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E: Not my poster, just picture from internet. Althought I barely found enough brains in me at 16 to not get the secret order tattoo, I thought it was cool as gently caress Sekenr fucked around with this message at 11:27 on Jun 20, 2020 |
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I was apprehensive when this was announced, but the Polygon interview has somewhat assuaged my worries. I am cautiously optimistic.
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Jun 20, 2020 13:06
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so is it confirmed that there's no targetting reticle/green beepy deflection shooting indicator anymore? One of my favourite parts of XvT was firing off a quad x-wing burst way ahead of a moving TIE and being smug when it hit without the reticle going green. I didn't need the computer I used the FORCE NtotheTC fucked around with this message at 13:24 on Jun 20, 2020 |
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Jun 20, 2020 13:12
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NtotheTC posted:so is it confirmed that there's no targetting reticle/green beepy deflection shooting indicator anymore? Per interview there's a targeting reticle but no leading reticle, so it should work the way you want it to.
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Jun 20, 2020 13:25
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NRVNQSR posted:Per interview there's a targeting reticle but no leading reticle, so it should work the way you want it to. Ah it does say it right there in the interview- whhops. Thanks that sounds ideal. Going to have to think up a clever solution to mount a HOTAS to my driving sim rig for this I think!
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Jun 20, 2020 13:31
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I hope the PS4 version supports HOTAS. I don’t have one but I’ll sure as poo poo buy one.
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Jun 20, 2020 17:44
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*Pacino voice* PS4 version has a HOTAS!!!
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Jun 20, 2020 17:59
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If anyone at Sony has a brain they will make a PSVR mega bundle with the headset+camera, the HOTAS, Ace Combat 7, and Star Wars Squadrons
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Jun 20, 2020 18:58
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Xenomrph posted:In XWA (where you can fly the Falcon), if you were in cockpit mode then you were placed along the ship’s centerline, not actually off to the right like you should have been. You didn’t have to worry about being off-center and hitting stuff on your left. The Falcons (yes, there's three different versions of the Falcon in EA Battlefront II, it's as dumb as it sounds) do have the proper cockpit offset when you go into first person, and flying it in close quarters becomes just as challenging as you'd imagine. Lord Koth posted:edit: For those not actually aware of what an E-Wing is, here you go: Jeez, this is torturing the alphabet-wing naming convention even worse than the B-Wing is. And Star Wars doesn't even use the Latin alphabet, shouldn't it be like a Besh-Wing? ANSWER ME THAT, GEORGE
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Jun 20, 2020 19:00
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If you look at it from above or below it looks like an E. So do the x wing and the Z-95 but whatever. It could be the Ewing and be flown by the band of Scottish space mercenaries from episode 7.
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Jun 20, 2020 19:07
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Why is it a B-wing? Shouldn’t it be a lower case b wing? Or a t wing? It’s not like the x wing is named when its wings are closed.
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Jun 20, 2020 19:19
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quote:The B-wing fighter was originally designed by Joe Johnston and Bill George for Return of the Jedi. The craft derives its name from the fact that the crew labeled the two new Rebel Alliance starfighter models in Return of the Jedi as "A fighter" and "B fighter". Bill George had so much input into the starship's development, that his colleagues nicknamed it the "Bill-Wing Fighter".[23] Years later in Star Wars Legends the name "Blade wing" was devised as an in-universe nickname, which was canonized by the Star Wars Rebels production team. The A-Wing being called the A Fighter and looking like a wedge with two engines sticking out is just happy coincidence. Seemlar posted:It especially stands out that in those novels the introduction of the E-Wing was Luke pondering how he hated it, didn't even want to be near it because it was this intimidating overgunned killing machine, not like his noble old X-Wing... and then years later you get to see what one of those things look like and ehhhhhhh lol I forgot about this completely Anyway E-Wing makes sense if you consider the shape to be defined by the stupid guns
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Jun 20, 2020 19:23
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new "pilot briefing" series by the devs has started. This one has a big confirmation.quote:Mastering power management on the fly is what will separate you from the space dust you leave in your wake. Not all starfighters have shields, but those that do have the ability to manually focus them entirely to the front or back when needed, giving twice the protection to one part of the ship  https://www.ea.com/games/starwars/squadrons/news/pilot-briefing-gameplay-overview
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Jun 20, 2020 19:26
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I mean, we've known the design of the E-Wing for a LONG time. As far as I can tell, it was introduced in the same source it was first shown - the Dark Empire comics by Dark Horse Comics waaaay back in 1991/92. That puts it starting the same year as Heir to the Empire's release (and before the rest of that trilogy), so it predates the vast majority of the Legends books. And while someone at Lucasfilm certainly signed off on something regarding it, how much real influence they had on visual design over the comic book artists is probably debatable. Stuff like that comment in Black Fleet Crisis is just the writers throwing shade in regards to how bad of a design it is - sure, it exists and is absolutely still being used... somewhere over there; here we're still using our good-looking upgraded iconics, thank you very much. Not like BFC actually has much shade to throw, but they're still right for ignoring that.
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Jun 20, 2020 19:37
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Jerkface posted:new "pilot briefing" series by the devs has started. This one has a big confirmation. *double fronts shields and twists joystick like it was a C&B torture video against a Lancer frigate*
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Jun 20, 2020 19:56
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Gotta watch your shield direction when taking on a lancer or it will shred your rear end when you finish your pass.
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Jun 20, 2020 20:01
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Sitting behind a Nebulon B frigate's engines going pew pew pew
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Jun 20, 2020 20:07
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Has anyone here tried the magnet mod trick for a saitek x52?
