1. The game server is often down or full, thus actually getting into the game is a victory in and of itself.
2. Low pings are vital to making the game work. If you have some guy on dial-up come in he's gonna be hard to hit and he's gonna have a hell of a time landing hits on anyone else. And if the guy has a ping of 999 or higher, it's pretty safe to ignore him but he's the scourge of team games where new rounds can't start until all of the opposition is dead. Thus a single round can last several minutes because some jackass is running around and is impossible to kill.
3. Hitboxes are wacky, but it's hard to tell if this is also a product of latency. There are headshots but they seem to be entirely random.
If they manage to fix these problems I can easily see this becoming very popular.
Still always, Not-Dude.
Mike the Butcher fucked around with this message on 06-06-2005 at 10:04 PM.
"You cannot enter because there are too many users"
"Cannot Access Server"
"You cannot enter because there are too many users"
"Cannot Access Server"
"You cannot enter because there are too many users"
Those are the only two messages I have ever seen.
So where are all the missions/quests and stuff they mentioned? And all the different things we can buy? We buy em with what, and I assume the number under "Quantity" is the price or something?
So confused.
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Faelynn LeAndris had this to say about Captain Planet:
So where are all the missions/quests and stuff they mentioned? And all the different things we can buy? We buy em with what, and I assume the number under "Quantity" is the price or something?So confused.
Quests aren't in yet. Just DM stuff now I believe.
And you buy stuff with bounty points. Price is that I think. Dunno, not in game right now and don't feel like fighting the login.
Man, I'm getting pretty good at this. The last three games I won 20/4, 20/10 and 20/7.
For me the best weapon combo is sword, dual SMG and dual revolver. Sword for CQC and knocking people down, dual SMGs as my primary range weapon suitable for short ranges and dual revolvers for a strong medium-long range punch and a fallback weapon for when I run out of SMG ammo.
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JooJooFlop's fortune cookie read:
*phew*Man, I'm getting pretty good at this. The last three games I won 20/4, 20/10 and 20/7.
For me the best weapon combo is sword, dual SMG and dual revolver. Sword for CQC and knocking people down, dual SMGs as my primary range weapon suitable for short ranges and dual revolvers for a strong medium-long range punch and a fallback weapon for when I run out of SMG ammo.
It's fun. But horribly horribly unrelyable. 
Netcode sucks, lag sucks, loginsucks. So many issues, especially for a potentially fun game.
I need to learn how to run on walls. I can run strait up a wall, but I cant do that sidewall running everyone does. I'm a bitch with Knockdown kills though (Which is a horribly cheap and easy way to kill anyone, and it makes me feel dirty).
I also found, playing "Liquid Tension Experiment" in the backgroud really supports the game. 
quote:Thanks to SA, the game is about a hojillion (approx.) times more popular than they expected. You're going to have to expect lag if you play, now.
Faelynn LeAndris had this to say about Pirotess:
It's fun. But horribly horribly unrelyable.Netcode sucks, lag sucks, loginsucks. So many issues, especially for a potentially fun game.
Edit - Downloading, gonna try this out if I can ever log in. If not, it's back to Lakeview Hotel, fuck yeah. Blackened fucked around with this message on 06-07-2005 at 03:30 AM.
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Batty attempted to be funny by writing:
I've been playing this a lot...I'm making myself known as an honorable meleer...crazy no?
Yes, especially since melee kinda sucks. If people try to melee me I usually just roll backwards and pump them full of bullets as they chase me in a perfectly straight line.
Really, melee weapons need to do at least twice the damage they are doing now.
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JooJooFlop had this to say about Robocop:
Yes, especially since melee kinda sucks. If people try to melee me I usually just roll backwards and pump them full of bullets as they chase me in a perfectly straight line.Really, melee weapons need to do at least twice the damage they are doing now.
Yeah, they need to do far more and they need to either limit the knockdown or remove it entirely...all I ever see is people knockdown, pump bullets in. Very rarely do I get a good melee fight. I've been called a ninja though as I come out of nowhere and slice you to ribbons though.
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This insanity brought to you by Sabratiz:
I've been trying since this morning trying to login to this game, but I haven't yet had any luck. Is there a specific time when there are less people on or something?
