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Star Wars Battlefront |OT| Here's Where The Fun Begins
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king picollo
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Sense of progression is a carrot to keep people playing.
Still enjoying this after hitting 50, albeit in shorter bursts. Got my scout trooper, shadowtrooper, sullustan and quarren customizations and i'm good with that. Did most of my leveling in fighter squadron which is stupid easy to make credits/xp with. Fwiw I've had incredibly few matches with noticeable lag, or issues waiting for a match - eu pc.
I'm running an ee-3, jump pack, scan pulse and barrage. My second hand is anti vehicle - ion grenade, ion shot and ion torpedo. As far as emotes I'm going with the robot, ion shock, and my lowkey favourite - the super camp one where you put your hand on your hip and say "not this time!"
I didn't like han at first until I realised how good his lucky shot is, one shotting TIEs is addictive as hell.
I'm running an ee-3, jump pack, scan pulse and barrage. My second hand is anti vehicle - ion grenade, ion shot and ion torpedo. As far as emotes I'm going with the robot, ion shock, and my lowkey favourite - the super camp one where you put your hand on your hip and say "not this time!"
I didn't like han at first until I realised how good his lucky shot is, one shotting TIEs is addictive as hell.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
lol content starved so tell me how is it content starved?
So can we agree that Darth Vader doesn't really fill a role in this?
If you are on an open map like Hoth,Sullust or Tattooine, you take Boba Fett for the outside control points and the Emperor for the inside Control Points.
If you are on Endor, you take Boba Fett cause of the Jetpack.
I don't see any time that I'd rather have Vader than the Emperor or Boba.
If you are on an open map like Hoth,Sullust or Tattooine, you take Boba Fett for the outside control points and the Emperor for the inside Control Points.
If you are on Endor, you take Boba Fett cause of the Jetpack.
I don't see any time that I'd rather have Vader than the Emperor or Boba.
JimiNutz
Banned
I mainly use the E-11 or DL-44 but would like to start using the EE-3.
Only problem is I suck with it.
Any tips? Do you always need to land headshots? I find myself getting outgunned one on one with it and stand no chance against a group of enemies (unlike the DL-44 where you can win three on one if you're fast enough).
Only problem is I suck with it.
Any tips? Do you always need to land headshots? I find myself getting outgunned one on one with it and stand no chance against a group of enemies (unlike the DL-44 where you can win three on one if you're fast enough).
Headshots are always good. It took me a good couple of hours to get into the ee-3 properly (gave up at first then got killed by it a number of times and gave it another shot, it's now my favourite) Leading your target a little helps, and aiming a little higher than you think you need to seems to help with the ee-3. You can also pull the trigger on it pretty quickly although it does overheat fast (7 shot bursts take you to the verge of overheating and are what i use for at-ats)
WadiumArcadium
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Plus he barely even sounds like Vader. At least Temuera Morrison and Sam Witwer voiced Fett and Palpatine.
It is always fun to march around as Darth Vader though.
Yeah, Vader is ass. In HvV I actually feel like he's a liability that we need to protect, lol. In actual combat Leia just demolishes him with that stunlock.
I usually snap pick Boba but Emperor can definitely be good to hold down a point and have troopers spawn off you. Though Rebel side I typically always go for Leia, I feel Luke is also their weakest but he atleast has get away moves and a higher speed to make up for his lack of relative range. Vader is just way too slow for the kit he has.
JimiNutz
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EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Endor is a really pretty terrible map layout for Empire on both Walker Assault and Supremacy. Like...legitimately dumb. The second closest capture point to the Empire spawn is a series of corridor chokepoints. And Walker Assault goes without saying.
It's gorgeous, but yeah. It's a dud.
It's gorgeous, but yeah. It's a dud.
Chuckie
Member
You target a enemy with L2 and use the left stick to change you speed. Otherwise I don't know really.
I don't think I have ever used L2 hahaha. This might be the key to why I suck so much haha. Thanks!
Thank you too
I think it's quite impossible without the lock
. Just hold L2 then you are in lock-mode.WadiumArcadium
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Well...it's not confirmed either way. The new canon reference book Ultimate Star Wars didn't confirm he was. He's a fan-favourite, I'm sure he'll feature at some point.
Garrus Vakarian
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I hear you, played the beta and loved it, had no ping issues. Get the game and can't find a single AU server, feeling ripped off right now.PC Australia.
From what I can gather there's fuck all locally hosted servers for each mode, so 90% of the time the only match it can find is in a server hosted somewhere giving me 170+ms ping. If I'm really lucky I'll land in a local 35 - 50ms server, and in play it feels night and day to me. Worst though is when it can't find anything
Server browser would at least offer some transparency, and let me find active, local modes. This is just pissing in the wind.
