Every class (including a braced Heavy Bolter) has time to escape Final Vengeance (martyrdom). When you kill Assaults, you just have to dodge in the opposite direction of where they were standing. A Heavy Bolter guy has to un-brace the instant he kills the Assault, but you will have enough time to hop away (and take little damage). The only time you won’t be able to get away is if you are in the middle of a melee attack.
The 1-hit kill Hammer is the most unbalanced thing I can think of. I think it’s retarded, but you do have some defense against it as long as you see it coming. Thankfully, just having the Hammer makes the character move slower (I think it’s a little slower than a Tactical Marine). So, if you see the opponent drop, then you have time to (dodge and shoot) xN, and the opponent shouldn’t be able to touch you. Unfortunately, a good Assault player will try to land behind you without you knowing; in which case, you are fucked.
As long as you don’t suffer from tunnel vision OHTH isn’t THAT bad, but it was kind of irritating the other night. Played a great pair of Assault buddies. One would hurl blind grenades as his partner did the landing hit, and swept people up. I mainly would just spam roll back and do small bursts of Bolter fire to avoid them, but damn it was tough.
I’ll work on the rolling, but usually I empty my clip and have to melee them at least two-three times. I am waiting to unlock the health meter thing (If I haven’t already) to better gauge how many times I need to hit so I won’t be caught offguard and give them an easy kill.
Oh and add me up Spooty if you haven’t, need someone to play with since a few friends who said they would get it uh…didn’t.
Hell YEAH man… I’m not sure what was up with that match earlier, but I was in a Seize Ground a few hours ago. This one match started around…1 or 2 pm, I guess? I just quit out of the match recently, man. The shit lasted to like 9 pm at least, and it’s probably STILL going on! I’m not sure if it was legitimately a stalemate or if the game glitched up the team scores. It was locked forever at 500 something to 486, and I even got switched to the other team for the sake of game balance, apparently… people kept quitting and others would join. This match was so ridiculous it was just getting hilarious to me. One match lasted several HOURS, man…it was insane. My character was 10 or 11 when I started…and because of this ONE match, I’m now a level 23.:eek: I have the 2 perk slots and extra loadouts and everything…all due to this one never-ending match.
Some more things/commentary…
-Yeah, I’ve been juicin’ up on those steroids quite often. I know some of my victims have been pissed the hell off when they scored some great hits but I somehow survived long enough to kill them. Sadly, you only get 1 of them at a time, and there is a slight pause when the character injects himself with that stuff.
-I got my first complaint today… I have to admit to feeling some sort of sick pride in it. This dude sent me a message claiming he reported me to MS for hacking…haha, I don’t even know how to hack a game at all. It sounds like someone saw me surviving stuff I shouldn’t have survived in their opinion, all thanks to those steroids. I think I recall hearing someone yell “…WHAT?!” in disbelief a couple of times. I’d agree that some of my kills were straight up lucky bullshit going on…well, luck + the 'roid-rage! Oh yeah, I also had the perk that lets you get into braced stance quicker…it is a significant improvement in the speed, so I think it’s definitely worth it.
It must have been glitched somehow. The matches actually have a time-limit. Never paid attention to the specific amount of time you start with, but the timer is above the Point totals. I’ve won a few games by time-out…threw me off guard at first, because I didn’t realize there was a time.
It’s awesome, imo since you get such a ridiculous amount of kills and exp thanks to this apparent glitch…all you have to do is stay in the match and keep up the never-ending battle.
Ya the “Unlimited Match” exists. Most likely a hack. I’ve had one myself. In a Seize match, opposing team was locked at 916/1000. We just kept going around killing each other. I quit like 5mins after I noticed the lock.
OMG Million was right. Devastator/Havoc marines are the shit! Been running that class all night. Got the hang on bracing and moving. Melee leaves much to be desired, that boot is useless imo, but I killed quite a few cats with stomp. Annnnnnd, I heard some peeps bitch over the mic after I mow them down and then stomp as my taunt lol.
But I’m getting destroyed by roid rage and hammers. It’s all good though. I’m almost Lvl 15, and a few XP away from Secondary perks.
This game is evolving. When you get a good ass full match, with peeps playing classes correctly, it’s all out warfare. Niggas are tri-jumping with Assaults/Raptors now lol! I came up with a combo that got me a few kills but I’m shit with Assault class. Anyway, you can link instant jump after any strike. So after 3 strikes you immediately jump but soon as you leave the ground you strike again to descend. It’s like a guaranteed 4 hit death if you picked them apart a bit from distance and then come in for the melee. Also since people tend to back away when Assaults start going ham, the instant air ump pound pushes you forward ensuring that they’re still within range. Plus, the jump pound lessens recovery, allowing you to fly again quickly. Rinse, repeat. It’s my standard transport now when I’m using Assault/Raptors. I been seeing Assaults decked out in the VIP gear tri-jumping all over the map looking like Mags lmao.
