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TITANFALL 2 | The Frontier is Worth Every Part of This Fight! | EA buys Respawn

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  • Redcoat-13Redcoat-13 Registered User regular
    Yeah, I think there are what, seven modes?

    Attrition
    Bounty hunt
    Hard point
    Last Titan Standing

    Capture the flag

    Pilots vs Pilots (team deathmatch)
    The Coliseum

    And now live fire

    Plus the single player

    Four out of eight modes feature Titans

    Amped Hard Point is a funny mode , because I'd say more often than not being in a Titan isn't any good; i.e. you're better off calling your Titan down and leaving it on auto or even hoping it gets destroyed so you can get another boost.

    You rarely can contest a point directly as a Titan by standing on it, while there are a bunch of points you can't even cover or get an angle to shoot at.

    I've lost count the number of times I've seen one team absolutely cruising to victory in Hard Point, only to see that team lose, because all the players are in their Titans, but don't want to get out to actually (re)cap a point.

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    DouglasDangerLe_Goat
  • Le_GoatLe_Goat Frechified Goat Person BostonRegistered User regular
    Double XP Weekend tip: use your Happy Hour bonus only in Live Fire, as that's the only mode that has double XP. You'll get 10 instead of 5, then go back to playing the mode you want to play if Live Fire isn't your thing.

    While I agree that being insensitive is an issue, so is being oversensitive.
    DouglasDangerKestrel1Marek
  • kriegskriegs Registered User regular
    Le_Goat wrote: »
    Crippl3 wrote: »
    Wow, they made Colosseum a brand new loadout. Softball, Wingman Elite, Gravity Star, Phase Shift. Fuuuuuuuuuck that bring back my rocket dueling.
    Woah... people still play that mode? I guess to each their own, but I have damn near 100 tickets and 0 desire to play it. In fact, receiving another ticket is worse than getting nothing. I'd prefer if I could cash each ticket in for a single credit. That's how little I care about Colosseum.

    Hold the friggin' phone here. They put a pistol in the Colosseum? Sooooo... it basically just becomes pistol sudden death? Why use anything else? Fox only, no items, final destination.

    I have over 150 Colosseum tickets and I was really hoping they'd just put an exchange rate on them, 10 tickets for 1 actual gift would be something I'd take in a heartbeat.

    Let me tell you about the time I did a Colosseum match and my gift was credits. Boy was I not happy about that.

  • Ah_PookAh_Pook Registered User regular
    Live fire seems really fun. Short, brutal, and intense af. The feeling of being the last person alive and making a mad dash for the flag with a few seconds left is like whoa. I'm going make a cloak/shotgun/Mozambique class and just run up on fools later which should be amusing. The new matchmaking mixtape thing is also super great.

    Khraul
  • KhraulKhraul Registered User regular
    kriegs wrote: »
    Le_Goat wrote: »
    Crippl3 wrote: »
    Wow, they made Colosseum a brand new loadout. Softball, Wingman Elite, Gravity Star, Phase Shift. Fuuuuuuuuuck that bring back my rocket dueling.
    Woah... people still play that mode? I guess to each their own, but I have damn near 100 tickets and 0 desire to play it. In fact, receiving another ticket is worse than getting nothing. I'd prefer if I could cash each ticket in for a single credit. That's how little I care about Colosseum.

    Hold the friggin' phone here. They put a pistol in the Colosseum? Sooooo... it basically just becomes pistol sudden death? Why use anything else? Fox only, no items, final destination.

    I have over 150 Colosseum tickets and I was really hoping they'd just put an exchange rate on them, 10 tickets for 1 actual gift would be something I'd take in a heartbeat.

    Let me tell you about the time I did a Colosseum match and my gift was credits. Boy was I not happy about that.

    I dunno... I'm not half bad with a softball. If you can maintain some distance, I don't think the pistol would be a clear cut winner.

    I'll have to do some testing when I have time.

