User blog:Trollpastalol1234/Armored Patrol Version 8.0b: My List of Grievances

So, I haven't posted in a while, I'm aware, but I'm here to fix that. WELCOME TO ARMORED PATROL! Hope ya like default skyboxes!

Yes, today everyone's favorite tank-based military shooter opened with a new update. I was browsing through the games this morning, and decided to play AP as a little bit of a mood bolsterer. It's one of my favorite Roblox games (it might still be) because of how unashamedly fun it is (was). So what was today's update like?

To put it bluntly, it sucked. Like, really bad.

Welcome to Armored Patrol, Version 8.0b!

For starters, when Wingman8 closed out of Studio he probably screwed something up, because the uniforms that worked PERFECTLY WELL before now only half-work. My majestic suit is exposed, but I'm still wearing red fatigue pants.

But anyways, on to the next few grievances.

The skybox has somehow reverted to its default state, rather than the moody gray skybox that existed before. It may seem like a minor gripe, I know, but just seeing the default skybox with the default moon and the default sun in a game with a reputation for being stellar makes the whole affair seem cheap, gaudy, like something off of a free model. It ruins the immersion more than you'd think. Sure, you may say, "But GreatOverseer2, skyboxes don't matter--" No, no. Just. Shut it, okay. Would you rather play Halo Reach with its usual skyboxes of just some badly rendered clouds on a too-blue-to-be-true sky? Would you rather play Half-Life 2 with its usual skyboxes or the same sky all the way through? WOULD YOU RATHER PLAY SUPER MARIO GALAXY IN SPACE OR WITH THE WORLD 1-1 BACKGROUND FROM NEW SUPER MARIO BROTHERS?! I rest my case.

But the issue I have the most gripes with, and the one that still makes me die a little inside, is this:

Click on that picture to your right. Let that top caption sink in for a bit.

Yes, that's right. There's now a maximum angle that some tanks' guns can go to. A MAXIMUM ANGLE. '''IN A GAME WITH ARTILLERY AND HELICOPTERS. IN A GAME WHERE ITS BEST TO ATTACK CONTROL POINTS FROM FAR AWAY.'''

Do you... understand what that means? It means that that pesky helicopter flying directly above you now can torment you with impunity. And you can't do squat. Helicopters now have an unprecedented advantage over most ground-based heavy weapons-bearing vehicles now. We've all known for a long time that helicopters are glass cannons, and we've been fine with that. We've accepted that helicopters are flimsy when we use them, and both despised them and used them for cannon fodder when the enemies use them. That's a helicopter's accepted role in the game: high-powered cannon fodder. But now the helicopter can pretty much survive a good chunk of the round thanks to this update. Now that tanks are crippled, we on our little team with our huge battle machines suddenly feel vulnerable because we can't fight back as effectively as we used to. That's never a good thing.

The solution? Remove the update. Restore a previous version (version 7.4, maybe? that one was just fine). Wingman8, if you're out there, read this and listen well: You dun screwed up. I don't know what glitch you were fixing, but that's hardly a justification for what you broke. Go back... and do it again.

--GreatOverseer2--