This is exactly like MW2 on 360 back in the day, matchmaking didn't prioritize ping so we spent nearly a year connecting to 1-2 bar US servers. Eventually they flicked the switch and made it search for ping first and the issue was gone, astoundingly stupid.
kriskrosbbk
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Is the bounty trait worth it?Anyone some feedback?
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Yep. In all honesty if somebody local asked me if they should buy it on PC I'd deter them from doing so, explaining why and whether or not latency is an issue for them. Last night I landed in a 40ms ping game of Walker Assault, and today the same for Supremacy. It really is 100% night and day. Hit opponents and their health bar display depletes immediately, no delay. The amount of games I've played with 170ms ping has, funnily enough, busted my long range game as I no longer need to accommodate for bullshit hitbox lag.
4 maps for the main attraction modes. Once you have played 4 rounds of each mode that's it. It can get repetitive quick. The smaller modes are typical deathmatch, capture the flag, king of hill type modes also limited to 4 maps each. Jakku is going to up the map count to 5 at least the 2 big modes, woopee!
ChimeraFire
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I hate playing as a stromtrooper on Endor
I can't see those rebel scums
I can't see those rebel scums
ElzarTheBam
Member
More content does not equal more fun. You know this. I know you do.
The simplicity and spectacle of SW is enough for a lot of people.
I myself have it 75 hours, and I have barely touched any of mission.
If we dont get Star Cards / new weapons with the Battle of Jakku DLC, we will definitely get some for free at a later point
First ingame-picture from Jakku? No idea what it is.
Inside the wreckage of a Star Destroyer
The Pulse Cannon is as fucking useless as the Cycler imo. I get what should be a perfectly good shot on someone and nothing
Bubble Walrus
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Are you fully charging it? (Keeping the trigger held until the reticle completely changes colour) Because it's very easy to get kills with the Pulse. Half of all my kills are with it.
We're gonna see a twitch livestream of the maps in 6 1/2 hours
The Pulse Cannon is a insta-kill if fully charged.
prag16
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Damn, that Angry Joe thread. Yes, the game has limitations, but the hyperbole is out of control.
The Angry Joe defense force that pops up every time is always amusing to me, acting like he/they are being persecuted unfairly as soon as a small handful of posters state that they don't like his schtick,
The Angry Joe defense force that pops up every time is always amusing to me, acting like he/they are being persecuted unfairly as soon as a small handful of posters state that they don't like his schtick,
Maybe I'm blind, but where are you seeing ping displayed?
Gravemind IV
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Yup. I still pick him, because well, it's Vader yo. They should just give him unlimited blocking, the only time he shines is when you get into a 1vs1 with Luke (and even then you can get stunlocked if you don't watch out). His special abilities also leave him wide open (especially choke), you should be able to animation cancel choke with blocking or something. He was a lot stronger in the beta, even with degrading health. You were a wall and true terror inside bases.
I checked out the official forums. I have no idea what's wrong with me, I am pretty much only playing Walker Assault and still having loads of fun. But if I am to believe the forums, I should be ashamed for liking this game.
I'm pretty sure that there was a battle on Yavin 4 before the Rebels fled to Hoth to hide from the Empire. It wasn't seen in the films of course, but neither was the Battle of Sullust.
console command "networkperfoverlay.enable true" shows you your ping.
O ... the main problem with this game is it's lack of content. Could've used more maps. You'd think they would take full advantage of the things that could fit in the Star-Wars universe. I think DICE wanted to play it safe.
They announced that Battlefrond would take place during the OT. In the OT-movies we've only seen Hoth, Bespin, Tatooine, Death-Star, Endor, Yavin 4, Dagobah and that's about it. I'm pretty sure we'll get other maps/content soon.
They announced that Battlefrond would take place during the OT. In the OT-movies we've only seen Hoth, Bespin, Tatooine, Death-Star, Endor, Yavin 4, Dagobah and that's about it. I'm pretty sure we'll get other maps/content soon.
Chuckie
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4 maps? In Blast you have (from the top of my head) Endor Forest, Endor Imperial Base, that Sulfur planet, the Shuttle Bay, Hoth Rebel base, Hoth caves, Tatooine with Jawa Sandcrawler, Tattooine with the huge transportship in the middle, Tatooine Mos Eisly.
That's 9 maps.
Kingsora
Would rather have no penis than have to show his to a medical professional
Aha good to know, any official link to it already?
He said "for the main attraction modes" right there bro
Blast, aka Team Deathmatch with 10vs10 is NOT the main attraction of Battlefront.
Chuckie
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It says this:
It says also limited to 4 maps each right? Or am I misreading something?
Does 'King of the hill type mode' start a new sentence?
prag16
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Sweet, thanks. Not sure how I missed this to this point.
Maybe he means "planets"? instead of maps? but yeah, the smaller modes definitely have more than 4 maps.
JustinBbad
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I recognize the games flaws. Would have loved more maps, some balancing tweaks and a single player campaign, but....
