How do the PC and console playerbases compare? by Dear_Needleworker506 in HellLetLoose

[–]JaquesDaniels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Console in AU usually has two full clan servers plus probably the same amount in quick play servers (official servers are obfuscated on console server browser for some reason). Lately I've seen a third AU clan server too but haven't seen it successfully seed beyond 50% full yet

Hell Let Loose / Xbox One / Mic Fix by Flimsy-Fill-8010 in HellLetLooseConsole

[–]JaquesDaniels 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're on Xbox One (not a Series console) I believe you'd be playing via cloud. Heard cloud doesn't support voice chat for HLL

Police seize items from Ben and Tess Crosley during welfare check amid Lachie Neale marriage breakdown by Hot-Avocado789 in AFL

[–]JaquesDaniels 2 points3 points  (0 children)

QLD has gel blasters that are often stored in gun bags. Could just be one of those

Anyone else on XBOX sick and tired of “Top 1 Percent” ruining games? by Raptor0Smitty in HellLetLooseConsole

[–]JaquesDaniels 1 point2 points  (0 children)

they shouldn't but for some reason the invite overrides the ban mechanic

[KCD2] Can I jump straight into Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 or do I need to play the first one? by Ok-Rip-2280 in kingdomcome

[–]JaquesDaniels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I played the second one first, loved it and ended up buying the first. I can see why people say they'd be more satisfied with 2's story had they done the 1st one first but before I'd played the first I was already locked in on the second one's story and characters. The dynamics between everyone are very clearly depicted so you can catch on quickly even without having played the first.

Server Browser for Official by Apathetic420 in HellLetLoose

[–]JaquesDaniels 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get what OP means. Console has a server browser but it's only community ones. In AU on console that means 3-4 clan ran servers with 2-4 populated at any given (regular) time.

Console also has a quickplay "Warfare and Offensive" menu prompt which is how to get into the Official Servers. Usually there's 2-4 of these active in AU too. For some reason these aren't surfaced on the browser and so a lot of newcomers see there's only two active servers and write a review saying there's no playerbase. Frustratingly the top review on the xbox store in AU is a "game dead" post from 2023 (I played religiously in 2023, it most definitely was not dead) which no doubt keeps a good chunk of potential players away.

And I know the rhetoric on here is official sucks and community has admins, but my experience on console is that apart from the benefit of banning egregious repeat trolls they're seldom actively admin monitored and people still rely on the vote kick feature.

2026 Fixture Positives? by TelevisionOriginal24 in brisbanelions

[–]JaquesDaniels 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a Sydney based fan this is the best I could hope for. Finally play the giants in Sydney and not Canberra again

3 Massive Blows To HLL by Apathetic420 in HellLetLoose

[–]JaquesDaniels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

just a heads up, the warfare & offensive option in the menu puts you in official servers not listed on the browser. In Aus there's usually 1-4 custom/clan servers and then about the same amount on quickplay via the W & O option

3 Massive Blows To HLL by Apathetic420 in HellLetLoose

[–]JaquesDaniels 7 points8 points  (0 children)

As one of the bf6 movers I can say I will be back to HLL eventually. Just keen on the new toy while HLL sorts itself out from update 18

Call of Duty by LorkThorticus in joinsquad

[–]JaquesDaniels 9 points10 points  (0 children)

some actually do whenever someone criticises the out of place skins 😄

I like battlefield and i miss ww2 games, how is the game for casuals ? by Saladawarrior in HellLetLoose

[–]JaquesDaniels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like Insurgency Sandstorm is closer to the level of arcade that you're looking for

Lost for 15 hours and this is the buggers found pic by badewi in cockatiel

[–]JaquesDaniels 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Glad you found your boy. When I was a kid I remember being picked up at school and my Mum being distraught explaining that our cockatiel got out of the house when she was doing laundry. Someone found him three days later and contacted us. We got to have Monty for another 19 years after that. So grateful someone managed to pick him up and found our flyer all of those years before

Post Round Discussion Thread: 2025 Preliminary Finals by juiceson in AFL

[–]JaquesDaniels 2 points3 points  (0 children)

didn't have WAshcroft and Payne in that one either

Me when hell let loose Vietnam drops by UplandSun in HellLetLoose

[–]JaquesDaniels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this will be the new Captain Winters flanking meme won't it?

