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Trilin posted:My motivation to grind is literally the app. Yep. Most of the grind isn't too bad, but getting the Millennium Falcon and the Tow Cable...  So far I've been using the Survivalist trait in the companion app since having Behemoth on all my infantry makes them pretty beastly, but I'm curious what other people are using, and also what bonus the Sharpshooter trait gives. My only complaint with the app, besides sucking my battery dry, is that often it just comes down to luck of the draw on many of the harder missions.
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Perestroika posted:Yeah, the only one I was really at all disappointed with is Ion Shot (which naturally was the first one I bought). The damage increase seems really insignificant. I still use it against the AT-AT because every bit counts, but in everyday use against AT-STs and turrets it barely seems to make a dent. Ion shot should 100% be in one of your hands when you play on sullust. It just tears the turbo-lasers apart, and moves it from "gently caress someone who took one of these powerups kill the turbolasers" to free points. Downside is they respawn in like 30 seconds or something dumb, and hunting charges is a bit annoying, but it is really satisfying to have the burst rifle and kill 2 turbolaser fuckers in 1 card charge. Also those things do a crazy amount of damage to everything, so killing them is the difference between maybe winning as imperials and losing both walkers in phase 2.
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Nov 25, 2015 20:36
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ZypherIM posted:Ion shot should 100% be in one of your hands when you play on sullust. It just tears the turbo-lasers apart, and moves it from "gently caress someone who took one of these powerups kill the turbolasers" to free points. Downside is they respawn in like 30 seconds or something dumb, and hunting charges is a bit annoying, but it is really satisfying to have the burst rifle and kill 2 turbolaser fuckers in 1 card charge. Also those things do a crazy amount of damage to everything, so killing them is the difference between maybe winning as imperials and losing both walkers in phase 2. Yeah, I've also found Ion Shot to be incredibly useful in removing pesky turrets. It's especially useful in Hoth WA in the final stage, when the Imperials have good coverage of the forward trenches and start merking everyone with the turrets they overrun. Plus if you get behind an AT-ST with a good blaster and Ion Shots you can to a lot of damage right quick.
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Nov 25, 2015 20:40
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Question: In Fighter Squadron, do the cool down power-ups stack? This morning I grabbed 3 in one life, but before I had the chance to test if they stack, I got blown the gently caress away by Slave1. Just curious if anyone knows for sure.
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Nov 25, 2015 20:44
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What would be a good joystick to use for the Fighter Squadron matches? I have a Thrustmaster T-Flight Hotas (connected to my desktop) but am not able to change the mappings in the game. Is there a different one that actually has configuration software?
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Nov 25, 2015 21:02
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It's hard to be mad at turbolasers because they are cool and named turbolasers, but god drat they can be some bullshit on Sullust.
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Nov 25, 2015 21:13
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Jesus Christ the balance issues. It's like they don't even play their own games.
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Nov 25, 2015 21:16
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What's everyone using as their trait? I've got about 17k space bucks, so I'm ready to get a trait. I like the 3rd level of scout, so I'm leaning towards that.
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Nov 25, 2015 21:19
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Remote User posted:What's everyone using as their trait? I've got about 17k space bucks, so I'm ready to get a trait. I like the 3rd level of scout, so I'm leaning towards that. I always run scout, mostly because I'm always running. Bounty hunter is pretty cool, but it is a bit too random for my liking, at least till you get it to level 3. Not sure about the rest, but bodyguard does seem pretty useful considering the amount of grenade spam.
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Nov 25, 2015 21:26
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Remote User posted:What's everyone using as their trait? I've got about 17k space bucks, so I'm ready to get a trait. I like the 3rd level of scout, so I'm leaning towards that. Unless you are really good at getting kill streaks fast and not dying, don't count on having levels 2 or 3 of your trait in any given game. Pick your choice based around the level 1 ability. That said, I am running Scout and refuse to change to anything else. The reliance on radar for intel is so powerful that to deny that intel for others when they assume it is otherwise there is even more powerful. My playstyle is very much "always take the long way around to get the flank" however, so if that isn't how you roll I would recommend one of the other two.
