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What was your favorite Titan from Titanfall 1?
gundam
megatron
that russian robot from pacific rim
goku
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Danaru
Jun 5, 2012

何 ??
I got excited about finally getting to try this game out on the free weekend, and found out I apparently bought it in a half drunk haze a while back and forgot :cripes: At least there'll be plenty of other newbies

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sigher
Apr 22, 2008

My guiding Moonlight...



I feel like a seasoned old dog coming out of retirement; this weekend is going to own.

NoEyedSquareGuy
Mar 16, 2009

Just because Liquor's dead, doesn't mean you can just roll this bitch all over town with "The Freedoms."

Danaru posted:

I got excited about finally getting to try this game out on the free weekend, and found out I apparently bought it in a half drunk haze a while back and forgot :cripes: At least there'll be plenty of other newbies

Even if the multiplayer doesn't click with you the campaign is worth going through. I bought the game on Steam for like $5 when it first came out without any expectations and it ended up having one of the best single-player campaigns I've played in years.

DOCTOR ZIMBARDO
May 8, 2006

Thumbtacks posted:

Is there any point to actually focusing on grunts and trying to kill as many as possible? I assumed that doing that gets you some titan progress but looking at scores it seems like a lot of people don’t bother

It’s a low risk way to boost your teams score and your Titan Meter. And Reapers are actually a really efficient way to get more score and Meter as well, if you can kill them quickly and don’t get killed yourself. The downside is mostly if you are too distracted by mobs you might get ganked by a pilot. Of course if you kill the enemy NPCs fast enough there will be plenty of friendly NPCs on the map to distract the enemy. I highly recommend killing them.

FastestGunAlive
Apr 7, 2010

Dancing palm tree.

Thumbtacks posted:

I will say that playing in the last hour or so has been an insane difference compared to playing at like 3am last night. I don't know if that's because there's a ton of people just now starting to play or because it's earlier in the day, but man. Playing with people that are ALSO new is so much more enjoyable, i'm actually starting to top frag in matches which is great

also i've been experimenting with titans and tone is very cool. speaking of titans, i assume i probably get more mileage out of piloting it myself, but is there any reason to just drop it and forget about it? i know i can leave it at a location or have it follow me, what's my best option?

If you don’t want to pilot it, equip the enhanced ai chip and let it do its own thing. Just keep an eye on it if there’s a monarch on the other team: they steal batteries for their execution.

Wowporn
May 31, 2012

HarumphHarumphHarumph
Is this game alive again on PC?? I gave up hope it would get traction again cause of Apex

Thumbtacks
Apr 3, 2013
8k players on rn, might hit 10k this weekend

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

Something that will never get old: talking in chat about how hosed up it is that each Reaper has a child soldier hoping to be a Titan pilot inside of it.

ErrEff
Feb 13, 2012

Titanfall 2's multiplayer is very newbie-friendly. Not as much as the original with the autopistol, but anyone can contribute to the team score simply by killing the AI enemies or going after objectives - or just harass enemy titans from long-range. You don't need to be good at PvP to make a difference.

FastestGunAlive
Apr 7, 2010

Dancing palm tree.

Thumbtacks posted:

8k players on rn, might hit 10k this weekend

It was hitting 14k two weeks ago

Danaru
Jun 5, 2012

何 ??

ErrEff posted:

Titanfall 2's multiplayer is very newbie-friendly. Not as much as the original with the autopistol, but anyone can contribute to the team score simply by killing the AI enemies or going after objectives - or just harass enemy titans from long-range. You don't need to be good at PvP to make a difference.

Okay good because man for some reason it takes forever for multiplayer FPS to click with me :froggonk: Unless I'm playing support for some reason, I was never below second place in Bad Company 2 when I played engineer

Pierson
Oct 31, 2004



College Slice

Wowporn posted:

Is this game alive again on PC?? I gave up hope it would get traction again cause of Apex
I've never had trouble finding games even when it isn't on sale, and there's always a good spread of skill-levels, it hasn't just devolved into sweaty metalords.

That said the sweaty metalords absolutely do exist and if you meet one don't even worry about the match results just marvel at their insane trickshots as they kill you.

Wowporn
May 31, 2012

HarumphHarumphHarumph
I got decent at the pvp but I haven't played this game in 3 years, here's to hoping some of that muscle memory comes back. Is the r97 still super op??

sigher
Apr 22, 2008

My guiding Moonlight...



FastestGunAlive posted:

It was hitting 14k two weeks ago

It's at 13K currently.

Thumbtacks
Apr 3, 2013

sigher posted:

It's at 13K currently.



number keeps going up

sigher
Apr 22, 2008

My guiding Moonlight...



I stopped playing at a peak of 19K. :eyepop:

Toxic Fart Syndrome
Jul 2, 2006

*hits A-THREAD-5*

Only 3.6 Roentgoons per hour ... not great, not terrible.




...the meter only goes to 3.6...

Pork Pro
Time for Three, baybee!!!

