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[Cherry]

Ok. Here's some answers.

 

1. Old Halloween stuff wasn't on theme, I didn't feel like trotting it out for the 4th time. I know some of you love it, but it felt weird to be handing out candy and stuff when we were going for a pretty non-Halloween style update. I guess I was wrong?

 

3. We're insanely busy. We're down a couple of people at the moment and we're trying to finish up Warfare Online. I've personally worked pretty much every day since July, so yeah, I'm a bit tired. 

 

Hey Con, people just love pumpkins and stuff at Halloween ... many expected to get pumpkinks and stuff for repairing those Halloween traps (I unfortunately missed them last year) - so yes, I guess you were wrong in this case.

Btw .. I think it is not fair ... same traps for all!

 

Halloween didn't feel like Halloween this year and this is quite disappointing to me.

 

I totally understand that your team wants to finish Warfare Online and I think even DZ still deserves a little more attention.

 

Many people still play and enjoy this game daily and are willing to spend money on ... don't leave us hanging

Edited by Cherry, 08 November 2016 - 12:22 PM.

[BLACKDRAGON]

atleast the halloween's  gear are useful for Pve and Pvp. but it would be better if sentinal gear get 70% projective in lvl 55  

[Reddy5]

Can someone post the stats of a fully maxed out Heavy Brawler suit? Trying to decide if I should upgrade one or not.

[Zingman]

Why are you down a few people?

 

Was just thinking that, hope everyone is ok.

[Con]

Why are you down a few people?

 

Yep, everyone is fine, just leave etc. 

 

It's not so much that we "want" to finish up Warfare, we kind of need to, it's coming up on 3 years in development. 

 

With that said, we're already planning our next Dead Zone update

[longorjames]

Hey Con, people just love pumpkins and stuff at Halloween ... many expected to get pumpkinks and stuff for repairing those Halloween traps (I unfortunately missed them last year) - so yes, I guess you were wrong in this case.

Btw .. I think it is not fair ... same traps for all!

 

Halloween didn't feel like Halloween this year and this is quite disappointing to me.

 

I totally understand that your team wants to finish Warfare Online and I think even DZ still deserves a little more attention.

 

Many people still play and enjoy this game daily and are willing to spend money on ... don't leave us hanging

So Warfare Online is finishing up, but what about LS:DZ? On Facebook LS:DZ isn't or at least, it says it's still in beta. Is it really in beta or is this just some text error? Because the game feels finalized, just always gets updates cause, well it's an online game so yeah it gets updates and grows.

Edited by longorjames, 09 November 2016 - 04:13 AM.

[Strider]

Did the crafting timer for the EXO suits end earlier again? I could have sworn they were still up for another few hours, yet I can no longer see the schematics for them. If so, this is straight up bullshit because this exact same thing happened with previous events where if you were in another timezone the event ends earlier for you, yet it continues for others elsewhere. Have a uniform end time for everyone? I purposely waited until the last moments to gather the EXO components and then craft them but the event has already ended way ahead of schedule, this is completely stupid. I didn't even manage to craft any of the suits, thanks a lot.

 

edit: someone from chat said the timer is another 4 hours for them, the least you could do is make sure EVERYONE sees the schematics until the proper ending time holy heck, or you know extend the craft timers to match the weapons because nobody really cares about those

Edited by Strider, 09 November 2016 - 07:46 PM.

[Con]

Did the crafting timer for the EXO suits end earlier again? I could have sworn they were still up for another few hours, yet I can no longer see the schematics for them. If so, this is straight up bullshit because this exact same thing happened with previous events where if you were in another timezone the event ends earlier for you, yet it continues for others elsewhere. Have a uniform end time for everyone? I purposely waited until the last moments to gather the EXO components and then craft them but the event has already ended way ahead of schedule, this is completely stupid. I didn't even manage to craft any of the suits, thanks a lot.

 

edit: someone from chat said the timer is another 4 hours for them, the least you could do is make sure EVERYONE sees the schematics until the proper ending time holy heck, or you know extend the craft timers to match the weapons because nobody really cares about those

 

It's an error between the display and the actual end time, try setting your clock back a few hours on your machine.

[Con]

So Warfare Online is finishing up, but what about LS:DZ? On Facebook LS:DZ isn't or at least, it says it's still in beta. Is it really in beta or is this just some text error? Because the game feels finalized, just always gets updates cause, well it's an online game so yeah it gets updates and grows.

 

When I say "finishing up" I mean getting it to a point where we can launch it. It'll be a lot like Dead Zone in that we'll continue to develop it over time. But, it'll be a bit slower in terms of updates. They'll be more work and more spaced out than the Dead Zone ones.

