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Andromeda is pretty close to a good game. The MP right now is especially in a fun place (but it should have been there from the start!) The thing is, the game has tons of small problems and no easy way to fix them without pretty much re-doing the whole game from the ground up.
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moist turtleneck posted:It's the green ending because I need some fuckin robots If you want loving robots, you want Nier: Automata.. Mass Effect can't even begin to compete.
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They really should try making the MP free at this point, played some last night and all the balance and new classes feel just right finally (other than dumb stuff like the diluted Rare pool when I still have Rare guns that are rank 1 or 2) Batarian Scrapper is extremely good. Not quite as ridiculous as TurAgent but pretty pretty pretty good. e: at least I finally maxed my Talon!
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precision posted:They really should try making the MP free at this point, played some last night and all the balance and new classes feel just right finally (other than dumb stuff like the diluted Rare pool when I still have Rare guns that are rank 1 or 2) What do you mean free? Like everything just unlocked?
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Aug 27, 2017 23:09
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No, I mean release the MP client as a F2P standalone game. Or make it free for PS+ at least, something to get new players.
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Yeah, at this point there's little risk. They'd likely get a bunch of new players, some of whom might get hooked and spend real money. At first I was thinking that maybe they could make the free players unable to spend credits, but if they're at the point of ceasing updates I think it would be better to just give them everything, and give people who bought the full game a million credits plus some cosmetic stuff (festive hats!).
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Aug 28, 2017 03:44
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Hell make it like 5 buck or something with ten free packs. People would probably drop 5.
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For some reason they've put on some unlock packs. At least on ps4, I see some kind of shortcut thing you can buy? Gotta get every last dollar I guess. Maybe we should also change the thread title to rip multiplayer: 2017-2017. Ineffiable fucked around with this message at 12:34 on Aug 30, 2017 |
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Aug 30, 2017 12:31
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Ineffiable posted:For some reason they've put on some unlock packs. At least on ps4, I see some kind of shortcut thing you can buy? Never. https://youtu.be/W96S2M7cwuE
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Ineffiable posted:For some reason they've put on some unlock packs. At least on ps4, I see some kind of shortcut thing you can buy? once the claymore was gone, it was only a matter of time really
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Ah, it's a Bronze mission to unlock an APEX pack this week, no probl... 
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Aug 31, 2017 13:55
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Whoa wtf are the modifiers on that
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Every enemy on the map is a Hydra, it seems like they spawn from all the spawn points on the map immediately with no simultaneous enemies on the map limit, and since it's a Hack round they also respawn infinitely. The map gets so crammed with the things it crashes to desktop every time I run it.
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Aug 31, 2017 15:02
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That's what happens when the game designer goes YOLO before quitting their job.
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Aug 31, 2017 15:56
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OK, I am gonna play the poo poo out of that.
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Seemlar posted:Ah, it's a Bronze mission to unlock an APEX pack this week, no probl... FAKE NEWS!!!
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I like that they had something called "Celebratory Mission," I guess to celebrate that the game is dead, and it ended up being bugged to crash your game by endlessly spawning boss enemies
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I am 0/3 with making it through that wave, it's such an amazingly stupid way for this franchise to end
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The mission was just normal for me I finally got Asari Duelist. Twice in a row, in a reserve pack and then an expert pack. The odds of that have gotta be pretty nuts. Also got a Concussive Talon
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I played the mission and it was normal for me too. Just Roekar instead of Outlaws.
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Just picked up the N7 Hurricane, trying it out instead of the Rozerad that I'd been using previously. Thoughts on advantages and disadvantages when compared to the Rozerad: BAD: - Runs into ammo issues pretty regularly, while the Rozerad could often take out entire waves without needing to visit a reload station or use a consumable - Pretty iffy stability when firing from the hip, as opposed to the Rozerad handling like a dream - A lot heavier, which makes the ammo issues more relevant GOOD: - Kills whoever I point it at, almost instantly, as opposed to the Rozerad which kills people at the rate expected from a reasonable gun Well, that's three against and one for. Looks like I'm sticking with the Rozerad
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I use the Hurricane when I have the weight to spare and the rozerad on everyone else, because that loving thing weighs nothing.
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Yeah to be honest I think the solution is to run the Hurricane as a primary and a Rozerad as a secondary, because when am I realistically going to want to switch to something that just straight up does less damage? The only real question is how to assign pistol mods between the two
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didn't the Rozerad used to suck? I have it at rank 3 and never use it. never see anyone using it. it's good? I keep getting the most pointless variants. i am the proud owner of a Black Widow (Siphon), a Zalkin (Bulwark), Zalkin (Concussive), Isharay (Concussive)...
