[B-Dex]

Imagine OSA with low ceilings! :P

Snake Bite? LOL

[soultron]

SHREDDING BROS,

Todd Batty also posts at MerquryCity (as kingbitty) and is asking for some input on proposed changes to Global Events (they can tweak alot of the stuff live, server-side) so register there if you'd like to provide some direct input which he can answer back on.

He does read this thread but asked for me to forward this info to you guys if you're not yet on Merq.

Here's his post from Merq:

Hey everyone, First off, thanks for all the feedback on Global Events - you guys rule. We've taken it all in, evaluated what we think we can do with our current 'live tuning' abilities and here is what we're proposing for our next tuning set: -we clear out all the current PUBLIC global events (custom events will remain exactly as-is) -we implement a 'featured range of the day' that will be indicated on the Main Menu in the box right below RiderNet -this will be the 'high roller' range and will consist of @10-12 events in TOTAL from various drops throughout the range. IE 4 race, 4 trick, 2-4 survive -all events in this range will be short (ie 30-90 mins), including survive -all events in this range will have a high drop cost (ie 500K-2M) -the race events will be a mix of wingsuit allowed and wingsuit restricted -there will be few, if any, gear level restrictions for race and trick -there will be many gear restrictions for survive, usually restricting the gear that makes it very easy to go very far -this range will change DAILY -we will also have a more beginner-friendly range of the day in a different location -the events in this range (again, around 10-12 with an equal mix) will have more modest drop costs and some gear level restrictions and will also be short in duration -this range will be a different location than the high roller range and also change DAILY -when Mt. Eddie launches it will have a full suite of events running every day for the first while (obviously) -finally, we will always have a 1 week, free entry set of events that should always hit 50K riders for achievement/badge hunters. These events may or may not be in either of the featured ranges of the day -all other events (so, most of them) will not run and simply show 'event pending' until it is their 'turn' for a day -custom events can be set up and run anywhere, anytime We are hoping this will bring all of our online GE players together in one place for some short, intense H2H events with fat payouts. It will probably look/feel a little odd to have so many empty events but it will also make finding the 'good' ones that much easier. This is how we ran GE's during dev (ie 50-100 people all on the drop at the same time competing for 30 mins to get the fastest time) and they were far different than what we have running right now, which feels a bit too much like explore and allows for far too many retries to make it feel like actual multiplayer. All the tech has not yet been verified but we're HOPING to have this ready to go early next week. Please feel free to offer any fine-tuning suggestions or speak up if something in here feels troubling in any way. We wanted to run it past you good folks first. Thanks!

[AndyD]

That sounds good to me. Except when we get to the ranges that are full of death pit tracks. And dropping a few million to enter the various events will be very annoying.

[Neuromancer]

I don't really play the big custom global events but that makes sense to me. Navigating around the entire globe looking for good spots is a bit of a hassle.

[kur15u]

Just an FYI - Todd Batty is doing an AMA on Reddit April 30th 1pm (PT)

[soultron]

Classic SSX track Gin and Sin is the first (of three) classic tracks in the new DLC.

[MMaRsu]

Classic SSX track Gin and Sin is the first (of three) classic tracks in the new DLC.

Yeah and the other one is already on the site too.

[Frogfucious]

Platinum trophy and finally gold medals on all 159 drops. Feels pretty damn good :) I'm ready for Mt. Eddie!

[Dany M]

Yeah and the other one is already on the site too.

Whats the other song? Its weird how its only 3 songs. It would have been nice if it were more songs.

[Neuromancer]

Have they said when this is dropping?

[skynidas]

Have they said when this is dropping?

May 1st

[Neuromancer]

Thanks

[Dany M]

May 1st

Fantastic! I thought they hadn't.

[JasonMCG]

Started playing this again and remembered why I stopped.

[Baconsammy]

Started playing this again and remembered why I stopped.

Me too. Just traded it to Amazon for 27 bucks in credit. Something just was off about the entire game. I have an online code available if anyone buys a used copy and wants to play the online portion.

[FtHTiny]

Picked the game up recently.
Will add some of you of the xbox list for score hunting. Would be cool if you would accept.
Looking forward to trying this out.

[B-Dex]

Started playing this again and remembered why I stopped.

Longhorn Trick it! Gold Medal. Tempting me to stop playing period. lol

[Liferebooted]

One Step Ahead is so awful.

[Neuromancer]

One Step Ahead is so awful.

Yeah I had a rant about it a while back, let me see if I can find it.

Oh here it is

Well it took me a while to weed through the many candidates, but I finally narrowed down the single worst track in the game. Alps > Grand Golliat > One Step Ahead I think it's so named because every time you take one step ahead, you invariablly fall off either the left or right side of the track.

[Tokubetsu]

Nope, zombies with jetpacks is still the worst.

[Grassclipper]

Nope, zombies with jetpacks is still the worst.

Well at least it ends good.

Got gold on One Step Ahead race it. Just flew over the damn thing. Still got trick it and survive it left. The track sucks.

[soultron]

Nope, zombies with jetpacks is still the worst.

Once you get through the initial tough part, it's pretty easy. The key, I find, is to take the tunnel shortcuts but not to touch the stick when you're in them. If you try to steer while you're in them, that's when you'll end up riding up the side of them and then throwing yourself into the crazy loopydoops.

Reddit AMA starts at 4PM EST today.

[AndyD]

One Step Ahead is so awful.

I made 3 million on it the other day when it was one of the billion credit tracks on race it. Its bad, but extra bad without a wingsuit. Bronze cutoff was over 9 minutes! Lol.