 

We've still got a bunch of stuff for Dead Zone in the works. Some of it in different stages of completion. The beta tag will probably come off at the end of the year

[Strider]

It's an error between the display and the actual end time, try setting your clock back a few hours on your machine.

 

A much appreciated reply but probably a tad too late for the poor EXO suits.. either way I don't think a client side error like this that affects players in a specific timezone should be so prevalent, are there any fixes possible on the server side to not have this issue?

[B_S]

Really rather bummed that we didn't get an extension on building the EXO suits, to match the timer on the weapons. 

[Martinichaos]

These event items will be made trade-able at a later date right? I have some extra exo-weapons that I wouldn't mind parting with for the right price.

[buzzercoot]

i personally liked this Halloween update. Didn't mind the old stuff not coming back mainly because i been playing for a few years. Didn't really get into the EXO Suits, don't really need them for my playing style. Loved the weapons they are very cool. made the pistol for my scavenger and he is a killing machine. Thanks con for always keeping me entertained.

[kevinthanh92]

Test Gun EXO 500 MkII

 

[Luke Ridiculous]

Test Gun EXO 500 MkII

 

where's the damn P90...oops,I mean EXO-90



 

Edited by Alexandra_Black, 14 November 2016 - 11:45 AM.

[CommSMG]

where's the damn P90...oops,I mean EXO-90

this is a clickbait!

 

That is not clickbait. The title of his video, as quoted from the video title; "The Last Stand Dead Zone - Test Gun EXO 500 MkII - Halloween Event 2016". Notice how 'EXO-90' isn't included in the video title, or the YouTube description at all, and that the video is showing two survivors wielding only EXO-500 pistols. Seems pretty accurate to me.

 

I have absolutely no idea where you came to that conclusion.

Edited by CommSMG, 13 November 2016 - 04:13 PM.

[kevinthanh92]

where's the damn P90...oops,I mean EXO-90



 

 

where's the damn P90...oops,I mean EXO-90



 

P90 EXO it's crap and stuff, you dont mind

[JBourne]

 It was a nice event,most players may expected something different but it was a good chance to grab and craft some premium gear and weapons.

Congratulations on completion.Nice work!

[Souvage012]

My thoughts?

 

1. Disappointed we got no Halloween structures, neither Tech Terror related or last year items.

 

2. Also, this would have been a great chance to release some sort of infected/exo-suit special zombie seeing how the announcement of this update said there were "infected hosts". Maybe, like, an unique elite infected with a prototype exo suit installed directly into its flesh. I must say the theme music was kinda cool. I imagined like The Last Stand (the first game) in space or something like it.

 

3. The exo items were great, not too expensive and not too hard to obtain the components. The fuel prices were ok but a melee weapon was missing. Shame I could only craft the soldier exo and the exo90. Maybe you could release as schematics only available in Union Island? Either as elite/rare scavegeable items and the exo parts boxes also being scavengeable. Not tradeable of course. Maybe?

 

Overall, good update. Sure, there were no skulls and pumpkins but it was a good opportunity to try something new. Hope this whole EXO thing is not just a fad and you are able to develop it more. Maybe another exo weapon and new zombie type?

 

Good work Con and team, really enjoyed the Terror Tech update.

[tehswordninja]

My final feedback: It was a fun update, but I didn't like the upgrade costs nor the fact we never saw anything unique with the "infected hosts"

 

I also think there was a lot of missed opportunity for HERC soldiers using exo suits, maybe these could be added later on? Like Souvage012 said, I wouldn't mind schematics for the weapons/gear showing up on Union Island, that would definitely provide some incentive to continue playing it.

Also, I feel like the weapons could have been made a bit more interesting, and if nothing else, higher level versions should have been buffed. They are killer at level 25, but at level 55, they're worthless, considering the average person who can craft the weapons also has uniques that are better. As soon as the exo suit schematics ended, I started recycling all my exo stuff, not only was my fuel hit hard, I also had no incentive to craft the weapons, my uniques outclassed them in every way, and they were overall too similar to my current weapons to make me want to switch to them for an extra bonus (less range for no min range, more damage per shot but less ammo per mag, etc)  I also wish we'd been able to craft some melee weapons (especially something to go with the heavy brawler suit, although my golden liberty works just fine)

 

Also, fuel costs for upgrading. Why are they so high? For items that boast about being able to be upgraded 10 levels, the fuel cost is just insane. The prototype HERC armor also had this issue. 

 

So overall, it was an good update, I definitely liked some things about it, and the overall concept, but I personally think it fell a bit short.

I'm still hyped for AI compounds and whatever else may be coming down the line (please rep system).