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Noticed a few things from playing KOTH on the most populated server on Arma 3 that I don't really see discussed here... The first thing is balance. I'm not sure if this is a server issue or Arma issue, but it would seem that people love OPFOR, a lot, and for good reason, the team always wins. Its not uncommon for the server to have 40 people stacked on OPFOR with 25 players a piece on the other teams. Considering the monetary bonus of ~10k at the end of the round, some people will even stack the team right before the game is up. I'm sure this has nothing to do with the armor values of the Spec Ops class, since well armor is pretty negligible, but what I have noticed is that it's always the good players who stack OPFOR while people generally screw around on the two other teams. Last night I was force switched to NATO and I rage quit after getting in a chopper with 6 different pilots and crash landed 6 different times in a row. I'm not making this up. I lost my shit. The balance issue also always guarantees that OPFOR wins because you'll never have more players than them in the target area. Something has to be done. The second most common issue is the disappearing weapon after a revive. I have no idea why this happens but today everyone was dropping their binoculars in hopes of culling the bug. Losing your primary after a revive sucks. You end up running around like a headless chicken trying to find dead bodies you can loot... Which brings me to the third issue, premium weapons. It sucks you can't pick these up. I realized the hard way after I purchased and equipped a premium weapon at base that I couldn't pick it back up if I switched it out for something else. Then there's the "advertising" that comes with wielding one. You literally have a pop up that comes up in the middle of your screen to buy it if you're using it, usually at the worst fucking time, but no where in the purchasing menu does it indicate that the weapon you're about to buy comes from a DLC you don't own. Then there's also the issue of the screen going slightly dark and squares popping up all over it when you're using a premium gun you don't own. This usually indicates that the annoying pop up is on its way. Or maybe the pop up comes first. I don't know, I stopped using those weapons. I guess it sucks the game forces you to buy a DLC so you can use a gun you found on a dead body, a gun that the owner probably didn't even own. Fourth issue, getting burned by a fire you can't even see. Can't recollect how many times some lousy pilot Allah Akbar's into one of the green towers on KOTH and then you die in a floor below because of a rooftop fire that you can't even see. The fire damage also amazes me, it would seem that according to Arma 3 bonfires are deadlier than 9mm rounds.
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MrBonesWildRide replied to MrBonesWildRide's topic in ARMA 3 - TROUBLESHOOTING
Says the fanboy who got caught off guard when he was compared to a public relations representative. Tell me, friendo, how exactly is ArmA3 meant to be played? PS - If you bothered reading the thread you would notice I came here not knowing KOTH was a mod, that I acknowleged some of those bugs are on the KOTH team, and that I even made a thread on their forum. Work on communication PR guy, telling someone they should be grateful for something is a good way to piss them off. -
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MrBonesWildRide replied to MrBonesWildRide's topic in ARMA 3 - TROUBLESHOOTING
Grateful for what? I didn't buy the DLCs because I wanted them, I bought them to make the game fair for me. Fair so I could pick up weapon drops after a bug eats my weapon on revive. This is the literal definition of extortion, and I hope BIS is paying attention. That's not how you keep a customer happy, or loyal, and brand loyalty, especially in gaming, is what sinks or keeps a ship afloat. There will always be the next big thing around the corner, especially in FPS, especially when people are sick and tired of EA/Activision shenanigans, so BIS should try and keep the grass looking greenest on their side of the yard. Also you should probably stop acting like a PR rep for BIS, you're literally channeling customer frustration on their brand. -
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MrBonesWildRide replied to MrBonesWildRide's topic in ARMA 3 - TROUBLESHOOTING
While you're right, I still think the armor bonus is negligible, especially if you're using anything over 5.56, although they should improve the armor stats on other teams, especially since armor does play a major role in pistol combat. I still maintain that the only reason people stack OP4 is because they have the greatest chance of winning matches. I've been trying to figure this out myself, and I think this might be an engine issue. Some line of code is lost on a revive respawn. KOTH devs have been working on this bug for over 6 months now. It really makes me wonder. Agreed, but BIS should use a better system of encouraging new players to purchase DLCs. A pop up ad is probably the worst thing they can do, and it almost makes me want to put a team together and create an adblock mod. It's really ridiculous how deadly fire is in this game. -
