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Star Wars Battlefront |OT| Here's Where The Fun Begins
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Anyone else experiencing severe connection issues on PC (particularly fellow Australians)? I have yet to find a server where my latency was below 200, and I can't win a gunfight as a result, which has all but completely sapped the fun out of the game. It isn't my internet, as it has more than adequate speeds for online play, as evident by every other online game I play.
This Skill based match-making seems to be a MASSIVE problem, seeing as it prioritizes skill over location, and the lack of server browser means I can't select a server close to me. If I didn't buy a Physical copy I'd be getting a refund from Origin... but I don't know what I can do at this stage. Just hoping that it's a week one thing that'll get sorted out swiftly, otherwise this was a waste of money, which is a shame, because I otherwise like the game, and the BETA played absolutely fine.
Anyone else in a similar boat?
This Skill based match-making seems to be a MASSIVE problem, seeing as it prioritizes skill over location, and the lack of server browser means I can't select a server close to me. If I didn't buy a Physical copy I'd be getting a refund from Origin... but I don't know what I can do at this stage. Just hoping that it's a week one thing that'll get sorted out swiftly, otherwise this was a waste of money, which is a shame, because I otherwise like the game, and the BETA played absolutely fine.
Anyone else in a similar boat?
Opus Angelorum
Member
It was nerfed.
i HeaR MusiC
Member
This game is the Rocket League of shooters. Casual greatness. Perfectly compliments BO3 after I've raged..LOL
well now it is fucking embarrassing, and you would think it would be good being buried at level 28, I upgraded it as well before I tried it, 10,000 credits lost
RedAssedApe
Banned
i'm a moron and didn't realize the green sniper rifle is a charge weapon...was wonder why the fuck there is that delay in firing and and did so little damage lol
MilkyJoe
Member
Game is the very definition of style over substance. Walker Assault on Endor is, however, the greatest multi-player experience of modern times. The fighter squadron Rebel ships have way to much head wobble in cockpit view.
I'm glad I got this for almost free... I'd be pissed if I paid £40+ for it.
I'm glad I got this for almost free... I'd be pissed if I paid £40+ for it.
PintSizedSlasher
Member
Just did a towcable takedown in the dying seconds of a Walker Assault match and won it for the rebels.
That felt soooooooo good.....
That felt soooooooo good.....
ISee
Member
*sigh* A true SWG 2 with those graphics... one can dream.
Warablo
Member
This is what I thought DICE would do. Be a amazing Star Wars game with the depth of Battlefield.
Sadly it is not the case, its still a cool Star Wars game, but I wanted more I guess.
DOWN
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It's a casual shooter. Not everything needs tinkering and grinding for days and days. The game is meant for the same people who understand Garden Warfare. It's for your uncle, your roommate, and your young teenage son. The whole point is fun in the Star Wars chaos. It doesn't need what Battlefield 4 is after.
More maps is the only true complaint the game is getting.
thunker 9000
Member
I just got 71 kill in walker assault.........0________o
I dunno man. that's bananas.
I dunno man. that's bananas.
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
Weapon Skins and Customization doesnt fit into the Star Wars universe... I dont want weapons with grips, acogs etc...
People need to stop slapping every 0815 shooter mechanic into a new game.
How so? If you mean style over quantity, sure. But the game itself is quite fun to play, has a bunch of game modes and, yeah, it looks stunning.
It would have been nice if they included more maps, even if they were just variations of the 4 planets with different settings (small, foggy and sunset, large, rain and night, etc...)
Oh well...
And yeah this game lacks customization but then again that'd be hard to do with Star Wars... maybe some super minor details to change or something?... eh...
Yeah, it would basically be a battlefield mod with a Star Wars skin, which I'm guessing is what people were expecting. It needs to be its own game, and its off to an interesting start with some of the asymmetric multiplayer modes, and jet packs and heroes.
Paasei
Member
Lol, I wish that would happen to me sometimes. They always slip away when they require one more hit to go down. Most annoying thing ever.
Equanimity
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I experienced the same thing last night. But they're most definitely real people.
Sodding_Gamer
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Proper addicted to this game. I was having so much fun on Blast on the Endor map. It's beautiful!
https://youtu.be/wJDeyESyfLQ
https://youtu.be/wJDeyESyfLQ
The Xtortionist
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I'm level 34 and have 24 hours of playtime. Somebody stop me.
RedAssedApe
Banned
How so? If you mean style over quantity, sure. But the game itself is quite fun to play, has a bunch of game modes and, yeah, it looks stunning.
It would have been nice if they included more maps, even if they were just variations of the 4 planets with different settings (small, foggy and sunset, large, rain and night, etc...)
Oh well...
