back to the above, in my opinion. How many of those 9000 were people looking for CoD/BF gameplay and found that the game wasn't for them? I think you're making quite the assumption that the game lost 7000 players due to it's issues. There's no denying that the launch had it's issues, but I think the vast majority of the decline in player numbers can be attributed to people wanting the game to be the arcade shooter that it clearly is not.
I do think it's far too early to proclaim that the game is dying simply because of the fact that the audience is as narrow as it is. I also believe that ironing out the remaining issues and mods beginning to crop up (once the full SDK is in people's hands) will bring back some of those players who have left for the time being.
A fair point, to be sure. It is, however, very easy to depart from reasoned criticism and ideas into the realm of vitriolic hyperbole. Unfortunately I see far more of the latter than the former around here.
Can't comment on this with any authority. From the extremely small amount of time I messed around with RO:Ost, I don't know that I think they "let go of the original gameplay concept" so much as expanded upon it. Not everyone will agree with the way they've done so, but I don't see it as an abandonment of the idea of RO1, personally.
Of course, you're more than free to dismiss my opinions as an RO noob
There are more than enough players and servers, and I play daily. The only people who think otherwise are the drama queens in the forum.
I never said or suggested you should accept the game as is if you don't like it, but whining about it and trying to suggest nobody plays it online is simply sour grapes and has no basis in fact.
If I don't like a game I've bought, I stop playing it and go and do something else. It seems you hang around the game's forum and make stuff up to ease your angst.
CS clone? Now I know you're a troll