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Metal Gear Online 3 |OT| The Missing Link
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Had a great few hours with some GAFfers.
The game really seems to be catching on now. People are no longer just charging headlong into a firefight in Bounty Hunter. There are scouts sitting back sniping, infiltrators actually infiltrating and not being annoying pricks, and sometimes there are two clearly defined sides of the battlefield with no man's land in between.
The game really seems to be catching on now. People are no longer just charging headlong into a firefight in Bounty Hunter. There are scouts sitting back sniping, infiltrators actually infiltrating and not being annoying pricks, and sometimes there are two clearly defined sides of the battlefield with no man's land in between.
TimeEffect
Member
SO has the game stabilized from release?
Do hosts grief with kicking players and leaving games often?
How is the balance, especially for the Cloaked mode
Do hosts grief with kicking players and leaving games often?
How is the balance, especially for the Cloaked mode
Demoskinos
Member
Okay finally experienced the frustration that is dudes killing people you're trying to fulton. I just want to rocket through time and space and punch them in their stupid faces. >_<
Stone Ocean
Member
I've never seen a host actually use the kick function so far. Most hosts are sticking around until after the result screen if they want to leave. Balance is stabilizing as people learn the game, D Walkers in comm are annoying but stuff like sleep nades helps a lot. TSNE is kinda messy thanks to infiltrators but it's overall a good time.
Destiny has held me tight for a solid 1200 hours-ish. Probably more, ugh. MGO is the first game to really break that hold. I didn't play MGO2, so my opinion is more of a generalists view, but I'm having a lot of fun.
Demoskinos
Member
Its still got enough of the quirk and charm that made MGO special. It lost a little bit in some areas but it plays much more solidly thanks to the controls being taken straight from TPP. It seems solid for right now but I do hope they continue to support it and add new modes/Hero characters and gear.
Cow Goes Moo
Member
its casual, much more casual than mgo2, it's kids playing with...toy soldiers...
no but really it is very easy and accessible
there's no skills like runner 2, or ar2
i think its fun, but its mindlessly easy and gets boring pretty fast
Evil Beaver
Member
Rank 3 of the Shield Skill will allow you to do it
Yeah. I'm seeing more people with higher level items and the accompanying strategies. It's not just Infiltrators speed skating around. Full disclosure, I have been that Infiltrator.
Rad. I just started playing with the shield. The secondary revolver hits pretty hard up close. I've cleared out multiple dudes at a COMM station with one six-round flurry. Headshots take people down quick. I'm liking the turtle setup more than I thought I would.
Stone Ocean
Member
Rush/time of day variance will help but yeah this needs more content badly
MAX PAYMENT
Member
GAF is jaded as fuck.
Sort of, but GAF does praise praiseworthy games. The Last of Us is a good example of that.
Have fun with the weapon sway on your heavy ass gun.
A foregrip is the way to go. Headshots for days.
Ardenyal
Member
As long as you dont think of it like a frag grenade launcer, more like a spud gun. Theres very little splash damage on it even with the demo perk.
Just got C4, people are about to go sleepybang!
Agree with the above, game needs more content asap. I'd love some retro maps, more unique characters and more stealth-focused game modes. Also, the ability to customise what weapons are allowed when creating a server. Used to love Knife-only fights on MGO1!
Agree with the above, game needs more content asap. I'd love some retro maps, more unique characters and more stealth-focused game modes. Also, the ability to customise what weapons are allowed when creating a server. Used to love Knife-only fights on MGO1!
TimeEffect
Member
Hm, so is Cloaked not liked because the other team can still go invisible?
It does sound like a weird feature to me.
How is gun/perk balance and all that? Keep in mind I exclusively care about the elimination mode, but am worried about the content not being worth the purchase...unless the game mode is that good
It does sound like a weird feature to me.
How is gun/perk balance and all that? Keep in mind I exclusively care about the elimination mode, but am worried about the content not being worth the purchase...unless the game mode is that good
MAX PAYMENT
Member
Ehh.. I think as a whole GAF is jaded. I also generally have a differing opinion from the whole.
Shouta
Member
I killed 5 guys with one grenade, I'm pretty happy with it so far, lol. I've got other sets if I need other guns anyway.
Cloak and Dagger, the mode, is great. The maps feel made for it.
Stealth Camo outside of that mode doesn't feel well balanced. It's this thing people have to actively counter, rather than feeling like just another game mechanic.
Agree, the foregrip makes it night and day of a difference.
Demoskinos
Member
I'm usually fine with it because either people are really bad at stealth and you get a free kill or they are really good at using it and I'm just usually impressed at that point that they hoodwinked me so well.
I can understand the want for more stealth based modes, but MGSV does lend it's self more to action so it shouldn't be that surprising that MGO is more action than stealth right now, both seem to look perfectly viable though.
Personally it really bums me out PC players have to wait so long as it looks so much better than MGS4's MGO.
MGS3's looked fun, but I completely missed out on that era, 4's was a nightmare, this actually already looks infinitely more practical in nearly every capacity. I'd like to hope we'll be getting updates and changes for a good few months to a year, which by then it'll probably be pretty damn incredible to play.