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I posted some words about traits earlier. I'm guessing you don't have access to bounty hunter yet, and just bodyguard, survivalist, and scout. Look at what you get for level 1 mainly, since you get that all the time. To rank up you need a few kills without dying (is it 2 or 3?), and when you die it ranks down. Bodyguard is 30% explosive resist which is pretty good since there are 2 damage types (blaster/explosive), and survivalist is a pretty noticeable boost to your regen time. By that I mean it kicks in faster, and heals quicker. Scout is really great because the rank 1 is the main thing that you want out of the trait, because hopefully if you're firing at someone you're killing them so no show on radar for that isn't important. Scout is really awesome on endor, and pretty good on sullest/tatooine, but not really useful on hoth. In small modes scout is awesome, since the radar is much less noisy so people are more likely to notice. Bodyguard is good if you're playing in more interior areas where grenade spam is likely to go, or if someone on their team likes to constantly homing missile you. Survivalist is good to keep going in an area. What I mean is if you kill someone and are hurt, you're more likely to be able to quickly heal to full than otherwise, and at level 3 the 50 health should give you a nice boost to scamper away.
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Nov 25, 2015 21:34
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I think, seeing as he doesn't have any traits yet, that he is under the mistaken impression that increasing trait levels is done by purchasing them with credits, like it is with upgrading Star Cards.
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Nov 25, 2015 21:48
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Yeah, what trait you want first is really dependent on what modes you mostly play. If you mainly play small stuff go for Scout. If you play mostly the larger scale stuff go for Bodyguard and then Bounty Hunter. I use Scout and it's nice to just run around and surprise people. Getting the first few kills in something like Blast usually isn't problem once you've seen the maps and know where people are coming from.
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Nov 25, 2015 21:48
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I bought survivalist first  it was a bad call
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Nov 25, 2015 21:51
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The wow factor of Walker Assault is starting to wear off, and I'm finding I like Supremacy much more. I've been rotating between that and Droid Run, which I find pretty fun. It's a neat take on domination.
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Nov 25, 2015 21:52
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Jedi Knight Luigi posted:Only 9 more AT-ATs to tow cable till I can get that air speeder power-up... do these things apply to the actual game?
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Nov 25, 2015 22:05
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Chomp8645 posted:I think, seeing as he doesn't have any traits yet, that he is under the mistaken impression that increasing trait levels is done by purchasing them with credits, like it is with upgrading Star Cards. This was indeed the case. I took Scout for now. Thanks for the replies.
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It never grabbed me during the beta, but I'm so in love with Drop Pod Assault right now. Such a great game mode, if you aren't playing the small map stuff then dudes really give them a chance. Trait talk: worth remembering your equipped trait will show up in the Base Command game. I love that thing, but held off while I unlocked some more cards. Just had a couple of sieges and my survivalist trait showed up there, giving all my infantry a behemoth trait which boosts them over times. It's pretty great. Also, thermal detonators work the same as rhe orbital barrage star card, but do more damage.  Someone else mentioned choosing Han so they could unlock him in Base Command, but it looks like Heroes and Villains also counts towards those unlocks.EA said this game is the biggest launch of a Star Wars game ever, and the biggest digital launch in EA's history. That should shut up anyone who thinks this game isn't selling well, or that EA are unhappy with it.
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Nov 25, 2015 22:11
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Parkingtigers posted:Also, thermal detonators work the same as rhe orbital barrage star card, but do more damage. Close but no. Detonators hit every unit in a coordinate. The orbital bombardment his every unit in all four coordinates in a zone.
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I've been having a lot of success with impact grenades, barrage, scan pulse and the DL-44. It's a short range build, but it really excels in corridors. Also, I found an extra utility for scan pulse. More people seem to be using the flash grenade lately, but if you use a scan pulse while blinded, the enemy is still outlined in red and you can shoot them just fine. I just added a bunch of people on the list from the op as friends, so looking forward to playing with a non-pubbie partner for a change.
