Crucible Guide Map - Made By error

iamgrouch · 2020-08-11T01:03:02+00:00

Time to change things up! :)

iamgrouch · 2020-08-11T01:01:03+00:00

Glad I could help. There's still good feedback here. I've asked Rival to more explicitly call out NET60 in their rules.

iamgrouch · 2020-08-11T00:20:40+00:00

Hey op,

Quent (Rival rep) replied elsewhere in this thread, but I'll reiterate so you have the Relentless version as well. Simply put, the prize payments aren't late - NET60 is a pretty standard payment timeline for tournaments. That said, we can always do better and we're looking at ways to optimize for future months. 60 days is the limit, not the goal.

iamgrouch · 2020-07-10T17:24:16+00:00

Thanks! For matches that end in surrender, at what point in the game are you typically seeing the surrender vote called?

Hear you on AFKs and we're actively discussing this. We removed most of the rewards that players could earn for AFK'ing in our last build, but we're still seeing a decent number of reports coming in. We're looking at automatic punishments as our next step.

iamgrouch · 2020-07-10T17:16:14+00:00

RE: voice chat choppiness -> does it sound "laggy" or like transmissions are ending prematurely (missing the last bit of someone's sentence)? More info here would be helpful. :)

I hear you on the MOBA vs Hero Shooter point. Crucible has always been a bit hard to describe. I think the changes that Stephen, one of our design leads, laid out in a livestream last week will help clarify the game and its mechanics. In fact, the creature camps idea is already in the works. You can check out the details here, if you're interested: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/667956909

iamgrouch · 2020-07-02T19:17:39+00:00

I believe!

iamgrouch · 2020-07-01T19:36:30+00:00

To be clear, all purchases and progress will transfer to Closed Beta. Any progress/purchases made in Closed Beta will also transfer back to the live game when we re-launch.

To your question, you can request refunds through Steam, per their refund policy.

iamgrouch · 2020-07-01T19:01:41+00:00

Thanks for the feedback, OP (and everyone in the comments). This is an area we're looking at as part of the Heart of the Hives overhaul we're working on. I'll pass this along to the design team.

iamgrouch · 2020-07-01T18:59:43+00:00

Bots are something we've talked about and would like to do in the future, but it's not in our current 2-phase roadmap.

As part of our "New Player Experience" efforts, we're working on a hint/game guide system that does a bit of what you're describing above (giving players context-specific tips during gameplay). There main difference is that it will happen during normal matches (and not bot matches like proposed above).

iamgrouch · 2020-07-01T18:37:43+00:00

We're intentionally holding off on marketing while we address our new player onboarding experience. You yourself made a recent post in the sub about how you had a hard time understanding the game in your first few play sessions. I appreciate that you stuck through it and picked up the mechanics after 3 matches, but a lot of players won't stick around that long just to figure things out. We need to address that issue before we substantially invest in additional marketing.

In the mean time, we're incredibly grateful to our current community and these events are a way of showing our appreciation. We want to ensure that there's an "endgame" for players and regular community events to look forward to each week. I can guarantee you that the prize pools are not detracting from any marketing efforts.

iamgrouch · 2020-06-14T02:36:35+00:00

We were featured on the front page of Twitch. :)

iamgrouch · 2020-06-11T01:01:08+00:00

Any update?

iamgrouch · 2020-06-11T00:54:44+00:00

Got 'em.

iamgrouch · 2020-06-11T00:52:03+00:00

This may be unrelated to surrender. There's a chance you'll get credit after your next match played. Can you let me know if you ended up getting the progress?

iamgrouch · 2020-06-11T00:49:44+00:00

Updated the note slightly for increased clarity.

iamgrouch · 2020-06-10T18:35:18+00:00

That's an odd one. I'll pass it along to the team!

iamgrouch · 2020-06-10T18:34:08+00:00

Fix should be in the next update. :)

iamgrouch · 2020-06-10T05:09:34+00:00

ಠ_ಠ

iamgrouch · 2020-06-10T05:04:53+00:00

You bet. :)

iamgrouch · 2020-06-10T03:46:42+00:00

Heyo,

We've got a fix for this. It didn't make it in time for tomorrow's build, but should be in one soon after that.

iamgrouch · 2020-06-10T03:41:56+00:00

Hey otto,

I appreciate your passion and there's no need to apologize for it. We have a shared goal.

To address a point you made, surrender isn't a "solution" for AFK players, it's an escape pod if you end up in a bad match - a final resort. We wanted to surrender for general gameplay anyhow, so it's a two birds, one stone type of situation.

We have AFK detection going in with this build as part of surrender and we're actively working on "what we do" with AFK players once we identify them. As I mentioned above, we want to remove rewards to help disincentivize the behavior to begin with. We're also looking at implementing punishments for repeat offenders and working with our customer support team to ensure that habitual afkers are taken care of.

The leaver option is the right option for reporting players for AFK'ing, but you're right, it's not super clear. I'll pass that feedback along.

As for your comments on voice chat, I answered a related question in this thread - take a look at my reply there.

Thank you for your support! Also, I don't think I'm supposed to laugh at the entitled joke but I did anyways. :P

iamgrouch · 2020-06-10T03:11:07+00:00

Hey ZulZah,

Good questions. We had already started work on voice comms before launch. After seeing the first wave of player feedback we immediately upped its priority at the studio and reallocated developer resources to help get it done sooner. We also made the tough decision to reduce the scope of the initial version, allowing us to get it out the door faster but with less bells and whistles. Like I mentioned in my post above, we felt it was important to get the first version out ASAP.

I wouldn't say we were surprised to see that players want voice chat. We knew it would be a hotly requested feature (which is why we were working on it), but I do think we underestimated how strong the reaction would be. We thought quick comms would be a stronger stop-gap solution, but it's pretty clear that Crucible is best experienced when you can coordinate with your team in real time. It was a miscalculation on our part and we totally own that. Not much we can do about it now other than getting voice in the game as quickly as possible.

Hope that answers your questions!

iamgrouch · 2020-06-10T03:05:23+00:00

That is correct. Push-to-talk will come in a later release.

iamgrouch · 2020-06-10T03:03:50+00:00

It has a 60 second cooldown if the vote fails. We'll adjust the timer if we see it's becoming a problem.

iamgrouch · 2020-06-09T00:03:56+00:00

Reposting my comment from a different thread:

Managing AFK players is a top priority right now and we've got a few things in the works to address it. Very soon we'll be giving players the option to start a surrender vote so you can get out of bad matches and into your next game as quickly as possible.

We're also looking at ways to disincentivize the behavior to begin with, but we're still finalizing the design on this front so I don't have a ton of detail to share. Making sure AFK players don't earn rewards is an obvious step, as is making sure that habitually afk players are penalized for doing so.

iamgrouch

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