And yeah this game lacks customization but then again that'd be hard to do with Star Wars... maybe some super minor details to change or something?... eh...
imagining a foggy covered or rain soaked endor...and some sandstorms on tatooine or snowstorms on hoth with taun tauns hnrghhh.
kriskrosbbk
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JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
A friend said that two days ago when we were dominating all day xD
Exactly. Make them different using weather, time of day and sizes, and that by itself should give quite some variation. Make more indoors to give to extra variations as well as maybe trying to make some nice setups with, say, a large ship crashed in the middle of the battle area, or part of Endor where there's a lake or something, etc...
It shouldn't be too costly, considering they got their assets ready and most time of day settings are almost copy pasted from other locations, etc... they still need to do level design and lots of proper testing and debugging, which is obviously a lot, but not as much as creating a new planet!
Lee Chaolan
Member
Step up your game, the Japanese streamers are getting over 100. ;p
Kingsora
Would rather have no penis than have to show his to a medical professional
Actually when you play as the Hero it's incredibly fun to play against a whole team.
If you however die a lot and can't kill the hero, it's quite frustrating.
But then again, if you think about it. How could they have made it better? I see people saying that the next Hero should be the one who has done the most damage, but the problem there is that after a while some people would just stop shooting, because they can only die and have no chance to become the Hero.
The Xtortionist
Member
A friend suggested something like rotating the hero at certain intervals? So at the start of the match, the game randomly decides I get to be the hero for X amount of time. After that amount of time passes, the next player in line automatically becomes the hero, and so on (immediately rotate the hero if the current hero dies). After every player has been the hero once or twice, the game ends and whoever got the most kills during their turn(s) wins. Just an idea. The concept of Hero Hunt is awesome, but the finer details need some serious work imo.
Kingsora
Would rather have no penis than have to show his to a medical professional
No that wouldn't be better I guess. Why Would you bother fighting the Hero and probably die a few times if you just random get to be one eventually?
I think it's pretty difficult to make it better.
Anyone has any ideai how evolve does it? Its the same concept
The Xtortionist
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Either bonus points for damaging the hero, or working together to kill the hero quickly and reduce their kill potential I guess. It certainly can't be worse than the lucksack way it is now. If one player lucks out and becomes the hero twice or three times in a single game, it can be almost impossible to catch him if the rest of the heroes are more or less evenly distributed among the other players. Lucking out and getting that last shot on the hero has incredible ramifications for it being just that - happening to be in the right place at the right time.
In Evolve you win as a team. If the hunters kill the monster a single time, the hunters all win the match. If the monster kills the hunters, the monster wins. It isn't like Hero Hunt where every player in the game is ultimately out for themselves. The hunters are considered a single entity as it concerns winners and losers.
But did your team win?
PintSizedSlasher
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Having the same problem at the moment. Last half hour or so.
Am I the only one who finds very distracting the little arrow that appears during sprint?
http://imgur.com/V3477wm
http://imgur.com/V3477wm
blackdevil
Member
just try. Do you have the recommended Sony ports open?
i didnt play today so maybe its an EA Server Problem.
this. So many times i was shooting at the hero like crazy only to overheat my weapon and somebody else jump in an steal my kill... very discouraging.
dont think i noticed that arrow^^ but thanks now i will ^^XD
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Fuck you guys, the thought is too much for my heart to handle.
Best MMO of all time even if the Star Wars theme was removed.
Was basically like a 2nd actual life in the Star Wars universe.
Noisepurge
Member
Yeah, now if you want to win it, you gotta wait until other players have done enough damage and then drop an artillery strike or homing shot to get the kill.
Then camp in a small corridor as the hero to rack up kills. Did this once to get the win from that mode. Never playing it again
Game would be fun with a full team of friends i guess.
I really have a hard time dealing with the weapons in this game.
The way they shoot,the way the lasers fly, the travel time and the sometimes really weird damage (sometimes more,sometimes less) is just totally throwing me off after playing BLOPS3 or the BFs.
I keep getting the drop on people or shooting them from afar and they take barely any damage while I seem to hear a hit sound and die immediately.
Same in Fighter Squadron where I hear a hit sound on my shit and am immediately dead while I need 5 seconds of constant hits to kill an enemy.
The way they shoot,the way the lasers fly, the travel time and the sometimes really weird damage (sometimes more,sometimes less) is just totally throwing me off after playing BLOPS3 or the BFs.
I keep getting the drop on people or shooting them from afar and they take barely any damage while I seem to hear a hit sound and die immediately.
Same in Fighter Squadron where I hear a hit sound on my shit and am immediately dead while I need 5 seconds of constant hits to kill an enemy.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Yup, basically the reason I stopped playing that mode.
Knock them down like 90% get killed and some guy gets 1 hit on them a gets the kill.
Noisepurge
Member
Put full power on guns instead of speed to get quick kills.
It could be lag.
But yeah, the lasers are too slow for my tastes too. I get it's to be authentic but I would rather have they made just like bullets.
..... What?
Kölsch Bloot
Member
Am I the only one annoyed by the fact you can have a stormtrooper without helmet?
Looks exceptionally weird to say the least.
Slowing down increases weapon power
Looks exceptionally weird to say the least.
Slowing down increases weapon power
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