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[Budi]

Mostly waiting for that cross region queue! But ofcourse all the other stuff is welcomed too.

Hey is this game good? I think it looks really fun and it's a shame to see it floundering. Bad timing I guess.

I like games with lots of freedom of movement, so this appeals to me, obv. Is it a game where someone not very good at competitive FPS games (I am shit) can still find some fun?

Mmm, that can be tricky since the matchmaking obviously doesn't work when you have around 70 people playing at one time (not sure how it's on PS4). So you will be matched with people of all skill levels and they can make the game a pain to play when you feel just like cannon fodder. Otherwise I would say absolutely yes, just moving around feels great on certain characters. I'm not good at shooting and I've been having fun.

 

[Speely]

Mostly waiting for that cross region queue!

Mmm, that can be tricky since the matchmaking obviously doesn't work when you have around 70 people playing at one time (not sure how it's on PS4). So you will be matched with people of all skill levels and they can make the game a pain to play when you feel just like cannon fodder. Otherwise I would say absolutely yes, just moving around feels great on certain characters. I'm not good at shooting and I've been having fun though.

Cool thanks I am not worried about "doing well" aside from not pissing off others on my team. I am a good loser. Not sure if a smaller player base will be more or less forgiving in that sense lol.

 

[N7.Angel]

What a mistake, just let it go and stop putting so much money on a dead horse, I’m sorry if I hurt one of the fifteen people that is still playing this game...

 

[Budi]

Cool thanks I am not worried about "doing well" aside from not pissing off others on my team. I am a good loser. Not sure if a smaller player base will be more or less forgiving in that sense lol.

Well they can't afford to be dicks, but I've seen a few. Not as common as it's in MOBA:s I've played ofcourse, or even Overwatch.

 

[benzopil]

I'm planning to come back when ranked mode launches. Don't like quick plays in any shooter, ranked is the only way to go.

 

[Baraka Obama]

Not that hard to do when only 20 people are actually playing it.

That’s the joke jeez

 

[Speely]

What a mistake, just let it go and stop putting so much money on a dead horse, I’m sorry if I hurt one of the fifteen people that is still playing this game...

I think it's cool to see them putting effort into their vision despite a brutal (BRUTAL) release. Makes me wanna play it and makes me think they actually like their game.

 

[Duchess O'Death]

Looks like they listened to feedback about the terrible artstyle. Still too late though.

 

[Speely]

Looks like they listened to feedback about the terrible artstyle. Still too late though.

Yeah the presentation turned me off initially for sure.

 

[Seth Enosh]

I liked what I played of the game (destiny killed it for me) but I don’t get why they are even bothering with a ranked mode with the current player count. Only way ranked could make sense is to launch it as part of a f2p or PS Plus or something that actually gives 10,000s of people permanent copies of the game. Splitting the player base when matchmaking is already hurting badly makes no sense to me.

I’ll possibly login and check out the patch this weekend out of curiosity but the game really needs bots or something other than what they’ve been working on.

 

[N7.Angel]

I think it's cool to see them putting effort into their vision despite a brutal (BRUTAL) release. Makes me wanna play it and makes me think they actually like their game.

Nah it’s too late.

 

[BizzyBum]

It was silly of them to not have a competitive ranked mode at launch. How can you release a competitive arena shooter without a mode that ranks players? It's like Halo 6 launching with only Social Slayer for its first couple of months.

I think the game is fun but BossKey has made a lot of dumb decisions in a short timespan. The game would be healthier and in a much better place if they launched F2P, had a Team Deathmatch mode from the get go, had this All-Star league at launch, and launched on Xbox One. F2P with loot boxes would have worked fine for them. The more people playing who like the game means more sales for cosmetics and user customization. Then again, nothing would save their horrid art style for the characters. The game itself looks great, but those designs... yikes.

 

[theangrypirate]

Looks like they listened to feedback about the terrible artstyle. Still too late though.

It still looks god awful.

 

[Speely]

Nah it’s too late.

Oh I am not arguing that. You're prolly right. I just think it might be fun to get in before it's gone.

 

[ODDI]

Oh the irony of those costumes, didn't Cliffy B oppose to a Overwatch color palette on costumes.

 

[MUnited83]

Are they going to fix the dumb stuff they did just before the free weekend?

 

[Budi]

Are they going to fix the dumb stuff they did just before the free weekend?

Well we won't yet have the patch notes, but they aren't removing the health regen. Just making it kick in bit later.

 

[nynt9]

I don’t like the sports-y look at all, this actually makes me want to check it out less...

 

[EL CUCO]

That update looks good. Gonne give it a run this weekend

 

[Currygan]

of course they'd try but, eh

 

[TriangularDuck]

Hopefully it'll draw back some PS4 players, already bored of Destiny 2's mutliplayer until they do a weapon rebalancing pass. Ready to go back to LB.

 

[SimpleCRIPPLE]

This really needs to get ported to Switch. It would fill a void in the Switech lineup, and i’d much rather play this than DOOM multiplayer.

And considering the population on other platforms, i don’t see how this wouldn’t instantly become the most populated version on Day 1 due to the lack of options on Switch.

 

[Speely]

This really needs to get ported to Switch. It would feel a void in the Switech lineup, and i’d much rather play this than DOOM multiplayer.

And considering the population on other platforms, i don’t see how this wouldn’t instantly become the most populated version on Day 1 due to the lack of options on Switch.