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  • squall99xsquall99x Registered User regular
    Khraul wrote: »
    kriegs wrote: »
    Le_Goat wrote: »
    Crippl3 wrote: »
    Wow, they made Colosseum a brand new loadout. Softball, Wingman Elite, Gravity Star, Phase Shift. Fuuuuuuuuuck that bring back my rocket dueling.
    Woah... people still play that mode? I guess to each their own, but I have damn near 100 tickets and 0 desire to play it. In fact, receiving another ticket is worse than getting nothing. I'd prefer if I could cash each ticket in for a single credit. That's how little I care about Colosseum.

    Hold the friggin' phone here. They put a pistol in the Colosseum? Sooooo... it basically just becomes pistol sudden death? Why use anything else? Fox only, no items, final destination.

    I have over 150 Colosseum tickets and I was really hoping they'd just put an exchange rate on them, 10 tickets for 1 actual gift would be something I'd take in a heartbeat.

    Let me tell you about the time I did a Colosseum match and my gift was credits. Boy was I not happy about that.

    I dunno... I'm not half bad with a softball. If you can maintain some distance, I don't think the pistol would be a clear cut winner.

    I'll have to do some testing when I have time.

    It's going to be full retard on PC. Wingman Elite is a 1 headshot kill with basically perfect hipfire accuracy.

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  • Le_GoatLe_Goat Frechified Goat Person BostonRegistered User regular
    Because I've bitched about the mode, I have to be fair and say that I had a fun game just now while getting my 10-merit Happy Hour bonus. I was doing kind of okay, but on the last game of the match, we were getting our ass kicked. I saw the flag carrier running the walls, shot him down, grabbed the flag and proceeded to run around like a spider monkey on meth, being chased around the whole map by 3 enemy pilots. That's when I realized I was the only member of my team alive, which put me in panic mode. I evaded then (still not sure how) and pulled a victory for the team.

    I'd say this is more entertaining than Pilot-vs-Pilot.

    While I agree that being insensitive is an issue, so is being oversensitive.
    cB557DouglasDangerKhraulAh_Pook
  • BursarBursar Hee Noooo! PDX areaRegistered User regular
    edited February 2017
    If your team's down at the end, remember: anything is possible!

    https://youtu.be/mZtAZwFpPGs
    Take a look at the timer on this one.
    Okay, Youtube doesn't allow for a frame-by-frame granularity. But the score jumps to 402 v 401 at somewhere between 0.22 and 0.18 seconds left in the game.

    Bursar on
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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    If I wait on the title screen for about five minutes, I can play now.

    I turned my fov up to 90 and it feels very different

    It feels like everything is faster!

    MrVyngaard
  • CampyCampy Registered User regular
    Well this is a bummer. My TF2 campaign save decided to somewhat disappear, the "continue" option not being available from the campaign menu. While pissing around trying to fix this, I managed to click the new game button. So now the entire save has disappeared and I can no longer even select the start of the mission I was previously on.

    Boo!

  • Ah_PookAh_Pook Registered User regular
    Man I had a crazy round of live fire last night where I had more kills than the entire other team combined. Felt real good. Of course I also had rounds where our entire team combined had like 4 kills so I guess it balances out.

    Khraul
  • Le_GoatLe_Goat Frechified Goat Person BostonRegistered User regular
    The only reason I'm ever in the top half of the scoreboard is for flag carries. I suck at pilot vs pilot. Gimme a Titan and I'll kick you to next week, though.

    While I agree that being insensitive is an issue, so is being oversensitive.
  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    Bounty hunt continues to be the spot to farm executions

  • KhraulKhraul Registered User regular
    Executions on npcs don't count towards unlocking Executions, do they?

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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    No, I don't think so

    NPC headshots do count for weapon camo though, I think

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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    The new execution is sweet

    https://youtu.be/J3qDQfN5Wi0

    Le_GoatcB557Johnny Chopsocky
  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    What is the deal with the Mastiff?

    Some of the time, it's a one hit kill at a decent range

    Other times, I'll shoot someone just out of melee range, and it won't kill my enemy

    Is this one of the hit scan vs projectile things?

  • Le_GoatLe_Goat Frechified Goat Person BostonRegistered User regular
    Unpredictable spread, but deadly when it lands.

