Yeah I'm loving the game but the performance is really killing me, literally. I'd turn a corner into a room with lots of fighting and the game will just freeze up for several seconds to load and next thing I see is 'you died!' The constant hitching is really driving me crazy. Framerate isn't usually an issue for me until things get really crazy.
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Natural Selection 2 |OT| You're Squad 5
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Schweinehund
Member
Man I'm loving lerks. I loved flying around in ns 1 but I don't remember them being this good at combat. Unfortunately I never see commanders researching umbra, I would think it would be good for charging into bases.
Not a big fan of fade. It seems like by the time you get enough resources to evolve one and your commander has researched blink, the marines already has shotty and if you try to take on more than one you'll end up dead. Meanwhile lerk is available much earlier and provides incredible ranged support while the skulks are distracting the marines. They also don't have that cannon that they had in ns1 which made them good for late game when you are sieging a base.
Not a big fan of fade. It seems like by the time you get enough resources to evolve one and your commander has researched blink, the marines already has shotty and if you try to take on more than one you'll end up dead. Meanwhile lerk is available much earlier and provides incredible ranged support while the skulks are distracting the marines. They also don't have that cannon that they had in ns1 which made them good for late game when you are sieging a base.
the doombass
Member
Just won an hour and a half game as alien commander. Was fucking awesome. I'd consider this my "main game" right now. Enjoying it and definitely don't see myself quitting anytime soon. Not as popular as I expect but that's probably because of the learning curve.
Dictator93
Member
Gaffers play it! I am technically ring leader of em all but my comp has been KO for a while. I recommend getting it. I can add you to the GAF NS2 steam group and we can play together when you would like to
pappakenoo
Member
Couldnt have gotten a worse first impression from this game. Played two matches so far, both as Marines. Both games lasted over an hour and both played out the exact same way. I have no idea what the map names were but in both matches we got two "bases" early and the aliens set up camp in a narrow hallway outside both of them. Then we stood there shooting at eachother in the exact same hallway for 70 minutes until they finally pushed through.
Im kind of bummed matches seems to last so long. I can rarely play uninterupted for an hour so if games usually last this long i guess im done
Im kind of bummed matches seems to last so long. I can rarely play uninterupted for an hour so if games usually last this long i guess im done
Couldnt have gotten a worse first impression from this game. Played two matches so far, both as Marines. Both games lasted over an hour and both played out the exact same way. I have no idea what the map names were but in both matches we got two "bases" early and the aliens set up camp in a narrow hallway outside both of them. Then we stood there shooting at eachother in the exact same hallway for 70 minutes until they finally pushed through.
Im kind of bummed matches seems to last so long. I can rarely play uninterupted for an hour so if games usually last this long i guess im done
On average the games usually last between 30-40 minutes depending on the skill of the commanders from my experience.
pappakenoo
Member
Yeah that seems about right. After spending some more time with the game im now sure this is not for me. I absolutely love the idea and everything but the game just doesn't work in my opinion. When both teams get a good commander and the teams are communicating the game is fucking fantastic. The problem though is that it doesn't happen very often. In my 15 or so matches so far it has happened once. The other 14 games has been horrible with either commanders not knowing what to do or teams that just doesnt give a fuck.
Dictator93
Member
If you want some help with the game and to have a better time with the game just send me a pm with your steam ID. I can add you to the steam group and we and others could play together when you would like. It is fun to play with people that have mics and good servers.
GL
So I can now provide an (un)official GAF server.
Mavick's Pub
24 Player server, so prepare for large battles. Rookie friendly. Constantly full, essentially 24/7.
I'm an administrator there, and have gotten the go ahead to make it a GAF focused server -- although the GAF population for this game is low enough that this may not matter. Regardless, please join up and have fun.
Mavick's Pub
24 Player server, so prepare for large battles. Rookie friendly. Constantly full, essentially 24/7.
I'm an administrator there, and have gotten the go ahead to make it a GAF focused server -- although the GAF population for this game is low enough that this may not matter. Regardless, please join up and have fun.
BurningNad
Member
Just got this game, and interested in joining the Steam group! I'll add that server to my favorites and try to play there when possible. I'm pretty new to the game but loving it enough to keep at it and get better. Steam name is BurningNad.
