Potential Delay to v44.1 Launch
We are currently working through some issues that may affect the release window of v44.1. This means that the update may not release on Monday as it usually does. We are working to resolve the issue holding us up as quickly as possible, but will keep you all updated, especially if the delay results in any changes to the content release schedule.
We are currently working through some issues that may affect the release window of v44.1. This means that the update may not release on Monday as it usually does. We are working to resolve the issue holding us up as quickly as possible, but will keep you all updated, especially if the delay results in any changes to the content release schedule.
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The AI has been modified again!? What I’ve noticed...
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Point is that mechanics/AI behavior changes are being made without any effort to inform players. I won’t say that it’s being done purposefully or not (Its possible this is just another case of Kabam mismanagement or poor communication). To me, It’s pretty obvious that adjustments have been made to mechanics and AI behavior, that have not been communicated to players. There are also Bugs effecting gameplay & champ behavior, but they don’t get fixed. Probably because the game team doesn’t know what they adjusted or screwed up. They fix issues bugs that are beneficial to players and everything else is “under investigation@.
http://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/310306#Comment_310306
I swear there's no end to the suspicion. They're not messing with the game, and regardless of how many times they comment that it's conspiracy (just today in fact), some people won't believe it regardless. Yes, there's problems. It's not helping anyone to keep circulating the idea they're doing it on purpose. It doesn't help them resolve the problems, and it doesn't help us communicate what we are experiencing.
It's not naivety. The argument doesn't even make sense.
"Here's what we will do. We will spend years creating a great game. A really good game! People will love this game. Then, as we have their trust, we will begin deconstructing it from the inside-out! That's right. When they become suspicious, we will deny it. Just when they think it's safe to play, BAM! We will drive them away! First we ruin our jobs, then we take over the world! Muahahaha!".
Seriously, though. It's their livelihood. There is no sensible or logical reason for them to intentionally malfunction their own product.
If you were in Arena, the other player probably had the unfazed mastery. If you evaded, they become unstoppable.
Some things I noticed since the last update:
Lag from my Medium hits (I swipe and the champ moves a split second after the input).
No matter what combo before I fire an SP and the AI blocks the SP immediately like 50% of the time.
Parry is off from before the update.
Intercept is off from before the update.
Can't punish opponents SPs like I used to.
AI Parries me after they do a 5 hit combo where before they would do a 4 hit combo and I would be able to counter attack.
Wrong again.
Yeah right lol, just like their not ignoring the pure skill situation
It's not "turning their game inside out". Oh no. Harsh words like that are never used.
They might call it:
"goal oriented long term monetization"
"systematic revenue generation"
"surplus earnings project vis-à-vis game re-engineering"
"revenue optimization"
How dare you
If the AI hasn't been changed, then why do they (all champs in general) dexterity evade us 3-4 times as much as they did last summer?
Or is evading our attacks not AI related?
Are you able to answer my simple question? The AI dexterity evades us a ton more than they did last summer. What mechanic is being changed that can cause this?
Changes to AI behavior would be the most common sense and logical guess, yet you think it's a crazy thing to say.
The fact is that the AI has been changed despite what may have been said. Baiting in arenas was altered a few months ago. The change was very noticeable after one of the updates. The T4BC arena AI is really bizarre now. Some of the individual champ AIs have changed too. Some tactics that used to work suddenly stopped. Not all the changes are bad. Sometimes the AI was too predicatable and easy to counter. I personally don’t believe the glitchiness was intentional, but I also don’t believe it is a priority for them to fix because it doesn’t help their bottom line.
The theory that the AI has been changed is not fact.
You're just arguing semantics here. "It's not the AI, it could be the server, RNG, who knows??".
Who cares what you call it!
The AI is acting much differently than before and it's costing us unnecessary units and potions and many players feel we needs answers.
Kabam keeps insisting that nothing has been changed but that is impossible. SOMETHING HAS! The game doesn't play like it has in the past. We feel that we're being squeezed for units. Our skills have increased on average yet our deaths due to bugs or sketchy implementations keep climbing.