The good, old, if you don't like it play something else theory. So logical, so valid.
It's true that Respawn is trying something new and I respect them for it. No one made video game magic by trying toake a better version of someone else's game. I would rather they take big risks and make new things.
My only minor issue is the lack of a single laser that can be used by a player. This is the future, damn it.
On March 12 2014 03:07 Plansix wrote: The good, old, if you don't like it play something else theory. So logical, so valid.
It's true that Respawn is trying something new and I respect them for it. No one made video game magic by trying toake a better version of someone else's game. I would rather they take big risks and make new things.
My only minor issue is the lack of a single laser that can be used by a player. This is the future, damn it.
I'm just tired of seeing all the comparisons and complaints. That's all.... :-\
Lasers make sense, that's a good point. Wonder why Respawn didn't implement one. But, perhaps they'll add one or two in the future.
I bet the crazy weapons come in the next game or DLC. I am sure they are very aware of those the market was for COD and didn't want to scare them with phasers and other scifi stuff.
Marketing like that is dumb, but sadly very accurate to how people act. So right now we get sky robots without lasers.
The grittiness of Titanfall is what attracts most gamers, in my opinion. It fits the theme of the (minimal) story they tell very adroitly. Fancy lasers may not mesh with the style, despite their futuristic accuracy.
TotalBiscuit had a smart thing to say about DLC, and I dearly pray Respawn is very careful with how they choose to tackle that: it splits the community. Map packs suck wallets dry and only isolate the players not willing to fork over more money for their game. I understand the devs have to make money, but I don't like the practice either, even for new weapons and Titans. Do note that burn cards will NOT EVER be purchasable, thankfully; drift0r confirms.
On March 12 2014 04:21 cLAN.Anax wrote: The grittiness of Titanfall is what attracts most gamers, in my opinion. It fits the theme of the (minimal) story they tell very adroitly. Fancy lasers may not mesh with the style, despite their futuristic accuracy.
TotalBiscuit had a smart thing to say about DLC, and I dearly pray Respawn is very careful with how they choose to tackle that: it splits the community. Map packs suck wallets dry and only isolate the players not willing to fork over more money for their game. I understand the devs have to make money, but I don't like the practice either, even for new weapons and Titans. Do note that burn cards will NOT EVER be purchasable, thankfully; drift0r confirms.
DLC is the main reason I have not bought the game and probably never will. Im not willing to pay 80+ for a game just so I can still play it after DLC has separated it into people with and people without. That and p2w guns/titans coming down the line.
Well, as far as the next 3 DLCs go - the devs had said that it definitely includes maps, but is not only maps (no info beyond that). I would hope that DLCs are not geared towards P2W. In fact, it'd be fantastic if the DLCs provided for more multiplayer campaigns or something to that effect. Properly good, solid multiplayer campaign - so it's content that is worth it for those who want to pay for it, but does not affect those who do not.
If they must go with DLC Titans/weapons, I would be ok with Titan clones that have different skins and execution animations, so that there is no balance impact. Would be kind of a waste of money (since I bought the Digital Deluxe version), but I'd rather that I waste money than the game becoming P2W.
Also, there's the lightning guns if those count. The Titan has that lightning sniper, and the players get a lightning anti-titan weapon.
On March 12 2014 03:59 Plansix wrote: I bet the crazy weapons come in the next game or DLC. I am sure they are very aware of those the market was for COD and didn't want to scare them with phasers and other scifi stuff.
Marketing like that is dumb, but sadly very accurate to how people act. So right now we get sky robots without lasers.
That's silly, just put reflex sights on everything and they'll love it.
I doubt the DLC is going to be anything that will be pay to win. Respawn is to smart for that and Xbox doesn't want their flagship game getting video game herpes. And I'll buy any DLC that is worth my money. I would rather have the option to do so than not at all.
On March 12 2014 04:50 Kingkosi wrote: So what is every bodies favorite game mode right now? I am really liking last titan standing! It is pretty intense!
It was my favorite during Beta yeah. It makes for a slightly slower game play where you cant just dive along headfirst.
I bought the game today and I haven't played any shooters for 10 years or so. I feel so lost. I get 0-2 kills and I am only taking down my very own team. Any advice?
On March 12 2014 04:53 JazVM wrote: I bought the game today and I haven't played any shooters for 10 years or so. I feel so lost. I get 0-2 kills and I am only taking down my very own team. Any advice?
ignore your score. Have fun. Rest will follow in time.
