Jean Lafitte
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Q:What features are you looking forward to?
A:A mostly bug free game?
Q:What are your current favorite features of the game?
A: 1.When the client or server crashes. I can go play some other game that works (mostly).
A: 2.I can drop lawless claims everywhere and prevent noobs from building anything.Q:Best experience or fondest memories in game?
A: 1.Standing like a statue in one spot. The less you interact the fewer bugs you'll encounter.
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On 9/25/2022 at 12:04 PM, BurnTy said:Stop adding more stuff to the game and fix current issues. I hate to see this game disappear. Could be an amazing game just needs someone to fix the bugs. Black map, blurred compass, crashing game when character dies. Just a few things that need some attention. Not sure why you guys cant coordinate with Nitrado and figure this out. Even on official servers there are still loads of bugs. I’m certain I’m not the only one thinking or saying all this. Just sad…
Silly boy, fixing bugs doesn't sell new copies, adding new crap with more bugs does.
I've just spent 2 hours trying to create a new character. You see, I goofed up and logged in on the new map NOT in noob town. Mainly because It didn't bother to tell me which grid was noob town so I just picked one. Got stuck on some stupid island. So, I decided to remake my character. Clicked on the little box that says make a new character, it asked me if I was sure and I said yep and it started me in noob town. Got my boat, got out on the water, game crashed. I selected rejoin, put me right back at the first character I created. Been going through that loop for HOURS now. Will that get fixed? Nope. Why? They already have my money.
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After reading through the forums and seeing how pve players are getting walled in, how everything they've built is getting taken away, about how they've done all they can to crush a player run economy (markets, farmhouses, mines, etc.), I can see that not a lot has changed. In particular, this has definitely not changed.
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Went out with my bear yesterday. Granted, it's a shitty lvl 55 cargo bear but hey, the map was only a 3.3... easy right?
aotd bear damage = 17
Ok, screw that. I got two pistols. I'll end this shit right now... boom... boom.
aotd pistol damage (head shot) = 6
Well, that's good news. Now I can spec out of taming since I won't need a bear to sail around and do pointless maps with. And I can spec out of pistols because I only need a bow to kill the wolves around me. And, I won't have to waste skill points on crazy stuff like swords, or armor. Cool!
Ok, so... to hell with maps, I'll go kill sotd. Whipped out he brig, spent an hour and a half sailing around. Killed 2 low level brigs and a low level galleon. Spent like 100 cannon balls and another hour repairing the brig (roof armor which npc's, who I'm PAYING, refuse to fix) My rewards?
39g, 19 large cannon balls (useless since large cannons are gunport only), 16 liquid flame (useless in pve), a common ballista and 9 ballista bolts. Oh, and a common ballista blueprint (Yipee!)
Was that a hint for me to do whales? Naa. Can't be. In that hour and a half sailing around I didn't see a single one. Surely not.
Ok, so remind me again, what was this grand plan about me spending more time at sea and less on land? I forget.
Oh wait, I remember. That massive adrenaline rush I get from doing both of the 3.0 sunken treasure (the only 2 the sextant buffed showed in all that sailing around) which paid more than either the map or the sotd (barely)! And that's with me only getting to do one because after I dived on the second one I found the entrance to the chest buried under dirt. But hey, I still got 56g off the first one. Yea baby! Filthy rich. 105 more days like this and I can afford to change the name on my ship!
Whew! I still have a reason to play the game. I'm so glad I came back to Atlas.
(For those unfamiliar with me or my methods, this is NOT optimism. It's fucking sarcasm.)
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I'm done... again. Decided not to play until there's a wipe and the whole stupid land claim system gets fixed.
- It started with someone claiming and taxing a previously unclaimed island where I was farming tin and cobalt.
- It got exacerbated when I was trying to build a ship to take on STOD. Spent a small fortune in time and resources, got to the part where I was trying to place a sail and it kept saying obstructed (even though it was blue). Ripped half the ship back apart and it was still obstructed (and got 0 resources back because it wasn't 'anchored'). Got pissed off and demolished the entire shipyard.
- Then, got to looking at claiming the island I was on (not because I wanted taxes but because I didn't want anyone taxing all the work I'd put into it) and realized just how much maintenance I'd have to do to keep paying for it.
Screw that.
- If you claim the land, you're taxed by the game, forced into a time-sink to pay for it and the only thing you get is that someone else can't tax you.
- If you live on someone else's claim, you're taxed by them, spend 20% more of your time to gather the same amount of resources and get nothing return.
- If you live on an unclaimed island, someone can come tax you without so much as a by-your-leave and you get nothing in return.
- Of course, the other option is to live on a lag-fest lawless island and there, you are never truly safe from dickhead neighbors.
Sorry but this is supposed to be a game, it's supposed to entertain the players. None of those options above are entertaining to me.
Ta-ta.
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My god that was a long time coming. Always pitched my gear out under something and couldn't get it back.
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On 8/12/2019 at 7:31 AM, boomervoncannon said:Wb Jean. Still salty as ever I see.
