 THE GAME IS OUT ON ALL 3 PLATFORMS (PC, XBone, PS4) PLAY WITH US:BATTLEBORN DISCORD CHAT What the hell is Battleborn and why should I care? Battleborn is a new game from Gearbox Software. The best way I can describe it is a spiritual successor to Monday Night Combat. It plays like an FPS but has a ridiculous amount of RPG and co-op elements, including a PvP multiplayer mode and a 1-5 person co-op campaign with 9 missions including the prologue. If you're a fan of Borderlands games chances are you'll find at least some enjoyment out of Battleborn. It's definitely got a bit of Borderlands humor peppered into it so people who are a fan of that will probably be interested in this. It's also the first time in a long time that the Gearbox people have made a full multiplayer/PvP supported game. Tired of reading this and want to know exactly what the hell it is? Well just watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aLQNgyeqh8 Okay, I get it, it's an FPS...with MOBA elements and stuff. What makes it different than Overwatch, Paladins, Smite, Paragon, etc? First let's get some facts about Battleborn down:
Even if you're a fan of the games listed above, you should still at least try this game out. There's no reason why you can't enjoy multiple games in this whole "HERO SHOOTER" genre or whatever. To me personally it feels like Monday Night Combat more than any of the games that people keep comparing it to. TotalBiscuit explains the game and these comparisons better than I can (WARNING: LONG): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PVYZGOJrH4 Now for the good stuff, the Characters. Let's start off with the Factions they're all a part of: 
Got it. Where can I read more about this game? SOME PROTIPS FOR YOU MY DEAR: PvP:
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Apr 8, 2016 17:29
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Well the closed beta was garbo, I wonder if they made anything about the game good since then.
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Apr 8, 2016 17:46
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Open beta is late to going live on PSN. Endlessly pressing X to get in but just getting the error message that the server is unavailable.
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Apr 8, 2016 18:16
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Yeah the dedicated servers are probably getting hammered right now. I'm working on expanding the OP a bit if anybody wants to help out let me know, it's more work than I thought heh.
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Apr 8, 2016 18:28
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how is this game
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Apr 8, 2016 18:31
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Eonwe posted:how is this game It's sitting at the cant connect to server error message so far.
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Apr 8, 2016 18:34
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there were betas before this
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Apr 8, 2016 18:35
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Yeah there was a closed technical test to stress the servers and stuff. Apparently they're working on fixing it atm. I was in the Early Access and it was much more fun than the CTT, Open Beta should be even better once they fix the login issues.
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Apr 8, 2016 18:43
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Server is up finally.
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Apr 8, 2016 19:25
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Played my first PvP match, got completely crushed. The frame rate on the PS4 version really sucks. 30fps at best and even that feels kinda crappy for this game. Wanna play this on PC.
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Apr 8, 2016 19:55
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Gearbox is probably crossing their fingers hoping enough people mistake this for Overwatch.
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Apr 8, 2016 19:59
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exquisite tea posted:Gearbox is probably crossing their fingers hoping enough people mistake this for Overwatch. Still no idea which will end up on top, but Overwatch just isn't as potentially interesting, by comparison.
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Apr 8, 2016 20:56
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I think Overwatch will be the game that is left standing. Blizzard's history of post-launch support is better then anyone else's. The quality of that support is hotly debated though. Overwatch will get a lot of updates for years to come with new maps, characters, and modes. It's pretty simple right now but that is Blizzards M.O. they never release particularly complex games but they build on them afterwards. Battleborn will just have its season pass and then Gearbox will move on.
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Apr 8, 2016 21:32
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Not sure why people are comparing this Overwatch. The two are very different games. IMO it's closer to something like Smite than Overwatch.
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Apr 8, 2016 21:41
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They're two completely different games lol I've played Overwatch plenty and I enjoy it but Battleborn gives me the kind of co-op in story and pvp that should be in every game these days imo. Plus having different character builds, gear loadouts, etc adds a lot more progression than Overwatch for me. Just created a Discord server for goons to get together: https://discord.gg/0wBpRhisvb157oTB ceebee fucked around with this message at 21:49 on Apr 8, 2016 |
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Apr 8, 2016 21:42
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I don't think the two games are even remotely similar, but that doesn't change the fact that the perception among most gamer's seem to be that they are in direct competition with each other. MOBA's are slowly coming over to consoles, which means a lot of people are learning for the first time what a MOBA is exactly and so there is a lot of confusion about what the genre is. Many people believe there is a blurred line between MOBA's and class/team based multiplayer games.