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precision posted:didn't the Rozerad used to suck? I have it at rank 3 and never use it. never see anyone using it. it's good? A couple days ago I got the highest score on a full extraction Platinum map using a Rozerad I. Take that for what it's worth
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It was garbo when the game came out but it was buffed.
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For "ultra rare pistol machine gun" I just always use my Eagle 2. Gets work done and with a scope is basically a sniper machine gun.
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Wait, the Eagle is an SMG too? I just kinda assumed it'd be a hand cannon because there were already two stupidly strong ultra rare SMGs, that's hilarious
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Jenny Angel posted:Wait, the Eagle is an SMG too? I just kinda assumed it'd be a hand cannon because there were already two stupidly strong ultra rare SMGs, that's hilarious It's a full auto pistol. Individual shots are piddly compared to other pistols, but having it hit repeatedly makes up for it.
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gently caress me sideways, there are uncommon weapon mod variants??? I just got a "heavy assault rifle mag" which is like the Short Barrel, in that it increases ammo more but has a downside (makes the weapon a tiny bit heavier). lol they really did think the MP would go on for at least a year or two
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Those are in singleplayer. Presumably they were added to MP in one of the recent patches
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I still can't believe how badly they screwed up. Another six months of polish would have made all the difference
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precision posted:gently caress me sideways, there are uncommon weapon mod variants??? I just got a "heavy assault rifle mag" which is like the Short Barrel, in that it increases ammo more but has a downside (makes the weapon a tiny bit heavier). I'm a little shy of 8,000 APEX rating and I can play comfortably on Platinum difficulty. Do you know how many items I have to unlock before the uncommon tier is completely squared away? About 350 or so, and that's if the variant weapon mods aren't actual things I can unlock. If I can, that's up to what, 430? Jesus Christ, that's... let's liberally consider that around 400 packs because I feel like you get 2 uncommons more often than you get 1 rare. But that's still 8 million loving credits. That's 60-something Platinum extractions. All to unlock weapon variants and mod variants that are all already too weak for me to use because they're not as useful as Rozerads and Hurricanes equipped with barrels and scopes. That's insanely stupid
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Two Finger posted:I still can't believe how badly they screwed up. Another six months of polish would have made all the difference The devs were dense enough to do sync kills a second time and interpret shotguns weapons that are best used from cover. I think more time would have only carried it so far.
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Digirat posted:The devs were dense enough to do sync kills a second time and interpret shotguns weapons that are best used from cover. I think more time would have only carried it so far. The Ascendants is annoying but it has a massive orange warning and a single dodge will get you out of it. The rest can smdftb though
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I have been magically grabbed by it after dodging far out of the circle multiple times.
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Digirat posted:The devs were dense enough to do sync kills a second time and interpret shotguns weapons that are best used from cover. I think more time would have only carried it so far. I've heard the shotgun thing before but do we have any confirmation on how that actually manifests in terms of game mechanics? I haven't found shotguns actually useful in the game despite them being my favorite broad weapon class in shooters, and I'm wondering if it's because of something in their stats that stems from their apparent status as cover weapons
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Jenny Angel posted:I'm a little shy of 8,000 APEX rating and I can play comfortably on Platinum difficulty. Do you know how many items I have to unlock before the uncommon tier is completely squared away? About 350 or so, and that's if the variant weapon mods aren't actual things I can unlock. If I can, that's up to what, 430? Jesus Christ, that's... let's liberally consider that around 400 packs because I feel like you get 2 uncommons more often than you get 1 rare. But that's still 8 million loving credits. That's 60-something Platinum extractions. All to unlock weapon variants and mod variants that are all already too weak for me to use because they're not as useful as Rozerads and Hurricanes equipped with barrels and scopes. That's insanely stupid Has no one figured out that you can only buy weapon mod variants from the item store using mission funds? I've been buying common weapon mods for ages now and even have some maxed out.
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Digirat posted:The devs were dense enough to do sync kills a second time and interpret shotguns weapons that are best used from cover. I think more time would have only carried it so far. Unlike ME3, they basically patched sync kills out of MEA already. They were incredibly responsive, and the multiplayer is already in a great shape - imagine what they could have done with any money at all and 6 more months.
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