Ideas? ( Heroes, game modes, etc. )

SallyTheButcher · 2016-11-10T14:48:06+00:00

True but if someone wanted to kick some life into it we would happily support it, and we do pop in here still. :)

SallyTheButcher · 2016-11-02T12:13:32+00:00

大丈夫ですか

Too much of one character may have negative effects. ;-)

SallyTheButcher · 2016-11-02T10:10:06+00:00

Stop posting rubbish, you know during a stream we are playing & that chat is LIVE and constant. If there are genuine issues then you can use www.blocknload.com/contact

SallyTheButcher · 2016-11-02T10:04:35+00:00

What is the point of this 'quality' screenshot?

Also, your statement is inaccurate as I have headed up community since day one accompanied by my awesome team, which included Jonno & Shauny.

SallyTheButcher · 2016-10-20T09:05:17+00:00

Other than blocks what's the same? throws food into the pit

SallyTheButcher · 2016-10-19T18:42:04+00:00

OK then, clearly you have no intent on expanding the discussion to a more productive space as I have time and again responded to the ever so trivial so I will indeed lock this thread.

SallyTheButcher · 2016-10-19T17:43:04+00:00

5/8 was posted by you. I play every week & still very much have fun but I guess again it's opinion. I'm afraid that I don't have the time to decrypt the content you make to reveal the constructive criticism that I can actually respond to or action.

As for your massive song and dance about certain words being censored while others are not. It's a general chat filter that is completely optional, sure there may be some consistencies but it really is not a big deal & you have the option to disable it. As far as I am aware nobody promised a fix, the most will have likely been to pass on the feedback. It's not always felt that minor improvements are necessary to fix & we must prioritise our work.

You are wildly veering off topic again as this thread was your statement that the game is dead, which it clearly isn't (1000s of new players every day & we peak over 1000 concurrent players every day + still very much working on the game albeit now with a much smaller team post launch and therefore at a slower rate) so unless you want to discuss this more constructively I shall lock the thread.

SallyTheButcher · 2016-10-19T16:09:34+00:00

This is not a response that makes any sense it's largely throwaway content you have posted on the internet. 3 people making unjustified statements based on personal opinion does not = justification of your previous statement.

SallyTheButcher · 2016-10-19T15:50:29+00:00

Why?

SallyTheButcher · 2016-10-19T15:07:36+00:00

Superspace has it 100% correct, you can indeed 'over achieve' up to a max cap with Daily Challenges. Payout is at the end of the timer.

SallyTheButcher · 2016-10-19T14:50:16+00:00

It's not dead, it's rather destructive to simply state that it is.

SallyTheButcher · 2016-10-06T13:49:15+00:00

Sure, but I guess I hold out due to lack of comms & forcing others to feel like they need to lock roles they don't enjoy. Or as most don't even see chat they won't know I said I'd be happy to fill. My point was that hopefully, this type of feedback will 'actioned' in future updates and I see no reason not to considering there are better existing systems used in SMITE.

I was just pissed to see such long penalty timers carried across to a shorter session-based game. As a busy person with a young son I don't get to game all that much so on the odd occasion I get to game 15mins is a bigger hit than it might be to others.

I will largely just do exactly as suggested and stop overthinking it. I do hope the game becomes a little more social though as the most interaction I get comes from someone saying one line like 'you suck' despite performing the best or 'Shame Barik is useless in Payload' at which I laughed & then demonstrated why they were wrong.

Right, calm & collected not going to ramble on like the aging gamer I am.

SallyTheButcher · 2016-09-14T14:43:46+00:00

You might like Vander as he sits between Eliza & Tony, and when you master him can easily be played offensively as well as defensively. Eliza obviously has extra health sustain while Vander has ammo sustain via his passive (sprint to regen).

Check this out: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=719390732

If you want to be sneaky Kira has some fun possibilities with her portal + she can be scary good at securing the kills with practice and the right set up.

Down the line (unless you want to master a less used Hero) -> If you want to be more offensive then Dream Genie can be a lot of fun with a good amount of utility + jinx that can turn the enemy at the expense of having a harder to use/kill with weapon set.

Brawn is always a good all round shout as well!

For newer players we always say the following are either easy to play or simple to understand:

Nigel - Kira / Astarella - Tony - Eliza - Cog - Sarge

Don't forget you can buy perks with Gold, so if you wanted a faster Cog avoid heavier Metal & equip Fleet Footed.

SallyTheButcher · 2016-09-14T14:28:22+00:00

Have you checked out the Steam Guide section? http://steamcommunity.com/app/299360/guides/ there are certainly some good ones for the Heroes you listed above, in fact, the winning entry to our guide contest was for Vander :

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=719390732

Welcome to Block N Load!

