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Nalin
Sep 29, 2007

Hair Elf

Carados posted:

How do you do the same quest over and over again? I'm trying to follow the leveling advice given, and I can't repeat quests easily, and sometimes those quests don't even appear.

There is an addon on the previous page called JobMem that lets you repeat a job. If the job is not on your job board, you have to do the other jobs on the board to get it to appear. Once it appears, you start the job then type /repeatjob (after you install JobMem) to get it to repeat itself.

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precedence
Jun 28, 2010
Soo apparently the new Rocketeer Glider sucks. It only lasts 20 seconds. You would think $50 would get you a little more than that... Good grief Red 5, give us something worth spending money on! :mad:

JonusRockweller
Jul 3, 2013

precedence posted:

Soo apparently the new Rocketeer Glider sucks. It only lasts 20 seconds. You would think $50 would get you a little more than that... Good grief Red 5, give us something worth spending money on! :mad:

So basically its the removed Glider + Culex Wing combo being fed back into the system with a handicap and a steep price tag- and when I phrase it like that it kinda sounds like the Icarus Wings.

Nalin
Sep 29, 2007

Hair Elf

Nalin posted:

Research is unchanged.

Turns out I'm wrong! Research is changing in a minor way: costs will be reduced. So don't research anything before the patch unless you are fine with paying almost double the price.

Morglon
Jan 13, 2010

Safe and sound, detached from reality.
Just like your posting.

JonusRockweller posted:

So basically its the removed Glider + Culex Wing combo being fed back into the system with a handicap and a steep price tag- and when I phrase it like that it kinda sounds like the Icarus Wings.

I saw all the new packs and very briefly thought about spending more money but I barely play the game these days and the only thing I want is the MGV. Luckily someone mentioned we're getting one for beans early December so don't have to buy the pack.

Nalin
Sep 29, 2007

Hair Elf

Morglon posted:

I saw all the new packs and very briefly thought about spending more money but I barely play the game these days and the only thing I want is the MGV. Luckily someone mentioned we're getting one for beans early December so don't have to buy the pack.

It's gonna cost 400 red beans, which is about 48,000 credits at the current market rate. You'd better start buying them up now before the prices go up.

Morglon
Jan 13, 2010

Safe and sound, detached from reality.
Just like your posting.
I bought roughly a thousand way back when they were still 100 a piece so I'm good.

Morglon fucked around with this message at 09:52 on Dec 1, 2014

Nalin
Sep 29, 2007

Hair Elf
A new hotfix was just released. Most importantly, it comes with this:

quote:

Fixed an issue which was causing some players to receive random key inputs while playing.
I know at least one of you suffered this bug.

Fina
Feb 27, 2006

Shazbot!
I just upgraded my computer and whatever was causing it had changed from my old build so I didn't have any issues anymore.

Morglon
Jan 13, 2010

Safe and sound, detached from reality.
Just like your posting.
The MGV is out. It's slow, it's ugly, it's bulky and I love it. I mean obviously I don't regret not getting one of the bigger packages for it but I think it has great trolling potential.

Fishvilla
Apr 11, 2011

THE SHAGMISTRESS






I Just moved to Sertao, and I finally was able to have a NPC walk/move coherently during an escort mission. This game has so many glaring bugs that cripple the experience, but I just can't stop playing despite them.

:red5:

Morglon
Jan 13, 2010

Safe and sound, detached from reality.
Just like your posting.
I give them poo poo sometimes but this game is still the best shooty jetpacky MMO out there. Which, granted, isn't saying much but despite all my bitching I still find it to be reasonably fun in short bursts.

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



It's a great complement to Planetside2, which is my other main game. Sertao is just so barren compared to Coral Forest, it's been awful. The ARES missions are all in the same 3-4 spots and despite the assurances I received that this place is relatively free of Chosen upon zoning in for the first time were LIESSSSS

JonusRockweller
Jul 3, 2013
I've come across a fun bug in Firefall in where an elemental effect can be effectively "stuck" on a player until zoning or relog, meaning "melded radiant beam" weapons. Not able to fully reproduce it yet, but I've had it happen three times so far. Able to reliably change the element of my primary weapon temporarily (Anything that causes an update to current weapons makes it go back to normal) but I don't know the catalyst to force status effect 3375 (Bullet Element) to error out after changing frames again, which would break it and causes all frames and all equips to get the elemental effect until relog/zone change.

I can get status effect 472 (ticking damage like fire/poison) to error out easily, but there is really no observable benefit to that.

