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

Fuzz: Jun 2, 2003; Avatar brought to you by the TG Sanity fund

Night Blade posted:

Has anyone analyzed how lag works in this game?

Watching Benchie's Videos, I see him killing swaths of people with a Kraber but he fluctuates between 160-200MS with no sign of performance drop in his videos.

I dunno, but I regularly get laggy people skipping around and pulling Chinese sorcerer poo poo and on their replay, after they blow my brains out while facing the opposite direction in midair on my screen, their screen has some slight lag but is otherwise fine.

I'd assume they're throttlingbut this is on PS4 so unless they're manually doing it via a proxy connection, I can't see how it'd work.

# ? Apr 1, 2017 21:21

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 04:41

Nostalgia4Dogges: Jun 18, 2004; Only emojis can express my pure, simple stupidity.

Yoooo PS4 fam wanna group up? I have poo poo to do today but I can pretty much jump on to play whenever. Maybe like 6-8 PST?

# ? Apr 1, 2017 22:37

Drewsky: Dec 29, 2010

So did charge hack get nerfed big time or is my game glitched? I used to use charge rifle with charge hack on most of my kits and charge hack doesn't work on any of them now. It has to charge every shot.

# ? Apr 1, 2017 23:52

Inspector Hound: Jul 14, 2003

Drewsky posted:

So did charge hack get nerfed big time or is my game glitched? I used to use charge rifle with charge hack on most of my kits and charge hack doesn't work on any of them now. It has to charge every shot.

In the last patch they made it a faster charge instead of an instant shot

# ? Apr 1, 2017 23:56

Kithyen: Oct 18, 2002; I DON'T KNOW THE BBCODE FOR BIG RED TITLES SO I CAN'T FIX THIS FUCK

GT on PS4 is Kithyen. I'm done studying for the evening so I'll be tearing poo poo up for the next few hours or so

# ? Apr 2, 2017 02:19

Night Blade: Feb 25, 2013

Drewsky posted:

So did charge hack get nerfed big time or is my game glitched? I used to use charge rifle with charge hack on most of my kits and charge hack doesn't work on any of them now. It has to charge every shot.

Charge hack feels like crap now, no reason to use it.

# ? Apr 2, 2017 02:26

Fuzz: Jun 2, 2003; Avatar brought to you by the TG Sanity fund

Why would you ever use the charge beam when the MLG is baller as gently caress?

# ? Apr 2, 2017 02:28

Kithyen: Oct 18, 2002; I DON'T KNOW THE BBCODE FOR BIG RED TITLES SO I CAN'T FIX THIS FUCK

Diggin the R-97 so far. I suck at long range anyways so this is the perfect weapon.

# ? Apr 2, 2017 02:51

Nostalgia4Dogges: Jun 18, 2004; Only emojis can express my pure, simple stupidity.

Dang no one on PS4

# ? Apr 2, 2017 04:45

Night Blade: Feb 25, 2013

Fuzz posted:

Why would you ever use the charge beam when the MLG is baller as gently caress?

Charge beam can be a cool multi purpose weapon for sniping rooftop campers if you're using a shotgun.

# ? Apr 2, 2017 05:20

Nostalgia4Dogges: Jun 18, 2004; Only emojis can express my pure, simple stupidity.

I swear I've hit people dead on when fully charged and still not killed them

# ? Apr 2, 2017 05:32

Night Blade: Feb 25, 2013

Has this free weekend been really laggy for anyone else? Usually I have pings of 10-20, but now I'm sitting at 60 with random spikes to 150, making using the EPG VERY hard as instant kill direct hits are now only mere almost instant kill near misses (even though on screen it shows a direct hit)

# ? Apr 2, 2017 05:48

veni veni veni: Jun 5, 2005

I'm trying to give Colony a fair shake but after maybe a dozen or so matches my first impressions are pretty bad.

# ? Apr 2, 2017 09:52

Nichol: May 18, 2004; Sly Dog

I like it for lts, but for the more foot-combat based modes it has way too many stupid nooks and crannies for a 12 player game, I kind of feel the same way about the other city map with the markets and apartments and stuff.

