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Stalkerr posted:Have to say I'm a little concerned we're not seeing anything from Eldar and Orks. Hopefully they aren't rushing them. Orks should be fine, they're not mechanically complex. Eldar otoh...
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tarbrush posted:Orks should be fine, they're not mechanically complex. Eldar otoh... Yeah, the Eldar solar sailing movement is something I'd imagine would take time to implement, not to mention their mainly forward-firing guns would take time to test. The game's not officially out for a few weeks though, so there's still time for them to fine-tune things.
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CommissarMega posted:Yeah, the Eldar solar sailing movement is something I'd imagine would take time to implement, not to mention their mainly forward-firing guns would take time to test. The game's not officially out for a few weeks though, so there's still time for them to fine-tune things. Yeah, balance for Eldar would likely be a pretty fine line with how fragile their ships are. Make them too mobile and they're basically untouchable, make them not mobile enough and they'll just get ground down. But then again, it could just be a simple executive decision. Even close to release, cutting out a portion of the game for a demo/beta and polishing it up for public consumption still takes some time and effort that could be used elsewhere. So they might just have decided to scale down the beta to have more resources available for polishing the final product.
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Perestroika posted:Yeah, balance for Eldar would likely be a pretty fine line with how fragile their ships are. Make them too mobile and they're basically untouchable, make them not mobile enough and they'll just get ground down. I think maneuverability should be the Eldar's main weapon, even moreso than their pulsar lances or whatever- while Eldar are meant to be fragile, their speed, agility and shadow fields should mean that a good Eldar player wouldn;t be getting hit in the first place.
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Perestroika posted:Yeah, balance for Eldar would likely be a pretty fine line with how fragile their ships are. Make them too mobile and they're basically untouchable, make them not mobile enough and they'll just get ground down. If I were them I'd be having a hard look at the eldar MMS fan rules for an idea of what it takes to make them work right when they have to take return fire. I don't know if orks and eldar will be added in later, but if they are it gives a chance for more publicity bursts to maintain excitement into release, and to get a good grasp on whether something's messed up in the basic case without the complications of orks and eldar.
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Mar 10, 2016 15:46
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im gonna play nurgle and just ram everyone all day long
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Mar 10, 2016 16:05
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I am playing Khorne, and I too will be ramming everything
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Battlefleet Goon: Ram Erryday
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Mar 10, 2016 16:40
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Please see my avatar text for confirmation of my philosophy regarding space.
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Please see my avatar text for confirmation of my philosophy regarding space. Oy, its da Orkyiest Ork! Also, I will be streaming myself playing BFGA tonight, around 6 pm EST until maybe 9 pm EST or whenever. I haven't streamed since the first time I streamed, two or three years ago for the Word of Lowtax first anniversary blowout party. Nothing fancy, just the game and my voice.
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Stalkerr posted:Oy, its da Orkyiest Ork! Yeah, I think I will too, wonder what they'll have available. I'll also probably record a quick video at high quality to put on YouTube to show off the graphics. May as well get use out of my ridiculous setup. I'll also let you humiliate me live if you want, although I hope there's something more than 1v1s and bot fights. xthetenth fucked around with this message at 17:33 on Mar 10, 2016 |
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xthetenth posted:I'll also let you humiliate me live if you want, although I hope there's something more than 1v1s and bot fights. We should get on voice chat together or something, then. I'm pretty sure I will be terrible at this.
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CommissarMega posted:I think maneuverability should be the Eldar's main weapon, even moreso than their pulsar lances or whatever- while Eldar are meant to be fragile, their speed, agility and shadow fields should mean that a good Eldar player wouldn;t be getting hit in the first place. In the tabletop an Eldar player can avoid getting hit because they can do their "move in - fire - move out" in their turn with the enemy fleet not doing anything. But in a RTS with the two fleets able to fire simultaneously, the Eldar's targets would get plenty of opportunities for return fire, except if the eldars are coming from behind. That's a new can of worms to balance compared to the tabletop. Either hiding in the tailpipe is the only viable strategy, or you have to make the Eldar fleet somehow able to withstand return fire for a short time. Some sort of dodge skill on cooldown maybe.
