Is anyone experiencing these problems on PC maps other than Skim Junction?


The only other major issue I have right now with PC is with the initial spawning. Since we all know that different hardware setups, and different server connections can DRASTICALLY alter the speed at which you initially get to spawn, players with a good server connection and an SSD hard drive installed get a HUGE early advantage in these matches.

In our match with Ahrendee that was outlined on the previous page, they were literally hacking 3 objectives within 3 seconds of my initial spawn in. Our entire team was within about 30 feet of the "yard" where we spawned when they we got the notification that A, B, and D were all being hacked by the enemy.

Shouldn't this game, like basically every other FPS in existence, start out with all players corralled in the beginning spawn area (the MCC would make a lot of sense in this context) and a countdown timer? This would give players with a slower connection and the stock HDD the same chance at the beginning of the match as those with lower ping and an SDD installed.

Is that what happened? We thought you guys were setting something up. But I feel you because in the first match, I didn't play because of the framerate issue. But for the second match, I reset right before it started and I didn't have a real big framerate issue in that one.

But I can assure you that maybe one of us have an SSD harddrive...and tbh, I'm not sure if he was talking about his pc or his ps3. And I know this because we all spoke about it and felt that SSD seems like the way to go but wouldn't know how to install it. I just think that it has something to do with Dust or the Unreal engine or something.

Once a PC battle starts, that starts a 1 hour exclusivity period where only the side currently attacking the district may issue another attack. You can either do this during the current battle or afterwards provided it is no more than 1 hour after the start of your PC battle. It will also mean the next battle will be scheduled the following day, meaning the defending side has no clone reinforcements before the next battle. If you wait until after the hour you not only risk another corporation swooping in and attacking instead, but you also give the defender an additional 24 hours for their district to generate a new batch of clones, making your war of attrition more difficult.

Awoxing
We are discussing with the CPM various options and timelines for this, expect to see a forum thread to discuss the ideas in the next couple of weeks.

Seriously? You may want to fast track this one as it is effecting the community for new players. You can already see Dust corps reacting badly to this. Closing off recruitment to new people, shunting all their "non-core" players out to 2ndary corps.
It is fragmenting the community due to this broken mechanic, and the community of new players are going to pay for it.

Awoxing
There has been a lot of discussion about spies infiltrating corporations and messing with PC battles. They are not breaking any rules but we certainly agree it is a little too easy to do and difficult for directors to keep under control. We don't want to completely remove spying from the game but our plans for this year include tools to help manage who can enter corporation battles. We are discussing with the CPM various options and timelines for this, expect to see a forum thread to discuss the ideas in the next couple of weeks.

A progress update on some of the things in the OP...

Mysterious Extra Clones
We are also deep in investigating reports of districts coming out of lock down and generating more clones than they should, causing issues for corporations trying to attack them. Our early analysis suggests this is not the result of players exploiting some loophole but just the system behaving incorrectly. This is my top priority at the moment to track down and fix for hopefully Wednesday or if not, shortly after.

I feel the need to say that some districts in particular have been know to be inserted with GEN packs (not regening clones) whilst under attack (locked down).

Seriously? You may want to fast track this one as it is effecting the community for new players. You can already see Dust corps reacting badly to this. Closing off recruitment to new people, shunting all their "non-core" players out to 2ndary corps.
It is fragmenting the community due to this broken mechanic, and the community of new players are going to pay for it.

Loyality points would save FW