Topic: Water Warfare Gripes

• Lag - Playing online now is awful. In a game where every second counts when you're being bombarded, waiting a few seconds for a weapon pickup can mean life or death. Likewise, sometimes I'll be firing on an enemy with a fully soaked shirt and he will just be standing there for a bit before disappearing. Meanwhile, his team mate has come up and started firing on me while I'm still firing away on the guy with the soaked shirt waiting for him to die! Also, waiting just to get into a game is taking longer, especially trying to get a Death Match started. It'll sometimes just stay at the Member Confirmation screen; and don't get me started on "Waiting".
• Raincoat (and other item) Whores - Seriously dude, step away from the raincoat and play!!! It gets boring after awhile playing with someone who guards a raincoat or other item.

For the raincoat/hammer issues, try playing the Capture the Chest and Team Death Match modes. As to the lag... I haven't really experienced it. I'm supposing it's your internet connection.

I like Death Match, but it's rare to find people there. Sometimes I end up playing 1 on 1 with someone, I hate it when my opponent turns out to be an item guard. As for the other online modes no one seems to be there at all.

I think they're servers are full most times because sometimes I can play without any problems. Maybe they didn't expect it to be so popular.

The lag is a bit annoying but minor IMO since the delays tend to be fairly small (maybe one second of delay before a frag registers which is maybe enough for one shot and even the strongest weapons take 4 to down someone). Sometimes I can't pick a weapon up but I suspect that's my system not realizing someone else grabbed the thing already and it hasn't respawned yet so the pickup attempt is invalid. It's nothing compared to the lag I'm seeing in The Conduit which reduces the framerate making aiming impossible, makes player movement jumpy so tracking them properly is VERY hard and employs weapons where 1-2 seconds can be enough to kill someone so if it lags it's unplayable.

Yeah, I hate the impact of the raincoat on the game and that Battle Royal is the default mode. Last Man Standing has enough problems without invulnerability items.

Well for me...theres no-one ever online at all.
can someone tell me the most popular mode people play on?
i just cannot find anyone at all.

Here's what they could improve on:
Crouch
Item Switch on and off
Less lag
Something more fun than watching
More weapons
Interactive envioriments like sprinklers
That's all I can think of.

its true about raincoats although lets face it they are most annoying on assault you only need 1 to win

Good ideas Xkhaoz.

I think the map should be smaller and placed in the lower right corner.

Sean007s, Battle Royal always has people. You can sometimes catch someone in Death Match, but don't count on it.

Better pick BR in team though, plain BR is fail.

I don't think it needs a crouch button and there already are interactive environments. Try standing next to the geysers when they erupt

When I say that I mean like a button you could press to start some sprinklers.

"Lag" is when someone's disconnecting. The only problem I have is the fact that....

.... getting all Gold Medals in the Missions gets you absolutely nothing (would've liked more customization). Oh and Raincoat camping. Otherwise, solid game. Item switch is a great idea.

An option to disable the radar/map would be a good idea. I almost never use it, so it could free up some HUD space up by being disabled.

You can hit the palmtrees to stun nearby enemies...

No, not necessarily. Lag is also apparent when you hit fire on a weapon pickup and don't get the new gun until a second later or an enemy keeps running for a second or two after you've administered the final hit.

mwahaha i just went on with 2 of my friends on there wiis we all got bazookas and shotguns and killed the raincoat campers before they could put it on owned!!!!!!

@KDR: Yes, the weapons take a while to pick up but when they take forever to pick up then it's clear someone's disconnecting.

• Respawning - I hate it when I respawn in the same place I died. I've been taken down more than once by an opponent who was still there with a powerful weapon and I have my little starter peashooter.

Lol, I hate that too. Funny when you're not on the receiving end though.

In a deathmatch that's still better than The Conduit deciding it won't let you spawn yet and fills your respawn timer up again.

• Disconnections - They are getting worse.
• No "Back" Button - There should be a "back" button on the member recruiting/confirmation screen. Sometimes I just want to pop in to see who's playing. I'd also like to exit when one member insists on waiting the entire 180 seconds or if I don't want to get sucked into "Watching".

I was in a game with lag once, it actually helped me! I had a really good view and aim of a guy, but apparently his connection was lagging, so he kept looking and shooting in the wrong places. I got 50 points for my person because of it!