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General => Video Games => Topic started by: Late on January 20, 2014, 03:30:03 PM
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Okay, I'm not going to make the mistake of putting a link in the opening post of a thread.
I did that two months ago and the sodding thing is still awaiting moderation...
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Will probably be removed soon, but there's some footage from alpha testing here (http://www.dealspwn.com/titanfall-beta-possibility-alpha-footage-abounds-164864).
Damn but it's looking absolutely fantastic.
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Looking great, still not happy with the speed these mechs move though. I've always preferred these things to be big and bulky with plenty of weight behind them. They have the potential to screw the game's balance if they're too fast and powerful. From what we've seen of X so far I reckon it's got the same problem, although we don't know what the online multiplayer component is like.
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Can't wait! ;D
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You can edit your 1st post on the other thread to remove the link and it will sort itself out btw.
Titanfall is a day 1 purchase for me
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Link removal didn't work.
Not to worry - it was a time sensitive offer and expired on 5th Dec
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Oh it's worked for me before, maybe you have to edit it within a certain time for it to work
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I must of missed the fact that Titanfall is Multiplayer only.. :'( Cant tell you how disappointed I am with that news.. The multiplayer might have longevity, it might be more fast paced, but I love myself an FPS campaign. Looks like I'll have to wait until the new Wolfenstein comes out then.. which is single player only.
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Aye, multiplayer only. I'm happy with that. I consider most FPS games to be effectively multiplayer only, tbh. Never did play the campaign for the last COD (though I did play it on the current one). COD, Battlefield, Halo - they're all about the multiplayer imo. The single player story is sometimes decent (and was pretty enjoyable on most of the Halo games I've played, tbf) but it's the multiplayer that keeps you coming back.
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Rumours are that there will be an open beta of Titanfall to Xbox One and PC owners.. starting on Feb 14th and running until Feb 19th..
...that should be fun if true.. and should help with not being such a n00b when the full game comes out
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You can now register for the Titanfall beta:
http://www.titanfall.com/beta
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Registered ;D
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Get the girlfriend registered too, Kieron. ;)
I've registered three times.
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lol good idea, I've got 2 other email accounts I never use which I've just registered with as well. Slightly different DOB on each ;) I cant see them turning anyone away though, they will want to fully stress test it.
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Urgh @ being stuck at work.
(http://s27.postimg.org/ulpudfwg3/titanfallbeta.png)
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me not got one :-[
FUCK EA! >:(
Don't suppose you have a spare late ? :'(
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Sorry mate. Three applications, but only one was successful.
I'm fighting the urge to sell the one I have on ebay, actually. All reports say the game's fantastic even in beta, and I'm definitely buying it next month so could easily wait - and the codes are going for around £25-£35!
Pretty sure I'll keep it, though. I'm really psyched about the game, and I don't know all the ins and outs of ebay and paypal (wouldn't want to sell it only to have the buyer put in a dispute next Tues when the beta ends!)
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Would a PC code be any use to you, Kieron?
They've naffed up and sent me two codes - one for xbox one and one for pc.
Was gonna shift it on ebay but it's yours free if you want it.
Installation is via Origin client.
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Managed to squeeze half an hour in early this evening. That allowed me to get through the tutorial, and play two games.
Early impressions are very good - I had a lot of fun.
The AI is pretty weak, though. Either that, or the AI units just don't have enough health/firepower to add anything to the game. Either way, you'll find you're racking up loads of kills - but you're not actually killing any players. Which is a little frustrating.
Aside from that, though, everything looked good. Running and jumping around are fluid and intuitive, not to mention bloody good fun; the game mode I played (basically Team Deathmatch) was fun; the maps seem very good - with a nice mixture of open space, close combat, and verticality; and the Titans themselves seem a lot of fun - though I need to get some more practice in them.
I'm unable to get back on it at the moment. It just says no servers available. Looks like it's a bug and they're looking into it - and have been doing so for over three hours now.
Such is life, on Betas.
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Cheers for code late, not sure if I'll use it though, really wanted the xb1 version
So I've done just under 30% of ryse in about 2-3 hours. It looks fucking gorgeous, no complaints about that. The storyline is pretty good so far too, I'm no historical buff, but I love the setting.
Now the bad stuff - it's completely linear and it has very little depth, which can make it feel boring quite quickly. Basically you follow one path, from setpiece to setpiece, most of the setpieces are fighting a mob of enemies, but you get the occasional one, where you have to move past enemies or kill them from distance, etc. The fighting is like batman, not as fluid, but the executions are excellently gory, there are QTEs in the executions, but you don't have to get them right to pull off the execution, so they are pretty unobtrusive.
Ok, it's not going to win any awards for its gameplay, crytek have basically created a half decent fighting system, created some amazing graphics and called it a game, hopefully the next few chapters I'm on will have some variety to them to keep the game chugging along, I doubt it though
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I'll take the PC code if you guys don't want it. :P
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I swapped the PC code for an Xbox code yesterday and sent it to you by pm on here - did you get it Kieran?
Feel free to forward it to Kenny if you won't get a chance to use it.
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Oh right, sweet, didn't realise you'd done that, cheers mate. Will have a little go tonight after the footy
Edit: installing now ;D
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Have just received another code for xb One. Check your inbox on here, Kenny.
Damn but I should be selling these - I've had three codes each worth about £25-£35 now Lol.
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Ffs stop spamming me, EA.
I've now had seven codes...
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Cheers Late you hero. ;D Downloading now.
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OMG I love titanfall :o 8)
Edit: played 4, won 4, averaging around 45 points per game, 2.7 avg deaths against players.. Guys we need to hook up and play as an SL team, it's so much fun
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Titanfall available from Tesco for £37 with code (http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/titanfall-xbox-one-for-37-with-code-tesco-direct-1828569) ;D
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I should be back on Titanfall for quite a bit tonight if anyone fancies hooking up in a party, just invite me in... I think the beta ends on Wednesday :(
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The beta was supposed to be until tonight (6pm PST, which I think is 2am here). Have they changed it?
Sorry we only got one game earlier, mate. If you're around late tonight I'm up for more.
My k/d is weak (around 0.7 I think) but I always score very well - am top scoring player in about half the games I play. I don't kill many pilots but I grab and hold objective points well, and I decimate titans with merry abandon ;)
It's extremely rare I switch weapons from my primary. I occasionally use my sidearm (like once every ten games or something). Haven't used my titan weapon since the first hour or so of playing. So much easier (and more satisfying) to just jump onto the back of titans and empty a few clips onto their brains. :D
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Had an awesome dream last night Involved playing a game in real life that was a mixture of paintball, Halo (Halo weapons shooting paint that looked like Halo ammo when shot and luminous paint when it hit), video game kart racing and football lol. ;D ;D ;D
Probably the most fun (that's able to be printed in a family newspaper) I've ever had in a dream. There was a bit of Star Wars thrown in somewhere too but can't remember how it factored in lmfao ;D
And I haven't played video games that much this last week or so either :o ;D
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That's alright, that was my first game of domination, so I was pretty poor running round like a headless chicken for most of it.. I've realised its the best game on the playlist though.. so been getting plenty of practice in and like yourself, usually finish as the top 1 or 2 now.. its easy to get points just by sitting there defending for a long time if no-one comes to a specific point, think I got 850 attack, 2500 defence, 10 pilot kills and 1 death in one of my better games, pretty much saved a base all game for us... I think I prefer the angel city map to fracture.. I stick my titan on auto guard most of the time, acts as a good guard dog, letting you know when there are enemies there... pretty useless against human controlled titans though.. I found a good group earlier, some really close games, 400 vs 398 was a killer for them as we nicked it in the last 10 seconds....but most of them stuck it out for over 2 hours.. but I'm knackered now, so off to bed.. I can see myself playing this a lot when it comes out though.
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Yeah I despise campers in most modes on COD but in something like Domination game mode it's a solid strategy - so long as there's a good mix on your team.
I always sprint to the furthermost checkpoint on the map right at the start (preferably using a sprint burn-card) and hold it until I get a titan - then leave it to guard that spot while I help on the other two places.
According to my challenges I've played 9.3 hours. Not bad for a free demo. There's £40 games I haven't played that much!
I enjoy the Evac thing at the end of each match, too. (And success gives high value burn-cards.)
Can't wait to play the full game next month. :D
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Yep that's one of my favourite tactics too as everyone else goes for the middle spot first... using stim and the sprint burn card is great at first... if the rest of the team holds the middle spot straight away then you have all 3 hard-points straight off the bat.. you get a bunch of noobs though and everyone just holds the first hard-point before moving on. I sometimes go for the middle spot, but don't capture it, camp until the first opposition player tries to capture it and kill him before going for the capture.
Its a great game, but still no halo beater IMO... Capture the Flag 4v4 and Big Team Battle 16v16 are two of my favourite gametypes.. but I cant see either of those being in the full release of Titanfall. Plus I think it really does miss the 8v8 standard action that most FPS multiplayers have... I can appreciate why it is limited to 6v6 as it does get a bit hectic when you have 5,6 or 7 titans roaming the map.. so it'd only get worse with more human players.
I played one game of Last Titan Standing.. got absolutely creamed.. didn't think much of the mode though.
Think I ended up with an avg kill/death of 1.3 in the end.. domination certainly brought it down a lot lol.. must of played for about 5-6 hours last night.. probably wont play it again until the full game now.
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Never even tried Last Titan Standing. I'm okay in one, but I prefer being on foot.
I do love the execution moves when you're in the Titan, mind. Punch an occupied one in the chest while it's critical, pull the pilot outta there, and crush him in a giant mech fist. Satisfying :D
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Leaked info on Titanfall. All unconfirmed, but seems legit.
I'm in :D
Maps:
•angel city
•colony
•fracture
•relic
•airbase
•boneyard
•corporate
•outpost 207
•lagoon
•rise
•smugglers cove
•overlook
•nexus
•o2
•training ground
Weapons:
•p2011
•p2011sp
•p2011_auto
•w1128
•r97
•b3wing
•rspn101_carbine
•m1a1_hemlok
•lmg_hemlok
•g2a4
•car101
•rspn101
•at_rifle
•rspn101_dmr
•SMR
•satchel_charge
•data_knife
•titan_vortex_blocker
•xotbr16
•thr_40mm
•caber_shot
•proximity_detonator
•frag_grenade
•defender_charge
•shoulder_rocket
•sentry_turret
•auto_rocket_launcher
•titan_triple_threat
•titan_sniper_rifle
•titan_rocket_pod
•titan_arc_rifle
•titan_sniper_rifle
•titan_shotgun
Game Modes:
•AT - Attrition?
•TDM - Team Deathmatch?
•CTF - Capture the Flag?
•LTS - Last Titan Standing?
•HP- Hardpoint Capture?
•VM - Variety Mode (a mix of all the other modes listed, sans campaign)
•Campaign Multiplayer
Perks:
•auto_eject - Auto Eject
•build_up_nuclear_core - Nuclear Ejection
•dash_recharge
•dead_mans_trigger
•defensive_core
•doomed_time - Survivor
•enhanced_titan_ai
•fast_reload - Fast Autoloader
•hyper_core
•icepick
•longer_bubble - Dome Shield Battery
•marathon_core
•minimap_ai - Minion Detector
•ordnance_pack - Explosive Pack
•power_cell - Power Cell
•run_and_gun
•shield_regen - Regen Booster
•stealth_movement
•titan_punch
•turbo_drop - Warpfall Transmitter
•wall_runner - Enhanced Parkour kit
Pics etc. available here (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=101030552)
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Hey I'm sold if they have Capture The Flag.. ;D
Surprised at the little variety of game-modes overall though, we need Zombie Titans!! Doesn't make sense?? Screw you!!
