The Future Of Dirty Bomb - Community Survey RESULTS

(Black) #21

I lost faith in the community when I saw:

Dome still needs more improvement guys.

(bontsa) #22

[quote=“BlackFro;140580”]I lost faith in the community when I saw:
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Dome still needs more improvement guys.[/quote]

Why yes Dome does need some love, but I’m actually happy to see result tilting that way. People might’ve voted towards new maps out of content greed and consuming blindness, but there must’ve been some who are realising currently “old” maps like Underground, Bridge etcetc you name it, are extremely, blatantly narrow and sight-lined with no real flanking options or area. All traits which make sniper/long range classes extremely frustrating to deal with, super effective and hard to balance. Competitive scene already seems like running first Vassili for instagibs and after that removed now RedEye for PDP+Smoke combo as a mandatory tool instead of a possible addition to the team. Or anything between these 2 actually viable recons anyway ahem, Anti-Sniper merc anyone? Oh, right…

Dome is the first map seeming to start breaking this “lets draw 2 lines crossing each other in maybe 120 degree angle and build narrow map around that” protocol older maps have. Which is goddamn great refreshment, but greatly saddening to see 1st objective area issues are not dealt with faster and make Dome less and less wanted more time passes, even if issues would be fixed now many peeps might’ve given up for it for good and will barely ever check it out anymore. First impression has been made, and secondary / tertiary too. Hard to shake that off no matter how good direction that one example would be taking the map design. Not to mention how first changes to it also dumbed down jumping areas, which is definitely not way to go in my honest opinion, issues lie elsewhere.

(watsyurdeal) #23

Only 270 out of 5405 votes prioritized a better tutorial over everything else?

The fuck is wrong with you people, better matchmaking can’t fix uneducated players.

(bontsa) #24

[quote=“Watsyurdeal;140599”]Only 270 out of 5405 votes prioritized a better tutorial over everything else?

The fuck is wrong with you people, better matchmaking can’t fix uneducated players.[/quote]

Yup and exactly this. Enough time has passed, enough player samples have been recorded to be able to pinpoint what exactly is tutorial missing, and what should be told / displayed otherwise.

Or are SplashDamage still impying to go with “This game is not going to hold your hand, more likely to knock your teeth out” statement one of the early trailer went with? Well if they wanna, they should stop attempting to cater to casual side of gaming who want “Press W for win” type of gameplay certain other titles out there seem to offer. Don’t have tutorial at all, would be pretty much the same.

Or just see some effort in tutorial. Lessens the need to dumb down design and frustration new peeps face when figuring out the ins-and-outs of the game, and obviously us more experienced player’s too when we don’t have to be walking tutorial every second game.

(RazielWarmonic) #25

There is some very interesting statistics in here. It’s awesome. Thanks again to everyone who participated! :slight_smile:

(Faraleth) #26

@RazielWarmonic I have a strange sense of deja’vu… Hmm… :wink:

(Randomdeath) #27

There should have been a question in there that says “Which one do you prefer: [ ] Be a dick [ ] Dont be a dick” To see if ammo packs need a buff

(gg2ez) #28

Lets hope our answers aren’t ignored in the making of the next event.

(RyePanda) #29

Tutorial should, in my opinion, be the highest priority. Too many times you see people with quite a few hours into the game that keep repairing/diffusing when others are, or don’t know what objective specialists or what long/wall jumping is.

(Amerika) #30

Tutorial and in-game prompts that say everything from, “YOUR TEAMMATE IS REPAIRING, GUARD THEM” to "YOUR TEAM NEEDS A MEDIC AND YOU HAVE ONE IN YOUR SQUAD to “YOU HAVEN’T PASSED OUT AMMO IN 120 SECONDS OF PLAY TIME…PASS SOME OUT ALREADY DAMNIT YOUR TEAMMATES ARE THIRSTY”.

And yes, do them in all caps because cereal.

(triteCherry) #31

[quote=“Amerika;140660”]Tutorial and in-game prompts that say everything from, “YOUR TEAMMATE IS REPAIRING, GUARD THEM” to "YOUR TEAM NEEDS A MEDIC AND YOU HAVE ONE IN YOUR SQUAD to “YOU HAVEN’T PASSED OUT AMMO IN 120 SECONDS OF PLAY TIME…PASS SOME OUT ALREADY DAMNIT YOUR TEAMMATES ARE THIRSTY”.

And yes, do them in all caps because cereal.[/quote]

Then people ignore it to the point where it becomes background noise/visuals anyway, lol.

(watsyurdeal) #32

[quote=“Amerika;140660”]Tutorial and in-game prompts that say everything from, “YOUR TEAMMATE IS REPAIRING, GUARD THEM” to "YOUR TEAM NEEDS A MEDIC AND YOU HAVE ONE IN YOUR SQUAD to “YOU HAVEN’T PASSED OUT AMMO IN 120 SECONDS OF PLAY TIME…PASS SOME OUT ALREADY DAMNIT YOUR TEAMMATES ARE THIRSTY”.

