I'm pretty sure a respawn dev posted in here about the fact that the PC player base is "significantly" smaller than the Xbox one.
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I'm pretty sure a respawn dev posted in here about the fact that the PC player base is "significantly" smaller than the Xbox one.
Spinning Plates
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From the sounds of it War Games is like the evolution of Titanfall map design and this is the direction I hope they head in for the sequel.
ArkkAngel007
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IMO, part of what makes it great is that you're never out of the action as it's so small something is going on nearby and relatively easy to get to. It's also one where the who map is utilized instead of just the center or one particular half.
Okay FUCK.
Remove Pilot Hunter is fine, perhaps some elists will finally learn how to play Attrition instead of hating on it and we will have better competition, but removing CTF right after it was fixed? I was looking forward to playing it today!
At least you guys gave me Expedition Attrition. But still =(
Remove Pilot Hunter is fine, perhaps some elists will finally learn how to play Attrition instead of hating on it and we will have better competition, but removing CTF right after it was fixed? I was looking forward to playing it today!
At least you guys gave me Expedition Attrition. But still =(
Applesauce
Boom! Bitch-slapped!
Titanfall is $36.99 on Origin for the next 48 hours.
https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/buy/1011172/pc-download/base-game/standard-edition?sf26278496=1
https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/buy/1011172/pc-download/base-game/standard-edition?sf26278496=1
The Cowboy
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I'm sorry Respawn, but no matter how small a playerbase is in a mode of play (pilot hunter/CTF), that is no reason at all to remove the modes of play from the standard playlists.
Adding more modes is great (and sorely needed), but removing them? - that's just not right at all, i'm actually quite shocked more of a stink isn't being kicked up over this and Ii really hope some of the major gaming sites pick up on this as its something that should not happen.
I hated your points changes in HP and CTF, but this really ticks me off no end (and it really doesn't inspire confidence in you as a dev team) - i come back into the game for the DLC pack, and the mode i play i prefer is removed? - just WOW.
Adding more modes is great (and sorely needed), but removing them? - that's just not right at all, i'm actually quite shocked more of a stink isn't being kicked up over this and Ii really hope some of the major gaming sites pick up on this as its something that should not happen.
I hated your points changes in HP and CTF, but this really ticks me off no end (and it really doesn't inspire confidence in you as a dev team) - i come back into the game for the DLC pack, and the mode i play i prefer is removed? - just WOW.
Applesauce
Boom! Bitch-slapped!
Only for Xbox
EDIT: Beaten
Oh...
CTF and Pilot Hunter are both still here on Xbone. Yay!
It scares me that despite all this App does, it still needs to be connected to the Xbox One. Shouldn't all this information be accessable in the cloud and not just in our saves? Is this why we don't have leaderboards? Is it also why the PC crashing causes save files to revert?
Oh...
CTF and Pilot Hunter are both still here on Xbone. Yay!
It scares me that despite all this App does, it still needs to be connected to the Xbox One. Shouldn't all this information be accessable in the cloud and not just in our saves? Is this why we don't have leaderboards? Is it also why the PC crashing causes save files to revert?
Crazy_Sunshine
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I feel CFT was the best mode in PC Titanfall. What was the reasoning behind this?
The Cowboy
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This was just done a day or so back - yes you read that correctly, they adjusted the mode to improve it and then removed the mode itself strait after (it just boggles the mind).
OMG, i only tried Wargames twice for the moment (i don't have enough time to try it more and i am waiting for tomorrow to get a full vision on this map-pack) but i swear, i love this map!!
it is designed for those who really love to wallrun and speed fighting. i am just wondering now if the map is not too big because most part of time, i was looking for ennemies.
may be this is because i don't really know the map so well... just want to play and play again now
it is designed for those who really love to wallrun and speed fighting. i am just wondering now if the map is not too big because most part of time, i was looking for ennemies.
may be this is because i don't really know the map so well... just want to play and play again now
RobbieNick
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When does this expansion pack arrive on 360?
The Cowboy
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Such a crappy response.
As i said early, just because a mode is not played by the majority doesn't mean you should take it away from the minority - i paid for the game just like the other people who like attrition and now for me to play the mode i actually enjoy i have to set up a private match? - sorry Respawn, this is not how you treat your paying customers.
You need to put these modes back in the playlists and apologize for treating us like we (people who like these modes) don't matter.
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Hmm, apparently this post is not allowed on the titanfall blog - the post wasn't approved by titanfall.com (I'd love to know why)..
Applesauce
Boom! Bitch-slapped!
My chat window still isn't clearing, lol. This didn't happen at launch but it persists now. I really love this game but that is really sloppy, Respawn.
ToyMachine228
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Loving all three of the new maps. As people have previously mentioned, Swampland and War Games both offer a really unique feel.