Whoa that's actually a good idea. Releasing on an Overwatch-less, CS:GO-less platform that is selling like crazy could be a good move.

 

[Crash331]

Call me when it's f2p

 

[Messofanego]

Mirage: Arcane Warfare was basically doing all of this same exact stuff, they even gave away the game for free. Had sales, content updates etc. They got up to 43k CCU. They're back down 67 people playing a day.

http://steamcharts.com/app/368420

To go from so many people loving Chivalry to this, wow what a steep dive.

 

[Duchess O'Death]

This really needs to get ported to Switch. It would fill a void in the Switech lineup, and i’d much rather play this than DOOM multiplayer.

And considering the population on other platforms, i don’t see how this wouldn’t instantly become the most populated version on Day 1 due to the lack of options on Switch.

Whoa that's actually a good idea. Releasing on an Overwatch-less, CS:GO-less platform that is selling like crazy could be a good move.

Easier said than done. It's not easy to maintain another very different version of the game.

 

[massoluk]

I would consider making it free for a month and hope it get Rocket-Leagued

 

[daviyoung]

definitely needs a free weekend at least

 

[texhnolyze]

So it's actually improved.

If you're talking about the 10 players online from the other thread, no it's not.

That's the number of players online at that time (probably past midnight in the US), while the peak of that day was still 100-ish.

 

[Ever]

LULBreakers

Too late, the name has stuck

 

[Curious Puppy]

I don't understand how they can afford to keep putting this much work into the game.

 

[Bluth54]

It's coming out the same day as the massive TF2 Jungle Inferno update which will probably get a large amount of promotion on Steam and suck all of the air out of the room (on PC/Steam anyway) for hero/class shooters.

 

[Principate]

Easier said than done. It's not easy to maintain another very different version of the game.

Let's be honest though is it even worthwhile maintaining the pc version in the first place (or ps4 version really). At least iin that case there's some more potential for income

 

[gossi]

So the update is out now, and at peak time in EU I can’t get a match in any mode. I’ve just hung at Searching for 8 minutes for the new Boss League, too - nothing.

I’m playing on PS4, which apparently has 4 times the PC population too.

 

[Kayant]

Many dozens came back today to at least check out the update - http://steamcharts.com/app/350280

Peak at 207 atm.

 

[Darryl M R]

They need to talk with Sony and MS to make this a free month game.

The update honestly looks good and if I had the time and extra money I would pick it up.

Lawbreakers is the first AAA in years to actually have something to say.

 

[shimon]

So the update is out now, and at peak time in EU I can’t get a match in any mode. I’ve just hung at Searching for 8 minutes for the new Boss League, too - nothing.

I’m playing on PS4, which apparently has 4 times the PC population too.

It's dead Jim...

 

[gossi]

It's dead Jim...

The league flat out doesn’t work. I left it matchmaking for a long long time.

The way it is supposed to work is you play ten placement matches, then you get a league with players in same league. Friends need to be a similar league.

Reality: there’s only a few hundred players, and it matchmakes by region so that number is in reality much lower. They don’t have enough numbers to even do the placement matches.

What’s frustrating is when the game first launched it had this option: Play. It dropped you into a random match, near instant. Now when you start the game it gives 4 main modes and 2 others. It’s taken a tiny player population and crushed it into an unplayable game.

They made some other changes to the game too which raise eyebrows. Eg health now auto regenerates. At launch it didn’t at all. One of the classes is a healer, but it’s pointless because your health recovers very quickly now. Changes like this are just counter productive I think.

 

[TripleBee]

Hopefully they can get some extra people in.

Still think they'll need to go F2P to even stand a chance.

 

[TheChewyWaffles]

24hr peak 76 players...

That’s about a 300% increase from 2 weeks ago!

 

[Stormblessed]

They're trying harder than Gearbox did, but with Battleborn there was community engagement that helped keep things going. No one is rallying Lawbreakers fans. Just good money after bad at this point.

 

[BizzyBum]

It's fun having to wait 10 minutes between each game.

Also the people left playing this on PC are the 20 or so diehards who just destroy everyone so it's not even fun playing in ranked right now.

 

[epeternally]

They need to talk with Sony and MS to make this a free month game.

Humble Monthly would also be a good strategy for getting more people in the door without actually going free to play.

 

[Darryl M R]

Humble Monthly would also be a good strategy for getting more people in the door without actually going free to play.

Agreed, and thanks for bringing up this service. I've never heard of it before.

I wonder if it would be best if they tried to get these free/low cost services to host their game all during the same month or would it be best to stagger.

 

[Tomma17]

Is this still online only, or have they patched in any offline/SP modes?

 

[SmoothRunningGun]

Go f2p and add a free battle royale mode. It worked for cliffy's old company.

 

[gossi]

Go f2p and add a free battle royale mode. It worked for cliffy's old company.

In fairness Fortnite had several millions of sold copies before that. It did incredibly well.

 

[Evolution of Metal]

In fairness Fortnite had several millions of sold copies before that. It did incredibly well.

No, it didn't. Fortnite had the announcement of 1m players. What is more, higher tier versions contained invites which made one $80 package a 3-player game.

 

[gossi]

No, it didn't. Fortnite had the announcement of 1m players. What is more, higher tier versions contained invites which made one $80 package a 3-player game.

Trust me when I say Lawbreakers doesn’t have a million players. It’s just a very different situation.

 

[Dwight Schrute]

10 players are gonna be happy !