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Vermintide 2 Update! See new OP for Vermintide 2 here https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3851244 Vermintide 2 is almost out! There is a beta running now for people who preorder! It's stupid cheap for a great game! Go get it now and join the Steam Group & Discord server and kill rats with goons now! I'm too busy killing rat people to write a bunch about it, but basically, Vermintide 2 improves on almost every aspect of the game and keeps all the good stuff from Vermintide 1. Don't think! Start killing rats now! Full release date/time; 10AM PST/1PM EST March 8th 2018. What is it? The next best thing since shooting zombies in the face: hitting rat-men in the face with a giant hammer! Vermintide is the next step in evolution of the zombie survival co-op game. It takes place in the Warhammer Fantasy universe, right around when the world is ending and the Skaven (along with everyone else) try to conquer the world. It won best game of PAX and there are a ton of videos already out there from some of the closed betas showing off the gameplay. How does it play? It is very much like Left 4 Dead, in that it is 4 player co-op, where you work to accomplish objectives and not die while an endless horde of disgusting rat people try to kill you. There are special enemies that can one shot you (jumpy assassin, rat-catcher, minigun-rat) if you are stupid and get caught alone. Teamwork & staying together is vital. Like L4D, knowledge of the map significantly helps, but the encounters are random, so there is a lot of replayability. There are 5 classes, each with a choice of a melee and ranged weapon. Some classes are more melee focused (dwarf, soldier) and some more ranged focused (mage, elf). Melee combat is a big component, not an afterthought like in L4D, and there is blocking, dodging, and location based damage. How does the loot system work? At the end of every mission, everyone gets a certain number of dice. You roll the dice, and based on how many show face up, your loot drop upgrades. Everyone gets the same number of dice, regardless of performance. There are also loot items that you can find in the map, which if carried successfully through to the end of the map, gives everyone additional and better dice (higher percent chance of a face). This (should) give everyone even more incentive to work together and not be a dick. Unwanted items can be broken down or combined to make better items. How do I talk to people? The game DOES now have built in voice chat, or you can meet up with other chill goons hanging out on our own Mumble server, Camping the Stairs. See link for access. Link How do I find other people to play with? We have our own channel on CTS (see above), as well as a Steam group. If you want to play with goons, log into the CTS Mumble server, or join the Steam Group chat and see if anyone is around. Playing with pubbies can be a real pain, so play with Goons who are 100% guaranteed to be better at the game due to Goons superior qualities (paid $10 to access comedy website forums). I'm still unsure, these guys have made some bad games and most GW games suck! Here are some gameplay videos, if they don't convince you nothing will Official gameplay trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUkZZ2CehhQ IGN plays for 2 full hours https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2cXYXXPy2c Someone plays for 3 loving hours https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8bYzviVTlA When is the Release date? The game is officially released on Steam Oct 23 2015, but if you pre-order the game (at a 10% discount), you get access to the open beta test one week early. Beta progression during the pre-order beta DOES carry over when the full game is released (baring some catastrophe). Riftling posted:Progress will be saved past beta barring some exploitastrophe. Links: Vermintide 1&2 http://vermintide.com/ Vermintide 2 Pre-order Beta Info http://www.vermintide.com/news/pre_order_beta_live/ VT1 On Steam http://store.steampowered.com/app/235540/ VT2 On Steam http://store.steampowered.com/app/552500 Steam Group http://steamcommunity.com/groups/goonintide Discord Server https://discord.gg/dsdSGVh Skandranon fucked around with this message at 16:13 on Mar 9, 2018 |
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Mordja posted:They're also doing a free beta this coming Monday to Wednesday that you had to sign up for. I just got a key today, but I have no idea if they're still giving them out. If you go to the Alienware site, they will say they have keys available, until you sign up, then they will tell you they are actually out. I was too lazy to make an OP before then.
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Oct 4, 2015 16:48
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I've got a key for the beta tomorrow, and had a chance to play a bit on Friday when they forgot to shut something down. It feels right, the melee is good, and the characters are all decently fun to play. If the remaining 10 missions are as good as the 3 available in the beta, it's going to be great. Just waiting for the Ork character DLC.
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I dont know posted:I got a chance to play a few rounds when it was open on Friday. The melee combat felt really, really good. I particularly liked the 2-handed hammer, as both its overhead swings and horizontal swipes felt like they had real weight behind them. I can see myself playing this for a while, but I worry about how long the community will stick around if they don't put in verses mode, much stronger loot, or just continously release new content patches. I've got 200+ hours into L4D, and that is without loot/xp and almost entirely PUG games. I think Vermintide will be at least as good, and has the potential to be much more. I'm hoping they go the route Payday 2 did, with plenty of DLC at a steady rate.
