Titanfall: Drop a Player On It

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What was your favorite Titan from Titanfall 1?
	gundam
	megatron
	that russian robot from pacific rim
	goku

Kenshin: Jan 10, 2007

AirRaid posted:

This is true, but if you do well it's goddamn hilarious how fast you can level up. Even without Double XP I can go nearly one level every 2 matches (or better), simply because Win/Good Performance/Match Complete is 3 Merits, and you only need 2 more from guns or titans or something to make up the extra. If you have a really great match you can level up a weapon a couple of times, probably level a titan too because you're earning them and earning cores real fast. 6 or 7 merits from a match is really doable.

I've been leveling up quick, yes, because as frustrated as I have been I'm still (at least in most matches) ending up on the top half of my team in score most of the time.

I still really don't like not being able to counter abilities others have simply because they have been playing more than I have. I also need to get used to not being able to hear footsteps like in Overwatch. I get killed by people running around behind me more often than I should because I'm used to being able to hear them.

# ? Nov 4, 2016 18:59

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# ? May 11, 2024 08:31

BabelFish: Jul 20, 2013; Fallen Rib

Ran into my first blatant hacker last night. He was running the devotion and holy crap that thing is NUTS if all you do is land headshots.

He still lost :smugdog:

# ? Nov 4, 2016 19:03

Knifegrab: Jul 30, 2014; Gadzooks! I'm terrified of this little child who is going to stab me with a knife. I must wrest the knife away from his control and therefore gain the upperhand.

Kenshin posted:

I've been leveling up quick, yes, because as frustrated as I have been I'm still (at least in most matches) ending up on the top half of my team in score most of the time.

I still really don't like not being able to counter abilities others have simply because they have been playing more than I have. I also need to get used to not being able to hear footsteps like in Overwatch. I get killed by people running around behind me more often than I should because I'm used to being able to hear them.

Just so you know, because of regeneration, there will be lots of people who have played more than you but actually have access to less stuff.

# ? Nov 4, 2016 19:26

teh_Broseph: Oct 21, 2010; THE LAST METROID IS IN
CATTIVITY. THE GALAXY
IS AT PEACE...; Lipstick Apathy

The dynamic resolution setting is loving AWESOME tech console folks have had and I now I want it on every PC game, y'all check it out. I had knocked a couple settings down for annoying framerate drops, was still getting them when they patched dynamic res in and now I use that to keep things real smooth without having to tinker around forever finding that perfect high settings vs framerate balance. I can tell when it kicks in cause (more distant?) stuff gets a little blur but I'll take what looks like a half second of DoF over hitching any day of the week.

Heads up, it's resetting to 60 for the target framerate for me every game launch.

# ? Nov 4, 2016 19:27

Kenshin: Jan 10, 2007

Knifegrab posted:

Just so you know, because of regeneration, there will be lots of people who have played more than you but actually have access to less stuff.

What does this mean

# ? Nov 4, 2016 19:35

Peewi: Nov 8, 2012

Songbearer posted:

[ASK] me about being the only one who believed

Would you say that you're devoted to Devotion?

# ? Nov 4, 2016 19:37

Wazzit: Jul 16, 2004; Who wants to play video games?

Knifegrab posted:

I want to say Ion's vortex shield is bad. Its ok at getting the enemy to stop fighitng you for a bit, but anyone with any ounce of brain power isn't going to give you bullets/missiles you can throw back at them so whats even the point?

Yeah it's not great, I think the Vortext from TF1 was able to absorb much more damage than this one. Luckily there are still plenty of pubs that don't have a lot of brain power. :downs:

Still haven't pried myself away from Ion to use the other Titans enough, getting Goosers with Ion is way too much of fun and a lot easier to pull off than the other Titans.

Wazzit fucked around with this message at 19:51 on Nov 4, 2016

# ? Nov 4, 2016 19:39

Ciaphas: Nov 20, 2005; > BEWARE, COWARD

Mordja posted:

Nope. Attrition or Bounty Hunt. You'll get a game in seconds.

