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post 1698589903 03-01-2024, 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted By LogicalLifts⏩
So, I got the game and did the tutorial (lol).

I'm about to go into my first mission, but all of them on every planet are already underway - some with a level 50 seemingly boosting level 1s?

What's the play here?
Some of the high level players are chill and will go play low level stuff to help new people. Trivia difficulty missions will usually have people levels 1-8. Easy 8-11, and medium 11+.

Also matching into quickplay is a great way to find a squad to play with.

But yeah I play along with the high level people until they start to carry too hard or get all sweaty.
post 1698590213 03-01-2024, 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted By Voidgaze⏩
Some of the high level players are chill and will go play low level stuff to help new people. Trivia difficulty missions will usually have people levels 1-8. Easy 8-11, and medium 11+.

Also matching into quickplay is a great way to find a squad to play with.

But yeah I play along with the high level people until they start to carry too hard or get all sweaty.
So, did the 'trivial' one solo - easy mode.

Did the 'easy' one with two other guys. One of whom called an orbital strike on the spawn and giggled the entire time, spamming the supply drop way away while yelling 'where's the objective' (it was 'destroy the eggs' 2x). He enjoyed shooting teammates as well. What should have taken me and 2 other 'decent players' 10 minutes took us 38 minutes.

Tempted to refund, srs. lol
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Originally Posted By XterraRob⏩
Trolling is the best part
I normally don't troll in this game, but the 15 minute (its a lot faster) defense mission where you just kill like 100-150 bug/bots and then extract .. basically a 5 minute mission. (best exp mission for your time)...


and if a teammate dies during the ship extraction i will quickly reinforce him, but toss him across the map and watch him spend the 15 second countdown running for his life to extract and fall short. the exp hurts us but not that much, its just funny to see once in a while.
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Just did my first two missions with a random squad and it was super fun. One guy got killed over and over again and kept running in front of our guns (I knew about friendly fire thank god). As soon as we finished the first mission they reupped right away for a second so I must have done something right. What I really like is I can pick up the game, play a couple of missions for 40-60 minutes and then leave and it's no big deal.

Are there builds like tanking, resupplying, distance dps when you get to higher levels?
post 1698612553 03-02-2024, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted By WoofieNugget⏩
Just did my first two missions with a random squad and it was super fun. One guy got killed over and over again and kept running in front of our guns (I knew about friendly fire thank god). As soon as we finished the first mission they reupped right away for a second so I must have done something right. What I really like is I can pick up the game, play a couple of missions for 40-60 minutes and then leave and it's no big deal.

Are there builds like tanking, resupplying, distance dps when you get to higher levels?
Maybe once armor is fixed. Right now armor is borked so running heavy armor is hurting you more than helping. We typically have 2 people with grenade launchers/resupply and 2 with railcannons or spears. The big guys can basically one shot you but don't overlook how much the swarms of small chit can slow you down or outright get you killed. At the higher difficulties you basically always have numerous chargers and titans on the battlefield at a time and same with bots, always hulks and tanks on the field.
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I need to just spend like an hour on the strategim practice thing

I need to get that muscle memory so I can call chit fast af
post 1698616013 03-02-2024, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted By XterraRob⏩
Trolling is the best part
For plebs sure. Now I'm with a premade, and flying through suicide missions already. Tnx
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$40 price tag is keeps me hesitant. Is it really that good?
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Originally Posted By freeburn⏩
I need to just spend like an hour on the strategim practice thing

I need to get that muscle memory so I can call chit fast af
Reinforce was the first one I memorized lol. Once you get the Eagle and Orbital stratagems memorized it really makes you feel like a one man army.
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$40 price tag is keeps me hesitant. Is it really that good?
If you're hesitant then wait for a sale. I personally enjoy the game even as a solo player, but if it's not something you immediately thought about buying then wait.
post 1698620203 03-02-2024, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted By gradtech17⏩
$40 price tag is keeps me hesitant. Is it really that good?
I suspect it's at least as good as two large pizzas from Dominos.

I don't like to throw away money but to me Time > Money when it comes to my resources. I have more of one than the other and one of those resources is only getting smaller and smaller as every day passes.
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post 1698621683 03-02-2024, 01:45 PM
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The mech maps are so much harder.

Even with my premade, was awesome. I used the rocket launcher to try to shoot the mech drop ships in midair, only once could I one shot one.