I take it Attrition is some kind of horde mode maybe??
Turns out I did receive a beta code in the end on one of my email accounts (the one linked to my profile), but not till late on the Saturday, whereas I'd already installed it at that point.
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Attrition is one of the two game modes you played in the beta, dipstick ;)
I, too, am a bit surprised that there's so few game modes. There's effectively only five there, and we've seen three of them. (Or would have seen three had anyone been interested in trying Last Titan Standing.)
Still, there's quite a lot of maps, and there's loads of perks, and equipment and an okay selection of weapons, so I'm happy.
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What's the difference between team deathmatch and attrition then? Lol
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Tis a good question!
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I'm surprised that nobody has 'borrowed' the Bounty Hunter mode from The Conduit yet. Each player is given a target, points gained for killing your target and points lost if you killed anyone else. High Voltage did a fair few things wrong with The Conduit but that's the most entertaining multiplayer mode I've ever played. Probably wouldn't work with bloomin great big mechs though.
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That sounds a lot like Assassins Creed's multiplayer
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Think one of the reasons why halo multiplayer is so awesome was their varied game-modes they had.. big team battle, capture the flag, assault, double team, king of the hill, vip, infection, oddball, territories, invasion, swat, grifball.. the list goes on.. I rarely played just normal deathmatches, each game-mode would usually have a whole host of variations too... CTF and Assault in particular were always my 2 very favourites..
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Never played the Assassin's Creed multiplayer but it's a great idea. It's good because you get penalised for killing the bounty hunter that's after you. Makes the game a bit mental lol ;D
High Voltage did 'borrow' Oddball from Halo (or was it Gears, can't remember..?) though, with the skull being replaced by the ASE that's in the game...think they called it ASE Football.
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Damnit I should have booked a day's holiday.
Titanfall is fully downloaded and installed. 8)
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Zavvi should rename themselves to useless twats.. no Titanfall for me tonight >:(
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Lol, you should have known better ordering something from them for launch day :o
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Bloody postman didn't turn up till about 1pm.. I ripped it open.. so excited I actually ripped half the plastic off the front case LOL
Played a few games, got absolutely annihilated.. change of plans, gotta go out now.. will probably be on for a bit after MOTD tonight if your around and fancy a few games late.. depends how long I can stay awake for though.
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Whoops lol ;D ;D ;D
Still haven't had my Lego Marvel Super Heroes delivered yet. >:(
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Just checked my email from Play.com and it was posted on the 12th. Expected delivery 19th to 25th. :o
Where the fuck is it being sent from ffs :o ;D
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Yeah, I should be on later, bud.
My k/d is weak but I'm thoroughly enjoying the game.
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I never made it on in the end.. got too tired.. played a bit on Sunday but was enjoying the sunshine too much to play for a long amount of time.. I definitely need to get used to these new maps.. I seem to be good on the beta maps but hopeless on the new ones lol... played a bit of "Campaign" - not quite sure how this is different to the variety playlist though apart from some pre-game cutscenes.
My first achievement on the game was the one you get if you successfully escape post battle.. something I never managed to do in the beta - yet done it twice now.
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Am up to about level 28 on Titanfall now.. K/D ratio is definitely improving, but just goes to show what having better equipment does..it would be nice to have a website to check on stats though... was playing with a 4th generation player last night though :o these people must play it non-stop.. apparently someone has already hit the 10th generation... I mean, sorry but that's just sad ;D
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Bloody hell. I've seen a handful of 3s, and thought that was bad. Most folk seem to have restricted gamercards lately but I saw one of them had over 60 hours racked up.
I think I'm at approx. 10 hours and level 44ish.
K/d is around 0.7 but that's fine - I play the objective (mainly hardpoint) and I'm usually one of the top players.
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No idea how long I've been playing it - doubt its 10 hours, but must be past 5 at least.
Had a look at the achievements.. and all bar one (kill all the opposing pilots in the aftermath) seem pretty do-able. I got the achievement for finishing the campaign on IMC (and unlocked a titan model).. haven't a bloody clue how to switch and do the Militia campaign though, I keep getting chucked into the IMC group.. (apparently you just have to keep trying to get a game and hope they put you on Militia - seems like a frustratingly bad design choice to me).
CTF is bloody difficult, played it twice and both times got absolutely annihilated.. its nowhere near as fun as it is playing in Halo - I think the game is too fast paced for CTF personally. Hardpoint is definitely the gametype choice for me too.. closely followed by Attrition - I was racking up some nice K/D numbers last night.. I'd have a few blips every now and then.. but I had an attrition game of 3 v 4 (I was in the 3 team) - and I absolutely beasted everyone else. 12 pilot kills, 3 titan kills, around 20 minion kills and 1 death I think..
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I thought on campaign it just put you straight into the story on the opposite team to the one you'd already played. Did that with me. I had a play with the other titans but definitely prefer the standard Atlas.
The achievement for fully winning both campaigns will be a pain in the arse. You can see how close you are - but if you can see you've won 7 of the 9 IMC missions you still don't know which ones it was so you need to remember or keep a written note as to which you won. After you've finished both campaigns you can pick to replay any mission.
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Think it does show you which ones you've done as there's a logo over each mission you've won. But no matter how many times I tried yesterday, it kept chucking me into the IMC group after I finished the IMC campaign.. annoying as fudge.
I didn't lose a campaign game at all so perhaps I was a bit lucky.. but will try and get the Militia one started tonight at least. Winning 50 Last Titan Standing games will be annoying as its probably my least favourite game-type and I'm not even going to touch it until I reach the higher levels.
I'm a bit unenamoured by the maps though.. there's no stand-out maps for me.. the problem I think is that I prefer close quarters maps with 8-12 players.. yet all the maps are massive (to accommodate the titans).. I find myself looking for people more than I am killing them.. I feel lucky if I reach double figure kills in a game - which I guess is why I like hardpoint, you know where the enemies *should* be going.
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The logos tell you which you've completed, but don't indicate whether you won. It's possible to complete both campaigns without winning a single level.
I think I won about half on each campaign but I've no idea which ones I won.
Haven't tried Last Titan Standing yet. It doesn't much appeal tbh. Might give it a look once I've unlocked the perk that increases titan AI.
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No wonder it kept chucking me into the IMC group.. I had actually finished the Militia campaign, not the IMC one lol.. d'oh
Yeah so I lost a few IMC games last night so I'm gonna have to replay some of the levels if I remember which ones they were.. my team were bloody useless... anyway I checked how long I had played for last night.. only 4 hours :-\.. it said you had been playing for 20 hours though, not 10 hours late.. lol.
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No wonder it kept chucking me into the IMC group.. I had actually finished the Militia campaign, not the IMC one lol.. d'oh
lol. I wondered but didn't want to say. ;D
Yeah, it's weird that, about my hours played. I said I'd been playing for ten hours because I'd recently got an xp boost for one of the "time keeps slipping away" challenges for having played 10.00 hours.
I guess it's 10 hours playing the game and another 10 hours doing other stuff? (Training, fannying around with loadouts/burncards, sat in lobbies, and going "afk"?) Doesn't sound right, that, though. I'm sure I spend a lot of time inactive with the game turned on, but ten hours?
Anyways, I added a few hours last night, and eventually got my prestige. That last level took a long time (getting from 49 to 50 - fortunately you don't have to get to 50 and then do a load more afterwards like you do in COD). Took a long time to get from 49 to 50 partly because it requires a ridiculous amount of xp (about 80k I think) and partly because you've earned all the bonus xp from challenges for your favourite weapons etc. by the time you get to level 49, so you don't get as many xp boosts or burn cards - unless you switch to a loadout you're unfamiliar with. (I'm no sniper, so I brought out a couple of Amped Sniper Rifle burn cards toward the end, which helped - get to a vantage point and snipe a few easy targets to get a couple of challenges done.)
Got there in the end, though.
Apparently you earn xp a bit faster after each prestige - so I'll earn it at 110% now, and the next prestige earns it even faster, and so on - so that'll speed things up a little.
You do, however, need to fulfil certain criteria to prestige. The first time you only need to get to level 50. The second you need to get to level fifty and to have killed loads of people and npcs using the shotty and the 40mm cannon. Each successive prestige requires more difficult criteria to have been fulfilled.
Details here (http://www.reddit.com/r/titanfall/comments/20co85/list_of_challenges_for_unlocking_each_generation/)
(http://s1.postimg.org/jf09lgpdr/prestige1.jpg)
(http://s30.postimg.org/5ugbp0iup/prestige2.jpg)
(http://s29.postimg.org/b2y110j6v/prestige3.jpg)
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Well done buddy.. I'll get there in a bit.. think I went through quite a few levels yesterday in only a few games.. mainly because I was on-fire for most of them
Currently I've been using the Compact SMG in about 95% of all my games.. I tried out the Hemlock and found it to be too clunky - but I should probably try some of the other weapons out to unlock the challenges faster.
I'm using the Mag Launcher for the anti-titan weapon, but I've just unlocked the Charge Rifle - so will probably change to that, even if it does give your position away a bit more than the others.
As for my Titan, I'm on the Atlas model with the Chaingun, which again I've used in about 95% of my games.. it seems the best by far - the triple threat grenades are useful on the maps with a lot of buildings though.
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I used the CAR smg for quite a while after unlocking it, but went back to the R101C carbine in the end.
Mainly use the Triple Threat on my Atlus, and the Mag Launcher as my anti-titan weapon. I'm torn on the Triple Threat. It's great against ground troops but not so canny against mechs.
Had one game last night where I absolutely lorded it over everyone. Got a titan very early in the match (I think I used an 80 second reduction, plus I got some early kills) and I was still in it until the end of the match - though it was looking rather battered! I ended up with 12 kills and 1 death - and that one death was completely stupid and unnecessary*.
Unfortunately we lost. Meh - such is life when you forgo the objectives and spend all of your time in a giant mechanical death bringer. 8)
*Did a nuclear ejection when the drop ship arrived, went sky high, aimed at the ship on my way down and went straight through it. It was hovering above a cliff marking the edge of the playing area. You know how the rest goes :(
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I read earlier that when you regenerate all the challenges you previously unlocked get reset - is that true late.. that seems a bit lame to be honest if each generation requires a set of challenges that must be done within them.
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Yeah, the challenges are all reset. I'm quite glad they are, tbh. You get loads of xp and burn cards for completing them, and you've completed all the ones for your favourite equipment by the time you get anywhere near level 50.
It'd take forever for me to get to level 50 again if I couldn't rely on all that bonus xp and the burn cards.
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Don't know why I got so confused.. ok I didn't complete any of the campaigns fully... but last night I did win all the Militia campaign missions.. so I know I only have 2 IMC campaign missions to win to complete that one too.. to be honest, I quite like playing the campaign as its a mixture of attrition and hardpoint.. which are my 2 favourite gametypes.. There is an achievement to play 50 campaign matches anyway.. so I'm sure I'll of won all the campaign missions before I hit that..