Would you have me any other way?
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Think of it like this. It's so much like reality. When you created the company you went to the bank and got a loan to start it. All of your shit was collateral. When you left the company, the bank repossessed. They just dispensed with all that bothersome legal paperwork.
Here's the good news. Now that you know the secret, you can become rich (providing you're very likable.) Just start a new company, get people to join and then, boot them in the ass. Voila' you now own all their shit!
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13 minutes ago, Realist said:Welcome back Jean. Haven’t seen you post for awhile. Nice gif
Still hoping Realist. Still hoping. Have you bought the game yet or are you still spewing from a spectator's perspective?
And for a serious response to this thread:
Nothing is going to happen the way you want, the way you expect or even the way you hope. Thus far, Grapeshot has made it perfectly clear that they have some obscure vision for this game and they're hell bent on making it happen, regardless of how screwed up things get (remember paste to make a rock?).
Early on they tried to make a comparison with EVE Online. For years, EVE players have had a voice in the direction of that game.
https://community.eveonline.com/community/csm/
10 players from the community are elected to that council for a 1 year term. CCP even flies them out to Iceland every year, flight and accommodations paid, in order to meet with the devs and discuss face-to-face the issues the players have. They don't always agree but, the players voices do get heard.
This post, and the hundreds if not thousands on this forum like it, are nothing more than pissing into the wind. That gif that I made, and the reason everyone sees it as funny, is because that's the perceived truth. Until this game has something similar to that csm, you can jump on these forums and scream your head off all you want. Just realize, that gif is most likely how it's received.
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19 minutes ago, The D Legacy said:YOU. MADE. MY. DAY!!!
Funny thing, I made this like 6 months ago and it's still true today.
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42 minutes ago, Martyn said:It isn't perfect, there's many flaws, but that's no reason for your silly thread. That just shows who you are. Not what the game is.
Game crashing has been a problem since day one.
SOTD have been a problem since they flooded the ocean with them the first week.
And not having your own loot drop in a freeport when you die was a problem the minute they released that stupid patch.You have no idea who I am but I do know what this game is.
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6 hours ago, Martyn said:Buy a better pc.
6 hours ago, Nutcutt3r said:Hope you have better luck with toilet paper, man you suck.
RIght, because we know this game has been perfect since day one. My god, look who turned into the fanboy.
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Restarted in a freeport.
Took 2 steps, game froze locked up.
Restarted again.
Played 30 min, game locked up again.
Lost all my shit, Restarted again.
Got my RSloop, next zone over, 5 SOTD dog piled me, ship gone.
Lost all my shit, Ctl-Alt-Del, end task, fuck that.
Waited a week.
Restarted in a new freeport.
Got my RSloop,
Killed by 5 pigs,
Lost all my shit.
Fuck it.
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On 4/25/2019 at 6:43 PM, Smash said:Dipshits don't have to buy early access games. Even if they can't read the disclaimer. This has been a constant in gaming for a while now.
If you want to be pissed of about games that have bugs or missing features! Go buy Anthem. That's a full release apparently.
Because dipshits like you keep singing the praises of broken EA games, companies like GS can get away with making YOU pay to test a game for them. Damned funny isn't it? GS is laughing their ass off all the way to the bank selling a busted game and you're defending them like that's how it should be.
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1 hour ago, DocHolliday said:Instead of crying like a spoiled child please document exactly what happened and where in the bug reporting section. This issue happens on rare occasion and if enough evidence can be gathered they might be able to fix it.
Because god knows, that as a paid beta tester he should have no right to get pissed off when shit doesn't work. How dare he.
Oh... wait a minute...
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On 3/9/2019 at 8:04 AM, Kappinski said:Look at it from the other point of view.
Tell me just one reason to bully your slaves instead of taking care of them as good as possible.I can't see any reason except me being an a**hole OR they being an a**hole.
I think you seriously underestimate the number of a**holes on this planet.
So, let me give you a reason:
Because some people just want to watch the world burn.
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6 hours ago, Gfrannic said:Nope.
This thursday is the survival update.
They earlier did an overhaul of multiplayer, now the update of survival, and from what understand with this update they are leaving early access.
Wich is why i am assuming this is the game that he/she talked about.
Very clever.
Any game that gives me an API where I can write my own C# code and create my own AI... in game... has my attention. I've owned it for years. Now, the servers are finally becoming stable enough that it's MP PVP is actually playable.
16 hours ago, awakatanka said:May I ask what game?
He guessed it.
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25 minutes ago, archaegeo said:Wow, you guys bitching about nothing left to do, just wow.
1) Its in development, it has 20 more months to release
2) There are TONS of private servers that are radically different than the official gam
3) Try a RP server, just a HUGE blast when its not all about the pew pew pew
Just wait. When you're pacing up and down the gunwales of your galleon trying to think of what to do... remember this post.