The game is a *lot* of fun in a group that communicates. I'm popping back down in difficulty to do some solo runs. Exploration is super rewarding by the way as those resources you farm upgrade your ship.
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Having a ton of fun with this ****. Hit me up on steam, username "ToucanSafari" if you wanna play. Only level 17 rn
post 1698622183 03-02-2024, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted By freeburn⏩
I need to just spend like an hour on the strategim practice thing

I need to get that muscle memory so I can call chit fast af
Bind strategem keys to the arrow keys, so that you can still wasd move properly while inputting them!
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Originally Posted By LogicalLifts⏩
Bind strategem keys to the arrow keys, so that you can still wasd move properly while inputting them!
So you're saying bind to arrow keys then you take right hand off mouse to key them and you can continue running with wasd?

Interesting might give that a shot repped
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Originally Posted By freeburn⏩
So you're saying bind to arrow keys then you take right hand off mouse to key them and you can continue running with wasd?

Interesting might give that a shot repped
Yep. And can change strategem button to tap or press so you don't have to hold it.

I went this route though.

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the two bugs i hate

- calling in your strategem lets say your weapon at the start of the game and its glitch and now you called down an eagle, and vice versa later in the game when you need an eagle and it calls down your weapon

- reinforcement bug where no matter what you can't reinforce your dead teammates and it can happen randomly during a long game making the mission impossible to extract with only 1 player alive practically
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Originally Posted By rocketfish⏩
the two bugs i hate

- calling in your strategem lets say your weapon at the start of the game and its glitch and now you called down an eagle, and vice versa later in the game when you need an eagle and it calls down your weapon

- reinforcement bug where no matter what you can't reinforce your dead teammates and it can happen randomly during a long game making the mission impossible to extract with only 1 player alive practically
I ran into a bug that completely disabled my keyboard controls. I was at low health trying to escape a mob of armored bots and got killed because I couldn't move.

That one actually pissed me off lol. Hopefully the get these bugs fixed quickly.

EDIT: This also happens sometimes after respawning in a new hellpod. ADSing seems to stop the issue.
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Originally Posted By rocketfish⏩
the two bugs i hate

- calling in your strategem lets say your weapon at the start of the game and its glitch and now you called down an eagle, and vice versa later in the game when you need an eagle and it calls down your weapon

- reinforcement bug where no matter what you can't reinforce your dead teammates and it can happen randomly during a long game making the mission impossible to extract with only 1 player alive practically
first one is a map effect when you're playing against the robots. check out the modifiers pre-game.
second one is a map side objective, the strategem scrambler. its a pain in the ass.
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Originally Posted By volleys⏩
first one is a map effect when you're playing against the robots. check out the modifiers pre-game.
second one is a map side objective, the strategem scrambler. its a pain in the ass.
i'll be on the look out to see, never even knew that was a thing.

i've seen the strategem jammers but that wouldn't let us use the any strategem til we destroyed the jammer.


i think thats probably the worst mechanic to drop random strategems all game long.. they should switch it to random strategems can be disabled for a certain amount of time or something.
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Originally Posted By rocketfish⏩
i'll be on the look out to see, never even knew that was a thing.

i've seen the strategem jammers but that wouldn't let us use the any strategem til we destroyed the jammer.


i think thats probably the worst mechanic to drop random strategems all game long.. they should switch it to random strategems can be disabled for a certain amount of time or something.
might be that you've ran out the mission timer then. When you're waiting on dropship, mission timer can technically be 0:00 which disables all strategems including reinforcements
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Originally Posted By volleys⏩
might be that you've ran out the mission timer then. When you're waiting on dropship, mission timer can technically be 0:00 which disables all strategems including reinforcements
theres a mission out there that contains an antenna jammer once you get to that certain radius it turns disables your strategems and you have to go in to disable the jammer

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Dear diary,

Got it yesterday, got hyped while it downloaded (my internet @ home was trash yesterday), got home after helping my folks, got in, somehow skipped the tutorial, went back to the tutorial, could not get **** working on the Steam Deck, refunded in frustration.

Calmer today, I rebought it. I key binded the stupid press in the joystick buttons to L4/R4, got a jewelry loop out and was able to (barely) read the key needed to call in the air strikes and such, died about 10 times in the tutorial... but I got through it and at least know which buttons do what, sort of.

It runs fine on the steam deck, if anyone cares -- you do need to play with the settings unlike most games, but it's really just a matter of dialing chit back. I'll try to dive in a little more later this week when I get some free time @ home.
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Did one of my first few "Challenging" level missions this week. Some how not three (there was one more) but FOUR tanks dropped on us at once with walkers and other heavy units.

We got decimated lol.