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Nov 25, 2015 22:32
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superjx posted:if you use a scan pulse while blinded, the enemy is still outlined in red and you can shoot them just fine. 
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If you use the shock blaster and focus fire it turns into a ohk rail gun. Disappointed in the bow caster. Drop zone sure is fun. Droid run would be too if the scoring was sensible and gave the win to overall control if no one got the lock down victory rather than whoever had the most at the end. The thing about the small maps/modes is that there aren't really any of the wonky balance issues you get on the big game types. The arsenal is pretty reasonably balanced I feel. Obviously it trends a little more to the close in guns but it's mostly pretty tight
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The amount of geometry I keep getting stuck on is infuriating. And 14 degree hills I can't get up.
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Nov 25, 2015 22:57
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Geektox posted:I'm signed up on the spreadsheet but is there a PS4 goon community for this game? PS4 looks to be the biggest community overall, some numbers from the last thread: Cardboard Box A posted:BFront Currently online players But yea, I haven't linked up with any goons to play yet (though I just added them all last night). Hit me up, PSN: SirAnkie
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:The amount of geometry I keep getting stuck on is infuriating. And 14 degree hills I can't get up. Came to this game straight from Metal Gear V Stuck on rocks again
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What's the deal with the DirecTV dishes on Hoth? Are they supposed to do more damage than the other turrets there or something? I can't kill anyone with them with their one shot and then cooldown. Are they supposed to charge or something? I hit a guy right on and got hit markers and he didnt die.
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Nov 25, 2015 23:34
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The dishes can 1-shot people but has to be right on. The main point of them is anti-vehicle. If you hit the at-at in the weak underbelly you'll do around 5% of their health and get 75 points. at-st takes quite a bit of damage from them as well.
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e: above post is everything I said but 10 seconds faster
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Full Metal Jackass posted:What's the deal with the DirecTV dishes on Hoth? Are they supposed to do more damage than the other turrets there or something? I can't kill anyone with them with their one shot and then cooldown. Are they supposed to charge or something? I hit a guy right on and got hit markers and he didnt die. They're really for vehicles. They do like a quarter of an ATST's health and 5% of an ATAT's per shot. They also one shot fighters if anyone is dumb enough to try strafe you from a super low angle
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I like Francis, but I don't get why people assume that when a company begins development on a sequel, they don't necessarily halt all development on other projects. I'm pretty sure EA has the resources to continue development on both...
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So what determines when someone can spawn in as a hero bodyguard? I swear that I only have a couple people actually do it whenever I am the emperor
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Microwaves Mom posted:do these things apply to the actual game? I don't think so, if I'm reading you correctly. The things I do in the base game unlock things in the companion app. The only thing I get in the base game as a reward for playing the companion app is credits.
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DreamShipWrecked posted:So what determines when someone can spawn in as a hero bodyguard? I swear that I only have a couple people actually do it whenever I am the emperor It shows up when you go to the spawn menu, most people that die want to just get back into the action as fast as possible so they probably miss that.
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HOOLY BOOLY posted:It shows up when you go to the spawn menu, most people that die want to just get back into the action as fast as possible so they probably miss that. That is what I thought, I guess people just hate success.
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Nov 26, 2015 00:50
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You can only have 2 I think.
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Nov 26, 2015 00:57
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Just hit 25! Got that pistol of doom now. Can't wait to give it a shot.
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Nov 26, 2015 00:57
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DreamShipWrecked posted:So what determines when someone can spawn in as a hero bodyguard? I swear that I only have a couple people actually do it whenever I am the emperor
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I think there is some sort of cooldown before the can show up again as well. If anyone knows a list of hidden cooldowns on stuff that'd be really interesting to see. Stuff like bounty hunter reset and stuff.
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Nov 26, 2015 01:13
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Battlefront broke Benjamin.
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What a loving goon. Hit me up on ps4, CrispusAttacks Should be on quite a bit tonight
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