It helps that those two (especially BH) are the best game modes by far

# ? Nov 4, 2016 19:48

Knifegrab: Jul 30, 2014; Gadzooks! I'm terrified of this little child who is going to stab me with a knife. I must wrest the knife away from his control and therefore gain the upperhand.

Kenshin posted:

What does this mean

When you hit level 51 in game you have the option to "regenerate". It will take your pilot to gen 2 the first time, then gen 3 the second etc. When you regenerate your pilot starts at level 1 agian. Your weapons/titans and camos keep all their unlocks but will be locked from pilot use as if you were starting on a new account again.

So for instacne I have put a lot of time in the game, but I am gen 2 so I actually have a pretty limited amount of weapons/abilities available to me. If you buy things with merits instead of unlocking them with levels they will be available to you forever however.

# ? Nov 4, 2016 19:49

Wazzit: Jul 16, 2004; Who wants to play video games?

Ciaphas posted:

It helps that those two (especially BH) are the best game modes by far

I've come around a lot on BH after initially absolutely hating it in the Tech Test, but dang.

# ? Nov 4, 2016 19:49

Kenshin: Jan 10, 2007

Ciaphas posted:

It helps that those two (especially BH) are the best game modes by far

Which is unfortunate because this game feels like it would be a lot more fun with Battlefield sized point-control maps with 12v12 matches

# ? Nov 4, 2016 20:01

Sab669: Sep 24, 2009

Kenshin posted:

So is Maphack just the best ability by far?

I was just playing a round and it seemed like everyone on the enemy team had it and I (and most of my teammates) would just die before we could see the enemy. No warning, I'd pop around a corner running at full speed along walls and BAM some rear end in a top hat kills me from a rooftop across the map.

It literally says "Maphack Detected" on your HUD.

Kenshin posted:

Wonderful. I just started playing last night and since I can't get any of these abilities so far this is significantly less fun than Overwatch because I don't have access to the tools all these other players do.

It's fine if you don't like the game, but I mean if any of your teammates are running Map Hack then you also get it when they activate it.

You absolutely don't need to use the Sonar Grenade thing or anything like that. I never do, but I do run MH.

Also like others said you can just buy it with a few space bucks after playing for a few hours.

# ? Nov 4, 2016 20:12

Insert name here: Nov 10, 2009; Oh.
Oh Dear.

Wazzit posted:

Yeah it's not great, I think the Vortext from TF1 was able to absorb much more damage than this one. Luckily there are still plenty of pubs that don't have a lot of brain power.

It's me

I'm that retard

I'm just so used to hammering down the other shields I sometimes forget that you can't do that to the Vortex

# ? Nov 4, 2016 20:15

Mordja: Apr 26, 2014; Hell Gem

I'm in my 30s (and still terrible!) but I don't think I'll be regening my pilot anytime soon. I'm still floating between loadouts, giving weapons until about level 11 before trying another. So far I've been digging the autoshotty and Flatline the most, though I actually think the SMR ain't too bad in some situations. Could use a tiny bit more splash, maybe.

# ? Nov 4, 2016 20:19

Lemming: Apr 21, 2008

Kenshin posted:

Which is unfortunate because this game feels like it would be a lot more fun with Battlefield sized point-control maps with 12v12 matches

No way. More people is not always more better. 6v6 is great and means each individual person can make a large contribution, you don't spend a ton of time getting back into the fight, and Titans and stuff don't just get blitzed down immediately by a thousand things shooting at them all at once.

# ? Nov 4, 2016 20:19

Lemming: Apr 21, 2008

dubble post

# ? Nov 4, 2016 20:19

Gunder: May 22, 2003

Lemming posted:

No way. More people is not always more better. 6v6 is great and means each individual person can make a large contribution, you don't spend a ton of time getting back into the fight, and Titans and stuff don't just get blitzed down immediately by a thousand things shooting at them all at once.

Yeah, I think 6v6 is plenty. Even 8v8 feels way too chaotic. The old PC gaming mantra of more players = better has never been true.

# ? Nov 4, 2016 20:22

The Iron Rose: May 12, 2012; Cat Army

So Coliseum is lots of fun but man I'm not very good at it

# ? Nov 4, 2016 20:35

radintorov: Feb 18, 2011

Only thing I think Hardpoint lacks are AIs (just basic grunts and spectres) to fill the map a little.
Also have them able to interact with the control point like they did in the original.