[StrikerObi]

Zombie with Jetpacks isn't really bad at all. I figured out what soultron did and it's easy now. Honestly, even riding on the outside of the track isn't too rough for me anymore. And once you're through the first third it's nothing but cake.

That said, I hate the backcountry peak in the Rockies because I always fall off the side of it. Ugh.

[Stackboy]

I was overseas for a month and the game I played first when I got back was SSX. I still love it!!

[Lum1n3s]

Can anyone else confirm that Mt. Eddie and the Classic Characters pack is showing up as free? When you load up the game you'll see a picture of Eddie down below on the main menu. When you click it it shows as it being free and you being able to download it with the only exception being that when it starts downloading it stops at the 99% rate then says it cannot download it.

[MacAttack]

Me too. Just traded it to Amazon for 27 bucks in credit. Something just was off about the entire game. I have an online code available if anyone buys a used copy and wants to play the online portion.

Thanks Sammy the code worked like a charm. I owe you a beer.

Can anyone else confirm that Mt. Eddie and the Classic Characters pack is showing up as free? When you load up the game you'll see a picture of Eddie down below on the main menu. When you click it it shows as it being free and you being able to download it with the only exception being that when it starts downloading it stops at the 99% rate then says it cannot download it.

I'm downloading it now and yes it said it was 0 spacebucks. Will update when/if it completes.

Im assuming this is a pre-load procedure because they expect a lot of downloads tomorrow?

edit: download stopped somewhere near the end. Was downloading in background and didn't see percentage.

[BruiserBear]

It's looking like the DLC pack has no achievements attached to it. Am I wrong?

[MacAttack]

It's looking like the DLC pack has no achievements attached to it. Am I wrong?

No achievements was confirmed in the reddit interview today. They blamed it on "1st party issues" and said they will plan on putting them in future dlc updates.

[BruiserBear]

No achievements was confirmed in the reddit interview today. They blamed it on "1st party issues" and said they will plan on putting them in future dlc updates.

Cool. That will make the DLC easier to avoid. :P

In this day and age releasing DLC without additional achievements/trophies is just dumb, but that would be consistent with many of the decisions the development team made with this game.

[Baconsammy]

Thanks Sammy the code worked like a charm. I owe you a beer.

No problem, mate. Enjoy.

[Jamie OD]

Is today the day?

[Net_Wrecker]

Is today the day?

Today's the day. I need this now.

Here's the whole course for people that want a preview. Easily the best track in the game unless you're named soultron. I hope any forthcoming DLC stays like this.

[Hobbestetrician]

Cool. That will make the DLC easier to avoid. :P In this day and age releasing DLC without additional achievements/trophies is just dumb, but that would be consistent with many of the decisions the development team made with this game.

Yeah, who cares if the new drops and characters are cool. Gotta get them 'cheevos, that's where the real worth is in a game nowadays.

[Tokubetsu]

Cool. That will make the DLC easier to avoid. :P In this day and age releasing DLC without additional achievements/trophies is just dumb, but that would be consistent with many of the decisions the development team made with this game.

Really? You're gonna avoid getting DLC because doesn't have achievements?

[B-Dex]

Today's the day. I need this now. Here's the whole course for people that want a preview. Easily the best track in the game unless you're named soultron. I hope any forthcoming DLC stays like this.

Looks awesome! :D Can't wait to level me some retro chars.

[UFRA]

Today's the day. I need this now. Here's the whole course for people that want a preview. Easily the best track in the game unless you're named soultron. I hope any forthcoming DLC stays like this.

OMG that looks fantastic.

[Nozdeuce]

It's up! Mt Eddie and Classic Characters bundle for 640 MSP

It's a quick 246mb download too

[Net_Wrecker]

Global events have also apparently been changed, or will be today.

EDIT: MAH GAWD Mt. Eddie is SOOOOOOOOOO good. Pure SSX bliss. The design, the rails, the art, the FIREWORKS.

Money well spent.

[BruiserBear]

Yeah, who cares if the new drops and characters are cool. Gotta get them 'cheevos, that's where the real worth is in a game nowadays.

Really? You're gonna avoid getting DLC because doesn't have achievements?

No. I said it would make it "easier". I was already not that interested in the DLC, but the lack of achievements just sealed the deal for me.

Which is exactly why it's so dumb to leave achievments out of your DLC, because for a lot of people it might just be enough to nudge them into buying it.

[Bgamer90]

Mt. Eddie is awesome.

[Tokubetsu]

Map is okay. Certainly no Death Zone II. Hope they correct this.

[Net_Wrecker]

Map is okay. Certainly no Death Zone II. Hope they correct this.

[Grassclipper]

Bah seems like the DLC hasn't been released here yet. On the upside I earned almost 50 million credits in about half an hour thanks to the new global event system. Love Broken Pass.

[Curufinwe]

No achievements was confirmed in the reddit interview today. They blamed it on "1st party issues" and said they will plan on putting them in future dlc updates.

Hmm, I usually like Achievements/Trophies but since I already have 100% for SSX I can get this DDC and know I will remain at 100%.

[MMaRsu]

Is it up on psn eu?


Need answer stat!

[Rikkun]

"oh, the DLC is out..."

checks GAF

"Oh.. no achievements, shame.."

checks Xbox

600MSP in the wallet.

"Whatever"

[MMaRsu]

I guess it wont b on psn today..

:(.

How much will it cost for us euros?

[B-Dex]

It should be on NA PSN today. Probably not till 10pm Pacific though... haha Damn GCT!

[Chamber]

Hopefully it's up on PSN when I get home from work. Rarely ever look forward to things on PSN but the update is always late when I do.