PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

Sounds like a good patch. http://steamcommunity.com/games/578080/announcements/detail/1453956698903078380

 

Yeah.. that's really not a lot of content/fixes considering how often new patches are rolling out.
and I don't think their resources are limited.

 

This game was supposed to launch in October.
http://www.pcgamer.com/playerunknowns-battlegrounds-guaranteed-to-leave-early-access-by-october/

It's nowhere near completion. I'd say at least a year out from now.

They keep adding things instead of fixing things. I already see the player base segmenting and becoming a drag for new players. I don't know how you're supposed to get good at this game without literally sinking many hundreds of hours into it because you rarely ever run into people. And when you do, it's usually campers constantly scanning the horizon. I don't blame them. But it's impossible to understand the shooting mechanics of this game if you only get to shoot a weapon a handful of times every 20-30 minutes of game time.

I maybe run into 1 or 2 people in the beginning, unless I care to jump in the heat with everyone else, but to me that's just dumb. Because it's just frantic hoping you find a weapon before someone else, or get panned in the head. Otherwise it's a good 15-20 minutes of chasing the circle and hoping for decent loot, only to die by the guy that got lucky with the weapons and scopes that ran immediately to the center of the circle and/or got lucky with location.

Then again, I only play solo. Probably more fun with dual or squad. Too bad I don't have friends that play this game. Oh, wait, I actually need friends.

 

That makes two of us. I like the game but looting and dying is becoming tedious. I'm taking a break and playing a couple other games.

 

Well, it's not an easy game. I'd say it's as hardcore as ARMA due to realistic shooting mechanics (bullet mechanic, headshot=kill etc)

I'm like 130 hr into game and I already have many wins. Last 10 games = 7 wins. It's most likely a luck, but,.. you can play the game the way you like. You can be stealth, have 1 kill and win the game and you can be dominator that kills 30 ppl during the whole game. I'm kind of the guy who lands far away and steahlth's his way to the end. That's the magic, you are in danger all the time but you're not forced to play any particular tactic.

At the beginning it's good to land on high-great areas just to train your aim/shooting. But it's just training,m later on you play the way you like. Camping, Assaulting, stealth etc. whatever you chose

 

Hit boxes are so screwed though. You see so many headshot kills from distance with red dot or 2x scopes onto boats and motorcycles, etc. Not to mention the shotgun is still borked. I see all these YouTube highlights of people getting headshots from like 500m+ away. There's no way all these people are that good of a shot, the game just likes to give kills randomly.

I don't call it hardcore either, I call it luckcore, lol. It's a lot like Battlefield games, so dependent on ping and server location and if the gods are in your favor. I know it's a survival game, but I rarely ever fire a shot, I just never run into anyone, ever, and usually get in top 10-15 without a problem, and I usually just run through fields without a care in the world, not even trying to be stealthy. I'd rather get in a firefight to at least get a chance to kill someone.

But when it does come down to shooting, I shoot someone in the head a few times with a SCAR and they don't die. They shoot back with a UMP, one shot I'm dead... It's like rolling dice half the time. And even then, it's almost completely down to who see whom first.

It should be called the looting game. Because that's all it is 99% of the time. Start game, find stuff, run, run run, maybe shoot once or twice. Die.

When I watch some footage of people, they always seem to come across people all the time and people that aren't paying attention. I never do. Only ever run into people that are camping somewhere. Can never see them.

I'm really having a hard time finding any appeal to this game. I liked it at first, and the idea intrigued me, but now, nothing's changed. It's always the same. I don't see how this game will have lasting appeal, especially since they're not fixing stuff that needs to be fixed instead of keep adding on crap.

 

Hitreg in PUBG is beyond crap, it makes BF4 look phenomenal in comparison.

 

Playing in duos and squads certainly add another dimension compared to solo. The added coordination and pulling off a coordinated assault, ambush, and flank (or mischief) are absolutely satisfying.

Mini-14 in the new patch is an absolute beast fyi.

 

You might check out Fortnite Battle Royal. It's more arcade than PUBG but it's a lot of fun. It's still in beta and will be free to play when it's released. Some people get extra keys when they buy one of the upgraded versions or devs give them out. I got one for $15 on EpicNPC Marketplace.

 

Yes it is. It's like a laser with no recoil.

 

A lot of the time you have to make your own luck. How does it go - "luck is where preparation meets opportunity".
I find positioning to be more important than always trying to scout out a weapon and a scope. For example staying right on top of plane flight path to know where people are traveling from and sometimes keeping at the edge of the circle rather than plumb center often works better since you know people unlikely to snag you from behind. Most wins I've had have been with crappy weapons because it's forced my to use my wits more.
Having said that, getting a bolt action and x8 is pretty tasty.