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Oct 5, 2015 02:42
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We've got some Mumble channels created on CTS (see PGS thread here for info: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3714380) Edit: Added some gameplay videos to OP Skandranon fucked around with this message at 05:38 on Oct 5, 2015 |
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Oct 5, 2015 05:32
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Brackhar posted:What's the status on the NDA for this? I honestly don't remember. For this beta and subsequent ones, they've dropped all NDA requirements. NDA's still apply to stuff pertaining to past betas http://forums.fatsharkgames.com/discussion/1001/on-the-topic-of-nda
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Oct 5, 2015 06:15
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Bussamove posted:Test ran Witch Hunter and Bright Wizard in the first mission, found both awesome in different ways. WH's ability to fire off a pistol with his sword out or to never stop shooting all of the guns was rad, but so was throwing out big pillars of fire. My only gripe with BW was that the venting mechanic wasn't explained at all and I took a lot of unnecessary ticks of damage venting too little charge before I realized what was happening, but that was me not paying attention. Venting mechanic just changed for this patch. Before, it would only vent your heat in excess of your normal range, you'd have to wait for it to go down the rest of the way.
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Oct 6, 2015 00:36
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Safety Factor posted:I'm sure the developers have a DLC plan for the game going ahead and I think I heard somewhere they'd be adding more classes at some point. I'd love a warrior-priest, but I hope they add an actual Rat Catcher. Those dudes fight Skaven in sewers for a living so they'd be perfect for this. They also have batshit murder-terriers. Ork character DLC BEST character DLC!
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Oct 6, 2015 15:10
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dd209 posted:Anyone else get a gigantic fps hit from a lot of the particle effects in the game? I turned down or disabled a whole bunch of settings but I still see drops from the 40s/50s to about 10fps when a poison globe hits. There is a bug where if the host switches their weapon really fast (uses mouse wheel to just spin) it will grind everyone else's FPS to a halt.
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Oct 6, 2015 16:12
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Hamburger Test posted:I've only gotten side grades. Give up speed for the ability to hit more targets. Give up damage for more attack speed. poo poo like that. Better quality (orange > blue > green > white) can have better stats than lower tiers, and has unlockable traits, like life regen on hit, better blocking, better pushing, etc.
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Oct 6, 2015 17:55
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Hamburger Test posted:Yea, that would be what I expected. My point was actually that, it does change how a character plays somewhat. The different traits can. Better blocking might make a 2h sword as good a blocker as a shield, so you could go from just a damage dealer to damage + tank. There are a lot of combos and will take awhile before their interaction becomes worked out, but I would say that yes, it does.
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Oct 6, 2015 18:25
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Dre2Dee2 posted:How much control do you have over melee swings? Are there controls to select swing direction, or is it basically just clicking through a set attack cycle? Set sequence. Different weapons have different kinds of attack angles, and your main attack and charge attack have their own. You wouldn't really want more than that, it gets way too chaotic when the Skaven start swarming.
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Oct 6, 2015 19:05
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Tiler Kiwi posted:i dumped a bunch of thoughts about the game into the beta feedback form they provide in the launch menu. the fools! I think the same could have been said of Payday 2 when it first came out, there were only a few heists and 4 characters, no perk decks, etc. If they keep at it, I think it will be good.
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Oct 6, 2015 20:39
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Major Isoor posted:Jesus, that is hilarious! If I hadn't already bought the game, that would make getting it all the more tempting! Still, it certainly isn't making the wait any easier.. (since I think I'll just wait until the open beta, if the closed one ends today/tomorrow, according to a goon somewhere above) Yes, this beta currently in progress ends tomorrow at 6PM EST. I believe there is another beta event scheduled next week, before the public beta for pre-orders. The beta key for this weekend SHOULD work for all of them, though I can't promise that. I am basing this statement on the fact that my beta key for this beta also allowed me to access a previous beta on Friday, when I got my key. All the key does is unlock the Public Test version of the game on Steam, so I think everyone that has the Public Test version can run it, and take part in any beta when the servers are up. Also, he can carry up to 64 pistols if he is using his rapier/offhand pistol combo melee weapon. He's basically a skeleton under that coat and the rest of the bulk is taken up with pistols.
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Oct 7, 2015 02:44
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President Ark posted:It occurs to me that I haven't really seen any representation from clan Pestilens in this. There's four major skaven clans - Eshin (assassins, gutter runners), Moulder (packmasters, rat ogres), Skrye ( I think I saw in one of the Tips it mention the name of the specific clan that is attacking Ubersriek. Don't remember the name, but it wasn't the big 4. They may have created a "Skaven Undivided" type clan to allow for having both rat ogres, globe throwers, and gutter runners all at once.
