FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
I heard about this game from two different ppl today. Looks insane. Keeping my eye on this and will get when it goes on sale because of backlog.
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Natural Selection 2 |OT| You're Squad 5
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Facism
Member
yesssss 9 - 0 on alien comm wins.
Never underestimate an early onos egg. I dropped one for a rookie and guided his usage of it so he could learn the class and it's importance in the strategy i was playing. Guy didn't die the remainder of the game and played the class with prudence and reservation, not falling into the "OMGGGG 1300hp/1000a IM THE JUGGERNAUT, BITCH" mode people go into.
I'm glad to see a good number of NS and Beta veterans having patience and helping new players learn the ropes of the game. It's not easy digesting all the gameplay and strategic possibilities in one night
Never underestimate an early onos egg. I dropped one for a rookie and guided his usage of it so he could learn the class and it's importance in the strategy i was playing. Guy didn't die the remainder of the game and played the class with prudence and reservation, not falling into the "OMGGGG 1300hp/1000a IM THE JUGGERNAUT, BITCH" mode people go into.
I'm glad to see a good number of NS and Beta veterans having patience and helping new players learn the ropes of the game. It's not easy digesting all the gameplay and strategic possibilities in one night
yesssss 9 - 0 on alien comm wins.
Never underestimate an early onos egg. I dropped one for a rookie and guided his usage of it so he could learn the class and it's importance in the strategy i was playing. Guy didn't die the remainder of the game and played the class with prudence and reservation, not falling into the "OMGGGG 1300hp/1000a IM THE JUGGERNAUT, BITCH" mode people go into.
I'm glad to see a good number of NS and Beta veterans having patience and helping new players learn the ropes of the game. It's not easy digesting all the gameplay and strategic possibilities in one night
Yeah, early onos egg is a great strategy. Watched a few competitive matches and it seems that an instant second hive into researching leap and an onos egg seems like the default strategy. It's just so hard for level 1 lmg's to take them down without a huge team effort.
Balls, what a waste of money. Sure my computer is pretty old by now but then again I wasn't expecting amazing performance to begin with. Still I had expected more than 12-20fps after putting everything on either low or off.
Core2Duo at 3GHz, 4gigs of Ram and a 4850. lol, wish I had money for upgrades. Oh well, maybe some day ;P
Core2Duo at 3GHz, 4gigs of Ram and a 4850. lol, wish I had money for upgrades. Oh well, maybe some day ;P
Dictator93
Member
The game should be playing quite well on that rig with everything on off or low. Do me favor, I may be able to help you
load up the game
go in a server and type
r_stats
in console
What does it say for GPU wait? how many MS
Visualante2
Member
That's not far off my system, I have a quad core. Total bummer, glad I waited. Can't really justify a GPU upgrade right now, even though it's so old. If you can post some screens on low settings and progress with FPS I'd appreciate it.
It sounds like they're very content in putting out bleeding edge builds that might have performance issues. Could it be related to this pre-caching thing they're talking about on twitter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=617lGZjYyNo
Lé Blade Runner
Member
I'm definitely interested in this but I just don't have the time for it ( as I am a complete NS newbie and would probably need a lot of hours to simply adjust ), thanks to Halo 4 and Black Ops 2 being around the corner...
The game is really CPU heavy, that's why you are getting bad performance with your C2D. Saw some numbers from the beta and people who had an i5 2500k at stock settings got maybe 45 fps and people with a similar setup graphics wise but had their 2500k overclocked to 4,5GHz was getting 60 fps. This was the average from a 20 minute game or something too.
So it's not the GPU that is the biggest bottleneck in this game.
So it's not the GPU that is the biggest bottleneck in this game.
ROBOKITTYZILLA
Member
Natural Selection 2 - $18.75
I still have one copy left from a Natural Selection 2 4-pack on Steam.
$18.75 - Paypal ($24.99 regular price)
PM me if you're interested!
Edit: SOLD!
$18.75 - Paypal ($24.99 regular price)
PM me if you're interested!
Edit: SOLD!
Guess you went afk. I PM'd ya.
Dictator93
Member
It should work fine on your systems. No joke.
Maybe not at the highest settings or the highest resolution. But it really should be OK.
Facism
Member
What this man says. CPU is generally the issue here. They've made massive strides in optimisation in the last few months and are planning more post-release. I managing to hover around 40fps late game with a quadcore phenom 2 @2.6ghz. If i mess around with graphics options it literally changes nothing regarding my performance.
Sunk 100 hours or so into the beta over the past 2 months when I should not have played that much of anything. This game is seriously good. WRT Performance I get 120fps normally, drops to 80 or so in medium fights and 45 in massive fights with crags and grenade spam etc. 3570 @ 4.6GHz, 670 OC. Severely CPU limited. I've been told another significant performance patch is coming soon though, so that should be good. Shall we try get a GAF server going?
Woo-Fu
Banned
I have a 4870 and a quad core, game runs fine. That gentleman is probably CPU-bound, not GPU-bound, so I'd imagine you'd be OK.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
If you pre-ordered, then yes. People who pre-ordered ages ago and got into a beta got a free copy to gift to someone (I gave my copy to a friend).
runningjoke
Member
Anyone tried the mapmaker yet? How does it compare to Hammer for NS1? I got about halfway through making a map with that but then gave up. Might pick it up again if I can actually make something kinda good.
scorpscarx
Member
Just stopping by to say that this game is so freaking awesome, damn.
