Why does this game have so many problems?

[FusiY]

Hello dear players.

I buyd the game 2 weeks ago because of the YT Channel Jupiter. Gameplay looked really funny and it REALLY IS FUNNY. I dont know anything about current balancing, but the game is very much enjoyable. I really like it.

But of course i had to learn the hard way why this game has like top 400 players peak.

WHAT exactly is the issue here?

It cant be the point that the game is bad. i really cant see that. I dont care if i loose 5 times in a row, because every round is really enjoyable.

But lets get to the point:

Since when are Q times THAT long in an online game? it cant be that i sit 15 minutes on my big butt just to still have to wait for 3 more people.

What are the actualy problems AND since when did they occurr?

Its the first Anniversary, i can not imagine having a playerbase not caring about smth like that.

Am i dojg something wrong? I always just press Flex and Raider, and my prio goes up and up and up with my 3 games in 24h waiting time.

I really appreciate every helpful answer, that i begin to understand why i even bothered with this dump.

[Alex Fripouille]

Simple, most people shat on the game before its release which did not help and the devs are not really putting much effort into new content and fixes, so people are leaving, hence longer queues

[Cynic]

Originally posted by RednaGG:

Am i dojg something wrong? I always just press Flex and Raider, and my prio goes up and up and up with my 3 games in 24h waiting time.

This is because the Raider queue is just flex queue. Twice now Raider only queue was turned on and it resulted in queues being much longer than they are now because more people were trying to play Raider only and the game just didn't have the player base to support it, it was so bad not even survivor players were finding games. So instead of just blocking access like they did before the Raider Queue will just be flex queue. That is why your prio goes up instead of giving you Raider.

[Lokke]

I can give you a rundown of what happened since Beta/Release/Season 1.
Maybe that helps/explain it. *Wall of text incoming*

The Game first release 14. Oct 2022.
It had 3 Close Betas and 1 Open Beta.
The First Beta you could only play Cell, the second Freezer and the third Buu as Raider. Also Bulma and Oolong were always playable with there skills.
The game only had one mode and one Que. You opened a lobby, invited your friends, select your proefered role (Surv/Raider) and your favorite map.

**Gacha info at the end**



#Beta/Season 1

The playerbase on PC were at 4k at release. Everyone could there prefered role with AND AGAINST your friends. For me that was the best and most fun mode. We were always like 6 to 8 Players and play the hole day long (12-16 hours). But there also was problems. There were some black sheeps that used the mode in duo mode and sell out there survivor teammates. Or hard farm exp and zeni in a full 8 player group. There also are hackers and bots. And at that time we didn't have the posibility to block or report players. (The report system is just a placebo, it do nothing even now).
We reported the hacker and bots directly to the official bandai namco page but they did nothing and still do nothing. Same old hacker and bots are still unpunished in the game.
We even beat buu (spopowich) players at 1 minute and got our win/zeni/exp.
They throw out many codes for zeni, free tp and flames on social media.
All 4 month long the devs are silence. Noi statements on anything.



#Season 2 Feb 2023 - 1 new raider 550tp, 3 new skinns ( 2x 550tp, 1x free dragon tier 50) (550tp = 5.50€ // 1650TP a season // 16,50€)

They splitt the mode in 3 seperate ques: Survivor Only (Group up to 7 player), Flex (old system but without groups), Raider only (always play raider but with a very long que between 20min to 3 hours)
Do to the raider only que, the flex que bugged and the player farmed priority that was over 90(00). It was shortly after removed. Many player complained about the remove of the flex with friends because they want to fight fair and square with there 7 other friends.
They implemented a blocking and report function (where everyone was thinking because of the hacker, bots AND TEAMERS). There are still teamers and queing as 2 or 3 player is easy but the full groups where robed a matchmaking mode.
The original game director gave up his position and now we have a new game director.
They also removed the posibility to chose your favorite/prefered map.
Same as season 1 the devs are just silence. Just the "NEW SEASON STREAM" every 4 month they give us a "LIVE" pre recorded stream where they showcast whats new. No comunication, no answers, nothing
The playerbase reduced to under 1000. I think most of them were 8 man full premate lobbys same as us. From my 15 friends now only 2 or 3 still playing and only 1-3 hours 2 days a week and not 12+ hours everyday like season 1.
With the change to the qwue system it also changed from que times from 10 SECONDS to 2 minutes.
They also removed the free stuff on social media per item code.