I've changed titan class to the Ogre now.. I think I prefer better shields to better movement.. but a bit undecided if I like the extra doom time or the big punch, you do get a LOT of extra doom time with that perk. Other than that, my preferred loadout is still with the chaingun, the particle wall and the missiles where you can paint targets, plus I use the nuclear ejection perk - although I might change that - people are getting used to not being blown up by it now.. and I have killed myself a few times when ejecting indoors lol... might have a look at the other options tonight.
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Yeah, Nuclear ejection is a bit too easy to spot. I'm sticking with it for now at least, as the nuclear blast can cause a lot of damage if done near the dropship during the epilogue, killing a couple of titans and a couple of pilots, or destroying the dropship itself, depending on which side you're on - plus going sky high during the epilogue can help you cover distance or get past a cluster of titans.
In normal gameplay I find you're more likely to catch someone in a nuclear blast if you can get behind them or if you trigger it before the machine is doomed.
I like the titan ordnance where you paint targets, but having it with the Triple Threat is a bad combination. I like the Triple Threat so binned the ordnance.
Only managed to get three games yesterday evening, which took me from rank 1 to about 8, so that's going relatively smoothly from early impressions - but once I unlocked custom classes I equipped the EVA shotgun and became a bit crap. I'll persevere with it though. I should imagine I'll get better with it after some practice.
It helps that you keep your burn cards when you prestige. Make sure you keep about 20 useful ones when you get to level 50, assuming you're planning on prestiging. When you find yourself back at level 1, with no custom classes and only basic equipment it's a godsend to be able to bring out an amped carbine or smg, or call a titan in the first seconds of a match. (You get 3 titan burn cards when you hit level 50 - one of each class.)
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Level 47 now.. the last 10 levels do require considerably more xp to level up in.. I've started using different weapons to get more challenge points per game and had a few flawless games last night (zero deaths) which helped a lot.
Done my 50 campaign games.. won every game with the IMC and Militia too - so I'll be going back to playing straight attrition/domination games from now on.. finding myself using 2 different pilot/titan builds now depending on the map/gametype - not much difference in the builds but electric smoke is very handy on hardpoint maps where the hardpoint is inside a building a titan can fit in - its also suited well to the Ogre who cant move very quickly.
Theres a few maps I'm starting to like more than the others now.. Airbase, Angel City and Lagoon probably being my top 3 picks.
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Save a few burn cards, to use after you prestige. You'll probably find you're not earning as many lately, as they're often rewards for challenges and you've completed a lot of the challenges for your favourite weapons.
After you prestige try to wait until you're level 7 (I think it's 7 - might be 6 or 8 though) before you use those burn cards. Won't take long to get there - you'll be level 7 after only 2 or 3 games.
I say wait until then because that's when challenges etc. become unlocked - and you'll find it easy to complete loads of challenges and win loads of xp if you have those cards available. In particular you might want to keep a couple of "Amped EVA8" shotgun cards handy, as that's the weapon most folk are using when they're generation 2 (as you need to get loads of kills with the shotgun if you want to prestige again). It's not the trickiest of requirements. I'd guess I'm less than half-way to the next prestige but I've already got all the shotgun kills I need, so I only need to get to level 50 now - and I can switch to the R101 carbine.
Haven't had the chance to play much this past week or so. Been one of those weeks.
I'm still mainly using the one pilot set up and one titan set up (though I'll sometimes switch to my alternative pilot for the first spawn of the match, giving me stim instead of cloak), and am mainly sticking to Hardpoint Domination.
I'm not happy with the update they made on Saturday, though. Amongst other changes, they've massively reduced the rewards for defending hardpoints. Now you get 25 points every 10 seconds or so, whereas it used to be 75 points. You're now better off not defending. Which is stupid, in a game mode that's supposed to be about capturing and holding defensive points. You're better off either dashing around to capture another hardpoint, or backing off a bit to allow the enemy to capture them, then retake them. That latter option is quite ridiculous, tbh. You also need to stand a bit closer to the terminal to defend it, on some maps - so if you're at the other side of the room keeping an eye on it you might not get defence points any more. :(
A full list of all the balance changes etc. can be seen here (http://www.titanfall.com/news/balance-update-and-bug-fixes)
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Bugger.. got up to level 49 and then the titanfall servers went down :( Tried a few games of Last Titan Standing and its just bullshit.. you get lumped on a team with no idea what they are doing.. you get absolutely annihilated.. ;D
I'm always at maximum capacity in terms of burn cards late.. even if I use all 3 in a game.. I always seem to end up winning 3 or 4.. the lowest I've had from around 10-50 is about 24 cards..just cant get rid of them!
I heard about the domination xp point change.. at the end of the day, its not about earning xp.. more about winning the game.. so personally I don't mind, but I'm guessing people are getting narked off with the campers just sitting there and racking up the points when they don't kill anyone.. if you ain't killing.. then that ain't defending! Its similar to attrition.. I was playing with a half decent player today, yet he concentrated on killing minions rather than the pilot.. I dont mind.. as long as he is helping our team win the game.. but he shouldn't get more xp than me, especially when I'm killing more pilots and titans and dying less than him - they should really nerf the attrition points you get for killing spectres/military grunts.. I know its the same for everyone but you can't tell me it takes the same amount of skill to kill 5 minions than it does to take down a titan on your own.
They should really add a King of the Hill mode where the hill moves.. that would be epic!
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Think I'm one win away from 50 attrition wins now.. doing the shotgun quest for gen 2 is a bit boring.. the shotgun is pretty much useless on most maps.. I'm still managing to do quite well in most games though - got my highest pilot kill count last night - 15. Died twice.. both times from a titan being dropped on my titan.. so fucking annoying that >:(
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I got squished by a titanfall for the first time, last night. Made me laugh, but I imagine it'd be annoying after a while!
I've got quite a few kills by dropping them on other folk.
Prestiged a second time last night. This time round I'm having to get kills with an SMG and Rail Gun. I don't much like either weapon, but the challenges should be fairly easy.
On one of the later prestiges you need to kill a certain number of people with a certain gun just as they're ejecting from titans. That one will be a major pain in the arse.
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FINALLY won both campaigns. I'm not exaggerating when I say I must've played Militia level 7 at least 15 times before getting a win. Time after time after time I got stuck with a load of low level players against >gen5s. Frustrating!
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lol
I got the 50 hardpoint wins the other day... so I made a start on Last Titan Standing and Pilot Hunter... but still like Attrition better than any other mode.
Checked out the overview of my stats the other day.. I was something like 158 games played with a 69% win ratio with 120 times in the top 3
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Played 258, won 117, MVP 61, top 3 154.
Played :
Pilot hunter 0%
Hardpoint domination 81%
Attrition 18%
Capture The Flag 0%
Last Titan Standing 0%
I've had one game of pilot hunter, and half a game each of CTF and LTS.
Lifetime average against players 0.9 k/d
Currently Gen 3 level 36.
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I hit 3rd gen last night.. last few levels really do take ages..
Will have to take a screenshot of my overall stats.. but I know I'm on around a 1.4% lifetime K/D ratio against players. Every single game of LTS last night I was MVP.. incredible how shit some players are.. I was 1 v 3 titans at one point and still managed to win the round for us.. Yet we lost the actual game.. because in the final round.. we had 2 titans and they had 1 titan left (who was hiding).. instead of staying with me.. our other titan decided to zoom across the map (stryder) looking for the titan and I couldn't keep up with him (ogre).. he found the titan.. but then died in the last couple of seconds.. and they won the game because the hiding titan had more health than me (mine was about 2/3rds full) ::)
People who hide their titan until the end really piss me off aswell.. what's the bloody point?
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Some of the Gen3 -> Gen 4 requirements are proving to be a little annoying. It's going to be touch-and-go whether I fulfil them all before I get to level 50. There's requirements for main weapon, titan weapon, and ordnance.
Main pilot gun - easy enough. I can't remember what gun it was (SMG maybe?) but you'll get the kills you need with that easily enough - and then switch to your favourite gun.
Ordnance - kill something like 50 pilots with the Satchel Charges. I'm around level 43, something like that, and I've killed around 30-35 pilots with the charges, so that's going to be quite a close call - but I'm getting better with the charges and I have dead-man-trigger which helps with the occasional one so it shouldn't be much of a problem.
Titan weapon - kill 50 titans with the plasma cannon. Pain. In. The. Arse. The gun's not great - you're pretty much screwed in any one-on-one. You can knock their energy down a bit with rockets or electric smoke - but you need to be careful. The number of times I've taken 90% of a titan's life only to accidentally kill it with electric smoke and so not meet the regen requirements is bloody frustrating.
I think I'm at a similar stage with the plasma cannon as I am with the satchel charges - about 35 outta 50 done - so I'll hopefully complete it by the time I get to level fifty, and if not then it won't take long, but it's just so damned annoying riding around in a titan with shite weapons!
Still haven't tried Last Titan Standing.
Might switch to that if I've not got the required number of plasma cannon kills by the time I get to level 49ish. I'm not keen, as I don't fancy playing a game mode that's all about the titans if I'm in a titan with a crap weapon. Might mean I can steal a few kills with it after others have knocked half the enemy life off, though. (I don't want to be that guy, but it's an option if needs be.)
My K/D is 0.9, and looks likely to stay at that level. I'm fine with that. Might not be happy with it if I were playing attrition, but I'm all about the hardpoint and I play the objectives well (most of the time - though I sometimes getting distracted and starting going for titan kills instead, but I think everyone does that from time to time!)
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Plasma Cannon - I don't think I've used that yet.. unsure.. but LTS is the easiest way to farm Titan challenges - crap weapon or not.. it doesn't really matter.. I seem to always get more assists than kills, but still manage around 8-12 titan kills per game (depending on the number of rounds) I do like LTS, but if you do get stuck on a team of losers.. its hard to make any kind of impression, doesn't matter how good you are.
I'm gonna have to stop regenerating soon and go for the unlock all weapons/attachments achievement which will take a gen in itself I reckon... maybe I'll wait until the dreaded gen5 for that one.
Planning to play either side of the footy tonight (should be up till about midnight I reckon) if you fancy a few games late.. I don't mind playing hardpoint/attrition, whatever... CTF is actually my least favourite gametype - and the one I was looking forward to the most :-\
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Aye, I'll probably be around.
Tried to join you last night in LTS, actually, but the server showed as full so I gave up after two attempts.
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I thought I had unlocked the "Kill everyone in the epilogue" achievement on that last game last night..as I got an achievement pop after the game... I killed 3 by the dropship and then destroyed the dropship which killed another one... I wasn't sure how many players were still playing against us... obviously more than 4 though as it was just the 500 burn cards achievement that popped :(
I did wonder if they had changed the matchmaking - it takes an absolute age to get a game nowadays - bloody infuriating
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I noticed a message on the load screen saying matchmaking has been improved. I think they've gone from quickly throwing people together with no thought to now taking their sweet time to try and get the two sides balanced. I preferred it before.
Doubt I'll get close to 100% on the achievements. It would involve doing too many things I wouldn't much enjoy.
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Yet when we were waiting for that hardpoint match to start.. it was 3 vs 6 at one point.. I think it started out as 3 vs 5.. and we got more players in our team as the game went on.. but still, if they are balancing the matchmaking.. getting the numbers even on both sides is a definite priority.