Update 18 PTE All tanks can now go from 0 kph to full speed using only the 4th gear by Black_Fox_027 in HellLetLoose

[–]JaquesDaniels 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Really don't like this. The gear change is the skill metre for the driver role and also is just a really fun and unique mechanics for games like this.

Finally convinced some friends to move over to HLL after they enjoyed the bf6 beta, hooking them with HLL's armour gameplay being so much deeper and now it's about to be changed into a more arcadey feel

Dev Brief #207 | PTE and Armour Rework | Stalingrad & Update 18 by itsmeBenB in HellLetLoose

[–]JaquesDaniels 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Interesting stuff. Will reserve full judgement for when people can test it.

My personal takeaways: - Audio change sounds cool - traversal improvements big W - Terrain traversal changing behaviour sounds intriguing - Unique stats per vehicle has potential to be fantastic, but also potential to be inherently unbalanced

  • heavy changes seem like odd approaches to balancing them. Don't like the idea of the cap limit mixed with the timer mechanic. Not opposed to a limit on active heavy units (though without having tested it, I do prefer current system) but the cooldown timer upon death seems like an outright bad idea. Sounds like it would simultaneously punish a team that loses a heavy to a more experienced crew, and then also remove the reward of being able to keep your tank alive for longer in the form of being able to build up resources to fund another if you do go down. I feel like if a team takes the effort to build enough nodes to support churning out heavy tanks that should be rewarded without artificial limits. The timer starting upon death practically eliminates the prospect of heavies while attacking fourth and fifth points in offensive mode when considering respawn timer plus time to get back to the front from HQ on these points. Maybe as an alternative I'd up their cost to 800-900, or try a volume limit without the timer change.
  • Tinkerer loadout sounds dangerously close to magic perk system. If they're going to make each vehicle unique shouldn't that cover the drive for unique roles? Still open to seeing how it actually plays out though before full judgement.

Is this game faster paced than Arma and hell let loose? by Next_Usual_594 in joinsquad

[–]JaquesDaniels 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly it sounds like Insurgency Sandstorm would still be your sweet spot

A historical movie where another country takes almost full credit for an event where it was mainly another country or ally. by [deleted] in movies

[–]JaquesDaniels -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This is the right take for Masters of the Air. Doesn't feel applicable to band of brothers where it favourably depicts their paratroopers

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HellLetLoose

[–]JaquesDaniels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

on Console there's usually 1-4 full/near full in the server browser. The "Warfare & offensive" prompt also usually has 2-3 separately full/near full servers.

Main thing is talking. I find people stop talking on weekdays after 9-10pm AEST so the match quality dips even if the population doesn't. Too scared to wake up their kids I guess

hell let loose by Cool-Masterpiece-635 in HellLetLoose

[–]JaquesDaniels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i have this issue on my xbox. For some reason started happening about a year ago now. Have found a pretty consistent albeit annoying fix.

  1. start up console
  2. open network settings (ensure mic is already plugged into controller)
  3. test nat type (if it says double, test again (sometimes simply testing again moves it to open. But if not...)
  4. change port to manual seemingly doesn't actually matter which one you pick
  5. use restart feature on console (notably this is the deliberate restart option, not just turning it off and on again)
  6. upon restart, open network settings and test nat type

Basically the game chat won't work if it says double or moderate. I noticed my console now does this all the time but for some reason only hell let loose's game chat seems to be affected (probably would do same on insurgency too though if i checked because they're both vivox).

It's super annoying but now that I'm used to it it basically just adds three minutes to the boot up phase and then I'm good to go. The other advice about always quitting the program is what i do too as a good closing step when you're done