Steam name is BurningNad.Dictator93
Member
Ok brothers!#
Game is real cheap again 60% off. That is about $10. Everyone buy it for your friends and family!
Also thanks for the server link man. How does it perform in 24man settings and what are the server specs? I usally enjoy 18 man servers myself due to the game scaling better with smaller player groups.
Also I will add those to the steam group right now who requested.
Game is real cheap again 60% off. That is about $10. Everyone buy it for your friends and family!
Also thanks for the server link man. How does it perform in 24man settings and what are the server specs? I usally enjoy 18 man servers myself due to the game scaling better with smaller player groups.
Also I will add those to the steam group right now who requested.
Probably one of the best and friendliest game communities to ever exist
Yes! Just came searching for this. Attempting to hop on now.
PoweredBySoy
Banned
Apparently $10 was my breaking point. Picked this game up yesterday. I have a couple friends that play this game quite a bit, so that was added incentive.
This is amazingly true. There were people on comm's last night that were helping out complete noobies, to the likes I've never seen before in a competitive online game. It was almost surreal.
This is amazingly true. There were people on comm's last night that were helping out complete noobies, to the likes I've never seen before in a competitive online game. It was almost surreal.
Dictator93
Member
I put in a couple hours after posting, and so far this is absolutely true! In two different games on different servers the commanders introduced themselves to the server and guided everything along wonderfully. If my first game had that level of communication, I wouldn't have been worried in the first place. I learned a ton asking questions and following orders.
I'd like an invite to the group.
added.
Dictator93
Member
Love the new patch that was released. Been playing a bunch!
Also, a content patch is coming out within the month which will add a ton of stuff like babblers, gorge tunnels, bone carapace thing for onos and railguns for exos!
And a new map: Descent. Shaping up to be an awesome patch.
Additionally I am considering writing a graphics shader for the game given its open .fx files. I think with some time I could get some interesting stuff in game.
That is all. Hope everyone is enjoying the game.
Also, a content patch is coming out within the month which will add a ton of stuff like babblers, gorge tunnels, bone carapace thing for onos and railguns for exos!
And a new map: Descent. Shaping up to be an awesome patch.
Additionally I am considering writing a graphics shader for the game given its open .fx files. I think with some time I could get some interesting stuff in game.
That is all. Hope everyone is enjoying the game.
Awesome! I hope they add some more early game stuff. My biggest complaint is that every match turns into a rush for phase gates and trying to shut those down.
I'm playing almost exclusively on Mavick's Pub since it seems to be one of the few servers that don't give me much lag and the players seem great. Only learned that it's an unofficial GAF server today when I joined in the middle of both teams preparing to make an Onos/Exo tower.
Anyway, game is incredibly fun to play, even if I suffer from frame rate issues under some conditions. At least, that's my excuse for having 5 marines in front of me to bite and missing them all for 10 seconds straight. Is low/unstable frame rate still an issue for most players, or is it because of my aging Q6600/GTX570 setup?
Anyway, game is incredibly fun to play, even if I suffer from frame rate issues under some conditions. At least, that's my excuse for having 5 marines in front of me to bite and missing them all for 10 seconds straight. Is low/unstable frame rate still an issue for most players, or is it because of my aging Q6600/GTX570 setup?
It's the CPU that is holding you back. Either overclock that one or save up for a new mobo and a 3570K. I'm getting ~90FPS right now with my i5 2500K@4,6GHz and HD6950 with some settings lowered or turned off.
Disable bloom, atmospheric and ambient occlusion if you haven't already, that will improve your fps by about 30fps (does for me at least).
I'm Little Ball of Hate, KScorp.
We're getting some good cross pollination from Mavick's to here and vice versa. A few Mavick's members signed up for NeoGAF today. Hopefully it will help create a stable community.
Cannot get into the unofficial GAF server. People play there 247.
We're looking in to getting a second server, Cyst. As you say, it's full essentially 24/7 and any spaces are immediately filled even at 5AM EST.
Yeah I learned from you that it was the unofficial GAF server haha.
Good to hear a second server is on the way. I sometimes wait half an hour in the queue to get in.
Glorious.
I had everything off except bloom, since it didn't seem to make much of a difference in the main menu. But after turning off bloom, it's running a LOT better. (I am unsure if this is because of the recent patch though). Anyway, thanks. I have no more excuses for my terrible aim.