On March 12 2014 04:53 JazVM wrote: I bought the game today and I haven't played any shooters for 10 years or so. I feel so lost. I get 0-2 kills and I am only taking down my very own team. Any advice?
Play game modes like hard point and focus on holding/capturing the points. Even guarding the points when no one attacks them gets lots of points for your team, and you can learn the maps and adjust without your kill to death ratio mattering much.
Looks like completing the campaign on both sides is required to unlock all 3 titans for customization.
On March 12 2014 04:53 JazVM wrote: I bought the game today and I haven't played any shooters for 10 years or so. I feel so lost. I get 0-2 kills and I am only taking down my very own team. Any advice?
Add us TL-ers on Origin. Play with friends. Devise strategies. Enjoy yourself and your company.
This is for everyone: my Origin handle is "AnaxofRhodes".
EDIT: Burn it. I bought it. Downloading now. See you all online in a couple of hours.
EDIT 2: Dag nabbit.... It's not going to download in time for me now. *smh*
My Origin handle is Crusnik77 if anyone wants to add that, I generally played Hardpoint in the Beta, but I love all objective type gamemodes. Not that big a fan of Attrition/TDM style modes, though, but I'll play them if a group is playing.
On March 12 2014 03:07 Plansix wrote: The good, old, if you don't like it play something else theory. So logical, so valid.
It's true that Respawn is trying something new and I respect them for it. No one made video game magic by trying toake a better version of someone else's game. I would rather they take big risks and make new things.
My only minor issue is the lack of a single laser that can be used by a player. This is the future, damn it.
there is a charge anti titan laser weapon usable by pilots. it does a crazy amount of damage (I think one shot can takes out around one fifth-ish health of a titan) and doesn't take too long to charge up.
I think it only comes in form of burn cards though.
also if anyone is still using cloak, I think you should reconsider changing it to stim. with arc grenade distorting vision, you can get out of really tricky situations.
On March 12 2014 04:53 JazVM wrote: I bought the game today and I haven't played any shooters for 10 years or so. I feel so lost. I get 0-2 kills and I am only taking down my very own team. Any advice?
Don't care about KDR, get a smart pistol and minion detector, go farm grunts in attrition, equip cloak and a shotgun, camp the hardpoints in domination, or practice a bit in the training then hop into last titan standing, you have much more to play and enjoy than caring about KDR.
On March 12 2014 04:53 JazVM wrote: I bought the game today and I haven't played any shooters for 10 years or so. I feel so lost. I get 0-2 kills and I am only taking down my very own team. Any advice?
A lot of playing a shooter well comes from two things, map knowledge and what my friends and I call gunskill. Learn the maps, see where you're running into players, where you died from, and be aware of what's around you. Knowing how maps play out in terms of where people go/want to go, helps out immensely for finding kills/protecting objectives. Generally objective type gamemodes work better for this, so hardpoint/CTF are probably the best for this type of thing.
Gunskill is just accuracy, knowing how/when to burst and when to go ham on the trigger. Find a gun you like, for learning this I'd recommend either the G2A4 (semi-auto rifle, in the vein of the M14/M1 garand from BF series/FAL from CoD) and once you hit 29 I think, the Hemlok (burstfire, insanely fast TtK, 1-2 bursts to down someone). The Carbine is the best choice until the G2, or if you don't want to try using a semi-auto right away.
Something my buddies and I do whenever our aim is off is using either pistols only or other semi-autos to get our aim back. It helps to improve accuracy as well. Once we get the ability to make private matches as well, I recommend going into those and just unloading clips into various walls/walking the maps to get a feel for them on various gamemodes, it's what my old team whenever new maps came out/we needed to work on something together/alone. Playing ranked is fine and all, and your KD really doesn't matter all that much, since when I first started playing MP shooters I generally had a .5-.9 KD, now it's more along the lines of a 1.5-2, depending on what mode/game I'm playing.
Don't worry about stats, when I was playing competitively on Gamebattles and the like, my team tried to find a way to look at stats and see how good/bad someone was, and we could never agree on good metrics to use. KD, SPM, accuracy, headshot%, we looked at almost every stat we could for BF3 and CoD and just said, forget it, it's pointless. KD will go up fairly easily once you learn the game, if you're looking for harder improvements stat-wise, look at accuracy.