Nalin
Sep 29, 2007

Hair Elf
I made a video on how to farm BWA for crystite.
http://youtu.be/z9L_S9EvhA0

I've shared the method with a bunch of you already, but I made a video for those who are unaware of how to do it.

Fishvilla posted:

I Just moved to Sertao, and I finally was able to have a NPC walk/move coherently during an escort mission. This game has so many glaring bugs that cripple the experience, but I just can't stop playing despite them.

:red5:

Coral Forest has been having issues lately with NPCs. I wonder if it is because of Skydock. There could be some broken scripts or something that causes the AI server to buckle and give up.

Nalin
Sep 29, 2007

Hair Elf
:siren: Nightmare Before Wintertide: Chosen Offensive Returns :siren:

The Chosen Offensive is returning this Sunday for a whole 3 hours! Yaaaay...

Time: Sunday, December 7th from 11am PST until 2pm PST. Apparently this time slot is consistently the highest populated time slot of the week by a substantial margin which is why all the Chosen Offensive missions take place during this time.

Rewards:
By playing for one continuous hour during the event (if you disconnect, you have a small window of time to reconnect, oh god) you will receive the following:
  • "Defender of Humanity" Title
  • "Defender of Humanity" Decal
  • "Defender of Humanity" Warpaint
  • 7 days of VIP
  • Chosen Glider Wings
  • Vile Carcass pet NEW!
  • 7 day Chosen LGV Rental NEW!

The "stretch goal" missions are also back. After you complete the "play for one hour" mission, the following "stretch goal" missions will unlock (oh god don't log out or bad poo poo will happen):
  • "Slayer" – Complete 5 Chosen Offensive encounters, 100 credits
  • "Ravager" – Complete 10 Chosen Offensive encounters, 200 credits + 1 Silver Vending Token
  • "Annihilator" – Complete 15 Chosen Offensive encounters, 300 credits + 1 Silver Vending Token
  • "Vanquisher" – Complete 30 Chosen Offensive encounters, 400 credits + 1 Gold Vending Token


Finally, I'm guessing the Wintertide patch will arrive on the 9th. The event will last 22 days (which will make it end on the 31st) and the PTS has had the events up on it for a couple days now. It features crazy poo poo like a FFA thunderdome with Scan Hammers, snowballs, and literally kicking people.

Morglon
Jan 13, 2010

Safe and sound, detached from reality.
Just like your posting.
Okay, I take back everything I said, never being able to make their stupid events just sucks. Maybe I could idle or something from when I leave.

Nalin
Sep 29, 2007

Hair Elf

Morglon posted:

Okay, I take back everything I said, never being able to make their stupid events just sucks. Maybe I could idle or something from when I leave.

Will you be gone during the event? You could make an autohotkey script that just holds the left arrow key down every couple seconds to turn your character. That should prevent the AFK logoff.

Morglon
Jan 13, 2010

Safe and sound, detached from reality.
Just like your posting.

Nalin posted:

Will you be gone during the event? You could make an autohotkey script that just holds the left arrow key down every couple seconds to turn your character. That should prevent the AFK logoff.

Yeah that's what I'll do but it still means I have to leave all my poo poo running and active when it'd cost them nothing to just keep the event going all day and only have the dev invasion during those hours. And that's what annoys me because it's a big gently caress you to everybody who might have something to do.

xxEightxx
Mar 5, 2010

Oh, it's true. You are Brock Landers!
Salad Prong

Nalin posted:

Will you be gone during the event? You could make an autohotkey script that just holds the left arrow key down every couple seconds to turn your character. That should prevent the AFK logoff.

Kids these days with your scripts and digital stuffs. Just keep it old school.

http://youtu.be/iapECJKx4k0

kung fu jive
Jul 2, 2014

SOPHISTICATED DOG SHIT
I paid for a founder pack for this game a long time ago when it was in beta and then quit playing after a few days. I don't remember if I was supposed to get anything for that but I recovered my login info and installed tonight. Hopefully it isn't complete poo poo, but my standards for mindlessly shooting things are pretty low.

TwystNeko
Dec 25, 2004

*ya~~wn*
I just started in on this game. Is there a certain level I have to reach or something I have to do before I can apply for an army? My IGN is Vestakia, and I'm currently lvl 11. Nothing seems to let me click that "apply" button.


Edit: Now I can't build the P1 LGV. I have all the parts, and credits, and it just says "can't build more than 1" and won't let me click the build button.