    While I agree that being insensitive is an issue, so is being oversensitive.
    Khraul
  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    Is the spread of pellets I see the actual projectile that hits the other player?

  • Redcoat-13Redcoat-13 Registered User regular
    So I played a bit of this after the patch (only a bit, as my time is limited) and I will say that the Hemlock and the Devotion are nowhere near as prevalent as they once were.

    I also didn't see one Tone, which I found to be incredibly odd, because I still think she's a pretty good Titan. You can tell that her gun has been nerfed when it comes to Pilots, because the gun is nowhere near as generous as it once was with regards to hitting and killing a pilot, and obviously the pulse getting a longer cooldown is also a nerf, but I don't see all of that as a reason for people to not pick her.

    I will say that the MGL seems to have taken a big nerf; it seems to fire slower (I don't know if this is the case), but you can certainly tell its projectile speed has been decreased. You have to put in a bunch more effort than you used to.

    PSN Fleety2009
    Khraul
  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    Yeah, the MGL is different now

    I still prefer it for my anti Titan weapon, becuase you can be difficult to track down when you're fighting a Titan. The Archer rocket launcher and the charge rifle both give away your position, and it seems like the MGL fills your Titan meter pretty fast

    Le_Goat
  • Le_GoatLe_Goat Frechified Goat Person BostonRegistered User regular
    Redcoat-13 wrote: »
    I also didn't see one Tone, which I found to be incredibly odd, because I still think she's a pretty good Titan. You can tell that her gun has been nerfed when it comes to Pilots, because the gun is nowhere near as generous as it once was with regards to hitting and killing a pilot, and obviously the pulse getting a longer cooldown is also a nerf, but I don't see all of that as a reason for people to not pick her.
    The splash damage radius was total crap before, so it's good that a nerf was performed. I can easily see that as a reason why people run it less: it's not as easy as before, and people tend to enjoy easy.

    While I agree that being insensitive is an issue, so is being oversensitive.
  • Kestrel1Kestrel1 falco sparverius Noblesville, INRegistered User regular
    Still not enjoying Live Fire, but still playing it once a night during Happy Hour because, hey, Double XP.

    Every once in awhile, I have a pretty good round though.

    https://youtu.be/ALS0MQVKTd4

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  • Redcoat-13Redcoat-13 Registered User regular
    Le_Goat wrote: »
    Redcoat-13 wrote: »
    I also didn't see one Tone, which I found to be incredibly odd, because I still think she's a pretty good Titan. You can tell that her gun has been nerfed when it comes to Pilots, because the gun is nowhere near as generous as it once was with regards to hitting and killing a pilot, and obviously the pulse getting a longer cooldown is also a nerf, but I don't see all of that as a reason for people to not pick her.
    The splash damage radius was total crap before, so it's good that a nerf was performed. I can easily see that as a reason why people run it less: it's not as easy as before, and people tend to enjoy easy.

    Just to be clear, I am in perfect agreement with the spash damage radius being very unfair. I'm just curious as to what Titan(s) people have switched to if they find Tone "too hard".

    PSN Fleety2009
  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    Ronin, Scorch and Legion eat pilots

    A Northstar that keeps its distance can plink pilots very easily

  • KhraulKhraul Registered User regular
    Redcoat-13 wrote: »
    Le_Goat wrote: »
    Redcoat-13 wrote: »
    I also didn't see one Tone, which I found to be incredibly odd, because I still think she's a pretty good Titan. You can tell that her gun has been nerfed when it comes to Pilots, because the gun is nowhere near as generous as it once was with regards to hitting and killing a pilot, and obviously the pulse getting a longer cooldown is also a nerf, but I don't see all of that as a reason for people to not pick her.
    The splash damage radius was total crap before, so it's good that a nerf was performed. I can easily see that as a reason why people run it less: it's not as easy as before, and people tend to enjoy easy.

    Just to be clear, I am in perfect agreement with the spash damage radius being very unfair. I'm just curious as to what Titan(s) people have switched to if they find Tone "too hard".

    Pretty much hanging out on Scorch and Ronin... mostly because they're the only Titans I find interesting to play. Northstar once in a while, map depending.

