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syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
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That's a fine OP. Especially the bit about duplicate weapons.

And consider playing medic if you're sometimes bad at shooting.

Then be the medic who is a good shot later in the game because you practiced. The game feels cludgy sometimes but if you have an eye for it you can figure out how to hit a player with a torpedo because they just stalled their ship. Then learn how to use the momentum from the waves. There are a lot of little neat details like that that make it pretty appealing for an IAP.

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syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
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DontMindMe posted:

I guess I'm the guild leader now?

Let me know if you want to join and I'll boot some of these randoms.

I don't get the rando hate and I don't want to be chief of telling someone I need to see their SA uid in triplicate. Keep the good players who know to at least keep upgrading. If someone consistently has low performance we'll quietly let them go with a letter of un-achievement in their goon dossier.

If we somehow discover a great player who doesn't have an SA account I'll buy them one.

e: I was in the 700 club this morning and really been slipping so don't boot me, please and thank you just take a long term approach

syscall girl fucked around with this message at 02:00 on May 22, 2017

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
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DontMindMe posted:

I'm just booting randoms if someone wants to join, since we're near max.

Oh sure, no problems with that. Legit requests should take priority.

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe

Sandwich Anarchist posted:

Applied as Francofish

Gotcha.

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
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Sandwich Anarchist posted:

Shooter with 2 standard cannons is awesome. You basically get to constantly fire. People have no idea how to deal with sustained damage.

Amazing what you can strap on that boat.

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe

Roach posted:

Checking in, don't boot me and my buddy Mr number nine!

OP if you could make a note of this Mr number nine person it would be appreciated. I think you're in already Roach. Err, MasterRoach

And well MNN has 666 infamy we can't let this one go

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
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rex rabidorum vires posted:

Confirming this. The combination of range/alpha/DPS is really good. I've also bounced between the sniper and blast, but honestly keep coming back to the double standard. Granted I'm slumming it in the 170 trophy range having started this morning, but my god is the playerbase seem to be really bad down there.

Edit: Also is there something else I can do with sugar? I've been maxed on it for a while with a few achievements and daily quests giving me another 30k.

You hit the pay wall. Buy pearls (don't do this until Rovio's CEO contacts me to negotiate a better deal)

Sugar and stars end up being useless if you play this game too much and probably fall into the category of "GO OUTSIDE"

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe

rex rabidorum vires posted:

Applied as Crazedkid103. I've already nearly broken my phone several times by wanting to throw it across the room. Also, this playerbase might be worse than WoT.

I suggest buying my used iPad mini. It's seen the walls a few times but is holding up surprisingly well.

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe

Gaukler posted:

Applied as Israc, am terrible (hovering around 400).

Doesn't matter what number you're on. Keep playing if you like the game, try to have fun. If you aren't having fun leave.

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe

Dimix posted:

Applied as dimixtape

Booted someone named thumbless buddha to open a slot for you.

They were on the bottom of the infamy list ehhhh it was a hard decision to make. :smugdon:

Thumbless, please post in the thread so we can find an opening for you.

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
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Voodoo posted:

Applied as WedgieSA but it looks like goonfleet is full!

Just make sure to add me or one of the other horrible jerks as a friend and we'll get you in when someone inevitably loses interests and falls off the list.

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe
Someone by the u/n of [NOOB]Hello2906 just put in a twitch.tv performance.

Not saying BUY ENGINES NOW and I've seen some fast little ninjas but the amount of time they survived some heavy hitters was hilarious.

Whole team, including my fat boring boat were all sunk and they were zipping around.

I guess maybe it's a level thing and I haven't gotten far enough in the game but I can make a fast fatty boat. This thing was off the charts.

Gonna friend this one and see if we can bring them in the fold.

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe

NPR Journalizard posted:

I just got a shooter mk3 and I am running 1 uncommon cannon, 1 rare cannon and an uncommon sniper cannon, which is working really well.

That's a good load of guns right dere and you can lead a few charges with that.

quote:

Im trying to settle down on a support loadout though, and right now im using a rare standard shield and a rare bandage. I dont know if this is working the best for me. Any suggestions? Should I swap back to an uncommon bandage so I can upgrade it more? I am running into an issue where I dont have enough parts to upgrade rares much.


You'll accrue the parts from recycling and the shop over time? Also, bandage and what else? Bandage lets you hang back which isn't the sexiest strategy but I guess it works sometimes. You contributing with pulse or the health box shooter as well?

I said it on the guild chat already but practice with the health box thingie and catching it before it hits the water. It looks cool anyways. Try to transition to hitting your teammates with it.

The sniper cannon works real good for shooting behind their backs for me.

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe
I'm trying to save up for a mk3 speeder

http://i.imgur.com/o4D1jIk.mp4

looks like that

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe
I played around with a mk2 speeder this morning and it was a hoot. Put an engine, two overboosts and your favorite gun on it and you can do a quick tour of the entire map (they're small maps) in under a minute. You'll see all of your fleet, all of the enemy's fleet and everyone will be mad jelly.

If you're a good shot you can maybe make this work. But honestly if you're that guy in TF2 with the sick hat and the bat that keeps wrecking heavies uh, don't play a game this casual?

I don't have the skills to make this work and went from ~950 infamy points to ~500 just farting around with one.

https://i.giphy.com/xSv72V6z2yLzq.mp4

Just got the mk3 ffffffff

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe

NPR Journalizard posted:

Oh yeah, you can wreck mk2s so hard with mk3.

Mostly I end up wrecking myself but it's fun as heck.