TwystNeko fucked around with this message at 09:17 on Dec 5, 2014

Tei
Feb 19, 2011
Probation
Can't post for 4 days!
errro... wrong thread. sorry

Fishvilla
Apr 11, 2011

THE SHAGMISTRESS






TwystNeko posted:

I just started in on this game. Is there a certain level I have to reach or something I have to do before I can apply for an army? My IGN is Vestakia, and I'm currently lvl 11. Nothing seems to let me click that "apply" button.


Edit: Now I can't build the P1 LGV. I have all the parts, and credits, and it just says "can't build more than 1" and won't let me click the build button.

Try to grab one of the admins for the Army when they're online and they can manually invite you to join us. You can see who is online by going to the Army tab in game and selecting Goon Squad. A green light will be by the name of anyone who is online. There is a known bug that affects some players and makes them unable to click buttons.

Are you sure you don't already have a P1 LGV? They've been given out for free at level 1 and a couple other times in the past for events. Double check your vehicles in game and make sure you don't own one already. If you don't, then submit a support ticket as that would be a new bug. You shouldn't have to do anything new outside of just regularly crafting the silly thing.

Nalin
Sep 29, 2007

Hair Elf

TwystNeko posted:

I just started in on this game. Is there a certain level I have to reach or something I have to do before I can apply for an army? My IGN is Vestakia, and I'm currently lvl 11. Nothing seems to let me click that "apply" button.
Sent out an invite.

Fishvilla posted:

Are you sure you don't already have a P1 LGV? They've been given out for free at level 1 and a couple other times in the past for events. Double check your vehicles in game and make sure you don't own one already.
It is most likely that. They probably got the free LGV for playing two days in the a row and never realized.

Press C to view your calldown menu. Use your mouse wheel to scroll around. Go to vehicles and see if you already have your LGV.

TwystNeko
Dec 25, 2004

*ya~~wn*
Yea, that was it. I had one that I didn't craft. And thanks for the invite. I'll be back in town Sunday morning - I'll have to try and log in for goodies then. :)

chumbler
Mar 28, 2010

I decided to fart around in this game this weekend on a whim, and is it just me or are the 3-round burst rifle and grenade launcher really weak compared to the assault rifle and smg? Maybe they get better at higher levels?

The general aesthetic of it is neat so far though, apart from female assaults having the dumbest armor design I've ever seen. Like the vacuum sealed bodysuits and thongs on the other non-heavy classes (and it's cool that they got female heavies pretty much right) are whatever, but the assault is just aggressively stupid looking and incongruous.

Nalin
Sep 29, 2007

Hair Elf

chumbler posted:

I decided to fart around in this game this weekend on a whim, and is it just me or are the 3-round burst rifle and grenade launcher really weak compared to the assault rifle and smg? Maybe they get better at higher levels?

The general aesthetic of it is neat so far though, apart from female assaults having the dumbest armor design I've ever seen. Like the vacuum sealed bodysuits and thongs on the other non-heavy classes (and it's cool that they got female heavies pretty much right) are whatever, but the assault is just aggressively stupid looking and incongruous.

Ahahaha, oh man, if you think the Assault is bad, you should have seen the beta Engineer.



That aside, the burst rifle can unload a full mag extremely quickly, but the assault rifle is just better in so many situations. The grenade launcher is good for a class that doesn't have any AoE capabilities, and prefixes can increase the number of explosions.

Epic High Five
Jun 5, 2004



I like a grenade launcher on a Dread, because the AOE is pretty limited and it's not like you need your sidearm for anything else with 500+ round lawnmower primaries. Even then, it's not really worth pulling unless both your explosive rounds AND mortar are on cooldown AND you just have to stay at range.

A good assault rifle is never unwelcome though, and on some classes it'll see as much use as your primary

Fina
Feb 27, 2006

Shazbot!
Yeah, you generally want to use something that complements your main weapon. If you don't have an AOE option on your primary weapon then I'd take the grenade launcher as a secondary. I really like shotguns because they do crazy high damage at close range and I've found them ideal for Assault types. Tigerclaws don't need assault rifles since the Fusion is fast and accurate at range, and Firecats need a better close range option that isn't incinerating themselves. Shotguns!

Nalin
Sep 29, 2007

Hair Elf

Fina posted:

Yeah, you generally want to use something that complements your main weapon. If you don't have an AOE option on your primary weapon then I'd take the grenade launcher as a secondary. I really like shotguns because they do crazy high damage at close range and I've found them ideal for Assault types. Tigerclaws don't need assault rifles since the Fusion is fast and accurate at range, and Firecats need a better close range option that isn't incinerating themselves. Shotguns!

This is what I use on my Tigerclaw:


Also, :siren: Chosen Offensive starts in 20 minutes! :siren:

Make sure you log in for an hour.

