RB3 Request a Feature, Bug Report and Suggestion Thread (no song requests)

[skyp1e]

Right, because we've seen zero threads called 'Where did my songs go?' and have never raced to see who could say 'One-lighter' in a reply first.

Unless I miss my guess, that filter was turned on automagically and not by the players that posted.

If I'm wrong and the players applied a filter and then noticed that the filter was doing its job and scratched their heads, then I have overestimated the community.

[GNFfhqwhgads]

Unless I miss my guess, that filter was turned on automagically and not by the players that posted.

Defaults to off when you get the patch.

[skyp1e]

Defaults to off when you get the patch.

If that's the case then I'm gonna shake my head in pity that people turned on a filter for rated songs and then flipped out when the songs stopped showing up in the library. Sad indeed.

Still that would mean that all filters should be removed from the game, right?

Let's be realistic here. A filter to remove the uncommon DLC would be a boon. I know that I have to travel down hundreds of grey titles when I play online even with friends. This is tedious to say the least. Add a filter for that and remove the lighter filter if it's so much of a hassle. I never use that lighter filter anyway, seems to have almost no point to it. But the DLC filter would serve a real across the board purpose.

I don't think the majority of players would prefer to scroll through tons of greyed out titles when choosing setlists online as opposed to hiding them.

I would also like to remind you that you think that someone would actively go to the filter options (which reset for everything else and should for this also), choose a "hide DLC that other party members don't have" and then panic when the songs don't show up during the setlist choices?

That is why you are suggesting this is a bad idea, right. I just want to be clear on that.

I'm trying to imagine how I might turn on the "key support only" filter, which I've been using since minute one with this game and then have a conniption when the songs without keys in them stopped showing up.

[mikeyts]

I never use that lighter filter anyway, seems to have almost no point to it. But the DLC filter would serve a real across the board purpose.

I strongly disagree. Many of us thought that statements made by HMX about RB3 prior to launch meant that we'd be able to filter out arbitrary songs from our library list and were pretty disappointed that it wasn't true. I have to think that our complaints are why they added the one star filter. I think that those of us who use and appreciate the 1 star filter probably exceed the total number of people who regularly play this game online.

I have 70 songs 1-star filtered out. These are songs that I will never play and don't want to see cluttering up the listing of titles in my music library (sort of like you don't want to see the not-in-common songs when selecting songs to play online). They are on-disc or in-pack songs that I hate and can't delete (I've deleted all such RB1 exports) and legacy songs for which I've bought RB3 versions.

I love the 1-star filter and would be willing to maim anyone who tried to take it away .

[GNFfhqwhgads]

Still that would mean that all filters should be removed from the game, right?

No. I never said a filter should or shouldn't exist. I attempted to justify why they removed their RB1 feature.

[skyp1e]

No. I never said a filter should or shouldn't exist. I attempted to justify why they removed their RB1 feature.

But you are saying the the devs cater to the player base with zero reading comprehension.

I mean if a filter says it will hide songs, and then it hides songs, a person should expect that to happen and not go "ZOMG, WHERE'D MY SONGS GO?!? I'M CALLING HARMONIX THIS WILL NOT STAND!".

If the above player is the one they are going to target as their primary consumer and tweak the game to suit, then I think we are all in trouble.

[GNFfhqwhgads]

But you are saying the the devs cater to the player base with zero reading comprehension.

I'm saying they cater to the portion of the audience that doesn't do the research and only plays the game, which is nearly everyone.

So I'm saying they cater to the majority.

[skyp1e]

I'm saying they cater to the portion of the audience that doesn't do the research and only plays the game, which is nearly everyone.

So I'm saying they cater to the majority.

So, in your own words, the majority of players would choose to filter uncommon DLC when playing online (as stipulated by me as the filter proposed) and would then promptly turn to customer support questioning why their songs disappeared from their libraries while playing with people online.

That IS what you are saying the majority of players would do, unless I am misreading you now.

[GNFfhqwhgads]

So, in your own words, the majority of players would choose to filter uncommon DLC when playing online (as stipulated by me as the filter proposed) and would then promptly turn to customer support questioning why their songs disappeared from their libraries while playing with people online.

That IS what you are saying the majority of players would do, unless I am misreading you now.

You're completely misreading. I said Harmonix designs features to cater to the majority. Like removing the unshared skipping. Again, I have never gone one way or the other on a filter.

[skyp1e]

You're completely misreading. I said Harmonix designs features to cater to the majority. Like removing the unshared skipping. Again, I have never gone one way or the other on a filter.

But you have insinuated yourself into the discussion of a proposition for a filter for hiding uncommon DLC while playing online and siting as an example of why not to do this as, and I am paraphrasing here "because customers would come to the forums in droves and complain that their songs disappeared". I could directly quote you and it should be pretty close to that sentiment.

Then you go on to say that this would be "the majority" of the game's players.

I don't think you are correct in either case, if this is your assertion and I don't think you've said anything to make me think otherwise. If that were so you would have kept your fingers still and not taken this role in the conversation at all.

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