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And just to clarify before anyone rage-vomits all over me, the kind of long form XP system I'm thinking about wouldn't be like an MMO where you have a fixed level that determines how powerful you are, but rather would be similar to how they set up t…
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I wouldn't want to see the F2P model applied to NS2 proper, but in thinking about it, Combat actually seems like the perfect place to throw in silly/fun cosmetic purchasable items, or even to overhaul it with some kind of long form… -
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I do.
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I would say that it wasn't a single balance change that killed our NS1 community so much as the gradual accumulation of many small changes. We had a pretty noticeable decline in our community activity starting when 2.0 releas… -
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Short answer, yes. There are some exceptions though, things like cases and power supplies tend to follow a much slower revision process.
Some other general thoughts:
In your first build you have … -
That GT 525 mobile integrated graphics is definitely going to cripple your game performance, but even with a better graphics chip your mobile CPU won't do you any favors either in a heavily processor-bound game like NS2.
Your first build… -
NS2 is generally far more CPU limited than GPU, which is the opposite of most games. A 660 Ti ought to do you just fine for consistently playable framerates. If you are trying to match your FPS to your 144Hz refresh though, that's a different story.…
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Context. I am talking about people who get their team assigned to them by randomall, not one they picked from preference, and then not wanting to swap when it ends up being a randomly generated skill stack.
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We use sv_randomall a lot on our server, and it is indeed a crapshoot. We will often try and tweak things a little after a random, to split up the players we know are exceptional, but we also like to do the team captains selection sometimes for bett…
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Oh, but I can. Banning trolls is actually incredibly satisfying.
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Again, this hurts community-run vanilla servers. I'm not raging or anything here, and I thought Cory's response to frothy was fine / amusing, but at the same time I think there are some valid points that haven't actually been addre… -
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Not true, not all server owners are mod-crazy. Some of us prefer the purist 'plain vanilla' approach. :P
I can appreciate that things are being fixed so that mods can't be hidden any more, but as others have said, they … -
I miss the HMG terribly and I wanted it brought back during the 23x builds where marines were getting completely dominated. Now that things are closer to even, something else would have to change or it would just make marines overpowered.
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That would be a horrible change.
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It was NUTS. I was marine comm, and we eventually got pinned down in Silo hive, hanging by a thread with minimal res and constantly scrambling to rescue our 1 remaining shotgun. After a while we managed to relocate some of the key … -
I've noticed more trolls lately too. Oddly enough, I've run into a couple that start out commanding normally, responsive to requests, no red flags at all. Then, 3-4 minutes in they recycle everything and blow all the res on repeated beacons or medsp…
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Oh man, I loved early NS1, but I was really unhappy with where it ended up. Combat largely killed off the 'classic' games, matches got shorter and more predictable / cookie cutter, and ridiculously overpowered fades that were probably my biggest per…
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So... marine nerfs across the board, huh?
I played for a few hours last night, and I think I'm not very happy. I'll have to give it some more time to know for sure, but coming off of several months with the game heavily favoring aliens a… -
As Khaze and Calego have already mentioned, finding a good community is a big part of maximizing your enjoyment of the game.
The DFA server is flagged as friendly to rookie players, but our community is mostly intermediate level players … -
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I assume you mean the fan on the front of the heatsink is sticking out far enough to block the RAM slot. You should be able to just unscrew and reverse the brackets attached to the fan so you can mount it as an exhaust on the back … -
Ooh, bug!
nononoNONONONO
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Everyone who is complaining about shotguns being OP / unstoppable needs to spend more time playing marines, IMO.
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Skulks are free, whereas medpack, observatories, and scans all cost T-Res for marines, not to mention an attentive comm. Running back to an armory wastes the marine's time and keeps him from being aggressive. For each of those counters you list, ali…
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Yeah, you need a community for seeding. Almost every day when I get home from work I jump into the DFA server and throw invites at everyone on my list, or someone else from DFA has already done so and throws an invite at me. Sometimes it takes a whi…
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You have a great processor and 8GB is a good amount of RAM, but the GeForce 620 is an extremely basic / entry level graphics card, not really designed for gaming. You don't need an insane high-end GPU for NS2, but you'll want to upgrade to something…
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Friends playing together is not always stacking, stacking is not always a result of friends playing together.
It is simply a matter of one team having a larger proportion of (relatively) higher skilled players than the other, and the sol… -
Hugh, you are awesome and this post is awesome.
I love that UWE cares about balance and is willing to talk to us about it, even when I don't always agree with the changes. -
SC2:WOL (Wings of Liberty), the base game, is $20 on Newegg right now, but SC2:HOTS is still $40. Just a little acronym confusion I expect, might want to edit your subject line.
in SC2:WOL for $20 on Newegg Comment by |DFA| Havoc March 2013
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Obviously that depends on the 3 people in question, and skill gaps are relative. You may have a team of perfectly decent midrange players getting destroyed by top tier pros, it doesn't make them garbage. I could easily name 3 DFA m… -
I think this would be fun / interesting and worth trying.