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TITANFALL 2 |OT| Don't Misgender Tone.
- Thread starter Joyful
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What's so broken about Tone? Her shield is weak and her Salvo Core doesn't work at all in certain maps.
EL CUCO
Member
Did my first Coliseum match. I had no clue what I was getting myself into. That was pretty fun!
https://youtu.be/Hifp9ksVURg
https://youtu.be/Hifp9ksVURg
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Cuz you gotta respect the execution animation.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
I've only gotten to play a couple of hours but I am in the same boat completely.
Single player is easily the best single player FPS I've played in quite some time. The multiplayer... not really enjoying it. Kinda weird since I loved the Modern Warfare games and I'm liking the campaign a lot so far. I played a couple of games tonight and just didn't enjoy myself.
PvP is not bad. You guys are probably playing it wrong. Yes, map hack sucks but it sucks in all modes.
I've actually had a lot of fun in this mode. It's actually playable unlike how it was in Titanfall 1.
You just can't be caught in the open against one. Avoid it at all costs head on.
The smart core needs some type of reduction.
It should be harder to aim. This and the g2a are too easy to use right now for how strong they are.
I'm not playing PvP wrong because I don't play that garbage. This is Titanfall.
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Bug Report:
In FFA if you kill a Pilot who is Rodeoing someone else, the 6-4 announcer congratulates you for saving "a fellow 6-4".
Also RIP to the Ronin who tried to deal with my Legion. He did get in you know, so I used Electric Smoke and Smart Cored his ass...
Here's a tip though, Legion can't escape a Nuclear Eject if he has his shield up.
Digital Savior
Member
Smart Pistol is killer in Bounty Hunt. That mode is why it is no longer a secondary and just a boost now.
NullPointer
Member
Every single one of her shots hurts. Coming from Ion, which I still dig, I've found it easier to turn the tide with Tone. But I am a more positional, medium range player.
I don't think she's broken at all, just well balanced in a way that other titans aren't. If anything I'd buff Ion's primary or give it a lingering splash effect - even spectres and players can take way too many hits and still hightail it away.
megarockexe
Member
Used some credits to buy a new execution.
How do you do executions? I've literally never done any in this game yet. The whole melee stuff isn't as sticky as the first game.
Also, I like how the Kraber was changed to be easier to use. I don't loathe using it anymore, proven with these lucky shots.
http://i.imgur.com/Iik8q9s.gifv
http://i.imgur.com/Dc7WQtX.gifv
Triscuitable
Member
- Particle wall tanks tons of damage and allows her to open fire or retreat while being completely safe from damage
- The 40mm cannon is an extremely powerful primary weapon with a healthy magazine size and nasty crit potential
- Her ordnance has no cooldown, and it's extremely easy to get a lock on Titans
- Her Core Ability smites on any Titan in the game with virtually zero effort involved
She's the best midrange Titan, can contest Northstar at a distance (especially with particle wall, which Northstar should have, not Tone), and can easily earn locks in close range to make use of her ordnance. And when he Salvo Core is ready, she gets to decide which Titan on the battlefield dies. There's not really a "certain map" for where Salvo Core struggles; considering virtually every map is open enough for it to be useful (sans Complex, which is garbage anyway), it's never going to be a problem.
NullPointer
Member
Not so sure about "tons". I've often seen my particle wall go up and disappear in a flat second, even against pilot anti-titan weaponry.
Just happened in my last match for the night.
Triscuitable
Member
Depends on what perk you choose, really. But even then, if it's going down after two or three seconds of fire, that's quite a bit of potential damage the enemy could've been dealing to you that they wasted taking down the wall quickly while you were shooting at them. And while they were shooting the wall, you were shooting them, and now they're down health and reloading while you're totally fine.
The only real way to win an engagement when the wall goes up is to break off the fight, and that's a tool that is far too powerful for a Titan that's already so well-rounded.
Ion's hitscan is tied to an ability based on energy and at max can do it twice without waiting, and that means Ion isn't using any other ability during this. Tone is the best pilot killer in the game outside of Smart Core Legion, has a shield with versatility either to help a friendly in a bad spot, cover someone/yourself getting a battery, or just plopping it in a fight naturally for cover. Wallhacking, shown by Maphack and Pulse Blade, is ridiculously strong in any game, let alone the titan that gets a benefit tracking for missiles on top of exposing all pilots who will die if they peek.
Tone is unquestionably the best titan in the game to me looking at them all, and it isn't even close. Gets even stupider when half the team is playing her(which is basically every game now) since the shields are put all over the place, there's hack pings everywhere and there are just missiles flying everywhere.
Ivory Samoan
Gold Member
Not sure why people are hating on map hack and sonar... it's fine if you ask me.
I use cloak and grapple pretty much exclusively with amped weapons too...so I'm not a bias offender
I use cloak and grapple pretty much exclusively with amped weapons too...so I'm not a bias offender
Triscuitable
Member
They're both problematic, and in order for the meta to shift towards all six Titans being viable, those two need to be nerfed pretty hard. Tone's whole kit needs to be toned down (heh) a notch, but Legion's is a bit simpler: reduce the crit multiplier on his minigun, and make the dropoff on his long-range mode more significant. Making it so the Smart Core has a cutoff point for its lock-ons would also make it a lot fairer; it's absurdly good right now.
