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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 4:26 pm
by Leisher
Yeah, I'm really looking forward to this. My primary game, particularly when you and/or Stranger are online, will still be MW:O, but this will be my "other game" once it hits. Currently, it's Far Cry 4.
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 2:37 pm
by Troy
Anybody buy this yet? (the remastered version - duuh)
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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 2:44 pm
by Leisher
Yes, but haven't DLed or played it yet.
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 2:46 pm
by Troy
Cool, on my plate this week as well as a good run-through of Sunless Sea. (which has the new combat system on relase)
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 10:36 am
by Troy
Still, very, very fun. I love capturing enemy frigates. On mission 5 of the first one so far. I don't remember how the second one changes things, but hopefully it's all tolerable.
Just got my first Destroyer, too.
Did I play this game before or after I started playing EVE?
Also there is this mission - that it doesn't matter how careful you've been and how large an early fleet you've amassed... it just wears you down and throws rocks at you. Clears the playing field - really good design.
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 11:36 am
by GORDON
Just ordered the HD version.
This game wasn't really built for multi, IMO. Whoever owns the resources wins the game. Maybe they balanced things a little with the rerelease... or maybe we can make a rule about camping the resources, or something. I dont know. Whatever.
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 10:57 pm
by GORDON
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 11:06 pm
by Leisher
Awesome mothership.
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 11:45 pm
by GORDON
Whew, 10GB Steam Download. Nice.
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 7:15 am
by Stranger
Does that say "Why is Leisher so gay" in your google search?
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 8:46 am
by Leisher
Ha! I didn't even notice that, well done. I hope I don't accidentally knock that mothership off her perch next time I visit.
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 9:08 am
by GORDON
Stranger wrote:Does that say "Why is Leisher so gay" in your google search?
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 10:31 am
by Troy
lol
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 10:40 pm
by GORDON
I have seen a ton of problems with this redone game and I am surprised I have not heard about it elsewhere.
The following notes are from the perspective of a guy who has played the original 5-7 times, have memorized each mission and how to beat it, and with great efficiency.
1. They broke the formations. Fighters break formation as soon as an enemy is engaged and scatter to the winds. The sphere formation allowed your ships to completely envelop your target and get a 360 degree sphere of sustained fire on it.... now your ships just get in a sphere and wait for something to get in range. They don't envelop. The ships farthest away in the sphere never get in range to fire.
2. They broke the Support Frigate functions. I used to be able to get 10 capital ships in a wall formation and assign 3 support frigates to heal them... and each other... as they take damage. It was a hands-off system to keep your fleet healthy. Now a support frigate will heal the first ship to take damage... then just sit there and do nothing until you give it a new order. Bullshit.
3. Drone Frigate drones self destruct after they build a full drone cloud. That makes no sense at all.
I am surprised I haven't more about these problems. They pretty much broke the elegance of the game.
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Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 10:48 pm
by GORDON
4. At the beginning of each mission, every ship launches in Evade setting, which means they won't fire on bad guys who get in range. You have to manually set everything to Defensive/Aggressive, including the Mothership, in order to get them to not just sit there doing nothing and getting shot to death. Dumb.
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 10:56 pm
by Troy
I quit the campaign halfway through when it bugged me into infinite money and it got really boring. It was pretty unpolished - a few missions crashed for no reason.
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Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 11:00 pm
by TPRJones
Is it still in alpha? Or is this a final product?
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 11:11 pm
by GORDON
5. When you are capturing ships, the rest of your fleet knows to not attack the ship you are dragging back. If you have a minefield though, your mines will take out the ship your Salvage Corvettes are dragging.
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 11:12 pm
by GORDON
TPRJones wrote:Is it still in alpha? Or is this a final product?
Been out since last year. Pretty sure it's "done."
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 11:13 pm
by TPRJones
That's unfortunate.
