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Just Cause 2 Multiplayer - [Beta Test: Sat 8th-9th September]

still a lot of hijacking going on, i managed to get a plane just before take off - no idea how i was just mashing Y

a lot of people seem to be getting tanks and fucking everything up so nobody else can get vehicles

i dont care, its so chaotic and so fun - i feel a bit dirty for having this much fun with a game i purchased for £2.50
 
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Some dude grappled the firetruck to my plane and managed to crash it into me.
 
The best thing to do in this game?

Drag the head of one of those statues around town crashing it into people. Never laughed this hard in my life.
 
If Just Cause 3 doesn't ship with multiplayer then there is something very, very wrong with the devs.

The devs have actually commented on this multiplayer mod so... if they don't have it in the next game, especially after seeing this mod, then yeah there is definitely something wrong with them.

Let's hope for the best though. :P

Edit: Just noticed just now I'm a Member, SQUEE! :D
 
Is it just me or is it impossible to hurt other people now? I've tried grenading an AFK'er, shot him a bunch, and ran him over with a car. Am I just seeing him respawn at the exact location or can we not hurt each other anymore?
 
Whoever Dru is, I enjoyed our RV trip together.
That'd be me. Once I seen that you were headed to the airport I thought I'd tag along. Nice driving, btw. Do you have a space between your name and [GAF]? Because only the [GAF] part is visible in-game.


I managed to get the cargo plane off twice... only to be shot down 15 seconds later. :(
 
Is it just me or is it impossible to hurt other people now? I've tried grenading an AFK'er, shot him a bunch, and ran him over with a car. Am I just seeing him respawn at the exact location or can we not hurt each other anymore?

Well, all I know is that I've been killed by being shot by a tank and I was taking a ton of damage from a plane shooting me. I assume you can still run people over.
 
That'd be me. Once I seen that you were headed to the airport I thought I'd tag along. Nice driving, btw. Do you have a space between your name and [GAF]? Because only the [GAF] part is visible in-game.


I managed to get the cargo plane off twice... only to be shot down 15 seconds later. :(

Yeah, it should have said [GAF] El Beefo. I guess it only shows the first word then, I'll have to change it next time. That RV was a beast though, before we met up I had already jumped it off the side of a mountain and later flipped it on its side only to pull it back up by grappling it to a truck. We somehow managed to survive multiple cars trying to run us off the road and a fighter plane doing some strafing runs on us, haha.
 
Fun tonight but disabling peoples ability to hijack vehicles and use the black market makes it less fun than last weekend

you could never use the black market

you will never be able to use the black market

it causes desync

source: the devs

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i agree with the hijack though

not being able to hijack shit heads in LAVs annoys me
 
you could never use the black market

you will never be able to use the black market

it causes desync

source: the devs

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i agree with the hijack though

not being able to hijack shit heads in LAVs annoys me

you could use it before by replacing the save file, but they've disabled that method now

without it navigation can be a chore, they need to add more vehicles so its easier to get from A to B
 
sorry about not being on today, started playing Trine 2 with a couple friends

cant wait for this to come out already
 
I'd like to make gameplay video requests. Challenges, if you will.

I want to see two (or more) passenger planes spinning around and are attached to the same tree/pole. Atop those two planes are two people armed with sniper rifles. The duel will last until one person snipes the other, the planes crash together or an outside plane enters the mix.

You have one week.


Things get a little crazy when you tether two player controlled vehicles together, especially when one of them is a plane. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vusa_7F9Zy0&feature=plcp

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This whets my carnage appetite, for now.
 
damn didnt see that another beta test went live... its already pretty late and i would have enjoyed some of the craziness again but oh well, if its up tomorrow ill try it out again.
 
Here's a video I recorded of the mass teleport that happened yesterday (skip to 0:20 if you'd like)... LINK

It was awesome! I'm surprised noone crashed!
 
So, other than uncontrolled chaos, multiplayer in Just Cause 2 is really boring. I don't know how much control the developers have over the engine, but there really needs to be objectives or some kind of structure.
 
So has Avalanche Games responded about the JC2 MP? I'd like to hear what they have to say about it.

Yes, they have. Let me see if I can dig up their twitter responses or w.e.

Edit:

@jc2mpdev It's crazy to see what you have done with our game. Loved that buses and jets clip! ;)
Holy fucking shit! This is pretty damn cool. Why didn't we think of this? Ha! Ha!
@jc2mpdev If you happen to visit NYC or Stockholm, you know who to visit. I think you'll find the games we work on quite interesting...

Sources:

http://twitter.com/ZombieMagnus/status/214331522851930112
http://twitter.com/CHSundberg/status/214777211197202432
http://twitter.com/CHSundberg/status/214838087027662848
 
yes indeed, why didnt you think of this?!

i hope JC3 comes with MP, even free roam mode allowing people to fuck around would be sufficient
 
The grapple beam not having a big physics impact (ie moving cars not being flung the fuck away) is part of the beta, right? It will be in?
 
They said it was only for that test, they wanted less hijacking chaos or something. When it's back, it'll be optional.

They need to keep it out. Unless they make it really complicated with some vs. mini game no one will ever leave an airport again.
 
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