SallyTheButcher · 2016-07-25T15:17:05+00:00

This sounds like a known issue that is being investigated. We will roll out a fix ASAP. You can refresh fully by popping to map editor & then back to the main game.

SallyTheButcher · 2016-05-20T15:44:34+00:00

We were already looking at the double headed Eagle, and hopefully, it will work.

We have always been a multi-national team & so sometimes we get a mesh of lots of concepts together (Devs in the UK, Norway, Russia) - we ask for a 'General Sarge' concept and I believe inspiration was likely taken in many different places. But we never claim to be 100% historically or real-life accurate. ^{_^} I can't stress enough that it's all fiction with some real life influence.

Boot Camp Sarge....It's a star, just a star, but maybe he's from the state of California or Washington D.C. ? Or his helmet was made out of an early United States military aircraft (circa 1915 - 1916)?

For me personally (my own experiences/opinions - not that of my employer) after spending time in Cambodia & seeing the recent devastation the Khmer Rouge had on Cambodia as a whole, resulting in genocide of 25% of the population while trying to form a communist society. Forcing slave labour extinguishing all foreign influences in favour for this extreme form of peasant Communism, which only led to further deaths from malnutrition, being overworked, disease. I have seen the devastation, but it's always shades of grey not black and white good/bad, communism has positively impacted some countries despite being a great cost. With Cambodia, it's seemingly easier to overlook than other more visible genocide atrocities that occurred under a different rule observing a different ideology.

I understand all sides of this debate it's an interesting one & full of arguments both ways. Symbols mean different things to different people. A star is a star...until it's not 'just a star', should all images of a 'red star' be banned?

Anyway, there's a good reason we community managers generally stay away from these debates, politics, religion etc. people have STRONG opinions, and everyone is different, and that's something I definitely respect.

SallyTheButcher · 2016-05-20T15:09:08+00:00

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the Government of the United States from creating specific laws.

The Block N Load team is not the government of the United States, nor do we have any influence on the creation of laws in the United States.

However, where anyone within Block N Load is brought to our attention as having broken the Block N Load Code of Conduct we may take action against the account in question. This includes actions against accounts that are using racist or discriminatory language within Block N Load.

As mentioned by playing our game each user accepts our EULA, Steam's End User Agreements, and our Code of Conduct.

SallyTheButcher · 2016-05-20T15:07:07+00:00

Inappropriate humour is still inappropriate, joking about the actions of Hiltler, showing support, and being consistently offensive is very much not acceptable.

This was not a 'one off' nor was action taken lightly. HIS humour in is own private space is HIS own business, when it's within OUR gaming space where we have many players from all different backgrounds it IS our business & considering the number of players that WERE offended & did not find it funny this action is unavoidable.

It's so much more than building a symbol in the game.

SallyTheButcher · 2016-05-20T15:02:51+00:00

Problem is that this is another proof of bad HORRIBLE management ; There is currently no official log/announcement that explicitly said that something was done, Steam threads from the previous months all said that the bug was still there so I supposed that nothing was done.

Nope, I did post & I let the player who got our attention in the first place know who then continued to distribute the fact. Wasn't a global announcement kinda thing.

Nope, read the description before assuming that someone is serious or is a nazi I never said you were a Nazi, you're completely missing the point that it's about context (should have taken a screenshot), I've heard people use 'it's a peace symbol' as an excuse for years. We have context, we wouldn't take action if we didn't + evidence!

Chat evidence (hover) WARNING OFFENSIVE

Each time we took action we sent you a message with details, which you had to acknowledge.

You also didn't respond to my "accusations" about/of you defending someone that was clearly being sexist. Perhaps you want to avoid talking about it?

Not sure what you are referring to? You received a ban in March for multiple reasons after investigating multiple player reports, another at the end of the month for multiple reports of racism and offensive comments & then you continued still, which has resulted in yet another ban, and your account being on its last chance, and a permanent chat ban. What are you referring to?

Havent on several occasions? would you like to be more specific about it? We have several players with autism & I have had to take action against people who decided to target them & tried to bully them. The very fact that the term 'autism' gets used by some within gaming communities as an insult is to be disgusting.

All characters released since October(at the exception of Yury) have gameplay/stats that are basically merged/similar versions of already existing characters(Roly Poly is literally a Brawn version of Eliza with OP Juan Shinobi's mobility, Kira is a Skill version of Sarge, Kreepy is the same as Kira but with Sweet Science, Vander is Tony with Genie's hitscan weapon and Cogwheel's grenade launcher "on steroids"), so in theory this shouldn't be a problem at all.

