SD needs to think more out of the box.

(NK.NewNightmare) #1

The point is, even I really got bored of DB by now and if they’re not changing the game for the good any time soon, it’ll lose more and more of its playerbase. New players will maybe join the game, but they will either stop playing the game when reaching Level 6 like most of the new players do or maybe just get bored after playing the game for a while.

I and many others as I noticed, although I’m not really a Veteran - or a long-time player at least, like most of the people I’m reading negative comments on the current state of the game, aren’t pleased with how the game developed at all. I know it sounds like I’m just another who’s writing down the obvious and starting a thread about it saying how badly the game developed, but well I really made myself thoughts of all the negative points and I’m fully aware of them, and also I thought about things that could positively improve the game. The first thing that comes into mind there’d be: adding Execution to the game again, because another gamemode could really bring new enjoyment to the game - or another small idea, which i gave my opinion on in the forum lately, would be to give each Mercenary a greater background and new attributes to their personalities, which could bring more enjoyment to playing each Merc.

(FalC_16) #2

Epic thread but agree with the title thou

(binderr) #3

Please no more trash content updates, just fix your god damn servers, they’re atrocious. you’re servers got serious net code issues, ping/lag/rubber banding fuck me! Been playing for over 2 years, its now worse than it was ever!

(Mc1412013) #4

@“NK.NewNightmare” said:
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That is the most interesting and perfect solution. Lol ha ha

Thos tread is pointless

(Press E) #5

@“NK.NewNightmare” said:
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When you press send too early and forget about the edit button

(Teflon Love) #6

SD needs to think outside of the loot box

FTFY

(K1X455) #7
  • 64.9 % Lead out of the Box (nerfs)
  • 23.0 % Iron out of the Box (bugs)
  • 7.5 % Bronze out of the Box (errors)
  • 2.0 % Special Edition out of the Box (gimmicks)
  • 2.0 % Silver out of the Box (right stuff)
  • 0.5 % Gold out of the Box (good stuff)
  • 0.1 % Cobalt out of the Box (brilliant stuff)

I pay US$34.99 for modified stats

(NK.NewNightmare) #8

@FalC_16 said:
Epic thread but agree with the title thou

@teflonlove said:

SD needs to think outside of the loot box

FTFY

@STARRYSOCK said:

@“NK.NewNightmare” said:
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When you press send too early and forget about the edit button

@Mc1412013 said:

@“NK.NewNightmare” said:
a

That is the most interesting and perfect solution. Lol ha ha

Thos tread is pointless

@binderr said:
Please no more trash content updates, just fix your god damn servers, they’re atrocious. you’re servers got serious net code issues, ping/lag/rubber banding @$!# me! Been playing for over 2 years, its now worse than it was ever!

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(Theatrum) #9

@binderr said:
Please no more trash content updates, just fix your god damn servers, they’re atrocious. you’re servers got serious net code issues, ping/lag/rubber banding @$!# me! Been playing for over 2 years, its now worse than it was ever!

From my location Dirty Bomb is one of the few games that suffer least from server issues.

(CyberVonCyberus) #10

I do agree that very little keeps me interested in DB lately, just shoot stuff, have teamates do nothing, get stomped, unbox leads or nowadays bronzes, farm credits to craft a cobalt, farm ranked and be disappointed with the outcome

(NK.NewNightmare) #11

You’re right.

(Press E) #12

Honestly, we do need more variety.
We’re getting there on maps. We’ve gotten there a long time ago on mercs. I just wish the devs would focus on doing other things than ranked and “ranked lite”.

Maps are all pretty much the same thing, just with a different layout and theme over it. New gamemodes, especially new casual non-serious gamemodes, would help that a lot. You can only get so much variety when your core is the same.

(Xenithos) #13

If the maps had more variety in their objective formats, and more hidden routes only accessible through jumps, rather than removing jumps with every other update that hits a map… I would be happier. Thinking outside of the box with an already lowering amount of players often ends up tanking games though. Just putting that out there.