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Apr 8, 2016 21:52
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My only advice is to try both of them out and see if you like them both or one over the other, either way I'm glad to see less top-down MOBAs coming out soon.
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Apr 8, 2016 22:03
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I know a lot of people are going to compare this to Overwatch but it really is a pretty different game in its own right. I also really like that it has SP and CO-OP elements tied to it for those of us who'd rather just play that. Though I have to wonder how solid both of these experience will be, from what I've seen it has some really good boss encounters with phases and mechanics instead of just being bullet sponges. Anyway, really looking forward to this, I don't know yet if I'm gonna go PC or PS4 for this. Like "I said come in!" said the fps feels weird for this type of game, there doesn't appear to be that many complicated graphical effect. I think if battleborn is going to survive in any way it's going to be on consoles. Edit: Agreed with you cebee, I wish more games would do this as well. Bonby fucked around with this message at 22:41 on Apr 8, 2016 |
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Apr 8, 2016 22:31
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Typically missions/story maps take around 45 minutes to an hour to complete. There will be 9 total on launch, open beta has 2 story maps and 2 PvP maps I believe. It's definitely got enough content to differentiate it from multiplayer-only games.
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Apr 8, 2016 22:35
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does the shooting feel like borderlands? because that is a hard game to go back to once you've played an fps with tighter controls
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Apr 8, 2016 22:39
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Kifisonfire posted:does the shooting feel like borderlands? because that is a hard game to go back to once you've played an fps with tighter controls Every character feels different to me, lots of melee, ranged, and mid-range characters. Chances are you can find a character that fits your playstyle pretty easy, out of the 25 I have my 2-3 favorites. I haven't played it much on consoles but on PC it has options to adjust aiming and autoaim assist type stuff.
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Apr 8, 2016 22:41
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Eonwe posted:how is this game So good that Gearbox had to beg people to play the closed beta.
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Apr 8, 2016 22:46
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What is the mumble address?
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Apr 8, 2016 22:49
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Tenzarin posted:What is the mumble address? There's a Discord chat here: https://discord.gg/0wBpRhisvb157oTB
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Apr 8, 2016 22:50
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Why isn't this game just Tigger's voice actor yelling "BATTLE BORN" over and over?
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Apr 8, 2016 22:52
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ceebee posted:There's a Discord chat here: https://discord.gg/0wBpRhisvb157oTB Mumble is better, why are you trying to exclude us mumble users?
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Apr 8, 2016 22:54
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Tenzarin posted:Mumble is better, why are you trying to exclude us mumble users? If somebody wants to setup a mumble server that's cool but I'm not going to pay or host one. Discord works good because you only need the client and that's it, you can also use the web client but I wouldn't recommend it.
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Apr 8, 2016 23:00
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Camping The Stairs mumble is always up! Its like Up all night with Gilbert Gottfried on the USA channel.
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Apr 8, 2016 23:02
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Are people still pushing Discord? Good, we really needed to throw something on top of Mumble, Teamspeak, Ventrilo, and all the other thousand services to install
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Apr 8, 2016 23:05
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Tenzarin posted:Camping The Stairs mumble is always up! Its like Up all night with Gilbert Gottfried on the USA channel. If you want to post a link to that or make a channel on there for Battleborn that would be rad  I have too much poo poo already between Slack, Skype, and Discord. I honestly like Discord over all the other stuff I've tried, especially if you use the client.
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Apr 8, 2016 23:09
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I'm gonna be honest, I really like the designs of a bunch of the characters so this doesn't help my bias toward this game. There's a freaking skull in a robot suit and I love it. It's gonna be a shame if this game just falls flat on its face. As for the closed beta, man gearbox did zero effort advertising it. I follow them on facebook and even there we had close to zero promotion, even Borderlands Golden Keys were more promoted than Battleborn. All I can hope for is that word of mouth helps this game out. I loving LOVED Monday Night Combat and this seems to be the closest I'll get to a game like that again.
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Apr 8, 2016 23:33
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The game doesn't really give any indication for the queue, how long is it taking to get in?
