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Star Wars Battlefront |OT| Here's Where The Fun Begins
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Its just 8v8 in outer rim
Lee Chaolan
Member
Nice, but I prefer watching Heroes vs Villains streams
Are you sure? Where/when did they say that?
PintSizedSlasher
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Downloading patch now.
8,7 GB on PS4
8,7 GB on PS4
Im 99% sure They Said it on the outer rim streamNice, but I prefer watching Heroes vs Villains streams
Are you sure? Where/when did they say that?
ElzarTheBam
Member
Excellent, time for the thread to go up, and then me to retreat back in here.
I'm pretty disappointed in those patch notes. Reducing drop zone player count is a disaster for people who enjoyed that mode. I assume they did it because PC can't get enough players in it, but oh well for them. Worst update.
Buff to personal shield is ridiculous.
Nerf to trait cards was unnecessary.
Nerf to DL-44 makes no sense.
Jetpack buff is too much.
The verdict is out on the buff to bowcaster and impact grenade. Impact grenade was extremely annoying when it dealt 100 damage before.
Nerf to Luke is silly. You just buffed Vader and Boba, why bother with Luke? He already dies first in Heroes vs. Villains. He was good, but not OP in large modes. Now people will use the more campy heroes who were already arguably better.
Buff to personal shield is ridiculous.
Nerf to trait cards was unnecessary.
Nerf to DL-44 makes no sense.
Jetpack buff is too much.
The verdict is out on the buff to bowcaster and impact grenade. Impact grenade was extremely annoying when it dealt 100 damage before.
Nerf to Luke is silly. You just buffed Vader and Boba, why bother with Luke? He already dies first in Heroes vs. Villains. He was good, but not OP in large modes. Now people will use the more campy heroes who were already arguably better.
Lee Chaolan
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Cool thanks. If anything, I like that for variety sake. Can do a 6 vs 6 or 8 v 8. Love it.
Enjoy the new content everyone!
MADGAME
Member
Drop Zone nerf, da fuq lol
Scan pulse beaten with the nerf bat hard
Chrome helmet troopers removed from HvV, guess that was a mistake after all.
Barrage and Impact grenade buff are welcomed.
Not sure how I feel about Probes and Turrets self-destructing after the player dies.
Edit: My DL did not auto-start while in rest mode. I had to wake up my PS4 then it auto-started. Did this happen to anyone else? Normally the patches and updates download while it is resting.
And the patch is closer to 9gb than 8.
Scan pulse beaten with the nerf bat hard
Chrome helmet troopers removed from HvV, guess that was a mistake after all.
Barrage and Impact grenade buff are welcomed.
Not sure how I feel about Probes and Turrets self-destructing after the player dies.
Edit: My DL did not auto-start while in rest mode. I had to wake up my PS4 then it auto-started. Did this happen to anyone else? Normally the patches and updates download while it is resting.
And the patch is closer to 9gb than 8.
ElzarTheBam
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Can someone check what the new achievements/trophies are for me?
ElzarTheBam
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Pint, link is broken?
PintSizedSlasher
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ElzarTheBam
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Forerunner
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I would like to see a Palpatine buff. Maybe I just use him wrong, but when it comes to a support hero he's complete crap compared to Leia. I mainly just play WA, so maybe he's better in the small modes idk. Other than that I think all the heroes are fairly balance and play a role now. Luke didn't really need a nerf imo.
Weird they having a survival throphy since there arena any survival in the outer rim dlc
PintSizedSlasher
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Other games do that as well. The Witcher 3 DLC for example also had some trophies for regular gameplay.
PintSizedSlasher
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Wtf, I'm already playing the DLC 😬
The notes don't say that, only that most 'projectiles' won't penetrate it. Unless I missed something, it should still take extra damage from Ion weapons.
MADGAME
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In the recent Outer Rim streaming event, Dennis stated an Ion Grenade would instantly nullify a shield on contact. Not sure about splash damage effect.
PintSizedSlasher
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Man, the part outside Jabba's palace is so fucking gorgeous.
Sweet. Not too difficult.
There's a few nice changes thaat I look forward to trying out.
\Scoreboard: Added icons for playing as a Hero, playing in a vehicle, and player ping
While its the usual, semi-worthless wifi bars that console shooter MP seems to have made the norm, I look forward to seeing how many bars I get. Then again, BF4's browser always gave me max bars while Titanfall gave me 3 out of 5 bars. Why devs won't give a simple, numerical ping value anymore, I don't know...
Trait card nerfs.... way to make Scout even more the obvious choice. Perhaps they intend to introduce suped up versions with higher bonuses at some point?
Shield buffs... I get why, but I don't see the point of buffing the personal shield along with squad shield. More fodder for my Cycler Rifle I guess.
Good to see the Bowcaster somewhat back to its old self now that they nerfed the actual problem with jumpcaster gameplay: Bounty Hunter Rank 3
Impact Grenade useful again is good. I may take it in certain situations.
As a Jump Pack addict... yay! As someone sick of feeling like I'm forced to take it in every loadout... *sigh*. Its now even more indispensable with a shorter cooldown. I still think it should be a charged star card to increase loadout variety while still making its use a meaningful choice.
