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"Shadowrun will be the greatest awesome I'M COVERED IN...500 - Internal Server Error"
- Thread starter Brimstone
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Musashi Wins!
FLAWLESS VICTOLY!
Damn it, where's my consolation prize for being up this late? Exact time, my buttocks.
The S-Word
Member
yea really. if it had all the races/tech/magic i wouldn't buy it :lol .GhaleonEB said:
rollingstart
Banned
what happend to the demo?
NerdEyeBlind
Member
We should probably check back in 14 hours...
ToyMachine228
Member
I got thinking about Shadowrun's maps last night and aside from Maelstrom I think I like all of the maps. They're all unique and are built for different tactics.
rollingstart
Banned
the demo is online now, its 1.07 gigs
rollingstart
Banned
its actually download really weird for me, its making 5% jumps, it went from 1 to 5 to 10...well now its 11, but still.
Diablohead
Member
Early demo? I thought it was tomrrow for shadowrun. Anyway I shall give it a go 
The S-Word
Member
dummy download. DEMO DELAYED
The S-Word
Member
the download stops at 99%. no one can get it to work
Diablohead
Member
Seems that mine paused at 98%, i'll try it again later on tonight when it should be working.
Same thing here. It's really ****ing annoying, since I have a download cap. Idiots. The exact same thing happened to me with the Command & Conquer 3 demo.
I hope this isn't a trend. Now's not the time for Microsoft to be losing grip on what has so far been an excellent service.
I hope this isn't a trend. Now's not the time for Microsoft to be losing grip on what has so far been an excellent service.
rollingstart
Banned
mine is done downloading, it seemed to go faster when I turned off the system and it was downloading behind the scenes.
AgentOtaku
Member
downloaded demo it in about 40 minutes....though only got to play against bots for literally 5 minutes before I had to leave for work =/
rollingstart
Banned
wow, Shadowrun is actually pretty fun, I still dont think I will buy the game, but it is still fun. The powers are pretty cool, but the weapons pretty much suck hard.
and not letting you map powers to the Dpad is a terrible idea, stopping and having to switch to tree of life in the middle of battle is lame.
and not letting you map powers to the Dpad is a terrible idea, stopping and having to switch to tree of life in the middle of battle is lame.
Linkzg said:
You can quick cast a tree in a split second. You don't have to remap the buttons just quick cast.
You never really want to map Tree of Life or Ressurect to a button slot unless you have one free. So it's fine in the early rounds, but put something else in the slot in the latter rounds. Same thing with minion, quick cast it, don't assign it to a button slot unless you have one free.
Brimstone said:
It's not quite that fast. You can't quickcast while running past a dead body without at least pausing a little, which is a problem. He's right, they should have made d-pad buttons mappable for noncombat spells. In addition, quickcasting also requires bringing up a menu that blots out what you're seeing, which is sort of a problem in a high-intensity shoot out, no?
Speaking of you, why aren't you on playing with the rest of the Gaffers? I've played every day since the game came out and haven't seen you. After your enormous buildup, you'd think you'd at least show up to play.
hyp
Member
played some more matches last night... i'm still not as good as most of the players but i think i'm finding a niche as a "support" guy. so what i've been doing is focusing on providing long range sniping abilities matched with enhanced vision to scout enemies. on top of that, i've got teleport for quick escapes. i'm thinking of taking it a notch further and carrying tree of life and res for support. i'm not much of a front man, never have been. but i noticed that if my teammates are down, i can usually get my share of kills. havin' a blast.
havin' a blast.PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Damn demo download just hung up.
Stupid 99% grumble grumble.
Stupid 99% grumble grumble.
The S-Word
Member
err quckcasting isn't bringing up a menu. Quickcasting is mapping a tech / magic to RB, LB, or LT. It works fast enough. Also i've ran while rezing before...besada said:
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Geh **** it. I might as well just buy the full game.
After Tenchu's shit demo I've kicked it off my list so whatever.
After Tenchu's shit demo I've kicked it off my list so whatever.
