Experimental weekend & Plunder Only

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Based on popular demand we’re adding a “Plunder Only” playlist this weekend! We’re also going to be testing out a small tweak to our player health settings and we want to hear from you about it.

By wildspeculation | Twitter | Thursday December 03 2009

Hey everybody – a little while ago, we posted a poll here on NaughtyDog.com asking what playlists you would be interested in. The top two results were a “Plunder Only” playlist and two variations on a “Crushing” playlist. Well, we have some good news!

Based on this poll and other collected community input we have decided to try a couple things out. This weekend we are instituting a “Plunder Only” playlist based on the overwhelming feedback and we’re making one other (temporary) change as well. Rather than add two new playlists at once we are going to try an experiment.

For this Experimental Weekend only, player health in ALL game types will be lowered to 65% of the current player health. This is exactly the same as the Crushing settings, only Boosters will still be allowed. The experimental weekend will run from Friday, December 4 at 10:00 AM PST (what time is that in my city?) through Monday, December 7 at 11:00 AM PST (what time is that in my city?).

We are very interested in hearing from our community on how you feel about this change. Give the various game types a try with these new settings and let us know how you feel by responding to this blog post and our upcoming front page poll.

Be assured we take community feedback very seriously and we can’t wait to hear what you have to say.

Thanks and see you in the game!

[NOTE: “Plunder Only” is a permanent addition to our playlists in “Matchmaking.” The lowered player health is ONLY a test for this weekend—health will go back to normal on Monday, December 7. - Arne]

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Posted by: AdmiralAlcott on 12-03-2009

Holy cranberries you guys really listen to us.
Personally I hope the health thing flops, because I’ve adjusted and grown accustomed to the current health.
I would have liked a skilled objective playlist. No one really plays objectives like their suppost to except for plunder. Which is a shame. :\

Posted by: BleachEX on 12-03-2009

With all due respect, why are you starting something new, when you still haven’t rectified many existing problems and still haven’t updated us on why players didn’t get double medal compensation?

You guys work hard, and deserve praise, but I and many others are not going to stand around without giving you fair criticism as well.

Posted by: All2000 on 12-03-2009

Faire enough BleachEX… I’m taking those words as mine.

ND should know that I and others more are still asking for a faire solution related to the 40k penalty and also the other sort of issues.

Thanks for not listen us!

Posted by: Ultima12 on 12-03-2009

You guys really need to stop complaining about the penalties. ND put it in the game to get people to stop quitting and it has done just that. The first week that this game came out nobody would ever finish a match. As soon as one team would start loosing they would disconnect. So if you want to blame someone blame all of the sore loosers out there!!

Posted by: BleachEX on 12-03-2009

I don’t personally have a problem with the penalty. I did offer them the suggestion of having to wait 20 minutes or more until you can play again. This seemed like a good alternative to losing money and levels.

I am more concerned about glitches, cheating, and other little problems I’ve reported to them. I hope they got the memo. Even if a simple Thanks in an e-mail. I’ve reported at least 15 bugs and issues to them. I understand they are very busy, but a little more feedback if possible would be nice.

And of course, the double medal thing really hurt. I didn’t know if I should play and hope they kept their end by reimbursing people eventually, or not waste my time.

Posted by: Park34 on 12-03-2009

Agh, come on, shut up, are you all still annoyed about the non-doubled medal exp?

You can’t imagine how many bad (WORSE) things has happened to me with other videogames and videogames companies. Actually, I don’t really mind the double exp these days.

Get relaxed, shut up and play. Uncharted has been created by this reason.

Posted by: BleachEX on 12-04-2009

I thought I presented a neutral and respectful comment. What’s your beef?

Anyways I share the sentiments of everyone else. It’s fine for this weekend and experiments. I don’t mind the option for Crushing health, but I like that you don’t die almost instantly. You get a chance to get away, or pull a counter maneuver with some skill, instead of dying, and waiting to re-spawn all the time. It’s one of the major reasons I choose to play Uncharted 2 over Call of Duty or Battlefield.

