Brink (FPS)

[Anthonyd]

Why don't you just play MP like it should be?

[rajputwarrior]

Why don't you just play MP like it should be?

if you could ever find me a MP server that's full, has a good ping and doesn't lag all the time i would be all for it. that unfortunately is almost impossible. no matter where i play MP, bots are usually 50 percent of the population in the server.

[Anthonyd]

if you could ever find me a MP server that's full, has a good ping and doesn't lag all the time i would be all for it. that unfortunately is almost impossible. no matter where i play MP, bots are usually 50 percent of the population in the server.

I don't have any problem finding such a server everyday. I'm on PC, Europe.

[rajputwarrior]

I don't have any problem finding such a server everyday. I'm on PC, Europe.

PC in west coast canada seems to be a dif story. It's getting better though, i'll give SD that. A couple of patches away and this game will be perfect!

[LingeringSoul]

Just read through the change log that Singh400 posted. I'm glad to see that Splash Damage is aware of the balancing issues in some of the maps. For me, that's the single biggest problem with the game right now. If this game had the level of map/objective balance that Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory had, it would be so fun. As it stands right now, a lot of the maps just boil down to a glorified game of team deathmatch, because it's virtually impossible to progress and complete the objectives unless the Offensive team is completely stacked and the Defensive team is incompetent.

As it stands right now though, I'm losing my faith (and my patience) when it comes to this game. It's funny, because I decided to go back and play some Bad Company 2 yesterday, and it was like a night and day difference in terms of how smooth the movement was and how satisfying the guns feel. Maybe I'll just let Brink set on my hard drive for a couple of months before revisiting it. Hopefully a lot of my issues with the game will be sorted out by then, and perhaps the fixes can revitalize the somewhat dwindling player count.

[rajputwarrior]

Just read through the change log that Singh400 posted. I'm glad to see that Splash Damage is aware of the balancing issues in some of the maps. For me, that's the single biggest problem with the game right now. If this game had the level of map/objective balance that Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory had, it would be so fun. As it stands right now, a lot of the maps just boil down to a glorified game of team deathmatch, because it's virtually impossible to progress and complete the objectives unless the Offensive team is completely stacked and the Defensive team is incompetent.

As it stands right now though, I'm losing my faith (and my patience) when it comes to this game. It's funny, because I decided to go back and play some Bad Company 2 yesterday, and it was like a night and day difference in terms of how smooth the movement was and how satisfying the guns feel. Maybe I'll just let Brink set on my hard drive for a couple of months before revisiting it. Hopefully a lot of my issues with the game will be sorted out by then, and perhaps the fixes can revitalize the somewhat dwindling player count.

i only have so much room on my SSD and i may uninstall this game and install BC2 again. i do kinda miss that game.

[rajputwarrior]

i found a server today :) had a good time playing.

[Singh400]

Server and client updates are now live.

[Singh400]

Changes I spotted...

[rajputwarrior]

what's the second screen shot? they fix the garbled font problem?

[Duality]

what's the second screen shot? they fix the garbled font problem?

Actual numbers for ping measurement - not some arbitrary bar graph :D

[rajputwarrior]

Actual numbers for ping measurement - not some arbitrary bar graph :D

oh nice finally

[rajputwarrior]

LulzSec teases Brink server hack

LulzSec is having a busy few days. Earlier today we reported that the hacker group had managed to gain access to the porn website pron.com. In the process, they grabbed over 25,000 user logins, 55 admin accounts, and a bunch of .mil and .gov logins. Now LulzSec is teasing another hack, and this time it?s a high-profile game server.

The following LulzSec tweet gives us a big hint as to what the next information dump will be from the group:

Brink is a first-person shooter developed by Splash Damage that combines a single-player game with multiplayer elements. Released on May 10th in the U.S., it relies on multiplayer because, as Alan said in his review, ?Brink is best played as a multi-player game against other opponents.? That also means Brink needs servers running for those online match-ups to happen and logins to occur.

If LulzSec has managed to hack that server it could mean a new round of user details being stolen and a headache for publisher Bethesda. We may not find out exactly what they managed to grab for a while though, as this further tweet appeared on the official LulzSec account shortly after the first hint tweet:

For the moment, we have to assume that in the next 24 hours we could be seeing Brink user data appearing on the web, and possibly even Bethesda internal data too.

If you are a Brink player, we?d suggest pre-empting this by updating your account password.

via Twitter

****ty...

[trag3dy]

All these hackers doing whatever they please is really getting old quick.

[Darth Radeon]

****ty...

Is this somehow connected with our steam user ids?

[rajputwarrior]

Is this somehow connected with our steam user ids?

it is tied with our steam IDs. it uses steamworks fully.

[trag3dy]

So yah.. change steam password and maybe email password used for steam. :wacko:

Irritating.

[Singh400]

I don't think PC users are in the crosshairs. I think console users are more at risk.

[Anthonyd]

Brotip : The stat website is storing plain password from what I've read on splash damage forum.

[Dotdot]

changed my google mail and steam passwords to b safe anyways. gettin a bit sick of this hacking crap. go away Lulzsec or least stop messin with ordinary folks accounts.

[LingeringSoul]

Hmm... better just change my Steam password to be on the safe side.

With all of the hacks that are going around these days, changing passwords is becoming like a daily routine. Brush my teeth, make my breakfast, see which passwords I need to change...

[rajputwarrior]

i wish SD would say what they went after...

[Anthonyd]

Hmm... better just change my Steam password to be on the safe side.

With all of the hacks that are going around these days, changing passwords is becoming like a daily routine. Brush my teeth, make my breakfast, see which passwords I need to change...

Changing password isn't as safe as you wish :)

For STEAM, there are a lot more protection than changing your password. Validate your email and/or use steam guard. Then you'll be protected against a password stealer.

[rajputwarrior]

Over the past weekend, a hacker group attempted an unlawful intrusion of our websites to gain access to data. We believe we have taken appropriate action to protect our data against these attacks. While no personal financial information or credit card data was obtained, the hackers may have gained access to some user names, email addresses, and/or passwords. As a precaution, we recommend that all our fans immediately change passwords on all our sites - including our community forums and the statistics site we maintain for Brink players.

If your username/email address/password is similar to what you use on other sites, we recommend changing the password at those sites as well. As we don't know what further plans the hackers may have, we suggest that you keep an eye out for suspicious emails and account activity.

We regret any inconvenience that these attacks on us cause for you. These attacks will be evaluated to determine if there are any additional protections we might take that would be prudent.

http://www.splashdamage.com/node/826

steam IDs should be okay, fewf! and PC doesn't have that stats site yet either...

also just as a side note, i don't have any performance issues with the game anymore since the 11.5b hotfix drivers came out :) everything maxed out @ 1080p and game runs at an average of 50-60fps. seeing over a 100 fps for a nice chunk of time isn't unheard of either. never see it go below 40 anymore :) The game is getting there. hopefully people come back whenever the DLC is released cause finding a game online is still kinda hard.

[Dotdot]

More maps please :p