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MrBonesWildRide replied to MrBonesWildRide's topic in ARMA 3 - TROUBLESHOOTING
Well then KOTH really shouldn't implement DLC weapons or at least divide the servers into DLC and non-DLC versions, and BIS shouldn't implement cheap tricks to force people to buy their DLCs. Anyways since BIS started a 50% sale I just picked up the DLC bundle and Apex to kill this buggy feature in their game. But the fact remains, for non-DLC owners there's a blue pop up in the middle of the game... Seriously, that's adware tier stuff, and denying the fact makes you seem like a BIS sales rep. -
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MrBonesWildRide replied to randomhunterdude's topic in ARMA 3 - TROUBLESHOOTING
Can confirm, jumped up 5 FPS doing this. Still haven't OC'd the i7 though. Still putting that off...- 20 replies
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MrBonesWildRide replied to MrBonesWildRide's topic in ARMA 3 - TROUBLESHOOTING
Agree, however also disagree. KOTH is kind of too big to fail. The frustration players experience playing that game mode reflects on Arma 3 as a whole. Take me for example, when I made this post I had no idea I was playing a mod. I thought this was Arma 3 issues. Your regular player wont go harassing two message boards trying to get to the bottom of who is to blame for this and that, he will simply put down the game and move on to something more user friendly which translates to lost business in the long run. The two teams should definitely coordinate some efforts to iron out the issues. It's a win/win situation, BIS makes more money, and the KOTH team gets to put stuff on their resume, maybe even go on to work for BIS. As for the "disappearing weapon" bug, I still don't have a clear answer on whose fault that is. Paywall is essentially BIS for the way it's implemented with blue pop-ups of death. KOTH team could however iron out the issue by finding a solution to allow only DLC owners to purchase DLC weapons in game and let everyone pick them up off of dead bodies, then run a post game advertisement like they currently do to purchase the DLC. This would be the ideal solution. Getting burned by invisible fire is definitely on BIS. Team balance is definitely on the KOTH team. Essentially this, the least they can do is work in close coordination with the KOTH team to try and address the issues that ~20% of their player base have to deal with. Not all of us fancy RPG mods. A vast majority of us are players who crossed over from Battlefield after EA stopped supporting mods. -
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MrBonesWildRide replied to MrBonesWildRide's topic in ARMA 3 - TROUBLESHOOTING
Nope, closest thing I could find linked to their work was this website: http://www.armakoth.com/index.html Will definitely crosspost this thread. Thank you. Link to crosspost: https://forums.arma.su/forum/main-category/main-forum/king-of-the-hill/45028-common-arma3-koth-issues -
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MrBonesWildRide replied to johnnypope's topic in ARMA 3 - TROUBLESHOOTING
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MrBonesWildRide replied to MrBonesWildRide's topic in ARMA 3 - TROUBLESHOOTING
Furthermore you stated, "but is that a problem for anything besides KOTH?" Currently there are 2144 players playing on the top 20 servers of Arma 3. Of these 502 are playing KOTH. This translates to 23.4% of the player base from a sample size of 20. The majority of the rest, 1126, or 52.5%, are playing the Altis Life RPG. While most the remaining 24.1% are playing another form of RPG. My point is that KOTH is a very popular game mode and you shouldn't be so quick to dismiss it. -
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MrBonesWildRide replied to MrBonesWildRide's topic in ARMA 3 - TROUBLESHOOTING
Once again, I AGREE that having DLC weapons is annoying and they should be removed! 1. You can't pick up 3/4ths of the dropped weapons. 2. You can't pick back up your own weapons. 3. You can't see which weapons are DLC in the menu when you buy them. SO YES, I AGREE, KILL THE LOOPHOLE AND GET RID OF THEM! Either that or make them only available for purchase if you own the corresponding DLC but allow people to loot them from bodies, without the annoying pop ups, which I frankly feel is a very cheap way of annoying people into to purchasing them and gives others an unfair advantage. This also really doesn't look good for BIS when you factor in the weapon disappearing bug, that's when it really feels like a cheap gimmick into forcing people to purchase the DLCs out of sheer frustration in probably the most popular multiplayer game mode next to the RP one. -
