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PLAYERUNKNOWNS BATTLEGROUNDS Early Access Thread: This Is Battle Royale

deejay

Member
Can't find it anywhere, but how do you zoom in? Equipped a x5 zoom earlier on an appropriate weapon but have not been able to use it. Checked the controls but couldn't find it. I must be blind.
 

Twookie

Member
Can't find it anywhere, but how do you zoom in? Equipped a x5 zoom earlier on an appropriate weapon but have not been able to use it. Checked the controls but couldn't find it. I must be blind.

A single right-click with your weapon to zoom in with ironsights or optics. Hold right-click to zoom in 3rd person view.
 

Hale_C

Member
As someone who's just played my first 5-6 matches (on solo), I'm loving the game. The jank, while completely expected and understandable in EA, is real though. The most irritating thing is the doors not opening/then they open but you cant pass bug. I spend too much time flailing at doorways- it hasn't killed me yet but I'm gonna be a salt mine when it does. That and inventory sluggishness. I look forward to that stuff getting ironed out.

Still, the jank level is nothing compared to Dayz, which is in an embarrassing state compared to this.

How's the Gaf discord? Welcoming to relative noobs (who don't suck at FPS but are still getting to grips with this one)?

I really hate the crosshair/aiming. You never know if your bullets are actually going to go where your crosshair is or into a wall or whatever. When you're crouched against something your bullets often go into objects in front of you even if it looks like your barrel clears the obstruction. I hope this is something they address somehow.

You maybe noticed already, but there's a small red indicator between you and your crosshair when you're in third person if your bullets are going to be obstructed.
 
I really hate the crosshair/aiming. You never know if your bullets are actually going to go where your crosshair is or into a wall or whatever. When you're crouched against something your bullets often go into objects in front of you even if it looks like your barrel clears the obstruction. I hope this is something they address somehow.
 
I really hate the crosshair/aiming. You never know if your bullets are actually going to go where your crosshair is or into a wall or whatever. When you're crouched against something your bullets often go into objects in front of you even if it looks like your barrel clears the obstruction. I hope this is something they address somehow.
Hah. Yeah I had a match last night where I cornered a guy inside a building from the outside. Had a vantage view from the window. Shot two point blank double barrel shots and both went into the wall despite my clearly aiming high.

He pulls a pistol and kills me in one shot.

Was so pissed.
 

Krayz

Member
I really hate the crosshair/aiming. You never know if your bullets are actually going to go where your crosshair is or into a wall or whatever. When you're crouched against something your bullets often go into objects in front of you even if it looks like your barrel clears the obstruction. I hope this is something they address somehow.

There should be a red circle in 3rd person view that pops up when your barrel is being blocked by an obstacle.
 
Also bullets travel in a realistic parabolic trajectory. The scopes are sited in at a range so the angle of the barrel actually aims slightly up so ranges shorter than the zeroed distance will be high and ranges longer will be low.
 

Twookie

Member
Übermatik;238291620 said:
Not hearing anything except shots cracking at your feet is worse. Where the FUCK is that coming from!?

Yup, this. Don't think I've ever played a game where suppressors are so obscenely powerful as in this game.
 

jediyoshi

Member
I actually didn't know/notice that. Must be pretty subtle. I'll look for it.

Looks like this

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Hylian7

Member
The framerate inconsistency this patch is killing me. So many situations where I have needed quick twitch aiming to kill a guy, I have failed because of framerate hiccups.

I had the settings on medium, might just turn them on low to see if it helps. It's really frustrating though.
 

TheRed

Member
Übermatik;238291620 said:
Not hearing anything except shots cracking at your feet is worse. Where the FUCK is that coming from!?
The VSS is legit scary for this. I was in a rain match and couldn't spot a guy that was shooting me like crazy and I died in the top 20.
 

Brazil

Living in the shadow of Amaz
Picked this up today, but I can't play. Sound seems fine, but I just get stuck on the loading screen.
 
Dang! Was so close to my second chicken dinner. Killed 4 but died at #10. A guy just lit me up from behind and that's all she wrote. Such a fun game.
 

GodofWine

Member
My new solo style is to play pure stealth until Im in the top 10, get what I need and find a hole to crawl in.

Im a 20% top t0 finisher now, but only 1 win still, those last circles either make or break you.


I joined the GAF Discord, so hopefully I'll get into some duos or squad with yall. I keep hearing squads are way more relaxing and fun. Solo is like being hunted by 99 murderers.
 

Tagyhag

Member
Picked this up today, but I can't play. Sound seems fine, but I just get stuck on the loading screen.

Sorry never heard of such a problem. :(

You should check their Steam forums and see if anyone else had a problem like that or if there's an official solution.

Otherwise you can make your own thread.
 

E-flux

Member
server optimization won't fix the second 1 (pbly not the first either), you get hurt if you jump out of speeding car.

I know that you get hurt from a speeding car, i was expecting to get damaged. I wasn't expecting teleporting 5 meters behind the car with a text of getting run over by the dude i was chasing.
30 km/h is an survivable speed to jump out of, i'm pretty sure that i have done it many times at that speed in the past.

Edit: yep, survived going 60, lost 3/4 of my hp.
 

n0razi

Member
I can pretty consistently get in the top 5 but I have never gotten #1 yet, It always seems to be the lucky guy who happens to pick the right building to hide in while everyone else is running from the blue or playing chicken in their cars
 

Triteon

Member
Are the stats fucked?