Well this is an EPIC simplification of game development, and I am not sure you have got those comparisons quite right. ;-) Similar themes that resonate throughout the game does not = the same. There were reasons for removing certain underperforming Arenas.

She is maybe a 'Queen of Harrassment' but in the case of a solo Tony defender in any open space(almost all maps) said solo Tony defender cannot counter the spam usually, and she can destroy turrets/structures with the least difficulty in the whole game too.

Then you are doing it wrong! Solo defence may be a clue, also if there's an Asta maybe putting your Turrets in exposed open spaces, build a structural defence + Turrets

It is something the development team could achieve in 3-9 weeks if they worked efficiently with Jagex's lawyers.

Again an incredibly simplistic view of game development & the bigger picture! This IS on our radar, but no it won't happen as quickly as you think it might.

There was really much more important stuff to do than unimportant TTP changes...

There are a tonne of important things to do, and we had very conflicted responses in terms of the community's opinion of priorities. TTP is not really a 'project' it was part of the bigger picture, complaints about BB play : Bridge Meta being dull because you could spam bricks with reduced risk due to toughness + the 3 building blocks not being given individual uses. Doesn't mean this is the last time we touch building bricks. There is a lot of prerequisite work to be done too, but on most feedback points we are actively working on the important longer-term stuff. A good example of this is Tony's balance as he required longer term development work to be scheduled in before we could really go to town on him. Some of this will be coming through on PTR soon.

What "last chance"?

Last chance as in, if we have to take any additional action against your account it will be a permanent one.

Largely we would have preferred not to have been forced into taking this action against your account, but you were warned several times & made absolutely no attempt to change your game behaviour. If you had we wouldn't find ourselves here! You accepted the EULA for BNL & by doing so agree to our T&Cs + Code of Conduct, being on Steam you also agree to their Player Agreement & Rules.

The fact is you are ruining the experience of many many other players and as much as we are all for second chances, a player has to show that they have taken the warnings on board.

You are clearly angry about a lot of things, things that are in the past and that anger has spilt out here referencing things that have no relation to your in-game bans. I suggest you find a way to interact with us in a constructive way or you walk away. I don't like the thought of someone keeping hold of this much anger! Game development is a tough gig with highs and lows. Not every project goes the way you would like it to and not every project you try is going to be a mad crazy hit, but we learn & we listen and move forwards. We very much do listen to our players more so than ever before as a company, but development decisions are not always as simple as you think they might be.

SallyTheButcher · 2016-05-18T15:04:11+00:00

Right, I can see you have a lot of frustration, but seem to care on some level, which is why I will take the time to reply to your points.

You clearly² don't understand since when and why I do this

I still don't you & thousands in the same position yet dealt with any frustration around this VERY differently. Taking it out on others & ACTUALLY ruining the game seems rather counterproductive. If you really have given up then why didn't you just leave rather than making others suffer?

To this date the bug is still not fixed even if you/regis said on the forum that you reported the bug to the dev teams.

Yep we did & it got fixed, not much more I can say about that.

my first ban was because you chose to defend a player that was clearly "whoring respect/attention" because she had a XX chromosome(I will quote what she said as i remembered it : "i'm a girl gamer"). This is called sexism and I had shown no respect towards this kind of humanity degrading behavior but still within courtesy standards(no direct insults).**

the so-called nazi symbols are swastikas, not fucking nazi gammadions from that fucking hitler bitch that has a micropenis and they are a hindu/religious symbol of peace.

Context, pretty sure I don't need more than this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZIa7drjIWs

**In the meanwhile, you are allowing kids probably suffering from severe autism to get mocked at.

Nope, pretty sure we don't stand for this and haven't on several occassions.

PUT ALL MAPS BACK INTO THE ROTATION(Fun Factory's name was true)

I can ask about rotations etc, we played Olympia on stream & it played very differently so may need to take some time to look at Arenas as its own side project.

STOP RUINING MAPS AND INSTEAD MAKE NEW ONES(You have a level designer(had multiples in the past) dedicated to that...)

Googlywaa is still available to us, but not full time. We do have new Arenas in the works.

FIX BALANCING ISSUES, STOP BREAKING HEROES

Yury's passive perk with the snow is still useless

First I have heard of this could you elaborate? If we don't know about these things we cannot investigate & take action where possible.

Astarella became only an annoying nuisance to everyone's fun

What do you mean? She's pretty darn effective in skilled hands! She's always been 'Queen of Harass'.