# ? Apr 2, 2017 10:38

veni veni veni: Jun 5, 2005

yeah it is actually pretty good for lts.

# ? Apr 2, 2017 10:45

Wowporn: May 31, 2012; HarumphHarumphHarumph

I was thinking the exact opposite, thought it was okay on attrition but awful on LTS cause of the sparse building cover and huge open swaths of space that make it really hard to play close range

Nostalgia4Dogges posted:

I swear I've hit people dead on when fully charged and still not killed them

It's isn't a one hit kill unless it's amped w/no charge hack

# ? Apr 2, 2017 12:55

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

Probably the worst opposing team attrition score I've seen yet. Last best was 75 or something.

They were bad.

http://i.imgur.com/K59MJDz.gifv

Wazzit fucked around with this message at 17:30 on Apr 2, 2017

# ? Apr 2, 2017 17:26

BeanpolePeckerwood: May 4, 2004; I MAY LOOK LIKE SHIT BUT IM ALSO DUMB AS FUCK

For Colony, just stay indoors and go room to room when you don't have sights on anyone outside. You'll often get the drop on fuckos peeking out windows because they have no idea where you are either.

Great level for EVA.

# ? Apr 2, 2017 19:46

Nostalgia4Dogges: Jun 18, 2004; Only emojis can express my pure, simple stupidity.

Ps4 doods wanna group at like 7-ish PST or so?

# ? Apr 2, 2017 19:48

Fuzz: Jun 2, 2003; Avatar brought to you by the TG Sanity fund

Nostalgia4Dogges posted:

Ps4 doods wanna group at like 7-ish PST or so?

I should be home by then.

# ? Apr 2, 2017 19:53

BeanpolePeckerwood: May 4, 2004; I MAY LOOK LIKE SHIT BUT IM ALSO DUMB AS FUCK

The debate rages on. Can a game like Titanfall 2 have mass appeal like Overwatch? gently caress overwatch

Frothy thinks that Respawn could learn a few lessons on how to manipulate their player-base, by dangling the carrot like other garbage-tier developers do. Hell, maybe he's right. But isn't there something a bit pathetic about saying "a good game isn't enough anymore."? Frothy's cool, but he's lost the thread here.

I've gotten the distinct impression, at each juncture, that Respawn isn't interested in the "games-as-a-service" development structure, and that they've been covertly quarreling with EA, using a AAA budget while developing their game for a medium-sized audience, fostering a skill-based community, and downplaying cosmetic 'baubles' in favor of meticulous balance patches (keeping in mind that they aren't a gigantic 5000-person studio like Blizzard). It really seems that Respawn has been struggling against the tide since the tech test last summer, that EA wanted a game with mass-appeal in terms of both gameplay (no bunnyhopping) and microtransactions, and that Respawn wanted to subvert that. If that's the case, good for them.

Youtube comments are the worst but I agree with this guy

quote:

I love the game BECAUSE there are almost no carrots, no chores. The initial progression is decent so I don't feel pushed to grind for it. I could do very well without it, but I guess it can be a good way to make you get accustomed with different weapons and load-outs. The fact that I don't have to complete periodic chores makes me enjoy playing the game more. I am in the game because I want to play it, not because at that moment I feel that I should get some points, finish a quest/chore.. so that I'll be able to enjoy the game more later on. (Brings back memories from when I was a kid and was playing football almost every day with other children. We used to play it a lot and we didn't need any currency or any artificial progression system to keep us playing. We didn't need to gather points from one game to another, from one day to another. We played it only because we enjoyed playing it.)

Losses don't bring extra frustration because I was unable to finish a quest and the time I had for the game has been very limited. I hate that all modern games try to keep us busy more than they are trying to keep us entertained with all kinds of daily quests and currencies that we need to unlock more stuff. I love that Titanfall barely has that and I would love it more if it had none of that.

Blizzard made me waste so much time in their games just to get a stupid item or currency, not because I was actually enjoying what I was doing at that specific time. So many times, people are playing just for the result, without enjoying the journey. I am not saying those games don't have a good enough gameplay and that I never enjoyed them. I am saying that there were many times when I didn't really feel like playing a game, but I did it because I needed some points or item in order to keep up or to unlock something meaningless. We put so much effort into getting a color variation or an increase in stats in a game... why? When everybody is special, no one is. The item levels are periodically increasing to keep the players in a constant race to keep up or try to surpass each other for a few days, until everybody gets geared and the item level is increased again.

