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[Baconsammy]

Patagonia isn't all that bad actually. You can still race most of the tracks without a wingsuit. It's the stupidity of being forced to wear heat panels, pulse goggles, and armor that really ruin a huge chunk of the tracks in the game.

 

[Neuromancer]

Anyone??? I still can't connect this morning. I push start at the splash screen, it goes through saving and loading, and then hangs on Connecting to Ridernet.

I had no problems connecting last night or this morning.

 

[balddemon]

So I got a notification that one of my friends beat my paltry bearclaw time of 1:14. Went back with my boost N7 board and some wingsuit mods. Got my time down to 1:00.52 ish....halelujah wtf man. 55. Need lvl 10 I guess

 

[bs000]

Re-posting this because it really works. After a few geotag hunting rounds in custom global events (no distractions) with my level 10 Tane, then taking my newborn Travis Rice into a single Explore event, I got him from level 1 to level 7. Took 10, 15 minutes.

Teach me how to talk to the devs

Seems like alot of extra time and effort to do that though :|. It only takes one event in explore to get from 1 to 5 without doing anything special. Then one more to get from 5-6.

 

[bobs...onGaf]

Hot tip straight from the devs, through me, to you. (I was chatting with a couple of them a night or two ago, very cool guys.)

A quick way to level up a dude is to use a level 10 dude to collect as many geotags in an event as possible. The amount of credits you get from them scale to your level so your level 10 dude gets more credits than a lower level dude.

Then what you do is, don't finish the event. Just quit out. Geotag earnings are cashed in at the end of an event but the game remembers what you picked up anyway.

Now go finish an event with your lower level dude. All those geotags you got as a level 10 dude will cash in for your lower level dude. Since credits in this game = XP, you should see a big jump.

Did it last night with my level 10 Elise and my level 6 Tane; he jumped up an entire level after doing the above mentioned procedure, just one time.

Also not quite as good as that but still pretty good: you can buy level 10 geotags with a level 10 dude, but then equip them and place them as your lower level dude for lots of credits right up front.

And those credits aid in ranking him up?

Out of interest Neuromancer, any idea just how much different characters base perks affect the game? Does a character who has +10 speed for example have a large or minor advantage over a character who has +5?

 

[Hale-XF11]

So I got a notification that one of my friends beat my paltry bearclaw time of 1:14. Went back with my boost N7 board and some wingsuit mods. Got my time down to 1:00.52 ish....halelujah wtf man. 55. Need lvl 10 I guess

I can get it down to :53. I just have to get it on record in Explore mode. And yeah, Lvl 10 helps.

 

[Neuromancer]

Teach me how to talk to the devs

Seems like alot of extra time and effort to do that though :|. It only takes one event in explore to get from 1 to 5 without doing anything special. Then one more to get from 5-6.

Yeah I guess they level up pretty fast initially anyway. Still it helps get people for, 9 to 10 as well.

As for why they added me and started chatting with me I have no idea, maybe they're amused by my occasional rants?

 

[jkoch]

Anyone??? I still can't connect this morning. I push start at the splash screen, it goes through saving and loading, and then hangs on Connecting to Ridernet.

I made a new PSN account, and I could log in with that one but still not my original account. I tried deleting my saves (they're backed up online, PS+) but that did nothing. It may have just downloaded my backups, not sure. This is really frustrating. I don't feel like starting over, especially with a new PSN account.

 

[Neuromancer]

And those credits aid in ranking him up?

Out of interest Neuromancer, any idea just how much different characters base perks affect the game? Does a character who has +10 speed for example have a large or minor advantage over a character who has +5?

Yes they do, according to the devs anyway.

As for the player specific perks I think it acts like the stats on your boards. Those are easier to see though since they show the bars.

 

[Cuban Legend]

Ok for some reason I see every single one of these baords available for my LVL10 Eddie with a 150 hour time limit last night. All three showed up in a row @ 2MILL(c) each. I bought the first one and the second immediately took it's place, etc... so I bought them all.

