Sorry, Uber, but I'm VERY disappointed with the new DLC. It's not the new arena, it's not the new class balance, it's not the reduced price on turrets, etc. It's the fact that you broke a splitscreen mode that, while flawed (why do we have to wait to choose classes?), was what I enjoyed about the game. My wife and I play few games together, but Monday Night Combat splitscreen Crossfire is our FAVORITE thing to do on lazy days/nights. Unfortunately, this new DLC has completely broken splitscreen play. There is nothing but dropped frame rates and lag every time either one of us spawns (to the point where we call it out to each other so that the other can get out of the line of fire), and every 5-10 seconds in-between spawns (you know, that time when you're actually playing the game). I've been a huge fan of this game from day one. I bought my wife an Assassin statue for one of her Christmas presents. I've pre-ordered on Steam. I've been talking it up to all my Xbox friends and PC friends (to get them excited for the Steam release). Despite my love of this game, this gamebreaking issue for Xbox leaves a VERY sour taste in my mouth. It's something that shouldn't be there, and quite frankly, needs to be fixed. Sincerely, A disappointed fan and his lovely wife.
I started off playing splitscreen, but I haven't played it post-DLC. IMO, it sucked anyway. It was just a LOT harder to see what was going on. Never had that problem, though.
I've already posted on this a couple of times, but the devs won't seem to acknowledge it. It would be nice if they'd at least say it was a valid issue and they'll work on it at some point. My wife and I do exactly what you do, we call out to each other when we die. I can't tell you how many times I've died just because of that lag. Please, oh please, Mr. Uber dev guy person, could you throw us poor little split-screeners a scrap?
The developers talked about the split screen problem before the DLC, saying something to the effect that the bugs are quite complicated to fix and that they are a small company and, therefore, can't fix everything. Unfortunately, after the DLC, split screen got much worse, with an increased loss in frame rate, a few new bugs, and occasional freezing. I love the game, and I understand that Uber is a small company and can't fix everything, but I just can't play split screen anymore. They've done so much right, and single player is still amazing, so I'm not gonna cry too much.
We are aware of the issues in split-screen and will look to address performance and split-screen related issues in a future update.
Thanks Ekanaut! You guys are truly awesome. The splitscreen issue is really pretty much my only major complaint in a game that has just been crazy addictive. Much appreciated.
Thank you thank you thank you for the update. We'd never experienced that issue pre-DLC, and we're happy to hear you're looking into it.
I'm glad its being looked into, but jesus h christ it plays like a different game on split-screen. Its just awful. Dropped frames, dropped inputs, lower frame rate, spawning lag. This really should be a priority. Its also not on the official issues list up top. :? :x I really enjoy playing MNC, but the difference in lag, frame dropping and input dropping between the single and split screen is literally night and day. I hope some fixes come soon. I understand 100% you guys are a small shop, but I hope this gets some priority.