Rumple wrote:1) Nothing is going to work right until you have a solid server to host the game. This seriously feels like it is being run off an Android tablet with a low battery in someones basement, using their phones' WiFi for a signal. I have never played on a server with this much lag. The lag is ALWAYS worse when there is a lot of action happening in the game...and patch 180 only increases the action. Currently, the amount of "mini lags" is staggering, I kinda want it back to where there were less lags, even if they were in the five-to-ten-second range.
Server is hosted at the same place as where the old one was also the servers hardware is 100x better then the old one.
So far as of today I haven't experienced much of any issues regarding lag and performance so it might've been terrible yesterday for some reason.
Rumple wrote:2) Fix the crap that is not working before introducing MORE items that do not work. Launching 180 like this was a mistake and you all know it. Retention is causing weapons to disappear? No problem! Let's just get rid of it while we decide how many more vortexes to throw at players! Nobody in their right mind would consider this to be an intelligent move.
180 isn't launched as clearly has been stated several times.
Vortex and retention have nothing to do with each other.
No items we're added since the temporary removal of retention.
Rumple wrote:3) If you are going to increase monster strength, fine, but DO NOT DECREASE the shield strength. This is just stupid all-around. For instance, how about making a Nuke Shield pup that maybe only takes half of your health instead of killing you?
Monster strength is actually quite a lot lower on 180 compared to 179.
Nuke shield won't happen cause it can be countered in multiple ways, we want you to deal with the mechanics that you face and not ignore them.
If mechanics prove to be to difficult to handle we will compensate for that but nukes are not.
Rumple wrote:4) It has been said that it is "no problem" for some players to win a Patch 180 game playing solo. I could probably do the same, but I feel that the statement is made to deflect from the truth that the game has been
with the addition of new challenges and poorer game play when there are more than a couple people playing, which is usually the case.
Gameplay with a lot of people could not be tested because there weren't a lot of people coming on or anything else with a lot of people, thats why this event was hosted aswell.
Rumple wrote:5) Input from other players concerning the 180 play... What do we have? Maybe five non-moderator people who really love the game giving ANY input? Some people are taking the LACK of input as a license to stay on the path of destroying this game venue. It's like saying everyone has a vote, but not making it clear enough that everyone has to go to a small island in the Indian Ocean to cast that vote, and that the island really isn't on any maps made after 1926. and...
What is hard about saying "I dont like X because of Y"? We have been there available to listen to any feedback for several hours and there are other ways to contact us aswell or to leave your feedback.
If people decide to not give feedback that is up to them, can't force them to do so.
If no feedback is given we see it as there not being any need to change anything.
Rumple wrote:6) Because of (5) you should really have your own website. A website that is easy to find, even if you don't know what you are looking for. A website where there are only a few forums. It is a COMPLETE pain in the ass to browse the forum unless you've been there for a long time. I still think it's a complete pain in the ass. Maybe it's just me...maybe it isn't. How about making it a requirement that you have to register at the site in order to play?
http://www.gamingmadness.org/forum -> click UT2004 (hey it's the game we're playing!).
Rumple wrote:For the TL/DR crowd...Fix the stuff that needs fixing ...instead of "fixing" the stuff that is not broken while introducing more problems...and go back to patch 179 until doing so.
Nothing new is being added as has been stated several times and currently there already have been several hotfixes with more on the way.