Topic 'Re: Firefall public beta weekend' in forum 'PC gaming GAMES' - dslreports.com

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:08:34 EDT

Krisnatharok posted : It has promise, but not enough content at the moment, and the lack of a fast travel (apart from gliders) is pretty frustrating.
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Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:22:52 EDT

Jobbie posted :

said by Savious:

So whats the consensus on this game? Im curious.

The core game has good potential but right now is run from place to place or do your harvesting thing. I uninstalled it last night will wait until they release more content to get back to it.

Heavy and Engineer are a lot of fun.
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Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:50:39 EDT

bionicRod posted : I play it every now and then. The TPS mechanics are pretty solid. Grinding for resources is there in the form of thumping, and as grinding goes it's very fun. You can call down your thumper, a big drill that gathers your minerals, which you can use to craft (which takes a while and you can speed up with microtransactions). The thumper makes a lot of noise (hence the name), which gets the attention of every enemy in the area and brings them running to you, so you have to defend the thumper until it's done. There are also dynamic events in the world but at this stage there are only a few and they repeat. They hadn't gotten very far with missions the last time I played, so thumping and dynamic events were it when you played through the missions they had. There is also PVP and other things I haven't tried yet.

The learning curve is kind of steep because the tutorials are bare bones. Character customization is just ok, there aren't as many options as other games (that could change, idk) and it is also uses microtransactions to get the good stuff.

TLDR: The core gameplay is there and is fun but IMO the game has a ways to go before being ready for release. You could do a lot worse in a F2P game though.
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Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:58:14 EDT

Savious posted : So whats the consensus on this game? Im curious.

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:01:28 EDT

Savious posted : Is this still in beta or what?

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:01:25 EDT

Ghastlyone posted : I uninstalled this awhile back.

I'll try it again down the road after it's been optimized a little better and maybe some video drivers have been released.

It ran terrible in certain areas.

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:56:42 EDT

Archivis posted : They asked me to fill out a survey. I wish I kept a copy of it because I filled it out honestly.

I enjoyed the game until I found out that:

Thumping is the way to grind and that can get old real fast.
Going from Engineer 1 to Engineer 2 causes you to lose all your old Engineer 1 traits, so you're actually handicapped until you're deep into the Eng2 tree for little benefit.

I would really like some sort of "push the line back" game where an entire zone was invaded, rather than just flying around to certain spots and just clearing shit out, moving on to another, re-capturing shit that you just cleared out, etc.

If I went into a fully bug-infested zone and worked with the community to clear it out, set up a base, clear forward, etc., it would be bad ass.
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Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:46:22 EDT

TheThing posted : what's going on with this game?

havent tried it in months... each play session was interesting, but it didn't hook me in for some reason

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:35:38 EDT

I AM posted :

said by Krisnatharok:

The little area they have open for beta is likely to be a fraction of the continent they have in store.

That's great news. I think you can get a pretty good feel for a game like 5-10 minutes in. The gameplay is feel of Firefall feels spot on.

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:04:48 EDT

Krisnatharok posted : The little area they have open for beta is likely to be a fraction of the continent they have in store.

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:40:08 EDT

TigerLord posted : I played 15min and uninstalled. Will wait a few months before trying again.

Couldnt even get passed the tutorial.

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:39:17 EDT

I AM posted : It just needs more players to fill it up. Once they get more quests in and get the servers full I can see the game becoming much more lively.

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:56:39 EDT

VioletVenom posted : Questing is quite limited. I got to a point after Trans Hub where it sends you to Sin Towers. It appears broken to me as there is no object to interact with at the quest coordinate. There is actually a lot to do if one stops thinking of the game linearly and more sand box like.

I explored the world for a while, seeing what areas/heights I could get to. Raced from Copa to Sunken Harbor countless times, trying to better my time. Searched for uber thumper sites, my timing always seems bad though. Have yet to find the fat motherload. Chosen tower farming for exp. Never cap the tower, just let the chosen keep respawning and keel'dem. Wash, rinse, repeat. Lately I've been farming in what's been coined exp valley. Sunken Harbor 2 tower area. Last night we had 4 advanced towers going, talk about monster spawn! It was like Dune, " Usul, we have wormsign the likes of which even God has never seen."

I personally quit playing WOW quite a few years ago. I know what you speak of though. I've become very picky with my gaming. Partly maybe because I don't have as much time to devote to it now days. Most games I don't even bother finishing.

