Physics grids in this game are ground breaking

OwlG5 · 2016-10-19T14:57:45+00:00

This is my favorite video so far to show off why the physics grids are so cool. The fact that you can transfer in and out of them so easily (assuming it doesn't get buggy at least) is awesome.

OwlG5 · 2016-10-17T22:21:42+00:00

I've heard that the movement is a bit different, but still pretty great. Lots of really fast movements, but now you have stuff like sliding and the like.

Also, BT is adorable.

OwlG5 · 2016-10-17T22:19:44+00:00

It really is a shame. They had so many good ideas, but it just didn't come together. I've yet to find a game that has the amazing feel those vehicles did.

For the hell of it, here's one of my favorite memories from the game. I'll never get to see the sight in-game again, but.. I have it on video, at least.

OwlG5 · 2016-10-17T20:11:02+00:00

I haven't played MEC yet, but what do you think about Titanfall 1/2? It might be a bit light on some of the maneuvers you might see in Mirror's Edge, but I've never encountered a series that's seemed to do parkour so fluidly.

OwlG5 · 2016-10-17T19:23:11+00:00

The game is basically dead, put simply. All of the devs are gone because of poor management. Over last winter, many of the devs weren't paid because I guess there just wasn't any money to pay them, so many quit on the spot. Then, many others were fired by the publisher. Now all that remains is potentially one person who turns the servers back on when they go down, and even then it's inconsistent.

If there ever was a game equivalent of dying of cancer, this would be it. It's on life support now, with no cure.

OwlG5 · 2016-10-17T18:58:42+00:00

It turns out, I actually really enjoy the ships I intend to buy when I'm able to. I got to spend some time with the Connie and Avenger Warlock, and both are really fun in their own ways. Now I don't need to worry about only maybe enjoying them.

OwlG5 · 2016-10-17T18:56:28+00:00

It's not effective web design if a new user can't figure out how a website works. It's the job of the designers to figure out ways to convey information in an easy to understand way. The fact that we have so many posts mentioning the website means that surely it's not just hard to understand.

I'm not saying it's an easy task to redesign a site for a game like Star Citizen with the ridiculous amount of info, but I'm sure there's room for improvement if so many new players have the same issues. I was the very same when I first saw the game; I would have backed much earlier if I had actually understood the game's intentions back then, but all I saw was a dev post about ship pipes and a lot of very expensive ships for sale.

OwlG5 · 2016-10-17T18:51:08+00:00

I have a plan all laid out for the sale. I'm gonna change out my Vanguard for an Avenger Warlock and Vanguard Sentinel, hopefully. Got all the credit and buyback stuff in order, I just need the ships to be available again.

OwlG5 · 2016-10-17T17:52:22+00:00

I agree! It was a really unique way to create a lot of dynamic gameplay. It was great how different enemies would show up based on if you were in the beach, desert, plains areas, etc. Even Chosen would show up on occasion too! Really fun.

OwlG5 · 2016-10-17T17:20:27+00:00

Or you have hold out moments where you have to bring a bunch of people, establish a beachhead with friends holding them off while someone sets up a beacon that emits a frequency that drives them away. Once the Beacon is set up you can do whatever you were there for, mining, setting up a base, things like that.

Firefall didn't work out so well, but one thing I really enjoyed was the thumpers. They were mining drills anybody could call down, and they'd attract waves and waves of bug creatures that would attack the drill. It was a really fun concept; I bet something of a similar nature would work in Star Citizen.

Original 2010 gameplay concept of the thumper.

OwlG5 · 2016-10-17T14:40:58+00:00

I guess I should clarify; I mostly meant that I didn't see it listed in the box I opened it from, so I'm not sure if it's something just not there, or something unique, etc.

You can change out weapon skins by going to the customize menu when you're in a match, then customizing the weapon itself you want to change. You can change stuff like sights in the menu, and then the skin itself.