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47 minutes ago, JotaCe said:Well, it seems that something is wrong with your PC. I mean, 0 crashes for me (I have AMD x6 3.5 Ghz, 8 Gb RAM, Graphic Card Radeon R7 370 4 Gb and a normal HDD), just the typical "can't connect with the server" sometimes, but i don't know, maybe you're forcing your PC with the game settings, I play with all in Medium and my pc doesn't crash.
I was waiting for this. There's always someone who's going to say, "Well, since I have no problems it must be your computer." Meanwhile I play a lot of other games and none of them crash to the point that they lock up and freeze. And just for comparison... AMD x8 @4.0ghz, 32gb ram, RX 580 4Gb, Kingston SSD. So it's not like I'm playing on a potato and I've tried every setting.
3 hours ago, Percieval said:Haha. Don’t mind me, I had a lot of crashes until last month. You’d be surprised what it was. My rig;
i7-8700K, 2080 Ti, 16 GB DD4 3600 Mhz RAM and 4TB SSD M2.
I was trying so hard to find what it was, constantly I was getting an error that my VRAM was too low. Guess what it was
Discord. Discord crashed my game repeatedly over the last few months. So now I have discord through my laptop and don’t on my PC and I have never crashed since.
Come to think of it, the freezing up became noticeably worse after inviting others to join me and using discord.
Either way, like others who have posted on this thread, there's not much left to do. 650ish hours into the game, still haven't done power stones or anything high level and tbqh, I have no real desire to do any of that anyway. I was hoping that, with the comparisons to EVE that there would be a lot of trading going on in this game. I obviously misunderstood. Pitching shit on the ground is not a trading system to me. And what's the point of trading when you don't have to go that far to farm unique items? And the only point of unique items would be for high level gear, which I've never found useful as a tamer because my problem isn't damaging animals I'm trying to tame, it's not doing so much damage that I end up killing them. That or I could build more ships which cause more lag and still have no real reason to sail any of them any way.No... I'm going to go back to a game I've had for years that is coming out of EA this week.
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Since day 1 my client has crashed repeatedly. The game locks up and freezes. It takes task manager to kill the game and restart it. Unfortunately there is no crash dump file so reporting it does nothing and the dev's seem to be focused on the server code and not the client code. This lockup will occur 3-4 times per gaming session at random times. As a result, I can't be trusted to sail ships as it's likely I'll crash while doing so. We've lost one schooner this way. I can't be trusted with decent tames. I've also lost one nice bear this way.
Since I can't be trusted to successfully sail a ship or ride a tame, two of the biggest factors in this game, then I certainly can't be trusted in more intense situations either. This effectively makes me useless for doing end-game content and it right pisses me off because the crashes occur at the most inopportune moments. The two recent losses as a result of crashing has essentially removed my will to play this game. Losing ships to a fight, I'm fine with. Losing tames as a result of my own stupidity, I'm fine with. Losing things I've worked for because of an unstable client, I'm not fine with. But hey, this is EA right? I should expect to lose everything without notice, right? Perhaps. But I should also expect to see patch notes that say they are fixing client stability. I should expect a bug report system where when I report this issue it's not cycled to the last on the page so that it doesn't get 'upvoted' and therefore gets ignored as unimportant.
I guess everyone who's left Atlas has had that 'game breaking' moment where something convinced them that it's not worth it to hang around. This is mine.
Whether it's coincidental or not, it seems most of my 'crew' are playing a lot less as well.
I have therefore decided to enter maintenance mode. A large number of the claims we have I'm going to give to crew members as they leave the company and find others that are more stable to play with. Many are deciding to just quit. Claims on one particular island where I got started, I'm going to log in periodically to maintain. Those not wanted by company members, I'm going to either give away or let decay on their own.
This also means that I'm going to give a lot less of a shit about these forums. There's no point in debating the finer points of a game that I essentially cannot play.
So long and thanks for all the fish.
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But... but... the dev's said if you don't drop a flag every 10 meters, you can't WIN!!!!
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PC. And I'm not just talking crashing. I'm talking bugs like animals falling off boats, I'm talking tiles vanishing when placing other tiles, I'm talking placing objects and 'hoping' they'll appear where the blue outline actually is. Bugs that have been in this game since day 1. And yes, I was here for that mess as well."
I finally plopped down on an unclaimable island. Do I have any gathering structures? Nope, not one. Entire island taken. I checked 6 grids, all of the islands before I gave up finding something claimable. Claims allow people to just drop them anywhere, even on land they have no intent on using, just to say it's mine, mine, mine. Taking a week to find a place to put down roots is NOT my idea of entertainment.
Dime a dozen to you. I have 1 bear and 0 on any island in my sector. I lose that one and I'm out trying to find another. And yes, I'm aware of the techniques on how to recover bears that fall off boats. The question is, should I have to employ these workarounds myself in order to get past bad code?
The real problem with Atlas is the same problem with every mmo any more. Back in days of C-64's the coders HAD to get it right as there was no patching. Now, the companies really don't give a shit about fixing things because that doesn't make money. Adding new, useless, pointless, flashy, buggy baubles does.