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IMightKickAss's avatar
IMightKickAss
5 years ago

New feature request: local mode/paid useful functions (solo, bots/pvE, etc)

Hello
Since the networks, server, cheating problem are rampant while the game is so good,

why would not you allow a new feature to have all the game locally.
I'd prefer managing my own server, my own maps rotation, playing versus bots or with friends or guests from some discord/twitch community,

than having to spend my time disconnected, waiting for queues with an SBMM which doesn't satisfy me because it is targeted to hook us and not to give us fair fights (which is what is enjoyable. And gamers don't stop playing when they do enjoy), etc,

I'll happily lose the cosmetic part and pay big bucks for this.

But abandon penalty bugs are happening again and again, even just opening the game and connecting to the firing range. Your system is broken.
I can't even play anymore.

After the hacks, after the events recurrent lags, I'm fed up with this, but I still want to play the game. Just not depend on EA/Respawn for servers and connections,because they optimise costs for profit (which is normal, indeed, but seems they also, as providers or a game that we pay for content wise, make it worth its most basic functions: play).
I have waited for the whole week having a normal game. I started season 8 and since then, it has been a hellish ride to the bottom of the pit.
Now, it is not even possible to play. And we keep having "reasons" like "we should troubleshoot your connection", when your own game say "15 ms ping, 0% packet loss", when all other games work well, and so on (while ticking at much higher rate. So maybe, they just did what needed to be done, and amped up their servers to eleven, not taking excuses and "oh, for Apex 20 ticks is perfectly right and servers are ok for 23M people and no, the crashing is just a feeling, we have numbers."
If you have numbers that tell you that there are no problem when you have so much vocal people about it, then maybe you don't look at the right numbers, or your way to collect your metrics is flawed or utterly broken.

All we hear is "we take this serious", but instead you keep producing cosmetic content because you receive money for that, but then your only dynamic is producing stupid superficial content instead of making the game playable.

If you want to make digital content for all to admire, you don't need to be a gaming company, publish things on instagram.

If you are a gaming company worth the name, do what you have to do: playable games:

work your servers,

Size them, scale them,

improve your security,

Improve your anti cheat,

Hire people to ban cheaters or recruit willingful voluntaries and set up a system of "juges" for this (I'll be more than willing to spend time for this each time I play),

Because what is jarring is that the game is awesome, but it is only unplayable because of the IT part.
Please Provide us with useful functions for the game (good firing range with changing bots and so on: https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Feedback/Firing-Range-Improvements-2021/m-p/10500958#M83845, environment and bots, pvE mode with the ability to explore all maps and fights against bots and so on), and then you will be in a dynamic when you don't have to sell season packs for cosmetics but you will sell good mods that provide good playing mods and functions that everyone will be willing to pay and enjoy.

discussion

2 Replies

  • E9ine_AC's avatar
    E9ine_AC
    Hero+
    5 years ago
    @IMightKickAss Security on the game is very important and something taken very serious. While I know you hear this all the time with this situation the fact is they care and they are trying. Respawn has opened quite a bit of position strictly to deal with cheaters. So this does show they are trying to end this battle by hiring more people like Hideouts.

    The skins concern well this plays no roles with the TOS team. The design team do as they are told and produce what they are asked. This is no way takes away from employees who would handle these type of concerns this is strictly the TOS department when it comes to cheaters. So producing content is not a bad look for the company. As its a different department who has no control over in game situations other then what they are assigned to which is not to deal with cheaters.
  • IMightKickAss's avatar
    IMightKickAss
    5 years ago
    @E9ine_AC Well, I guess that's not the dynamic that we have observed.
    When you can feel your need for money as a company by lazy means, you don't have the incentive to market yourself through other means, or just enough so that people that still want to play and not just have a collection and wardrobe will stay interested.
    Also, for some allowed budget, you only have so many ressources to hire.
    While there is no doubt that Hideout is important and is work welcomed and necessary, there are many changes to do to your workfow so that cheating account recreation is not easy. Same for smurfs. Just being able to see your stats on part of your history and for a given character could fill the need of some smurfs.
    Also, judging people ability on their account level is the ground for these plagues.
    People should be an army, not even the current Respawn team just as anticheaters would allow banning cheaters efficiently.
    If all players could participate, that would have a chance to work.
    Else, you should have to resort on automatic measures and softwares to prevent cheating (hence, Easy Anti Cheat is not so much reach its goal).
    So it's not just "term of services", it's a real technical issue.

    As for network issues, there have been continuous complaints and so on, and while I have been a fervent supporter, now I reach the point where I am wasted and disappointed because your game is great but you don't give it the means to shine.
    All the workforce here on the forum managing these complaints should have been much more aptly used to work on server scaling and sizing.
    Heck, you can troubleshoot all good connections you want to sideline the problem, in the end, if we work on other games, but not yours, the conclusion is easy.
    But again, that's PR against reality. Even streamers are vocal about this, but you can still play ostriches and dig your head into the ground while the world and your player base is falling apart.