Just hit Level 16 and so far I'm loving this game! Despite it's lack of variety. The only thing that really bothers me is the matchmaking. It's just frustrating when you're trying to find a group for a mission and you get matched with guys who are +/-3 levels higher (lower) than you are... not fun! Neither for them nor for me. Either I get killed with one or two rounds without dealing significant damage or my allies are too weak. So I'd like to see this mechanic gone/changed!

And another thing - don't know about PS4/PC - the matchmaking on Xone often takes some time to find players.

Edit: In case someone wants to team up on XOne sometime PN me

Kipsate

Netherlands45349 Posts

March 22 2016 20:11 GMT

#242

Should I be saving all of my disenchanted materials for when I hit 30 or just make some stuff as I go?

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

March 22 2016 20:13 GMT

#243

I did the opposite of that, where i was selling everything to make money to buy stuff that way. Then when i got to 30 i started disenchanting stuff as the 30 stuff will give better materials etc. That was my thinking behind it, however i had friends who were doing the disenchant as they go and make stuff as they levelled.

ShadyKat

United Kingdom40 Posts

March 22 2016 21:29 GMT

#244

Just got hold of my copy (finally) yesterday, enjoying it so far - will post a proper review when I have time.

Salazarz

Korea (South)2591 Posts

March 22 2016 23:01 GMT

#245

On March 23 2016 05:11 Kipsate wrote:
Should I be saving all of my disenchanted materials for when I hit 30 or just make some stuff as I go?

Save all the materials. Leveling is easy enough and money is useless; you use the same materials as levels go up (except greens you have to convert to blues and blues you eventually convert to yellows, but yellow materials are insanely rare and the blue > yellow conversion is the main source of 'em)

Faruko

Chile34173 Posts

March 23 2016 10:00 GMT

#246

I dissmantled most of the items tk get materials, the few times i sold something was brcause some better weapon (like substantially better) appeared in the vendor.

bluzi

4703 Posts

March 23 2016 10:06 GMT

#247

Asked before , will ask again as you guys played much more now :
Single player - fun ? rewarding enough ? or i must play in a group.
GFX - i have a good computer with a mediocre/bad GFX card (5870) , do you think it will run OK ? i am holding up on the upgrade until the new dx12 cards come out in few months but i really want to give the game a go...

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

March 23 2016 10:15 GMT

#248

I use a GTX 770 at the moment and can play around medium/high but i like to watch streams whilst i play so i am struggling a tiny bit cuz my GPU is old. I have just bought a 970 now though and will be putting that in tomorrow.

I trying to find the Nvidia equivalent to the 5870 but if it is less than the 770 then you will struggle like i did above medium/high if you are multi monitoring or don't have an overpowering CPU to help at least. I run an i5 2500k sandy bridge.

Vaelone

Finland4400 Posts

March 23 2016 10:19 GMT

#249

I sold blue weapons and dismantled everything else. But regular money seems pretty worthless at 30 so I'd say dismantle everything.

^ I definitely wouldn't have made the purchase for single-player only. There isn't any real story going on, it's probably borderline impossible to solo some of the harder challenge missions and it's a good idea to have a buddy in dark zone too. And while leveling many of the side quests get repetitive and become a chore where having a buddy with you makes it more fun and allows you to get through them quicker too. Plus the game just plays better with a group, like you can have one guy drawing the fire and making space for team to get things done, you can get ressed if you die and so on.

Now I have not played missions solo but I'm not sure how you're meant to get things like sniping done with 5 NPC's spraying bullets at your face.

Faruko

Chile34173 Posts

March 23 2016 10:19 GMT

#250

A) Single player its decent to run around and do some small missions, i do the big ones with a group, much more fun. But dont worry too much, the matchmaking its pretty good and most people work together

B) a 5870 might be a little too old, but if you lock it to 30fps and medium/low i can see it working for you quite decent.

