MADGAME
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Lol perfect
^How I feel when I see a fighter slow down to do a strafing run towards me when I got ion shot equipped.
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Star Wars Battlefront |OT| Here's Where The Fun Begins
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Mocha Nova Coffee Scotia
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Finally grabbed all the emotes and all my star cards are fully upgraded. Its finally time to buy every alien skin and officially buy everything in the game
^How I feel when I see a fighter slow down to do a strafing run towards me when I got ion shot equipped.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Nearly pooped my pants at the last saber throw headed towards me.
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/ElzarTheBam/video/14731971
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/ElzarTheBam/video/14731971
Brohenheim
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Just picked the game up a couple of days ago and have not been able to put all that much time into it. But loving what I've played so far. Only real problem I'm having is how to get through a team full of personal shields any tips would be much appreciated
TheSadRanger
Banned
Ion shot will tear through them decently, that and detonators are your cheapest alternative to dealing with them other than melee.
If your lucky on the power ups, a thermal imploder or smart rocket will do the trick.
Brohenheim
Member
Awesome thank you very much will equip ion shot now!
Cooling Cell works surprisingly well. You'll can fire off at least 3 or 4 extra bursts, or more depending on your trigger timing, and the natural accuracy of the gun means you're not punished for firing over a extended period. Any other blaster rifle or heavy rifle will have you spraying like crazy due to spread and recoil, rendering the extra firing time useless.
Headshots are a definite its strength. I'll usually have the upper hand against an E-11 user then hear that crunch of a headshot and I'm dead (dammit). Its not something I like to rely on myself though.
Mocha Nova Coffee Scotia
Member
Starting to run into almost full teams using the dh-17 with explosive shot on the smaller modes. I'm often left with zero time to react when someone fires it at me, and sometimes get killed when I have the drop and was already firing on them.
Forerunner
Member
Play a lot today and went from 45 to 49. I'll finish getting to 50 tomorrow! Just want to get to 50 before the DLC because I'm assuming they are going to raise the level cap every DLC like BF 4.
OdysseusVA
Banned
Nailed it
http://s1.webmshare.com/eRyP5.webm
Also, some high level MLG gameplay. Not as exciting as chasing Vader in WA, but whatevs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5MAeOdOqMs
http://s1.webmshare.com/eRyP5.webm
Also, some high level MLG gameplay. Not as exciting as chasing Vader in WA, but whatevs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5MAeOdOqMs
https://forums.battlefront.starwars.ea.com/discussion/29264/february-update-weapons#latest
"As we come closer to the release of the February Update, we will be posting specific details of what will be included in regards to balance changes across the board.
A lot of feedback was taken from the community, and a lot of data mining was done to see how the January Update changed the battlefront. Across the board, it was revealed a few weapons that had been balanced were showing to be slightly weaker than we had hoped in many situations.
I have a feeling the community will be excited to hear the Bowcaster and Homing shot will be getting further tweaks to bring them back in line where we feel they should be. Yes, these would be considered 'buffs' but we're not going into specifics until we reveal the full patch details.
Other items that will arrive in the February Update include weapon buffs against air vehicles, adjustments to barrage damage, DLT19 adjustments among other items.
Our team is looking forward to the upcoming release, and we appreciate your patience."
"As we come closer to the release of the February Update, we will be posting specific details of what will be included in regards to balance changes across the board.
A lot of feedback was taken from the community, and a lot of data mining was done to see how the January Update changed the battlefront. Across the board, it was revealed a few weapons that had been balanced were showing to be slightly weaker than we had hoped in many situations.
I have a feeling the community will be excited to hear the Bowcaster and Homing shot will be getting further tweaks to bring them back in line where we feel they should be. Yes, these would be considered 'buffs' but we're not going into specifics until we reveal the full patch details.
Other items that will arrive in the February Update include weapon buffs against air vehicles, adjustments to barrage damage, DLT19 adjustments among other items.
Our team is looking forward to the upcoming release, and we appreciate your patience."
Awesome that we're getting some pre-update-details. They've been good with the communication lately. I sincerely hope this will continue.
Q
Queen of Hunting
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I always thought the jan patch was just quick changes to stop things pissing people off and this patch will be more in depth changes that need to be done but wont stop something being useful. Them specifically mentioning homeing shot and bowcaster adds to that point
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
*walker assault*
*getting steamrolled*
*almost everyone on my team outright ignoring open capture points in favour of playing shooty bang bang*
*getting steamrolled*
*almost everyone on my team outright ignoring open capture points in favour of playing shooty bang bang*
Annoying indeed
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
Uhm that doesnt sound good... all the little babys who cant aim will have homing shot back...
So i cant move around the map again...
Man this thing should have never been added :/
OfTheOverflow
Member
Trying hard not to shitpost; what's new with this game? Haven't played in a couple months, what's one thing you can telle that's changed for the better? Do I still get instakilled by the DLT?