Posted by: rychu130 on 12-03-2009

I didn’t even think about clans in uncharted before. That’d be great. I’m not playing to much with my friends, but I have regular group so if we could have a clan.... it would be very cool. Without any annoying invitations.
And you said also larger maps and temas. If it is possible, it’d pull me away even from CoD MW2 ( and yes, I could pay for this add-on :D )

Posted by: Dragon1980 on 12-03-2009

Hi ND,
That’s great news on plunder I play that most so it’s a welcome addition.
Not sure about Half health glad it’s temp. that said it should encourage us to use stealth more during the test.
You guys are doing a good job of keeping multiplayer fresh.
Any plans for character packs ie Villain pack (Roman, Navarro (for the eu)Eddie Raja & spaniard) and a Heroes pack (Baseball Drake (for the USA)sir Francis Drake)?

Posted by: Alexddaman on 12-03-2009

I think the Plunder - only change will be decent. Like many others, I am not sure the lowered health change will be liked a lot. I really think you guys should create a few more maps, maybe one that is sort of like the Urban Warfare level in the game, in the city, or somewhere that people will recognize(I dont know if you could do that because of copyright and stuff). But anyway, keep up the really good work!!!

Posted by: trumansnare on 12-03-2009

ND,
I am happy you are updating stuff. I like the plunder only play list.

PLEASE DON’T REDUCE THE HEALTH. Thats lame.
Imagine using the invalid (half health) booster. Half of 65% health is only 32% health. Are you kidding me?

I think the health was spot on. Why would you go an ruin a perfectly good MP game..... Damnit

This reduced health crap better fail, or I will no longer be playing UC2 MP

Posted by: penetration1 on 12-03-2009

One of the reasons why I love playing Uncharted 2 online is because if someone gets the drop on you, you can still turn around and kill them if you’re better than they are. If you have 65% health, you can’t do that and the multiplayer becomes extremely frustrating (i.e. Modern Warfare 2). I will try it out this weekend, but I think it would be better as a separate playlist.

Posted by: Curtins4u on 12-03-2009

Could not have said it better. The current health system is looked down upon only by people who are trash at the game and want it to be like MW2 or Socom. Guess what Naughty Dog! We play U2 because it’s original and NOT like other games. Please stop trying to fit in with the popular kids er games.

Posted by: Sol-Train on 12-03-2009

Word. I was about to say exactly what you said.

ND, I didn’t buy MW2 just because the health is so small, so there is no way to kill someone if they get the jump on you. You make me very angry. I was planing on playing your masterpiece all weekend, but now I know I will only try it for a few games. If you guys do implement this health change permanently, and it sucks as much as I anticipate, you won’t see Sol-Train on your game anymore. This is Sony’s gem, don’t * it up.

I strongly suggest you do the 65% health thing on it’s own playlist.

I feel like you’re pulling our b@lls out from under us (with the health thing).

I can’t wait for the plunder playlist!

I’m desperate for clan support in your game!

Posted by: longevity_bun on 12-04-2009

I agree. I know this is a test, but Naughty Dog please leave the health as is. By having Crushing as a potential permanent solution you’re segmenting the community into two different playlist: one for people who like to play SOCOM and MW2, and the other for people who play uncharted 2 because they love how the gameplay is. The health is fine as is. By allowing half the health, what you’re effectively doing is rendering shotguns, uzis, pistoles useless. In addition, climbing is discouraged because it leaves player open and have more of a vulnerability at half health, Camping and Sniping will be more prevalent as well, etc.

If ANYTHING needs to be changed, it needs to be the grenades.

Radius, time delay from R1 shooting, time delay on explosion after thrown, physics: bounce off of humans, ground, wall. Too many instances where someone gets a drop on the opponent only to have the opponent realize they lost and throw a grenade long distance at your body (thud) at the last second.

Posted by: dange1981 on 12-03-2009

i love this guys, keep up the ace ideas ND. Its gonna make it tricky with lower health, especially on plunder but im game.

Plunder is my fave at the moment. its gonna be loads of fun.

Also its only for the weekend ppl so no need to worry too much about the health thing, its not gonna stay for long. I love that ND are trying different stuff, keeps it fresh :=)

Posted by: KillaradoRida on 12-03-2009

Come on guys! I think it’s cool that yall are trying some new stuff but why not just make a crushing mode by itself! I think this lowered health thing will fail and piss off many fans of uncarted 2 including myself! If it ain’t broke don’t fix it! There’s gotta be a point where you guys step back and say “You know what, we’re doing too much!” DON’T DO IT!! Don’t let this be the game that everybody thought was totally awesome until they * it up with updates!!