Tone has more mobility and a more instantly lethal core ability. Her defense is more reliable and her ordnance is incredible.
Legion has a ton of health and a fairly decent means of damage mitigation while hit crits the crap out of a Titan's armor, and his core ability effortlessly clears through entire teams with the swipe of a mouse.
May the thread have mercy on you.
Ivory Samoan
Gold Member
Haha... I know right, I've gone and grappled my way into a barrage of hurt missles
In Tone news, I also don't think she is OP at all, doesn't need a buff though IMO, that seems crazy to me. Ronin could do with a slight armor buff too I reckon, or a Sword buff.
SmartWaffles
Member
It does kill in one burst at close range, two bursts past mid range. If you hit one headshot then it is a two shot kill. It is also the fastest firing rifle among the bunch at a ridiculous 930RPM.
So PC Titanfall 2 players
the players with 'BRO' in their name are totally hacking, right? Because I have run into several of them with nonstop lockon aim that never falls off no matter if you're over them, beside them, speed boosting or anything. I've watched several killcams when I get matched with them in Attrition and they look VERY suspect.
the players with 'BRO' in their name are totally hacking, right? Because I have run into several of them with nonstop lockon aim that never falls off no matter if you're over them, beside them, speed boosting or anything. I've watched several killcams when I get matched with them in Attrition and they look VERY suspect.
If I would buff Ronin I would just make his reload speed faster, or atleast have a kit for it. I like playing him but when I go in and have to reload it just sucks. You can do it into a phase shift but it still takes longer, and you can't reload while blocking which means a block retreat to reload takes awhile. Feels bad when the squishy dudes defense option doesn't help him multitask when Legion/Tone shield does.
OdysseusVA
Banned
Significantly reducing his long range mode would defeat the purpose. Both it and the power shot already drop off a bit
Smart core lock on has a max distance
The issue isn't Legion, its the maps.
Triscuitable
Member
You can't change the maps, so Legion has to change instead. He should have a long range mode, but the damage shouldn't be comparable to his close range mode.
Potential buffs:
- More damage on his primary
- Two Phase Dash charges
- Larger magazine size
- Reduced reload times
Ronin, yeah. But Ion, Scorch, and Northstar are in a pretty good spot right now. The problem Titans are Tone and Legion.
I hate this "buff everything instead of nerfing stuff" mentality that goes around. Buffing everything leads to power creep, which isn't ever a good thing.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
For some reason, I feel really stupid and I can't get the nuke self-destruct to work. No idea what I'm doing wrong.
The Dude
Member
Yea man same lol I thought it was just ejecting when Doom mode but I just jump out of my titan and run off
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It should activate automatically if you eject while you are doomed.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Haha, I forgot all about this. Yes!
I really wish they gave Northstar a shield instead of the mines. His super sucks too because all it does is completely expose you to enemy fire.
But now I'm basically just asking for my TF1 sniper titan load out. lol
SolidSnakeUS
Member
For some reason, ejecting doesn't work and the only thing I can do is literally exit the titan...
All the ground stuff mines/trip wires seem completely useless to me since they can just shoot them.
Alx
Member
Thanks, so you're supposed to use it point blank like a shotgun ? The slow but far travelling orb made me think it was some sort of grenade launcher.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
You should see the UI pop up a self-destruct sequence countdown and you need to confirm it by pressing the eject button three times. Or you can just mash the eject button since that's cooler.
Yeah, and if you're Northstar you're engaging at range anyway. The only Titan the mines counter is Ronin, but you're fucked if he gets close enough to you anyway.
The Dude
Member
SolidSnakeUS
Member
It says there's an "Initiate Eject Sequence" button but it doesn't do shit. Is it mashing the Use/Enter Titan/Exit Titan button? I feel so fucking stupid, I'm sorry.
Codeacious
Banned
I haven't encountered that tag personally, but hacks have already been confirmed to be out in the wild. I hope FairFight catches/bans them soon. Respawn might be taking an initial survey of the hacks being used at the moment so they can respond accordingly.
Flight Core has a lot of parallels to Pharah from Overwatch in a lot of ways. You either have to sneak up on a Titan with it, or just use it on a bunch of infantry (which, works rather well on open maps). I wish it wasn't so useless on Complex; you can't even shoot after using it in half of the rooms because of how low the ceiling is.
Yeah. Reload button also, just mash it a bunch and you should eject.
I've accidentally ejected by actually trying to reload more than once, lol.
They would be fine if you couldn't just shoot them... :/
SolidSnakeUS
Member
I fucking do that shit all the time, so annoying. I don't remember that happening in TF1 :/
OdysseusVA
Banned
Not these maps. No.
Shouldn't this apply to most Titans then? Why single out Legion?
Net_Wrecker
Member
I prematurely eject from my Titan trying to reload at least once a match. It's very annoying.
I swear this didn't happen to me before. I'm just tired. Please believe me babe.
I swear this didn't happen to me before. I'm just tired. Please believe me babe.