Halo has had and still has, the best matchmaking system of any FPS game I've played.. Titanfall just seems crap to me.. it takes way too long to get into a game, you cant set your player as ready (I'm usually ready within 30 seconds) which means you have to wait the full 90 seconds each time.. and there are no voting for maps either.. there are a few maps I really don't like depending on the gametype - it would be great for me to be able to vote to veto them. Demeter & Rise are probably my worst maps.. I always seem to do badly on them.. I think (no way to check stats per map/gametype is there ?)
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No I don't think there is.
I don't think there's any maps I particularly love or hate - they all seem pretty good. Rise definitely ain't my favourite though.
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Looks like they've reduced defense scoring again in hardpoint, they've reduced the ridiculous gen 5 gooser challenge from 50 to 5 too which is good
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Hardpoint defence doesn't seem to have changed, unless I'm mistaken. Still 25pts.
I went gen 4 today. Need to get loads of kills with the dmr sniper rifle. Urgh.
The other requirements don't look too bad. Mainly quad rockets, but also charge rifle (anti titan) and auto pistol (sidearm)
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Oh they might have been old changes then..
Sniper Rifle in gen 4.. jeez.. that weapon is shit, not looking forward to that! Bet your glad you did the plasma rifle one.. absolutely right about it being a shite titan weapon. Think I'm around level 38 at the moment.. done the SMG stuff.. close on the satchel charges (CTF is the easiest to get that in, although after playing around 5-6 games in that yesterday, I'm still yet to register a win.. had a few draws though).. but I'm still around 15-20 titan kills required with the plasma rifle...will definitely be going back to LTS when that's the only one left.
Don't know if they tweaked the matchmaking more.. but I found games a lot quicker last night.
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Of the gen 4 requirements it turns out the sniper rifle ones are easy (got the required amount in no time despite being crap as a sniper) and the titan quad rocket ones are easy (I'm not there yet but will easily get there before level fifty). The pistol ones might take a bit of effort, but seem doable.
The charge rifle one might be a bit of a bugger though. You don't need to kill a certain amount of titans with it. You need to get a certain number of critical hits on titans with it - so hit the red areas once their shields are down. Which may be easy if they're not moving, but they have an annoying habit of moving...
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Was right about the charge rifle. I'd competed the two main weapon challenges and the two titan weapon challenges easily by the time I got to level 50, was at around 45 out of 50 with the pistol (so that was easily remedied) but was at only 20 out of 30 critical his with the charge rifle. That took quite a while to finish off.
Still - that's nothing compared to the requirements to get from gen 5 to 6, which includes the notorious "gooser" challenge. Fortunately the last patch reduced the requirement from 50 to only 5. Which will probably still be a pain in the arse. I've only managed to kill one ejecting pilot since I got the game.
I think after the first couple of regenerations it's all about the requirements. Getting to level fifty takes very little time thanks to the XP multiplier, and it's the other requirements that slow you down. Especially if they involve you using a weapon that isn't unlocked until you're at a high level.
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You got to lvl 50 on gen4 already.. you played too much this weekend.. lol.
I got to gen4 on Saturday morning.. am on about lvl 7 - I really don't like the idea of using pistols or sniper rifles.. they suck massively..
Think they announced the first map pack will drop in May and should be bringing in loads of new free gametypes such as 2vs2 LTS.. new burn cards, etc etc.. Link (http://www.joystiq.com/2014/04/12/titanfall-free-updates-bringing-2v2-last-titan-standing-titan-b/)
I would love CTF to change so that each team takes a turn to capture/defend rather than doing it at the same time.. my K/D ratio really suffers when I play that.. but I did see my lifetime ratio change to 1.5 the other day ;D
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You'll find you're whizzing up to level 50 in no time. I was level 9 after only two games last night thanks to a combination of the xp multiplier and my full deck of burn cards (first game after prestiging is the perfect time to use those otherwise useless "fast xp" cards, "kill grunts/spectres" cards, etc. Save the titans and amped weapons for a game or two, and use them when challenges become unlocked).
I tend to switch weapon (to another rifle or smg) after I've got 50 kills or so, just because you get access to lots of new challenges (so extra xp as well as amped weapon burn cards), and my current 1.5 multiplier means I'll be level fifty well before I've done the trickier challenges.
On tenth generation you get a 3.5 multiplier. You could probably get to level ten or twelve after only one game!
The auto-pistol is actually a fairly decent weapon. It has a pretty big clip, and fires as fast as a SMG, so you'll manage that requirement pretty easily - so long as you remember to switch from your primary weapon immediately when you spawn. I kept forgetting.
I didn't much like the sniper rifle, especially as it sometimes requires 3 hits (though it's one hit kill if you get a headshot, natch) but it is semi-automatic so you can fire it relatively quickly. Good if you can find a decent elevated position near the edge of the map. From high up on the edge you can get people who are on the ground as well as those sniping from high up in the middle.
I found the Training Grounds level good for that, as there's a ledge you can camp on right on the edge of the map near Objective C, in Hardpoint mode. You can see half the map from there, you can pick people off the big roof in the middle of the map, and you can snipe those trying to capture the nearby hardpoint (people tend to hide in the corner of the room, there, and you can usually see them easily from that ledge). There's probably similar positions in several maps, though.
I get the impression the new game modes will be free, whereas new maps will only be available if you pay. I believe there's going to be 3 map packs at $10 each - or you can get a season pass for $25.
Will probably buy the first map pack "Expedition" when it comes out in May - though it's disappointing that there's only three new maps in it.
I believe we might be able to customise the titan paintwork and logos in an upcoming DLC - but I don't know whether it'd be in the free or paid DLC. It's a little gimmicky thing that adds nothing to the game really, but I love that sort of crap :D
Have seen my K/D creep up from 0.8 to 0.9 and now 1.0 this week. Was worried it might dip a bit over the weekend, because I needed to do the Charge Rifle challenge - so spent all my time in stupid positions I wouldn't normally hang around in, firing a bloody big beam of light all over the map just in case there were one or two people who hadn't spotted me up there - but it stayed fast at 1.0 :D
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Yep I think hardpoint/attrition will be the games of choice for sniping.. I hate snipers and I especially hate people who camp with snipers.. bit annoying that its the only way to rack up kills quickly.. as soon as I'm done with the sniper the better.. should unlock it tonight...I think its lvl9 before its available.. but I take it, its 50 kills.
The charge rifle is my preferred anti-titan weapon though because it has the longest range, but more importantly its the most powerful weapon too.. you can doom a titan with one hit if they have no shields and low health and therefore the whole light giveaway thing is a bit of a non-starter given that you can quickly scurry away. I've killed numerous pilots with it too lol.. that's always fun.
Think I'm on about 7 ejector kills.. did 3 of them in gen3 whilst I was using the plasma rifle, although I guess the actual kill was not with the plasma rifle as I never unlocked that achievement.. fire a cluster missile at the head just before they eject maybe ?? Don't know I haven't looked for the best technique to the gooser challenge really.
Yeah I'm not paying for 3 maps.. even if it is standard fare for map packs these days.. there's already enough maps imo...I am looking forward to these rift game-types though.
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My K/D ratio is always atrocious in these sorts of games because I play them like Leeeerrrooooooy Jennnnnkiiinnnnsssss!!! Lmfao.
Really pisses off people in TDM lmfao ;D ;D ;D
Cover is for wimps lololol :o ;D :P
A bit pointless behaving like a wuss if you're playing as the obligatory big Space Marine type lol
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Yep I think hardpoint/attrition will be the games of choice for sniping.. I hate snipers and I especially hate people who camp with snipers.. bit annoying that its the only way to rack up kills quickly.. as soon as I'm done with the sniper the better.. should unlock it tonight...I think its lvl9 before its available.. but I take it, its 50 kills.
The charge rifle is my preferred anti-titan weapon though because it has the longest range, but more importantly its the most powerful weapon too.. you can doom a titan with one hit if they have no shields and low health and therefore the whole light giveaway thing is a bit of a non-starter given that you can quickly scurry away. I've killed numerous pilots with it too lol.. that's always fun.
Think I'm on about 7 ejector kills.. did 3 of them in gen3 whilst I was using the plasma rifle, although I guess the actual kill was not with the plasma rifle as I never unlocked that achievement.. fire a cluster missile at the head just before they eject maybe ?? Don't know I haven't looked for the best technique to the gooser challenge really.
Yeah I'm not paying for 3 maps.. even if it is standard fare for map packs these days.. there's already enough maps imo...I am looking forward to these rift game-types though.
Mag Launcher is definitely my favourite weapon for taking down Titans. The charge rifle's good if you can get into a good position, though. I killed loads of titans with one last night playing Nexus. I think it was Nexus - I'm not sure about all the map names yet. Whatever the level, it has three very high towers near Hardpoint C, so I camped up there with my charge rifle killing titans and not playing the objective at all. I hate to be that guy, but I needed to do the challenge.
Didn't help me much, though. I killed about 8 titans in the match then discovered I hadn't got a single critical hit in the full match. Frustrating.
I read a while back that the arc cannon thing is best for the Gooser challenge. Shoot the titan in the head just as it's about to explode, and hopefully the lightning will arc to the pilot as he's ejecting.
Not sure if that works - will investigate if I find I'm struggling with the challenge in a couple of days' time. Conveniently I'll be using the Arc Cannon anyway - as you need X amount of kills with it for regeneration.
Generation 4
EXP Modifier: x 1.3
Requirements to Next Level:
If It Moves... (Longbow-DMR) Tiers: 10, 25, 50, 100, 150
Top Gun (Longbow-DMR) Tiers: 5, 15, 25, 35, 50
If It Moves... (Quad Rocket) Tiers: 10, 25, 50, 100, 200
Titan Killer (Quad Rocket) Tiers: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50
Critically Conditioned (Charge Rifle) Tiers: 5, 10, 15, 20, 30
Top Gun (RE-45 Autopistol) Tiers: 5, 15, 25, 35, 50
Charge rifle is tricky. The others are all pretty easy.
Generation 5
EXP Modifier: x 1.5
Requirements to Next Level:
If It Moves... (R-101C Carbine) Tiers: 10, 25, 50, 100, 200
Top Gun (R-101C Carbine) Tiers: 5, 15, 30, 50, 75
If It Moves... (Arc Cannon) Tiers: 10, 25, 50, 100, 200
Titan Killer (Arc Cannon) Tiers: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50
Titan Killer (Sidewinder) Tiers: 1, 3, 5, 7, 10
Gooser (Mobility Kills) Tiers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Carbine will be a piece of cake, as will the Sidewinder. Fingers crossed for the arc cannon & gooser - I don't have much experience with that weapon.
Generation 6
EXP Modifier: x 1.8
Requirements to Next Level:
If It Moves... (Spitfire LMG) Tiers: 10, 25, 50, 100, 200
Top Gun (Spitfire LMG) Tiers: 5, 15, 30, 50, 75
If It Moves... (Triple Threat) Tiers: 10, 25, 50, 100, 200
Titan Killer (Triple Threat) Tiers: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50
Titan Killer (Mag Launcher) Tiers: 1, 3, 5, 7, 10
Brain Surgeon (Mobility Kills) Tiers: 1, 5, 15, 30, 50
Triple threat, Mag Launcher, and Brain Surgeon should all be very easy. Not looking forward to extended use of the LMG, but it probably won't be all that bad.
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Well I can put up with the pistol.. its not that bad thanks to being a semi-automatic - but the sniper rifle is just horrible.. first couple of games I was getting around 2-3 kills per game.. I just hate using it.. I never pick snipers in FPS games.. in fact, I think they should be banned.. it disgusts me that I have to kill 50 pilots using it.. think I am on around 15 kills after about 3 hours. I've levelled up so slowly this gen because of having to use that combo.
