[CubaLibre]

It's also kind of ugly (Steam is also kind of ugly) and breaks a lot. A few weeks ago me and DJ were trying to play ME3 multiplayer and couldn't because all of Origin was having this "problem" (maybe intended to lower pings for the Titanfall beta) where you could only see members within a certain geographical region. Steam's never had any problems that stupid, at least not in the past few years.
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[DJ]

Alright gonna try this shit again. Live stream here. Hopefully it doesn't break horribly on me this time but who knows.

EDIT

Finished. Short version here.
Needlessly long, uncut version here.
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[nkcyborg]

This is still pretty fun. My girlfriend is excited to build her computer so she can get in on the bar-filling action.

I'm nearing the level cap. I never prestiged in CoD, is it really just a social status marker? I don't want to lose all of my kit and go back to wallhanging shotgun skirmishes.

Origin sucks in this game because the game appears to use four different network services (Azure, XBL, Origin, and Respawn's matchmaking) so sometimes you can get into a server but can't get Origin invite/join notifications to work. More points of failure = worse experience.

[notbov]

the whole prestige thing is just an indicator to other people that you've done the bullshit too much

speaking of which, I can't go to G6 because the game requires that I skeet 50 pilots who have rocketed out of their Titans and it would be easy except half the maps have too many indoor sections and the ones that are open have the fucking sun blaring light into my eyes. as a point of reference, I've gotten 8 times as many skeets doing this fucking challenge as I had in the playtime before starting it

and I thought the satchel charge and railgun challenges were dumb. I just want my smart pistol challenge already, I want to see people seethe with rage
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[tiburon]

does this game have a competitive scene? (could it?)
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[ArOne]

I'm starting to wish this was a bit more Quake than CoD in regards to gunhandling and the need for iron sights. The only guns I can find any success with in close quarters in 1v1 situations are the smgs and the shotgun. I keep wanting the semiauto rifle to shoot like the TF2 snipers unscoped rifle while keeping my mobility.

There is one benefit to prestiging. I'm told it resets your challenges so you can earn burncards again.
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[notbov]

as it is now, the game is totally, 100% pub matches because there's no private match option. could it be competitive? man, if people play comp L4D and 64-player BF, I'm confident people will at least do some GameBattles shit or what have you with this, at least in CTF and domination.

Pilot Hunter is kind of a good example; I've had a round where the score didn't change much for a goof 5-6 minutes while both teams were in a giant, crossmap Titan shootout. it was actually fairly tense, since Titan combat is a lot more weighty than on-foot along with having a higher time-to-kill and less reliance on first looks
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[nkcyborg]

I definitely prefer the tension of Last Titan Standing for non-objective modes. The balance between the Titan loadouts feels nice and the survivability helps people (like me) who don't have the best FPS reflexes.

Respawn said private matches are coming post-launch, but so are PhysX, 4K (???), and HBAO+. No time table for any of that.

Vis a vis Halo, I have no idea what kind of options you'll get in a private match setting for this game. Can you give everyone similar equips in CoD?

[DJ]

So I can't stop playing this fucking game.

What the shit. I hate CoD MP yet here I am sinking shitloads of time into this like it's fucking Unreal Tournament.

LOOKIT ME GO
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[Felix]

Even reading "CTF" these days excites me, it's been so long

but I really don't have the wherewithal

[notbov]

I'm telling you, they bottled something good here. CoD-style run'n'gun becomes a lot more interesting when the "run" part is actually crazy ass aerobatics

for anyone who cares, the regen train hits the brakes at gen 8. sure, you get 2.5 times the XP (I played a bit tonight and did 1-27 in an hour), but you have to do the challenge where you win 100 rounds. to put this in perspective, most rounds are in the 7-12 minute range.

it serves me right to care about a dumb grind, but I'm already in too deep
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[DJ]

Just completed the entire Militia campaign again.

This game is basically FPS Starcraft, I'm going to keep saying it until people believe me.
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[nkcyborg]

I've decided I'm just not going to regenerate so my obsessive-compulsive tendencies don't drive me crazy.

I like how the support roles aren't reduced to running around with defib paddles or a repair tool in this. There's a good variety of ways to help and they all have crunch to them.

