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I play fencer first and this game makes every goddamn weapon pick up have to go to little babby Ranger who deserves nothing.
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Drakenel posted:We all love our fancy guns and loadouts in the fencers and wing divers, and the sheer firepower of air raiders. Hes an awesome powerman. Cant fly, cant dash, cant aoe the entire map but nothing is more satisfying as to shred legs from below or make 10 bugs fly out of map bounds with the shotgun.
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Jul 24, 2019 08:28
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Ranger's superpower is the Slaughter.
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Jul 24, 2019 09:15
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thanks to damage falloff i pretty much never use assault rifles any more.
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Jul 24, 2019 09:19
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40 Proof Listerine posted:How do 4.1 Fencers deal with Retarius in an efficient manner? You pretty much have to  with those Gallics, they're your best ranged weapon once you're accustomed to them. If you can get close to the Retiarii, use Jackhammers or Disruptors.The webs won't stick to you if you can block them with a shield, or one of the CC Striker weapons with damage reduction. Hwurmp fucked around with this message at 09:45 on Jul 24, 2019 |
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Jul 24, 2019 09:30
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Try pairing your long-range weapon with a shield to block the webs, or a close-combat weapon to allow you to dash around attacks. Additionally, I can't stress enough how important it is to learn the art of the dash-jump. I'm currently plowing through Hardest with a Vulcan Hammer-Dispersal Mortar-max dash/boost combo and it has allowed me to go toe-to-toe with silver spiders and gold ants without dying horribly. The trick is to line up your attack so that you're dash-jumping fast enough to avoid webs/goo during the windup, and still have enough momentum after the swing to dash away and repeat. With this you're effectively performing Vulcan drive-bys on everything, including drones.
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Jul 24, 2019 10:39
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Listerine is playing 4.1 so I don't think dash-jumping is an option.
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In that case, you can't go wrong with a Javelin-shield loadout to give yourself as much mobility as possible. Dash-cancel up to a lone spider, then switch to the close-range weapons of your choice to mulch it in seconds flat (I prefer the dual Jackhammers). Even if you take a hit, you're already where you want to be, and the damage output from your short-range weapons is usually enough to chew through webs that block your path. This gets more complicated when other giant insects are around, but your ridiculous mobility will allow you to kite enemies while you whittle down the biggest threats. Just don't get caught reloading your shield or hit a rock.
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Jul 24, 2019 11:38
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My favorite in 4.1 is javelin catapult and blasthole spear for dash canceling. The higher level spears have massive piercing damage and range
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Jul 24, 2019 11:58
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Jav Cats are great for big huge levels like Brute Force or Battle of Giants, or if you know you'll only be up against something like Earth Eaters, Deroys, or red ants. Otherwise it's all about the Reflector.
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Jul 24, 2019 15:37
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You know what EDF needs? Endless mode.
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Jul 24, 2019 15:40
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Motherfucker posted:You know what EDF needs?  This goon gets it
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Jul 24, 2019 15:56
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Motherfucker posted:You know what EDF needs? The sky's the limit on what they could add in the future. I hope they're swimming in cash now.
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Jul 24, 2019 17:10
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sandlot has a great big whiteboard in their office covered with ideas for the series. it reads: MORE BUGS!!!!!!! nothing else is written on it.
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Jul 24, 2019 17:19
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Lmao mission 103. It paces the waves juuuust long enough you think you've won every wave, so the last one, two of us are dead, I'm about to bite it, and a ranger is isolated. I suicide by Spritefall to kill all but a handful of bugs that the ranger picks off. We won! Then it spawns another sixty flying frogs around the ranger, obliterating him. We couldn't stop laughing. It's peak EDF quote:I play fencer first and this game makes every goddamn weapon pick up have to go to little babby Ranger who deserves nothing. I will never play anything but Air Raider so this mechanic is endlessly annoying to me
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Jul 24, 2019 17:24
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:sandlot has a great big whiteboard in their office covered with ideas for the series. it reads: MORE BUGS!!!!!!! nothing else is written on it. But what if... and hear me out first. More bugs?
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RBA Starblade posted:I will never play anything but Air Raider so this mechanic is endlessly annoying to me Better than the alternative, where trying out another class forced you back down to base armor and level 0 weapons after you've had a blast fooling around with Inferno gear.