Most games I'm just getting out of the way of everyone first.. if I can get zero deaths then my K/D ratio wont take so much of a hammering. I think I'll stick to hardpoint from now on - I seemed to do much better on that than attrition.
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Just 15 more sniper kills to go - the end is in sight... absolutely hate it still.. there are plenty of games I go without getting a single sniper kill.. I hate not being involved in the middle of the action... Pretty much finished all the other challenges although I've only just unlocked the charge rifle - so that's still on zero.. think I'll go back to LTS after I finish the sniper kills. I actually won a few CTF games the other night too.. wooo!!!!
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Level 43 now - all challenges done.. it feels like its taken ages this gen.. the charge rifle/pistol/titan were the easy ones.. the sniper rifle just took forever to get the kills... as soon as I reverted back to a normal weapon, it did take a few games to get back into the swing of things.
So I'm finishing up by playing LTS... I feel like I've played this game-mode so many times, yet I still only have 20 wins on it :-\ I was doing the charge rifle missions in one game, we were losing 3-1 (I had zero kills but quite a few assists), so instead of getting out of the titan at the start, I decided to use it to try and save the win, I knocked up 9 kills, 5 pilot kills and around 9 assists in the 3 proceeding games which we all won. Some dude sent me a message saying What a comeback ;D I must of looked a complete n00b to most people.
Not as much as someone else on our team.. OK they were obviously doing the charge rifle mission like me (you would hope), but they had nuclear ejection on their titan.. and kept setting it off at the game start (I didn't even know you could do this).. so we were always one titan down.. I don't mind people leaving their titans on auto-titan and using the anti-titan weapons to pick the opponents off.. but to actually destroy your own titan at the start.. what a dick.
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lol. That's annoying. I guess he didn't know you can press x to just get out of your titan. (In a similar way to you not knowing you can press up on the d-pad to prematurely nuclear eject. ;) )
I think I'm at a similar level to you (around level 43 - one gen higher, ofc).
The Carbine challenges were all done a while back. I'm now dicking around with other weapons fairly randomly.
The Arc Cannon ones are progressing, and I shouldn't be too far off the mark when I get to level 50 - I'll be over three quarters of the way though them. The Sidewinder is about the same as the Arc Cannon - I'm about halfway now so should be able to polish that off pretty easily.
But the gooser... well I've not got a single one yet, this gen, even though I'm making more of a conscious effort to look for them than I would ordinarily.
So the Arc Cannon's not doing it for me. Might try a combination of rodeo and smart pistol. Hopefully the smart pistol will help if the target and I are both flying through the air from his doomed titan. I'm not very good with that weapon, though. Too impatient - I always fire before getting a proper lock.
Failing that, the best option looks to be to equip your titan with a chain gun and keep your eyes on the skies just as an enemy titan is about to be doomed. I'm not keen to try that just yet, though, as I need to keep the Arc Cannon equipped for now.
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I think he was using the nuclear eject to get to high places.. yet everywhere he went was achievable by doing a bit of jumping and wallrunning and to be honest, the high places that stick out are never that good in LTS anyway... its all about getting in on the action when two titans are fighting it out. I cant believe he didn't know you can press X to get out of your titan.. you do it in the tutorial - he was just a n00b.
Probably wont get too much time over Easter to play too much but I'll be gen 5 by next week that's for sure and sounds like I could be catching you up shortly then with the old gooser challenge stopping your progress ;D :P
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You could well be right!
I'll probably be level 50 tomorrow, but might not progress to Gen 6 for a few weeks >:( ;D
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Getting there, slowly but surely. Gooser 3/5 done...
Still need a load of kills with the Arc Cannon, too, but that can wait. Currently using the 40 cal instead (my weapon of choice for gooser)
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Gen5, Level 48 - all challenges done...
except gooser.. 0/5 lol.. although to be fair, I've only actually played about 3 or so games going for it.. it took ages to get the arc cannon titan kills done.. that weapon is about as bad as the plasma railgun.
I'm going with the chaingun for the gooser.. seems easier to me.. in those 3 games, I had a few good opportunities, but it is really hard when the pilot cloaks themselves. Only been playing LTS for these.. I'm on about 40 wins for that gametype now.
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Oops - I meant I'm using the chain fun. Brainfart
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Ahh the gooser challenge wasn't that tough... took me about 7 LTS games last night to get my 5 with the chaingun, in fact I got 2 in one game - and I was pretty close to actually getting 4 in that game really. Best tactic - is to make sure you've got the right opponents!
So up to level 6 now - back to CTF and Pilot Hunter - this is another annoying gen as all the weapons you need don't get unlocked till half way through the gen.. the only one I could start on was the Brain Surgeon.. which is going to be a bloody nightmare because successfully killing a titan via a rodeo is actually not that easy and not something I do as a tactic anymore.. plus you actually have to kill the titan until the pilot ejects or the titan explodes - just dooming the titan doesn't count.
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'grats on the regeneration, mate. I'm at level 50 but haven't progressed since last week - still on 3/5 for gooser and around 32/50 for Titan kills with the Arc Cannon.
Must try to keep some Spitfire and Mag Launcher burn cards for after my prestige.
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Yeah, the LMG spitfire is absolutely shite.. and I'm not a fan of the Mag Launcher (worst anti-titan weapon IMO).. I think this challenge is gonna be my worst one by far.
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I'm happy enough with the Mag Launcher and the Brain Surgeon challenges.
The Mag Launcher is my favourite anti-titan weapon, but I don't use ti much because I'm usually struggling with one of the others to pass a challenge.
But rodeoing them and blowing their "brains" out is definitely my favourite way of killing titans. Even if they're manned, and have electric smoke, it's still the easiest way to take them down. Climb on, hop off and cloak if the pilot dismounts of if they use smoke, and get back on a few seconds later. And if they're on Auto then it's almost completely hazard-free.
I've been known to rodeo and use anti-titan weapons on occasion, to get the challenges. Can be dangerous if it's a weapon with any degree of splash damage, but even then you can climb on, wipe out 95% of it's health with your main weapon, then finish it off with a shot or two from the anti-titan for a nice easy kill.
Hate the Spitfire, though - but I imagine it gets easier to use after a while.
TBH I quite like these challenges. By getting me to use weapons/equipment/tactics I wouldn't ordinarily use it's extending the lifespan as well as making me a better or more rounded player.
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I always choose Electric Smoke on my titan because I hate when people rodeo... even now you rarely get a kill with Electric smoke because people just jump off straight away - but it gives you chance to get some distance between yourself and the pilot. If you do have to get out of your titan and they jump off too, I find a satchel charge is great because of its blast radius - but I usually carry arc grenades myself.
..But I've discovered a good way to kill anyone rodeoing is to fire a cluster missile at a wall and put your back to it.. the pilot wont get the instant signal that electric smoke gives.. and I've had a 100% kill rate doing it so far (3 outta 3).. the only downside is that the cluster missile does fuck your titan up, so its not recommended if you have low shields.
Also pressing the duck button in a titan sometimes fools the rodeoer into thinking you are getting out and they jump off - that's always fun.
I'm quite happy to experiment with the Triple Threat in this gen.. I haven't really used it much, but I played a few LTS games with some good players last night and the one that gave me the most trouble was someone using triple threat.
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I didn't realise at first that the Triple Threat, which ordinarily launches three bombs at a time in a horizontal line, can launch three in a vertical line if you hold the aim button. I found it a great weapon once I'd cottoned it was more versatile than I'd initially realised.
I love the Electric Smoke titan power. It's good for the occasional pilot kill. It's better for getting people to jump off your titan (whilst dashing backwards and shooting them). But it's great when fighting other titans - and they don't really mention that in the tutorial.
Causes lots of damage to titans, but also allows you to dash away from them (preferably diagonally backwards) so you can reload and open up on them while they're blinded, and hopefully your shields recharge before they figure out where you are, but theirs are still damaged thanks to a combination of the smoke and any ordinance you're sent their way while you're backing away.
Haven't tried using cluster missiles to remove pilots - though I did see it as a loading screen tip.
So you stand next to a wall, fire your secondary weapon, and do a quick 180 so the explosions are at your back?
Generation 7
EXP Modifier: x 2.1
Requirements to Next Level:
If It Moves... (G2A4) Tiers: 10, 25, 50, 100, 200
Top Gun (G2A4) Tiers: 5, 15, 30, 50, 75
If It Moves... (XO-16) Tiers: 10, 25, 50, 100, 200
Titan Killer (XO-16) Tiers: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50
Titan Killer (Charge Rifle) Tiers: 1, 3, 5, 7, 10
Fresh Squeezed (Pilot Melee Kills) Tiers: 1, 5, 10, 15, 25
The chaingun challenges should be easy enough. Melee 25 with Strider might be a slight problem.. I don't have much experience with the G2A4.
Remember to keep Burn Cards for CAR SMG and Archer HR.
Generation 8
EXP Modifier: x 2.5
Requirements to Next Level:
All I Do Is Win (General) Tiers: 10, 30, 50, 70, 100
Look Out Below! (Kills) Tiers: 1, 5, 15, 30, 50
Executioner (Melee Kills) Tiers: 1, 5, 10, 15, 25
Critically Conditioned 40mm Cannon (Titan Weapons) Tiers: 5, 15, 30, 50, 75
If It Moves... (C.A.R. SMG) Tiers: 10, 25, 50, 100, 200
Top Gun (C.A.R. SMG) Tiers: 5, 15, 30, 50, 75
Titan Killer (Archer Heavy Rocket) Tiers: 1, 3, 5, 7, 10
That 2.5 xp modifier is almost completely useless. You'll be at level fifty way before you get close to a hundred wins, fifty titanfall crushes, or 25 Executioner moves. CAR should be easy enough, as should the Archer. I've not used the 40mm cannon much but 75 critical hits sounds perfectly doable. (The only good thing about the xp modifier is you'll unlock the weapons you need a little bit faster.)
Remember to keep Burn Cards for Cloak, Nuclear Ejection, Smart Pistol, Hemlock, and Kraber. The next regeneration is going to be a long haul...
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Haven't tried using cluster missiles to remove pilots - though I did see it as a loading screen tip.
So you stand next to a wall, fire your secondary weapon, and do a quick 180 so the explosions are at your back?
Yeah exactly, the best thing is that the pilots never see it coming and are dead within seconds.. it does do a lot of damage to your own titan though, so its best used when you have a full shield and not getting attacked by anyone else - but its very handy in pilot hunter where pilot kills are the most important and also LTS where you actually remove the pilot from the rest of the game. Its also handy if you are waiting for electric smoke to recharge and get rodeo'ed in the mean time and you cant be arsed to get out of your titan.
I find cluster missile to be the best titan ordinance at long and short range combat by far - one good hit and you can pretty much take down an entire titan. Its also good at destroying particle walls, and I've found it still manages to damage titans stood just behind the wall who think they are safe.
Am looking forward to Gen7.. not so much Gen6 and Gen8 seems long for no reason but a good chance to go for some missing achievements.
