Saucycarpdog
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Player count seems to have leveled off the past two weeks, hope there's not a huge player drop coming.
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Dirty Bomb open beta thread
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That's a good deal!
I hope I get that email.
The Dear Leader
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I played in the beta (or alpha maybe?) and have the ultimate starter pack so maybe that influenced it somehow? I went ahead and bought Phantom to have fun with his OPness before he's inevitably nerfed, he's really fun to play.
Mobius and pet octopus
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I participated in testing since alpha around march 2013 (got mah legendary founder pack with pride) and I have the ultimate starter pack (which also includes fragger doesn't it?) and I didn't get any free 50k credits
I don't really care, although I wouldn't turn away free credits.
Huh? How can you tell?
I just uninstalled the games after deciding I can't stand Phantom. Like I don't think he is as strong as Vasili but I'm sick of stealth unit being tankier than most of my squad. I'm especially not fond of playing public games with multiple Phantoms in either team. So I'm pretty much done until he gets nerfed into oblivion.
veloxStrix
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Get on with six friends, have everyone play Phantom. It's a fantastic way to make friends.
The Dear Leader
Banned
The way people get so upset when you kill them with Phantom is more fun than actually playing with Phantom, it reminds me of the old Akimbo 1887 days of MW2, people just absolutely lose their minds when you use him.
Maybe eventually, but it's not right now. SMG hierarchy is probably KEK>Crotz>SMG9>Blish>Hoch
The Dear Leader
Banned
It's probably my least favorite gun that I always seem to get.
Rocket League has poached all of my Dirty Bomb time.
Hmm, I see. But the Hoch feels pretty nice to fire at least. Anyway I lucked out and crafted a KEK card with Lock-On, feels a lot better.
I was in some Alpha while it required a Nexon account, don't think I got for anything it for it. I only played like 10 mins though so I probably don't deserve it.
The Dear Leader
Banned
I was in some Alpha while it required a Nexon account, don't think I got for anything it for it. I only played like 10 mins though so I probably don't deserve it.
The email is kind of weird it's titled "Get Your Dirty Bomb Starter Pack!" (which I already own), and the wording is weird to. Valued Player, check out the game we are calling you a valued player at, and enjoy this free code for being loyal to the game we are telling you to play!
TheStruggler
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is there a way to message sony and this developer to get them talking about brining this game to consoles/ps4? I love the look of this game and tired of every fps out there currently on consoles, minus planet side 2 that is also f2p and on ps4
TVexperto
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I played this game for many hours over the last week but I dont know .... I think I expected something more from the developers of Enemy Territory.
The matches I played had no real "team" feeling like in ET and something just feels of, I dont know if its the small maps oder something else.
The matches I played had no real "team" feeling like in ET and something just feels of, I dont know if its the small maps oder something else.
This game will be bad without a mouse/keyboard or massive aim assist.
TheStruggler
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dont see how just crank up the sensitivity and learn how to play the game with what you have, also aim assist for a fast paced game like this would be better without aim assist
It just wouldn't work. This game requires consistent, precise aiming for headshots. It's already hard enough to do with a mouse given the fast paced nature of the game.
I don't think I'd say this, but there needs to be some automatic team balancing in non-ranked games, particularly stopwatch as much as it sucks being moved on your second round. Would obviously have to be weighted on time since join and contribution rather than being just random.
I don't mind playing through a round or two to completion even if we're getting completely stomped, but when the enemy are twice as many and camping your spawn... yeah, I think I'll just leave too if they refuse to balance it out. Those "Win" missions don't help I suppose.
I don't mind playing through a round or two to completion even if we're getting completely stomped, but when the enemy are twice as many and camping your spawn... yeah, I think I'll just leave too if they refuse to balance it out. Those "Win" missions don't help I suppose.
It is a little, but as far as F2P games go the grind isn't too bad. Just note that they throw a lot of credits at you at the start so spend them carefully and consider that the 30K mercs are in the Starter bundle. The price of the mercs in real money is a bit high though, I could consider dropping €5 on a merc I'm interested in but not €10.
