36 (edited by Kayin 2010-04-19 01:25:04)

Re: Does anyone play?

Gwynzer wrote:

FS is too different from what people are used to in the way the game works.  BF players try capping non-linked CPs, new players fail utterly in combat because our guns are fairly inaccurate until you learn how it's used properly.  By that time, they've usually already quit because of empty servers or they are sick of being owned.
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This is where I blame the player. I started Bf2142 pretty late, and got owned over and over before I learned to play, started to know the maps and got unlocks. Now I'm in top 5 all the time. It takes patience, and that is something that players don't seem to have. They just want to come in and kick everyone's a**. That's not how life works.

I understand that empty servers are problem, but this is partially a loop thing. If you don't get in on empty server, other players stay out from there. It gets situation where there are people waiting for others to show up. I've noticed this many time. Servers are empty for a long time, and when I get in, suddenly there are three players with me. I agree that 4 players is not much, but it's a start.

The main thing that keeps me coming however, is star wars. That's the main reason I like this game. And I think the main problem is, that there are not enough enthusiastic (read: fanatic) SW  fans that play bf2142. But then again, for a star wars and FPS fan like me, this is a dream come true.

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Re: Does anyone play?

I love Star Wars, especially the Galactic Civil War, so this is a dream come true for me too.

But we have populated the servers so many times, and trust me, even though four players is a start, after playing with that amount for MONTHS, you get mad at how much time you wasted for nothing. TWICE only have I seen over 40 players.

Anyway, next month I'll be available to play FS. I'm working on a project and my "Play Only Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Nothing Else" phase is at it's end.

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The main thing that keeps me coming however, is star wars. That's the main reason I like this game. And I think the main problem is, that there are not enough enthusiastic (read: fanatic) SW  fans that play bf2142. But then again, for a star wars and FPS fan like me, this is a dream come true.

That's what I love First Strike for, too. Commercial SW games have a tendency to try to shoehorn as much of the films into the games, from quotes to battles to characters, and this often damages gameplay.

First Strike just aims to recreate the locales as authentically as possible, knowing that the "film moments" will then come naturally.

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Re: Does anyone play?

Gwynzer wrote:

It is much more fun than sitting on a server playing Mos Espa fighting over the same areas we've been fighting at for over a year while sitting in hope that an Unknown will join the server and be decent.

Mos Espa is a pain, even more so without vehicles sprinkled in. hmm

Curses, foiled again!

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Espa isn't a pain, but the majority of the time it is run in 32p mode. With less than ten people it just doesnt work.

I know it's a cliche, but just hang in there. We have things ticking along although if I'm honest it is at a much slower rate due to the loss of so many team members over the past months. I realise its been a long wait but we are trying to complete this next release as quickly as we can.

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Try to look at it this way: A sentinel landing craft only needs one person to actually fly; from that point on, the more the merrier. big_smile

Curses, foiled again!

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Re: Does anyone play?

You know, I may start using the Twitter page to release some little bits of secret info just to tease you all.

http://twitter.com/FirstStrikeMod

All I'll say (at risk of death from Talon!) is this:

There is more than just jundland.

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