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Tiny Lowtax posted:Is it possible for the Imperials to even win rogue squadron? (Or whatever the gently caress the flying maps are called) It seems like the Rebels win every time Yes, they can win. I've been on both sides of this.
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Casimir Radon posted:ABORT MISSION THE AT-PTs HAVE BEEN DESTROYED! Click here to sign the petition to bring back Escape from Fest as an impossibly-hard-to-win-as-rebels fighter squadron mode
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Tiny Lowtax posted:Is it possible for the Imperials to even win rogue squadron? (Or whatever the gently caress the flying maps are called) It seems like the Rebels win every time Yea but not without cheat codes or medals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LY8sBrlEio
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Jedi Knight Luigi posted:Click here to sign the petition to bring back Escape from Fest as an impossibly-hard-to-win-as-rebels fighter squadron mode Escape from Fest was the goddamn worst. gently caress that mission. I thought Rescue from Thyferra was bad but ohhhh boy when this fucker came up...
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Jedi Knight Luigi posted:dude, word Easiest mission of Rogue Squadron. Blow up the upper two shield generators with your proton torpedoes and buzz as many of the turbolasers on the Star Destroyer as you can. Suicide to get your proton torpedoes back and blow up the generator on the underside. Once that's done, fly your B-Wing into the bridge of the Star Destroyer. It doesn't log a death because you blow up the Star Destroyer before you technically die. Instant gold.
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I adored the Rogue games, but they were only viable with the cheat code to unlock all the levels from the start. No way I was ever going to beat some of those. On the first game I remember being annoyed that failing a victory condition meant an instant mission over, becaause Goldeneye from the same era would let you just fanny about in the level shooting stuff and making your own fun. Some of the Rogue Squadron levels (those goddamn AT-PTs) had no time at all for sightseeing. moosecow333 posted:My key to success is the CA-87, Thermal Detonator, and the Jump Pack. Throw your grenade at the height of your jump and blast anyone you land near. I consistently get over 30 kills. I do only play Blast and Drop pod though, so that could factor into it a lot. They are in the background of the conference room in Return of the Jedi when they are planning the assault on the second Death Star/Endor shield generators. No, I didn't remember them from the films either, but they are there.
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Jan 22, 2016 14:43
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Holy god gently caress Escape from Fest. I downloaded Rogue Squadron from GOG when they got it and I'd forgotten the utter bullshit that was that level.
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ChickenWing posted:Holy god gently caress Escape from Fest. I downloaded Rogue Squadron from GOG when they got it and I'd forgotten the utter bullshit that was that level. The original RS really didn't age as well as its sequel. Christ, the fog.
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Yorkshire Tea posted:The original RS really didn't age as well as its sequel. Christ, the fog. I never played the sequel. Enjoyed my second time through the first though. It was nice being not a child and understanding how to actually play the game.
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I just watched a play through of every Rogue Squadron II mission and it still looks fun as gently caress today. Except the 100 wave endurance mode. gently caress that. Skoll fucked around with this message at 16:51 on Jan 22, 2016 |
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Jan 22, 2016 16:40
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I played Tie Fighter a year or two ago and it's still a pretty awesome game. gently caress A-Wings in that game too though
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Tiny Lowtax posted:Thank you. I bought the sec14 and wow what a difference. I'm actually able to kill enemies now. Few things. The radar. Learn this poo poo immediately, it's immensely strong.
I could go on and on about the radar, it's that important, but there's more reasons those guys are 56-5 Kills-Deaths. Bounty Hunter trait. At level 1, which you ALWAYS have, this gives a 25% chance of a powerup on any kill. Infantry only, heros/vehicles don't get traits. 25 sounds small, but it kicks in often enough to make a difference. Infantry turret, thermal imploder, smart rocket, prox mine any those 3 is basically another free kill. Infantry turrets in the right places can be ridiculous. At level 2, that 25% becomes 50%. Every other kill (in average) you will get a powerup. That's huge. Such a massive advantage over non-BH traits. At level 3, EVERY SINGLE KILL gives you a powerup. Yeah, at this point I just throw grenades, prox mines, rockets etc everywhere, because you're basically rambo. But BH3 has something else - cooldowns reset on kill. Your two active starcards will instantly be available after every kill. Ever seen this? That's BH3 resetting his cooldowns. Notice how he camps, he doesn't move forward, too much danger. He even got the 6th kill necessary for BH3 from a prox mine. Scan pulse. See that pulse-like thing in the video above? That's scan pulse. Ever seen a map hack in an FPS? Scan pulse is a fully-legal map hack. Through walls, ceilings, floors, other people, anything. People spam this poo poo like candy, and when combined with the radar it's ridiculous. If you ever pop round a corner and die instantly, chances are you got scanpulsed. It's so easy to follow the red outline such that when they come round the corner or object your crosshair is already on their head. There's more, but these are some tricks you need to be aware of.