#Season 3 is more or less Season 2 just with increased Que times from 2 Minutes to 4-6 minutes. - 1 new raider 550tp, 3 new surv skins (2x 550tp, 1x free dragon tier 50)

They try to implement events that are just copy past daily DP drops but guaaranteed in the first 5 chest and with a dragon tier
Devs are silent. No comunications. No freebies.



#Season 4 - 1 new raider (550 tp), !!4!! new surv skins (2x 550tp, 1x 500tp (which is a copy past bulma (same skills) with other outfit), 1x free dragon tier 50)

They tried to reimplement the removed raider only que but had the same problems as in season 2 implementation and more. Flex que prio were very high and you never get raider in flex que. The que times for EVERYONE else increased significant. Even 7 pre mate survivor ques has like 15 minutes que just to find 1 raider (for the first 2 weeks). They implemented a regional lock and now you can not play with people from other regions. So regions like EU, US or Asia has a 5-15 minute que but some other (I think it was austria) has ques like 60+ min. And if you invite someone from an other region and que is bugs and ive you even more que time.


NOW, for the gacha.
At start we had like 20 transpheres with 40 skills (active and passive), each ~4 weeks come a new transphere and a new banner with "guaaranteed" new pull when to a 10 times. The problem is that this "new" also could mean a new SHIRT for kuririn if they put a new kuririn outfit in it.... So you have a small better chance to get the new skills but even with thin smal chance you pull like 100 times.
When a new banner drops, the old banner are removed so normaly you only have 2 banners. The old one with EVERY Super, Skill and Outfit in it and very low chanced to get the wanted one and the new banner for the "guaaranteed new" transpheres.
In Short: Every new transphere you have less asnd less chance to get the old good once.



And now they implement a new ranking system that favorites premates and let raider exploit the matchmaking becyause it only matchmake you on your survivor ranking. Stay low in survivor rank and push raider rank for easy raider matches :/

Still NO COMUNICATION from the devs.
No punishment for bad behavieur like hacking, boting, teaming or exploiting.



I hope this information helps you.
This is all that I remember at the moment and this is a bit of my own opinion. Some other may see this different so take this as MY Opinion of the game.

[FusiY]

Originally posted by Lokke:

I can give you a rundown of what happened since Beta/Release/Season 1.
Maybe that helps/explain it. *Wall of text incoming*

The Game first release 14. Oct 2022.
It had 3 Close Betas and 1 Open Beta.
The First Beta you could only play Cell, the second Freezer and the third Buu as Raider. Also Bulma and Oolong were always playable with there skills.
The game only had one mode and one Que. You opened a lobby, invited your friends, select your proefered role (Surv/Raider) and your favorite map.

**Gacha info at the end**



#Beta/Season 1

The playerbase on PC were at 4k at release. Everyone could there prefered role with AND AGAINST your friends. For me that was the best and most fun mode. We were always like 6 to 8 Players and play the hole day long (12-16 hours). But there also was problems. There were some black sheeps that used the mode in duo mode and sell out there survivor teammates. Or hard farm exp and zeni in a full 8 player group. There also are hackers and bots. And at that time we didn't have the posibility to block or report players. (The report system is just a placebo, it do nothing even now).
We reported the hacker and bots directly to the official bandai namco page but they did nothing and still do nothing. Same old hacker and bots are still unpunished in the game.
We even beat buu (spopowich) players at 1 minute and got our win/zeni/exp.
They throw out many codes for zeni, free tp and flames on social media.
All 4 month long the devs are silence. Noi statements on anything.



#Season 2 Feb 2023 - 1 new raider 550tp, 3 new skinns ( 2x 550tp, 1x free dragon tier 50) (550tp = 5.50€ // 1650TP a season // 16,50€)

They splitt the mode in 3 seperate ques: Survivor Only (Group up to 7 player), Flex (old system but without groups), Raider only (always play raider but with a very long que between 20min to 3 hours)
Do to the raider only que, the flex que bugged and the player farmed priority that was over 90(00). It was shortly after removed. Many player complained about the remove of the flex with friends because they want to fight fair and square with there 7 other friends.
They implemented a blocking and report function (where everyone was thinking because of the hacker, bots AND TEAMERS). There are still teamers and queing as 2 or 3 player is easy but the full groups where robed a matchmaking mode.
The original game director gave up his position and now we have a new game director.
They also removed the posibility to chose your favorite/prefered map.
Same as season 1 the devs are just silence. Just the "NEW SEASON STREAM" every 4 month they give us a "LIVE" pre recorded stream where they showcast whats new. No comunication, no answers, nothing
The playerbase reduced to under 1000. I think most of them were 8 man full premate lobbys same as us. From my 15 friends now only 2 or 3 still playing and only 1-3 hours 2 days a week and not 12+ hours everyday like season 1.
With the change to the qwue system it also changed from que times from 10 SECONDS to 2 minutes.
They also removed the free stuff on social media per item code.



