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

Olympic Mathlete: Feb 25, 2011

BeanpolePeckerwood posted:

edit; also, Scorch buff incoming.

Boo, this will mean more people play Scorch instead of just the baddass pilots.

TIME TO DIE

# ? Jul 20, 2017 13:16

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# ? May 16, 2024 15:31

Deakul: Apr 2, 2012; PAM PA RAM

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Oh gently caress yes, I've always wanted to try Frontier Defense.

Does it actually have objectives to do or is it merely surviving waves of mooks?

# ? Jul 20, 2017 14:59

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

Heard this guy coming :wave:

http://i.imgur.com/dVDF8jH.gifv

Stole a triple

http://i.imgur.com/Cq6LX9a.gifv

Deakul posted:

Oh gently caress yes, I've always wanted to try Frontier Defense.

Does it actually have objectives to do or is it merely surviving waves of mooks?

Assuming that it's anything like TF1 you'll have a harvester or something to protect. It gets pretty hectic because you'll get mortaring Titans from the outskirts of the map chipping away at the harvester health or you'll get nuclear titans marching towards your harvester. Rise from TF1 in particular had a wave of 20 or so nuclear Titans that was pretty drat near impossible.

# ? Jul 20, 2017 18:05

DLC Inc: Jun 1, 2011

does Frontier Defense use special enemies or will you be facing evil robot versions of existing Titans like Ion/Scorch/etc? Or are the FD titans just "generic" like the Brute one from Story Mode?

# ? Jul 20, 2017 18:07

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

Olympic Mathlete posted:

Boo, this will mean more people play Scorch instead of just the baddass pilots.

TIME TO DIE

Yeah, that's what I was thinking, too. Though it also means Scorch might stand more of a chance on levels that aren't just corridors.

Scorch actually works really well on the TF1 levels, its just poo poo like Kodai, Homestead, Eden, and Exoplanet that are bogshit.

# ? Jul 20, 2017 18:32

runchild: May 26, 2010; 420 smoke 🎨artisanal🍑 melange erryday

There will definitely be normal auto-Titans enemies, but there will also be special variants. In the last game there were Arc, Mortar, and Nuke Titans; those all seem to be returning. Someone noticed what looks like cloaked Titans in one of the shots from the trailer. Who knows what else, but they've said there will be more info soon.

Don't expect any "new" Titan chassis or anything, if that's what you meant.

# ? Jul 20, 2017 18:38

Blind Duke: Nov 8, 2013

Here's hoping for tick waves, just spawn 30 of them and see what happens

# ? Jul 20, 2017 22:18

MechaSeinfeld: Jan 2, 2008

I never thought I'd do it but I just spent money on cosmetic items. I can never make fun of dota players ever again.

# ? Jul 21, 2017 04:55

In Training: Jun 28, 2008

MechaSeinfeld posted:

I never thought I'd do it but I just spent money on cosmetic items. I can never make fun of dota players ever again.

This game is 100000000x better than DOTA 2.

# ? Jul 21, 2017 04:58

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

Ya if there's any game I won't really think twice about throwing money at it's this game, they deserve it

# ? Jul 21, 2017 05:05

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

runchild posted:

There will definitely be normal auto-Titans enemies, but there will also be special variants. In the last game there were Arc, Mortar, and Nuke Titans; those all seem to be returning. Someone noticed what looks like cloaked Titans in one of the shots from the trailer. Who knows what else, but they've said there will be more info soon.

Don't expect any "new" Titan chassis or anything, if that's what you meant.

Probably the return of the cloak drone from FD1.0, which as its name implies cloaks everything around it

# ? Jul 21, 2017 05:47

runchild: May 26, 2010; 420 smoke 🎨artisanal🍑 melange erryday

Insert name here posted:

Probably the return of the cloak drone from FD1.0, which as its name implies cloaks everything around it

That's what I would have guessed too, but the cloaked Titans are scattered throughout a group of uncloaked Titans and there's no sign of drones overhead.