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Well half the problem is that I'm not high enough level for the bowcaster or the bounty hunter trait. And as for my scan pulse, maybe it's broken? If say one out of every ten times I use it till actually pick up like one person. All other times it shows nothing at all. So basically it's continue to grind it out and be frustrated as hell until I'm high enough level to buy the good poo poo that'll help me kill the lower level people grinding it out. END OF AN ERROR fucked around with this message at 18:43 on Jan 22, 2016 |
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Jan 22, 2016 18:37
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Yorkshire Tea posted:The original RS really didn't age as well as its sequel. Christ, the fog.
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Tiny Lowtax posted:Well half the problem is that I'm not high enough level for the bowcaster or the bounty hunter trait. And as for my scan pulse, maybe it's broken? If say one out of every ten times I use it till actually pick up like one person. All other times it shows nothing at all. The scan pulse has a range to it. Use it when you you're close to an area where enemies are, and you'll pick up a LOT of people. Bowcaster is great but you can get a lot of kills with just Sec-14 and scan pulse + whatever other kit. Scan pulse is the key. As Mors Anima said we really can't overstate how powerful an ability that is. Couple it with Bounty Hunter and you're a murder machine.
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And I've found the smaller games like Droid Run and Drop Zone and such are great for accumulating the charges you need to keep your Scan Pulse active for the bigger games, where charges are harder to come by. Also, I think my favorite challenges so far have been the ones where I have to get a bunch of melee kills. It's amusing to sneak up behind a guy and clobber him with my gun instead of shooting him.
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Tiny Lowtax posted:Well half the problem is that I'm not high enough level for the bowcaster or the bounty hunter trait. And as for my scan pulse, maybe it's broken? If say one out of every ten times I use it till actually pick up like one person. All other times it shows nothing at all. Honestly, the bowcaster is nothing special. I am killed by it so infrequently that it is the only time I remember it is in the game. The trait cards though, yeah - those will help. Like Ginette Reno said, scan pulse is vital. I've started using the Sec-14 and scan pulse on the smaller maps (Droid Run, etc) and I am unstoppable. I have only one upgrade on my jump pack and use Bounty Hunter, which helps with grenade spam. Steve Vader posted:Also, I think my favorite challenges so far have been the ones where I have to get a bunch of melee kills. It's amusing to sneak up behind a guy and clobber him with my gun instead of shooting him. Especially when they are using Personal Shield.
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Steve Vader posted:And I've found the smaller games like Droid Run and Drop Zone and such are great for accumulating the charges you need to keep your Scan Pulse active for the bigger games, where charges are harder to come by. Heroes vs Villains and Hero Hunt, especially, since the game is trying to give the regular soldiers more of a fighting chance against the heroes. That said, I could never actually recommend that anyone play Hero Hunt. Ever. It is one of the worst things I've ever seen in a game, and its only redeeming quality is that you could use it to farm charges. Let us now spend the next six pages talking about how bad Hero Hunt is and how much it fails at pretty much every level. 
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Sith Happens posted:Heroes vs Villains and Hero Hunt, especially, since the game is trying to give the regular soldiers more of a fighting chance against the heroes. Every time I've played that (which admittedly hasn't been in weeks) the hero hides. They just run away the entire match or do their best to hunker down somewhere and camp the best they can. It's maddening. Agent Burt Macklin fucked around with this message at 20:32 on Jan 22, 2016 |
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scan pulse was so effective for me i actually had to get myself off it like a drug because i'd use it everywhere. Eventually I got to the point where I was only using it when I needed to be sure where someone was nearby, esp. on Endor, because otherwise my money was going down instead of up.
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Steve Vader posted:And I've found the smaller games like Droid Run and Drop Zone and such are great for accumulating the charges you need to keep your Scan Pulse active for the bigger games, where charges are harder to come by. If you are in like your first ten hours of the game sure. After that just buy charges. The charge is so poorly thought out there is really nothing stopping you from just buying scan charges en masse and spamming them constantly. Like not since the first week of the game being out have I had to think "hmm might not getting anything out of this pulse, better save the charge!" It's just "nearing objective ---> activate pulse, can buy however many needed at end of round".