I haven't really been paying attention all that much so I'm not sure about kill ratio etc, but I've won solo twice and it still only notes one win.
 

TheStig88

Member
Hot damn I don't think a game has ever gotten my heart pumping quite like this one. Just scored my first Chicken Dinner after a little over fifteen hours and 60 odd rounds. After a couple of top threes I finally had a round where I didn't end up sandwiched between two other players and instead got to watch them duke it out before killing them both. Almost choked like hell on the final kill though.

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Brakara

Member
Played first person mode for the first time on a custom server yesterday, and the current version of this is just awful. Two things that stood out was the tiny FOV and the fact that you have the height of a hobbit. But I'm not sure fixing that will make it that much better because camping in this mode is even easier than in third person mode. Whoever gets the firsts shot on someone will definitely win because it's hard to get visual on your attacker (especially compared to third person mode).

In short, I'm not going to play in first person again.
 
They should remove free look. Sometimes I think im sneaking up to somebody and he just turns around and starts shooting at me straight away. Pretty far off so they couldnt have heard me either
 
Played first person mode for the first time on a custom server yesterday, and the current version of this is just awful. Two things that stood out was the tiny FOV and the fact that you have the height of a hobbit. But I'm not sure fixing that will make it that much better because camping in this mode is even easier than in third person mode. Whoever gets the firsts shot on someone will definitely win because it's hard to get visual on your attacker (especially compared to third person mode).

In short, I'm not going to play in first person again.

Uhh custom server? As far I know there are only official ones?
 

iosa

Member
That moment you have 15% health remaining, with no remaining meds, 2.5 km away of the blue circle and you are just ready to die, but this happen :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuhvhStZPyw

Almost died too because his box appeared late but I finished the game in the top 20 with 6 kills, and died because my character didn't want to go prone after the last kill.
 
Landed at the shooting range and found a VSS and a Kar98 right next to each other. Died two seconds later to some fucker I couldn't spot. He killed everyone on our team.
 

Vipu

Banned
Uhh custom server? As far I know there are only official ones?

This is why im mad, custom game button should be somewhere on REALLY GOOD SPOT so people see it.

Its easy to see already but not too easy cuz most people dont even know there is custom games.

I would so play 1st person games all day if there was players but there isnt.

camping in this mode is even easier than in third person mode. Whoever gets the firsts shot on someone will definitely win because it's hard to get visual on your attacker (especially compared to third person mode).

In short, I'm not going to play in first person again.

Camping easier? How??
In 1st person both players always have equal chance, in 3rd person usually 1 guy have edge over the other.

How is it better that if the guy who gets shot have suddenly better chance to win because he can peek behind corner without risk?

This is pretty good vid to show how stupid the 3rd person is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMYLj26v-6k
Specially the very endgame when both people can just wait behind object never showing themselves, when in 1st person both have to peek and show themselves if they want to do something.
 
had the best round ever yesterday.
- landed pretty much in the spot that would end up being the middle of the last circle.
- got a supply drop delivered to my front steps with a tommy gun.
- camped in house, went to eat dinner
- came back after 15-20 minutes
- killed 1 person, won.
 

Brakara

Member
TCamping easier? How??
How is it better that if the guy who gets shot have suddenly better chance to win because he can peek behind corner without risk?

You're literally answering yourself there. So, as you're implying, if you can't peek behind a corner, then you can't see the camper (who's hearing you and) waiting for you.
 

Vic_Viper

Member
How is the player base holding up now a days? Just got my PC connected with a cat-6 cable finally lol. Looking for something to play online with now other than Overwatch.
 

Tagyhag

Member
Before I played this and just watched people I thought I would be a coward and just get good weapons, make a beeline towards the middle and just camp.

But actually playing it I never do that, it just seems boring. There is such a good feeling in outmaneuvering or stalking someone and getting the drop on them.
 
Remember when everyone thought this was going to be a one week game like a lot of other BR games? Good times. PUBG has the 6th highest peak player count of all-time (189k) two months after it launched and it's still growing. Only behind Dota/CS and then Fallout 4, GTA V and No Man's Sky, three of the most hyped games in recent times. It'll probably pass NMS within a month.
 

JDB

Banned
Remember when everyone thought this was going to be a one week game like a lot of other BR games? Good times. PUBG has the 6th highest peak player count of all-time (189k) two months after it launched and it's still growing. Only behind Dota/CS and then Fallout 4, GTA V and No Man's Sky, three of the most hyped games in recent times. It'll probably pass NMS within a month.
Aren't there only like three BR games?
 
Played first person mode for the first time on a custom server yesterday, and the current version of this is just awful. Two things that stood out was the tiny FOV and the fact that you have the height of a hobbit. But I'm not sure fixing that will make it that much better because camping in this mode is even easier than in third person mode. Whoever gets the firsts shot on someone will definitely win because it's hard to get visual on your attacker (especially compared to third person mode).

In short, I'm not going to play in first person again.

I'm waiting till they get first person only up to par with the ArmA mod. It needs to have proper freelook and, for me at least, TrackIR support.

Until that becomes a thing I'll just keep playing the ArmA III mod version.
 
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