It's at like...1:18 in the trailer. Wide and high shot of Homestead, bunch of red Legions and some suspicious blurs in between them. Phoneposting so a pic would be :effort:

# ? Jul 21, 2017 06:02

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

In Training posted:

This game is 100000000x better than DOTA 2.

Both games are very good.

# ? Jul 21, 2017 19:18

Gunder: May 22, 2003

Is there actually a Scorch buff on the way? I couldn't find anything about it online.

# ? Jul 21, 2017 20:30

veni veni veni: Jun 5, 2005

Nostalgia4Dogges posted:

Ya if there's any game I won't really think twice about throwing money at it's this game, they deserve it

The way I see it I'd have paid $25 bux for the DLC they have added so far, but I appreciate that they made it free and didn't fragment the already small player base. So, the $10-15 I've thrown at cosmetic stuff I barely care about was well earned.

If they ever add custom pilots they will be getting more of my money.

# ? Jul 21, 2017 21:14

runchild: May 26, 2010; 420 smoke 🎨artisanal🍑 melange erryday

Gunder posted:

Is there actually a Scorch buff on the way? I couldn't find anything about it online.

In the Reddit AMA someone asked "When will Scorch get buffed" and a dev replied "July 25th" (which is when the FD update drops.)

They usually don't release patch notes until right around when the patch hits so don't expect any details until then.

# ? Jul 21, 2017 21:58

Blind Rasputin: Nov 25, 2002; Farewell, good Hunter. May you find your worth in the waking world.

I'm very excited for the upcoming expansion and want to start playing this again. I never even leveled up a character all the way in PVP. My guy is like level 20. What's the go to "make this easy so I can get used to it again" load out and titan that I should use?

Also, there are a lot of play modes. Which ones should I play that don't suck?

# ? Jul 23, 2017 00:28

discworld is all I read: Apr 7, 2009; DAIJOUBU!! ... Daijoubu ?? ?

Blind Rasputin posted:

I'm very excited for the upcoming expansion and want to start playing this again. I never even leveled up a character all the way in PVP. My guy is like level 20. What's the go to "make this easy so I can get used to it again" load out and titan that I should use?

Also, there are a lot of play modes. Which ones should I play that don't suck?

The CAR is a pretty easy weapon to pick up and just start killing people, and cloak is a good ability to use or stim. But if you're looking to level, I'd say and just wait for the next DLC coming out next week. There'll be a lot more people playing and it'll be a coop mode, so you won't have to worry about the skill of other people in the game making the experience difficult for you if you're just coming back.

# ? Jul 23, 2017 01:38

veni veni veni: Jun 5, 2005

I think FD has a separate leveling system from PVP.

# ? Jul 23, 2017 02:21

Blind Rasputin: Nov 25, 2002; Farewell, good Hunter. May you find your worth in the waking world.

Yeah, I feel like the only people probably playing now are the ultra twitch reflex diehards and it doesn't seem fun.

# ? Jul 23, 2017 02:27

veni veni veni: Jun 5, 2005

Play during the day and it's mostly scrubs. You shouldn't have a problem. Nighttime play is sweaty as gently caress.

# ? Jul 23, 2017 02:36

discworld is all I read: Apr 7, 2009; DAIJOUBU!! ... Daijoubu ?? ?

veni veni veni posted:

I think FD has a separate leveling system from PVP.

It's got both; there is FD specific leveling and stuff, but you will still level up other stuff normally in the mode.

# ? Jul 23, 2017 02:45

Alehkhs: Oct 6, 2010; The Sorrow of Poets

I've jumped back in over the past two days following a computer rebuild, and I'm actually impressed with the matchmaking. After not playing since December, I've been having a blast and not feeling terrible.

# ? Jul 23, 2017 02:53

Beeb: Jun 29, 2003

Blind Rasputin posted:

Yeah, I feel like the only people probably playing now are the ultra twitch reflex diehards and it doesn't seem fun.

Honestly it felt like that to me on launch for the PC version

I picked this up for the PS4 as I've got more pals on it for frontier defense fun time, and it really doesn't seem much different.