# ? Nov 4, 2016 20:40

Lemming: Apr 21, 2008

radintorov posted:

Only thing I think Hardpoint lacks are AIs (just basic grunts and spectres) to fill the map a little.
Also have them able to interact with the control point like they did in the original.

Yeah, there should be ai in every game mode pretty much, they're great

# ? Nov 4, 2016 20:42

Insert name here: Nov 10, 2009; Oh.
Oh Dear.

radintorov posted:

Only thing I think Hardpoint lacks are AIs (just basic grunts and spectres) to fill the map a little.
Also have them able to interact with the control point like they did in the original.

I've probably said this like a million times but I really miss having AI in all the game modes in the first game and is the #1 reason I stick to attrition in this one, whereas in the first game my most played game mode was Hardpoint.

# ? Nov 4, 2016 20:44

Daztek: Jun 2, 2006

The game just needs some more cool maps and frontier defense

also bodykits for your titan

# ? Nov 4, 2016 20:45

Knifegrab: Jul 30, 2014; Gadzooks! I'm terrified of this little child who is going to stab me with a knife. I must wrest the knife away from his control and therefore gain the upperhand.

I want to put a spoiler on my titan please and thank you.

# ? Nov 4, 2016 20:51

Daztek: Jun 2, 2006

https://twitter.com/Respawn/status/794628600355950592

# ? Nov 4, 2016 20:54

Yodzilla: Apr 29, 2005; Now who looks even dumber?

Beef Witch

Ha, I was just going to post that I've been giving other titans a shot but I have no idea how to survive or do any damage at all in anything other than Tone. Scorch I feel like could use a damage or rate of fire upgrade for his primary attack.

# ? Nov 4, 2016 20:58

Kenshin: Jan 10, 2007

Same, I used Tone all through the (truly excellent, played through on Hard and it felt just perfectly balanced) singleplayer campaign, and it's what I've been using in MP because it's the only one that feels reliably good. (though I don't have the chaingun one yet and don't have enough points to unlock it)

# ? Nov 4, 2016 21:06

Sab669: Sep 24, 2009

Boo, I'd rather they buff the other Titans rather than nerf Tone & Legion.

# ? Nov 4, 2016 21:21

Mill Village: Jul 27, 2007

What folder does this game put screenshots in?

# ? Nov 4, 2016 21:23

Mordja: Apr 26, 2014; Hell Gem

I think I like Scorch more than Legion but despite being on a heavy chassis, you gotta play it more guerrilla. Stick and move and never go out into the open.

# ? Nov 4, 2016 21:24

Hulk Krogan: Mar 25, 2005

Mordja posted:

I think I like Scorch more than Legion but despite being on a heavy chassis, you gotta play it more guerrilla. Stick and move and never go out into the open.

Yeah this. It's counter-intuitive but Scorch is all about the hit and run/peekaboo game.

# ? Nov 4, 2016 21:27

GentlemanGiant: Jan 6, 2013

Daztek posted:

The game just needs some more cool maps and frontier defense

also bodykits for your titan

They said they are adding prime versions of Ion and Scorch in December with new sounds/executions. I hope they also have spinners.

# ? Nov 4, 2016 21:27

Knifegrab: Jul 30, 2014; Gadzooks! I'm terrified of this little child who is going to stab me with a knife. I must wrest the knife away from his control and therefore gain the upperhand.

Is everything amped by a-wall? Like archer rockets, thunder balls, epgs?

# ? Nov 4, 2016 21:32

Ciaphas: Nov 20, 2005; > BEWARE, COWARD

Lemming posted:

No way. More people is not always more better. 6v6 is great and means each individual person can make a large contribution, you don't spend a ton of time getting back into the fight, and Titans and stuff don't just get blitzed down immediately by a thousand things shooting at them all at once.

Honestly I think even 6v6 is too many on most maps, at least once the titans start rolling out--especially that midgame point where it's four or five titans a side for a while

5v5 seems to hit a good sweet spot

# ? Nov 4, 2016 21:33