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[Game On] Exteel: Free Giant Robots

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I'm going to reread this after work. Because, man, I loved Armored Core back in the day.

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  • Kay2Kay2 Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Any of you guys playing right now, 'cause I always make a PA channel and never see anyone in there!

    Kay2 on
  • MechMantisMechMantis Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I'm out until I fix my gubbins.


    Seriously. Hard drive killing mobo and possibly video card. Got a new mobo, but working on the video card.

    MechMantis on
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  • Kay2Kay2 Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Ooooouch. Hope you get that sorted out soon.

    For the record, my callsign's Quilava. I just spent three battles teaming with a guy named Espeon. :p

    Kay2 on
  • KelorKelor Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I'm about to log in if you're still on. The only drawback I've found with the invite system is that you can only invite people from the channel, you can't send invites if they're in a game or another channel.

    Kelor on
  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Oh. This game has no PvE? Well I don't think I'm in the mood for that tonight. I should at least give it a try sometime soon, though. Playing against people all the time gets old fast.

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  • HappylilElfHappylilElf Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    It has PVE in the form of Last Man standing....but you really wanna have 8 people for that. With large guns. Lots of large guns.

    Logging in now if anyone is interested in some Last Man standing grind.

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  • guruslothgurusloth Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    for some reason I can't play this anymore. I played on the first night, it was totally fine, now whenever I try to run it I get like some crazy ping in the 1500 range, basically making it unplayable.

    too bad, I was hoping to get some new gear and stuff, try out the shotgun and stuff.

    gurusloth on
  • Kay2Kay2 Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Accualt
    LastSon
    Bitstream
    Ragsykov
    Aulin
    Kingshand
    Bronzeduck
    HappylilElf
    Djiem
    Quilava

    Not sure how out of date this is, but if people want to jam ones in there that I've missed, please do! (I just lifted the last callsign post, and added the last three.)

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  • DjiemDjiem Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    It has PVE in the form of Last Man standing....but you really wanna have 8 people for that. With large guns. Lots of large guns.

    Logging in now if anyone is interested in some Last Man standing grind.

    You really want a large gun only in order not to get kicked. I am more efficient with SMGs than a rocket launcher and I was in the top 3 scores of my LS5 farm group with my Spitters.

    Djiem on
  • KelorKelor Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Djiem wrote: »
    It has PVE in the form of Last Man standing....but you really wanna have 8 people for that. With large guns. Lots of large guns.

    Logging in now if anyone is interested in some Last Man standing grind.

    You really want a large gun only in order not to get kicked. I am more efficient with SMGs than a rocket launcher and I was in the top 3 scores of my LS5 farm group with my Spitters.

    Exactly. Rifles and SMGs work just as well for Last Stand, plus you can't hit shit with a rocket launcher if you're standing on the Aerogate like you're supposed to and swamped by hordes of suits trying to cap it.

    I can consistently top first or second with rifles, even when I have my rectifiers out for healing. And you don't see the cannon guys bitching about the heals either.

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  • HappylilElfHappylilElf Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    If you know the spawn points you can kill a ton of them in a hurry and they never get near the gate. I'm netting around 70 kills per match on lvl 2 difficulty with my deathhurler (the little one, not the red death machine) and I topped 100 kills six or seven times tonight. What I usually do is lob rockets into groups of 3+ until it overheats then whip out my rifles for clean up.

    The best bet is probably a mix of people who are good with both siege and SMGs though since I imagine the splash damage softens them up and makes for rapid takedowns, especially with SMGs.

    I'll have to enter those names in my friends list tomorrow. After 5 hours of last stand I'm kinda worn out. At least I got my shiney new legs though :)

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  • DjiemDjiem Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    It'd be nice to farm with the PA guys, making ourselves a balanced team of rockets, rifles, SMGs and rectifiers, rather than joining some stupid room with dicks kicking people out every 5 seconds and then complaining it takes time to find a group.

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  • HappylilElfHappylilElf Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Yes. Yes it would.

    There have been so many times I'm in a Last Stand and everyone runs off to the enemy outpost leaving me to try and defend both gates by myself. Lots of fun in the canyon level. And I almost say something in chat. Then I remember I'm on a pub and no one will listen and rather will probably get their hackles up because they think I'm trying to tell them what to do.

    On almost every map it takes one guy who is careful to easily take out an outpost, every map if they have the right weapons. Not eight guys. One guy. I'll be on tomorrow in the afternoon. I have to work from 6:30-10:30 central but otherwise I'll probably be playing pretty much non stop as I'd really like to save up for some new rifles and SMGs for CTF games.

    OK, bed time for real now.

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  • redhaloredhalo Also a Professional Alcoholic Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Accualt
    LastSon
    Bitstream
    Ragsykov
    Aulin
    Kingshand
    Bronzeduck
    HappylilElf
    Djiem
    Quilava
    redhalo

    Adding my handle.

    edit: Wait, is there a way of adding people to your friends list if they are not on? This game seriously needs some kind of guild system.

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  • DjiemDjiem Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    redhalo wrote: »
    This game seriously needs some kind of guild system.

    It seems that every good free game like this has a non-working clan system.

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  • runwiledrunwiled Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Djiem wrote: »
    redhalo wrote: »
    This game seriously needs some kind of guild system.