[tiburon]

Is it out on PC yet? Will it have combined player pool between PC/Xbone

sorry for dumb questions I'm just thinking
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[nkcyborg]

It is on PC, and it does not have a combined player pool. However, controller users get sticky auto-aim when using ADS, so they're not immediately at a disadvantage vs. KBM players. My K/D is about the same at my desk or on the couch.

[notbov]

it launched on PC and Xbone (the 360 version isn't out yet; it was supposed to come out this week, but got delayed another 2 weeks so they could tighten up the graphics on level 3) and, no, the player bases are separate, though you are free to play the PC version with a 360 pad/360 pad stand-in (it plays pretty decently on a DS4). though, even with turn speed turned up, you still can't whip around fast enough to to do sillier things when parkouring (aiming seems pretty solid, though).
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[ArOne]

I don't know what kind of math goes into matchmaking in games but whatever they've got going on in the new beta matchmaking for attrition is really working for me. Games have felt a lot more solid to me. I'm getting much better returns in my scores and in the quality of my games. Battles are still chaotic but it feels like there's a bit more order going on and I'm able to read what's going on better.
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[nuttyevans]

360 version is hopefully out next week so I can get late to the party on this thing

[notbov]

yay, I hit gen 10, time to uninstall

the new, fancy improved matchmaking went live today; it does not do a very good job out in the wild. I never saw teams mixed up when lobbies stayed the same for 3+ rounds, it was constantly stacking multi-prestiged players on the same team (even for midgame joins) and god forbid if a lobby empties out, since it takes longer to find a match now. since the stacked players stay on and matchmaking struggles to find a match, you end up with a team with tons of play time being thrown against relative newcomers.

also, let me just go ahead and say that the 40mm cannon is stupidly overpowered if you can aim and every other titan weapon is nigh useless in comparison.
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[EU03]

There is a tweet from one of the developers that prestige is not a solid indicator of skill, and I mostly believe that. In past CoD, there would still be prestige 1 guys months after release who were blowing up prestige 10. It only measures your dedication to grinding and accomplishing goals.

Honestly, I don't even know why this was an issue now. The past CoD games never had skill matchmaking (to improve the speed of finding a lobby)? I personally don't care if I get rocked a few games in a row, since it makes it an incentive for me to play better. If people want to whine, then can they not just leave and find a different lobby?
I do suppose it could be the game can feel incredibly momentum-based if the dominating team can get an earlier Titan and the other side can't deny it. Teamwork is way more effective in this compared to most other FPS.

I do wish they would reduce the self inflicted damage from the Triple Threat, especially since it's a short range weapon. I think it's an amusing weapon, but it sucks when you blow yourself up because of it.
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[notbov]

while I totally get that prestige isn't an indicator of skill (fuck, if I got to G10....), I've been in lobbies where my team, with no one below G4, will be thrown against a team where no one is above level 40. even with skill (or lack thereof) taken into account, there's a huge disparity in experience and map knowledge and they did end in 300-50 stomps. I'm still surprised that the whole "mix up teams every few games" thing doesn't happen (from what I've seen), since that would probably do more to keep things from being violently uneven than any sort of supposed skill-based matchmaking.

the Triple Threat is kinda bad, but the proxy mine version of it is fun as shit on hardpoint.
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[CubaLibre]

Yeah CoD didn't have skill based matchmaking but shuffled teams every round according to the last round's performance. I think that's a lot more accurate way to do it, since you're judging the relative effectiveness of each person against each other individual person in the lobby at that moment.
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[notbov]

40mm cannon got nerfed, yet is still good if you can aim

totally fucking pissed at the Gooser challenge nerf, y'all got it easy (seriously, I can see toning it down, but all the way to 5 from 50? that's some bullshit)

and apparently the 360 version is the work of wizards and is surprisingly good
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[tiburon]

Custom games you guys! Better slightly late than never

Respawn doing their updates the right way
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[notbov]

technically, custom lobbies are in beta

this is evident by the line in the patch notes that claims that anyone in the lobby can start or stop the countdown or change the game settings, as if everyone was the leader

frothing for that 120hz support so I can turn the settings down and make it look like a PS2 game again for all the framerates
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