But seems I’m exclusive Devastator/Havoc now. I only go to the other classes to test out my upgrades/unlocks, or when I need to play a role if I got a team of Tacs and Devs and no one going aerial, then I’ll try to scope and engage. Otherwise I’m camped out, letting these other fools play hero against bosses, and then when they die, I unload clips for the scavenge kill. No shame in my game. :smokin:
heh, I’m wondering just how long it takes to get to level 41… I haven’t played since Sunday’s legendary multi-hour glitched Seize Ground match.
*I’ve read on forums elsewhere that folks are complaining about the plasma cannons lately… I didn’t think they’d be so dominating, but according to the stats it should definitely destroy armor right away. I only ran into a Plasma Cannon-wielding Devastator guy 1 time before, and it was indeed an instant kill situation. I’ll try it next time, but I’m still thinking the bolter machine gun (in braced stance) might be better.
It’s a shame that the arrival of Gears 3 next week might demolish this game’s community. I’m getting that, but I still want to make time for this game as well…especially once the co-op modes are released. On another note, my customized Chaos Marine looks so incredibly badass right now…white armor with the black trim (*despite the fact that this makes my character stand out more… I realize that it’s strategically better to have darker colors so you aren’t easily noticed), and he had glowing blue eyes with some blood-stained effect on the legs…like he walked through a pile of bloody mess and dead bodies. I had to take a picture, but I can’t remember where the cam is right now.
*Isn’t it funny when you hear little kids playing something like this? Sheeeit, if this game were a movie, it would be rated R x10 because of all the violence…no way those kids I heard should’ve been on this shit at all. I heard them in that infamous glitched match on Sunday…they sounded like they haven’t even come close to hitting puberty yet…probably around 9 or 10 years old at the most.
Leveling to 41 takes a little bit of work. Getting to 31 is fairly quick, but once you hit that mark, the EXP needed to level starts getting MUCH higher.
The Plasma Cannon is annoying because it can insta-kill using only splash damage. So, you can shoot a fully charged shot at the floor near a corner (if you know someone is behind the wall), and it will kill them without actually hitting them.
Well in the tabletop game it’s based on a Plasma Cannon does a small blast template of damage (Roughly 3-4" compared to models on 28mm bases) so that’s pretty plausible. Bullshit? Maybe, but Space Marines got the best shit son.
Heh, I have to try out the Plasma Cannon next time. I’ve also found out about its splash damage power “the hard way”.
I just finished the campaign on Hard difficulty. Surprisingly, it’s not really that rough… there were 2 or 3 areas that were tough enough that I died several times over, but most of it isn’t that different from Normal. The enemies do more damage, and that seems to be it.
Sections with the jetpack and hammer are probably the easiest parts in the game, imo…the enemies really have no chance against that setup…Titus is way too fast for them thanks to the jet pack, and coming down with the hammer puts whole crowds into that stunned, “ready for execution” state…haha, it’s funny how lopsided it all is… Captain Titus with jetpack + Hammer is a god.
Sadly, it’s now time for this game’s online community to take a hit for a little while, since a certain insanely popular shooter comes out on Tuesday. Anyway, I’m hoping the sales for this game are good enough to guarantee some sequels, DLC and all that jazz. Yeah, I was never really interested in this franchise until this game.
Just picked this up over the weekend and man, this game is sick!
I’m coming off Gears 3 non stop for the last few weeks and this MP is really a breath of fresh air. Still a low level scrub but I’m holding my own with the devastator…so much heat.
Played a little last night with 2 players, got ran over pretty quickly…4 players would have been a huge plus. Its fun and of course, free. This Exterminus DLC lets you level up also, pretty nice.
^the December DLC sounds absolutely awesome… I will definitely get back on this game when that comes out. Between this game and Gears 3… I hardly have much game-time for anything else, really. This is a legendary year for gaming, folks.
I think I recall hearing someone yell “…WHAT?!” in disbelief a couple of times. I’d agree that some of my kills were straight up lucky bullshit going on…well, luck + the 'roid-rage! Oh yeah, I also had the perk that lets you get into braced stance quicker…it is a significant improvement in the speed, so I think it’s definitely worth it.