Posted by: sulphury on 12-03-2009

Why crushing for all gametypes?!!! THIS IS BAD ... this game is gonna become a noob camping-fest! Thats why i stopped playing mw2 and now this game too… less heath only encourages camping and the game becomes about who sees who first intead of good aiming strategy and just simple skill. I really hope its not permanent. I really hate being by a complete noob just cause he happened to spawn near me and it only takes him one shot with the FAL to kill me.

Posted by: Curtins4u on 12-03-2009

GROW A PAIR NAUGHTY DOG! Really? You’re just going to change an entire game for days at a time because people who don’t like the game are complaining about it? How bout you keep your current and faithful players happy. We don’t want another MW2, we like it the way it is. Fix the minor bugs/glitches and focus on adding new content. Why not just have a crushing mode option instead of alienating your entire player population who currently LOVES the game as is??

Posted by: mercenary210 on 12-03-2009

I agree with Curtins4u. Please don’t change the health and please just focus on fixing the bugs and adding more new content. The Fort is a fun map and I am really looking forward to seeing more amazing maps in the future. However should these changes be made Uncharted I think will lose favor with many people (myself included)

Posted by: arne on 12-03-2009

All of that other stuff is in the works, it just takes time since they involve aspects of level editing, programming, not to mention textures, shading, lighting, level design, testing, scheduling, etc. for new content. Patience. In the meantime we’re exploring other things we can control easier and in a more immediate way—playlists, tweaks like the health tweak etc.

Posted by: rychu130 on 12-03-2009

Exactly. Some guys are complaining about this experiment even if they did not tried it.
I think it’s a good way to diversify playing by adding sth like that every one or second weekend.

Keep up the good work ND !

Posted by: gmoney0505 on 12-03-2009

Great job on the plunder only playlist.

Now it is time for all the weapons on each map to be change to a different location now.

I wish that deathmatch rpg, sniper rifle & pistole, and pistols and grenades were not only on all competitive mode. I hate trying to get in one of these matches in all competitive mode and never get into one of them cause the only ones that come up on there are a bunch of objective modes. I still hate those objective modes cause people still do not know how to play those right.

Posted by: dange1981 on 12-03-2009

Its only for a weekend man. Come on its cool that ND are trying different things, who know you might like what they have planned next time.

Keeps us on our feet eh, and its keeping me coming back for more.

Posted by: TheCatalyst24 on 12-03-2009

I am extremely disappointed you still have made no comment or announcement about royally screwing up the double cash for medal’s weekend. That said, I am very excited for the Plunder only playlist. While I do agree that the health in Uncharted needed a slight tweak, I think 65% is way too much of a decrease. It should have been like 80%.

Posted by: rychu130 on 12-03-2009

I’m just curious will the sniper rifle and melee attack kill in one hit ? :D
Even if not, this health decrease will help killing from back, so you can shoot only one or two bullets hit him and he’ll be dead.

Posted by: dcaoko on 12-03-2009

People that think health should be lowered are complete garbage.

I was hoping crushing health to be exclusive to it’s own playlist but 65% health for all playlists… really ND? I’m already running around with Invalid so now I’m going to die extra extra faster.

Posted by: crXss on 12-03-2009

interesting… lowering the health would be fun with the FAL lol. hey ND can you add a leaderboard that shows avg Kills/Game, Deaths/Game, and K/D ratio in one page? i wanna know who ranks high in that one.

Posted by: Musoka_Eimin on 12-03-2009

If you guys look forward to hearing from us then would someone please get in touch with me over the collision detection bug I emailed you about last Friday? I have emailed and twittered you guys etc, yet noone will acknowledge my bug report, nor will anyone give me the appropriate persons email addy. I beta tested this for you in the summer and participate in other rounds of beta testing, and just figured you may want to know about an exploitable collision detection failure in a particular location…

Posted by: I_bend_spoons on 12-03-2009

I’ll be fine with this as long as the health lowering isn’t permanent. The fact that you have some health makes this game have a strategic element where you actually have to think about how you’re going to kill someone aside from just pulling out your gun and firing like crazy and the guy who fires first wins like in a certain FPS (I’m looking at you CoD)

Posted by: Explosion2 on 12-03-2009

I also really love the Plunder Only playlist. I said that before, but I didn’t expand on it.

I loved Plunder in the demo, but I’ve only been able to play one plunder match while the game has been out. the rest have been other objectives games. I’m probably going to be playing plunder exclusively now.