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Just a couple of levels away from unlocking the spitfire now... completed the MAG challenge - thank god it was only 10. Unlocked triple threat.. and I've actually decided I don't like it because its fairly limited to short range combat... but its more tolerable than the plasma railgun and the arc cannon and its good for flushing out enemies in CTF who just sit in their base. Done about 5 brain surgeons now - all auto-titans - its gonna take forever that one
Don't know why but I couldn't buy a win last night.. was playing CTF for quite a while and I was ending up with like 20-30 kills every game - my K/D ratio was averaging at least 2.0 each game - but we weren't winning.. team sizes were the same.. its just my team were shite - I wasn't sure if I should change games as I was getting tons of xp/kills per game.. but not winning anything :-\
Must get a late night session going again soon.. should have a free night next week when the missus goes out, so I'll let you know ;)
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Got quite a bit of stuff going on, so I'm not on as much as usual, but always up for a few games if we're playing at the same time.
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Hehe.. most annoying thing ever (https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=B027F89EA4B500AE!130&authkey=!ALrPKKHglH6_-7o&ithint=video%2c.mp4) ;D ;D
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Squishing one titan is good.
But two at once (http://1drv.ms/1mFru8J) is better... ;)
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lol bit hard to figure out what was going on in your one though, I didn't know it was even possible to squash two at the same time!.. mine was especially nice because a) he had only just got in his titan and b) he was the best player on their team by a long shot
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Yeah, I probably trimmed it a bit too much. I was rodeoing one titan and your titan timer flies along really fast when you're doing that - and under such circumstances I like to look straight down and call mine in, so it lands on the titan I'm riding. On that occasion another enemy titan just happened to be walking past, and I guess it was already doomed or close to being doomed; but when I saw what had happened I said "xbox record that" for only the second time.
The first was when our lass was having a go on the fitness thing, and her timing was hilariously off. Gave the record command just for lols, but deleted it straight after. Not even sure if it recorded her, or just the stuff that was onscreen.
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FINALLY got the gooser kills, and have gone to gen 6.
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You'll find that once you unlock the slammer mod for the LMG the challenges become a lot easier.. although Brain Surgeon will still take the longest because 50 rodeo kills is a lot... if you are doing an auto-titan you need to doom and make them explode fully to get the challenge point otherwise its until the enemy ejects or explodes (as long as you get the doomed shot).
I hit gen7 over the weekend, and I like it.. can see this one being quick.. the G2AK rifle is a bit pants but CTF is great for getting kills on (even with shit weapons).. 20 Charge Rifle kills will probably be the last one to unlock but I'll probably do that in LTS.
I hit a funny bug the other day in Titanfall where after I finished a game, whenever I went to my burn cards, the screen was flickering really bad.. every other screen looked normal so I carried on, but the flickering started happening as soon as the next game started.. I carried on the game as the team I was playing were pretty crap.. but it was pretty impossible to see or do anything.. I still managed to bag the win, and capture a flag LOL.. just to show you how badly impeded I was -> Link (https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=B027F89EA4B500AE!131&authkey=!ADLZbY3to5dBzbg&ithint=video%2c.mp4)
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I switched to the LMG last generation, to get used to it, and found it to be not too bad in the end - other than that horrible kick for the first few shots. Thanks to using that gun last gen, I started this gen with eight amped spitfire burn-cards, which meant I was able to make a bit of a start on the challenge before the gun would ordinarily be available to me. ;)
Still not getting on the console as much as I would ordinarily, so I might be lagging a generation or two behind for a while.
lol @ getting 8 kills and 4 deaths while suffering that graphical glitch!
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I was right, Gen7 was very quick!! In fact I finished it by lvl46. They all took about the same amount of time to complete except the G2A4 kills which I finished way before anything else.
So onto Gen8 now and I'll be on this one for ages don't worry. 100 wins is going to take so long (am on 12 at the moment), but the Titanfall crushes are an absolute swine! I've got a fair few already.. but you really do have to think about what you are doing on that challenge, cant just be calling your titan in willy-nilly.. and 50 is a bloody LOT! I was trying the rodeo trick (looking down on the floor) and I'd jump off to see my titan land either next to it or no-where near it. Its easier not to bother with the rodeo and just look for auto-titans in guard mode.
I'm not a massive fan of the 40mm cannon either, but the critical hits are going fairly fast (am on the last leg of that challenge already) as soon as I can get back to the chain-gun the better. Finished the archer challenge really quickly though. Half way through the CAR challenges, but only 10 melee kills in an atlas.. seemed to be playing a lot of n00bs last night with auto-eject and nuclear blast on ::)
Completed my 50 wins on CTF.. about 3 away from Pilot Hunter.. that will be most of the achievements done by then. Still need the gooser (with the plasma), kill everyone in epilogue and unlock all gear.. unsure if I can be arsed going for them until I hit gen10.. and I could well be fed up with the game at that point.
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Congrats :D
I'll probably do the "unlock all gear" one when I get to tenth gen, and might have a look at winning some of the other modes, but I'm not fussed about the other challenges. You could play a million games and not get the "kill everyone in the epilogue" challenge. It's largely down to luck (or organising it with about a dozen friends). The Plasma Gun Gooser one would surely be an absolute tw*t to get, too.
Still slowly working my way through Gen 6. I've now unlocked the Spitfire and the Triple Threat, so can properly start on the challenges. Am playing pretty well and encountering very few problems - but only getting time for a handful of games each night.
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Yeah don't worry, I wont be playing much over the next week or so.. so you'll have the chance to catch me up... will probably be able to get a few hours in on Friday and Sunday but other than that, bit of a busy week coming up! I want to hit Gen10 before Wolfenstein drops though.
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Gen 6 was pretty simple. Am now gen 7.
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What are the online numbers like for the Xbox One SKU now..? I've seen a fair few complaints that the numbers for the PC SKU have dropped off a cliff these last couple of weeks.
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I'm not sure it tells you anywhere, tbh. I've had no problems finding games though.
Excuse me posting this, but I find it handy having the requirements and memos at the top of the page ;)
Generation 7
EXP Modifier: x 2.1
Requirements to Next Level:
If It Moves... (G2A4) Tiers: 10, 25, 50, 100, 200
Top Gun (G2A4) Tiers: 5, 15, 30, 50, 75
If It Moves... (XO-16) Tiers: 10, 25, 50, 100, 200
Titan Killer (XO-16) Tiers: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50
Titan Killer (Charge Rifle) Tiers: 1, 3, 5, 7, 10
Fresh Squeezed (Pilot Melee Kills) Tiers: 1, 5, 10, 15, 25
The chaingun challenges should be easy enough. Melee 25 with Strider might be a slight problem.. I don't have much experience with the G2A4.
Remember to keep Burn Cards for CAR SMG and Archer HR.
Generation 8
EXP Modifier: x 2.5
Requirements to Next Level:
All I Do Is Win (General) Tiers: 10, 30, 50, 70, 100
Look Out Below! (Kills) Tiers: 1, 5, 15, 30, 50
Executioner (Melee Kills) Tiers: 1, 5, 10, 15, 25
Critically Conditioned 40mm Cannon (Titan Weapons) Tiers: 5, 15, 30, 50, 75
If It Moves... (C.A.R. SMG) Tiers: 10, 25, 50, 100, 200
Top Gun (C.A.R. SMG) Tiers: 5, 15, 30, 50, 75
Titan Killer (Archer Heavy Rocket) Tiers: 1, 3, 5, 7, 10
That 2.5 xp modifier is almost completely useless. You'll be at level fifty way before you get close to a hundred wins, fifty titanfall crushes, or 25 Executioner moves. CAR should be easy enough, as should the Archer. I've not used the 40mm cannon much but 75 critical hits sounds perfectly doable. (The only good thing about the xp modifier is you'll unlock the weapons you need a little bit faster.)
Remember to keep Burn Cards for Cloak, Nuclear Ejection, Smart Pistol, Hemlock, and Kraber. The next regeneration is going to be a long haul...
Generation 9
EXP Modifier: x 2.9
Requirements to Next Level:
MVP (General) Tiers: 1, 5, 10, 25, 50
Deadly Apparition (Kills) Tiers: 10, 25, 50, 100, 200
Death Reincarnate (Mobility Kills) Tiers: 5, 15, 30, 50, 75
Disarmed (Melee Kills) Tiers: 1, 5, 10, 15, 25
Critically Conditioned XO-16 Chaingun (Titan Weapons) Tiers: 50, 100, 200, 300, 400
Critically Conditioned Plasma Railgun (Titan Weapons) Tiers: 5, 10, 20, 30, 50
Top Gun (Smart Pistol Mk5) Tiers: 5, 15, 30, 50, 75
Top Gun (Hemlok BF-R) Tiers: 5, 15, 30, 50, 75
Top Gun (Kraber-AP Sniper) Tiers: 1, 5, 10, 15, 25
Gonna take a fair while to do all that. I don't think any of it's particularly difficult to do - just massively time-consuming due to the huge numbers involved.
Don't bother keeping any burn cards for next gen. Once you've done the above stuff you've effectively finished...
Generation 10
EXP Modifier: x 3.5
Requirements to Next Level:
No challenges. Reach level 50 for achievement on consoles.
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Bout half way through gen8... 57 wins and 31 titan squishes I think.
I decided to go for the unlock all the equipment achievement early on in this gen.. its taking a while and still touch and go whether I will make it or not before I finish the regen requirements.
I've done all the titan weapons except the railgun.. still need 10 more titan kills for that.
I've completed the Carbine/SMG/CAR and G2A4 rifle unlocks.. and about half way through each of the rest.. what is taking the time is finding the bloody spectres to go after and kill.... I mean the smart pistol - you need 50 spectre kills - its a bloody lot because spectres don't even turn up usually until the first titan drops...and because I cant have minion detector on (as I'm using Warpfall for the squishes) it makes it a bit harder. Hopefully I'll of finished it before I get 100 wins.. but if I keep going on runs of easy wins (like I did last night) then I doubt I will.
I don't actually think gen9 will take longer than gen8 looking at the list though.
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I reached level 50 on gen 7 last night, but still have a little bit of work to do on the challenges (though not much). The tougher challenges for me mainly involve using a titan to kill a titan. Not my style, tbh. Play to your strengths - I prefer to use titans to kill pilots and use pilots to kill titans (usually with rodeo).
Requirements to Next Level:
If It Moves... (G2A4) Tiers: 10, 25, 50, 100, 200 - Done
Top Gun (G2A4) Tiers: 5, 15, 30, 50, 75 - Done
If It Moves... (XO-16) Tiers: 10, 25, 50, 100, 200 - Done
Titan Killer (XO-16) Tiers: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 - Currently approx 45
Titan Killer (Charge Rifle) Tiers: 1, 3, 5, 7, 10 - Done
Fresh Squeezed (Pilot Melee Kills) Tiers: 1, 5, 10, 15, 25 - Currently approx 14
I'm definitely not a fan of the G2A4 (or infact anything that's not fully automatic), but I got the last few kills I needed yesterday, and have now switched to the CAR SMG. I definitely prefer the Carbine, but the SMG will do - and means I'm earning a few amped ones ready for next gen.
My K/D ratio changed yesterday. That's a bit surprising, tbh - when you've played about a hundred hours it's hard to have any real effect on your stats. Went up from 1.0 to 1.1 though.
