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Yeah, I had been flip-flopping over the long weekend. Both still feel good, though.
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Yeah, I had been flip-flopping over the long weekend. Both still feel good, though.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Rapid Fire Quad Rockets and then XO-16 w/ Accelerator.
Shake Appeal
Member
Triple Threat > everything.
PanicFreak
Member
Triple threat plus the stryder is pretty amazing.
Meh, I'd much rather use the thing that shoots explosive rounds or the machine gun. But I also a more aggressive strider pilot.
40mm hitting those weak points takes out an Orge in mere seconds, and plus a well places Cluster Missile makes them dash predictively (also is great if they have a Vortex Shield).
Gotta work for four hours and might play to Gen 7 tonight. I seriously need to reach Gen 10 ASAP and focus on my studies, shit.
Gotta work for four hours and might play to Gen 7 tonight. I seriously need to reach Gen 10 ASAP and focus on my studies, shit.
Can't wait to unlock this to try it as well as the Triple Threat. I am kind of intrigued by the Arc Cannon though, but I guess it might be wrong for my Stryder.
The Librarian
Banned
Ejecting after your Titan blows up only to land on another Titan and rodeo it is an amazing feeling.
Nydius
Member
Today's gonna be one of those days, I see...
Just got yelled at - all caps, repeated chat spam - about "camping" in Hardpoint Domination. Apparently, in this person's mind, defending points should only be done when you have all three points. Until then everyone should run around like idiots and leave points completely undefended. Hilariously, he accused me of never attacking points and yet I had the most Attack score and the most Defend score on our team.
I might have been a bit harsh on the poor guy afterward, calmly telling him to feel free to apply for West Point as I'm certain the U.S. Army could use his tactical genius.
Just got yelled at - all caps, repeated chat spam - about "camping" in Hardpoint Domination. Apparently, in this person's mind, defending points should only be done when you have all three points. Until then everyone should run around like idiots and leave points completely undefended. Hilariously, he accused me of never attacking points and yet I had the most Attack score and the most Defend score on our team.
I might have been a bit harsh on the poor guy afterward, calmly telling him to feel free to apply for West Point as I'm certain the U.S. Army could use his tactical genius.
I like the rail gun with instant shot, it packs quite a punch.
PROGRAM_IX
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By the time I unlocked this I wasn't actually riding in the titan that often, but I realised I could use the guard mode to watch over doors for me when I was defending a hard point, and that's when my titan started getting way more kills. Pretty sure the titan is considerably better with that gun than me.
In one of my games last night: [TEAM] where are your titans noobs
He finished bottom of the team, and I top. It was a sweet moment.
PROGRAM_IX
Member
Whooops.
For me it comes down to my strategy, i like the rocket launcher when I'm using the Stryder and the 40mm or triple threat when I'm using the Atlus. Chain gun is one of the best weapons too.
Where is there a list of xbo players?I enjoyed Dead Rising 3, but Titanfall has justified my Xbox purchase. I skipped the last three COD games so this style game feels fresh again... and so addicting. Going to add some of you to my follow list tonight
I've had game for less than a week but I already see a trend shift in the weapons most people use. When I first got it, like I had read on forums, most people were using the carbine, and I really didn't have a problem with it. The last several days though, the majority of people in games I play are using shotguns.
I think that the shotgun is significantly less fun to play against when you get one shot killed, compared to the carbine. Has anyone else noticed a similar shift, or am I just running into shotgun happy lobbies?
I think that the shotgun is significantly less fun to play against when you get one shot killed, compared to the carbine. Has anyone else noticed a similar shift, or am I just running into shotgun happy lobbies?
The Cowboy
Member
Whilst not a super 1 v 1 close range weapon my fav is easily the Arc Cannon, I'm partial to a lightning weapon and this is pretty great at mid/longish range sniping (on pilots and titans alike), group harassing (due to its arcs hitting other nearby targets) and taking down in flight rockets.
People probably doing challenges.
One of the generation requirements is the Shotgun challenges. Having said that the Shotgun is really easy to get kills with.
PROGRAM_IX
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Personally I think the carbine and other long-range pilot weapons defeat the point of the game a little, whereas the shotgun embraces the high speed and risks and so on. I agree it's no fun to be one-shotted, but in a game as frantic as this it's also pretty lame to be picked off by some guy hiding behind a chimney on the roof above. The carbine seems pretty strong to me at any range, but I don't find it fun.
Tokubetsu
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To get to gen 3 regeneration you have to get something like 75 pilot kills with the shotgun. That might be a big part of it.
I'm getting really good at this. The momentum-shifting jump on the way down is crucial.
Sorry, which one did you mean, the Rapid Fire Quad?
I just have this feeling that I really like the Arc Cannon even though I don't totally get it yet. What chassis are you in? I might equip it on a secondary load out even if it's not right for my speed demon standard.
It's just a bit of a perspective thing I imagine. I'm all about shotguns in any game that offers a decent one. That "not so fun" feeling you experience is probably quite similar to how I feel when getting mowed down from god knows where by a carbine 50 feet away. While I'm watching the killcam and I'm like "oh come on he was there?!" you're probably thinking that's exactly where you wanna play. When I get one-shot killed by a shotgun the feeling is a lot more like "that'll be you next time."
