Pub players - enjoy the silence

(Violator) #1

I’ve noticed that the pub community is virtually gone, and the focus seems to be 100% on the comp scene. I keep trying to have a go at the game but unless there is at least some catering for pub players then its going to die the death, which is a shame as the current build can be fun. e.g. the show matches were fun but where are the pub equivalents?

Over the time of the alpha the comp voice has gradually drowned out the pub one, partly due to (ever decreasing) numbers, comp generally requires more attention to detail perhaps, so more to moan about/comment on and comp players tend to be more vocal anyway. Pub players are usually casual and probably don’t care as much as well.

Bottom line - more pub players please or lets get some pub-only games going :).

(Mustang) #2

I think this is due to people getting bored idling a server and having only 1 or 2 people join after several hours that they’ve all but given up trying now.

Should see things pick-up with the next wave of invites that Badman is about to orchestrate.

(MrFunkyFunk) #3

badman announced that new people would get in this week. There will be a lot more pub games going on.

Regarding the topic: I don’t enjoy (much) pub on DB anymore. Maybe I spent too much time on it already.
For some time it has been a glorified spammy TDM, not enough people care about the “team” aspect and I can’t stand it for long.

Thanks to the TS3 small community and the scrims I can actually enjoy the game how I like it best, there are some cool people to hang and play with so it’s a factor of me playing at all.

Once voip gets in, amongst other things, it will be a bit more enjoyable for me as a “serious” pub player.

(Nail) #4

noticed a bunch of new players on US obj server earlier

(DB Genome editor) #5

Same here, actually got a near full server for a while (8 vs 7). Lots of names I’ve never seen before with low levels, looks like fresh blood… :slight_smile:

(Humate) #6

The best matches ive had were semi-serious matches with the D|S players a while back (nearly 2 or 3 patches ago). Pub hasn’t lived up to that yet, unfortunately. :frowning:

(Hundopercent) #7

We’ll be back if the NA players start playing. Half the team just doesn’t want to sit in warmup for hours dueling each other. I did see some new names tonight. I gave them the proper welcome. :slight_smile:

(DB Genome editor) #8

By which you mean you a large caliber sniper riffle round between the eyes from what I saw :smiley:

(nexgen) #9

Was nice to get on NA server after work and get a few good maps in with some new faces.

(prophett) #10

Hand picked people or starting to let the elite people trickle in? Got a link?

It would be nice to have at least 1 active pub in North America :]

(Nail) #11

I’m thinking hand picked, none of the names were familiar from forums

(iwound) #12

had a bit of fun. mega kills not so enjoyable though.

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(MrFunkyFunk) #13

[QUOTE=iwound;455757]had a bit of fun. mega kills not so enjoyable though.

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iwound & Loffy respectively first of their teams.
The end is nigh!

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(potty200) #14

Not gunna be big headed but I am one of a select few players who are sorting out games for competition players. If you want the focus to be on pub play why don’t you do something about it? The reason I don’t do anything with pub games is because playing public bores the hell out of me.

(Kl3ppy) #15

Im between pub and comp and I have to say that the “current” pub games are not really fun. Mostly because some guys think, lets stack the **** out of the server. Thats BS and doesnt help anybody.
I do enjoy the draft games and the matches, DB does pretty well in this area. Without a proper com system (vsays and/or voip) pub is annoying right now. For example, I cant find a vsay saying med/ammo packs dropped, nor do the med/fops get a highlight who asked for health/ammo pack.

(Mustang) #16

This

There is no point “organising” pub games without admin access because the same people that stack are the same people that refuse to balance and clear out the server a map later.

(Wezelkrozum) #17

[QUOTE=Shifty.;455772]Im between pub and comp and I have to say that the “current” pub games are not really fun. Mostly because some guys think, lets stack the **** out of the server. Thats BS and doesnt help anybody.
I do enjoy the draft games and the matches, DB does pretty well in this area. Without a proper com system (vsays and/or voip) pub is annoying right now. For example, I cant find a vsay saying med/ammo packs dropped, nor do the med/fops get a highlight who asked for health/ammo pack.[/QUOTE]

It’s true that the current state of the IFF doesn’t support the public right now. The highlights are missing which are very helpful to new players. Therefore I suggest to wait with the introduction of fresh meat till the next patch.

(Patriotqube) #18

Which is why we need more testers

Happy to see Anti’s post about letting more in

(Violator) #19

Sounds encouraging - its true the pub game does tend to be stacked (didn’t want to bring it up again) and tbh the couple of comp games I had were more fun, but I don’t really have time for full on comp commitment.