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, guns), but I haven't seen anything from Pestilens, who usually handle A) Biological/chemical warfare, and B) plague monks, who are basically anthropomorphic chainsaws. Are they in this and I just missed them?
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I like Lady Legolas, her daggers or sword/dagger combo can easily butcher dozens of slave/clan rats in seconds. The swipes do extra headshot damage, and are fast and go side to side, so hitting the heads is easy. With some of the different bows available, she becomes much more interesting. The longbow will bodyshot most rats, so you don't have to only go for head, and can 1-2 shot most specials, which can be really important with things like gattling rats or stormvermin. Her poison one seems to do a lot of damage to rat ogres, though I haven't tried it yet.
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Oct 7, 2015 18:07
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Elpato posted:Oh, I'm not arguing that she's not good. She's a great rat killer. When I do play her, I do really well on the scoreboard and such. I just feel like she's the most generic FPS character in this game, and that bores me. I like Victor a lot too, I feel both of them are best when you are switching between melee and ranged frequently. I especially like fencing with stormvermin with Victor.
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Dezztroy posted:I like Lady Legolas as well. I like when she tells him his face was beyond rescue before he was born.
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Oct 7, 2015 18:23
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Tokubetsu posted:I've spent the most time playing bright wizard but waywatcher is probably my second favorite class followed by witch hunter. Only cute little banter I've noticed from bright wizard is some stuff with the Witch hunter. Something about being her jailer. The story goes, the Witch Hunter has arrested Bright Wizard and is escorting her somewhere, and has hired Soldierman to help. They are in their way through Ubersriek when poo poo hit the fan. Also, there is an elf and dwarf. There is a Steam group up, Goonintide, check the OP. If you have suggestions for sprucing it up with pictures or whatnot, let me know and I'll make you an admin.
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Oct 7, 2015 21:02
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Dr. Red Ranger posted:The elf is probably there to kidnap children for their weird forest commune to brainwash or something. Most I could gather about the elf is "I don't like cages, don't hold me down, I'm a unique snowflake that likes to wander around. And butcher bipeds by the thousand. Don't ask"
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Oct 7, 2015 22:12
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Tokubetsu posted:It's shipping with 13 levels. Throw difficulty options and loot on top I think we'll be fine until (hopefully?) DLC starts trickling in. I really like the Tome/Grimoire system, as it lets you do some fine grained difficulty management. Once the game is out for a few weeks, everyone will know where they are, so it will be a choice to get them or not. If you are running with a crappy group, or your luck has just been terrible, you can skip getting the grimoires.
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Oct 7, 2015 22:34
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One of the nice things is they have ample options for free DLC, like adding new traits or weapon types. They can also add new characters for cheaper DLC, and full blown maps for more expensive DLC. Later on they could do something like add skill trees to do a whole 2.0 overhaul, etc.
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Oct 8, 2015 04:17
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Darkn1o posted:Does anyone know what the Cataclysm difficulty is like? Is it the same difficulty gap as between hard and nightmare? I think someone mentioned that Cataclysm has friendly fire, so no more dropping fireballs on your friends or shooting arrows in their backs. dtkozl posted:I really thought this game was a pile. Sound, music, writing, and narrative are complete garbage. That is my opinion but I would suggest to those wanting to get it on day one be wary, it is a buggy mess in beta and it is going to take more than until the end of the month to fix those problems. A beta had bugs? Why I never!
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Can't wait to hear people complain about there still being bugs in the pre-release beta.
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dtkozl posted:Yeah great job sussing out my real issue was the beta had bugs and not that there were so many they wont be able to fix them all by the time they release in a few weeks. You have a great career ahead of you as a company yes man. I don't know how it was for you, but of the crashes I experienced, they managed to fix those within the first day the beta was running. So I am impressed with their speed on that, and the beta served it's purpose! I don't think you really understand what a public beta is for. It's not a demo, it's not about YOU at all. It is so they can collect data at a large scale that they were not able to in their labs. They will then work through that data and fix bugs. If they are able to push out changes as fast as they were during the beta, I am fully confident they will fix the majority of issues. I'm sorry your stint as an unpaid QA worker wasn't as fun as you hoped it would be.
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I dont know posted:The beam staff in particular felt really weak to me (though fun to use). To kill one special skaven, even in normal, I would have to point it at their head and hold it there for several seconds, long enough that it would put me about 70% of the way to exploding. Given this staff seems pretty much designed to kill specials, this seems pretty pathetic especially compared to the crossbows or handguns which can drop anything other than a Rogre in a single headshot. Though the flip side is the beam-staff also had the shotgun like blast as it''s primary attack. It seems hard to balance the bright wizards ranged since each staff is effectively two different abilities. I don't think the beam is to be used on it's own, I think it's like a charging beam. You can fire your primary while lasing someone, and it will hit them from much further off, and I THINK it does more damage the longer they are 'charged' with the beam, but I only took it out for one mission.
