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Battleborn Open Beta thread: April 8 (PS4)/ April 13 (PC/XB1) - April 18
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lupe121283
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Just incase people feel off with the shooting: it doesn't have assist aim. I know some people are used to like my friend playing games with assist aim all the time like Call of Duty on console. You get used to it.You just have to aim and it should work out.
edit: actually it deos have it in the menu. Mine was off for some reason. Strange.
edit: actually it deos have it in the menu. Mine was off for some reason. Strange.
Resident4t.
Member
Have you made a load out? I think it says hold left on the D-Pad to bring up your items.
Wow, the server issues are miserable, getting into a game takes forever and I kept disconnecting mid game. And I can't remember the last shooter I played that feels this unfun.
This has the Gearbox seal of quality alright, can't wait for the Randy Pitchford meltdowns after release.
This has the Gearbox seal of quality alright, can't wait for the Randy Pitchford meltdowns after release.
I guess I'll have to try a character with a gun to understand the hate.
I agree about 30 fps/low FOV, etc. being low points, but the game has been nothing close to unplayable in my experience.
Sounds more like confirmation bias than the game actually being bad.
Or my tastes are just weird for liking this.
Edit: I'll definitely play a good amount of Overwatch before committing to paying for this game.
I agree about 30 fps/low FOV, etc. being low points, but the game has been nothing close to unplayable in my experience.
Sounds more like confirmation bias than the game actually being bad.
Or my tastes are just weird for liking this.
Edit: I'll definitely play a good amount of Overwatch before committing to paying for this game.
CommandThrower
Member
I didn't realize this game was in open beta. I'll wait for the PC beta before giving this a shot.
I kind of dig the character designs, so I'm interested in playing this for myself. I'm not in the Overwatch beta, so that's one thing this game has over Overwatch for now.
My hopes aren't high, but I want to try and give this game a fair shake.
I kind of dig the character designs, so I'm interested in playing this for myself. I'm not in the Overwatch beta, so that's one thing this game has over Overwatch for now.
My hopes aren't high, but I want to try and give this game a fair shake.
lupe121283
Member
What? is it the skin you are talking about?
Pretty sure there's no microtransactions? Or I'm thinking of Overwatch? Thought both games had none.
And yeah, I'm not going back to Paragon after playing this.
Under Loadouts there is a large Marketplace section full of Loot/Gear packs. It's possible the currency listed is only earned in-game, I haven't played enough to know.
At best, it's the LoL-style of Runes where a massive amount of grinding is required to have competitive loadouts for each character type.
At worst, it's that but with F2P-game economics and "pain points" to encourage spending.
lupe121283
Member
oh those. you get a like 5 packs per session. the currency you collect can also buy those. like Mass Effect 3 multiplayer. you can either play 3 low level games to buy a pack, or play harder difficulty to get 1 pack instead.
lupe121283
Member
yes, it goes like this
aragon leans more towards MOBA, Battle born is a mixture of moba and team based, and Overwatch is more team based. There is a nice selection of games this summer for people to choose for their style.You just described MOBAs pretty well. I like HoTS because at least the matches are short. How long do the matches run in this game? I am going to install the beta here soon and am curious.
oh so you can unlock the packs pretty quick then. Nice! I actually like this game not f2p. Getting really tired of the f2p LoL moba model. Yeah those games can be fun but they take their toil on you over time and now I want to play something more unique. I dont mind some light MOBA elements tho
lupe121283
Member
I am going to be honest for you: it's easy in teh beta for me. The final game might change the currency and make it harder. Also your progress won't be saved for the final game. I know some games make it easy to get money then the final game it's fucking hard.
edit: so basically enjoy the game and have your opinion of it.
lupe121283
Member
yes, wasn't the beta for Street Fighter 5 the same manner? i remember being easy to buy the extra stage.
lupe121283
Member
no I meant during the beta for Street Fighter 5 you were able to collect fight money and then buy the extra Karin stage day time to play on. I remember only having to play or win like 20 matches. Unless I got my count wrong. Hopefully we don't get karin stage for free for the season pass people. I want a new stage.
I'm actually enjoying this quite a bit, though the low FPS is noticeable given the pace of the game. More than anything, it makes me want to try Overwatch which will (in theory) not have the performance issues or the MOBA grinding layer.
That said, this is fun, and I could see myself playing it when it launches.
That said, this is fun, and I could see myself playing it when it launches.
Colonel Nasty
Member
Jesus that story mission dragged on.
PedroLumpy
Member
Even if the servers were working perfectly, the games is still boring. Not even remotely challenging.
Yeah Overwatch doesnt any crappy grinding that you find in pretty much any MOBA
Massive Duck. C.M.
Banned
Story missions definitely feel too long, especially with the groan-worthy humor. The mp was alright tho
With the "moba" mode only having one lane it feels super basic. I only played one match but it just felt like most people didn't understand the importance of getting the jungle camp and spawning the creeps to help push the wave. I thought that you would get a lot of crazy fights when a team is going for the middle jungle camp but that just did not really happen. That will probably change with people getting more experience but I just feel like this game is some weird half step between being a moba like paragon and just being TF2.