The 1st one is a Legendary Rocket Board w/Boost Bonus
The 2d one is a Legendary Trick Board w/Trick Bonus
The 3rd one is a Legendary Speed Board w/Boost Bonus

Also... I checked my other characters (they are @ various levels) and the boards showed up for every single character (even travis rice) with the same 150 hour countdown, starting with the 1st board. Is this some sort of promotion?

Here are the prices I noticed:

• LVL10: 2,000,000
• LVL09: 1,500,000
• LVL07: 200,000
• LVL06: 100,000
• LVL05: 60,000
• LVL04: 45,000

I tried to get a LVL9 Elise to LVL10 and when I did the Legendary N7 boards dissapeared...

Anyone (devs?) have an explanation for this? It's a waste to buy them at any level below LVL10 but when you LVL up they dissapear...

 

[Hale-XF11]

I wish I could play with Eddie. This game doesn't feel the same without him.

 

[Baconsammy]

I wish I could play with Eddie. This game doesn't feel the same without him.

Send an email to the SSX/EA team telling them how you feel about their shitty ways. Tell 'em thanks for stripping out one of the most iconic SSX characters and then selling it back to us as DLC later. Good way to engender support amongst the fans.

 

[Hale-XF11]

Send an email to the SSX/EA team telling them how you feel about their shitty ways. Tell 'em thanks for stripping out one of the most iconic SSX characters and then selling it back to us as DLC later. Good way to engender support amongst the fans.

I made it known how I felt about it on their facebook page. I don't expect a response, but at least I voiced my tiny little opinion. I doubt it matters as much to them as it does to me.

 

[balddemon]

how do i unlock mt fuji and the legendary gear i get for using my online pass? and how do i use travis rice? i put the code in for him but hes not on the list of characters

also wiggler i think i will beat your time today

 

[wind_steaker]

Come on SSX3 Mountain DLC, take my money EA.

 

[Baconsammy]

how do i unlock mt fuji and the legendary gear i get for using my online pass? and how do i use travis rice? i put the code in for him but hes not on the list of characters

also wiggler i think i will beat your time today

You may have to restart it to get Mt Fuji to show up. Travis showed up immediately for me once I input the code (while in the game).

 

[Hale-XF11]

how do i unlock mt fuji and the legendary gear i get for using my online pass? and how do i use travis rice? i put the code in for him but hes not on the list of characters

After putting in the codes, try resetting the game. I had to do that myself before all the unlocked content showed up in the game. edit: beat!

also wiggler i think i will beat your time today

Do it!

 

[balddemon]

ok then that means mt fuji is probably already there. and i'm not resetting until i hit lvl 10 or beat 55.09 on bearclaw. down to 57.xx just now, break time i think before i rage lol

 

[Frogfucious]

Does anyone have an extra Travis Rice code for ps3 they could pm me?

 

[Cuban Legend]

Come on SSX3 Mountain DLC, take my money EA.

An SSX 3 Mountain run is in SSX2012, Happiness Jam from SSX3 is in Alaska > Foraker > Lock Jaw. Something with the terrain now working during development so they ported in the geometry from SSX3. The part with the little ice cave with the open ceiling and the sun-rays looks really nice though.

To be honest with you the map loks beautiful but plays horribly as the new Physics system doesnt mesh too well with Geometry meant for SSX3. The ride is bumpy, I over jumped just about every jump... and you stick to all the walls and ceilings now that you can jump higher and you can board on any terrain.

 

[Hale-XF11]

btw, the artwork on that 3rd Mass Effect board isn't glitched. You just can't see all of the art (because lol, they didn't make it so that you could actually zoom in and see all of the art on the boards, whyyyyyy, EA??). What you're not seeing is a "3" at the bottom of the board. You can see the full board on their facebook page though.

 

[JaseMath]

So...for whatever reason, I can only get a 360 Travis Rice code. I own a PS3 so it's no good to me. Anyone want to trade a 360 code for a PS3 one?