I might just start running a full tankbuster/anti heavy build in higher levels.
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Dear diary,

Got it yesterday, got hyped while it downloaded (my internet @ home was trash yesterday), got home after helping my folks, got in, somehow skipped the tutorial, went back to the tutorial, could not get **** working on the Steam Deck, refunded in frustration.

Calmer today, I rebought it. I key binded the stupid press in the joystick buttons to L4/R4, got a jewelry loop out and was able to (barely) read the key needed to call in the air strikes and such, died about 10 times in the tutorial... but I got through it and at least know which buttons do what, sort of.

It runs fine on the steam deck, if anyone cares -- you do need to play with the settings unlike most games, but it's really just a matter of dialing chit back. I'll try to dive in a little more later this week when I get some free time @ home.
Hope you get to enjoy it soon, it gets pretty wild sometimes lol.
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Originally Posted By Voidgaze⏩
Hope you get to enjoy it soon, it gets pretty wild sometimes lol.
Won my first mission the other day.

Gotta say, I've ran it on the Steam deck (so, with a controller) and mouse and keyboard. MAK, I can aim very well but I find running around harder. Controller, the opposite. I run well but can't aim for ****. Might try it more with mouse/keyboard and try binding keys a little more fluid or ergonomically. Already did with run, weird placement of that key, had to use one hand to click run, another to maneuver. Weird choice. Note: I am dick for FPS style games, this is one of the first I've played since old school Doom.
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unlocked helldive difficulty


man its wild the crap they spawn in on you.. drop ships just coming like they are illegal immigrant migrate busses under joe biden's administration
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I'm on the extreme difficulty atm, but tbh I feel like I'm getting carried at this point since I'm only level 8 and am missing a lot of essential tools lol.

Eagle Airstrike is dope. Anti Material Rifle is dope. Messing around with the different primaries but leaning towards the SMG-37 Defender until I unlock the breaker.
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Walking barrage is actually pretty cool to use if you know how to angle your throw. I have armor that gives me a better throw distance and have taken out small and medium outposts with one well placed barrage from a safe enough distance to outrun detection or any dropships that come.
Originally Posted By LogicalLifts⏩
Bind strategem keys to the arrow keys, so that you can still wasd move properly while inputting them!
Thank you, this has been working great for me lately.
Originally Posted By JUSA⏩
Won my first mission the other day.

Gotta say, I've ran it on the Steam deck (so, with a controller) and mouse and keyboard. MAK, I can aim very well but I find running around harder. Controller, the opposite. I run well but can't aim for ****. Might try it more with mouse/keyboard and try binding keys a little more fluid or ergonomically. Already did with run, weird placement of that key, had to use one hand to click run, another to maneuver. Weird choice. Note: I am dick for FPS style games, this is one of the first I've played since old school Doom.
Yeah reworking the binds helps a lot. LogicalLifts tip for the stratagems helps a lot on M&K.
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unlocked helldive difficulty


man its wild the crap they spawn in on you.. drop ships just coming like they are illegal immigrant migrate busses under joe biden's administration
I haven't even made it there, and had to deal with 4 tanks and an artillery cannon on challenging mode. Can't wait to hit level 20 to get some other stuff that might help in those missions.

I can't even imagine how hard Helldive difficulty was, you madlad.
Originally Posted By Visel⏩
I'm on the extreme difficulty atm, but tbh I feel like I'm getting carried at this point since I'm only level 8 and am missing a lot of essential tools lol.

Eagle Airstrike is dope. Anti Material Rifle is dope. Messing around with the different primaries but leaning towards the SMG-37 Defender until I unlock the breaker.
Smg defender is a solid weapon, and more powerful than the weapon you start off with.

Extreme? I'm still on Challenging mode lol. Gettin' mogged
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Should be able to play with my group a bit tomorrow. I find pubbing/solo play so f'n boring, but playing with a group on voice chat - tons of fun.
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Smoke is underrated. Completely breaks line of sight so you can disengage and stage a counter ambush or flee to safety.

The dome shield plus walking barrage is also a great defensive tool since it can tank some of the explosive damage if you need to drop it close.

Just been getting some practice in Challenging before moving on to Hard.
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Originally Posted By Voidgaze⏩
Smoke is underrated. Completely breaks line of sight so you can disengage and stage a counter ambush or flee to safety.

The dome shield plus walking barrage is also a great defensive tool since it can tank some of the explosive damage if you need to drop it close.

Just been getting some practice in Challenging before moving on to Hard.
Yep. Running smoke eagles, air strike eagle, AMR, and orbital laser and am consistently able to solo suicide missions now for automatons. Smoke eagles can also blow up factories
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