Posted by: Ultima12 on 12-03-2009

I’m excited to try this, especially since Plunder is me and my buddies favorite game mode!! I have to work all weekend but I will get on try it out any chance that I get. I’ll definately be giving some feedback as well. Love you ND!!!

Posted by: codo27 on 12-03-2009

the lowered health is a terrible idea. lag has to be fixed, thats all. theres nothing worse than being behind cover and being killed by shots that should not be possible to reach you. if you are going to tinker with health, the only way to do it is make a head shot an instant kill, and a few shots with anything else besides explosives be a kill. lag is the ultimate dilemma facing the game right now.

Posted by: JaBBaTheNuTT on 12-03-2009

You guys ever going to comment on the lack of double cash for medals last weekend???? How bout you get that right before you move onto other endeavors. Why not make THIS weekend double cash for medals?? That aside, Plunder only is what we’ve all been asking for, so this should definitely become permanent.

Posted by: CaptainGillette on 12-03-2009

I’m in favor of a plunder-only playlist. I’d also like to see Co-Op always give you one Survival and one Gold Rush option. When you get two Gold Rushes to choose from, you end up with a bunch of people who just want to play for kills and never go near the treasure. If nothing else, at least make kills less important than treasure captures so that the goal is the goal and not just an annoyance to people who are just there to level up.

As for the half-health, I’ll reserve judgement. My suspicion is that having less health will make me a) spend more time in cover or hiding while I heal up or b) spend more time respawning and gathering weapons. I think it’s a plus that it takes a lot to kill someone - it means more time playing and less time dying/respawning/rearming. I’ve never played CoD, so I can’t compare… I like Uncharted as it is, but if the devs and the community thinks it can be better, I’m willing to test it out!

Thanks ND for listening to feedback and for testing it out instead of just forcing it on us without a trial period. Great idea!

Posted by: Fabian_K on 12-03-2009

I’m in favor of a plunder-only playlist. I’d also like to see Co-Op always give you one Survival and one Gold Rush option. [2]

As for the half-health… I did not like it. I will NOT be playing this weekend.

I hope that u guys don´t make this permanet cuz if this happens i will have to step out of Uncharted 2 multiplayer.

Posted by: VivaGardner on 12-03-2009

Why are you lowering health? In particular, why so much too? I play this game still and rarely MW2 is because this game takes skill. Why are you messing with 10,000s of hours of amazing gameplay?

Why not just a crushing only playlist? I don’t get why you’re changing the whole game.

Another double money weekend would be nice since the last one worked for maybe the first day.

Posted by: CaptainGillette on 12-03-2009

Hey ND - can you please clarify this? I’d like to know if you testing out the 65% health across the board this weekend simply to avoid testing out two new ‘crushing type playlists’ as noted, or if you’re using this test in consideration of a 65% reduction of health for multiplayer in general? It think people would be less worried about this trial if it was clear that you were just planning a new ‘crushing playlist’ or two as opposed to an actual change to the entire multiplayer health model (if that is the case).

Posted by: Pei-Yu on 12-03-2009

Adding more co-op levels would be really awesome. I have a 250GB ps3 so hdd space is not a concern for me. But I don’t think people would mind a large download when the co-op levels are so amazingly fun. Also, if there would be anyway to patch the game so you could play through most of the game with a friend online, I’d be all for that as well.

Posted by: ITALIAN210 on 12-03-2009

WOW… GREAT IDEA ND! LAST WEEKEND YOU MADE US ALL FAT AND REALLY EASY TO SPOT ACROSS THE MAP AND KILL. ...AND NOW INSTEAD OF MAKING A CRUSHING ONLY CHOICE, YOU MAKE IT MANDATORY FOR US TO GET SHOT WITH 3 BULLETS AND DIE. I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE EVERYONE’S KDR DROP LIKE FLIES. ... IS NEXT WEEKEND RPG’S FOR EVERYTHING!!!??? (your making this very frustraiting for people who work weekdays and only play weekends, and you ruin the fun by messing with a perfectly good game.)

Posted by: Your_Dads_Hero on 12-03-2009

The health thing sounds like a good idea and it might work but I’ll have to play first to find out… I do hate having to shoot a guy like 10 times just to kill them sometimes so I’m interested to see how this works with a more realistic health meter. And for everyone complaining they can just hush up because nobody should be able to survive a full clip being unloaded into their body.