    It seems that every good free game like this has a non-working clan system.

    Are there any plans to reinstate the one they had?

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  • DjiemDjiem Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    runwiled wrote: »
    Djiem wrote: »
    redhalo wrote: »
    This game seriously needs some kind of guild system.

    It seems that every good free game like this has a non-working clan system.

    Are there any plans to reinstate the one they had?

    No idea. I sure hope so.
    EDIT: I *think* it's out for maintenance and tweaking, so I'm staying hopeful.

    Djiem on
  • acidlacedpenguinacidlacedpenguin Institutionalized Safe in jail.Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Accualt
    LastSon
    Bitstream
    Ragsykov
    Aulin
    Kingshand
    Bronzeduck
    HappylilElf
    Djiem
    Quilava
    redhalo
    Icefowl

    Adding my handle.

    also, is there a way to add friends without having to find them in the list?

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  • GoombaGoomba __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2008
    If people actually play together then I'll play, but only if.

    Goomba on
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  • Feels Good ManFeels Good Man Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I play sparingly, but I'm down for some last stand. I like healing and haven't decided on any other role yet.

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  • acidlacedpenguinacidlacedpenguin Institutionalized Safe in jail.Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    anyone up for robo-curb-stomping some 12 year old pilots this afternoon?

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  • ThreelemmingsThreelemmings Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Downloading now, will be doing tutorials as thirdlemming. hopefully people are still playing :D

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  • DjiemDjiem Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Off to play right now. Will check this thread from time to time and see if anyone wants to be friends in-game.

    Djiem on
  • zerg rushzerg rush Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I'm very, very disappointed with the game's matching/reward system.

    Team rewards :x
    Individial rewards :D

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  • TheKoolEagleTheKoolEagle Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    one thing that kills me is that capping the flag does absolutely nothing for you, i might run the flag 4 times but i'll get 4th compared to the homps that just shot everyone up

    example: last time i played i had 9 kills and 3 deaths, 2 flag caps.

    i took 4th compared to the guy who had 9 kills 4 deaths, and 3 more assists then me.

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  • KelorKelor Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I'm not sure how assists work as far as rankings go. I've had matches where I've got say 7/2 and 70-80 assists and still taken first place.

    Though it is good that they reward you for healing.

    Kelor on
  • ZandraconZandracon Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Okey. Re downloading this game and gonna start playing again. Hopefully my mech isn't as badly equipped as I remember it was.

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  • runwiledrunwiled Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    For some reason the lobby isn't working for me. I don't see any text come up for it, or any channels to switch to, nor does creating one seem to do anything. This means I can't meet up in the PA lobby. Or invite people. Joy.
    Anybody know what causes this?

    runwiled on
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  • StregoneStregone VA, USARegistered User regular
    edited March 2008
    I had that problem last week. Dunno if it ever fixed, my mobo happened to crap out the next day. Replacement arrives tomorrow.

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  • Kay2Kay2 Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    runwiled wrote: »
    For some reason the lobby isn't working for me. I don't see any text come up for it, or any channels to switch to, nor does creating one seem to do anything. This means I can't meet up in the PA lobby. Or invite people. Joy.
    Anybody know what causes this?

    Sounds more like lag than anything else. It's happened to me a few times, too.

    Kay2 on
  • runwiledrunwiled Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Kay wrote: »
    runwiled wrote: »
    For some reason the lobby isn't working for me. I don't see any text come up for it, or any channels to switch to, nor does creating one seem to do anything. This means I can't meet up in the PA lobby. Or invite people. Joy.
    Anybody know what causes this?

    Sounds more like lag than anything else. It's happened to me a few times, too.

    Seems like it's permanently bust for me. I can give it as long as it likes, the whole lobby system just doesn't work for me. Suck.

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  • HappylilElfHappylilElf Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    Be on for most of the night. If anyone is interested in playing hop on Vent.

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  • malkothmalkoth Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    good games Happy, sorry i left so abruptly, was late for D&D night : P you should probably go with the zeus's for CTF though, id think the snare effect would be invaluable for it

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  • HappylilElfHappylilElf Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    That's true and I can almost afford a pair at this point whereas Iron Curtains are going to run me 33k.

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  • KelorKelor Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I'd go for the Zeus. Standard rifles are ok, but they don't have the stun effect the Zeus' do that lets you gain some distance. The loss of damage is totally worth it to gain the snare, especially considering you'll stay alive longer, which means more shots. And I think they do something like 400-500 damage if you use two at the same time.

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  • ZandraconZandracon Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Hmmm. It appears that cannons are fun. The apogee seems to be able to two shot most lower level people.

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  • DjiemDjiem Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    After some LS5 farming, I realised something... I'm making money way faster if I use my non-degrading Pinkett. :D

    But damn if it doesn't suck ass.

    Djiem on
  • acidlacedpenguinacidlacedpenguin Institutionalized Safe in jail.Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    the grind is really getting me down. . . why should I get the same amount of points in TDM if I go 50-0 as the other guy on my team who goes 0-9001.

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  • TheKoolEagleTheKoolEagle Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    yeah, its killing me now.

    also the only good way to make money is doing l5 last stand missions, but if you don't have a good cannon/missile launcher and rectifiers you will get kicked out of the match

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