C) the game its pretty fun overall, i like the loot system and theres a deep and interesting rpg system beneath all too

It does has some flaws, but the whole is greater than the sum of its parts

ahswtini

Northern Ireland22213 Posts

March 23 2016 10:25 GMT

#251

i deconstructed everything as i was levelling cuz they're worth nothing. only started selling when i was getting lots of purples from dz at lvl 30

i wouldnt craft anything until u get to lvl 30. any gear shortcomings u can make up for by just buying from vendors. first item i crafted was a purple LVOA-C, then i focused all my material on crafting high ends like the vector and extended mag

Salazarz

Korea (South)2591 Posts

March 23 2016 10:57 GMT

#252

On March 23 2016 19:06 bluzi wrote:
Asked before , will ask again as you guys played much more now :
Single player - fun ? rewarding enough ? or i must play in a group.
GFX - i have a good computer with a mediocre/bad GFX card (5870) , do you think it will run OK ? i am holding up on the upgrade until the new dx12 cards come out in few months but i really want to give the game a go...

It'd get stale pretty fast if you play solo all the time, I think. Seems easy to find groups / new friends in this game though. None of my friends bought this game but I found some pretty chill people to group with while leveling / doing missions and stuff.

bluzi

4703 Posts

March 23 2016 11:46 GMT

#253

Thanks for the feedback , ill 100% play it then ,but i will wait for the GFX upgrade .... not feeling like putting everything to low just to be able to play , hopefully ppl will play it in 3 months

Ogram

Finland8 Posts

March 23 2016 11:47 GMT

#254

Holy crap this game's boring. Endless repetition (missions, scenery, enemies...) with the only reward being a small change in numbers affecting other numbers, boiling down to minor decrease in the time needed to hover your crosshair over the overtly generic Dindu Nuffinses posing as enemies.

I had such high hopes for this game but as it is, 20$ would have been a waste of money, not to mention this being sold for a scathing ~60$ or so.

m4ini

4215 Posts

March 23 2016 11:55 GMT

#255

Like any other MMO regardless of taste. Diablo, WoW, etc.

Except the enemies actually do act smarter than in your usual MMO.

bluzi

4703 Posts

March 23 2016 12:02 GMT

#256

On March 23 2016 20:47 Ogram wrote:
Holy crap this game's boring. Endless repetition (missions, scenery, enemies...) with the only reward being a small change in numbers affecting other numbers, boiling down to minor decrease in the time needed to hover your crosshair over the overtly generic Dindu Nuffinses posing as enemies.

I had such high hopes for this game but as it is, 20$ would have been a waste of money, not to mention this being sold for a scathing ~60$ or so.

You should know what you buy before you buy it , same as Diablo games , there is a big following that likes min/max + grinding .... (me for example) , this is not a CoD game.

Can you give an example of a game that does it better ?

Vaelone

Finland4400 Posts

March 23 2016 12:14 GMT

#257

On March 23 2016 20:55 m4ini wrote:

Show nested quote +

Like any other MMO regardless of taste. Diablo, WoW, etc.

Except the enemies actually do act smarter than in your usual MMO.

The enemies don't seem that smart early on but as you up the difficulty even the riot shield guys charging at you start to look a lot scarier when they don't die in 1 second.

m4ini

4215 Posts

March 23 2016 12:17 GMT

#258

On March 23 2016 21:14 Vaelone wrote:

Show nested quote +

The enemies don't seem that smart early on but as you up the difficulty even the riot shield guys charging at you start to look a lot scarier when they don't die in 1 second.

The first time i got flanked by a pumpgunner in challenge mode, i was rather impressed.

The AI is certainly abusable (if you stand in a certain position, chances are they don't react if you shoot), but acting like that's somehow dumber than just running straight path towards you (like any other MMO) is just dishonest.

edit:

Sidenote, anyone else having trouble finding bosses in DZ06? The Landmarks seem to be bugged 90% of the time.