2 Other issues that bug me though are the fact that you can still get hit by bullets even after you’ve just gotten into cover… I don’t know how many times i’ve died like a full second AFTER I get into cover so fixing that would help. Also, the hit detection for explosions is very iffy at times… I can throw a grenade close to a guy and sometimes it will only stun them even though its only like 4-5 ft away but I can hit the same guy dead on with the grenade launcher 3 times in a row and he wont die… the explosion stuff really starts to get iffy if you’re around walls or other cover too since sometimes it will blow you up through the wall and other times the wall acts like its part of fort knox

Posted by: CaptainGillette on 12-03-2009

Only for the weekend. They never said they were planning to do 65% for everyone forever… just for a couple of days and then probably as a playlist of some kind. I highly doubt they’re going to change the regular health setup for everyone permanently.

Posted by: phenomic on 12-03-2009

The Plunder only play list is my most wanted option. My friends and I will definitely be playing that if it’s kept in the future because so often we only want to play Plunder and are saddened when that option does not pop up. I am also interested too check out crushing health to see if it makes the game semi more realistic HP wise. The Fort is amazing, keep up the good work.

Posted by: GibbShift on 12-03-2009

While I think that a Crushing mode would be fine on its own, I don’t really much care for it being the new damage standard for the entire playlist. I do note that this is just an experiment (albeit at the expense of our KDRs), so I’m not going to be flip out just yet.

I do agree with what others have said and don’t want this game to become Modern Warfare 2. The Hardcore mode in that game heavily promotes and rewards camping, and that in U2, combined with a booster like Situational Awareness would be disastrous in my honest opinion. However, I see nothing wrong with having a mode solely for those who like quick kills. I’ll just make sure that I stay out of those gametypes. And judging by the responses of most players here, they will too.

Posted by: Brandon_2535 on 12-03-2009

great work ND. PLEASE keep the crushing health ON. don’t listen to these cry babies. crushing health is perfect! it’s a lot more rewarding to be able to put a guy down under normal conditions rather than put a whole clip into him and have him run away.

Posted by: MauriGzz on 12-03-2009

I don’t really like the Crushing mode in every game, maybe in a different room so people that want to play in Crushing mode. But in every game ? That’s insane. Anyway, while we’re at the Plunder only matches, why not Pistols and Grenades? That mode is really fun.

Posted by: Alex_SAS on 12-03-2009

eh i would have prefered if the “plunder only” playlist was earlier when i was lower in the levels. i ENJOYED pluder. but now all i play is dm. objectives are far to slow for a level 56. although i might play the plunder only just for my lower leveled friends. but i DISAGREE with the lower health. oh man its gonna be a pain n the butt survivng even tho i play with Invalid booster ://

Posted by: CorkyBostwick on 12-03-2009

Plunder’s only enjoyable when you party up with a stacked bunch of jabronis who know what they’re doing - my experience is basically playing with randoms on my team who haven’t even learned to use the proper shoulder button to throw up the treasure and so they fumble and get blown up all day long.

Lower health? Why not just reimburse the guys who played all last weekend like real f’n troopers and by rights should have went up 4 levels instead of 2. I appreciate the team’s continued efforts to spice things up but fumbling double cash and forcing me to play as chubby characters and skeletons instead of simply giving me the option to do so on holiday weekends is detrimental to players’ enjoyment of what is otherwise a very fun online shooter.

Posted by: Dominican-Glory on 12-03-2009

Naughty God, Please keep the game’s health as is. It’s perfect.

Also, Please for the love of God, Give us a Deathmatch variants only option. I would play this game forever if I could constantly play Sniper Rifle and Pistole Mode.

Thanks for listening. Never Change!!

Posted by: MXKelEvrA on 12-03-2009

Uncharted 2 Multiplayer Problems

Hi,

Yesterday, playing in partnership with a friend of mine drops the connection and it hangs around on the XMB go to game and do Exit in Account Management, and SN release. Then he gives me an error “Unable to synchronize the data of the player” I do it 5-6 times but nothing I do it this morning, still nothing. Gate data profile thinking it was corrupt the file, but nothing I can synchronize. I go at Naughty Dog to see the features and there are still leads me that the last game and stataquella yesterday. And even now I sync. I ask for help expect an answer thanks. I am a European user I’ll ask you to get more detailed explanations and I hope that solves the problem.... Mostra tutto

PS In recent days I have heard that the people who bannate logoff from the game, I’m not one of them. That happens after the patch in a cooperative falls match the connection but through no fault of the user. I also wrote all’asistenza Sony but nothing I have sent an email but nothing I did not answer, please let me know if you can solve this problem. The my PSN ID is MXKelEvrA.