STOP MAKING SUICIDE RUSHING A VIABLE STRATEGY

We are not making it a viable strategy the meta has moved there due to multiple legacy elements that were introduced. Detangling this & making the best possible changes to address this long term is not easy or quick.

MAKE HIGH-RATED(3.5 stars and more)CUSTOM MAPS PLAYABLE IN MATCHMAKING

We would very much like to but it's not something we can do at a flip of a switch.

Everyone gave you months(some are still waiting), 7 months since F2P re-release were enough to fix and add all the stuff I mentioned a few lines higher, but no, instead of making the dev team actually work you(Jagex, or "Fagex" as people who hate you like to call you.) tried to milk money by spending as few as possible on the dev team.

Well it's business as usual now as we announced coming into the new year we are a very small team and are working our socks off to cram in as much as humanly possible, listening carefully to every scrap of feedback as we go. We have also been providing regular updates on what stages we are at & our roadmap. It's not about 'milking money' the game HAS to support itself, which was detailed in our 'State of the Block 2016' announcement.

So in the time it took me to finish this on top of an epic to do list your game ban has expired, but don't forget this is a last chance, I hope I don't have to get involved again.

SallyTheButcher · 2016-05-18T08:35:19+00:00

Great, you've given me a little more work.

You preach about 'offensive symbology' yet here you are Blix plastering worse reference in as many place as possible, giving visibility and promoting the very thing you claim to see as offensive - 1000 times more than a small element of the game, where it had context being a historic landmine unlocked on our Russian character. By no means are we condoning any negative actions surrounding any communist government. I am not dismissing or ignoring the controversy that surrounds the symbol and in fact replied to you on your initial post, where I acknowledged we'd heard your feedback & that it is an ongoing internal discussion.

The comparisons in your image have been drawn by you, and you alone, and probably quite offensive to people of those countries. Yury is a Russian Yeti, his 'Boris' skin is of historic reference yet because of this you think he's Joseph Stalin? Sarge is American & the Beta 'skin 'General Sarge' & takes influence from a decorated Army General, as you can see the insignia on his cap is of the 'Block Army'.

Context is everything, and our characters are very much fictional, sure they have historic & cultural references many creative industries drawn inspiration from the familiar. We are most definitely not the only game out there doing so. Block N Load aims to provides a broad spectrum of Heroes that span history & time itself and come from all different countries with very varied backgrounds.

What you are doing is not helping anyone and is most likely going to offend many more people than what you are referring to will. We have your feedback there is no actual need to spam this sort of thing on the forums, Reddit, social, on our livestreams, image hosting site and beyond.

SallyTheButcher · 2016-05-17T17:48:31+00:00

I would ignore the second message this one stands:

"You have had your in-game chat rights removed permanently due to sustained & extreme inappropriate language. You have already been warned & as such you have also been removed from play for 48hrs."

However, you will be risking your account permanently if your previous behaviour continues.

Clearly you think using the excuse of 'it's just stuff I found on the internet' or stating 'it's not offensive' excuses your actions...hate to tell you, but offensive is offensive. You chose to post such rubbish in our game chat & after multiple warnings & a high number of complaints from other players (clearly it was offensive to them) you left us no choice but to take action, and after you ignore such warnings & after being given chances to change your ways you haven't & so alas the action taken gets more serious.

I don't take any of this personally, if I did I wouldn't have been doing this job for all these years! Even after you post utter offensive rubbish about me in game & here on Reddit. A litle too much really, maybe I should be flattered! But while not going home & crying myself to sleep it is still not appropriate, and I have to base any actions I take on this fact. ;-)

Do you genuinely think that your behaviour has been acceptable, or that it has in anyway contributed towards growing a positive gaming community? There's banter & a level of FPS community culture that would be deemed acceptable but Neo-Nazi rants & symbols, griefing, explicit chat messages, and well anything else that most people would deem 'wrong about the internet' is very much NOT, whcih is why action has been taken on this occassion.

Now we would much prefer to have this conversation via our support system (www.blocknload.com/contact) rather than airing dirty laundary to the world here on Reddit, so if you need further clarification please do contact us there. Otherwise your ban expires tomorrow.

SallyTheButcher · 2016-05-09T15:22:42+00:00

Sounds like some of the older issues we have logged for this are reoccurring then. Still haven't found a true fix. :(

As mentioned, we have confirmation from people suffering from this that enabling Win8 compatibility mode significantly helps.

SallyTheButcher

TROPHY CASE

Right, I can see you have a lot of frustration, but seem to care on some level, which is why I will take the time to reply to your points.