With the latest VU Mindark managed to offend me. Didn’t think it would happen, been here a while and seen most nerfs, strange looking shit, thing not working etc but this new Avatar system just is too much.
I can’t stand being ingame looking at other avatars or mine. Sure I got it looking humanoid..ish but the physics is all wrong. It can not walk in a fashion that even resemlbe a human walk, with torso straight up and legs moving in front of avatar only. Female avatar kneel when walking, lookin like they are climbing mountains on plain ground. Boobs looks like balloons no matter what size they are. Stuff really isn’t attached, everything looks bolted on. Armor doesn’t hold together, there are cracks between part, avatar gets a silly Quasimodo style hump when in armor not to mention the vulture’s neck head stance. In short - it looks like something out of Looney Toons. If someone at Mindark thought we would have good laugh, and move on I believe they are making a huge mistake. I feel like they are pissing on us, making fun of us when they really should show us respect as being their customers. They just put the game 10 years back, probably destroying the reputation as a serious partner for a long time ahead.
I hate seeing it and suddenly feels sick when logging in. Playing in 1st person mode doesn’t help. I KNOW how sillly it looks.
I’m out until the bug fix comes. We’ll see if they fixed it 'til then. If nesecarry I log in if there is something that needs my attention.
I have also sent a support case to Mindark expressing this, but in oh so many more and somewhat stronger words, still being ever so polite.
I don’t really understand the unhappiness with the latest VU. Was one of the best VUs I’ve ever experienced as a player for over 7 years now. No major problems with server downtime and unexpected errors, like on some recent VUs. They changed a very costly situation for players that accidentally shoot the ground/air/etc. They even removed the armor equiping fee (something that was extremely unpopular when they added it).
I love how Skippie came out, but if I didn’t, there’s another shot at it. There is a second chance for all players to remake their avatars next week. If you didn’t come out with something you like on the first pass, just be patient and change it next week.
The already have 6 million handed to them by the participants… You’d hope it’d go in to hiring descent developers, but I suspect it’s going to vacations and hiring a lawyer so that they can sell the whole business and move on? Maybe this is a preview/tech demo of what’s to come when Blizzard or Disney buys out Mindark?
I know its been rough for some people with this VU, but please keep in mind the things skippie noted.
Its kinda nice knowing that now hunters will save ped (which will most likely get cycled).
We all get a whole week of makeovers! Thats kinda super cool. I am quite dormant in eu now, but I still log on everyday and say hi to people. I also kept a set of clothes and am looking forward to making my avatar look precisely like me IRL. (except im adding more muscle and less fat :P)
EU really seems to be stepping in the right direction, but it is very hard to please everyone. Be mindfull that only 10,000 players play eu (estimated based on 10,000 globalers on tracker). That is really … nothing. I am sure mindark is not heavily staffed, and their priority really should be making the game better, and easier for new players.
I am not withdrawing my peds from the game, and have gone into “cld mode”. I look forward to seeing how the game develops and hope you will consider your dismay. Next week will be nice with the makeovers!
Mischief, I fully agree with you!
VU 14 avatar movements, physics etc all just terrible (looks like it even have wrong center of gravity).
Even avatar shaping changing in weird way, when you run/jump/equip one-handed item.
It would appear the avatar remake was not just cosmetic update. Yes, my avatar does run funny :laugh: but I’m sure next few vu’s they’ll improve the cosmetics…
Yep… most likely.
But WTH they did 3.5 years? And why they can’t test it before they release all that mess? If we wait it since august 2009 (and that was really huge delay), I’m sure most of us could wait several weeks/months more to get “new working avatar system” with normal avatars/textures/skins/clothes/armors etc. instead of “new avatar bug system”.
P.S. Don’t forget, what any item you wearing actually part of your avatar, when you wearing it, since it replace body part, that it’s covering (that’s why they should properly remake all wearable items, we have).
I feel humiliated by the new looks of the avatar. I look like a f*cking cartoon when I run and my avatar is no where close to what it looked like in the creation window. I feel like MA did this as a joke, just to have something to laugh about. I mean come on! They must have a sandbox or something where they try out their new code?
Nothing about the avatars look good anymore.
Sure, the avatar look is not the reason I play this game, but I don’t want to spend 1-1.5h doing the makeover to find out I don’t look anything like I made the avatar.
Yes, they did good things in the VU aswell, like the change of the HA, and the removal of the shooting in air cost.
But that’s not what this thread is about, it’s about the new Avatar System.
And I feel like Steve, I will be logging in much less 'cause of this. I don’t want to run around with something that looks like..I don’t even know how to describe it.
Well, I for one did not global, how could I when busy holding a bucket to throw up in?
I understand if the progamers doesn’t care about the looks of their avatars, but for most of us this is, or was a place where we could do sometihng else than the everyday RL grind. Where’s the fun to run around in an environment filled with butt ugly looney toons?
More so, since a vast majority of the avatars “randomly created” all looked like fat blobs or neanderthals, I would say that Mindark truly is mocking us, even humiliating us. There is NO way that a “random” avatar creating system would fuck up looks on so many avatars unless someone thought it would be a funny gag. Not the best way to keep customers happy as I see it. But still, the worst problem is the lack of realistic movement, the misplaced center of gravity and axis, legs in armors look broken etc.
Some things about this VU is excellent, I didn’t dis it as a whole. But how the hell did hey manage to mess up avatar movements, physics, center of graviry etc. I recommend Mindark to have a look how other game developers do it. EVE does it better, APB does it better. In fact, f*cking SIMS does it better.
Just sad that mods didn’t kept this thread where it would actually be seen by the devs, but cowardly moved into the beauty section. Guess it’s a question of payroll. Or misplaced loyalties. Or something.
I’m of a similar opinion to Skippie, Vu 9 remade our faces radically, with Vu 14 we can pretty much re-create our Vu 12.8 avatars (to the degree that little difference will be made if that choice is made)
There is a disconnect issue, but I’ve seen that about 5 times since Vu 10, I’ve no doubt it’ll be fixed soon.
For old timers like myself who remember the near “riot” over the 2 pec armor tax on equip, the reversal years later should be celebrated, other new improvements like HA improvement for lower / mid level players, better explanation of MISS msgs and other improvements make this a pretty good VU.
Could one of those complaining about the new avatar animation please upload a video of themselves running, as I honestly do not see any problem with it…? :scratch2:
Soc mate had a black triangle following him about due to his cap (of all things), I’ve seen it in game and screenshots, hope MA can find out what caused that btw.
Really none of your business, but Yes, I tried that, but all over the place are these butt ugly freaks that Mindark created.
I don’t know where you’re from but I try to stay away from ugly things. If you read my OP you would understand what I’m trying to say and wouldn’t have to be stuck up smug about it.
As I ,as I already said, plays this game for fun and been doing so for the last 7 years I get very upset and disappointed when Mindark, again, passes something that isn’t fully tested and make me spend hours to try to correct their f*cking mistakes.