That thing does not contribute to our team and if I see any of you fleet up with it you better make such a nuisance of yourself the other team rage quits.

e: first time in an mk3 speeder we kiiiiiled

I got about 1k damage points to the top who had 3k but I maybe enjoyed it more? Shooters and Fixers are greater than all the Speeders but ya know, boring.

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe

SamEyeAm posted:

I'm getting a lot of blues that I use, and a few purples, but drat is it getting expensive to upgrade them all into the first evolution. Parts are scarce!

I am sorry to hear that. I often lack for gray weirdly enough. It's like this whole thing is designed to make you make impulse purchases!

Still crazy addicted to it though so w/e.

e: infodump in case anyone else is playing still

My favorites are the sniper cannon when I have line of sight, regular cannon for over the waves, swift torpedo to be a nuisance (this doesn't seem to work in close range and neither does the railgun.) All on a shooter. 3-way torpedo for the fixer which has kinda poo poo dps but keeps them on their toes if you're trying to actually do medic poo poo. For yellow, the tesla bolt is fast and going to hit so even though it's zero dps it will make sure their stuff is broke for a couple seconds...

syscall girl fucked around with this message at 03:28 on May 27, 2017

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
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But Not Tonight posted:

I applied in game as SineSineSINE. My infamy's hanging around 180-200, it's hard to get over that hump with mk1 ships but I'm almost to captain level 10 so I can get me that sweet mk2 shooter.

Added.

NPR Journalizard posted:

Time for some hints then, feel free to contribute.

(1) Cram as many cannons as possible onto your ship. Include the sniper cannon for long range shenanigans.
(2) Dont charge in first. Let some other sucker do that.
(3a) Try to focus down weaker unfriends first. Even if they have gently caress all HP left, they can still pump out damage.
(3b) Dont chase unreasonably. If they run and you cant catch them quickly, let them go, keep a mental note of which way they went, and move onto the next target. If they come back, retarget and destroy.
(4) Kill the fixer asap.
(5) If your fixer is lobbing crates to noone, dont pick them up. Leave them till they are needed.
(6) If you suck with mortars, go fixer with crates and get some good practise in at leading shots.

Any more to add to the list?

It's a good list. I do best with a cannon, a sniper cannon and probably should just make it another cannon but I have a really good swift torpedo that does 34 dps and I keep messing about with it. And sometimes a ballpark mortar for shooting over stuff (usually hitting the ceiling and feeling quite stupid)

Something about that big green (red to unfriends) thing swooping around over you. It's got psychological impact if not so much in the dps.

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe

NPR Journalizard posted:

(2) Dont charge in first. Let some other sucker do that.

I can't stop please help. Putting big motors in things is fun but I think the numbers would bear out that you should use that speed to get out of trouble. But it's a game and should be fun. Rush in all feckless and such.

Fun to watch your ship burned to the waterline as one of your teammates bumps up against a wall and tosses a mine somewhere for their finishing move. Fun. Times.

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
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rex rabidorum vires posted:

Made it to 430 on the mk1. Might tick to lvl 10 today. My comments would be: 1. Find who has the most HP and hide behind them. 2. Never stop moving 3. Keep track of how the wave is breaking. Riding along the crest of a wave can give excellent shots while making you difficult to hit. 4. The autoaim system with dual canons makes circle straffing pretty viable. 5. With your turret locked you can shoot from parts of the wave that the enemy cannot hit you from. 6. Always remove any guns from the game that you can.

That's mostly it I think. On certain maps you can ark cannon shells over top of the walls. Again abuse autoaim for that. Actually pretty much always autoaim lock a target IMO because aiming is a bitch and paying more attention to your sailing is better.

This guy knows what's up. Autoaim lets you keep better situational awareness and just keep plugging away while you try to use the waves. Look around, keep unloading. It's tempting (which is why I always fall for it) to keep it unlocked and pick away at the shots you know you'll make but that laser focus ends up with you getting shot to pieces.

*is the tower sniper from Saving Pvt. Ryan*

"this is gonna end well for me, I can feel it"

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe

NPR Journalizard posted:

Also, im sure most of you have worked this out by now, but its better to buy bigger bundles of spare parts from the market.

I don't think you get a costco bulk discount though?

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe

DontMindMe posted:

Done with this game for now. Too many other things to play. Passed off leadership. Since I left, that pending invite can be accepted now.

:tipshat:

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe

SamEyeAm posted:

Not me. This game has got its hooks in me!

I like it way too much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXTSRQW6n4A&t=656s

Shades of Wind Waker + ya know, upgrading stuff

Since it's only been going for a few months hopefully Rovio will make a bunch of changes to the fleet system but if not it's still fun.

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe

SamEyeAm posted:

A month since last post and this is still my #1 game. I'm currently at 2441 infamy and nearing my Mk5 Fixer in a few more levels.

Why aren't more of you playing this Very Good Game?!

I think my peak infamy was 1640? Now I'm in a Master Div. III it's 1400. :shrug:

Mk4 Speeder and Shooter at this point but it'll be a while before I can get any Mk5s.

Play every day though. And Goonfleet has two open slots FYI :toot:

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe

Archenteron posted:

This is a neat little WoWS lite, applied to the guild. Turns out the mk1 enforcer can fit a mortar (got a purple one from something) and a frost launcher so I can putter around being Artillery Scum

Did you get in? If we missed you or dissed you there's still one slot left (and a few that probably need emptying of people who don't play at all but that's another thing)

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syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe
So, they had done something weird to the rewards system.

Stuff I was getting 10k for and ~20k if I watched an ad turned into 3k and 5k.

I looked at my damage levels and if I'm playing fixer my healing levels and they rivalled the best of the opposing team.

They seem to have changed it back now though so I'm getting 20k per fight.

Also, Goonfleet still has one open slot.

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