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Apr 8, 2016 23:36
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Some people are able to get matches after matches, others are having trouble getting into queue. They're working on adding more servers to support the massive influx of people, there's no way to tell the length of queue atm.
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Apr 8, 2016 23:55
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been in one match in 3 hours of casually rejoining queues after it times out completely fun so far i guess?! e; got into two matches immediately after complaining, this is pretty cool actually WonderfulWino fucked around with this message at 02:59 on Apr 9, 2016 |
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Apr 9, 2016 01:46
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is phoebe still broken as poo poo?
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Apr 9, 2016 02:12
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Shalinor posted:"Eh." Overwatch is kinda just another FPS. A decent one, but it isn't super interesting. Paragon and Battleborn are both trying to do something semi-new, each riffing off the MOBA space and Monday Night Combat, which is effectively a new offering in the current market. I've been pining after Monday Night Combat for years. MNC was great because it had elements of MOBAs with crossfire mode but was incredibly lethal during all stages of a match. Mickey Cantor was amazing.  SMNC was significantly slower and deliberately geared so that you spent more time in the 'slowly grinding away at bots' stage yet snowballed like crazy. MNC matches could go either way, especially if you were an assault who knew how to thread a needle with the nade launcher and hit the money ball from long range. Battleborn is skewed to the pace of SMNC than MNC which is a shame. I wouldn't buy it but that's not an indictment against it. Nothing on the market comes close to being as fast paced as MNC. Overwatch is a TF2 clone but there's always people who say 'is BB like overwatch?'. On a unrelated note Dirty Bomb gets the same treatment but with CSGO, it's almost like people never played Enemy Territory.  BB would probably benefit from being in third person as it's a little jarring going from first person to third with charge skills.
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Apr 9, 2016 03:03
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I think Battleborn is going to be received well because that first story mission alone is as fun or more fun than any Destiny strike. I thought the PvE content was going to be underwhelming but instead, if I end up getting this game, I could see myself playing through it all. And then, at the end of it all, I think the multiplayer has a lot of opportunity. It's unfortunately hiding behind a $60 paywall, so its community is at the mercy of good advertising, which sucks because people are currently trying to figure out what the hell the game even is. I was talking to some of my students today and, despite some of them being huge fans of Gearbox, none of them knew anything about the game or that it is even being developed by Gearbox. To them, it is "that game like Overwatch." I'd hate for this game to release, end up being actually good, and then have its players fall hard after two weeks. Personally I know I'll be spending most of my "I want to play an FPS" time on Overwatch. On to another topic, does anyone know how to mute other players?
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Apr 9, 2016 03:33
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a harpy posted:On to another topic, does anyone know how to mute other players? I can't remember if you click on names or use arrow keys but you mute people from the scoreboard tab.
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Apr 9, 2016 05:03
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a harpy posted:I think Battleborn is going to be received well because that first story mission alone is as fun or more fun than any Destiny strike. I thought the PvE content was going to be underwhelming but instead, if I end up getting this game, I could see myself playing through it all. And then, at the end of it all, I think the multiplayer has a lot of opportunity. It's unfortunately hiding behind a $60 paywall, so its community is at the mercy of good advertising, which sucks because people are currently trying to figure out what the hell the game even is. Agreed, I played some earlier and those levels feel incredibly well put together, plus with all the challenges and obtainable loot this could have enough meat for me to justify a purchase based on the story/coop mode alone. But I have to wonder what happened to Gearbox's marketing , I have seen almost no major game youtuber market this game other than TotalBiscuit, no wonder people watch this and think it's just a Overwatch clone.
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Apr 9, 2016 06:21
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Yeah I think the marketing could be a bit better. Also Overwatch/Blizzard are trying really hard to squash a lot of hype and individuality that Battleborn is trying to push. I know for a fact they do things intentionally to kill attention towards other games even if they're vaguely similar. It's unfortunate, but at least Gearbox usually has a following of word-of-mouth recommendations. Anytime anybody is looking for co-op games to play with their friends the Borderlands series gets brought up. I hope that happens with Battleborn once more content is shown and people get their hands on both titles. There's definitely a lot of replayability not just in the story missions but online with friends in PvP. People have been grinding just a small portion of the story maps because they find it fun and different enough with each character and each team setup. Also Advanced Hardcore difficulty is actually pretty drat difficult in Story and requires co-ordination between your teammates.
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Apr 9, 2016 23:19
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