JHoNNy1OoO
Member
Played the new MP mode and it's alright I guess, still prefer Meltdown. I love playing support and love Miko but this is the first game in a long time to give me a headache after the first match. So many effects blasting in your face nonstop. It really is disorienting.
Going to give it a couple of more tries over the Open Beta period but not feeling it so far just like in the Alpha.
Going to give it a couple of more tries over the Open Beta period but not feeling it so far just like in the Alpha.
ReginaldXIV
Member
To be fair to those people, there is a severe lack of feedback with anything going on, made worse by the fact that the audio queues it does manage to scrap together are never up-to-date (example: Being told that 4/5 of the enemy players were dead when there are clearly 3 people shooting in my direction).
I frequently had no idea my turrets were being attacked in multiple matches, there are multiple blindspots where players just turtle in and long-range the turrets from. Support heroes are too OP in both support and damage, melee heroes seem horribly squishy and underpowered to be able to do what they need to do. Finally, once you get that first turret down, it seems nigh impossible to come back from an onslaught of overshielded creeps, equally, it seems extremely hard to lose after taking the turret down. A few of those are probably due to inexperience with the game/genre though.
It's also baffling that this game is locked at 30 fps and not even a stable 30 fps. I really hope it's just because of it being a beta build, but with Overwatch being pretty identical to the PC version on PS4 (in fidelity and framerate) this will be a very hard sell, more than it already is.
Just gave a single player map a try. It looks nice, but I was ready for it to be over about half way through. I think I may just be over the "Gearbox sass" at this point, and the game just felt dull to play. I might give MP a try but honestly I don't see how it's going to change my opinion.
Overall I think they are making a huge mistake charging full retail for this.
Or at least made this a spinoff Borderlands game right? I mean at least that has brand recognition. A game like this will need all the help it can get to be recognized, and being MP only that's much more of an important factor.
Overall I think they are making a huge mistake charging full retail for this.
Or at least made this a spinoff Borderlands game right? I mean at least that has brand recognition. A game like this will need all the help it can get to be recognized, and being MP only that's much more of an important factor.
EnthronedReaper
Neo Member
Gearbox employees reading this thread and crying, we feel for you.....Jk go make borderlands 3 ya fools
JHoNNy1OoO
Member
Nope
I'm enjoying this game, surprisingly, but that just makes me more excited about Overwatch which, by all accounts, looks, controls, and runs better.
xVaalbarAx
Member
I actually liked the single player missions, played with all four real life friends who decided to give the Beta a shot. Yes, I wish they would be working with Borderlands 3 right now but it just feels fun just to play with friends and laugh at the dialogue again like it was a new Borderlands game, there are some typical things that Gearbox does but I liked what I played today ALOT.
I'll be playing this game for the story mode and a little bit of the PVP (which was okay at best) with Overwatch being my new PVP game.
Either way I was very impressed with the Beta.
I'll be playing this game for the story mode and a little bit of the PVP (which was okay at best) with Overwatch being my new PVP game.
Either way I was very impressed with the Beta.
Pop
Member
Right...
EventHorizon
Member
I haven't played the game yet, but based on what Totalbiscuit said and watching some gameplay video I think the problem with single player, and perhaps the whole game, is that each character is too limited in their abilities. Therefore you end up doing the same thing over and over again which becomes monotonous. In a normal game you typically have different weapons that let you attack in different ways. That provides much needed variety and tactics to the gameplay.
I think the quick fix for Battleborn would be to let you pick a selection of characters that you could switch between during a mission. Perhaps you could do this on the fly, or more conservatively do this after a death or at fixed locations. The character level up level would have to be shared among all the characters used during a mission.
So what's the point of story mode ? Made it to the third phase of the spider boss before running out of lives. Played the guy with two red katana and a huge great sword in his back, whatever his name is.
Melee is just like Skyrim, you slap wet noodle on stuff with little to no feedback. Glad I did not pre-order this. I'll give it another shot and play competitive tommorrow, hopefully it's a much better showing.
Melee is just like Skyrim, you slap wet noodle on stuff with little to no feedback. Glad I did not pre-order this. I'll give it another shot and play competitive tommorrow, hopefully it's a much better showing.
Brink was pretty strong mechanically so I'd agree on that level.
Yeah, it's a huge pain in the ass. Im not sure if it's because a lot of people on consoles aren't used to this type of game or if the aim assist absence is ruining people, but goddamn, people are absolute fucking trash at this game. I don't know how you end a game with 1 kill, over a dozen deaths, and like 6 minion kills. I totally empathize with people who melt down on MOBA teammates; the frustration is one of the reasons I avoid the genre.
JStein0222
Member
In terms of unlocking characters, when you have to win 5 "matches" is that multiplayer only? Or does the campaign count too?
#sorrynotsorry
Member
I kind of want to just uninstall the beta and not play at all.
ReginaldXIV
Member
The more I play these melee characters the worse they seem, they can just be kited around the room by any of the ranged characters and they're all made of paper.