Central US. Mavick's Pub. It's large -- 24 person -- so prepare for large battles. Very little lag issues (outside of obvious lag if you're in the EU or Asia or something). If that's not your thing, that's fine.
Good news: it's always busy. You can get 24 person games at 5:30AM on a Tuesday. Bad news: it's so busy that it can be hard to get in sometimes.
We're looking at getting a second server, but servers cost money, so we'll see. Regardless, it's now the unofficial GAF server. KScorp, Cystm, Doombass and I all play there, and now some of the other regulars from the server are signing up for GAF.
thelonious_m0nk
Neo Member
Little Ball, thanks for the invite into the community.
My first experience of NS2 was in Mavick's Pub when you happened to be commanding. I've been hooked on the game and on the server with almost all of my 90 hours there.
I'm sure I speak for others as well when I say we appreciate your patience and mentorship of new/inexperienced players. Your positive attitude affects the server climate and promotes a healthy community.
Even as an NS1 vet I've learned a lot from you and some of the other skilled regulars. Keep it up!
Dope!
I had Rookie servers filtered which is why I never saw the server up.
Sitting in line to murk right now.
I did play at G4B2S back in high school -- my in game name at the time was Pinky. ZombieSupaStar also played there.
I played primarily on Jiggly's. I used the names Detic and Katana on both servers. I vaguely remember people on the G4B2S server impressing me with map tactics that I never thought of, or Gorge hold out locations I never knew existed.
The community on both servers were pretty tight nit and that's what really made the first game great for me.
I'm looking forward to getting into more matches on Mavick's.
Nice, didn't realize we had a GAF server. I haven't played much NS2 yet, but I'll definitely make a point of dropping in.
Great. We're up to about 10 GAFfers playing there with some regularity.
jediyoshi
Member
New website up for unknown worlds
http://unknownworlds.com/
http://unknownworlds.com/blog/welcome-to-the-new-unknownworlds-com/
New NS2 site
http://unknownworlds.com/ns2/
http://unknownworlds.com/ns2/new-site-and-build-238-is-coming-2/
Updated the forums too. Doesn't look like any images in posts or sigs are showing up for some reason.
They still retained join date and member # though so all is well. People must know of my 10+ year old membership with their site
http://unknownworlds.com/
http://unknownworlds.com/blog/welcome-to-the-new-unknownworlds-com/
New NS2 site
http://unknownworlds.com/ns2/
http://unknownworlds.com/ns2/new-site-and-build-238-is-coming-2/
Updated the forums too. Doesn't look like any images in posts or sigs are showing up for some reason.
They still retained join date and member # though so all is well. People must know of my 10+ year old membership with their site
jediyoshi
Member
Update 238 highlights video up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09Q72rJToY8
Changelog up
http://unknownworlds.com/ns2/natural_selection_2_build_238/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09Q72rJToY8
Changelog up
http://unknownworlds.com/ns2/natural_selection_2_build_238/
thelonious_m0nk
Neo Member
Yep. I played on all the various G4B2S ns_ and co_ servers. They were my favorite large population servers. I believe they even had a siege map server that I frequented.
I also played on the NSArmslab servers exclusively for a while and joined [NSA]. They were working on an original sci-fi Source mod too. I wonder what happened to them...
I spelled my name Thelonious_Monk back then. I may go back to that actually, lol.
thelonious_m0nk
Neo Member
Fuck yea. Boxing in a tall, isolated vent with OCs and DCs, maybe an SC and MC if you're lucky! I can visualize my favorite hideouts but cannot remember specifically which maps they belong to. I wanna say bast, caged, origin maybe. So many incredible maps to be remade!
I miss the ambient soundtrack of the original too. How the hell did Charlie get Jeremy Soule to write music for a 3rd party HL1 mod anyway??
jediyoshi
Member
New Descent teaser. Map still dropping later this month
http://unknownworlds.com/ns2/natural-selection-2-maps-descent-shuttle-bay/
rofl, hugh really needs an editor. dude's thoughts are all over the place
http://unknownworlds.com/ns2/natural-selection-2-maps-descent-shuttle-bay/
rofl, hugh really needs an editor. dude's thoughts are all over the place
Fluke I'd say. Been rock solid for me for the most part.