A little frustrated...

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by epic4242, December 2, 2014.

  1. epic4242

    epic4242 Member

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    I bought the game in beta and it was great (for a beta). I spend a lot of time on the forums and I absolutely looooove the community. I love uber and I can't wait to see what they do with the game. But...
    I am really just not getting my 60$ worth. It really just isn't cool that you tell us that you're going to have all these wonderful things at launch (40 player matches for example) and then not deliver. At all....

    I love you uber, and I understand how hard it is to make a good game but still... Can I get what I paid for please?
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  2. mjshorty

    mjshorty Well-Known Member

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    ya...some things went wrong with managment i think, and they released to early
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  3. cola_colin

    cola_colin Moderator Alumni

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    The player count is just a number that can be easily modded on custom servers right now.

    So it's not "at all", rather "not by default".
    I agree a lot of feature are still missing (though the game as it is is a lot of fun to me and a lot of people. Overall Uber certainly did deliver on a "RTS with robots on planets with quite a lot spectacular tech", which is quite an achievement in 2 years), but I hope you noticed the recent change in communications from uber as well as the recent patches.
    Uber is working on PA full steam ahead don't worry :)
  4. nick2k

    nick2k Active Member

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    How many hours have you put into PA? It's just my opinion, but if I can at least get an hour per dollar it was worth it for me.
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  5. thetrophysystem

    thetrophysystem Post Master General

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    Play only 2v2 or 3v3 on Community Uberbalance server mod, perhaps with a ton of team color client mods and cool explosion mods, and you should have a decent amount of fun.
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  6. Remy561

    Remy561 Post Master General

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    For me PA is more than worth my money. This is why I bought a second copy, the deluxe edition and 2 other commanders to support Uber even more ;)

    The best thing is, you see all those promises coming to the game. But creating a game takes a lot of time, certainly if the engine is their own. But the system editor is one of the best additions to the game since launch, and it will only get better over time :)
  7. mered4

    mered4 Post Master General

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    The system editor was always there, it was just not as customizable.
  8. cola_colin

    cola_colin Moderator Alumni

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    Well yeah..... so far it was a dice you could role to generate mediocre random systems.
    Now it's a REAL editor :p

    I mean really nobody would call a program that generates random text blocks by clicking a button a "text editor".
    Same with the old editor, it was a glorified random generator really.
  9. mered4

    mered4 Post Master General

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    True, but I could save the numbers :D
  10. Remy561

    Remy561 Post Master General

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    You know what I mean ;)

    https://forums.uberent.com/threads/ringworlds-confirmed-ufo-sighted.66077/

    This especially makes me very very happy. Uber itself would never have tried anything near this, but now the modders have shown that this is possible, Uber might start optimize a bit and add stuff to support this even more ;)
  11. lizard771

    lizard771 Well-Known Member

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    It's weird that ppl actually want 40 player matches...They'll take hours to complete and it will just be havoc. 10p is more than enough, seriously. As much as 40 players sound fun, it isn't/won't be.
  12. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    that has no place here.

    you've never played 40 player don't tell others if it would or wouldn't be fun. let them make up their own damn mind once uber releases a playable version.

    If this was a dream of the visionary for this game and one of it's major selling points then that must mean there are more than a few people who wish to experience it and would like to see it through.
    it's never been done though.

    rightly so, with the current hacky way the lobby works when you do that it's a miracle that one lobby hosted at all.

    And you know as well as the rest of us that video shows massive lag starting for half of the playtime.
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  13. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    No, I remember when it was first introduced. :p
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  14. lizard771

    lizard771 Well-Known Member

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    *sigh* Do you really think so? Seriously, 40 players won't work to the point where it would be fun and not just ridiculous.
  15. cola_colin

    cola_colin Moderator Alumni

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    So what? It's still more than "not delivered at all" :p
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  16. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    Wat? Yes it has? Beta iirc.
  17. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    that's your opinion.

    I believe the exact opposite as you.

    does my opinion invalidate yours? no. then let's not tell others what to believe.
    28, 30, 32 all running some poor lothesome simspeed. never 40.
    I do agree. I'm still very expectant on this matter. so far I haven't been able to put my 6-core to good use.
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    websterx01 Post Master General

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    Fixed for you! ;)
  19. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    link or it didn't happen. still though nowhere near "playable"
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  20. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    It was going to happen but the devs closed all the servers and then sset up a server side limit. ^^;

    Basically we could have had a couple above 10 games much earlier if people didn't go overboard, heh.

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