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:sandlot has a great big whiteboard in their office covered with ideas for the series. it reads: MORE BUGS!!!!!!! nothing else is written on it. When they ported 4.1 to the PS4 they were asked if the new generation of consoles meant there would be no frame rate drops. They replied along the lines of "lol no we added more enemies and explosions instead"
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Jul 24, 2019 18:59
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Hard-tier airstrike: one bomber attacks in a line about half the size of a football field, softening up the enemies there and killing a couple Hardest-tier airstrike: four bombers pulverize the entire city and everything in it
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Air raider: There goes the neighborhood.
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Motherfucker posted:You know what EDF needs? Bizarrely enough, loving Insect Armageddon of all games included a survival mode. You couldn't carry your normal characters into it so it sucked rear end in practice, but the concept was there.
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Quote-Unquote posted:When they ported 4.1 to the PS4 they were asked if the new generation of consoles meant there would be no frame rate drops. They replied along the lines of "lol no we added more enemies and explosions instead" That's why PC port is the best port. That and mouse look. I'm actually impressed by the quality of the port, given the failing of some other... larger games.
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Jul 25, 2019 01:40
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i don't think i could handle fencer with a controller. for high speed melee, sure, but all of the good guns with range have so much recoil.
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Jul 25, 2019 01:55
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on the flip it would be way easier to use a controller over hitting shift and spacebar over and over
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God I wish I could draw. Somehow, Fighter/Bomber DE 202 has on it: 1 190mm cannon:  1 180mm cannon:  4 150mm cannons:  1 120mm cannon:  1 105mm cannon:  At least 1 20mm minigun:  Along with who knows how many rocket pods, AtG missiles, and CRUISE MISSILES how the gently caress does it even fly? Your guys are all impressed by the motherships; motherfucker are you aware of the thing I'm calling down airstrikes from? It's FLYING AROUND WITH A 190MM CANNON
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It's an expansion on the technology that lets ground troops switch weapons without having to actually put them anywhere.
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the first encounter with betas on inferno is loving madness, they introduce burrowers early and the moment they surround you its loving over
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Blattdorf posted:The sky's the limit on what they could add in the future. I hope they're swimming in cash now.
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Hwurmp posted:You pretty much have to The Gallics got a lot easier to control when I realized the S+ accuracy wasn't lying and that they go exactly where the crosshair is pointed before arc kicks in; I was trying to aim above and around and missing wildly. The secret sauce was actually 2x Dynamo Blades since the penetration on those gives no flips about Retiarius webs and the mid-charge can deal with brown spiders and the like. Definitely got a huge amount of practice doing reflects now. My new favorite thing I never knew was a thing (and dearly hope EDF 5 iterates on) is that double-tapping jump with the jump thrusters gives you like a 100m vert with which to scale skyscrapers and also punch low-flying transport ships.
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the fuckin' spritefall lady on early missions is hilarious.
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Motherfucker posted:the fuckin' spritefall lady on early missions is hilarious. Somebody posted earlier that she's basically Rita Repulsa and it 100% fits.
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Jul 25, 2019 03:34
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Zex turrets are very on brand for air raider, in that a LOT of killing is going to happen and to who is really up for debate.
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Zex Turrets are boring because they're on the ground. They should be your own attack drones.
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I'm doing some grinding on hard and I would love to use something that enables all pick ups but I don't trust trainers by randos. Or is the trainer maker well-known and trusted? Which is the best one? I saw two posted in this thread. All I want is 'pick up all' or something to help with pickups.
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Crabtree posted:Zex Turrets are boring because they're on the ground. They should be your own attack drones.
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Drakenel posted:We all love our fancy guns and loadouts in the fencers and wing divers, and the sheer firepower of air raiders. I entered the series playing Ranger in EDF 2017 and I will exit this series playing ranger damnit. Cannot abandon my dude.
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Mission pack DLC should now be available for EDF 5 https://twitter.com/EDF_OFFICIAL_EN/status/1154291325669236736
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Scalding Coffee posted:I want a return of the city-sized enemy. Doesn't have to be the same centipede from hell, just another creature. Even if it's a snake that explodes into smaller snakes. What about a giant snake that grows every time it eats a giant insect and when it dies it explodes into all the giant insects it ate Really there's like no other game that plays at the scale EDF does, so much potential here HolyKrap fucked around with this message at 11:34 on Jul 25, 2019 |
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HolyKrap posted:Really there's like no other game that plays at the scale EDF does, so much potential here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoVjQ2lVM10 DaveKap fucked around with this message at 12:13 on Jul 25, 2019 |
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Bofast posted:Mission pack DLC should now be available for EDF 5 Awesome. Multiplayer fun secured until 2020.
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