I loving zapped some rear end in a top hat trying to rodeo me though. Electric smoke, rocket boost side step, ion shoulder laser all zzzzzzzzap! hell yeah :c00l:

# ? Jul 23, 2017 05:02

dragonshardz: May 2, 2017

FD being a co-op mode is probably going to get me to reinstall this game after rage uninstalling a couple weeks ago.

Getting dropped into games full of nothing but sweaty tryhards sucks rear end when you just want to have fun and learn how to Monarch.

# ? Jul 24, 2017 19:48

Snow Cone Capone: Jul 31, 2003

The relatively steep Monarch learning curve is more than compensated for by how mad people get at you once you're good with it

# ? Jul 24, 2017 19:55

Alehkhs: Oct 6, 2010; The Sorrow of Poets

I was glad to see people still get angry about Nuclear Eject. :allears:

This game is so drat fun. Might dip my toes into the co-op, but I'm just glad Attrition is still populated (though Hardpoint apparently isn't

Alehkhs fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Jul 24, 2017

# ? Jul 24, 2017 20:15

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

Monarch is gonna be pretty good in frontier defense I suspect.

Unfortunately I think the worst performer will be Northstar.

# ? Jul 24, 2017 20:39

Alehkhs: Oct 6, 2010; The Sorrow of Poets

Patch notes are out.

# ? Jul 24, 2017 21:11

Exposure: Apr 4, 2014

Patch notes are here. edit: ninja'd

quote:

NEW CONTENT [FREE]

NEW MODE: Frontier Defense!

Co-op 4 player mode.

Davis and Droz of the Last Resort faction will be guiding you through the waves. They are unique to Frontier Defense mode and your earned merits will still apply to whatever MP Faction you have selected.

Defend your Harvester against 5 waves of increasingly difficult enemies.

The Titan you pick at the start is locked for the rest of the match.

Earn cash for defeating enemies that you can spend in between waves to purchase tools at the Armory.

Choose from Easy / Regular / Hard / Master difficulty.

There will be an Insane difficulty as well that will exist in a separate tile as a Featured Mode.

New Titan Progression - �Aegis Ranks�

Earn Aegis Ranks by completing matches of Frontier Defense. Aegis Ranks can unlock powerful upgrades for your Titans, helping you succeed at higher difficulty levels. For now these Ranks will only apply to Frontier Defense.

5 maps supported at launch

Homestead
Forwardbase Kodai
War Games
Rise
Blackwater Canal

We are currently testing additional maps and will add more in future

�Classic Music� option will unlock Titanfall 1 lobby music and Frontier Defense music. [Win 10 matches of Frontier Defense to access]

NEW MAP: Rise
Long sight lines and tight quarters dictate the battle in this abandoned desert reservoir. The towering, sheer walls and a system of convenient zip lines provide Pilots with means to get around quickly while Titans do battle in the long corridors below. Pilots can also set up ambushes in the guts of this complex pipeworks, while titans can lock down large sections of the battlefield at critical junctures. Tread carefully.

NEW LIVE FIRE MAP: Township
A new modular construction of a residential firefight. Cover is sparse for Pilots bold enough to leave the safety of a few houses. Windows and rooftops decide who controls the map, but dense interiors can always hold surprises.

NEW CONTENT [PURCHASABLE]

ELITE WEAPON WARPAINTS: Exclusive to Pilot weapons, these Warpaints grant the Squad Leader bonus: If you or any other player own one of these Warpaints, everyone on your team will be granted bonus XP. The effect doesn't stack, and you don't need to have the warpaint equipped to receive the bonus. Additionally, owners of the Warpaints will have a 10% chance of receiving a double XP token per owned weapon [up to 30%] at the end of every match.

