@stayfreshshoe said:
Replying directly to OP ( @mpod89 ) :Issues like what you’ve described (not being able to reconnect to a Ranked match) are situations where we can always use extra information. A really helpful thing for us would be for you to post this in our bug megathreads. That way it’s really easy for us to see and ask you for further information such as reproduction steps or to acquire logs from you so we can fix it. Writing a thread called “Incompetence is ruining this game” is not the best way to report a bug which could be affecting a ton of people, let alone assist us in fixing it. Help us to help you
As for the Mercs not being included in Ranked Season 4, it’s no secret that we’ve been re-implementing our telemetry system which we use to look at all of the hard data of weapon etc. usage. In fact, a couple weeks back our Associate Creative Director Exedore posted this which hits the nail on the head for what you’re https://www.reddit.com/r/Dirtybomb/comments/75fpnv/guardian_javelin_balance/
It’s not that one instance, it was just the thing that spilled over the glass that night. While incompetence might be a bit too strong it’s the fact that some things can’t be dealt with in such a long time. Ranked parties have been glitchy since the beginning of ranked. I can’t even count the situations where the party broke up for some reason, half the team stuck in party lobby, half the team in the main menu. So everybody restarts DB just to be safe. Sometimes it says looking for match for some of the party and some not. Spending 10 minutes in que to realize the party is bugged. These are the things that have been with Dirty Bomb since it came out in open beta. You guys always claim that competitive 5v5 is at the heart of DB, shouldn’t you be focusing to make it the smoothest part of DB then? Nobody plays ranked, not because they don’t like the mode but because it litterally gets the least attention from you guys. If you say that 5v5 ranked is what DB is and wants to be, i would gladly trade Castle for you to work on it instead. It feels like everything is given priority over ranked, at least i can’t say it feels any different since the early days of beta. The ranked season cards were a nice way to try to attract more people into ranked because you thought the main problem of ranked was not enough players. It would have worked if you ironed out all the gliches in ranked before you did that. The real reason why people don’t want to play ranked is because all the bugs are too frustrating when something is on the line. In the end those cards are only cosmetics and after getting a few players stop playing ranked for that season because with the glichy nature of the game isn’t not worth investing your emotions on winning rank, you’re better off playing casual since you lose nothing if you get boned by some bug.
To have competitive ranked it has to work flawlessly. Without real competitiveness to the gain it loses long term appeal. I know players that have over 700 hours in the game and obviously like what DB can offer but they felt there’s nothing left in there expect for meaningless PUB matches. I’m at 1500h now and in the last 2 months i barely have 20 hours in. I really like what DB could offer, i buy the trinkets the trinkets to support it’s developmet. But without really good ranked mode this game is so much less than it could be. To get good ranked it needs to be smooth and bug free. No way around it.
To all the guys who say the game is in beta, that I have to consider that before criticizing it, I have this to say. Not even looking at how long is this beta been going on, once you start monetizing the game and profiting from it you are open to critique in the same way as any other fully released game. At that point you’re selling a product and that product should be scrutinized. I realize that fixing bugs isn’t gonna help you get more money out of your player base in the way a new merc or new map with an accompanied event (with all the cosmetics) would. But in the long run it would be much healthier for the game and for the player base. From the moment you got the game back from Nexon and started doing events and new content you’ve drawn quite a few new players in. Had you only fixed the bugs you would have kept them as well and not constantly be at 2,5k average players and 4-5k peaks. I want to say that this game deserves a larger player base but what you get is waht you deserve. At this moment Dirty Bomb is a game to check out, have some fun and move on. There’s a few enthusiasts that stay for a long time but we’re getting fewer and further between. It really sucks when I see so many DB veterans from my friends list not touching the game in ages. I care about the future of DB and that’s why I made this thread. It probably won’t change anything but at least I tried voicing my concerns and the direction in which I would like to see the game heading.
