What happened to PA? Gone down the crapper!

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by battletech, May 7, 2014.

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  1. battletech

    battletech Member

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    Gave up on PA at the horrible Beta and came back to check on it. It has gone down the crapper even more. So many things are just plain broken or are super buggy. Sure, they have added a lot of pretty bells and whistles but basic game play has suffered incredibly.

    - Game launcher no longer works. Have to start game with PA.exe
    - Unit pathing is stupid as it gets. If you give more then one unit a move order to the same place they will start dancing around each other endlessly. Have the units built stop before getting to the assigned rally point.
    - Units sometimes won't attack enemy's in sight, or on radar, that are in range. I watched 5 tanks get killed by one flamer with out ever firing a shot.
    - If you q up a batch of things to be built the engineers, and even commander, just stop and do nothing after a while.
  2. thelordofthenoobs

    thelordofthenoobs Well-Known Member

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  3. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    That was literally just this update, we've gotten some pathing issues. They're being resolved, play PTE. (Also your super old launcher might not even work anymore because it's well... old.. ^^; )
  4. thetrophysystem

    thetrophysystem Post Master General

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    PTE has decent pathing. Except earlier, one of my builders got stuck on what it build and didn't build the proxy eco base it was supposed to. And on a metal planet I played AI on, stingers started crawling into the crevices and paneling of the metal planet.

    He is right though. Garat posted something earlier today:
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  5. brianpurkiss

    brianpurkiss Post Master General

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    I've got a surprise for you.

    The game isn't finished!

    You're playing a game that is in "early access" and is going to have bugs!

    You either accept the bugs, or wait for the game to be finished.

    That being said, I don't encounter several of the issues you have. Pathing issues are about to have another major improvement with the next build.

    So. Accept that this early access game is going to have bugs, or wait for the game to get finished.
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    websterx01 Post Master General

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    You have done no research, my friend. The new launcher came out, which is why yours doesn't work.
    Unit pathing broke just recently, before it was actually pretty darn good.
    How common is it? I doubt it is very common, it's not big on the forums.
    That one I can't defend. :p
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  7. cola_colin

    cola_colin Moderator Alumni

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    Uber should hand out copies of PA v. preAlpha 001 to everyone who complains about PA in it's current state :D
    Seriously come back in a year or two if you want a finished game. Until then stuff will constantly drastically change and break and be rebuild in the process.
  8. cptconundrum

    cptconundrum Post Master General

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    The devs suck and this game is terrible! Every other game has flat maps to limit your options, but Uber can't even do that right? Spherical maps? Attacking from every direction for maximum intensity and strategy? No thanks, Uber. Also, only having one faction is horrible because everything is fair and everyone goes into a game with the same chances. I want to play as protoss and beat everyone! Also the game is terrible and can never be good because early backers were forced to pay $90. Did you know Scathis threatened to eat my babies if I didn't back PA early on? I don't even have children, but for some reason I was compelled to go along with it and it's all their fault. I was bullied as a child and I blame Uber for that, too. Once, I was about to have a nice picnic at the beach and suddenly a bird came along and crapped on my sandwich. I hate you, Uber! If you didn't make such a great game I could just have not bought it and gone on with my life, but as you can see this is all your fault.
  9. BradNicholson

    BradNicholson Uber Employee Uber Alumni

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    It's totally fine with us if you have criticisms, but try to shape them in a way so we can have an actual conversation.
  10. thetdawg3191

    thetdawg3191 Active Member

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    you're one to talk! those bastards sent the Mob after me and had them beat me up until i bought in. then they came to my house and egged it. and then they made their game crappy by putting in orbital units and MOTHER ******* PLANET SMASHING. and then they broke in...

    AND MADE ME PLAY THE PTE BUILDS.

    DAMN YOU UBER. STOP BEING SUCH GOOD DEVS.
  11. someonewhoisnobody

    someonewhoisnobody Well-Known Member

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    Couldn't have said it better myself
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