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Fucking Charge Rifle Critical Hits.
0ptimusPayne
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I really think last titan standing is a good alternative to search and destroy(Minus the bomb plant angle). I hope there is some kind of Assassination game type though, that'll be super fun I think...
polyh3dron
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Ugh, use a real gun.
lastflowers
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hoh boy, that one sucked. More frustrating than both the Rodeo and Gooser challenges imo.
You SWEAR you got like ten critical hits. That match you doomed six titans and was beast-moding, top of the team and helping out your mates. And then...your challenge increments by one. ;lksajdf;laskjf ;laskn;as lkjfnwerunvjcnvzjkxhviuernurnugheurhhvdjnvam
I've finished all of the other Generation 4 Challenges and I have 0 Critical Hits with the Charge Rifle...
Yes, it's a huge pain in the ass.
Great an all that they're doing this beta matchmaking but when can we expect it to replace the normal shitty "matchmaking". I can't stand Attriction so don't want to be stuck playing that just so I get some balanced games for once.
Fantastic that they're doing this but why wasn't in the game at launch? I hate game development these days that revolves around "put it out and then fix it later". Never had problems getting balanced games on Halo 2 back in the day and that basically invented the console matchmaking system, how hard can it be?
Fantastic that they're doing this but why wasn't in the game at launch? I hate game development these days that revolves around "put it out and then fix it later". Never had problems getting balanced games on Halo 2 back in the day and that basically invented the console matchmaking system, how hard can it be?
I have been having an absolute blast with this game I seriously cannot get enough of it. Haven't had this much fun since MW2. Only real gripes with it are the fact that CTF is pretty unbalanced considering titans can carry flags. Also has there been any word on a potential mode that has no burn cards? Don't get me wrong I love the burn card system but I'm curious to see a more competitive mode that does away with them completely.
The Librarian
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My games today in the beta playlist:
1. 300 - 271
2. 300 - 224
3. 300 - 233
4. 300 - 244
5. 300 - 273
6. 300 - 259.
I feel like I'm playing worse players. Only lost one game out of that six (it was the last one).
SlipperyMoose
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Do you play on Xbox? I haven't tried Beta Matchmaking yet as I'm trying to do these STUPID CTF wins.
HoodWinked
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that one was alright, i think theres some issue with the hitbox or something because there are times where my aim is dead with shields down but i didnt get a critical hit.
in hidesight though that was a joke compared to 50 gooser kills which they're going to nerf down to only 5.
I got it in about an hour because you can just do it on Doomed Titans over and over again. Not sure why people complain about this one...
lastflowers
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gooser was difficult, but not absolutely frustrating like the situation you noted above. I definitely took longer for gooser, but I felt more accomplished when finishing it. The 5 nerf is too low (maybe 20 would be better?) though. That Charge Rifle crit hit just made me mad.
HoodWinked
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if you go into last titan standing and you see a bunch of gen5 then yes its difficult... and really question 'in an hour'. do you just speak in complete hyperbole?
I'm fine with titans being able to carry flags, however titans being able to return and pick up flags is annoying. I feel CTF would be much better in Titanfall if pilots would have to exit their titans first in order to return and pick up flags.
Chasing a flag carrier can be really intense in this game, but too many times it ends in really lame way when a titan simply walks over the flag-carrier and instantly returns the flag.
The Albatross
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With the better match making, you will still get some games where you win and win by a lot. I'm sure most of the matchmaking is just done by player rank, and there are people highly ranked who just refuse to play to the objectives of a mode and do not care if their team loses, only if they have a high kill:death ratio.
So, you'll still get those 300 to 180, 300 to 150, 400 to 90 (Hardpoint), etc., but the point is that it's less likely that you'll get 10 games in a row of 400 to 90. I had a lot of great games in Hardpoint before balancing, but part of that was that my friends and I are lower ranked (no prestige), but play to the objectives very well... so We'll usually beat teams with a lot of high level players who aren't as coordinated.
So, you'll still get those 300 to 180, 300 to 150, 400 to 90 (Hardpoint), etc., but the point is that it's less likely that you'll get 10 games in a row of 400 to 90. I had a lot of great games in Hardpoint before balancing, but part of that was that my friends and I are lower ranked (no prestige), but play to the objectives very well... so We'll usually beat teams with a lot of high level players who aren't as coordinated.
HoodWinked
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respawn doesnt do things without reason they wouldnt overlook something like this. my thinking is CTF games can turn into these really turtley games, by letting titans carry the flag it speeds up the match and makes it more advantageous to be offensive. im sure they play tested pilot only flags.
TrueGrime
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Playing with a party or just jumping into random games?
When did the servers go offline?
A few days ago, Tuesday I think it was.
PROGRAM_IX
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No, I mean have a game mode or even make a change to the core game. Eliminate ADS altogether either in certain matches or in the game. (I think the CAR/counterweight thing is going to be very difficult to get used to for me.) Obviously such a change is crazy and way too big for them to undertake, but I would like to see it and I think they had the opportunity to make that departure with this game.