 

[Cuban Legend]

btw, the artwork on that 3rd Mass Effect board isn't glitched. You just can't see all of the art (because lol, they didn't make it so that you could actually zoom in and see all of the art on the boards, whyyyyyy, EA??). What you're not seeing is a "3" at the bottom of the board. You can see the full board on their facebook page though.

Yup Facebook SSX just posted the news...

NICE, so that explains these. Now how can i get them to show up after I've leveld up from 9 to 10?

150 hours to level up every character up to 10? CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.

PS. Raptr says I've got 85 hours and 24/50 Achivements (i'm not even trying to go for achievements, lol)

 

[Neuromancer]

Raptr says I've played this game for 42 hours already, crazy

 

[soultron]

Patagonia isn't all that bad actually. You can still race most of the tracks without a wingsuit. It's the stupidity of being forced to wear heat panels, pulse goggles, and armor that really ruin a huge chunk of the tracks in the game.

I partly agree with this, but I think it's circumstantial in a way. In the lower character levels, the gear certainly is shoddy. At higher levels, the gear is great, and it typically enables you to play longer on a given run or its capabilities mean you're failing (or falling into death pits) a whole lot less; a level 10 wingsuit will have you easily clearing gaps, whereas a level 3 wingsuit has near misses and complete flops straight into the pits. Similarly, a level 10 solar panel means you can easily clear a survive it run 6 times if you know the layout well.

I think it's the time required acclimate to the new physics (and the related nature of the controls) that is also giving time to level and get better gear, which, in the end, is what helps swing players from not enjoying it at first to loving it several hours later.

EDIT @ Neuro: holy crap! I'm gonna go check how much I've been playing. Probably less than 20 hours. Life's been really busy for me lately. Still love that I can jump in and do a few runs if I only have 10 minutes!

EDIT2: 31 hours so far! 22 hours in the demo! Holy shit!

 

[fuenf]

I made a new PSN account, and I could log in with that one but still not my original account. I tried deleting my saves (they're backed up online, PS+) but that did nothing. It may have just downloaded my backups, not sure. This is really frustrating. I don't feel like starting over, especially with a new PSN account.

Try the following: sign out of PSN and start the game, dont connect to PSN when the game prompts you to do so and continue to play SSX in Offline-Mode. Hit Explore Mode (still offline) and set a personal best on one track. The game will then ask you if you want to upload your ghost data, choose yes and connect to PSN. Normally SSX should now connect to Ridernet.

 

[bobs...onGaf]

Anyone have a problem where the HUD refuses to kick in? Its really annoying!

 

[clutch.as.it.gets.]

I really like the wingsuit if it`s not too overpowered. I play with Griff and i love his wingsuit. Its just good enough, but not too strong. I also had the level 10 legendary Icarus wingsuit (orange), but that thing was too good and the flying got too dominant.

The rest of the gear is shit in my opinion. Just not fun. Thank god the developers realized that, focused on the wingsuit and made him the star of the game, and gave the other stuff just 2-3 tracks each.

 

[RoadHazard]

Try the following: sign out of PSN and start the game, dont connect to PSN when the game prompts you to do so and continue to play SSX in Offline-Mode. Hit Explore Mode (still offline) and set a personal best on one track. The game will then ask you if you want to upload your ghost data, choose yes and connect to PSN. Normally SSX should now connect to Ridernet.

I would advice against this, because in my experience the game forgets about all Global Events you are in if you play it offline and then go online. At least this happens if you go offline while in the game, and then go online again. But maybe it doesn't happen if you are already offline when you start the game up.

 

[fuenf]

I would advice against this, because in my experience the game forgets about all Global Events you are in if you play it offline and then go online. At least this happens if you go offline while in the game, and then go online again. But maybe it doesn't happen if you are already offline when you start the game up.

Well that's true, because the events arent synchronized if you dont connect to RiderNet at the start of the game. However after i used this "trick" to connect to RiderNet i was once again able to connect to it at the start of the game and the Global Events showed up just fine. Might have been a coincidence but it definitely worked for me after being unable to connect to RiderNet for more than a day.