To me, it has become a guideline: If at some point, I feel that I should play a game only for the points it provides and not because right then I would enjoy playing the game, I should quit playing that game. It keeps me busy, not entertained. Games should be played only because they are enjoyable, not because of some stupid progression system that takes too much of our time.

We should play the games (as in each gaming session, every hour spent in a game) because we enjoy the game, we enjoy the journey. If we feel the push to spend time in a game only because of some points that will be of use later on, we are being tricked.. that time starts to feel like a second job, not entertainment.

# ? Apr 2, 2017 20:52

Nostalgia4Dogges: Jun 18, 2004; Only emojis can express my pure, simple stupidity.

Fuzz posted:

I should be home by then.

i'm flexible on times i just wanna group up and shoot things :mad:

# ? Apr 2, 2017 20:55

Wilko: Dec 3, 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_4cEa3qgZo

New coliseum animations are cool

# ? Apr 2, 2017 21:47

veni veni veni: Jun 5, 2005

BeanpolePeckerwood posted:

The debate rages on. Can a game like Titanfall 2 have mass appeal like Overwatch? gently caress overwatch

Frothy thinks that Respawn could learn a few lessons on how to manipulate their player-base, by dangling the carrot like other garbage-tier developers do. Hell, maybe he's right. But isn't there something a bit pathetic about saying "a good game isn't enough anymore."? Frothy's cool, but he's lost the thread here.

I've gotten the distinct impression, at each juncture, that Respawn isn't interested in the "games-as-a-service" development structure, and that they've been covertly quarreling with EA, using a AAA budget while developing their game for a medium-sized audience, fostering a skill-based community, and downplaying cosmetic 'baubles' in favor of meticulous balance patches (keeping in mind that they aren't a gigantic 5000-person studio like Blizzard). It really seems that Respawn has been struggling against the tide since the tech test last summer, that EA wanted a game with mass-appeal in terms of both gameplay (no bunnyhopping) and microtransactions, and that Respawn wanted to subvert that. If that's the case, good for them.

Youtube comments are the worst but I agree with this guy

I think the carrot on a stick stuff is fine as long as it isn't intrusive to the gameplay, which can be a fine line. Look back at when TLOU came out and people would literally sabotage the team because of the stupid meta game. If it's just getting fake money to unlock cosmetic stuff or something, whatever.

I don't agree with his point because I believe TF2 is intended to be full of that stuff and only isn't due to the low player count. poo poo, even now it's not absent from the game. If the game was huge I fully believe we'd be blasted with loot boxes every time we logged on. I could be wrong but that's my take.

Also, from what I've seen of Overwatch it isn't really offensive at all. You know I also have zero interest in that game, but I don't really get why you are always calling it the worst game ever lol. It seems fine it just has nothing for me right now. Blizzard isn't a bad dev they just try to mass market their appeal so much I've pretty much lost interest in their games. Starcraft is good I guess.

I don't care about loot at all either though.
I'd rather just play a good game.

# ? Apr 2, 2017 21:48

Drewsky: Dec 29, 2010

Night Blade posted:

Charge beam can be a cool multi purpose weapon for sniping rooftop campers if you're using a shotgun.

Yeah, it was my favorite anti titan to use when I had charge hack on because I could get those hit scan shots quick and really be a thorn in the side of titans. But yeah since that's dead I think I'll retire the charge rifle.

# ? Apr 2, 2017 21:57

sockpuppetclock: Sep 12, 2010

I wish this game had a mapmaker. Respawn seems oddly incompetent at adding new content and I think the biggest thing that's stopping me from playing this game forever is mental fatigue from playing the same 10 maps over and over. I just want more places to jump around.....

# ? Apr 2, 2017 22:00

Insane Totoro: Dec 5, 2005; Take cover!!!
That Totoro has an AR-15!

Wazzit posted:

Probably the worst opposing team attrition score I've seen yet. Last best was 75 or something.