They have stated there is absolutely zero interest in this. The team is too small to put any effort into a port, as they'd have to make dramatic changes to the game to make it playable on console. Merc balance would have to be totally different.
Mobius and pet octopus
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The bundles they sell in their store are that price I believe (can't say for euro). I think they are $15usd for 3 so 5 a pop but you can't quite choose exactly what you want.
Mobius and pet octopus
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From what I understand, it does shuffle but based on past performance. It just doesn't do it right before the round begins, so if people switch teams or leave teams after the shuffle, it ends up not being balanced often.
So if people stop leaving after every single match... then matches become more balanced.
Disagree strongly. It took me ~12 hours game-time to get 50K credits during Double Credits last week. If that's "double credits" I can't imagine how the grind is without that 200 base credit round end.
Grind for characters is too damn high, and they give you a bunch of cards for characters you can't even use because you haven't unlocked them yet. :|
In any case: Don't care much for Extraction or whatever that one-life to live mode is. Makes Phantom a little too good to knock entire teams out and feels like it goes against the "class based" nature of the game.
It's still a substantial amount of hours, yeah.
But that's probably still generous compared to some other F2P games. Hell, last time I played Battlefield 2 I estimated I had to play 50 hours just to get another weapon unlock, hah. I think it does hurt the game a bit that you can't pick good counters and interesting team combinations as freely.Not feeling Extraction either, without interesting objectives and secondary objectives, why even play Dirty Bomb? Probably won't help the playerbase either to split them across too many modes.
Mobius and pet octopus
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Isn't it called Execution, not extraction? Or did they change the name of the mode?
It's still a substantial amount of hours, yeah.
BF2 doesn't extremely gimp you though. Those 50 to the next unlock doesn't mean much when you can answer with the default guns.
Here, you're restricted to two starting classes and whatever rotates. You see so many phantoms that you want to try it yourself or attempt to counter the one on the other team? Too bad, you have to grind for 12+ hours before you can do that for each character.
I really hope Street Fighter 5's attempt at doing this isn't as grindy as Dirty Bomb's or Leagues. Terrible terrible system to stop people from being able to use any character as they see fit in an attempt of inflating gametime.
Mobius and pet octopus
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Huh? I have almost every merc unlocked but I play the default one all the time because skyhammer can kill and deal with everyone, including phantom.
Plus just about anyone has the opportunity to get fragger for free, whether by giveaways or by using the free credits you get from leveling up. And fragger is much stronger than phantom.
Mobius and pet octopus
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I think in terms of shooting and movement, the games are not even comparable. TF2 never even remotely held my interest like DB.
On a separate note, since blacklight retribution is supposed to get some big update on the 22nd, I decided to try that out again. And oh boy... that game... movement is about 100x worse than DB and shooting is eratic and terrible ever since they changed like 2 years after release.
Give ammo to everyone you see whether they ask for it or not whenever you pick a class with ammo.
Pick a class based on what the team needs, not always just what you want to play.
Play the objective.
Get a free Fragger code here:
http://www.pcgamer.com/watch-the-full-dirty-bomb-e3-trailer-and-get-a-free-mercenary/
If you play a medic, keep in mind that you can charge your defib paddles for extra health on revive.
Always aim for the head. Rarely ADS.
If you want a suggestion for your first merc unlock: Pick Sawbonez. He's the most versatile medic in the game.
Objectives.
Hip fire. Don't use sights unless it's at a distance or you're a sniper.
Objectives.
Don't forget to give ammo and health/revives.
ashecitism
Member
There are tips in the OP.
5 v 5 stopwatch mode.
I've only played it once and our team were all under level 7s while being matched with a team full of level 13s+. We got rekt.
Hopefully this will recover the tanking player base, the game has lost almost 1k players since the release of phantom.
Though I imagine they might need to reassess the monotisation before it will begin to grow again.
rip beyblade
I say those phantom nerfs are pretty fair. Still see him wreck in low level pub servers but from reading this its gonna make it way harder to just run in and right click enemies especially with the cloak and secondary katana attack tweaks.
Also those gun nerfs are pretty fair too. Crotzni and kek-10 are too good atm and a good vassili with a pdp is annoying to deal with.
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