While I do consider firefall an MMO, it doesn't fall into the same button mashing genre of WOW for me. I think ff has a lot of potential and hope the games surpasses that.

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:49:42 EDT

TheThing posted : Combat in Firefall is TIGHT... just as TIGHT as WoW, which is AWESOME.

The game is supposed to become an eSport, and the tightness would be required for that.

i didn't like GW2 in beta... and if I stayed with that impression I would of never played it.

I'll give Firefall more time to grow on me! it has so much potential!

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:47:00 EDT

bionicRod posted : Well, you have to keep in mind that this is an actual beta and not early access to a complete game. I don't think they are releasing for quite a while. Any impressions you make now will need to be subject to change.

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:37:49 EDT

TheThing posted : I have had very little time for Firefall, but when I have had time this is my impression.

What is the WoW affect?

The WoW affect, is that after playing WoW, when you play other games you expect the game to be a certain way, and when it's not, you think the game is bad.

I suffered the WoW affect when I first started playing GW2. But once I got over that hump, now I love GW2 more than I ever loved WoW.

But what's happening now?

Now I am suffering the GW2 affect when I play Firefall. When I play Firefall, the open world feels dead, even though it is pretty. It just feels cold. Why? Because after playing GW2 and it's dynamic vibrant world, Firefall open world feels lack luster!

I need to play Firefall more to make a real determination if I like it or not. But at this point, when I play Firefall, it just makes me itch more to go back to Tyria!

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:09:12 EDT

bionicRod posted : PM sent. Thanks yo!

So is questing disabled after the Trans Hub missions? You guys just thumping like bosses to gain xp? I think it is, I'm just making sure I'm not part of a beta bug here, Google seems somewhat contradictory on this point.

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:48:30 EDT

VioletVenom posted : What I've seen in their forums is that they won't be wiping exp. Makes no mention of resources. I would hope anything bought with red beans would be immune to any wipe.

I'm not sure if they give out more invites to founders or not. I've still got a couple left if you were wanting to hand some out.

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:06:50 EDT

bionicRod posted :

said by Krisnatharok:

I have been. I'm about halfway to Tier 3 on my sniper.

Sweet! I have seen reports in chat that they will not be wiping the beta characters on launch. If so that's a hell of a head start. I'm enjoying the dreadnaught so far although I've barely started progressing.

VioletVenom , how often do they hand out those beta keys like the one you gave me?

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:57:18 EDT

VioletVenom posted : Still playing as well.

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:43:25 EDT

Krisnatharok posted : I have been. I'm about halfway to Tier 3 on my sniper.

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:41:54 EDT

bionicRod posted : So has anyone else been playing this still? I played quite a bit this weekend and really enjoyed it. In fact I enjoyed it so much I ponied up for the founder's club. I have some screenies I'll post later tonight (if I remember). I'm still figuring it out but love the gameplay and upgrade trees.

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:27:09 EDT

Ghastlyone posted : lol. I know, me too.

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:16:15 EDT

I AM posted : SMH.

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:59:37 EDT

Ghastlyone posted : I got it figured out. The damn game needed to be patched.

The game patch option only came up when I ran the launcher, not the client application :p

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:19:29 EDT

Krisnatharok posted : Have you alt-tabbed and let it through your firewall? It takes a minute or two to load...

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:05:39 EDT

Ghastlyone posted : I get that screen also ^ After clicking play, it goes to that logo looking screen after that says "United Armies of the Accord" and just sits there.

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:39:50 EDT

Krisnatharok posted : What my screen looks like immediately after logging in.

I bought a Founders Pack though, so I dunno which beta you got in...
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Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:28:16 EDT

Ghastlyone posted : I thought permanent Beta.

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:42:19 EDT

Krisnatharok posted : Are you in the weekend pass or permanent beta?

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:34:32 EDT

Ghastlyone posted :

said by Krisnatharok:

Can you screenshot it please?

I tried. I don't think I can screen shot it. It's the screen that reads "United Armies of the Accord"

It's as if the servers are down. Not sure.

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:40:22 EDT

Krisnatharok posted : Can you screenshot it please?

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:33:21 EDT

Ghastlyone posted : I still can't get in. Only getting a logo screen after login.

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:30:53 EDT

I AM posted : I need to update my client. Just been to lazy to hit launch.