And yes, do them in all caps because cereal.[/quote]

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(Mr-Penguin) #33

[quote=“Amerika;140660”]Tutorial and in-game prompts that say everything from, “YOUR TEAMMATE IS REPAIRING, GUARD THEM” to "YOUR TEAM NEEDS A MEDIC AND YOU HAVE ONE IN YOUR SQUAD to “YOU HAVEN’T PASSED OUT AMMO IN 120 SECONDS OF PLAY TIME…PASS SOME OUT ALREADY DAMNIT YOUR TEAMMATES ARE THIRSTY”.

And yes, do them in all caps because cereal.[/quote]

So… the team composition reminder is basically this from Overwatch? The one that says “NO TANK HERO” on the side?

Along with the character-specific quick tips you get when you respawn, that team comp reminder is definitely something DB needs right now. Mostly because it’s really annoying when the entire team is fire supports and nobody is switching to an engineer.

(gg2ez) #34

[quote=“derpypenguinz19;140693”][quote=“Amerika;140660”]Tutorial and in-game prompts that say everything from, “YOUR TEAMMATE IS REPAIRING, GUARD THEM” to "YOUR TEAM NEEDS A MEDIC AND YOU HAVE ONE IN YOUR SQUAD to “YOU HAVEN’T PASSED OUT AMMO IN 120 SECONDS OF PLAY TIME…PASS SOME OUT ALREADY DAMNIT YOUR TEAMMATES ARE THIRSTY”.

And yes, do them in all caps because cereal.[/quote]

So… the team composition reminder is basically this the Overwatch? The one that says “NO TANK HERO” on the side?

Along with the character-specific quick tips you get when you respawn, that team comp reminder is definitely something DB needs right now. Mostly because it’s really annoying when the entire team is fire supports and nobody is switching to an engineer.[/quote]

Inb4 closed because of Overwatch.

(Amerika) #35

[quote=“derpypenguinz19;140693”][quote=“Amerika;140660”]Tutorial and in-game prompts that say everything from, “YOUR TEAMMATE IS REPAIRING, GUARD THEM” to "YOUR TEAM NEEDS A MEDIC AND YOU HAVE ONE IN YOUR SQUAD to “YOU HAVEN’T PASSED OUT AMMO IN 120 SECONDS OF PLAY TIME…PASS SOME OUT ALREADY DAMNIT YOUR TEAMMATES ARE THIRSTY”.

And yes, do them in all caps because cereal.[/quote]

So… the team composition reminder is basically this from Overwatch? The one that says “NO TANK HERO” on the side?

Along with the character-specific quick tips you get when you respawn, that team comp reminder is definitely something DB needs right now. Mostly because it’s really annoying when the entire team is fire supports and nobody is switching to an engineer.[/quote]

Yup, I believe SD should steal what Blizzard has done with Overwatch prompts for team composition.

Oddly enough, last night I went three straight maps with almost entirely engineers and no fire supports on my team (and I was playing a medic). Like, literally zero. I am used to not ever getting ammo but it was almost like being in the Twilight Zone in having zero fire supports.

(SereneFlight) #36

[quote=“Watsyurdeal;140599”]Only 270 out of 5405 votes prioritized a better tutorial over everything else?

The fuck is wrong with you people, better matchmaking can’t fix uneducated players.
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I feel like any person with common sense is able to figure out basics of the game tho.
E: lawl, bunch of people think that it takes IQ of 200 and college education to figure out the basics of the game.

(yenku) #37

[quote=“Watsyurdeal;140599”]Only 270 out of 5405 votes prioritized a better tutorial over everything else?

The fuck is wrong with you people, better matchmaking can’t fix uneducated players.
[/quote]
Do we really need to vote for this to be a priority ?
This should have been a priority from Day 0

After the tutorial, I did quit DB and went to youtube to see what DB was all about.
Then it was just time to get used to movements, shortcuts, aim.

Can’t make a great tutorial right now?
You (Dirty Bomb) have a Youtube channel, record some video explaining fundamentals, like @kAndyREW PSA videos, is an example, and point new user there thought the in game UI.

Sometimes a Twitch stream where you @RazielWarmonic and @stayfreshshoe explain game mechanics, tips, tricks, basic skills, whatever could help new player, could be a good thing.

(Ctrix) #38

How to spot that you have asked a dumb question:

(Faraleth) #39

@Ctrix Maybe, but I saw many, MANY comments prior to the survey, saying something along the lines of “don’t do more events like CW and WtD!”, hence the inclusion of the question. :slight_smile:

(DMaster2) #40

With all the complaints on balance seen on the forums one would think that party matchmaking wouldn’t be popular. If that will become a thing, RIP casual objective.