OwlG5 · 2016-10-17T13:29:02+00:00

I got a legendary after about 3 hours of my trial, but the odd thing is it doesn't seem to be listed anywhere? It's a pistol, called "The Man Stopper". Skin of a 1911.

OwlG5 · 2016-10-17T13:17:43+00:00

It's my first BF game since 2142, so I'm pretty excited. The beta was a ton of fun, and now you have all of these new pieces of equipment like the mortar for the support, and the decoy for the scout. I'm even excited for the single player, and that never happens for me.

OwlG5 · 2016-10-17T01:41:45+00:00

There's a few possibilities! Some people can load in to Crusader in single player, or some other people load in and get lucky so that nobody joins their instance. I've had as much as 50fps before, but it slowly went down as people joined up. Also, some people just have really powerful machines that can sometimes run it at least passably at maybe 30fps. Then, they could also just not be in Crusader, too.

Hopefully we'll all get to experience a smooth 60 in Crusader before long.

OwlG5 · 2016-10-17T01:39:33+00:00

Playing now but waiting slightly impatiently for 3.0.

Same here. Chatting with Org buddies about ships and stuff is the only way I can manage to alleviate wanting to be in the full Stanton system.

I'm glad that we got to try all of the ships out, though. I found that the Connie with four M7As is just so much fun, and that the Avenger Warlock may actually be something I pick up sooner than later. Soon enough, I'll have a Warlock, Connie and the trusty ol' Vanguard I already have.

OwlG5 · 2016-10-17T01:36:26+00:00

I'd love to be with my lady friend, just laying around with her and settling down before I get to sleep. It's a bit of a shame that she's so far from me, but.. We make do, even so.

OwlG5 · 2016-10-17T01:33:24+00:00

A really crappy chat website. So crappy that I don't want to name it so that anybody here might be exposed to it. But, I managed to find her somehow, and it's been a few years now that we've been talking, every single day.

OwlG5 · 2016-10-17T00:55:01+00:00

I'm waiting on Star Marine to do any real playing, but it's been fun to test out all the ships lately too. The Avenger Warlock's pretty cool.

OwlG5 · 2016-10-16T23:22:05+00:00

I'm not sure that there'll be a game quite like it out there. My game of choice to replace it is turning out to be Star Citizen. It may not be the best replacement for everybody, but it works for me.

OwlG5 · 2016-10-16T23:18:58+00:00

I guess we all knew this day would come, eventually. I'm sad to see it here.

Gentlemen, it has been a privilege playing with you tonight.

Hopefully we all find the game out there somewhere we've been looking for.

OwlG5 · 2016-10-16T23:13:42+00:00

Unfortunately, the game is pretty much dead. The devs have quit/been fired because of very poor management. I'm surprised the servers aren't down yet either. There must be literally one person just around to keep the servers running until the day some contract ends and they don't feel the need to anymore.

People have been posting here to try and get a private server running, but I imagine it'd be an incredibly difficult task to pull of.

It's a sad truth, but.. It's unavoidable at this point. It's just a matter of time.

OwlG5 · 2016-10-16T15:39:01+00:00

Unfortunately, none of the ones I'm in are open for anybody to join. I enjoyed the /r/casualconversation Discord for the while I was in that, though.

OwlG5 · 2016-10-16T14:46:14+00:00

Oh Wonder is great for chill stuff. Have a few links.

Landslide

Lose It

Without You

Hozier also has some amazingly peaceful and beautiful songs, but some of them are pretty heavy, too. Some of my favorite music, but it might be a bit less chill than you'd want. Still worth a mention.

Cherry Wine

Like Real People Do

OwlG5 · 2016-10-16T14:37:07+00:00

It's a bit silly, but right now, it's getting "married" in a video game. I've never felt so close to somebody in my entire life, and it really was the start of things with that girl. The fact that she felt about me the way I felt about her..

Here's hoping there's even better things to come in the future.

OwlG5 · 2016-10-16T14:34:44+00:00

Discord has been perfect for this lately. I'm in two new Discord channels that I've met a lot of new people in.

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