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Also scan pulse is stupidly, unbelievably OP. The only reason it isn't regarded as being equal to the A-wing is because both sides have access to it, and it's not overt in causing you repeated, embarrassing deaths. poo poo needs a big nerf.
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I really out to give Bounty Hunter another spin. I've been sticking with Scout exclusively.
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I pretty much only use scan pulse on Endor (since I can't see poo poo for poo poo on that map) or indoors when jerks are camping at entrances and we can't storm in and I need to work around it. But I forgot you could buy charges, and now that I'm 50+, there's not much I'm saving points for (besides unlocking emotes, since I have all the aliens and when aliens and helmet troopers are an option, I could give a poo poo about the human faces)... and I suppose eventually the Sharpshooter trait, but I still suck so bad at aiming that I even skip all the 'headshot' challenges, so I'd never play that one, unless I decide to give a poo poo about unlocking all the diorama figurines. Also, I really want them to put speeder bikes on all the other maps, because they'd be so much more fun to ride around on if you could see where the gently caress you're going.
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MorsAnima posted:Ever considered a loadout with Pulse/Cycler and bounty hunter. With bh3, you reset after each kill. I had that setup going for a while until I went survivalist. Im lovin the quick health regeneration.
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Steve Vader posted:I pretty much only use scan pulse on Endor (since I can't see poo poo for poo poo on that map) or indoors when jerks are camping at entrances and we can't storm in and I need to work around it. Sharpshooter is worthless. Bh3's cooldown reset should be on sharpshooter 3, and Bh should just be powerups, but 
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Steve Vader posted:Also, I really want them to put speeder bikes on all the other maps, because they'd be so much more fun to ride around on if you could see where the gently caress you're going. If you know where you're going on Endor, the speeder bike can inflict some serious damage on the opposition.
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Did someone have a guide for keymapping the air stuff on PC so it's not so lovely?
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Speeder bikes on Hoth and Jakku would be great. Could lead to some interesting flanking strategies but really I just don't want to have to run around on foot so much. The spawns on those maps are too far away from the action.
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Scout is nice until you realize no one on console seems to even look at the radar
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yeah, I've stopped using scout on the larger game modes. Still great for Cargo, Droid Run, and HvsV
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Glass of Milk posted:Did someone have a guide for keymapping the air stuff on PC so it's not so lovely? Before I changed to controller, all I did was change the mapping so that A and D are turn left and right and whatever you call what they did before is one the mouse for fine tuning your aim. Then put pitch up on space, just like in BF4. Now it should be way easier to fly. I don't know why they did not do it that way in the first place.
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Is it me, or has anybody else noticed that being attacked by Darth/Luke, when you're also a hero, sends you into a stun state that basically leaves you helpless and almost incapable of escaping? I've died numerous times as Boba Fett or Han Solo – both of whom have abilities to get away in a bind – and as anybody else you can pretty much die within 4 or 5 swipes of a lightsaber. Also, if you've charged up your Pulse Rifle and die before you use it, you respawn with the card unused. But die with a charged Bowcaster and you're left waiting for it to recharge :|
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I kinda hate that your cards don't recharge instantly upon respawn. I just died, assholes, gimme a break.
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Hello Spaceman posted:Is it me, or has anybody else noticed that being attacked by Darth/Luke, when you're also a hero, sends you into a stun state that basically leaves you helpless and almost incapable of escaping? This happened to me as Vader last night. I ran up to Luke, he hit me once and made me stumble back and then was able to continue hitting me until I was dead. I couldn't move, attack, jump or anything. SUPER fun!
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So the January DLC has only new costumes for Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia...wow thanks quote:Battlefront will allegedly have Daily Challenges, Private Matches and Special Community Events launched by the end of the month. I'm having lack of faith in this actually happening. https://twitter.com/Kvasibarn/status/690508328640876544 Junior Jr. fucked around with this message at 19:25 on Jan 23, 2016 |
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Steve Vader posted:I kinda hate that your cards don't recharge instantly upon respawn. I just died, assholes, gimme a break. That would be horrible. You'd face even more Bowcaster spam than normal.
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All I'm going to do while I'm snowed in is play more battlefront. I pity the suckers with no power.
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Junior Jr. posted:So the January DLC has only new costumes for Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia...wow thanks Is that the season pass DLC pack? Or just a FreeLC bonus?
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jivjov posted:Is that the season pass DLC pack? Or just a FreeLC bonus? lmao if the season pass part 1 was just two costumes. Even EA/Dice isn't that asinine.
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