MADGAME
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It marks enemies around you and the whole team can see. Currently an essential card when playing as an Imperial on Endor.
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Star Wars Battlefront |OT| Here's Where The Fun Begins
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Tal Shiar Agent
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They really need to give the Empire some camouflage on Endor even if it isn't canon. This is fucking ridiculous. Not a single win on Endor as the Empire in any mode.
The worst is when you mistake 'em for a Rebel. Stormtroopers have helmets, dammit.
Thought people who buy the game late are probably going to wonder why so many Stormtroopers are wearing black armor.
Wtf, they have helmet-less Troopers? Lol, what a idiotic decision.
Real talk though, I want that W. I can only
There are times I wonder if that was a last minute, "holy crap, there's barely any customization options for Imperials, let's just give 'em the Rebel heads" decision or if it was always the plan and they just kept it quiet.
They have old heads on lock though.
Kind of interesting. There are actually way more old heads than young or even middle aged (I.e. <40 or so)
CarbonFire
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Scan Pulse is currently an essential card for almost every situation. Game-sanctioned wallhacks tend to be pretty damn essential. To the point where I wish it wasn't so powerful, or only showed a 3D fixed "ping" location of enemies rather than outlining and tracking them for 7 seconds.
Secret best use of the Scan Pulse? Finding that last hero hiding off in a corner in Hero vs Villains.
Yeah lol. I'm just going to keep the helmet on my character until I unlock the zabrak.
I'd love Latino heads on here
or a fucking wookie.
DeepEnigma
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Whoa whoa whoa! Hey guys/gals! Time out, time out!
How the sweet baby Anakin did they get Endor to look, sound and run so freaking smooth?!
My jaw is still being dropped here. Day or night, rain or shine, this is some magic, no no no, DICE used the Force.
WOW!
Okay sorry, lol, fanning hard over here. Carry on.
How the sweet baby Anakin did they get Endor to look, sound and run so freaking smooth?!
My jaw is still being dropped here. Day or night, rain or shine, this is some magic, no no no, DICE used the Force.
WOW!
Okay sorry, lol, fanning hard over here. Carry on.
And hope it's not Boba Fett on Tatooine hiding on top of the space ship. :/
DJ Lushious
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I don't know where else to ask this, and I don't think it's new thread-worthy, so hopefully someone here can help me.
I have my PS4 with my PS+ account on it. I also purchased the Darth Vader PS4. Is there a way I can have a non-PS+ account on the Vader PS4 and still have them hop online and play Battlefront with me on my console?
Sony says the following about Primary Systems (my non-Vader PS4 is my primary), but it doesn't exactly detail my situation above.
I have my PS4 with my PS+ account on it. I also purchased the Darth Vader PS4. Is there a way I can have a non-PS+ account on the Vader PS4 and still have them hop online and play Battlefront with me on my console?
Sony says the following about Primary Systems (my non-Vader PS4 is my primary), but it doesn't exactly detail my situation above.
TheSpoiler
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The jetpack situation is really funny when paired with the horrible spawning system.
I finally got my jetpack and jumped to a higher position, and like seven dudes spawned on me. It was like instant cover fire for one enemy.
I finally got my jetpack and jumped to a higher position, and like seven dudes spawned on me. It was like instant cover fire for one enemy.
I still can't decide whether I want to get on PS4 or PC. I have a 980, so I know it will look better than on PS4, but part of me just wants to kick back on the couch and play with a controller (which I can do on PC, but at a disadvantage). How much better does PC look than PS4?
I think it will work. If I remember correctly, you only need your primary account to have ps+ and all other accounts can play too. I don't think the other account needs to have ps+.
OriginofHysteria
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OMG just discovered the button to bring the throttle down in vehicles. It was a pain trying to lock onto an opponent in fighter squadron.
Though I wish they could use the right stick to look around the cockpit rather than that.
Though I wish they could use the right stick to look around the cockpit rather than that.
CarbonFire
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Jetpack, Homing Shot. No problems detected.
Insane Metal
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Guys. GUYS. What about those damn PARTICLES?
The particle effects in this game are insane. Movie quality.
The particle effects in this game are insane. Movie quality.
Thanks! Not sure how I missed this the whole time.
I suppose that would work.
Once you hit like level 10 I think? That's when you can make multiple hands.
Intriguing alternate ending for Empire Strikes Back right there.
If you are the only one using the non-Vader PS4 for multiplayer, then just set the Vader one as your primary instead.
This way anyone on the Vader one can play multiplayer from your PS+ subscription and you can still play all your games on the non-Vader one including multiplayer.
PC version is amazing and worth it if you play at high resolution or framerates, like 144hz.