Unlocked it recently, looking forward to comparing it to the default SMG.
Ahhh that reminds me, the same night I had the crazy number of flag defences was also I think only my second time playing CTF, and after getting wrecked in a couple of games, I made a clutch capture all on my own to win in the last fifteen seconds, jumping past titans and everything. It was glorious. I'm never that guy who saves the team, but I was that once. And it felt so good.
Match making can't take into account the randomness of just simply having a bad round, but it can boost the odds that your team won't lose or be part of a streak of loses.
Definitely closer than an hour than an hour and a half. Some guy who was Gen 5 jumped out of his Titan and I killed him, took it out and kept shooting after it was doomed. Got about 5/6 hits and that's just one round.
When it comes to the challenges I played in such a way that I got most of them done quickly. Rodeo kills took longer imo.
The game had matchmaking at launch. It didn't work as well as we would have liked. Now we're fixing it.
Matchmaking is a particularly tricky issue to iterate on with an unreleased game, because you don't have a large sample size to base decisions on.
But how are you supposed to kill some dip shit standing on a roof like a dummy without ads?
holy crap thats bad. what platform? i play on PC and have never seen this but depending on what server im on i noticed that the game performance differently. like on the right server i get 60fps on every map and on a bad one i get some crazy stuttering. so much for azure being the holy savior of online multiplayer
PROGRAM_IX
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I think so too. Can't wait to get the counterweight and try to train myself away from ADSing all the time.
Lostconfused
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The carbine feels useless without ADS. Maybe they should just make it a mechanic specific to some guns. The smart pistol is certainly not benefiting from ADS, I can't hit anything with that sight.
RebornYeti
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A zoom in function like what the Halo BR/DMR has.
Don't tell me people are already getting bored, I'm just getting started! Going to be playing this a LOT more after a (in retrospect, super obvious) fix for the issue I had with game loads (took over a minute to go from the lobby to load into an actual match, and 50% of the time it kicked me out due to timeout anyway)... I reluctantly set the texture quality down to very-high from insane, and now the game loads very snapily (less than 30 seconds) AND seems to have completely eliminated the other load-related issue I got (random stutters/complete stops as various assets loaded like getting into a titan for the first time or going to far off edges of a map), plus seems to be netting me a locked 60fps framerate with vsync. Way more playable now. On the minus side, there are some jarringly very ugly "very high" textures right in the dropship when you start a campaign mission (like worse than I'd expect from medium settings), but once in a match I don't really notice that much and the performance boost more than makes up for it.
I'm really digging the gunplay and parkour now, though I started looking at unlocks I want and they seem so far a way for someone like me who on average can only get in a match or two every 2-3 days excluding weekends if I don't already have other plans/obligations (being old sucks for gaming). It'll get a lot more time once I finish my other gaming distractions (platinum Inf:SS, beat the MG:GZ side missions) but yeah I've had this game for almost a week and am only level 6 due to only playing 4 total actual matches. Unless there's a reward beyond "pretty badge" for prestiging/generation/whatever it sounds like, probably won't be doing that.
I'm really digging the gunplay and parkour now, though I started looking at unlocks I want and they seem so far a way for someone like me who on average can only get in a match or two every 2-3 days excluding weekends if I don't already have other plans/obligations (being old sucks for gaming). It'll get a lot more time once I finish my other gaming distractions (platinum Inf:SS, beat the MG:GZ side missions) but yeah I've had this game for almost a week and am only level 6 due to only playing 4 total actual matches. Unless there's a reward beyond "pretty badge" for prestiging/generation/whatever it sounds like, probably won't be doing that.
Hip Hop
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Well, I haven't played in about a week.
Tried to play yesterday night or so, and there seemed to be no people playing Pilot Hunter, my favorite mode.
I'd suspect that this may be do to low player count. Tried Attritiion and found a match right away. I was out of that though.
Wouldn't surprise me if this game had less than 10,000 players at peak times, which is really low for a game like this. Just like COD PC numbers.
I'm sure it's way more popular on the Xbox One.
The Librarian
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Tbh I haven't played since original launch then was like yeah let me try loot 2.0 for shits and giggles.
Then my real life ended...
The Cowboy
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Unfortunately I caved in already, I've been getting my WD to max level all day (I stopped playing him around a month after release) - man its so much fun now.
I'm coming back Titanfall baby, I'll be sure you play you at least an hour a day
.I've already tried it out with the new patch and had an absolute blast. I wasn't even planning on buying the expansion, but that did it for me. Between Dark Souls II on PC and Reaper of Souls, I will be doing a lot of dungeon diving next month.
Ugh.
I honestly hate shooters dont have ADS. I like that ability to go even more fine with my shooting.
Unfortunately I caved in already, I've been getting my WD to max level all day (I stopped playing him around a month after release) - man its so much fun now.
I'm coming back Titanfall baby, I'll be sure you play you at least an hour a day
Dude the adventure and bounty runs -- that's what I call addiction. Can't stop rifting!
Edit: sorry got off topic. Back to RoS!
Which would you rather have, ADS or Alt-Fire?
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