PRICE: $4.99 each // $24.99 bundle for all [bundle only available until 8.28.2017]

G2A5 �MASTERWORK ELITE�

ALTERNATOR �FRONTIER PATRIOT ELITE�

B3 WINGMAN �AQUA FADE ELITE�

ARCHER �PHANTOM ELITE�

CAR �CRIMSON FURY ELITE�

R-201 CARBINE �UNDERGROUND ELITE�

EVA-8 AUTO SHOTGUN �BADLANDS ELITE�

FLATLINE �BLUE FADE ELITE�

TITAN WARPAINTS [LIMITED EDITION - CAN ONLY BUY UNTIL 8.28.2017]: Grants bonus Aegis XP to you and your teammates at the completion of a Frontier Defense match when this skin is equipped. This boost will be increased with each team member that also has the warpaint meaning you can earn up to 4x Aegis XP bonus. Warpaint also includes an additional shoulder arm plate with scaling iconography based on hardest Frontier Defense difficulty completed with that titan. The Warpaint also grants a special call sign with scaling iconography based on the hardest Frontier Defense difficulty completed with that titan.

PRICE: $4.99 each // $24.99 bundle for all

GAME IMPROVEMENTS

Added more out of bounds triggers to Complex.

New stats page for maps, including tracking of Frontier Defense difficulty levels.

Visual improvements for Weapon and Titan stats pages.

TITAN BALANCE

General

Ogre class Titans now have a baseline of 1 dash with a 10 second cooldown.

Turbo Engine will now reduce cool down of Scorch and Legion�s dashes to 5 seconds. It will still behave the same as before for other Titan classes.

Overcore now gives 20% core meter.

Electric Smoke unlocks at 20% instead of 25%.

Ronin

Sword Block damage reduction reduced by 5%.

Scorch

Scorch will now have 1 dash charge with a 10 second cooldown.

Increased Firewall�s width.

Scorch Kits

Wildfire Launcher now increases the direct-hit damage of the Thermite Launcher. It still increases the amount of fire spread.

Scorched Earth�s lingering fire lasts longer.

Tempered Plating now makes Scorch immune to crits and his own thermite damage.

Fixed a bug with Flame Core not igniting Incendiary Traps.

Legion

Legion will now have 1 dash charge with a 10 second cooldown.

Hidden Compartment: Power Shot has two charges and Power Shot damage is reduced by 15%.

Monarch

XO-16 base magazine size increased to 40 rounds.

Reduced the strength of the slow effect of Energy Siphon.

Slightly reduced effectiveness of Arc Rounds against Vortex Shield and Heat Shield.

Multi-Target Missile System no longer locks onto cloaked targets.

PILOT BALANCE

General

Aim Assist settings have been modified for Assault Rifles and SMGs.

ARs and SMGs require you to be aiming closer to your target before any ADS assist takes effect.

Reduced the overall effectiveness of ADS assist for Assault Rifles.

Titan Hunter kit modified to be 10% extra Titan meter from damage instead of 10% Titan Meter on Titan Kill.

Phase Shift

Now has just 1 charge, but recharges faster.

SMG�s

Medium and long damage significantly reduced.

One of the positive changes we saw in the High TTK playlist was the increase of weapon diversity. It is our hope that between the Aim Assist nerf and this SMG nerf, we�ll see weapon diversity increased across all three platforms.

G2

Reduced fire rate.

DMR

Reduced fire rate: In this particular instance, we felt that the reduced fire rate simply made the gun feel better since the gun stabilizes better between shots.

Flatline

Slightly reduced damage at medium range. It still has the best medium range damage of any Assault Rifle.

Archer

No longer locks onto cloaked targets.

Smart Pistol

No longer locks onto cloaked targets.

Sidearms

High TTK playlist changes for the P2016, Wingman, Wingman Elite, and Mozambique have been brought over to bring their power level down now that all Pilots can carry a secondary weapon.

Melee

Lunge time and melee hit frames changed to .3 seconds from .2 seconds. This will help people firing weapons, particularly automatic weapons, get extra shots in before the lunge completes.

Melee lunge range reduced.

Non-lunge melee attack range increased. This will help with the cases where melee looks like it should hit but doesn�t connect with the target.

Medium and long damage significantly reduced.