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:07:03 EDT

Jobbie posted : That would be so awesome to watch, I am working on my heavy and engineer classes.
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Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:48:44 EDT

Archivis posted :

said by Jobbie:

I played for quite a bit with KrisN I was going between heavy and engineer.

I would say you need both a heavy and medic for those high level drill events when there is a ton of mobs going for it the rest of the "dps" can be the rest of the classes.

Haven't touched a computer in a while but I remember playing once with an army of engineers. There were three of us and we had turrets everywhere and it got ridiculous.
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Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:29:30 EDT

TheThing posted :

said by Ghastlyone:

If you try to log in right now, all you get is a logo screen. They must have the servers down or something until this next Beta weekend? I dont know.

ur doin it rong

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:12:35 EDT

Ghastlyone posted : If you try to log in right now, all you get is a logo screen. They must have the servers down or something until this next Beta weekend? I dont know.

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:58:23 EDT

Jobbie posted : Man I am so sad I am going to miss this.

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:28:17 EDT

Krisnatharok posted : Maybe my wife does. :p

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:16:25 EDT

TheThing posted : does anyone want to borrow my wife for the weekend?

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:13:45 EDT

Krisnatharok posted : We are excited to announce that on the weekend of January 25th, Red 5 Studios™ will be hosting our January Firefall™ Beta Weekend!

Starting at 10:00am PDT on January 25th and continuing through 11:59pm PDT on January 27th 2013, we will be unlocking the servers and allowing anybody who registers for Firefall access to the beta. This means that anyone who has yet to experience the war torn Earth will now have the chance to defend the Earth against the mysterious Chosen, explore the land of New Eden, and face off against their fellow players in fast-paced PvP.

Additionally, throughout the weekend, players who take part in our Beta Weekend will unlock an exclusive in-game decal for use on their many Battleframes! To get your exclusive decal, all you have to do is log in during the Beta Weekend. Following the Beta Weekend, you’ll be able to obtain your badge of honor at the New You station in game.

During our Firefall Beta Weekend, we’re offering players the chance to win themselves a huge Firefall prize package, including a Razer 2013 Deathadder mouse and Firefall swag! For more information, check out www.firefallthegame.com/betaweekends to see how your videos and screenshots of skill shots can win you these awesome prizes!

Be sure to download the client to pre-load the game. This way, once the Beta Weekend begins, you can log on and jump right in!

Download here: »beta.firefallthegame.com/download

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Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:06:17 EDT

TheThing posted : WvW will also have tanks, vehicles etc...

after playing this, i can't get into PS2

this will have PvE and PvP woot

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:05:38 EDT

TheThing posted :

said by Ghastlyone:

said by Krisnatharok:

It's going to be F2P, Founders gets you the perma XP boosts and a big head start on leveling, as well as permanent beta (if you didn't have it from another Founder inviting you) until the game is released.

Oh damn, I didn't even know it was a F2P game. That's even better!

This game is supposed to have WoW like raids when all is said and done.

and some sort of WvW GW2ish when all is said and done

with mounts

this will be the go-to game for WoWers imo who want fps and f2p

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 10:21:23 EDT

Jobbie posted : I played for quite a bit with KrisN I was going between heavy and engineer.

I would say you need both a heavy and medic for those high level drill events when there is a ton of mobs going for it the rest of the "dps" can be the rest of the classes.

I unlocked 3 skill points for the heavy and 2 for the engineer. This game is a lot of fun.

This week I will purchase my founders pack so we will have more beta invites for the DSLR folks.
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Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 12:00:11 EDT

Ghastlyone posted :

said by Krisnatharok:

Oh damn, I didn't even know it was a F2P game. That's even better!

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 04:08:36 EDT

Moos posted : Just an FYI, The invites Ghastly and Jobbie got were permanent, not weekend invites. Not sure if it said so when you guys got the invite.

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 00:37:54 EDT

Krisnatharok posted : It's going to be F2P, Founders gets you the perma XP boosts and a big head start on leveling, as well as permanent beta (if you didn't have it from another Founder inviting you) until the game is released.
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Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 00:14:31 EDT

Ghastlyone posted : Does purchasing a founders package mean you're prepurchasing the actual game, or is it just the bonuses, swag, red beans, etc?

Re: Firefall public beta weekend

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 23:52:03 EDT

Jobbie posted :

said by Krisnatharok:

Just picked up the Gold Founders pack.

I will pick mine on Monday, I really liked the game.

My id is Jobbie in the game.
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