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  • KhraulKhraul Registered User regular
    I'm finding the "meta" (I know.. I don't want to be that guy...) to be pretty stale weapon wise at the moment at least on PS4 outside of primetime (when I play mostly). Lots of G2/Car/R201 when there are a LOT of interesting weapons out there. I'd love softball and other grenadier type weapons to be more viable without having such a ridiculous skill floor/ceiling.

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  • Le_GoatLe_Goat Frechified Goat Person BostonRegistered User regular
    edited March 2017
    Khraul wrote: »
    I'm finding the "meta" (I know.. I don't want to be that guy...) to be pretty stale weapon wise at the moment at least on PS4 outside of primetime (when I play mostly). Lots of G2/Car/R201 when there are a LOT of interesting weapons out there. I'd love softball and other grenadier type weapons to be more viable without having such a ridiculous skill floor/ceiling.
    I think it's safe to say that everyone in here is thinking "meta," most of us despising the idea. I've gone from "I'll only play what I'm good at" to "Now that I have that regen'ed that item, what should I play now?" I'm trying new things out now, which means sometimes I'm fucking terrible. I always keep an emergency-ego-boost loadout, just in case I'm in need of a pick-me-up

    Le_Goat on
    While I agree that being insensitive is an issue, so is being oversensitive.
  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    Yeah, I'm really competent with the first assault rifle and the alternator, but they're kinda boring

    Khraul
  • KhraulKhraul Registered User regular
    Le_Goat wrote: »
    Khraul wrote: »
    I'm finding the "meta" (I know.. I don't want to be that guy...) to be pretty stale weapon wise at the moment at least on PS4 outside of primetime (when I play mostly). Lots of G2/Car/R201 when there are a LOT of interesting weapons out there. I'd love softball and other grenadier type weapons to be more viable without having such a ridiculous skill floor/ceiling.
    I think it's safe to say that everyone in here is thinking "meta," most of us despising the idea. I've gone from "I'll only play what I'm good at" to "Now that I have that regen'ed that item, what should I play now?" I'm trying new things out now, which means sometimes I'm fucking terrible. I always keep an emergency-ego-boost loadout, just in case I'm in need of a pick-me-up

    It's tough, right? I'd love to run a shotgun or epg or something, but it's so hard when I'm getting mashed by very good (and usually gen 7+) players running optimal loadouts.

    It's like, just lemme run this softball yo

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  • Duke 2.0Duke 2.0 Time Trash Cat Registered User regular
    sometimes the L-Star will shred teams like a swarm of angry laser bees, other times the target pilot pops their anti-gravity star and the laser puffs seem to just not connect

    Latency, ho!

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  • Ah_PookAh_Pook Registered User regular
    edited March 2017
    Oh neat theres a new mode in the 2xp slot . Skirmish... Is that new? It's 8v8 deathmatch with Titans and no mobs.

    Ah_Pook on
  • BursarBursar Hee Noooo! PDX areaRegistered User regular
    Is that what Skirmish is? It was listed in one of the previous gametypes (6v6, maybe?), but no rules explanation existed so I didn't care to try it.

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  • KhraulKhraul Registered User regular
    Skirmish is actually a lot of fun.

    First team to 75 kills... and yeah, picture attrition with no npc's.

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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    Bounty hunt has ruined me

    I have no idea where to expect actual pilots on most maps in other game modes

    Le_GoatKhraul
  • Kestrel1Kestrel1 falco sparverius Noblesville, INRegistered User regular
    Skirmish is pretty rad. I can see myself playing a lot of it while it's available.

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  • Ah_PookAh_Pook Registered User regular
    Yea in really enjoying it as well. It's going into my mixtape rotation after the 2xp ends for sure.

  • Le_GoatLe_Goat Frechified Goat Person BostonRegistered User regular
    I thought I was going to hate Skirmish, then I called in a Titan. I smiled and began to murder. Fun mode.

    While I agree that being insensitive is an issue, so is being oversensitive.
  • EntriechEntriech ? ? ? ? ? Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    Skirmish is 1000 times better than Live Fire.

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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    I wish the SMR was just a little better

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