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Zokalwe posted:In the tabletop an Eldar player can avoid getting hit because they can do their "move in - fire - move out" in their turn with the enemy fleet not doing anything. But in a RTS with the two fleets able to fire simultaneously, the Eldar's targets would get plenty of opportunities for return fire, except if the eldars are coming from behind. That's a new can of worms to balance compared to the tabletop. Either hiding in the tailpipe is the only viable strategy, or you have to make the Eldar fleet somehow able to withstand return fire for a short time. Some sort of dodge skill on cooldown maybe. Given how the only hitscan weapons are lances and nova cannons, the eldar ships should have ample opportunities to dodge incoming fire.
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System requirements are in!quote:Here are the full system requirements for Battlefleet Gothic: Armada.
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recommended 4GHz processor? poo poo man
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Beta's online.
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The devs are saying that they are going to wipe after the beta, so that it's "fair for people playing at release". Apparently there's some persistent advancement mechanic in multiplayer. I guess it's your admiral level and your ship customizations. So you probably start off with just a few light cruisers at level 1, and then up from there. Basically World of Warships as a space RTS. I'll find out in 3 - 4 hours when I head home!
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My new computer hasn't arrived yet, so I'm resigned to wait and watch other goons play, remember to post the link to your stream.
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Just rammed a filthy heretic destroyer to death in my very first fight. Good poo poo.
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Perestroika posted:Just rammed a filthy heretic destroyer to death in my very first fight. Good poo poo. What game setups are there? Are there bots or only pvp and how many players can fit in a match?
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No commentary due to a flu, but you can watch spaceships blow up real good! Stream is over, archive at https://www.twitch.tv/asmodai_00/v/53589713 Asmodai_00 fucked around with this message at 22:59 on Mar 10, 2016 |
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Asmodai_00 posted:Yeah what the hell; I'll stream for a bit: https://www.twitch.tv/asmodai_00 Looks like a lot of fun.
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I have no real personal attachment to Gothic, but the talk of an XCOM style strategy layer is right up my alley. Any videos of that in action?
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xthetenth posted:What game setups are there? Are there bots or only pvp and how many players can fit in a match? Right now there's a three mission long tutorial, random battles against bots, and multiplayer. So far I've only seen straight cruiser-action deathmatch in multiplayer. There are buttons for both 1vs1 as well as 2vs2 battles (including arranged battles), though as of right now there's only 1vs1 available for me. Dunno if that's locked in for the duration of the beta or just a matter of me not having leveled up yet.
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Rookersh posted:I have no real personal attachment to Gothic, but the talk of an XCOM style strategy layer is right up my alley. Any videos of that in action? Here you go... fast-forwarded to the appropriate bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw5V2O7jQJU&t=256s Rewind a bit if you want to see the fantastic animated intro cutscene.
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:I hope you can turn off those voice responses. Yep, was watching a dev video and every time you hit the time slowdown it's the same sound bite. That'll get old real fast.
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Dre2Dee2 posted:I am playing Khorne, and I too will be ramming everything
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Sylphosaurus posted:I'm gonna play Slaneesh and I will also Tzeentch is already inside you, you just don't know it yet.
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Nova cannons are rad and ramming is the sweetest thing in the galaxy.
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Dreylad posted:there is a mute option for the voices. Buying when I get home then.
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Angry Lobster posted:Nova cannons are rad and ramming is the sweetest thing in the galaxy. Absolutely true. Just managed to eke out a win by doing a special-order 180 and hitting the enemy with a minimum range nova cannon shot, instantly destroying two ships with it. 
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Buying when I get home then. Yay! Your username is finally going to be topical in-game.
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Watching the twitch streams, I'm pretty impressed. Seems like it could be a pretty tactical and intense multipalyer RTS. I'll probably buy it.
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Mar 10, 2016 22:20
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Default keybinds expected me to have an azerty keyboard. 
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Mr. Wedenhart posted:Default keybinds expected me to have an azerty keyboard. Yeah I noticed that too  I enjoyed my time with the game so far. Multiplayer starts small with light cruisers and escorts and rewards you with bigger ship slots as you move up. Game is a bit crashy, as noted, but Im willing to chalk that up to beta access. The single player is criminally short with little to no details as to what you'll actually get to do, but it reads very XCOM like so far, so here's hoping it branches out. I'll try and work up some gifs from the stream, in the meantime you can watch it, without my nerdy voice talking over footage, here: https://www.twitch.tv/asmodai_00/v/53589713
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