Fishvilla
Apr 11, 2011

THE SHAGMISTRESS






Nalin posted:

Also, :siren: Chosen Offensive starts in 20 minutes! :siren:

Make sure you log in for an hour.

I hope everyone followed Nalin's advice. The CO was a blast, and battling the devs was as much of a clusterfuck as you'd imagine. We ended up running a skydock with about 50 people (half or so were level 24) and still managed to fail because no one wanted to fuel the silly ship :effort:

Nalin
Sep 29, 2007

Hair Elf

Fishvilla posted:

I hope everyone followed Nalin's advice. The CO was a blast, and battling the devs was as much of a clusterfuck as you'd imagine. We ended up running a skydock with about 50 people (half or so were level 24) and still managed to fail because no one wanted to fuel the silly ship :effort:

Haha, Skydock. I actually carried a Skydock on my Tigerclaw and everybody in zone chat was amazed the event succeeded. My shotgun can OHK Chosen at level 24 and it is so OP. I look forward to making it even stronger once the 1.3 patch hits.

Pierson
Oct 31, 2004



College Slice
Has anything happened in this game in the last six months or so? Back when Early Access didn't have a bad reputation and I was a little more carefree I took a risk and got a Founders pack and then the game turned into the poster child for wasted potential (as well as the poster child for bad management and unrealistic expectations). Last time I checked they had introduced the salvage system and the game had levels again. Anything new that's made it worth playing?

Nalin
Sep 29, 2007

Hair Elf

Pierson posted:

Has anything happened in this game in the last six months or so? Back when Early Access didn't have a bad reputation and I was a little more carefree I took a risk and got a Founders pack and then the game turned into the poster child for wasted potential (as well as the poster child for bad management and unrealistic expectations). Last time I checked they had introduced the salvage system and the game had levels again. Anything new that's made it worth playing?

What would make the game worth playing in your opinion? Lots of things have potentially changed since you last played. Quests, 3 new zones, item drops, new raids, etc.

---

quote:

Hey everyone,

I wanted to give you all an update on what we're going to do to make up for the stretch goals from this event. Here's what we've decided:

All characters that were logged in during the Chosen Offensive Time Slot (11:00 PST - 14:00 PST) will receive the following:

Title: Slayer
(2) Silver Token
(1) Gold Token
(2) 100% XP Bonus (1 Hour)
3 Additional Days of VIP

Note that these have not been awarded to the eligible characters just yet. We are working to put this care package together for you and I will provide you with an update once they've been granted.

I am actually very surprised that they are giving everybody a gold token. I thought it would just be 3 silver tokens like the last time this happened. Looks like battleframe prices are going to drop for a bit.

Morglon
Jan 13, 2010

Safe and sound, detached from reality.
Just like your posting.
Well that's what happens when I decide setting up a macro is too much effort for a week of VIP I'm not gonna use.

Fina
Feb 27, 2006

Shazbot!
Jesus, would that 100% XP boost stack with the maxed frame boost and VIP?

+200% XP for an hour would be crazy.

Nalin
Sep 29, 2007

Hair Elf

Fina posted:

Jesus, would that 100% XP boost stack with the maxed frame boost and VIP?

+200% XP for an hour would be crazy.

Yep. There are actually 5 different boost "channels".
  1. Founders boost
  2. Battleframe completion boost
  3. VIP boost
  4. Red bean store boost
  5. Temporary boost

You can have 1 boost per channel active. It takes the biggest boost from each channel, so if you activate your daily +10% boost, then pop that fancy +100% for 1-hour boost, you will only have the +100% for 1-hour boost active. Basically, boosts within the same channel type don't stack.

Let's say you are a Commander level founder (+15% XP), have 5 Battleframes to level 40, and have VIP. Your XP should be:
+15% (founders) +50% (battleframe) +25% (VIP) = 90%

Activate a red bean +100% boost and your temporary +100% boost and, for an hour, you should have:
90% +100% (RB) +100% (temporary) = 290%

EDIT: I might be wrong about the founders boost having its own channel, though. I don't have any frames under 40 anymore to test.

Inimicul
Oct 14, 2006

Shenanigans!

Nalin posted:

I don't have any frames under 40 anymore to test.

Time to roll your alt account, "Nalun". C'mon. You know you wanna.

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Nalin
Sep 29, 2007

Hair Elf

Inimicul posted:

Time to roll your alt account, "Nalun". C'mon. You know you wanna.

I made one already. I named it the completely original Nalin2. BTW, you should invite me to GOONS on the PTS as you are the leader.

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