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Darkn1o posted:That's pretty disappointing. Nightmare already has friendly fire and no respawns. Though it's usually not an issue since ranged is really only useful to pick off skaven or kill specials and they usually swarm you in hard or above difficulty. I had a blast, but I think the game could use something special on the hardest difficulties to actually make it challenging. I mean, hard is still so easy that you can run it consistently with 2 bots and 100% loot drops. Oh, maybe FF is Nightmare, no idea what Cataclysm is. Probably spawns Gutter Runners in place of clan rats...
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Kamikaze Raider posted:
I think we saw a lot of one map running in the closed beta because there were only 3 maps. One of them had no tomes/grimoires, and one of them was so open it tricked most people into spreading out and getting killed. So most people settled on the Horn of Magnus because it had better loot options without pubbies getting themselves killed in dumb ways. Once the game opens up and has a better selection, I think we'll see less of that. One thing that I wanted in Payday 2 and would like here, is if you got rewards for doing missions in an unbroken streak, so if you do Ramparts->Horn->War Machines->etc without failing, you get an extra dice (up to a maximum) for each one. Gives a better sense of continuity and an incentive to get a group and stick together, instead of constantly dropping and joining.
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Badly Jester posted:I think that's a great idea and it shouldn't be that hard to implement. Have you thought about skyping that idea to fatshark's inbox? I posted it in the feedback forum. Is there another way to post feedback to them?
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Oct 9, 2015 17:15
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DeathSandwich posted:I think one of the biggest problems with payday 2 was specifically because there was far too much grindy bullshit between having to farm cash, experience, and the weapon parts. The players singling out one or two missions to farm was them becoming a victim of the skinner box design. The fact that your potential weapon parts cards in payday shared a loot pool with mask parts and cash (at least initially, I'm not sure how it is now). The fact that you could just as really get a bunch of parts for one of the 30 weapons you didn't have due to experience or money constraints, or it just flat out suckling really exacerbated that. I kinda like that you don't just get gear for the one you are playing, it discourages you having a 'favourite' and then throwing a fit when someone else is playing them.
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Oct 9, 2015 19:28
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Wooper posted:Do you get anything for pre-ordering? 10% off, and access to the week early beta starting on the 16th. Character progression will PROBABLY carry through to the rest of the game, baring any significant exploits that require a wipe.
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Oct 9, 2015 23:24
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The other thing is that the gear does not significantly improve on the white stuff. Tailored blues/oranges might be needed for cataclysm, but all white gear will easily get you through missions on hard with a decent team. Good gear also won't save you from bad teamwork or not knowing how to play.
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Oct 11, 2015 16:36
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Greens gain a trait over whites, but no stats. Blues gain 2 traits and some stats over green/white. I suspect oranges get at least 3 traits, maybe stats, but I've not gotten an orange weapon yet.
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Oct 11, 2015 17:07
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Dezztroy posted:Trinkets are going to make the biggest difference when it comes to loot, I believe. In the beta I got a fish that gave me a 40% chance to not consume healing items upon use. Getting 3 uses out of a single medkit is kind of a huge deal. This is true, especially if they are combined in the right way. I got a trinket that would heal everyone around me for 20% when I used a medkit. Someone else had a trinket which had a chance to dupe items upon pickup.
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Wooo, a 9.4gb update. I wonder if it'll even work...
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Well, game starts up, but didn't get any players joining, so it's either not really running, or no one else is running it. Going to try soloing Horn of Magnus, which is the only available map at the moment.
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Tokubetsu posted:I'm assuming this test is gonna run until the pre-order access starts friday? I don't know if this is an official test or not, it still says the beta is down, and I've yet to find anyone else to play with. They've also added 2 white melee weapons to starting characters (2 ranged for bright wizard).
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Oct 11, 2015 21:12
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Stanley Pain posted:Eh... that kinda sucks... There is no pleasing some people... You can buy a beta key from G4A (or wherever was mentioned earlier in the thread) for a dollar if you MUST play the 1 level available right now.
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Oct 11, 2015 22:47
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Stanley Pain posted:Not giving access to your beta(s) when you pre-order a game is kinda stupid in TYOL 2015 You DO get access to the week early beta when you pre-order the game!
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I should get access to any and all private or public testing for Fallout 4 when I preorder it, or I don't want the game. FFS, it's 2015!
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