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
Game just came out 3 months ago...
They nerfed the annoying homing Shot. Which made the game way more playable. But with the upcoming patch they most likely will buff it again for the crybabys...
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Honestly I find a lot of the weapon balance to be pretty good in the current build. Shotgun is still massively situational but that's just an offset for the kind of weapon. Most of everything else still seems pretty useful. The basic stormtrooper rifle is honestly one of the best guns in the game.
Also getting lucky with two orbital strikes as rebels during the second phase of walker assault on endor. Never stood a chance.
Also getting lucky with two orbital strikes as rebels during the second phase of walker assault on endor. Never stood a chance.
Mocha Nova Coffee Scotia
Member
so I can't take out an atst in a single strafing run with an a wing by using a shield ram to take off 50% of its health? DICE are a bunch of hack frauds
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Appreciating the community interaction. And let's hope they also expand their "community feedback" beyond official forum or Twitter havens.
Homing should only be a little more useful, but nothing like the original (at least give it a good length cool down if it's prominent again). I just assume remove that shit, you already have a Smart Rocket pickup. Having Homing was boom boom overkill before.
Homing should only be a little more useful, but nothing like the original (at least give it a good length cool down if it's prominent again). I just assume remove that shit, you already have a Smart Rocket pickup. Having Homing was boom boom overkill before.
Agreed with that point. Everyone on the forum used homing shot and/or bowcaster for cheap kills.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
What is your tip for Hero Hunt?
I think they're reusing parts from the Missions maps like they did with the new tattoine map this month. Perfectly okay for me, since otherwise I'd never get so play them.
Lee Chaolan
Member
Wonder if they'll do any tweaking of the Heroes like last time. Hope they don't touch Han.
Wasnt the tattoine map exactly the same as in the missions?
Finally hit level 50 after 46 hours played since launch; the shadow trooper gear is finally mine!
Until the next patch I probably won't be playing the game quite as heavily as I have been recently, just because I don't want to burn out.
Does anyone here swap between 1st and 3rd person during gameplay? I play 3rd person only at the moment but I'm wondering if there's any advantage to switching between the two perspectives (accuracy etc).
Until the next patch I probably won't be playing the game quite as heavily as I have been recently, just because I don't want to burn out.
Does anyone here swap between 1st and 3rd person during gameplay? I play 3rd person only at the moment but I'm wondering if there's any advantage to switching between the two perspectives (accuracy etc).
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
I have rammed several AT-ST's by accident as I am a terrible pilot at the ground level. I'm not particularly good anyway, but I have a definite issue figuring out where the bottom of my ship is.
Next week then?
It's that soon? Looks like I'm not as out as I thought I was...
I accidentally rammed into Slave 1 while using the Falcon yesterday. First time I've ever done it, and I felt kinda bad at how easy it was. In my defence, they flew into me.
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
I mean it is completely useless, so they either need to buff it or get rid of it. I think they should just return it to its original state butmake it require an active lock.
OdysseusVA
Banned
They're being reactionary to reactionary feedback
Terrible
Terrible
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Get rid of it. There already is a Smart Rocket power up. No need for an OP buff with a short cool down. If they want it how it was, make the cool down very, very long.
AgentOtaku
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LoveCake
Member
Sorry, I still cannot get used to this after the last update, it has taken it back to the original release version imo, I simply cannot get a win playing as the Rebels now on anything other than Endor & Jakku, cannot even get a win on Hoth any-more now, it cannot simply be me getting in a poor group of Rebels & a top tier Empire group, I can get decent kill counts, but I have always been against the kill ratios & always tried for the objectives & wining the game.
I was hoping that they would up the levels as I have been on level 50 since late November now, I bet the accrued XP isn't saved up or anything either?
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
They pushed the lock time from .4 seconds to 1.5 seconds with the patch. They could put it down to 1 second and increase the cooldown by 10 extra seconds and I think it would be okay.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
I am talking about individual performance. The team aspect is a whole different beast they need to alleviate through gameplay mechanics, not weapon balancing, which what my post was in regards to.
The COD K/D Ratio is alive and kicking, and hopefully they can find a remedy to it that won't kill the population in the team based objective modes. Should have been more emphasis with points on objectives and team play, and a huge hit to personal killing bang bang stats/xp, personally.
That could seemingly work.
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
Dennis said to me on twitter, that the maps will be completly new
Ugh no. I prefer to be able to move around the map. Like it is now. Sure you have the annoying Pulse Cannon now, but still better then constantly getting the message and peep sounds from this thing.
Like i said, i dont get why something like this was added. Ion Torpedo makes sense. But this homing shot? Not at all.
Forerunner
Member
Finally all done, 50. Probably take a break now until the next patch.
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