Not to sound elitist or anything, but I'd yearning to play with some vets again. Having a team full of new guys kind of detracts from the strategy elements of the game at the moment, hopefully they'll get more used to the mechanics soon enough. They also should really put NS1 on Steam.
The balance is pretty great at the moment. Though I think new players are kind of struggling to handle alien lifeforms effectively, sometimes leading to some pretty drawn-out 'last stands' for the marine side on some maps.
The balance is pretty great at the moment. Though I think new players are kind of struggling to handle alien lifeforms effectively, sometimes leading to some pretty drawn-out 'last stands' for the marine side on some maps.
TheApatheticOne
Member
Anyone have any four pack openings?
I could just imagine how launch day would be going if the old alien commander-less system existed. You would probably never ever see a Gorge.
joeygreco1985
Member
Oh man I loved the original NS, used to play it a lot back in 2002-2003. Can't wait to try this after the holiday rush dies down
Aaarrrgggghhh!
Moved my computer back up to my desk as per my previous post, and in doing so it has logged me out of Steam ... I cannot remember the last time I had to login into Steam and funnily enough none of my passwords are working.
Making matters worse the Retrieving Your Account button is currently also not work (overloaded I assume?) so my cravings to jump in are getting really quite bad ...
Moved my computer back up to my desk as per my previous post, and in doing so it has logged me out of Steam ... I cannot remember the last time I had to login into Steam and funnily enough none of my passwords are working.
Making matters worse the Retrieving Your Account button is currently also not work (overloaded I assume?) so my cravings to jump in are getting really quite bad ...
Facism
Member
I think there's a way to jump between marines with a hotkey in order to find them when they request meds/ammo/orders. Can't remember what it is because i so very rarely comm as marine.
spindoctor
Member
The game is incredibly fun with a good commander. I was playing a match today in which the commander was using voice com and explaining the different upgrade options to newbies and he was laying down waypoints to guide the team. We were still losing but it really was a lot of fun. My only complaint with the game is that a match can take far too long. Both times I played today I'd join a match in progress, play for an hour and then I'd have to leave and the game would not have concluded. It's still fun to play of course but not as fulfilling to have to leave a game midway.
I have really been waiting for a RTS/FPS combo game and this is close to what I want. Just heard about it yesterday and it looks great.
But I want a RTS/FPS combo where the commander also have NPC:s to build and control and the FPS players are more like heroes. Doesn't even have to be FPS. Could be more top down Diablo style view or whatever. Like Stacraft 2 with 3-4 player controlled heroes.
Anyway gonna keep my eye out on this game for a while and see how it develops. If it ever is on sale I will propably pick it up.
BTW You can't fight Marines vs Marines or Aliens vs Aliens right?
But I want a RTS/FPS combo where the commander also have NPC:s to build and control and the FPS players are more like heroes. Doesn't even have to be FPS. Could be more top down Diablo style view or whatever. Like Stacraft 2 with 3-4 player controlled heroes.
Anyway gonna keep my eye out on this game for a while and see how it develops. If it ever is on sale I will propably pick it up.
BTW You can't fight Marines vs Marines or Aliens vs Aliens right?
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Actually, the commander can build miniature troops which they can command to focus on certain areas and structures to repair and manage. Not a full function, but sounding sort of what you were referring to.
And on same class battles, normally no, but as the game is fairly modable I bet it could be done.
Teknopathetic
Member
"But I want a RTS/FPS combo where the commander also have NPC:s to build and control and the FPS players are more like heroes."
There are Commander controlled units in this game, but they play somewhat minor roles. ARCs are commander controlled big damage artillery units. MACs are like SCVs that can go around and build/repair. The Khammander has Drifters which are stealthed units that give map vision.
That said, it sounds like Sins of a Dark Age is almost exactly what you want.
There are Commander controlled units in this game, but they play somewhat minor roles. ARCs are commander controlled big damage artillery units. MACs are like SCVs that can go around and build/repair. The Khammander has Drifters which are stealthed units that give map vision.
That said, it sounds like Sins of a Dark Age is almost exactly what you want.
Okey the video I saw said nothing about that. But gonna check out Sins of a Dark Age. Thanks for the tip. Still gonna keep my eye on this game cause it look like a lot of fun. Just a lot of games now.
Yeah, you need to keep your eye on them a lot. I try not to use them much.
Don't want to disrupt a four pack, if there is one being started. But i'm looking to trade my final NS2 off, if you're interested. Looking for games on steam, rather than the money directly.
EDIT: Traded my last copy off.
goldsoundz
Member
Looking to get in on a four pack. Please send me a PM if you have a copy available.
Visualante2
Member
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Dictator93
Member
You getting that error?
Try deleting your NS2 folder in Appdata, then relogging in.
They appear to have fixed the error
As on their Twitter
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
Considering most of the people that played half-life games are older now. Plus I can't stand what has happened to fps games being made for console 1st. People don't want to have to learn crazy new mechanics in today's age. Day of defeat and natural selection for life (+kohan).