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MrBonesWildRide replied to MrBonesWildRide's topic in ARMA 3 - TROUBLESHOOTING
Frankly I'm all for that, but how can you say that crashed helicopters burning you from behind a wall isn't a BI issue? That or the disappearing weapon glitch on revives or the fact your fire selector defaults to semi after a revive? I suppose server balance and the incorporation of DLC weapons can be blamed on KOTH devs, but the fact that you get a glitchy advert while using DLC weapons is definitely on the guy who coded that in, is it not? -
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MrBonesWildRide replied to MrBonesWildRide's topic in ARMA 3 - TROUBLESHOOTING
Ah, definitely the wrong section then. Where do we go to talk bugs in the current version of the game? Got one more to add to that list of mine, fire selector resetting to default (semi-auto) after a revive. -
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MrBonesWildRide replied to MrBonesWildRide's topic in ARMA 3 - TROUBLESHOOTING
Unsure, I suppose team balancing would be a server-side issue, but being burned from behind walls, weapons disappearing after revives, and literally annoying popups would be a build issue? This is the section of the forum where we yell at devs about bugs, right? -
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MrBonesWildRide replied to randomhunterdude's topic in ARMA 3 - TROUBLESHOOTING
Was hoping to avoid overclocking because well, I never done that before. I'll try the other stuff.- 20 replies
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MrBonesWildRide replied to randomhunterdude's topic in ARMA 3 - TROUBLESHOOTING
30 FPS is when I'm standing still. 24 as soon as I turn or have to move. You ever set up an ambush at 24 FPS? Everyone sees you before you see them.- 20 replies
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MrBonesWildRide replied to Placebo's topic in ARMA 3 - SQUADS AND FANPAGES
Looking for a 21+ group. I'm 30, live on the east coast, and besides Arma I play lots of grand strategy games by Paradox because they let you kill your siblings and I'm an only child. I'm open to play pretty much anytime my wife needs something as long as the ping is good. PM me. XOXO, The ride never ends... -
Welp, I have both the i7 and 16 gibsmedats of ram too, you have me beat on the GPU's though, only 960's in SLI, but that should be more than enough for this game. Guess that's that. Really don't understand why BI wouldn't just make a new engine. Even Gary built a new engine for Rust right after the game took off. I would imagine BI is like 200 times the size of Gary's team.
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MrBonesWildRide replied to randomhunterdude's topic in ARMA 3 - TROUBLESHOOTING
Okay, well tested this in two games of KOTH on a 110 player server. While being a happy camper inside those green towers: 30 FPS with lows of 24 on original settings. 30 FPS with lows of 24 after adjusting to your settings. 30 FPS with lows of 24 after keeping my lower settings and lowering the viewing distance to your settings. In other words, literally nothing. What else can I do?- 20 replies
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MrBonesWildRide replied to randomhunterdude's topic in ARMA 3 - TROUBLESHOOTING
My VD was slightly higher than yours. Overall by only a few hundred and object by a thousand and give or take a hundred. All other settings I seem to have increased to match yours. Hoping this does the "graphics card takes over for the CPU processing" trick I read somewhere about. Anyways, going to go in game now. Will report back.- 20 replies
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MrBonesWildRide replied to randomhunterdude's topic in ARMA 3 - TROUBLESHOOTING
Might as well make use of this post since it seems I can't start new threads, how do you run Arma 3 in 64bit?- 20 replies
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MrBonesWildRide replied to randomhunterdude's topic in ARMA 3 - TROUBLESHOOTING
I can relate to OP, I built a new system no more than a week ago just to play this game and I get 20FPS freezes with 30FPS average inside a city. Specs are: -i7 6700k (Not OC'd) -GTX 960 SLI 2GB (Yeah I'm aware Arma doesn't handle SLI well, cards were technically free, didn't OC these either.) -16GB DDR4 3000 -SSD -Win10 Urban warfare is a bitch with 5.56, need at least 6.5 or 7.62 to win the lag lottery. Outside of urban areas it's a little more manageable with 40-60FPS. All BIOS and drivers are up to date. Pretty much the first thing I did before I even installed Steam. What do? Waste a whole day OC'ing the i7 or sell the two 960's for a 100 a pop and get an RX290 or GTX1070?- 20 replies
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