They were bad.

http://i.imgur.com/K59MJDz.gifv

https://youtu.be/kS-QvipEDoY

https://youtu.be/fvD6I3U18P4

https://youtu.be/Puica5NL1to

https://youtu.be/UCXsaDE4Zkk

Yup. There are some quite one sided Attrition matches.

Insane Totoro fucked around with this message at 22:10 on Apr 2, 2017

# ? Apr 2, 2017 22:07

Ineffiable: Feb 16, 2008; Some say that his politics are terrifying, and that he once punched a horse to the ground...

I might hop on after I eat. Let's do a roll call, who wants to play tonight on ps4?

# ? Apr 2, 2017 22:28

Nostalgia4Dogges: Jun 18, 2004; Only emojis can express my pure, simple stupidity.

Ineffiable posted:

I might hop on after I eat. Let's do a roll call, who wants to play tonight on ps4?

I can be on whenever after 6 PST. You guys can set a time

# ? Apr 2, 2017 22:32

Ineffiable: Feb 16, 2008; Some say that his politics are terrifying, and that he once punched a horse to the ground...

I'll probably be on after 6pm est. gently caress it if you see me on just send me a message even if I'm in another game. I'll try to keep a party going tonight for one last chance at double exp.

PSN is ineffiablefx

# ? Apr 2, 2017 22:38

BeanpolePeckerwood: May 4, 2004; I MAY LOOK LIKE SHIT BUT IM ALSO DUMB AS FUCK

veni veni veni posted:

Also, from what I've seen of Overwatch it isn't really offensive at all. You know I also have zero interest in that game, but I don't really get why you are always calling it the worst game ever lol. It seems fine it just has nothing for me right now. Blizzard isn't a bad dev they just try to mass market their appeal so much I've pretty much lost interest in their games. Starcraft is good I guess.

It represents everything I despise about contemporary game design.

# ? Apr 3, 2017 00:34

Fuzz: Jun 2, 2003; Avatar brought to you by the TG Sanity fund

I'm on on PS4 right now, name is DocFuzz.

# ? Apr 3, 2017 02:58

Hackan Slash: May 31, 2007; Hit it until it's not a problem anymore

BeanpolePeckerwood posted:

It represents everything I despise about contemporary game design.

Like what? Genuinely curious.

It's a teamwork focused fps with extremely different characters. I find it refreshingly different from all the shootyman games where everyone is only differentiated by their gun.

# ? Apr 3, 2017 03:20

Argas: Jan 13, 2008; SRW Fanatic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbda3X3SK98

I love Grand Cannon

# ? Apr 3, 2017 03:25

Nostalgia4Dogges: Jun 18, 2004; Only emojis can express my pure, simple stupidity.

lol why did they even bother with the 101 gun?

Literally the same besides a lovely scope

# ? Apr 3, 2017 04:36

Fuzz: Jun 2, 2003; Avatar brought to you by the TG Sanity fund

Fun games with goons, though we are all bad at this, haha.

# ? Apr 3, 2017 05:51

Wandle Cax: Dec 15, 2006

I tried to try the PS4 free trial weekend, could not find a single game. Just endless searching, Don't know if this particular game didn't like my connection or what. Well that's my story guess i'm not particularly encouraged to buy the game

# ? Apr 3, 2017 06:14

Fuzz: Jun 2, 2003; Avatar brought to you by the TG Sanity fund

Wandle Cax posted:

I tried to try the PS4 free trial weekend, could not find a single game. Just endless searching, Don't know if this particular game didn't like my connection or what. Well that's my story guess i'm not particularly encouraged to buy the game

That's weird, we had games popping before we could even change loadouts. Maybe you're behind a NAT?

# ? Apr 3, 2017 06:16

veni veni veni: Jun 5, 2005

Something aint right there. I've never waited more than 30 seconds for a game at any point.

# ? Apr 3, 2017 06:28

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 04:41

Stan Taylor: Oct 13, 2013; Touched Fuzzy, Got Dizzy

New map rules. Not too sure about that big open field spot past the fence off to one side though. The whole thing feels a lot different from the TF1 version. I love that map then but I haven't played in forever so maybe it's the same?

# ? Apr 3, 2017 06:33

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