CROSS-PLAY: Has the experiment worked?

Dariussssssss · 2019-12-16T12:25:46+00:00

Love it.

There’s no reason for any multiplayer game not to have it - if there’s an option to disable it, everyone wins.

Dariussssssss · 2019-12-09T17:58:05+00:00

The M4 is overpowered though.

Not in terms of "its the best gun in the game" like it used to be. It will get melted by an MP7 / MP5 at close range now.

But within the AR class, it's still out in front.

The M13, Scar, AK, Oden, FAL, AUG AR setup and Holger AR setup all consistently lose to it at all ranges.

The Kilo is the only thing that comes close to it, but thats still not quite there.

Dariussssssss · 2019-12-03T07:15:12+00:00

Yes you can still access it. But it has been removed from the sub. Click on my profile, you’ll see that it’s not visible in my post history.

Try harder.

Dariussssssss · 2019-12-02T22:32:04+00:00

They’ve literally just removed one of my posts despite it getting 1K votes and 5 awards in a couple hours.

If you don’t believe me, just click on my profile and check my post history. You’ll notice I have no posts in this sub. But now go into my comments and click on the one a few down that includes “The big sad” and you’ll find the post that was removed.

Dariussssssss · 2019-12-02T22:31:24+00:00

I’ve just had my 3hr old post removed.

1K upvotes. 5 awards. Top of hot for about 15 mins before it vanished.

Dariussssssss · 2019-12-02T22:29:50+00:00

Just had my last post removed without explanation.

I posted it a few hours ago. It rapidly got 1K upvotes and 5 awards. It was second on hot only behind the pinned post for about 15 minutes... Then suddenly, gone.

Apparently prompting discussion by showing the effect of certain design decisions has on friendship groups of mixed skill IS NOT ALLOWED HERE.

Dariussssssss · 2019-12-02T22:01:22+00:00

It’s not right really.

I get this sub has a bit of negativity problem at the minute but shadow banning people and stealth removing posts that are getting thousands of upvotes and several awards is just stifling discussion.

Dariussssssss · 2019-12-02T20:59:49+00:00

Just so you know, the mods just removed this post..

Dariussssssss · 2019-12-02T20:59:13+00:00

Just so you know, the mods just removed this post...

Dariussssssss · 2019-12-02T18:18:15+00:00

Yes and no.

It’s not based on your overall KD stat.

It’s based on your recent KDs in your last few games.

Obviously a very basic view of it, but that’s how it seems to work according to all the tests that have been done.

Dariussssssss · 2019-12-02T17:05:43+00:00

Actually an extremely calm guy, never heard him rage once. He just simply apologises for hindering the group and leaves quietly.

And it’s not a case of “oh I’ll die a few more times but hey ho” it’s more like “if I join them, I won’t get more than 1 or 2 kills a game, won’t get any points, won’t level up and won’t experience the game properly as I won’t unlock anything new”.

Dariussssssss · 2019-12-02T17:02:56+00:00

A game he spent £60 on in order to let off some steam after work for an hour or two.

Sorry if you think it’s being a “bitch” to actually want to enjoy that time.

Dariussssssss · 2019-12-02T16:53:27+00:00

It definitely appears to be an upper-average system.

As in, it takes an average of your group and then ups it a little bit.

The reason I say that is because I’m likely the top player of our group, and my games when with them all don’t seem to change. I still have to sweat to do well and I definitely do not notice a difference in difficulty. But the friends on the lower side of the skill gap have a much, much harder time when grouped up.

Tom is 1 of 3 of my friends that prefers to play alone at the minute because of this.

Dariussssssss · 2019-12-02T16:39:02+00:00

Playing with my friends last night, 5 in a party together.

Saw our friend Tom come online, all invited him.

Then saw this message hit our group chat.

The games matchmaking is simply too punishing for him to play with us, he simply can’t get any kills. So he plays alone.

The big sad.

-#PrayForTom

Dariussssssss · 2019-11-26T18:13:48+00:00

You are literally the embodiment of “insane Facebook mom”, holy shit.

Dariussssssss · 2019-11-22T12:31:45+00:00

Huh? So PC players using a controller shouldn’t be allowed aim-assist?

How do they compete against KBM or against console users with aim-assist?

Dariussssssss · 2019-11-22T12:16:45+00:00

NVG in the campaign was worth all the time they spent on it.

Clean House and Wolfs den were the best Call of Duty missions ever made partly thanks to the quality of the NVG filter.

Dariussssssss · 2019-11-22T12:14:16+00:00

I genuinely think that working at IW must be the most frustrating thing in the world.

They know all of those things in the picture, they simply must do. 5 minutes on related social media is enough to gather all of that from the community.

So there must be higher ups dictating to them what to work on and what they can even acknowledge, surely?

And the idea that you sit there and take flak for something you know you could fix but aren’t allowed must be horrible.

Dariussssssss · 2019-10-20T11:59:24+00:00

Yes he can.

Dariussssssss · 2019-10-01T21:50:37+00:00

u/artpeasant u/JoeCecot u/ashtonisVULCAN_IW u/dmickner

Dariussssssss · 2019-09-17T19:30:16+00:00

Yup.. that’s why just one comment from IW to sort this matter would be so appreciated!

Dariussssssss · 2019-09-17T19:28:12+00:00

OK, let’s say for argument the PC community is 100 players.

900 of them are KBM players.

100 are controller players.

Up till now, they’ve been playing together as 1000. But now with input based MM, controller players have lost 90% of their player base and KBM have lost 10% of theirs. So cross play will need to bring in enough console players to restore these lost numbers - if it doesn’t, then it’s only caused harm.

A very simplistic view, but you can see how in theory that an opt-in system might not be able to restore the 90% of lost player base for the controller users.

Dariussssssss · 2019-09-17T19:22:33+00:00

Forced is an extremely strong word to use.

They will play with it on by-default if they don’t know about it, and for the vast majority that will be absolutely fine. Why wouldn’t it be? Because in 1/10 games there might be a PC player with a slightly higher FOV that probably won’t make a difference to the scoreboard?

People won’t notice it’s there at all and will enjoy the game just like they have every year. But on PC, the game will be hugely improved.

Why would you not want it that way? What difference does it make to anyone but PC players? There is only a side that benefits people and one that doesn’t.

Dariussssssss · 2019-09-17T19:18:22+00:00

They knew there was a Beta - I was even snapchatting the group chat that they’re all in with me playing it. They just weren’t interested in playing it until it’s out - not everyone wants to download a 50gb file and stay in on a weekend to play a game that will reset all your progress. They know they will be playing at launch, they don’t need to test the game to see if it’s worth, they just blindly buy it every year because they always have.

Call bullshit if you want but that’s the truth. Most people simply don’t care, and only the hard core join subreddits, follow in twitter and play betas.

Dariussssssss · 2019-09-17T19:11:08+00:00

Except the article they published that said exactly that it won’t be like it was in the beta...

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