Though really, they should just treat this as a "platform" and expand on it endlessly, the MGSV gameplay is so rock solid that you could keep people invested in MGO for years and years as long as you keep building it up and adding to it, tweaking it here and there and so on. I think my biggest gripe with the game with everything I've seen is the Walkers really stand out as being kind "flow" ruining.
Personally it really bums me out PC players have to wait so long as it looks so much better than MGS4's MGO.
MGS3's looked fun, but I completely missed out on that era, 4's was a nightmare, this actually already looks infinitely more practical in nearly every capacity. I'd like to hope we'll be getting updates and changes for a good few months to a year, which by then it'll probably be pretty damn incredible to play.
Though really, they should just treat this as a "platform" and expand on it endlessly, the MGSV gameplay is so rock solid that you could keep people invested in MGO for years and years as long as you keep building it up and adding to it, tweaking it here and there and so on. I think my biggest gripe with the game with everything I've seen is the Walkers really stand out as being kind "flow" ruining.
BiGBoSSMk23
A company being excited for their new game is a huge slap in the face to all the fans that liked their old games.
Yeah, but that's the action deterrent .
As an enforcer I'm forced to sprint less and watch corners and move slowly, waiting to CQC a sprinting Infiltrator .
That said though, all maps look like rave parties with all the E.Locators flying at the start.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
I love Cloak and dagger. It's what I mostly play. They definitely need to add legacy maps from previous games and update them to MGO3.
That looks cool. Need to get ascension with my enforcer. But I'm at level 13 yet, so that will take me some time.
I've *only* been playing cloak and dagger, and it's been a fantastic ride. It actually feels.. somewhat balanced? Still at low-level play tho so.. also, why is there no "Stick together" or "Spread out" command. Nothing like seeing my entire team scattered on a map being picked off one-by-one by better players.
I'm level 10 Infiltrator and level, uh 5, I think, Enforcer. Scout is still a baby level 1.
Did you go for Metal Gear-ass Metal Gear names for your secondary characters? I named my Scout Furtive Anteater. Proud of that one.
Icefire1424
Member
...how the crap are people ascending already? I'm only at level 2 with my first character!
Granted, I've also only played 2 matches, and have a wife and kid at home, plus a full time job meaning I haven't really been able to play at all. But still! That didn't take long for someone to max out.
Granted, I've also only played 2 matches, and have a wife and kid at home, plus a full time job meaning I haven't really been able to play at all. But still! That didn't take long for someone to max out.
I named my next infiltrator Joe Budden.
Stone Ocean
Member
Who needs marking when you can just shoot em
Red Alchemist
Neo Member
They can, it just takes longer and they need to be closer than usual
I've played as a scout on cloak and dagger with intel2 and I can mark cloaked attackers
Yes they can, but then again why mark when you can snipe them.
What's wrong with y'alls eyes? The only place where invisibility is helpful (from my eyes of seeing them) is when they're in cover or in shadow. If someone's shooting you with their Infiltrator pea shooter, dive to cover. If they're sprinting at you, shoot to stun lock them. Alternatively, develop an R2 reflex to just CQC them before they do you. Can't remember the last time I got fultoned or taken out by an Infiltrator when I was within 20 feet of my buddy. Don't think Enforcer needs a buff, I'm doing just fine. Laying down surprising director, taking out multiple people in a single clip, throwing grenades behind cover. They do their front line man job great. It's always hilarious to me when I see some Infiltrator roaming around like I can't see him.
"Hey buddy, infiltrator around the back side of this fence."
*Buddy tosses e-loc*
*Me tosses grenade to flush, uses gun to kill*
Me and my main buddy roll Scout and Enforcer and he'll watch the outside of buildings while I infiltrate. Or I'll suppress someone with grenades and fire while he rushes them down or flanks.
"Hey buddy, infiltrator around the back side of this fence."
*Buddy tosses e-loc*
*Me tosses grenade to flush, uses gun to kill*
Me and my main buddy roll Scout and Enforcer and he'll watch the outside of buildings while I infiltrate. Or I'll suppress someone with grenades and fire while he rushes them down or flanks.
Yeah, but having to use those to reduce the advantage of one skill in particular to the point of fairness is pretty shitty.
Why? Identifying enemies is the scout's purpose.
Nice.
Also, I think defenders being allowed to go cloaked in cloak and dagger is a terrible design decision.
Because sniping isn't always the optimal choice.
If I'm not in a good position to get a shot off, marking for my team is the next best option. I can't stand scouts who make zero effort to mark.
And as an Enforcer what do I do? Give up my options for killing players just to counter invisible annoyances? Having to be at the top of my game to counter a player invisibly sprinting at me with no use of skill whatsoever isn't great.
I do fine, but I really have to focus, and that's just to even the balance. It sucks to be taken down and think "That was cheap" rather than "Damn, I got outplayed". Stealth Camo should be rebalanced to require skill to use effectively. Right now it encourages sprinting around; it doesn't seem to drain your battery any faster, and your battery draining at a steady rate means that moving as quickly as you can with strategy or direction is the most productive use of your camo.
You rely on your scout(s), on sticking close to another player for support, and on your eyes' ability to see.
You are completely exaggerating the effect of the stealth camo.
It doesn't encourage sprinting at all. If anything I'm far happier when an infiltrator is sprinting than actually trying to sneak up on me, as I am far more likely to spot and mow them down when they run.
It's dumb.