It is incredibly fun to turn my home theatre system on blast and rattle shit off the walls. When the wife and kid leave the house, this is my go to game because it benefits so much from a loud theatre system.
This is not the type of game I'll play for 6 hours straight, but I can see it playing the role Rocket League does. I play an extended session of whatever the new hotness is, i.e., Fallout 4, then palette cleanse with a round or two of this or Rocket League.
It's so damn pretty I can't get over it. How shallow am I?????
It is incredibly fun to turn my home theatre system on blast and rattle shit off the walls. When the wife and kid leave the house, this is my go to game because it benefits so much from a loud theatre system.
This is not the type of game I'll play for 6 hours straight, but I can see it playing the role Rocket League does. I play an extended session of whatever the new hotness is, i.e., Fallout 4, then palette cleanse with a round or two of this or Rocket League.
It's so damn pretty I can't get over it. How shallow am I?????
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
A trick to keep people playing with so much other shooter competition. A psychological "reward system", kind of like trophies and achievements, which is like a drip-fed/carrot dangle effect. Back in the day, the game's gameplay without unlocks warranted it's legs. Also developers like Epic Games would have great modding tools and free official map and skin content with patches as well, (even on the PS2 version of UT).
DeepEnigma
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Same here. Games like BF4, etc only have 4 select maps people always want to play on.
Uncharted for example with map voting, I seen the same 3 maps over and over no matter how many there were. The gameplay kept me playing.
This has graphics, sound, immersion, performance, and solid gameplay. As more content trickles in, it will be better yes, but I am still enjoying the piss out of the game that I thought I was going to play casually, yet find myself ONLY playing this, while Until Dawn and ND Collection are still in their wrappers.
Kingsora
Would rather have no penis than have to show his to a medical professional
My timer is on 40 hours played and I am still having fun.
I haven't had this fun with a multiplayer game in years. It's so much more fun then the COD's and Battlefields released in that year. It's just amazing, more content would have been nice. But I don't think 13 maps is bad at all, 15 tommorow.
It just baffles me that literally everyone is hating on this game.... Maybe it just have a bad taste in multiplayer games?
I haven't had this fun with a multiplayer game in years. It's so much more fun then the COD's and Battlefields released in that year. It's just amazing, more content would have been nice. But I don't think 13 maps is bad at all, 15 tommorow.
It just baffles me that literally everyone is hating on this game.... Maybe it just have a bad taste in multiplayer games?
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
The DL-44 gets a lot of bitching its way because people with the deluxe edition have instant access to it, but the real criminal of this game is the SE-14C with explosive shot, it will kill anyone at any range instantly, hell even without explosive shot the SE-14C is about as strong as the DL-44, honestly probably stronger because the DL-44 requires you to actually land your shots every time, since the SE-14C fires a 5 shot burst it can still do damage even with a less steady hand.
On top of that I've seen the thing one burst people at close range without explosive shot.
Honestly I would be willing to bet that most of the people who are over level 24 (which I think is the level required for barrage) are running Jump pack + Explosive shot + Barrage + SE14C, this seems to be the most popular load out right now.
I still have a lot of fun with the game but the more and more I play it the more obvious the flaws become. I think the lack of maps is which is the constant complaint isn't exactly right, maybe 1 or 2 more maps would have been better but for now I think it's fine, I still feel like I'm learning most of the maps anyways. I think the real issue lies with the fact that most star cards are just better than others and taking specialized star cards like the ion cannon make you feel like you're giving up something. Sure you can put it in your second hand but how often will you actually need a vehicle killer? Then when you do need it you spawn with it but you're either too far from the vehicle now or you die a few times trying to get there to help or it's already dead and now you're stuck with a less useful starcard until you die.
If all the cards felt like meaningful things to have on you it'd be better, also the fucking personal shield should be a power up and the group shield should be a star card.
On top of that I've seen the thing one burst people at close range without explosive shot.
Honestly I would be willing to bet that most of the people who are over level 24 (which I think is the level required for barrage) are running Jump pack + Explosive shot + Barrage + SE14C, this seems to be the most popular load out right now.
I still have a lot of fun with the game but the more and more I play it the more obvious the flaws become. I think the lack of maps is which is the constant complaint isn't exactly right, maybe 1 or 2 more maps would have been better but for now I think it's fine, I still feel like I'm learning most of the maps anyways. I think the real issue lies with the fact that most star cards are just better than others and taking specialized star cards like the ion cannon make you feel like you're giving up something. Sure you can put it in your second hand but how often will you actually need a vehicle killer? Then when you do need it you spawn with it but you're either too far from the vehicle now or you die a few times trying to get there to help or it's already dead and now you're stuck with a less useful starcard until you die.
If all the cards felt like meaningful things to have on you it'd be better, also the fucking personal shield should be a power up and the group shield should be a star card.
JimiNutz
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I'm a very average player (1.3 K/D and 60% win percentage) but even in the hands of an average player it still felt cheap.
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