After 10 pm pacific seems to work best...but that's really late for eastern people.
But I guess I'll never know. Or at least, not until the server lets me on...
Disclaimer: I'm just kidding, I love all living things.
The fastest draw in the Crest.
"The Internet is MY critical thinking course." -Maradon
"Gambling for the husband, an abortion for the wife and fireworks for the kids they chose to keep? Fuck you, Disneyland. The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is the happiest place on Earth." -JooJooFlop
"Don't want to sound like a fanboy, but I am with you. I'll buy it for sure, it's just a matter of for how long I will be playing it..."
- Silvast, Battle.net forums
any mirrors?
I believe they're updating.
Oh, and of course the note "Sorry, the game server is down" as it loads. Duh. Gunslinger Moogle fucked around with this message on 06-09-2005 at 12:07 AM.
Disclaimer: I'm just kidding, I love all living things.
The fastest draw in the Crest.
"The Internet is MY critical thinking course." -Maradon
"Gambling for the husband, an abortion for the wife and fireworks for the kids they chose to keep? Fuck you, Disneyland. The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is the happiest place on Earth." -JooJooFlop
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Batty had this to say about John Romero:
Yeah, they need to do far more and they need to either limit the knockdown or remove it entirely...all I ever see is people knockdown, pump bullets in. Very rarely do I get a good melee fight. I've been called a ninja though as I come out of nowhere and slice you to ribbons though.
INdeed the Knockdown unloading is guaranteed kill. Rusty Dagger attacks are actually worse since if you strafe someone, it is impossible to block and they keep you in permanent lockdown until you die... Slowly, but you'll die and there's nothing you can do about it. If yer lucky enough to manage a block out of the chain you MAY get luck, but its next to impossible to do with a strafing dagger user.
Edit: Went with Faelynn for character by the way. Faelynn LeAndris fucked around with this message on 06-09-2005 at 12:12 AM.
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Faelynn LeAndris wrote this stupid crap:
INdeed the Knockdown unloading is guaranteed kill. Rusty Dagger attacks are actually worse since if you strafe someone, it is impossible to block and they keep you in permanent lockdown until you die... Slowly, but you'll die and there's nothing you can do about it. If yer lucky enough to manage a block out of the chain you MAY get luck, but its next to impossible to do with a strafing dagger user.Edit: Went with Faelynn for character by the way.
Yeah. I use my sword almost exclusively because it's just fun. I don't really care about getting a good kill/death ratio, I don't care if I kill someone...it's just plain fun to rush in at someone and sword them to death.
That said I also pack a couple pistols for when I HAVE to deal with someone ranged.
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Batty wrote this stupid crap:
Yeah. I use my sword almost exclusively because it's just fun. I don't really care about getting a good kill/death ratio, I don't care if I kill someone...it's just plain fun to rush in at someone and sword them to death.That said I also pack a couple pistols for when I HAVE to deal with someone ranged.
Yeah, I LOVE the swords. XD
I got so sick of being knocked down and gunned to death though. I had to start doing it just to be able to play, cause that is ALL they do. It's either Knockdown/Unload kill or Rust Dagger/Cheesekill in melee most of the time. 
The game is fun, and I'm fairly decent at it. Not something I would pay monthly for or anything, but I'd buy it and it is a lot of fun.
Doroc
Edit: In fact, they put a 2nd server up. JooJooFlop fucked around with this message on 06-09-2005 at 12:58 AM.
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A sleep deprived JooJooFlop stammered:
You know, you can recover from a knockdown attack by attacking with your melee weapon at the right time.
That doesn't make it any less cheap, and its not that simple first of all, and second of all due to lag issues totally unreliable. 
What should I do? >
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Batty had this to say about Matthew Broderick:
Re-download? =/
Giving it another shot. For some reason it finished at like 73 MB, which I know isn't 134. ;p
I'm using plain old IE downloading thingamob.
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Lenlalron Flameblaster stumbled drunkenly to the keyboard and typed:
Giving it another shot. For some reason it finished at like 73 MB, which I know isn't 134. ;pI'm using plain old IE downloading thingamob.
Some people have been saying that it ended early for them on other message boards...I dunno what to say other than try again or find another download source.
This game rocks.
