Okay, I admit I lost interest in this game, despite getting in the closed beta. I’m kind of fickle about multiplayer games, probably because the FGC and Xbox kids made me hate online gaming of any kind.
That said, I finish what I start, so I’ll keep this thread going until the official release. If you want a beta key, post here. If we get any keys, will throw some to you guys. I also put anyone who was needing referrals on a list in the OP. Give those guys priority, please.
If you don’t want your name on the list or already have a key, let me know and I’ll remove you.
I’ll give anything a chance. I haven’t read the thread yet but I saw some gameplay video being demoed for those 3D goggles designed by John Carmack and it looked interesting.
I managed to get in for the closed beta since they’re just giving them away at this point. Wish my internet wasn’t so ass right now. But I fucked around and it’s pretty good. A little simple maybe, but it fills the void of mech shooters. It plays pretty well, you’re not easily outgunned by a guy who has been grinding for 300 hours or spent $75 on upgrades. And no gimmicks (so far) like instant kill melee attack ala COD or weird TF2 style gimmicks.
The standard mech is actually pretty goddamn reliable. I checked out 2 others and I just don’t get how Hellfire Missiles work. They seem more spray and pray and I wonder if there is a lock on system.
Game is still in open beta but I’ve played enough where my Mech has leveled all the way to level 25. Played a lot of DM, TDM, Missile Defense, and some Siege (not a lot of people play Siege for some reason). My honest thoughts about a month into playing:
Gameplay is awesome. Very addictive, fun, etc. No gimmicks, no bull shit, no pay to win for the most part. Just a really fun shooter. I’ve played against dudes at 150-300 ping and haven’t noticed them teleporting very much. So netcode is really good. Only problems I have so far:
A lot of basic features have yet to be implemented like Dedicated Servers. Being able to see who is talking on the mic and muting them (I’ve seen some trolling with that shit). Needs at least one more mode of play and more maps.
It’s not pay two win but chances are you’re going to have a hard time against a guy who’s levelled all the way up and put all of his optimization points into damage. I really hate the EMP grenades. It’s a get out of jail free card and it’s basically like the noob-tube for this game. There’s a way to semi-counter it but they handled it in a way I don’t like. You get access to a counter measure from the start. To access it (this is not explained at all to you at first) you have to go into a match, pick your Mech, then in the lower right hand corner you have to manually select whether you want to use counter measure or not. Now the reason why they did that is so they can milk you. You get 15 freebie counter measures, but it costs 1000XP for 10 of them. If you don’t have it activated and a nub nails you with an EMP you are helpless for 6 seconds. If you have it activated you’re fucked for only 3 seconds. So it’s still bullshit, but at least you have a chance of taking him out with you.
So far that’s the only pay to win kind of mechanic in the game.
But overall it’s fucking amazing and why aren’t you guys playing?
Anyone play this now that it is on steam? They changed the hud layout since the last time I played. It’s easier to read now. Also, I think they took out the RPG like stat tree unless that is a later unlock.