Party Animals Player Q&A | Issue 1

this is a reply to questions from discord, not forum. aside of #5, nothing on this list was discussed here.

i dont care about "mmr", bots in quick match and change in physics, none of those things bother me. the things i wish for is following:

1. restore shovel damage to how it originally was. it should not be weaker than lollipop. and if lollipop is as powerful as it was, there is no point making shovel weaker. the current shovel is simply not fun to use. it makes the game more fun having powerful weapons like shovel originally was.
2. remove immunity to electricity caused by stun gun. because even without immunity, players can always escape, and only experienced player can lock them stunned for longer. it feels unnatural seeing electrocuted enemy, who can stun you, but whom you cant stun.
3. make castleween dark again, because being dark was the whole point of the map. the gameplay of this map was using projectors and lights to see in dark. with castleween being lighter, there is nothing fun happening on this map.
4. make gator valley bridge back to it's original size. making it larger did not help those people complaining that they die too fast, they still die, except now the map looks ugly. and it's no longer the map that we bought the game with. i will repeat: the base game should not be changed, we payed for it.
5. return climbing speed to how it originally was. climbing is too fast now and it no longer feels like climbing, but throwing yourself on top instantly. it just doesn't feel good
6. patch all exploits, allowing players to perform moves, that you should not be able to do ("leaps"). we explained enough time how the problem is not macros, but "combos" themselves. the game does not teach you to do those moves, and it makes the game unfair for regular players. it is clear that such moves are exploits and not something intended by developers. but even if there was a tutorial explaining those moves, it's just too complex for a casual party game, that people play to relax at the end of the day. there's enough of tricks to learn without it.
7. return disco ball, because there is no flashing to it, the lights are dim and move very slowly, it shouldn't harm anyone, the only "flashing" is using light switch, for which you can make light switch gradually and not instant

this is really all i want, but obviously i'm aware that nothing on this list will be considered by developers

Drinkly the game was changed to satisfy complainers crying that they die instead of learning how to play. it was perfectly balanced from the start, nothing needed to change, people simply needed to learn to play, instead of putting blame on weapons and maps.

1. the game does not need to "evolve", this is not an early access free to play game, it was finished on release and aside of exploits and minor bugs nothing needed to be changed. all weapons and all maps were the way they are intended to be by developers. they understand how the game should be better than regular players. and regular players are completely clueless about "balance", it's a code word to "i suck at the game". all changes made to the game were changes for the worst, nothing for better. the developers should respect our purchase and not make our game worse. again, this is not an unfinished free live service game. videogames were sold on discs and cartridges for decades and they did not get any patches and no one cried about it. videogames dont need to "evolve", they are not subscriptions, but finished products
2. i care about everyone else aside of this one guy, because of which the party was cancelled for everyone. we shouldnt remove fun for everyone, because one person cant look away from the screen, it's his responsibility to be careful when playing videogames and he should know what he is getting into. if games can harm him, he should find some other entertainment for himself, you can live just fine without playing videogames. i wrote everything i think about it here:

https://forum.partyanimals.com/d/3479-new-winter-cabin/154

and if i'm a "troll", i will repeat again, who are you then? you made 5 posts in a year on this forum, your third post is straight up spam. if i'm a troll, then what good did you contribute here? or are you another discorder? you have feedback channel on discord and we dont come to argue with you here. so why do you come to argue with us here then? discorders will share your opinions, we dont think alike. why do discorders keep relentlessly invading us, when no one from forum ever bothers discord?

and regarding so-called "experts". even if an "expert" told it can cause epilepsy, it doesnt mean it would, unless there is an actual proof for it. psychiatrists are not doctors, they are not professionals. they never know anything for sure and all they do is make guesses. and very often they are wrong with their assumptions. that's why you see them constantly diagnos people with mental illness when there is slightest departure from what they consider norm. then they sell expensive pills, that only do harm, while a person is perfectly healthy. but then you also see those american "experts" who dont acknowledge actual mental illnesses and let freaks walk freely instead of locking them in psych ward. so if an expert told the disco ball could harm someone, it's too be extra cautious. i already said what is the only flashing thing - it's switching lighting, which could easily be fixed by making it change gradually.

and please dont try to look like caring person. you are also likely never cared about epileptics before it became a western trend. the people who try the hardest to appear to be caring are the most selfish and lying people, they are only following the trend