Posted by: Leram504 on 12-04-2009

I heard about this while playing! I actually like the idea that we DO NOT have a Plunder Playlist, it keeps it to where whenever a Plunder DOES show up, everyone goes buck crazy!

And I don’t know the motive for lowering the health, I’m more than sure you guys have a good idea and I obviously HAVEN’T had the chance to play the 65% experiment yet BUT…

I think I’m really am not going to like it. People will be falling like flies! People die STUPID fast in all my games!

Heart Naughty Dog and I’m already anti health reduction.

Posted by: x-shaney-x on 12-04-2009

As much as I applaud ND for bringing us more stuff and even more for experimenting a bit, I think bringing experiments to ALL modes is a bit much and might have been better to add a temporary experimental crushing mode but got to give em a chance and see how it goes…

Having said that, I would much rather see existing issues sorted out BEFORE seeing any new stuff:
The appalling melee system for example or penalties for intentional team killing (to get hammer/rpg/shotty etc).

Posted by: dreamfox001 on 12-04-2009

Great work ND! I think its a good idea to test the health thing. It was certainly not normal to have to empty a clip for killing someone. With the health reduced, it will have the same effect as weapons more powered, something a lot of these winers have been asking for. The strange thing is that these winers now again complain??? aldough the effect will be the same as what they have been asking for!
With the health decreased, players need to think more strategically (hiding...), which is certainly a good thing as well. Love to see the effect, but think that I will be satisfied!
Another thing: Would you not eliminate the “deathmatch and elimination” in the “all competitive mode”, as people have this choice when they want anyway.
Sometimes, it takes me 3-4 rounds to have a “competitive” game, instead of deathmatch or elimination.

Posted by: dreamfox001 on 12-04-2009

aldough I’m quite impressed with your work and game, I sometimes get frustrated with the “sticking to objects” as this is triggered with the same button as to roll. Sometime I want to roll into a door/stairway or just fleeing being killed, and end up being sticked to a wall, straight in the line of fire I was fleeing...Can this be programmed so that another button is used to “get sticked to a wall/take cover” and another for the rolling part, for me this would be the greatest update!

Posted by: Nakiro on 12-04-2009

That sounds interesting, wonder how it will affect the way I play. Playing Plunder should be interesting…

Hey arne, do you plan to sync the leaderboards with the current stats on the server? I noticed they practically reset the stats and got everyone down to 0. I wonder why our previous kills and wins are not included into this. I’ve heard a LOT of complaints about this. If you could give me some feedback as to this, would be great!

It seems like you guys are forgetting all the high rank player and always pushing them into the corner.

People with Invalid are going to be VERY easy to kill. It will now take less then 6 bullets from FAL to kill someone normally so one shot from FAL to kill a person with Invalid?

Another thing is that the cash cap should be raised just slightly above 50k during the double cash weekends seeing as how only the levels 52- benefit from the double cash weekends this way.

Weapon balance for Sniper and D-Eagle is now gone. Don’t know if the kills would be a one shot kill normally now or would they still remain same, not sure how much health they take away now, but it’s something to really consider, because if you can kill someone with one shot from either, the balance would be really skewed.

That’s all for now, would appreciate a feedback of some sort. Don’t be afraid to hit me up on PSN if you want to discuss anything, take care!

Posted by: MikroPiru on 12-04-2009

Thank you, ND! Especially the plunder-only playlist will probably satisfy lots of people, which I guess the poll results indicate also.

However, personally I’m especially looking forward to playing with the reduced health (and I was one of those who voted for crushing playlists). I think there’s been some valid concerns about it changing the gameplay considerably, but I see that as an opportunity. To me, the most desired weapons (hammer, RPG, shotgun) are just too powerful in comparison to the other ones. I know they all have their downsides, too, but it seems most players will anyway rush to get those first (and also teamkill to make that happen). Hopefully the health reduction will even things up a bit. But that remains to be seen.

I do think a bunch of crushing playlists (instead of forcing the health reduction to all games) might have been better, though. But it’s still a nice experiment.

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Experimental weekend & Plunder Only

Based on popular demand we’re adding a “Plunder Only” playlist this weekend! We’re also going to be testing out a small tweak to our player health settings and we want to hear from you about it.

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