General: Fixed inconsistencies with blocking blaster fire between active and passive blocking for Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, & Emperor Palpatine
What? The force users block without 'blocking' to some degree? Or are they referring to passive as Palpatine being unable to reflect shots back at enemies?
Boba Fett: Increased the range at which his blaster damage starts to drop off from 30 to 45m
Boba Fett: Increased the range at which blaster damage is at the low end from 60 to 75m
Boba campers will now have less incentive to move from their hilltop/sandcrawler. Great...
Generally positive changes overall, though I would've liked to see a slight Pulse Cannon nerf. Its good for at least 5-10 kills per match with minimal skill or effort required and feels almost impossible to miss with it. Meanwhile, I line up Cycler Rifle shots dead on, only have the bullet fly over a shoulder or miss to the side despite the target being stationary in open ground while a red crosshair (in third person).
\Scoreboard: Added icons for playing as a Hero, playing in a vehicle, and player ping
While its the usual, semi-worthless wifi bars that console shooter MP seems to have made the norm, I look forward to seeing how many bars I get. Then again, BF4's browser always gave me max bars while Titanfall gave me 3 out of 5 bars. Why devs won't give a simple, numerical ping value anymore, I don't know...
Trait card nerfs.... way to make Scout even more the obvious choice. Perhaps they intend to introduce suped up versions with higher bonuses at some point?
Shield buffs... I get why, but I don't see the point of buffing the personal shield along with squad shield. More fodder for my Cycler Rifle I guess.
Good to see the Bowcaster somewhat back to its old self now that they nerfed the actual problem with jumpcaster gameplay: Bounty Hunter Rank 3
Impact Grenade useful again is good. I may take it in certain situations.
As a Jump Pack addict... yay! As someone sick of feeling like I'm forced to take it in every loadout... *sigh*. Its now even more indispensable with a shorter cooldown. I still think it should be a charged star card to increase loadout variety while still making its use a meaningful choice.
General: Fixed inconsistencies with blocking blaster fire between active and passive blocking for Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, & Emperor Palpatine
What? The force users block without 'blocking' to some degree? Or are they referring to passive as Palpatine being unable to reflect shots back at enemies?
Boba Fett: Increased the range at which his blaster damage starts to drop off from 30 to 45m
Boba Fett: Increased the range at which blaster damage is at the low end from 60 to 75m
Boba campers will now have less incentive to move from their hilltop/sandcrawler. Great...
Generally positive changes overall, though I would've liked to see a slight Pulse Cannon nerf. Its good for at least 5-10 kills per match with minimal skill or effort required and feels almost impossible to miss with it. Meanwhile, I line up Cycler Rifle shots dead on, only have the bullet fly over a shoulder or miss to the side despite the target being stationary in open ground while a red crosshair (in third person).
Ah, that's better. The way the patch notes phrased it made it sound like only the cycler, scatter gun etc could take down a shield.
I really need to turn my PS4 on to get this patch downloading asap.
poppabk
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I doubt it is this, you could still start a game with a lower player count, and I rarely have problems finding games in drop zone. My guess is the shield buffs would make the game a bubble filled mess at the higher player count. They are still going to be a bubble filled mess, but lower player count might help.
MADGAME
Member
Hmm, some of those contracts could give me some difficulty, I'm not that great with a targeting rifle, and I don't tend to earn many streaks. Though that may be down to my choice of game modes and playstyle more than anything.
34 minutes left to download the patch. Not bad, as thr PS4 claimed it was going to be an hour just a minute ago when it started.
Forerunner
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Also, what's a targeting rifle? Like the T-21 and T-21B?
T21-B was the only one previously.
MADGAME
Member
Launching now...Woo-hoo! Love the mellow music from RotJ on the Hutt Contract screen.
I think some will give many players trouble. If DICE wants to lock free stuff behind force playstyle grindgates that's fine, but doing it for content people paid to have access to is a philosophy I don't personally agree with.
I think some will give many players trouble. If DICE wants to lock free stuff behind force playstyle grindgates that's fine, but doing it for content people paid to have access to is a philosophy I don't personally agree with.
Forerunner
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Guess I have to start using it. I have like ten kills with it lol. First weapon I'm going for is the V10.
Its very good on jakku
PintSizedSlasher
Member
It shouldn't be available for about 30 minutes so maybe it isn't activated yet or something
It will give people trouble, especially because you level items up and it costs a lot of money.
I hate not being able to look at the contracts while in game.
No rebel fighter shield nerf/change? Still OP.
DL-44 nerf? lol, it was just fine post-previous nerf.
Boba fucking Fett buff? He is probably the best general purpose hero in the game, and now he is even better. Borderline impossible to kill thanks to the jet pack.
And other changes in general...
What the fuck?
Also, i figure the Vader buffs are ridiculous (that is, he didn't need that many buffs). He is already very, very good in right hands.
DL-44 nerf? lol, it was just fine post-previous nerf.
Boba fucking Fett buff? He is probably the best general purpose hero in the game, and now he is even better. Borderline impossible to kill thanks to the jet pack.
And other changes in general...
What the fuck?
Also, i figure the Vader buffs are ridiculous (that is, he didn't need that many buffs). He is already very, very good in right hands.
Well, easy it is then
SaganIsGOAT
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I'm not noticing a difference in the aiming animation in 1st person? And I am testing it on guns without scopes.
10v10 vanilla 8v8 outer rim
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