Request a Feature, Bug Report and Suggestion Thread, Blitz Edition!

[Metzhara]

Suggestion: Give users a way to download their Rockband 2 songs without the use of Rockband 3. I don't have Rockband 3, and while it seems like a fun game, the only songs I have access to currently are Rockband 1 songs (my Lego Rockband had a faulty and irretrievable code and Rockband 2 has no method) and the countless DLC's I purchased for that game.

I think the brilliance of Blitz is the ability to reuse DLC purchased for a different title. Blitz does not play like Rockband, nor should it. The use of content purchased for other titles makes this game very interesting and I applaud the use.

Suggestion: A playlist mode similar to that in the previous rockbands. Playing a few songs back to back would be quite neat, or sending a friend a playlist they can attempt to score against. Coins do not need to be granted for these unless a method to remove exploitation could be easily found.

Thank you for your time. -Adam

[Bront20]

Rather long list here, so bear with me. Also, I love the game, but I think it could be so much better.

Possible Bugs: (I'm on the PS3)
1) Charting Issues - Notes for multiplier: Some songs don't have enough notes on a given track to increase the multiplier at all, yet count against you when you hit a gate for the multiplier increase, and this makes several songs very, very difficult to get a high score on, and generally unpleasant to play. I had read that if this was the case, they weren't supposed to count against you. There were a few songs this was the case on (including a Blitz disc song if I remember correctly).

2) Charting Issues - No drum notes where there's a busy drum part: Some songs have cymbals (particularly the high hat) only in some sections. These songs, as a result, have no notes at all on the drum track because of how Blitz sees the song, making for some strangely awkward charts. The song I specifically recall with this issue is "Radiant Light" by Free Spirit, right after the guitar solo there is a high hat only roll/pattern that is blank on drums. I think folks would enjoy it more if the game charted this in some way.

3) Goals on Facebook: Currently you can't join someone else's goal, even if you're supposed to be able to. Also, for goals like the scavenger hunt, it counts if you play a song in RB3 and in Blitz as 2 separate plays, so you only needed to find 3 of the 5 songs to get the goals.

Suggestions:
1) Wrap around: It is problematic to possibly be stuck on one side of the track and need to get to the other. It would also open up Super Drums and Super Keys as being more viable upgrades, where as Super Guitar or Super Bass are better since they're in the middle of the track. (Super Vox is useful in very specific circumstances regardless).

2) Display Song and Artist at the start: Pretty straight forward. I like that feature, and it's missing.

3) Extra Sort Features: Why no album sorting when you sort by artist? And why can't we rate songs even if for no other effect than to remind us how much we liked playing it in Blitz?

4) Score Wars: Why can't I make a custom Score War in Blitz? For me, it's proposing Score Wars with folks who aren't on my friends list, and using the same song (Blitz really wants me to go to war over Green River)? Why can't I start a score war on a song from the library menu and then point it at a friend? Yes, I can do it from facebook, but I'm not facebook friends with all the folks on my PSN friends list. Why can't I cancel or decline a score war from inside Blitz and why can't I cancel one that hasn't been accepted?

5) Always Online: I've gotten disconnected from Rock Central enough to see that online only is an issue. Why not allow an "offline mode" where you can't earn cred or coins and don't post on the leaderboard, but you can at least play the song with powerups? Why not tell people when they've disconnected and let them choose if they want to go on or not?

6) Coins: Why do I have to rebuy the powerups at full price if I restart a song? Why not have some kind of discount if you're less than half-way though? Why aren't you told you're being recharged when you restart?

7) Goals: Why can't I see progress on my goals in Blitz? I understand not being able to join new ones as facebook is needed for the social factor, but why can't I see that I've 24/30 stars towards the Queen goal in Blitz?

8) StatsWhy can't I see my cred stats anywhere other than online or when I finish a song? I can only see my cred for a particular Genre if I play a song of that Genre (you only get the top 5 in FB), and only after I play at all for the instruments. Some folks like looking at that stuff.

9) Scrolling: Any way to make scrolling faster? I can't just hold down and have it keep going, and I have a sizable library (and plenty have even more). It makes finding songs a bit more difficult.

10) More Library Options: I'd like to be able to rate songs (even if all it does is let me know how much I liked playing that song in Blitz). Album sorting would be nice and help folks find songs.

11) Countdown after a Pause: Why did we lose this? I don't need the RB3 rewind, but some kind of count down would be nice.

Yeah, long list, even though I love the game.

[jibjqrkl]

Suggestion: Give users a way to download their Rockband 2 songs without the use of Rockband 3. I don't have Rockband 3, and while it seems like a fun game, the only songs I have access to currently are Rockband 1 songs (my Lego Rockband had a faulty and irretrievable code and Rockband 2 has no method) and the countless DLC's I purchased for that game.

I take it you can't just borrow a copy of RB3 from a friend? how about buying RB3, export RB2 into it and then trade it in for a different game?

[jibjqrkl]

Rather long list here, so bear with me. Also, I love the game, but I think it could be so much better.

Possible Bugs: (I'm on the PS3)
1) Charting Issues - Notes for multiplier: Some songs don't have enough notes on a given track to increase the multiplier at all, yet count against you when you hit a gate for the multiplier increase, and this makes several songs very, very difficult to get a high score on, and generally unpleasant to play. I had read that if this was the case, they weren't supposed to count against you. There were a few songs this was the case on (including a Blitz disc song if I remember correctly).

i'm assuming you mean the bass on the intro of Shout here.

as long as there are enough notes to make the multiplier go up by 1, it's already enough to make it count. but sometimes you have to hit every note on that instrument then, which isn't really worth it

[Bront20]

i'm assuming you mean the bass on the intro of Shout here.

as long as there are enough notes to make the multiplier go up by 1, it's already enough to make it count. but sometimes you have to hit every note on that instrument then, which isn't really worth it

I don't think it was the only one, but yes, that's a good example, and it sucks. There are a few other songs with Keys though out a section but barely enough to get a multiplier bonus, and those really suck. Keys and Vox are where I see it happen the most.

[Bront20]

Do, I forgot to add:

11) Countdown after a Pause: Why did we lose this? I don't need the RB3 rewind, but some kind of count down would be nice.

[Alpha2]

REQUEST: When you loose connection to the Rock Band Network hang on to the data from your last song and try reconnecting so that I DONT LOOSE THE PROGRESS I JUST KILLED MYSELF TRYING TO GET! It really sucks to be told all the effort you put into scoring high on a song wont even be recognized because you lost connection to the server at some point during the game. It's not even something that's my fault yet I get penalized for it. I really feel like that's a bad design choice.

[ReplacedFlea72]

My complaint is when ever I'm playing a solo in blitz mode the screen tilt on the track makes its sometimes hard to read the notes and I can't see the notes behind multiplier flags and checkpoints. And any progress you made while off-line can be loaded up to the RCC once you reconnect. It did this for the Wii in Rock Band 2 (only played RB2 on wii so I don't know if it was the same for other consoles). I was really sad too see it go in RB3 and now its not in blitz
But other than that I love the game!!!!

[Pankrazzo]

I've completed all goals, when will new ones pop up?

[www1221]

I've completed all goals, when will new ones pop up?

Probably on Tuesdays along with DLC