FireFall

Reavs said:
Installed this again last week, all is great except for the rubberbanding. That's starting to drive me up the wall.
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Rubberbanding? I was quite busy the last week so didn't get time, but i remember the NPCs started rubberbanding/stuttering , i think their servers tend to get slower and slower and then these things start happening. Will check it out later.
 
Since the "launch" last night the rubberbanding has been insane. I guess their servers are taking major strain, although I do not see the major in zone chatter one would expect of a large influx of players.
 
Shrike said:
Since the "launch" last night the rubberbanding has been insane. I guess their servers are taking major strain, although I do not see the major in zone chatter one would expect of a large influx of players.
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Yea i bet their servers can't handle the load, it was struggling even during beta with very little population , especially if there were a few invasions going on.

As for the chatter, i believe the zone chat is restricted to the specific zone and you must remember most veterans/beta testers will probably not be in the first zone (the original zone) . I did notice alot more activity in the 2nd zone when i played a week ago.

That said, if you want to level a new frame you have no choice other than returning to the first zone to level it. Not sure how many people are doing that at this point. Considering how long this game has been in beta, i don't expect alot of "new" players . I have seen zero marketing about the launch to be honest, i'm not even sure people are aware of the launch as i've not seen articles or anything, only the beta testers will know.
 
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Been levelling my engineer so I can get the +25% turret dmg perk at 30 to use on my bastion and the starter zone is quiet, very quiet.
 
Been playing it a bit. A bit glitchy but actually kind of fun :)

Mostly looking forward to trying out the ArcheAge beta this evening.
 
Was fine last night, I even asked where everyone was and someone answered ;-P
Chat is bugged yeah, friends list does not work, this is one bad release for them, pity.
 
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Give Landmark a skip right now. I got into the beta, but barely played an hour due to the low fps and unresponsive controls. The game is only running off a single core atm and it shows. I'd rather wait until they are a lot further along in development.
 
diabolus said:
Oh right, how can i forget about G2A where all the people re-sell their steam sales ;). Thanks, got it now.
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IGN Tenacity, still looking out for you in FireFall too, I just seem to miss you. Going to give it a go again this weekend hoping the network issues are sorted.
 
Shrike said:
IGN Tenacity, still looking out for you in FireFall too, I just seem to miss you. Going to give it a go again this weekend hoping the network issues are sorted.
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Oh i played some Firefall last night, didn't notice any lag (and chat worked again). I am leveling my Recluse (lvl 13) since my Bastion seems to be very underpowered in the 2nd zone (my turrets are getting one-shotted), and with the whole Job system you kinda need to be more mobile (especially those annoying escort missions).

Bastion/Engi is still great for thumping and quite good in the group content i've done (there were a few which is very much a stand in place with waves coming at you effect where the turrets worked well).

In the end, i'll probably settle somewhere between my Mammoth or Recluse for the jobs/pvp/dynamic content. Bastion for the more "crafting" & "farming" aspect of the game.
 
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Isengard said:
Give Landmark a skip right now. I got into the beta, but barely played an hour due to the low fps and unresponsive controls. The game is only running off a single core atm and it shows. I'd rather wait until they are a lot further along in development.
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Yea, considering it's a "building" game that is constantly being wiped, i wouldn't exactly put alot of energy into it , but a special is a special. I like buying up founders type of packages for games and being somewhat of a VIP eventually when things are live.

This is now the case with Firefall here. I bought a founders package like a year+ ago, and now still got alot of perks, especially all the battleframes i managed to unlock. It seems now HARDER to unlock battleframes (without paying) than before to be honest. Leveling a frame to 40 is going to take awhile, when in the past you earned the tokens based on XP earned on a frame. So you could level 5 frames at the same time and end up earning tokens on all 5 , despite them being lowbies still.
 
diabolus said:
Yea, considering it's a "building" game that is constantly being wiped, i wouldn't exactly put alot of energy into it , but a special is a special. I like buying up founders type of packages for games and being somewhat of a VIP eventually when things are live.

This is now the case with Firefall here. I bought a founders package like a year+ ago, and now still got alot of perks, especially all the battleframes i managed to unlock. It seems now HARDER to unlock battleframes (without paying) than before to be honest. Leveling a frame to 40 is going to take awhile, when in the past you earned the tokens based on XP earned on a frame. So you could level 5 frames at the same time and end up earning tokens on all 5 , despite them being lowbies still.
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I luckily unlocked the frame I wanted during beta about a year ago. I'm not much for alts so I have no plans to try any of the other frames.

As for Landmark, I've taken a stance of not buying into early access for f2p games anymore. They sent me a 7 day key a few weeks back, but due to how sloppy it felt I'd just be better off waiting until it's more complete. This backed up my stance of not buying into it, would have felt like I wasted my money, but that's me.
 
diabolus said:
Oh i played some Firefall last night, didn't notice any lag (and chat worked again). I am leveling my Recluse (lvl 13) since my Bastion seems to be very underpowered in the 2nd zone (my turrets are getting one-shotted), and with the whole Job system you kinda need to be more mobile (especially those annoying escort missions).

Bastion/Engi is still great for thumping and quite good in the group content i've done (there were a few which is very much a stand in place with waves coming at you effect where the turrets worked well).

In the end, i'll probably settle somewhere between my Mammoth or Recluse for the jobs/pvp/dynamic content. Bastion for the more "crafting" & "farming" aspect of the game.
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Currently working on getting engi to 30 so I can unlock the +25% turret damage perk for my bastion. Then I will focus on making my bastion and mammoth as well geared as I can. As for the founders pack, I am SO glad I got that plus all the playing I did in beta. Having a bike, gliders and copa porter makes life so much easier. Also having a maxed out bastion and mammoth makes me happy since levelling now SUCKS. It takes forever once you hit 21 or so to level up because of the STUPID level gated system.

Levels 1-21 are great, big spaces in coral forest, trans hub etc. 21 is the start of levelling pain.

From 21-30 you have very small areas that give you xp with very very few ARES missions. The jobs are all long distance. Most irritating. Once I get 30 on the engi, I am outta there back to DT.

I am hoping they bring HC BWA back soon, it is actually a ton of fun with some great loot drops.

What irritates me most about the new system is what irritates me most about every level based MMO: playing with friends is painful unless everyone is within 5 levels of each other. If I play with friends I pick a frame that is close in level to theirs, even though I hate that frame.
 
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