Wowporn
May 31, 2012

HarumphHarumphHarumph
Ooooooooh these controls are very not in my muscle memory anymore

The movement is going okay but drat do I do the wrong loving action constantly

Thumbtacks
Apr 3, 2013

FastestGunAlive posted:

If you don’t want to pilot it, equip the enhanced ai chip and let it do its own thing. Just keep an eye on it if there’s a monarch on the other team: they steal batteries for their execution.

What’s the enhanced AI chip? I looked but I haven’t found anything

FastestGunAlive
Apr 7, 2010

Dancing palm tree.

Thumbtacks posted:

What’s the enhanced AI chip? I looked but I haven’t found anything

It's one of the kit options for your titan. It's called Assault Chip but in game you'll know a Titan has it equipped because "enhanced auto titan" will appear above its head.

Nostalgia4Dogges
Jun 18, 2004

Only emojis can express my pure, simple stupidity.

we getting the band back together?

Nostalgia4Dogges
Jun 18, 2004

Only emojis can express my pure, simple stupidity.

i'm gonna bust thru the campaign again on my PS5 god it's gonna be so good i only played thru once. gonna time shift the gently caress all over hell yeah

Thumbtacks
Apr 3, 2013
Oh THAT’S what that does? I wish they would have explained that better

Bushmaori
Mar 8, 2009
Playing it PC for the first time after a couple of hundred hours on PS4 online, it feels weird to be worse on a keyboard and mouse than on a controller. Still just as loving rad as ever though. Being able to hit people long-range with Legion's short-range gun is hilarious.

One question though: anyone else have the issue where your tactical button randomly stops working?

Toxic Fart Syndrome
Jul 2, 2006

*hits A-THREAD-5*

Only 3.6 Roentgoons per hour ... not great, not terrible.




...the meter only goes to 3.6...

Pork Pro
If you're feeling rusty you can always play through the best single-player fps campaign since HL2!

Wazzit
Jul 16, 2004

Who wants to play video games?
PC Numbers an hour ago

Stan Taylor
Oct 13, 2013

Touched Fuzzy, Got Dizzy
Somehow this free weekend is what convinced my friends to play after I’ve been bugging them about it for like five years now. Saw 20k on last night. Games felt about the same as they usually do for me in terms of skill spread, except I’m trying to explain how to play to someone. instantly getting tossed into a game when you queue feels pretty good.

Qmass
Jun 3, 2003

I do not understand how anyone with a gaming system could be resistant to playing this game

Thumbtacks
Apr 3, 2013


still going up, hell yeah


Convinced my friends to play some more and they went from "this game sucks" to "dude this game is great" in like an hour. I'm so proud of them

except the one that likes northstar, he's disappointed me

Daztek
Jun 2, 2006



Thumbtacks posted:



still going up, hell yeah


Convinced my friends to play some more and they went from "this game sucks" to "dude this game is great" in like an hour. I'm so proud of them

except the one that likes northstar, he's disappointed me

Northstar is the best :colbert:

sigher
Apr 22, 2008

My guiding Moonlight...



As someone who mained Northstar and loved the concept of her, the execution isn't great.

Pierson
Oct 31, 2004



College Slice
I've swore this free weekend to branch out from Hemlock and Tone and use other stuff and gently caress Scorch is fun if you can the enemy titan trapped at close-range.

Wowporn
May 31, 2012

HarumphHarumphHarumph
Gravity star + softball is still pretty fun when I’m not blowing myself the gently caress up

I stopped playing around the time monarch got added and I’m intimidated to try and play them because I got no clue how they work

Songbearer
Jul 12, 2007




Fuck you say?
Titanfall 2 trip report: Run And Gun Alternator still a badass man mulching hell cannon, unlike in Apex

sigher
Apr 22, 2008

My guiding Moonlight...



Wowporn posted:

Gravity star + softball is still pretty fun when I’m not blowing myself the gently caress up

I stopped playing around the time monarch got added and I’m intimidated to try and play them because I got no clue how they work

Monarch's kit is pretty extensive in comparison, I'd suggest messing around with it in Frontier Defense before going into PVP.

Wazzit
Jul 16, 2004

Who wants to play video games?
Xbox player count was up to 16k this morning :getin:

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/VioletMaleGrouse-mobile.mp4

Blind Duke
Nov 8, 2013
Northstar, a Stryder with a long range primary weapon, lots of dashes and one of the best pilot munchers in the game the cluster rocket, is very solid

Northstar, anything to do with flight, is poorly executed

Tirranek
Feb 13, 2014

So, how's the Mozambique in TF2?

Songbearer
Jul 12, 2007




Fuck you say?
With TTK being very fast Apex veterans will be alarmed by just how efficient the Mozi is

The EVA8 + Stim is where the real tears are at though. Alarmingly this is a gun Apex has ruined for me because in Apex the range of that gun is huuuge to the point you can plink with it. In TF|2 you need to use it like a videogame shotgun again

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Pops Mgee
Aug 20, 2009

People all over the world,
Join Hands,
Start the Love Train!
Redownloaded this. Not as good as I used to be, but goosing pilots with the Ion laser still feels great.

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