I expect it'll stay there forever now. I think I probably average around 1.3, but basic maths indicates I'd need to play another 100 hours at 1.3 to make my average k/d move up from 1.1 to 1.2
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Are you playing LTS or just normal gamemodes? The Freshly Squeezed and Titan Killer were my last two to finish off, but it goes so much faster playing LTS..... plus I think LTS is by far the easiest gamemode to win in... I pretty much finish MVP on my team 85% of the time I play it, I'd love the stats to be a bit more detailed so I could actually see - but Titan vs. Titan is my favourite match-up.. provided I have my preferred Titan load-out on.
Plus playing LTS every so often is good because some of the burn cards are much better used in them. Super Charged/Nuclear Explosion/Mini-Map - any of the amped anti-titan weapon - I discard pretty much all of them if I'm not playing LTS - which I'm not at the moment because I'm trying to unlock pilot equipment.
I cemented 1.5 on my K/D ratio.. haven't seen it fall to 1.4 for weeks now.. to be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if it ticks over to 1.6 soon - I was averaging in at around 4:1 last night and I generally don't fall below 1:1 in 95% of my games anyway
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I should probably give LTS a look. I pretty much exclusively stick to Hardpoint.
My K:D depends on when I play. If I play through the day or early evening it's usually around 3:1, but on a night it often drops below 1, partly as I'm tired and have slower reflexes, and partly because I occasionally nod off whilst playing.
Often it's the only time I can squeeze in a few games, though. :(
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I typically play for a few hours after work 5-7 and in the mornings between 6 and 9 at the weekends.. (I get up stupid early every day) - I go on the American servers in the morning - a) because you can find a game much faster and b) the level of opponent is usually crappier - probably because they are drunk or tired ;)
Definitely try LTS - each game is 4-7 rounds, so with a full roster, there are 24 - 42 titan kills that can theoretically be had per game.. I've had rounds where I've killed all 6 of the opponents titans too ;D ;D I reckon hardpoint is probably my lowest played game.. not because I hate it, but there are easier gamemodes to win on... every game-mode requires teamwork but hardpoint is the most team-dependant one I reckon.
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Made it to Gen 8 last night, but played only one game after that as I was tired and had an early night.
Will be pleased to get out of the Strider and back into the Atlas.
Didn't bother with LTS in the end. It might be an faster way of getting some of the challenges done, but I'd rather play a game mode I enjoy and take a bit longer than switch to a game mode I don't like and get the challenge done faster. I might give LTS (and the other modes) another look at some point, but for now I'll stick with what I most enjoy.
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'grats dude.
Gen 8 is a long one though! Upto about 60 wins and 35 squishes now.. I cant wait to finish off the squishes so I can actually play LTS again for the quicker wins. I have about 10 titan burn cards in my hand at the moment.. I also don't want to play them because it will throw off my synch time with the opponents when I'm going for the squishes.
Finished off all the titan equipment unlocks, plus I completed the LMG and Hemlock unlocks last night too.. a few spectre kills away from completing the Shotty - then I'll just have the Smart Pistol, Longbow-DMR Sniper and Kraber Sniper to finish off.. and I'm about half way through on each of them... although 50 spectres with the Smart Pistol just seems cruel. I actually get very excited now when I hear the spectre electric garbled noise they make lol...
If you do decide to go for the achievement... I would definitely recommend doing it in Gen 8 or 9 - as its taken me quite a while to get where I am..and to be honest, its made gen8 a bit more varied than just going for wins and squishes
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Yeah, I've been toying with doing it on Gen 9, lately.
I don't like the smart pistol or the Kraber sniper rifle, and you need to get lots of kills with both of those weapons in Gen 9, so it might make more sense to do it then rather than waiting until gen 10, as I'd originally planned, and then have to use those weapons again.
Will play it by ear. I don't fancy going for it this gen.
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That's true.. although an amped smart pistol is a pretty decent weapon.. there are two good maps to start with the sniper rifle (except if you are playing hardpoint as you spawn in different starting positions) and they are Overlook where you have that big long corridor in the middle of the map - you can see straight down it at the start to the opponents spawn point and there are generally plenty of grunts to take out there and sometimes you can get a few easy pilot kills too... and also Smugglers Cove - again there's a long corridor on one side of the map from spawn point to spawn point where you can easily pick off enemies.
To be honest, I've just been playing the relevant burn cards when I earn them for the snipers.. I couldn't stand lasting a whole match using one, luckily the unlocks don't require that many kills. With the titan burn cards.. I always use one when playing CTF on Training Grounds - it gives you such an advantage - as you can take and capture the flag without leaving your titan.
Nearly got the kill all combatants in epilogue the other night.. it finished 3 vs 1 (players) - but I just couldn't find the little bugger to kill in time, someone else got him :(
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Reached Gen 9 this weekend.. its not going to take forever like gen 8 felt like... I think the cloaked kills challenge will be the last to unlock.. 9 games in and I'm only on around 25... having to do 3 separate weapon challenges is a bit annoying.. but nothing I cant handle.. the hemlock is ok once you get used to it.. the smart pistol is good once you unlock the enhanced targeting.. and the kraber doesn't demand that many kills.
Also went up to 1.6 K/D ratio as I thought I might do.. I think I've been averaging around 2.0 in the last 100 or so games.
I'm quitting playing once I get to g10 lvl50 btw.. should have wolfy by that point and I'm tiring of the same maps/game types... they really need some kind of variety to the different gametypes. I know I'm coming up to 5d worth of gametime though - so definitely got my moneys worth. Will take a sceenshot once I hit the target!
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Way ahead of me. I'm playing at the moment but it's the first I've played in a few days (partly bad back, so going to bed early, partly playing steam games on the PC (replaying Portal and BioShock)).
Looking forward to the new maps and modes later this month. Well definitely get the first map pack. Not sure about the others - will play it by ear.
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Yeah I've been playing it a stupid amount recently...
The end is in sight though... I'm now thinking MVP will take the longest - I moved over to the Railgun and MVP's are taking a bit longer to rack up..
If I recall correctly, I'm on :
MVP - 21/50
Deadly Apparition - 102/200
Death Reincarnate - 33/75
Disarmed - 23/25
Critically Conditioned - 400/400
Critically Conditioned Plasma Railgun - 12/50
Top Gun (Smart Pistol Mk5) - 75/75
Top Gun (Hemlok BF-R) - 45/75
Top Gun (Kraber-AP Sniper) - 1/25
Didn't realise for a while that I needed nuclear explosion on for Death Reincarnate lol.. definitely helps if you set it off near a bunch of grunts/spectres.
There's been loads of new players recently.. don't know what's going on with that but I'd say in pretty much every game I play about 70% of them haven't even reached level 50 on gen1. Its actually really helpful going for MVP - as even if I lose because of my team, I'm guaranteed MVP. I'd say I'm going at a rate of 2 MVP'S per 3 games at the moment which isn't too bad - but I think I've only averaged about 2/7 for my lifetime stat which I was surprised about.. but then thinking about it, going for fast challenge wins has probably affected it quite a lot.
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Someone was selling the game digitally for £20-odd last week. I guess that would explain lots of new low rank players.
Am at rank 50 on gen 8 but nowhere near the requirements for regen.
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Ah I see.. you cant tell how good these new players are going to be... which is a bit annoying - but there has definitely been a massive influx of new players recently...
Death Reincarnate.. definitely going to take the longest.. I played quite a few games last night.. and still stuck on 33/75.. I don't get it.. at least one of my nuclear explosions must of killed someone/something/somewhere - apparently not... at least if this is the last challenge left - I can purposely blow myself up near a group of enemies that cant escape.
Aiming to regen by Saturday morning - and be finished with the game on Sunday. ;D
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"Expedition" map pack (3 maps) is released tomorrow. I think it's £7.99
Not sure if the new free stuff (some new game modes, and titan customisations) is also released tomorrow.
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Think there is a new update today - along with the new map pack - I wont bother with the map pack as I'm nearly finished... need 9 MVPs and about 18-19 Death Reincarnates to finish Gen 9 now.. am finding myself blowing my titan up on purpose now just to get the Death Reincarnates - its an annoying challenge that takes little-no skill.
Then it shouldn't take long to get to lvl 50 again... at gen 10 I'll have a go at the Plasma Railgun one - but if I don't get it.. never mind... I was VERY close to getting all the kills in the epilogue last night.. got 5 of the 6 kills (2 kills with a sniper, 3 with 2 well placed arc grenades) and then I had the last one in my sniper sights about to pull the trigger and the game ended.. to say I was a bit pissed off is an understatement...
I might go back to Titanfall after Wolfy - depends what other games are on the radar.
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The stuff in today's (free) update:
Custom loadout names. Meh. Custom 1 is my load-out with ghost, Custom 2 is my (identical) loadout with stim. Might be useful if you use several custom slots, I guess.
Two mode-specific loadouts. Well I guess I don't need that, then, given the above note and the fact I only play one game mode. ;)
Last-match summary shows the scoreboard. Nice! Was annoying that the scoreboard was only onscreen for a few seconds.
New options for custom private matches. *Gaelic shrug* - I don't play private matches. Nice that they're catering for those who do, though.
The stats page will show more detailed metrics. Nice. I love having that data available. Hopefully I can use it to ascertain just how good I am at Hardpoint and how p1ss poor I am at every other mode!
The campaign screen now displays victory trophies. Noooo! Make everyone do it the hard way, like we had to! ;D Was a right PITA, that. After completing both campaigns I then made a checklist of all 18 missions and ticked them off as I won them.
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That last match summary fix is about bloody time..
Plus hopefully the stats page will prove how fucking cool (or how sucky) I am at LTS ;D
(Probably) won't get any time to play tonight. but might fire it up to install the update so I'm ready to finish Gen 9 tomorrow evening!
Where the fuck are the new game-modes though ? I read about a 2v2 LTS mode on the radar.. but nothing else.. and its not included in this update :-\
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Yeah, I heard there was supposed to be 2v2 LTS, as well as titan/decal customisations, but it seems neither is coming today :(
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Gen 10 lvl 50 reached ;D
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Congrats mate.
I'm still stuck on gen 8. Have got about 50 of the 100 wins needed.
Haven't played all that much lately though.
The new features are good (though nothing groundbreaking).
Have only had two plays on the new map pack, and got the same map both times - "WarGames" (playing LTS and CTF - neither of which is a game mode I much like). Found it to be a fantastic map, though - great design.
Thoroughly enjoyed skirting 'round the outside in LTS and wreaking absolute havoc amongst the enemy (but that can be a great feeling on any map, of course).
I look forward to giving all three maps a proper go soon.
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Yep, gen 9 was long... but gen 8 was about twice the length - its a bit of a bugger.. really.
Took me 735 games.. I took a screenshot of my stats after my final game.. I even went up to 1.7 K/D ratio too lol... will post when I get chance.
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Am now at about 72/100 wins. Damn but it's a long prestige this one.
Not complaining, though. Gives me chance to do the "all weapon attachments" thing - which I was going to leave until Gen 9 but it makes sense to follow your lead and do it now, since I'm playing so many games.
I've fully unlocked more than half of the guns. Haven't done either of the sniper rifles yet, though - not looking forward to them.
Pretty sure I'll get to 100 wins before I've fully unlocked all of the weapon attachments. Assuming I'm close to fully unlocking them all I'll continue with that and wait to regen - but if there's still several to do I'll just regenerate and unlock everything when I get to Gen 10. I intend playing this for a long while still.