The S-Word said:
When he says quick casting, he means via the right trigger. Some people hold B, go to the spell they want, map it, and then cast. He meant to leave things like tree of life and rez not mapped. That way you hold B, go to tree of life and pull the right trigger.
I never map rez or tree of life. I tend to quick cast those two spells. I played so much I can get to them in a second anyways. I leave RB, LT, and LB for combat spells and tech. I did play a game last night against a team that was killing us off really fast so I did leave Rez mapped so I can run and cast.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Brimstone said:
::feigns shock::
If you're serious though I'm sorry to hear that.
Shit I did some reading and I think I'm bipolar too.
The S-Word
Member
well in that case i'm totally fine with it. It wouldn't be much fun if everybody could cast all the spells at all the same speeds. Makes you choose which ones are more important to your strategyHaklong said:
It's not a "problem" as you'er saying it. It's supposed to be like that. Like others have said, you're not supposed to be an unstoppable magic/tech machine that can do everything with the press of a button.besada said:
I mean, that'd get terribly boring, tactically at least. Got smoke? Everybody else has gust. Did you kill someone? Everyone on their team has easy access to rez anyway. Chasing someone who's almost down? He is guaranteed to have tree of life around the corner, so you might as well stop chasing as he's gonna have full health in a second anyway.
Think about it; super-quick access to more than 3 powers/techs would make the game really lame and it'd just turn into a spaz-fest of people running around using every power everywhere, and there'd be no room for strategy or figuring out what powers to buy to counter a skilled player on the other team. The limited selection is what makes the game tactical and fun.
aku:jiki said:
I disagree. What we see now is people to afraid to map Rez because it takes up a slot they might otherwise use to keep themselves alive. You'll note I suggested noncombat skills on the d-pad, in particular tree of life and rez. Those are the two I'd like to see, because they increase game longevity and don't really wildly upset game balance (since both sides would be able to do it). What negatives do you see in having everyone able to have rez/tree in addition to three combat skills?
The S-Word
Member
aku:jiki said:
I like how you can still bring up the store during a match by pressing start but it's sloooow and dangerous to do :lol
No, we really don't. I play this game all day long (seriously, I'm addicted and I don't even want help!) and there's always a medic. The answer why is simple: they were smart enough to make an achievement for rezing.besada said:
Because that way everybody would have it and they'd lose their value.besada said:
If you were to do damage to someone, they'd just smoke and pop up a tree. I never buy tree now because right now I'm playing the elf ninja with smoke and I have no room or use for it. This means people can chase me down if I smoke, which they wouldn't be able to do if I could just pop around a corner and throw down a tree, especially considering how fast elves heal. It wouldn't be a very intense or exciting chase at all, if you knew the chasee would just heal in a few seconds anyway, would it?
It would also upset the balance of things. Naturally, there are smart players and dumb players. Aggressive players and tactical players. If you figure out who is who and what strategies they're using, you can get an advantage by taking out their smartest player while some dumbasses run around desperately missing you with their katana. If said dumbasses could just easily and constantly revive their best player, it'd constantly be +-0 and your figuring out of his tactics would be useless as he'd be up the second you ran away from his body anyway. As just one example.
Man I hate how itchy of a trigger finger I get. Usually late in a round when it comes down to the wire my trigger finger gets twitchy and I'll occasionally shoot without really looking when I turn the corner and someone is there. I also kind of just chuck grenades at enemies late in the round if I'v still got them so I can re-map another skill to LB. It's not my fault my teamate is running around a corner as I glide by chucking grenades at a troll to soften him up. Hardly worth kicking me, especially when I could have rezzed you if you had given me five extra seconds instead of immediately voting to kick me. Yeah I'm still bitter about it, I hate being kicked from games for an accidental TK especially when I never bitch about beingn shot/TK'ed by other places. Blarghsdfg
Just did all the tutorials and a game, very entertaining stuff. Games last forever, but the purchasing thing is pretty elitist so I was struggling when I first started the game. On the whole, I'm pleasantly surprised, but somewhat scared of it's complexity to go for a full purchase just yet.