(BlackboltLW) #14

You know what, I personally want to see some sort of “Back to…” maps, where we revisit old maps under different condition and objectives

Let’s say, once Jackal manages to take down the containment shield, we could start over from Underground, maybe in the night, as the CDA in the attacking side, to “look for recoverable intel” after Jackal flood the entire station.

It will be interesting

(Mr.Cuddlesworth) #15

(Press E) #16

@BlackboltLW said:
You know what, I personally want to see some sort of “Back to…” maps, where we revisit old maps under different condition and objectives

Would be hard to balance though. I mean, not only do you have to balance a complete map, but you also have to make it balanced going in the opposite direction? Seems better to just make a new map for that

(Mc1412013) #17

@STARRYSOCK said:

@BlackboltLW said:
You know what, I personally want to see some sort of “Back to…” maps, where we revisit old maps under different condition and objectives

Would be hard to balance though. I mean, not only do you have to balance a complete map, but you also have to make it balanced going in the opposite direction? Seems better to just make a new map for that

As much as it would never happen for techical reasons id Love to have a retro event where they reinstated the original maps flaws and all for a few weeks just so we could play. I would love to play the original set of alpha maps since i couldnt play them. And to make it more retro only mercs released at the time can be used which means 3rd eye instead of the stupid snich

(BlackboltLW) #18

@STARRYSOCK said:

@BlackboltLW said:
You know what, I personally want to see some sort of “Back to…” maps, where we revisit old maps under different condition and objectives

Would be hard to balance though. I mean, not only do you have to balance a complete map, but you also have to make it balanced going in the opposite direction? Seems better to just make a new map for that

No, not technically going from opposite direction, but stays like original with new objective, like say, “Activate Emergency Pump” at the start and “Deliver Intact Datacores” at the last.

(Press E) #19

@BlackboltLW said:

@STARRYSOCK said:

@BlackboltLW said:
You know what, I personally want to see some sort of “Back to…” maps, where we revisit old maps under different condition and objectives

Would be hard to balance though. I mean, not only do you have to balance a complete map, but you also have to make it balanced going in the opposite direction? Seems better to just make a new map for that

No, not technically going from opposite direction, but stays like original with new objective, like say, “Activate Emergency Pump” at the start and “Deliver Intact Datacores” at the last.

Well, different objectives still need different balance.
For instance, planting objectives need more cover than other objectives, to allow several seconds to plant. But having that amount of time on a delivery would be attacker sided, since there’s no chance to “undo” like there is with a plant.

But even if you balanced out the objectives and all, you’re still playing the exact same map over and over again, just holding F over a different object. Sure, maybe it would be interesting to see the CDA retaliate in a story sense, but I’m not sure how that would really solve DB’s stagnating and gameplay maps for older players.

(B_Montiel) #20

@Mc1412013 said:

@STARRYSOCK said:

@BlackboltLW said:
You know what, I personally want to see some sort of “Back to…” maps, where we revisit old maps under different condition and objectives

Would be hard to balance though. I mean, not only do you have to balance a complete map, but you also have to make it balanced going in the opposite direction? Seems better to just make a new map for that

As much as it would never happen for techical reasons id Love to have a retro event where they reinstated the original maps flaws and all for a few weeks just so we could play. I would love to play the original set of alpha maps since i couldnt play them. And to make it more retro only mercs released at the time can be used which means 3rd eye instead of the stupid snich

I’d definitely like to see some old bridge / chapel event so you guys can see how those maps changed from the alpha builds.

Maps -in general- is the topic where improvements are the most noticeable this year. Most maps got a significant overhaul, generally improving the situation for each, and the new maps generally take all the experience for those rebuild passes (maybe at the exception of Vault).

The current state of the game is questionnable due to various reasons, but I for sure consider the removal of min level servers and the overall server performance the biggest issues for me. Right now there are few occasions where I actually enjoy my games compared to when min level servers were available. And Ranked sadly got deserted, for various reasons, including a fcked up start for season 4.

If they won’t put back official min level servers, they have to be quick on community servers, because this one was a massive hit on experienced players attendance, which, yes, does not bring much $$$/min played, but definitely make your multiplayer game work over the time.