 

For some reason people don't seem to find issue with it. I don't get it. It is really quite bad. The fan base at least based on reddit are so blind to any issues, they act like it can do no wrong. It's fine as it is. Or if you bring up legit issues "you just suck".

I never go plumb center. Hell, half the time I'll dive where it looks like everyone is going, but by the time I get a weapon and run out nobody is around, and I just start looting and high tailing it towards the circle.

I'm lucky to get any kind of rifle. I hike halfway through most games with a shotgun and a pistol because there are no damn rifles around. And when i do, usually it's an M16 or SCAR if not a UMP or Uzi.

I dunno. I just don't think it's for me. I feel like it's just an advanced game of hide and seek. Peek a boo, I see you first, I win! yay!

Edit: I just played a few rounds, and first two, same as usual, I get a shotgun and a pistol, looted at least a dozen houses with no rifle. I start running because circle closing in, and sure enough... THREE guys just camping there firing at me. Not at each other. Just me. Why wouldn't they try to target each other? I get to safety behind a rock. No more gun fire. As soon as I peek out, three different gun shots. Only thing I can think of is they were "teaming" which isn't allowed either.

In any case, I didn't realize this was possible either. Guess I made my own "luck" :



And go to the 1:00 mark in this video. Happens to me ALL the time when I actually get in a close combat situation. Not sure how to make my own luck out of that.

 

OK, after all my whining, I finally got on a fog map, and I did pretty well. Not to mention actually found rifles and plenty of 5.56 ammo from the get go and a silencer. Made all the difference in the world. I hope you can eventually choose to play only fog maps or adverse weather maps. I tend to do better on those than the wide open sunny day ones.

 

That's about every dedicated MP game forum on that site. "Problem? Git Gud, L2P noob. Case closed."

 

I cant play PUBG very well, my primary laptop is at its limits with this game so making close quarters engagements almost impossible.

I stick to Siege and MGSV personally but I definitely can see the appeal of PUBG.

 

This game is a joke. Three times today I have gone AFK to help my kids with something. Come back 10-15 minutes later and am still alive and in top 20. No kills, did nothing, garnered 200+ points... It needs a serious overhaul of some sort. Not sure what they can do. But any game that I can disappear for 10-15 minutes at a time and still get in top 10-15% is a joke.

 

Sounds like the perfect "busy dad" game.

 

The objective here is to win the chicken dinner, not finish second or third playing snake in the grass. I actually like that you can hide, make a drink and come back without dying. PUBG is the most played game on the internet at the moment, they must be doing something right..

Getting that chicken dinner is usually a pretty amazing feeling, and usually ends with a hell of a firefight.

 

Nah, had a few. Didn't feel like much. Just hid out until everyone killed each other then threw a few grenades, poked a few bullets and won. Didn't feel like much of a victory. Just 30 minutes of hide and seek then ten seconds of firing, and game over.

Chicken dinner doesn't get you anything but a few more points. I don't get the whole objective behind it.

They're only doing "something right" in that you can go AFK for 20-30 minutes and still get points for playing. It's a ridiculous premise and needs to change.

 

Sadly, being able to AFK indefinitely at a moment's notice and not be screwed is a selling point to me for precisely this reason.

 

Mini 14 feels too OP atm, probably because they want to get more ppl to like the new weapon.
won't be surprised if it gets nerf in future patch though...

@Tanner@XoticPC being able to doze off while prone is priceless when pulling all-nighters.

 

Occasionally having to sprint upstairs because of your 3 year old will also do it.

 

Mine are 8 and 9 and sorry to say it doesn't get much better sooner.

 

Don't tell me that! I had hopes man.

 

Why do I keep coming back to this stupid game. Problem is that there's no replay and no kill cam, so you have no clue what's really going on or how you really died.

I just played a round where I was prone, I had the high ground, behind a tree, beside a bush... I heard no foot steps, no nothing. Then bam bam bam, I was dead, and half a second later the dude was on my box looting it. So he clearly was nearby and not prone as quickly as he was on my corpse. I have no idea how he saw me and also why I didn't hear ANY footsteps whatsoever. If there was a replay/kill-cam I would have at least seen his approach and also a way to report/tell if there should have been footsteps.

I guess that's what bothers me most. You can't learn from your mistakes. And don't know if it's something stupid you did or the game. They really need to implement replay/kill-cam footage.

 

Not to sure what happened... but proning on a hill is unfortunately usually dangerous. The way the assets load in means pretty much anyone from a reasonable distance can see you standing out like dogs balls since none of the foliage loads in - no matter what settings they're using. I wish they would address this as the game becomes more about learning it's technical quirks rather than applying logical strategy.

 

i dont mind the non loading in tbh, otherwise we would have a end game of people lying prone doing nothing.....game is already slow enough middle-end game as it is.