Wandered back in to see if they ever tweaked Hardpoint and CTF defensive points, as I stopped playing the game not long after that ill-advised change, and come to find out that they actually removed the CTF playlist. Impressive.
They turn Hardpoint into Attrition and then they remove the other team-based objective mode as a primary playlist. That's... one way to go about things, I suppose.
They turn Hardpoint into Attrition and then they remove the other team-based objective mode as a primary playlist. That's... one way to go about things, I suppose.
The Cowboy
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I can see HP being removed next, i mean if they're actually willing to remove content like this - i wouldn't put it past them.
And yeah, i initially came back to see the new DLC and check if the points had been adjusted back after i stopped playing for the same reason and was completely shocked that they did this instead - it just boggles the mind.
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I think this is the 1st time in a long time that I'm genuinely pissed off at a game and its dev team, this is a game i was so hyped up for (after playing it in the beta) to the point that i actually broke my "never pre-order rule" and not only pre-ordered the main game but the season pass to - something that i now totally regret after this (Respawn will never get a another purchase from me after this, i mean how can i know if what i buy will still be in the game a month or 2 after release?).
And then they changed the attack/defence points in the 2 modes i bought the game for and ruined them, and instead if fixing that - they removed CTF mode from the playlists and are telling us to sort things out ourselves (in that we need to setup private matches to play it again)?- just amazing PR that is..
I just can't wrap my head around it, then you read the posts from them and they make it sound like they're doing us a favour by doing it?.
They pulled a 343 and updated the gametype and then summarily removed it days later
Steelyuhas
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Got to play some of the new maps. First impressions are very good. War Games is amazing, and something I wish the art direction was from the beginning. Swamplands is also a lot of fun, had a couple of great CTF matches on there.
Still waiting on that performance patch on X1 though, a few hard dips in framerate.
Still waiting on that performance patch on X1 though, a few hard dips in framerate.
ArkkAngel007
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Not overly fond of this Charged Rifle critical shot challenge. Not many Atlas being used, mostly Stryder, and those that are there have Electric Smoke...Rather be goosin'
Is this a real thing that's actually coming?
Also, can you still purchase the Season Pass?
BIGWORM
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Interesting glitch:
I'm supposed to be clung to the wall. I did a quick 180 to look at the point and cover my ass after the wall run while clinging at the same time. I think the body's position when you're backturned against the wall and the clinging animation got mixed up while I was doing the 180 and activating the cling, and this is the result.
That's an amped Spitfire. Don't know if that made the difference. While "clung," I was still able to switch from hip fire to iron sights. Weird.
I'm supposed to be clung to the wall. I did a quick 180 to look at the point and cover my ass after the wall run while clinging at the same time. I think the body's position when you're backturned against the wall and the clinging animation got mixed up while I was doing the 180 and activating the cling, and this is the result.
That's an amped Spitfire. Don't know if that made the difference. While "clung," I was still able to switch from hip fire to iron sights. Weird.
Steelyuhas
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They said it was coming before launch, improvements to resolution and frame rate. I believe in response to it not being in this patch they commented that they are still working on it IIRC.
Yes, you can still purchase the season pass.
ArkkAngel007
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June. I hated War Games for LTS, but I didn't mind it as much on Pilot Hunter despite hating that mode.
It can get really hard to find a game.
Even if everything goes smoothly, it still takes too long in my opinion. "connecting" windows, loading screens, lobby waiting times and searching for new teams after a beating all add up to unnecessarily long waiting times.
The Cowboy
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Its probably not great, if you read above they've just removed 2 game modes (CTF and Pilot Hunter) from the playlists (yes, really!) - due to this i wouldn't recommend the game (heck i wouldn't recommend the game to anyone after that).
Codeacious
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I had the worst experience finding matches today. Most always more than two minutes of staring at "Finding Opposing Team" or "Finding Teammates" (with the occasional "Requesting new server"); the worst case took me about 4 minutes to find another team after the previous team I was facing was booted (due to us having twice their points). This was in the Attrition playlists, too, which makes no sense whatsoever to me. At least the lobby waiting time was lowered to 30 seconds!
Didn't know you could "complete" the Training. I wish I had done that the first time. The final wave teaches you a lot of LTS skills.
Adding to my impressions of Swampland, Nuclear works very well. There are traps everywhere where the other Titan can't do anything.
Also I am currently testing out the effectiveness of equiping the Spitfire when the enemy team has Titans and just picking up other people's main and swapping out my secondary.
I didn't know you could carry two main weapons until yesterday.
They have mode specific loadouts now, so Variety Pack and like don't need 90 seconds. =)
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I really like Runoff, jumping on top of a Titan as the Pilot ejects to get a squashing Gooser. =P
EDIT: Yeah, picking up a CAR with the Spitfire in my pocket is fucking insane.
Adding to my impressions of Swampland, Nuclear works very well. There are traps everywhere where the other Titan can't do anything.
