Does anyone still play MAG

DouglasDanger

I'm thinking about getting it. I remember it being super hyped up, and it looks pretty cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJQ_1kpI99Q

Is it fun? Some reviewers say it is just a blend of every sort of realistic shooter ever, but with a goddamned ton of players. Does it feel like you are in a huge battle?

Burning Organ

It is pretty chaotic, but I do quite like it, even if I don't play it too much nowadays. I used to play the beta and they made unlocking new equipment take fucking ages.

I'd say if you can get it for 15$ it's worth it.

Artreus

I played the beta and did not like a thing about it

Mr Fuzzbutt

I didn't realise it ever actually got released. Huh.

lostwords

i played it constantly months back, and it was fun, but got really old really fast. plus, there seemed to be an inordinate number of assholes on your team, that teamkill or end up votekicking you for just playing the game. and i imagine its gotten worse. but domination mode did feel large and hectic at times, totally making it worthwhile

Burning Organ

I prefer it to COD:BLOPS at least.

DouglasDanger

Hm. I kind of drifted away from Black Ops when I moved. I'm not on the same schedule as the people I used to play with.

Der Waffle Mous

lostwords wrote: »

i played it constantly months back, and it was fun, but got really old really fast. plus, there seemed to be an inordinate number of assholes on your team, that teamkill or end up votekicking you for just playing the game. and i imagine its gotten worse. but domination mode did feel large and hectic at times, totally making it worthwhile

I've only had it for about a week or so, but I have yet to be teamkilled in a way that wasn't either entirely my fault or an accident.

And even then I'd usually get revived afterwards by someone nearby.

Burning Organ

Votekicking is a valid complaint though. I don't really understand it, probably someone mad that they can't be MVP in a squad.

VALVEjunkie

I am literally playing it for the first time in three minutes when this patch finishes downloading who wants to join me also which faction do I join

Burning Organ

I went RAVEN because euro-superiority.

Although I kinda also wanted to go SVER because Russian Veaponry + Duct tape

VALVEjunkie

gaaah fuck theres more updates

thank ye kindly, Organ

Der Waffle Mous

SVER is where the cool dudes hang out.

I think Raven is where some G+T players are, though.

Burning Organ

If enough people are SVER I will delete my guy and go SVER.



ALSO:

Machineguns > assault rifles, at least early on when you don't have crap to spend those class points on

lostwords

hmm, i may go back to playing. though do you need to purchase to download packs to play with peeps? i just played the base game. i played sver. also, yeah, machineguns for beginners for sure. later levels, the most fun was going shotgun + gas grenade + stealthy electronics stuff and just sneak around lone wolf, knifing and shotgunning people in the face. and be sure to grab revive as soon as possible! thats where you'll get tons of exp, unless they've changed stuff since i played

Burning Organ

There is DLC

I have none of it

Der Waffle Mous

From what I've seen, the DLC isn't really all that necessary. I ended up buying both as part of that pack thing, I've only gotten into a handfull of Interdiction matches, and while I get into a lot of Escalation matches, I'm not too crazy about it.

VALVEjunkie

fuckin hell I cannot pull 650 megs right now

stupid 100kbps bullshit, this ISP promised 4MBps, I can't wait until the new guys come so we can cancel on these fuckers

DouglasDanger

VALVEjunkie wrote: »

fuckin hell I cannot pull 650 megs right now

stupid 100kbps bullshit, this ISP promised 4MBps, I can't wait until the new guys come so we can cancel on these fuckers

If they promised that speed and you have it in writing, you could argue with them about.

VALVEjunkie

nah, it's this local place, just one guy and his brother broadcasting out of an antenna spot-welded onto the side of a water tower

but we are dropping these cocks and going with another place, they're setting us up this week

Malechai

Burning Organ wrote: »

If enough people are SVER I will delete my guy and go SVER.



ALSO:

Machineguns > assault rifles, at least early on when you don't have crap to spend those class points on

IDK, it's more a matter of preference. The Machine guns have a realy bad kick on them that cause them to climb as you fire them the AR dosn't do this. Over all though the MG does do more damage and has a much larger clip.

As far as kicks. Usualy I find that people get kicked either for being bad players for being douches on the mic. People not working the objective, teamkilling, or worst of all a squad commander that dosn't update the frago or call in any strikes. Yes people will get kicked for having too high a score but this is preaty rare these days, only time I ever got kicked was cause some one else wanted the squad lead for some reason.

trentsteel

I played a few times and maybe I got lucky but there was always a really good commander guy in charge every time and everyone did what he said to the letter and we would always win. I think the thing that turned me off in the end was the gun shooting. It just didn't feel satisfying the way it does in COD.

Penguin Incarnate

Fuck all you all. Call of Duty Black Cops is where it's at.

Lucky Cynic

Penguin Incarnate wrote: »

Fuck all you all. Call of Duty 4 is where it's at.

No dual wielding, no retarded kill streak rewards, no spawn camping. Just good skill based shooting.

trentsteel

Dual weilding I can see, but I don't really have a problem with the other two at all. You can't really camp a spawn point that well and you have to guess half the time...unless there's something I don't know. Whenever I spawn I just assume there's a dude nearby.

Lucky Cynic

trentsteel wrote: »

Dual weilding I can see, but I don't really have a problem with the other two at all. You can't really camp a spawn point that well and you have to guess half the time...unless there's something I don't know. Whenever I spawn I just assume there's a dude nearby.

I despise the ridiculous kill streak rewards and how easily they stack and follow one another. COD4 made you work for every kill. If your chopper mowed someone down as they were sprinting in the open street for too long, that was a bonus- but even that had a counter as people with LMGs or a rocket launcher could quickly shut down your chopper.

My point being, the game broke when people started getting more kills with kill streak rewards rather than their actual guns.

trentsteel

I can't shoot down helicopters now? Pretty sure I still can.

trentsteel

Also that SAM turret does nothing but take out flying stuff. You set one of those up and nothing will last in the sky for more than a few seconds.

Burning Organ

CoD has pretty shitty spawns though.

I also find the hit detection to be much better in MAG, usually when I kill dudes I feel like I aimed at them, in BLOPs it felt like I only hit them when I aimed slightly to their side.

Anyway, we're here to talk about MAG.

And I like MAG.

If you don't like MAG, suck it.

DouglasDanger

Guys, lucky has terrible opinions. When I play Black Ops, I have fun. The dual wielding stuff is of very limited use anyway.

Burning Organ

I think I might sell my copy of Black Ops.

I dunno why but I'm not feeling CoD anymore, plus I don't really think codbucks added anything, either make it so I can unlock using only levels or only codbucks.

Der Waffle Mous

I'm not going to put down black ops, because I quite enjoyed it when I played it.

But I just like having an impetus beyond "kill as many guys before the timer is up" in my online shooters.

Burning Organ

I am making a SVER dude soon.

Gon' be using kick-ass 60 year old weapons held together with duct tape.

Kuribo's Shoe

Valor is america right

why wouldn't you play as america

Burning Organ

I'm not american.

Kuribo's Shoe

but you aspire to be, surely

Burning Organ

I'll go as close as Canadian, but not full on American.

Burning Organ

I think they patched the game to make unlocking stuff faster.

Voranth

I picked this up about a week ago; it's pretty fun and definitely a nice change of pace from Call of Honour: Medal of Duty Reach Fortress 2. i'm RAVEN right now with the G&T PA clan although i've never seen anyone else online ever (maybe I just play at weird hours). word on the street is they have plans to switch to SVER in the near future.