 

[jkoch]

Try the following: sign out of PSN and start the game, dont connect to PSN when the game prompts you to do so and continue to play SSX in Offline-Mode. Hit Explore Mode (still offline) and set a personal best on one track. The game will then ask you if you want to upload your ghost data, choose yes and connect to PSN. Normally SSX should now connect to Ridernet.

That worked, thanks a lot! Now I'm kind of afraid to log out.

 

[Neuromancer]

Anyone have a problem where the HUD refuses to kick in? Its really annoying!

Sounds like a problem I'd love to have! (Or at least the option.)

 

[bobs...onGaf]

Sounds like a problem I'd love to have! (Or at least the option.)

Its pretty beautiful without the HUD, but near impossible to play properly, the game is also unpausable in that state! I hope installing the game fixes that problem. It does eventually kick in but seems like it can take as long as a minute to do so.

Either way I need more money for the ME boards, for level 10 characters is it fair to say that they provide the best stats? (the other boards on the list don't seem as good!) Is there a breakdown anywhere describing which store items do what for each character, I know theres a lot of them but a site which lists the most useful ones would be awesome. Im curious if characters have specific suit perks which other characters cant have? I have heard a couple of people say Mac has a suit which provides an extra rewind, is that the only perk he can gain from suits? I guess im trying to ask if theres a breakdown of the different perk suits and if those perks are character specific?

Also any idea on how often can we expect these store exclusives? Potentially they could use SSX boards as an advertisement for just about any EA game?

 

[echoshifting]

Should have listened to soultron a long time ago...it's ridiculous how much more fun this game is once you swap from world tour to explore mode.

Sent out a bunch of friend invites this morning...need moar ghosts

 

[Cuban Legend]

Its pretty beautiful without the HUD, but near impossible to play properly, the game is also unpausable in that state! I hope installing the game fixes that problem. It does eventually kick in but seems like it can take as long as a minute to do so.

Either way I need more money for the ME boards, for level 10 characters is it fair to say that they provide the best stats? (the other boards on the list don't seem as good!) Is there a breakdown anywhere describing which store items do what for each character, I know theres a lot of them but a site which lists the most useful ones would be awesome. Im curious if characters have specific suit perks which other characters cant have? I have heard a couple of people say Mac has a suit which provides an extra rewind, is that the only perk he can gain from suits? I guess im trying to ask if theres a breakdown of the different perk suits and if those perks are character specific?

Also any idea on how often can we expect these store exclusives? Potentially they could use SSX boards as an advertisement for just about any EA game?

Boards have randomized perks/stats/graphics, Suits are numbered though with unique colors. in the case of the ME board the graphics are not random and they all have perks/are legendary but it seems they may have random stats.

 

[Anticitizen One]

Patagonia isn't all that bad actually. You can still race most of the tracks without a wingsuit. It's the stupidity of being forced to wear heat panels, pulse goggles, and armor that really ruin a huge chunk of the tracks in the game.

I actually really liked patagonia. Even the deadly descent I thought was pretty fun.

 

[wind_steaker]

if any of you PS3 players want someone to whip add me: Haloumiface

I didn't notice the track that was taken from ssx3 at all!

 

[echoshifting]

Is there a good reason to finish World Tour aside from achievements and free unlocks?

 

[Tokubetsu]

Is there a good reason to finish World Tour aside from achievements and free unlocks?

Introduction to the tracks.

 

[Neuromancer]

Is there a good reason to finish World Tour aside from achievements and free unlocks?

Can you unlock Griff from the Explore/Global Event menu? If so then no you don't get anything you can't get elsewhere.

 

[AndyD]

Is there a good reason to finish World Tour aside from achievements and free unlocks?

I finished today, man, what were they thinking. So bad and gimmicky with some of them. I then proceeded to enter a bunch of events, hopefully I will make some money so I can start entering 500k-1mil events.

Worst part is that your characters you unlock go from lvl 1 to 5 or so just by going through the 1-3 races in world tour. Which defeats the whole purpose of lvls 1-5 from an unlock stance. It shoudl have been far more gradual to get you used to the increased speed and handling.