One of the positive changes we saw in the High TTK playlist was the increase of weapon diversity. It is our hope that between the Aim Assist nerf and this SMG nerf, we�ll see weapon diversity increased across all three platforms.

MISC BUG FIXES

Fixed issues with purchasable Nose Arts not showing up correctly on Titans.

Spectators in Marked for Death can no longer be marked for death.

(Xbox One) Buttons and pod doors in War Games intro sequence now play at the correct volume.

Titan Nose Arts flagged as Advocate Gift unlocks may now actually be awarded when opening Advocate Gifts.

Quicky summary:

Melee's lunge range got reduced and takes a bit longer to kick in.

SMGs retained their nerfs from the HTTK test.

ARs and SMGs now need to aiming at closer targets before aim assist kicks in, and their aim assist settings in general have been altered.

Ogre-class titans comes with one dash natively. Turbo Engine simply reduces their cooldowns for them now.

Scorch got a bunch of buffs to his kits:

Wildfire now increases the damage of the launcher, not just its thermite.

Scorched Earth lasts longer.

Tempered Plating makes Scorch immune to crits and his own fire.

Exposure fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Jul 24, 2017

# ? Jul 24, 2017 21:15

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

I have a feeling that nerfing G2's fire rate is probably not enough.

Also holy poo poo Legion and Scorch get a free Dash? That seems fair, they probably should have had one from the beginning.

e: but hey if we want to be fair then of course maybe this means Ion and Tone needs 2 dashes by default? Then leading to Northstar and Ronin getting 3 and chaos ensues.... :thunk:

Wazzit fucked around with this message at 21:26 on Jul 24, 2017

# ? Jul 24, 2017 21:17

Snow Cone Capone: Jul 31, 2003

I wonder how the Overcore nerf vs. the Chaingun ammo increase will balance out RE: Monarch's first upgrade core

# ? Jul 24, 2017 21:20

runchild: May 26, 2010; 420 smoke 🎨artisanal🍑 melange erryday

Really liking all those Titan changes, especially for Scorch.

# ? Jul 24, 2017 21:24

Megaman's Jockstrap: Jul 16, 2000; What a horrible thread to have a post.

Tempered plating is...real good now? No crits is essentially a big rear end HP buff against good players. And being able to stomp through your own fire with impunity helps with positioning. Noice.

# ? Jul 24, 2017 21:32

Godzilla07: Oct 4, 2008

I understand the SMG damage nerf from the PC side, but it does concern me on console. I thought SMG damage was fine on console, as you could challenge at mid-range with the CAR and Alternator but still lose to a competent AR/LMG player unless you closed the distance fast.

# ? Jul 24, 2017 21:40

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

Lotta good changes. I would have liked more weapon buffs or changes but hey

# ? Jul 24, 2017 21:52

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

runchild posted:

Really liking all those Titan changes, especially for Scorch.

gently caress yeah, Wildfire y'all

Megaman's Jockstrap posted:

Tempered plating is...real good now? No crits is essentially a big rear end HP buff against good players. And being able to stomp through your own fire with impunity helps with positioning. Noice.

Except if everyone is playing Scorch it will be less useful because Scorch doesn't make crits.

# ? Jul 24, 2017 22:00

Brutakas: Oct 10, 2012; Farewell, marble-dwellers!

The melee change seems good because the lunge felt more like a teleport.

# ? Jul 24, 2017 22:13

RichterIX: Apr 11, 2003; Sorrowful be the heart

Godzilla07 posted:

I understand the SMG damage nerf from the PC side, but it does concern me on console. I thought SMG damage was fine on console, as you could challenge at mid-range with the CAR and Alternator but still lose to a competent AR/LMG player unless you closed the distance fast.

Yeah, I'm not sure the SMGs were such a huge problem that they needed nerfing on console.

# ? Jul 24, 2017 22:28

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# ? May 16, 2024 15:31

Gunder: May 22, 2003

As a life long Alternator abuser, I find this worrying. :ohdear:

# ? Jul 24, 2017 22:30

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