The fact is that as open and random as the game may seem at first, there is a lot of predictability within the mechanics that you won't work out until you've sunk a lot of time into it. Mostly because people don't take enough time to learn the game and they make assumptions.
The number of hackers is grossly exagerrated, though. I've yet to play a single PvP game that had zero hackers. I don't think a single person ever would suggest that any PvP game is free of hackers. You're not entirely wrong but you do play up the worst aspects a bit too much, IMO. Since you have just 7 hours on record, I'm going to suggest people take your first impressions with a grain of salt. Lots of folks will say this is a flawless game with zero hackers which runs perfectly but that's simply a load of horse****.ĮDIT However, this game is worth at least a try to see how it goes for yourself. And we all know the worst kind of filth, aimbotters who always have you in their sights no matter where you are, do, or go. Others always know where you are and shoot you from rooftoops or around corners consistently and constantly. You get certain people who kill you in half the time due to latency hacks, not sure exactly how it works, but pretty sure it's done by overloading your net's download while upload retains speed and efficiency therefor registering hits you give more than the ones you take. APB is also plagued by hackers, which aren't policed at all like in every G1 game. The game is simply terribly optimized, if at all. Even if you do have a monster PC, often you lag even if you are on the "nearest" server.
You need way over the minimum to play this game at a decent framerate. APB is like most of G1's games lots of promise, tons of flaws.