Anyway as others have stated you're probably running into the challenge progression that encourages shotgun use. I think with skill the carbine is a plainly better weapon, I just never really find assault rifles all that fun.
PROGRAM_IX
Member
My bad, I meant the Arc Cannon. I haven't spawned in my Titan once since I got it, and hardly ever get in, but the titan seems to do better with it than with other weapons up to now.
Playingmantis
Neo Member
This so much this.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
Honestly, I think they should of made the shotty a pump shotty to help level it out. Basically, it's fire rate breaks it. For some reason, I've been avoiding it, trying to unlock everything else.
PROGRAM_IX
Member
If they did that they would probably increase the damage to compensate. I think at the very least the high-capacity drum should lower the fire rate slightly. It's too good of an upgrade otherwise. Too easy to spam.
Yeah, there is a big lunge with it. I don't like it much but I play Styder and that thing gets me in more trouble beyond all else, kept lunging into damn cluster missiles.
lastflowers
Banned
The more I play, the more I like.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Who cares if the weapon is balanced. It is the dumbest weapon in any fps ever made. Hyperbole aside, the weapon doesn't belong in a fps. I didn't say anything about it being balanced or not. You aren't even playing a FPS when your gun aims for you.
lastflowers
Banned
you know what, I kind of agree with you here. And I don't give two flying bananas about the smart pistol.
Just going to go ahead and disagree. What does or doesn't belong in an FPS shouldn't be defined merely by "what has been included in FPSs until now." Furthermore this isn't the first weapon in any FPS that locks on to people. -_-
Yep. If you get caught by a smart pistol user, they outplayed you, either by setup or situational awareness. This isn't for 'newbies'. It's just a new twist.
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
You use it in first person and you shoot with it. How does it not belong in a first person shooter? Do the lock on Titan missiles not belong in a FPS, either?
It can be helpful for newbies in that it eliminates "good aim" as a necessity to score a single kill. It certainly does not compensate for skill nor is it a particularly superb option in the hands of a skilled player. It also doesn't outright suck.
Frankly, it's a fine addition to this game. It gives people who might not even get the chance to enjoy themselves the capability to at least kill people in full-on "got the jump on you" scenarios, fits the universe nicely, it's cool (seriously did no one else think of the Fifth Element gun? just me?), and it doesn't break gameplay.
bingo bango bongo
My problem with this is that it would become a very different type of weapon. Respawn actually commented on it in this thread. With that limitation, I think it would actually be borderline useless unless otherwise buffed, and then we're getting into "nerf this buff that" territory to fix something that really isn't that broken if you take a step back and consider its role.
That would make the weapon next to useless. At the ranges at which the Smart Pistol is useful, it wouldn't be THAT hard to notice the lockon, spin around, find the guy, paste him, and be on your way. The Smart pistol is literally designed for stealth attacks.
backflip10019
Member
I don't think I've ever been killed by someone using the SP, so this seems useless.
I've been killed with it in scenarios in which I could have been easily killed by any other gun- someone saw me and had plenty of time without my having any clue where they were. In situations where it's a fair firefight- or ones in which I have even the slightest chance to react and address the threat- it's patently weak.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
This is a silly argument that ignores the huge differences between the lock on options on the titan and the smart pistol. The fact that the lock on options can be dodged and is limited in availability is just one reason.
I don't think your argument is a genuine argument because it ignores basic principles of FPS. Just having a first person view and a gun doesn't make something a fps. That is like arguing SWTOR is a third person shooter because you're in third person and shooting a gun. Please don't ignore fundamentals of a genre when you're making an argument about what does and doesn't fall within the genre.
By your definition, this guy is playing a third person shooter. He has a gun, it is in third person view, and he is shooting things.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la_q8aE4H7Q#t=710
This is not what I am arguing.
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I don't see how anyone can be okay with this weapon being in the game. It is a weapon that literally does all of the work for you outside of you generally looking in their direction. It is far from the titan lock on options which are situational cooldown attacks, which are 100% fine due to their limited usage and specialized nature of needing a titan to use in the first place. The slaved warheads only target other titans and do not have the capacity to 1hk a titan (will kill pilots if they happen to get in the way). And the multi-target rockets are also fairly limited in usage. Both can be dodged since they are not hitscan (not sure how easy the multi-missile attack can be dodged) or blocked with vortex.
The only reason I can see someone being okay with it is because it can be out skilled (by being okay, I mean just accepting it is there and not actually wanting it to be there). Even when you're killed with it in the back, where other weapons would kill you just as easily, the weapon is still removing instances where you would miss just based on spread % chance alone. And your % hit chance is not affected by jumping or wall running.
When you remove the skill portion from the game in such a big way by having a primary weapon that performs consistently well, you remove a HUGE aspect of mastering a fps. Because consistency is that big a deal in mastering a fps.
All good games are easy to learn and hard to master. Right now, the smart pistol makes it easy to master a weapon.
Jack Scofield
Member
Random thought: it would be cool if Respawn made Titanfall game in a faux-WWII setting. Basically an alternate WWII with Titans. Would definitely be something different.
CrudeDiatribe
Member
Have only been killed by the Smart Pistol a few times, and similarly have not had much luck with it against other pilots. Seems much more suited to taking out a fire team of minions in attrition.
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