Also I am currently testing out the effectiveness of equiping the Spitfire when the enemy team has Titans and just picking up other people's main and swapping out my secondary.
I didn't know you could carry two main weapons until yesterday.
They have mode specific loadouts now, so Variety Pack and like don't need 90 seconds. =)
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I really like Runoff, jumping on top of a Titan as the Pilot ejects to get a squashing Gooser. =P
EDIT: Yeah, picking up a CAR with the Spitfire in my pocket is fucking insane.
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Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat? Thats ridiculous. Its true Titanfall is not setting any records but there is a perfectly fine group of people playing on PC. I play it everyday and the wait times can be a little long but with the new patch and new maps interest is up and waits are short. Recommending someone skip out just because the playlists have been consolidated is pretty ignorant. The game is not even close to being in danger of having a dead community.
The changes they have made are very good too. Titanfall just got better and you're turning people away.
The Cowboy
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They just removed 2 game modes from the playlists, I'd hardly call that making the game better - i also would never ever recommend a game to anyone when the devs do things like this. There is nothing wrong with waiting a bit to get into a game, but that is no reason at all to simply remove the modes from the playlists (which is what Respawn did).
Calling this ignorant is just crazy, you are actually defending a company for REMOVING content from the game that people paid for (i bought this game for HP and CTF) - why would i ever recommend a game to someone when the devs remove content from the game like this?.
I'm glad your happy to support something like this, i never will and i hope they don't up and remove a mode you bought the game for. Plus i honestly never thought I'd see the day I'd be called ignorant because i won't support a company (or recommend it to others) for removing content from a game that i paid for - just wow.
firehawk12
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I haven't checked in on the PC version in a while because I was waiting for the maps to launch. They got rid of some modes?
Pegasus Actual
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LOL at the hysterics about them removing a couple of modes on PC. Pilot Hunter is garbage, so not too shook up about that one. CTF is a good mode though. I don't know how much I like the no carrying in Titan rule though. Might be better without Titans altogether at that point if you ask me. The way it is now gives coordinated teams way too much of an advantage arranging ride-a-longs.
The Cowboy
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Sorry but what's funny about this?, people bought a product and now part of that product has been removed from them - its perfectly fine people are pissed off over this and kicking up a fuss.
i bought this game for certain modes and now those modes have been removed from the playlists, now if i want to play them i have to: play variety mode and go through modes i don't want to play and hope they come up, or: organise outside of the game a match in the mode i want to play.
Sorry, but that is just not right at all.
I'd bet some of the people who are ok with this would be singing a different tune if the modes they did this to happen to be the modes they played most, this is not something paying customers should be putting up with or letting go - this sort of thing should not happen.
i bought this game for certain modes and now those modes have been removed from the playlists, now if i want to play them i have to: play variety mode and go through modes i don't want to play and hope they come up, or: organise outside of the game a match in the mode i want to play.
Sorry, but that is just not right at all.
I'd bet some of the people who are ok with this would be singing a different tune if the modes they did this to happen to be the modes they played most, this is not something paying customers should be putting up with or letting go - this sort of thing should not happen.
CyanideFuse
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I find it a bit strange that Respawn have not given CTF additional time to see if the new changes brings players back to the mode. People might have stopped playing the mode due to being able to carry flags in a titan; it created some very uneven contests.
Pegasus Actual
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So hey guys, I thought I would do a quick tutorial on how not to engage Spectres while using a shotgun:
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Now obviously this did not happen to me in a game where I was actually trying. Because that would be ridiculous. It was done as a public service to you, the users of NeoGAF. Totally not a real death. Nope. Not me.
I just find the decision to remove CTF as a playlist to be incredibly bizarre. Respawn's reasoning is that they want to improve player experience by not having wait times be so long.
Okay, so the solution to that is to remove the game mode entirely as a distinct playlist and specific choice? If people are queuing up for CTF, it's because they want to play CTF! By removing that as a primary game mode you are essentially forcing people to play modes they may not want to, and I struggle to see how that is in any way an improvement to the player's "experience."
Now anyone on PC who enjoys CTF has to play in a variety playlist and hope it comes up during their allotted playtime. That's the superior solution?
Worse yet is Respawn just recently fixed one of the primary complaints players had about CTF, and they didn't even bother waiting to see if that changed anything as far as the mode's popularity.
Okay, so the solution to that is to remove the game mode entirely as a distinct playlist and specific choice? If people are queuing up for CTF, it's because they want to play CTF! By removing that as a primary game mode you are essentially forcing people to play modes they may not want to, and I struggle to see how that is in any way an improvement to the player's "experience."
Now anyone on PC who enjoys CTF has to play in a variety playlist and hope it comes up during their allotted playtime. That's the superior solution?
Worse yet is Respawn just recently fixed one of the primary complaints players had about CTF, and they didn't even bother waiting to see if that changed anything as far as the mode's popularity.
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