Thoroughly enjoying all three maps in the new pack. I think "War Games" is my favourite map in the whole game - not just my favourite in the pack. Not only is the level design top notch, but the effects are great too - with enemies disintegrating into pixels when killed, and glitch artefacts dotted around. You even get an intro video (instead of the static loading screen), where you're climbing into the simulator and it says "Generation 8 pilot detected..." before telling you a few things about the level/simulation. Nicely done Respawn :D
Have played a few game modes I wouldn't ordinarily. LTS isn't too bad, I suppose. Quite enjoying CTF. I got 4 captures in one game last night. Started the game with "permanently stimmed as well as your normal ability" (cloak) and was whizzing round the map so fast, and fortunately didn't die - so the card lasted all game. :D
Good fun, and helped with the "get to 100 wins" thing, but didn't do much for my "kill loads of spectres and grunts with each weapon" mission.
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My stats - just after I hit G10 lvl50 (Click on them for bigger versions) :
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/wvz7rd.jpg) (http://oi61.tinypic.com/29nc5th.jpg)
(http://oi60.tinypic.com/2hi1n45.jpg) (http://oi59.tinypic.com/o7oric.jpg)
Love the fact my chaingun time used is 1 day, 2 hours, 3 minutes ;D
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Wow - you've got a fairly even split of game modes, haven't you!
I don't have my stats to hand but I'm probably like 80% hardpoint, 18% attrition, and less than 1% each for the other game modes.
Will have a look tonight if I remember.
CTF and Pilot Hunter have both been removed from the PC version, as neither was getting played much.
Come on, Respawn - you should be adding more game modes, not bloody removing the few we have!
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I was pretty much 20% on every game-mode at the point I reached Gen 8 - then it all changed and I just started playing my favourite game-modes.. although LTS didn't get much of a look-in during Gen 8 because of the stupid Titanfall Drop challenge which took me to about 90 wins to unlock.
Pilot Hunter was shit.. I got to 50 wins and stopped playing it.. the lack of game-modes is the worst thing about the game IMO.. its a fine balance to get with the numbers you are expecting.. but I can't see the reason not to use variations on each game-mode.. i.e. Multi-CTF, One-Sided CTF, Titanless CTF - and introduce a map veto'ing system. Pilot Hunter to me is just a variation on Attrition and as such should never of been a separate game mode.
Few bits annoyed me about CTF implementation in Titanfall too - which is why I stopped playing it since Gen 8
1) You shouldn't auto-pick up the flag
2) You shouldn't be able to fire your main weapon with the flag
3) You should be able to drop the flag
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Getting there, slowly but surely.
I'm now on about 85/100 wins. All other regen requirements have been done, apart from one of the Titan melee things - and I'm on 24/25 so will easily finish that. (I'd forgotten about it/not been paying attention.)
On the unlock all attachments thing, I'm nearly there, too. I've done all pilot weapons apart from the bolt-action sniper rifle, which I switched to last night. I detest that weapon with a vengeance. Not sure if you need to unlock all the attachments for the titan, too, but I assume so and have unlocked everything apart from one of the Arc Cannon attachments. Everything should be unlocked by the time I get to the 100 wins.
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Yep, you need to unlock all attachments - which includes the titan stuff..
Seriously the sniper rifle should only take a few games (provided you use it on the right maps) - I remember playing on Boneyard with the Kraber and absolutely destroying everyone by camping on the big bone (near one base) that runs the width of the match.. they didn't even realise where I was until half way through the game ;D Its a nice little sniping spot and you only need 5 pilot kills (which are the hardest).
I finally decided on my favourite load-out after I got to G10 L50 too -
Pilot
Primary Weapon - C.A.R SMG - HCOG Sights, Counterweight
Titan Weaspon - Sidewinder
Side Arm - RE-45 Autopistol
Tactical Ability - Cloak
Ordinance - Arc Grenades
Tier 1 Kit - Power Cell
Tier 2 Kit - Minion Detector
Titan
Class - Ogre
Weapon - XO-16 Chaingun - Extended Magazine
Tactical Ability - Electric Smoke
Ordinance - Cluster Missile
Tier 1 Kit - Tactical Reactor
Tier 2 Kit - Big Punch
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Yeah, I played one game with the Kraber, and noticed you don't need many kills with it.
Fortunately. Cos I'm really crap with it.
The enemy keep moving. Awkward gits.
Favourite loadouts:
Pilot
Carbine, HCOG, Silencer.
Mag Launcher
Autopistol
Cloak
Frag Grenades
Explosives
Warpfall Transmitter
Titan
Atlas
Chaingun, accelerator
Electric Smoke
Cluster Missile
Nuclear Eject
Survivor
It's testament to how well balanced the game is, that our loadouts are pretty different.
Will be glad when I can stop fannying around with the other weapons etc. and get back to my trusty Carbine.
And I seem to have been on Minion Detector forever (to help the weapon unlocks) - will be so good to get back onto Warpfall. I keep targeting enemies with a drop and watching them saunter off into the distance before the bloody thing arrives.
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Got the achievement for all weapon unlocks last night, and got to gen 9 today.
Took ages because the servers seem to be having some sort of problem. Isn't affecting many people but it's generally taking about half an hour for me to get a game. Have reported it to Respawn, along with several other people. No idea what that's about. Was fine for me previously, but was horrendous last night and has continued today. :( :/
Edit autocorrect.
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Hopefully the matchmaking problem was just a temporary thing. All seemed fine last night.
Didn't play much - only about 4 games I think - but I levelled up from level 1 to level 9 in the first game, and was at about level 25 when I turned it off.
I also remembered to take a pic of my stats overview.
Your stats are a little better than mine.
My game-mode split is as I expected:
(http://s3.postimg.org/gi2cs79k3/Late_Titanfall.jpg)
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Heh,
I make it you've played around 703 hardpoint matches then!! That's nearly as many games as I've played altogether!! I don't think I could handle that.. its not that good a gamemode lol. I take it you are not bothering with the win 50 matches of each gametype achievments?
It took those 50 matches of LTS for me to love the gamemode... and I warmed to CTF doing it too.. Pilot Hunter was a chore and I don't mind Hardpoint, but as an objective mode, I liked CTF better.
So you've got another 50 matches minimum then (for the MVPs) - do you think you'll got to G10 L50 before 1000 games played - you are currently getting an MVP every 3.2 games - so if you keep to your average it should take you 160 games to get to Gen 10.. then you've got about 10-20 games to get to level 50 - I reckon it could be tight ;)
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I've played about 3 - 8 games each on CTF, LTS, and PH. LTS and PH don't appeal to me at all. CTF seems okay - it's up there with Attrition (have played that quite a bit partly because I wanted to win all the campaign levels, and partly because I needed to kill grunts and spectres with each weapon last gen).
But I love playing Hardpoint. And am happy to stick mainly to one game mode if I love it. It was the same with Search & Destroy on CoD. Over 90% of my matches were on either S&D or hardcore S&D.
Not bothered about whether I get to top rank before 1000 games played, as I'll probably end up with more than 2000 games played before I'm done with the game.
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Am still gen 9.
MVP will be fine - I'm most if the way on that one - but kills whilst cloaked, kills whilst ejecting, and melee kills with the big slow lumbering dumb-arse ogre will take a while.
Lol at this guy ejecting from his titan straight into the dropship whilst it's leaving the arena at warp speed...
YouTube (http://youtu.be/j_luUbkTTU0)
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A couple of moments I saved, playing Titanfall recently:
Massive punch (https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=196EF5C8197EE8A0!120&authkey=!AJwVfnYhqkcUFe0&ithint=video%2c.mp4)
Not sure if it's a glitch, or what the hell happened, but my Titan flew across the map. If it hadn't hit an invisible wall at the edge of the arena I would've gone miles.
Ouch (https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=196EF5C8197EE8A0!121&authkey=!AF-4KOsAz3IwWno&ithint=video%2c.mp4)
I need to get a couple of hundred kills whilst cloaked, and actually remembered that for a change, in the middle of a game of Hardpoint. We're way ahead, the game's sewn up, and I see a couple of grunts - so I cloak and run up to them to kick them in the face. Just as one of them opens fire with an Archer on the Titan I've just dropped, behind me... D'oh!
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lol.. always a bit of an embarrassment when a grunt/spectre kills you..
I've punched something off the map before with a massive punch ;D .. think its a bug rather than a glitch because I don't think there's a way of purposely making it happen - although I believe you need the Titan Punch perk on.
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Went to tenth gen last night, with 966 games played.
Your guess of 1000 by the time I hit gen 10 level 50 is going to be rather bloody close, Kieran.
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Heh, I think you'll do it, 34 games should be more than enough to reach lvl 50 ;)
I haven't played since the game that took me to lvl 50 - although I'm running out of games to play now so it could make a re-appearance in the disc tray shortly.
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992 and done ;)
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Nice, grats! :D
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There's an impressive looking update (free) coming to Titanfall shortly.
It's a shame everyone stopped playing because the matchmaking got so completely broken. Hopefully some will come back after this patch.
I've probably only played one or two matches in the last month or so. A crying shame, because I really love the game.
Bug fixes, matchmaking improvements, titan cosmetic customisations, new game modes#, improved burn-card wallet*, new burn cards for pilots, new burn cards for titans, improved auto-titan AI (they'll now use smoke and shields), rebalanced weapons, a selection of Titan AI voiceovers, optional challenge tracking, achievements for the recent map pack, and lots more tweaks etc.
#The new game modes will change from time to time. One of the first will be "Marked for Death" - which challenges each team to hunt down a specific opposing player whilst defending their own.
*Improved burn-card wallet - if you're gen 10 you can now hold 100 cards (instead of the old limit of 26), if you're gen 1 you can hold 46 - it goes up by 6 for each regen. It also lets you choose which cards to discard if you go over your limit (it was so annoying if you earned a rare set of cards but only actually received one or two of them because you were close to the limit!)
Full details here:
http://www.titanfall.com/game-update-four (http://www.titanfall.com/game-update-four)
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Titanfall's second map pack "Frontier's Edge" has been announced.
titanfall.com (http://www.titanfall.com/news/titanfall-frontiers-edge)
Includes three maps, as last time:
Dig Site - isolated mining outpost;
Haven - exclusive beach resort;
Export - mining hub on the side of a mountain.
Not sure whether I'll get this map pack. I thoroughly enjoyed the game - and the first map pack - but I've not played in a while now.
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Lol, have been watching Auf Wiedersehen Pet and am so used to hearing Donkey Shite instead of Danke Schön that I read Dog Shite instead of Dig Site lmfao :-[ :-[ :-[ ;D
Love this series ;D ;D ;D
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Fired up Titanfall the last two nights. It's full of first gen pilots. Dunno what that's about, but it's great if you want to improve your k/d ratio.
My lifetime ratio is 1.1 but this last couple of days it's probably more like 10 or 15 to one. No exaggeration. At least four of my last ten games I've made it into double figures without a single death. These newbs are worse than the NPC grunts! =))
There's quite a lot of new (free) stuff been added since I last played, a few months back. Black market trading of burn cards, an array of Titan O/S voices, new game modes (including a co-op hoarde defence game), new stats screens, new titan emblems, and some new ranking system that I don't understand but am levelling up in very quickly. There's also a couple of map packs that I don't have. I bought the first one ages ago but don't have the second or third. Tempted to get the season pass as it's currently on offer for £5 - but probably a bad idea. The maps are reportedly excellent, and I know I'd enjoy them, and you can't argue with the price - but I'll be moving on from Titanfall to Halo in a few days.