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Jun 20, 2020 20:10
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I love that in X-Wing vs Tie Fighter and Alliance you can't do that anymore without getting roasted by engine wash
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Jun 20, 2020 20:10
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Hurry up and make the Gladiator canon. Easy enough to make a campaign where you're based out of a gladiator out on patrol somewhere then rank up and your squad moves to an ISD.
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Jun 20, 2020 20:16
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It pleases my nerdy self that they still recognize the A4 as the single-seat Y-Wing and the S3 the two-seater version.
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Jun 20, 2020 20:28
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McSpanky posted:The Falcons (yes, there's three different versions of the Falcon in EA Battlefront II, it's as dumb as it sounds) do have the proper cockpit offset when you go into first person, and flying it in close quarters becomes just as challenging as you'd imagine. Actually having all the falcons is cool.  PunkBoy posted:It pleases my nerdy self that they still recognize the A4 as the single-seat Y-Wing and the S3 the two-seater version. It’s not nerdy to know the truth. RIP pops Dutch and tiree
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Jun 20, 2020 21:04
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Having not played EA Battlefront II, what three different versions of the Falcon are there? I’m assuming different versions for OT, ST, and probably Solo?
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Jun 20, 2020 21:07
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fartknocker posted:Having not played EA Battlefront II, what three different versions of the Falcon are there? I’m assuming different versions for OT, ST, and probably Solo? Yep, Han/Chewie for the OT, Rey/Chewie for the ST, Lando/L3 for Solo. The ST version has the rectangular dish, and the Solo version has the capsule in the mandible gap and the sleek white paneling. Slightly different special abilities too.
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Jun 20, 2020 21:12
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Looking forward to killing all you HOTAS nerds with my Dell keyboard and cheap optical mouse.
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Jun 20, 2020 22:00
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Have they said if there’s any collision detection between player ships?
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Jun 20, 2020 22:40
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jarlywarly posted:Looking forward to killing all you HOTAS nerds with my Dell keyboard and cheap optical mouse. Lol that’s the thing, hotas probably won’t confer advantage over a mouse user. But it will be more fun 
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Jun 20, 2020 23:16
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Really hoping the mouse controls aren't like SWBF2/warthunder ab/rb since that would end up being a huge advantage
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Jun 20, 2020 23:33
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my saitek's rubber grips have horrendously degraded 
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Jun 20, 2020 23:42
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Jerkface posted:new "pilot briefing" series by the devs has started. This one has a big confirmation. quote:In addition to a brand-new story, you’ll also earn your wings in multiplayer battles. Dogfights is a 5v5 mode where two teams earn points by destroying opponents' starfighters in a traditional team deathmatch setting. Fleet Battles is Squadrons’ signature mode. You can play with both players (5v5) and AI (or just AI by yourself) in a multi-stage, objective-based battle. Advance the frontline by dominating the enemy in an intense tug-of-war and carry out bombing runs to take out capital ships to reach your primary objective: the destruction of the enemy flagship.
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Jun 21, 2020 00:09
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Insert name here posted:So if I'm reading that correctly that's essentially bot matches confirmed if you don't want to fight other people, which is cool because more games need to bring back bot matches. I wouldn't be the man I am today without Quake 3 engine games and their bots.
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Jun 21, 2020 00:37
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Insert name here posted:So if I'm reading that correctly that's essentially bot matches confirmed if you don't want to fight other people, which is cool because more games need to bring back bot matches. They were confirmed in the gameplay trailer.
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Jun 21, 2020 00:37
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Arcsquad12 posted:I love that in X-Wing vs Tie Fighter and Alliance you can't do that anymore without getting roasted by engine wash Man taking on cap ships in XWA sucked Can't lock on warheads, they get shot down. Can't do close strafing runs, weapons get jammed. Can't tail them, cause you get the ol' engine wash. At least in XvT (and presumably earlier) you could blow up the nose cone on Star Destroyers and fly inside the model
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Jun 21, 2020 01:25
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magiccarpet posted:Sitting behind a Nebulon B frigate's engines going pew pew pew turning off collision and flying inside harkov's victory-class star destroyer and blowing it up gently caress you harkov
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Jun 21, 2020 02:55
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Cross-Section posted:Man taking on cap ships in XWA sucked 
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Jun 21, 2020 03:52
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Use the , or . buttons to target ship turrets and blow them up. Goddamn cargo ship blew up four Y-Wings and shot down almost all their missiles on the very first Rebel mission. That felt pretty bad. I can't find my old Logitech flight stick and ugghhh trying to play XWA with a Xbox controller is not ideal.
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Jun 21, 2020 04:06
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Xenomrph posted:Look at this amateur who didn't know about capital ship blindspots and dumbfiring ordnance. It was weird and clearly not well thought through though. What's even the point of all this slow moving locking ordinance if the AI turrets will immediately shoot them up with perfect accuracy? Freespace 2 remains the absolute pinnacle of Fighter/Bomber/Capital Ship combat.
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Jun 21, 2020 11:41
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Alchenar posted:It was weird and clearly not well thought through though. What's even the point of all this slow moving locking ordinance if the AI turrets will immediately shoot them up with perfect accuracy? I thought the mechanic was targeting the turrets to shoot them out so you can then fire ordnance. Amen re: Freespace 2. Now where’s my HOTAS?
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plester1 posted:I thought the mechanic was targeting the turrets to shoot them out so you can then fire ordnance. Well yeah, but at the point at which you've taken out the turrets you can just sit in the blindspot you've created with all power to lasers and hold down the trigger for five minutes. Wing Commander and Freespace both got that the more interesting and engaging gameplay is have bombers make attack runs starting out from long range, with the skill being to hold your nerve and get close enough so that when you launch your ordinance it doesn't get blasted by turrets, while not getting so close that the turrets blast you. There's a tradeoff there that the X-Wing games never got.
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