#Season 3 is more or less Season 2 just with increased Que times from 2 Minutes to 4-6 minutes. - 1 new raider 550tp, 3 new surv skins (2x 550tp, 1x free dragon tier 50)

They try to implement events that are just copy past daily DP drops but guaaranteed in the first 5 chest and with a dragon tier
Devs are silent. No comunications. No freebies.



#Season 4 - 1 new raider (550 tp), !!4!! new surv skins (2x 550tp, 1x 500tp (which is a copy past bulma (same skills) with other outfit), 1x free dragon tier 50)

They tried to reimplement the removed raider only que but had the same problems as in season 2 implementation and more. Flex que prio were very high and you never get raider in flex que. The que times for EVERYONE else increased significant. Even 7 pre mate survivor ques has like 15 minutes que just to find 1 raider (for the first 2 weeks). They implemented a regional lock and now you can not play with people from other regions. So regions like EU, US or Asia has a 5-15 minute que but some other (I think it was austria) has ques like 60+ min. And if you invite someone from an other region and que is bugs and ive you even more que time.


NOW, for the gacha.
At start we had like 20 transpheres with 40 skills (active and passive), each ~4 weeks come a new transphere and a new banner with "guaaranteed" new pull when to a 10 times. The problem is that this "new" also could mean a new SHIRT for kuririn if they put a new kuririn outfit in it.... So you have a small better chance to get the new skills but even with thin smal chance you pull like 100 times.
When a new banner drops, the old banner are removed so normaly you only have 2 banners. The old one with EVERY Super, Skill and Outfit in it and very low chanced to get the wanted one and the new banner for the "guaaranteed new" transpheres.
In Short: Every new transphere you have less asnd less chance to get the old good once.



And now they implement a new ranking system that favorites premates and let raider exploit the matchmaking becyause it only matchmake you on your survivor ranking. Stay low in survivor rank and push raider rank for easy raider matches :/

Still NO COMUNICATION from the devs.
No punishment for bad behavieur like hacking, boting, teaming or exploiting.



I hope this information helps you.
This is all that I remember at the moment and this is a bit of my own opinion. Some other may see this different so take this as MY Opinion of the game.

Somehow i... have to urge to pay you for that explanation.

Yeah i think this is everything i read the last few days. Looks like devs are completely bullshitting the community with overpricing and garbage updates. Very few free stuff, fcking up and tilting community so that no one wants to play the fun game anymore.

Damn thats sad. Thanks everyone for there explanation, i think i will still play the game but i guess i need to watch for some dudes or another update that should make the game better. which isnt possible atm xd

[Suiciniv222]

Aside from the fact that the devs are really incompetent, the remaining playerbase is divided in 10% new players, 70% long time no life players and 20% regular people. So your average match has 1 newbie playing survivor, 4-5 long time no lifes with all perfect transpheres and skills, and 2-3 regular guys who just enjoy the game for what it is.
The biggest problem is when one of those long time no life gets raider or pays premade with his other no life buddies: they ruin the experience for both newbies, who are dipping their toe into the game and figuring out if its worth playing, and make regular people just alt+f4 after getting downed once.

It's truly frustrating. Other online games have the same scumbags, but since they are diluted into the bigger population it's harder to spot them and easier to just report and play another match: this is impossible in breakers, since, as a regular player, i'll just get 4-5 matches with camping raiders + survivors feeding and then get my own raider match and get stomped by premades because my vegeta is level 2 LOL

[Lokke]

Yeah.
It's very sad that the devs don't care about there game or playerbase.
All they care about are the updates with new stuff in shop for tp.
And sadly there are enought DB Fans that buy this stuff...

I also want to added something to Suiciniv222 answer.
There are also "some" RAIDER MAINS that say:
Nobody get's punish for bad behavieur? Great, so we can do bad stuff to. Let's camp down survivors and if we are survivor in flex just senzurush to get raider faster because they removed our beloved raider only que. (Short explanaiting: Start game with SenzuBean, Run to raider, get down, eat senzu instant, get downed 2nd time, next match (30 second matches as survivor) // Prio farming)

It's very sad that this game with so much potential just getting worse. It was so much fun in Beta/Season 1.