4 maps is as disingenuous as 12 maps. The truth is in between. There are 4 planets with one massive map per planet. Depending on your mode you might have the whole map or just a portion of it. That portion is still the same as that portion in the other map though it plays differently than the larger portion (different load outs).
So yeah... Not really 12... But not really 4.
Yea the orbital strike looks insane. Just everything looks insane. I'm amazed how well it runs on ps4. It shows you how good the engine is
I'm pretty sure that's wrong. The smaller maps have locations the larger maps don't have. Like on the Endor map in Walker and Supremancy has no location like the Imperial Station Endor Map.
The Hoth map in the ice caves is also not part of the larger map.
bonesmccoy
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Boba is amazing.
I was playing Walker Assault on Tatooine yesterday - half awake thanks to the seasonal flu I contracted - when I got his power up.
Ran into a group of Rebels, panicked, sprayed them with flames, they panicked, scattered.
I only took down 5-6 Rebels before dying myself, but it was glorious.
I was playing Walker Assault on Tatooine yesterday - half awake thanks to the seasonal flu I contracted - when I got his power up.
Ran into a group of Rebels, panicked, sprayed them with flames, they panicked, scattered.
I only took down 5-6 Rebels before dying myself, but it was glorious.
This is also disingenuous. Not all of the small maps are cut out portions of the larger maps. For example, the Hoth Ice Caves are not part of Outpost Beta.
Edit: So beaten, with the exact same example even.
Edit 2: As another example, the Jawa Refuge map is not cut out of the Judland Wastes map, it is completely separate.
Akiyama_AE
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Fuck it I can't resist anymore will get this in 2 days...
So a couple of questions.
On foot games, you don't get the red circles over the enemy? Like on fighter squadron? It's frustrating they give you the circles in fighter so you can see stuff in the distance, when imho the foot game is even harder to see in the distance and you get nothing.
In fighter squadron, is there a button to toggle speed? Or just the other stick?
On foot games, you don't get the red circles over the enemy? Like on fighter squadron? It's frustrating they give you the circles in fighter so you can see stuff in the distance, when imho the foot game is even harder to see in the distance and you get nothing.
In fighter squadron, is there a button to toggle speed? Or just the other stick?
The_Darkest_Red
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I'd like to see a breakdown of exactly how many maps are unique. Obviously you've got the 4 big maps and at least a handful of the smaller maps but I'm not sure how the numbers work out.
The perfect Dark
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I heard there's a mode similar to conquest in BC2, is that true? Would be awesome.
How was that mode?
Supremacy is the most similar, but only two points are ever active at once (except at the very start).
For example, say there are points A B C D E
Rebels start with A and B already in their control
Empire starts with D and E already in their control
You need to capture the points in order, so it's like a mix of Conquest and Chain Link.
I love it, because it eliminates stealth capping and circling the map looking for a battle.
Supremely is kidna like that. But its more like WAW War. Its a liner cap and defend.
JumPeRJumPzZ
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Or make the AT AT on Endor a bit stronger.
The_Darkest_Red
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One big issue I have with the game is the spawn system. I love that in the Battlefield games you can choose where you spawn, particularly in modes like Conquest where you're fighting for specific points. Supremacy would be better with that type of spawn system.
Snkfanatic
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Oh nice, I didn't realize the rules were laid out like that. It's my favorite mode so far. Very fun and very hectic
Zank Frappa
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In Battlefront's equivalent of Conquest mode, I assume its called Supremacy, are the Walker Assault version of the maps used (e.g. large) or just mini sized versions?
DJ Lushious
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Perfect! From Sony's description it sounded like this was possible, but it still seemed like a gray area.
The shadow trooper outfit might help a bit, atleast on nighttime endor.
yeah I don't get it
I put in BF early last night, to let it install and update before playing( I saw the bar fill, a the update file start) Several hours later I play, but it immediately launches into the Darth Vader mission survival game, I assumed my game was already installed, but I ended up playing this Vader game for 30 mins + with nothing changing, no indication of how far along the game install was, or if it was done or not. I just kept fighting with no prompts whatsoever and no way to quite it.
I eventually just quite the application from the PS menu, restarted the game, it launched back into the minigame, and it immediately had a message saying the install was done, press option to quite. Was a bit frustrating, when you have very limited time to play.
Very poor, or maybe buggy install method.
Just a touch melodramatic...
I think it's 4 big maps for the 4 planets and then 2 small maps on each planet since that adds up to the 12 maps.
But yeah, thus far all of the small maps seem to be unique and not just the big maps. Granted I could see how people could think they're just sectioned off due to looking very similar but the layouts are very different.
To which... Is Jakku going to be 2 maps or 3 maps? It would make sense if it was 1 big map and 2 small maps.
Hidden One
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Who plays on PC I need people to add.
cyberheater
PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 Xbone PS4 PS4
It took around 25 mins to install the game while we were playing Vader.
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