 

[Curufinwe]

I am enjoying the game, but it really really sucks that they couldn't keep the songs playing thru restarts since restarting the same event over and over is such a big part of this new SSX.

I also wish there were some really long courses like there were in SSX 3. Most events seem to be 1 to 3 minutes long.

 

[Neuromancer]

I am enjoying the game, but it really really sucks that they couldn't keep the songs playing thru restarts since restarting the same event over and over is such a big part of this new SSX.

I also wish there were some really long courses like there were in SSX 3. Most events seem to be 1 to 3 minutes long.

Does the d-pad do anything? Don't see why they couldn't have mapped soundtrack controls to that.

 

[Dragnet]

THIS IS FUCKING RIDICULOUS. I'm on a drop in Patagonia that obviously normally needs a Wingsuit, but has it turned off. So I'm making all these huge jumps and it's cool. Except 3 times now, the Helicopter has swung in, made me trick off it, and cause me to fall to my death. Because the helicopter makes you lose 80% of your fucking momentum, so you just drop after it. 3 TIMES THIS HAS HAPPENED, and there's like 5 opportunities for this to happen per run, probably more. Fucks sake.

 

[balddemon]

just diamond'd a global event wiggler recommended to me

 

[bobs...onGaf]

THIS IS FUCKING RIDICULOUS. I'm on a drop in Patagonia that obviously normally needs a Wingsuit, but has it turned off. So I'm making all these huge jumps and it's cool. Except 3 times now, the Helicopter has swung in, made me trick off it, and cause me to fall to my death. Because the helicopter makes you lose 80% of your fucking momentum, so you just drop after it. 3 TIMES THIS HAS HAPPENED, and there's like 5 opportunities for this to happen per run, probably more. Fucks sake.

Haha I did that event just now, managed to get into platinum, im hoping I dont get bumped down while im asleep, knowing my luck I will :S

EDIT: I have got a few big ticket events ending while im asleep, I am expecting a pretty big payout from them, I really hope I dont get bumped down while im gone. I think thats the beauty of this game, and why its so addictive!

 

[Cuban Legend]

Haha I did that event just now, managed to get into platinum, im hoping I dont get bumped down while im asleep, knowing my luck I will :S

EDIT: I have got a few big ticket events ending while im asleep, I am expecting a pretty big payout from them, I really hope I dont get bumped down while im gone. I think thats the beauty of this game, and why its so addictive!

yeah i agree i've got like 40 mill i should bank tomorrow morning. HIGH ROLLER STATUS GO

 

[Chamber]

Banking credits feels nice and all but there isn't much to spend them on after a certain point besides glowing suits. One thing I want for the next game, if we're lucky enough to get one, is more differentiation among riders so there's actually some incentive to leveling everyone up.

 

[Dragnet]

Not enough High roller events! I want me a 10m entry event. Oooh yeeeah.

Banking credits feels nice and all but there isn't much to spend them on after a certain point besides glowing suits. One thing I want for the next game, if we're lucky enough to get one, is more differentiation among riders so there's actually some incentive to leveling everyone up.

Absolutely. Win money. Spend the money. For what? To win money. Endless, kind of pointless cycle if it wasn't fun. Do wish there was more we could do with it. Deeper rider customisation, our own mountain lodge/hub we could kit out, start your own Snowboard team, get a helicopter etc. I don't know, just something. Maybe DLC will help!

 

[RatskyWatsky]

I need some ghosts. Add me! My PSN is on my profile.

Finally started today and just wasn't feeling it. The armor/health mechanic is hugely disappointing to me and the invisible pits just completely take away the feeling that SSX had in prior games. Instead of going nuts off of everything, I'm paying more attention to not falling into a run-ending pit. Was hoping those comments were overblown, but man, they weren't.

Does that kind of thing get better? Only tolerated the first Deadly Descent and have a feeling it's only going to get worse (first race in Patagonia was when I turned off the game in disappointment).

Yeah, me too. I always fall into the pits. :/ Siberia Deadly Descent was the worst.

I hope they add some dlc courses that are aren't dangerous.