Ethnod

I'm sorry, what did you expect? I have an opinion, and guess what, I wanted to express it... funny that

Oh, dont get me wrong, I am well aware its an Alpha. I actually used to work for Havas Interactive (later to change to Vivendi Universal) as an in-house tester, so I get what an Alpha is and what to expect but if we cant effectively test the game as we are unable to play the game then imo something should be done.And let me explain what I mean by unable to play for those who are not sure what I am on about or have yet to experience this joy. Most hacking I have come across starts off with someone in God mode killing people for a while, then devolves into team killing for another while (which so far is not an issue really) but later when they get bored (normally less than 30 mins in) everyone gets teleported to a location and then killed. After that happens all vehicles are destroyed and spawn areas are bombarded constantly with 100's on grenades at a time covering large areas so no one can escape. Things then devolve in to some sort of constant killing, teleporting or some combination of that or some of the above. When things get to THAT stage its when it becomes unplayable. I have seen that part of the experience last more than 30 mins. Eventually the server empties and they move to another server and they rinse and repeat.

Poll options explained 1) Implement Battlenet, regardless of things not being exactly ready This could mean that people who do not deserve to get a ban get one and also that while the teething problems are being resolved you might be locked out of your game as Battlenet is kicking you. This could mean that you would not be able to play until issues are resolved, however it will most likely mean that hackers and people who have pirated the game wont be able to play. 2) Focus on getting Battlenet at the cost of slowing other progress This could mean Battlenet is tested as a priority by Bohemia and that other projects they are working on (projects within Arma 3 that is) are not worked on as fast. So they might pull programmers from net code optimisation which would mean that net code is not optimised for another month or maybe even two. However it would mean that Battlenet is implemented much quicker and without all the issues possibly created by just turning it on now without testing properly. 3) I'm happy to see Bohemia stay on their timetable Yes, its frustrating when I am playing on line and a hacker comes in, kills everyone and ruins the server to the point where I log out or are forced to move server but I'm happy to let Bohemia do their thing on their own time table. I'll just have to live with them for the moment. 4) Leave things as they are, I'm not being affected I have no idea what you are talking about, I have yet to come across any hackers at all. No issues, I'm fine. Oh, and no I am have not just being playing on passworded and white listed servers. I'm gaming just like you, on random servers. ================================================ So yea, I wanted to explain what I meant by the poll options first so people knew what they were voting for. So I'm getting tired of this, I log on to play (but also test) and within 10-15 mins a hacker logs on and starts killing everyone off, taking over the server and making the server impossible to play on. I am frustrated so I log off of that server, change to another one and again, same issue but this time I might get 45 mins without issues. And yes that is frustrating but over the last few nights I have been talking to people on line and discovered that there are no checks to play online. So anyone can just torrent the game, log on to any server and there are no consequences. From what we have been figuring out most of the hackers are coming in that way. They are not even paying for the game. This means that even if there are IP logs, CD key logs they will amount to nothing when Battlenet is finally implemented. Personally I feel that there is no point in me putting up with this if there is no long term benefit at all. Yes I am aware that Battlenet may need to be prepared for the game and that its quite likely that turning it on may mean that I am unable to play for a while even though I have paid for my copy but it would also mean that those who are able to play can do so in peace which in the long run will mean better testing results. Guys, its getting to the point where I am not able to play and without being able to play I cant test. So far this week I have between 20-30 hours of Arma 3 and I have not had more than 2 hours of game play without coming across a hacker. I am quite sure that personally I am on the low end of the scale of people who are reporting bugs and crashes but I do report and I am quite interested in doing so. I have always loved your work, all the way back to Operation Flashpoint, and I am very happy to spend my time testing your game as the more its tested the better it will be. You guys build amazing games but, probably because you are a small studio, they are never tested enough in my personal opinion. Here we have an opportunity to do that, mass testing for you guys to use the info and perfect the game and its being ruined by hackers who have not even paid for the game.

Do I have to add anything to the launch parameters?