 

What's the point of having a prone mechanic then? You want fast, take your pick from every other FPS out there

 

ive got no problems with prone, as long as there is balance.......i personally don't think the prone mechanic is meant for the purpose it is used for end game, i think it is more of a ohhh no i need to heal, or oh no my cover is blown....if going prone made you completely invisible depending on if you got the luck to be on the "side" with grass cover etc then its not balanced...as it stands its possible to spot so im cool with it.

 

Yes, "learning it's technical quirks" is exactly it. I mean it is early access, but that's where a game replay or kill cam or something would be good to know what happened. I just know periodically I can't hear someone's footsteps at all yet they show up right beside me and shoot me.

But my point before was that this person was clearly very near me, so foliage had to have been loaded in. If it were a sniper or long shot, I would understand. I was behind a tree and a bush and was blocked by anyone downhill at distance.

I agree proning should have its benefits. You are forced to move eventually anyhow due to the circle, and you will eventually have to move in to each other. Going prone becomes less advantageous as the circle closes anyhow because you don't have much distance to each other.

 

unless rng is on your side and the circle spawns on you, then you have a massive advantage being prone.......as i said i don't think being prone is bad, i just don't think it should be impossible to see a prone person unless your standing on top of them.
and as far as advantages in third person mode going prone has all the advantages.......

 

They should add scope glint. Not as bright as in Battlefield, that might as well be a flashlight, but a slight glint to help locating prone people. But I think you should be able to use terrain to your advantage. That's why I also think they need better location indicators as to where the shot came from. with a general direction indicator, like a slight flash of red for the general 45 degree direction of the shot, not just audio clues.

This may not be as needed in dual or squad play, but for solo, you could use a little extra help.

I just got done with a game and got 2nd place (ugh). I was dumb. It came down the final smallest circle. I thought I heard the guy, I got nervous stood up to shoot, and he was to my right not straight ahead, and bam bam bam I was dead. Sucks.

I didn't realize you could shoot through these boxes either.

 

i think thats a good idea, like i said i dont have a issue with the mechanic of proning but i think it needs to be balanced to take into account all the rng variables, campers, etc

 

One thing I've noticed, I do a lot better whenever I play on my laptop (Sager NP8157/Clevo P650HS-G, i7-7820HK, GTX 1070) than I do with my desktop (i7-5820K, GTX 1080 Ti). I limit both to 75 FPS and both have G-sync. Only difference is that my laptop is on wi-fi and my desktop hard connection. So maybe some extra latency is actually helping me. Who knows.

 

Good idea with the glint. It totally needs that.
Regarding the latency, trust me it's a definite disadvantage. When I play with my Oz friends I do terribly. As soon as we switch to a AS server I hit all my targets.
What I've found is they sometimes playing on a laptop feels more engaging since I sit so close in. Depending on your desktop monitor size, sometimes if it's too big you're at a disadvantage because you have to turn your neck to scan the landscape for targets.

 

My desktop uses a 34" 3440x1440 ultrawide, but it sits well within my field of view, back about 3 ft from my eyes. Who knows why it is. But I might as well play on my laptop because I do better!

 

Game has a very low server tick, so the lag can unintentionally help...

I cant play the game on my laptop due to the response time issues. Using an ASUS PG278Q without Gsync to actually land hits and such.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/177163011

 

Agree with @HTWingNut . Scope glint does seem to be an interesting idea.

 

I haven't played this game in about a month due to lack of time to play anything really and I went on a little this weekend. Out of curiosity I was looking through my steam inventory to see if I had anything I could sell and make some cash off of....I sold all my CSGO skins when I got this game and bought the trenchcoat, bandana, and red hi-tops. All I can say is holy s*** @ the prices of these items now. Now I don't even want to sell anything in hopes it just keeps going up more and more.

 

I got lucky and sold some CSGO skins to get the Red Bandana and Trench Coat when they were roughly 90-120 each. Look at it now...

 

Yeah I had bought them when they were about 250 each, now they have more than doubled in price. Part of me wants to make some money off of it but part of me hopes it may just keep going up and want to hold off and I don't know what to do lol, I never thought they would end up like this.

 

wow ...

 

This is the reason i simply gave up playing the game now and the constant server issues. I honestly don't know how people can keep playing this daily, it's bad for your heart

 

Right! Hard to know if this is good or bad.... Bad because there's so many damn cheaters they have to ban that many every day or good because they're banning them. Just shows that the game is just riddled with cheaters. That in addition to the net code and all the glitches, I don't know how this game is so popular. Concept it's cool. Execution really sucks. I think I'll just drop it until it's released, if it ever is. It's more frustration than fun.

Part of this is due to the loot crates too. Worth real money. Add that in, and it's sure to bring in all sorts of filth.

 

How can it be both official and fake?!? It's either official or fake, but not both...

 

It's officially fake.

 

Who confirmed it?