Game Difficulty

muzzah2004

So I've been watching gameplay videos, and it seems pretty easy/repetitive.  I have yet to see anyone making a video die, and they're pretty much strafing back and forth just killing everything in front of them while sprinting around with no regards to their enemies or needing to take any sort of cover.  Is that what the gameplay is like throughout the game?

TeflonEddie

Right now the game is very easy at the early levels, though that changes somewhat if/when the new patch goes live as it contains considerable buffage for the mobs.

Right now, you can (for example at level 5) stand in a group of 10 level 6-7 thrax and take them down without a problem, though the game toughens up at higher levels when you meet the likes of Striders, (huge mechanical war machines that shoot beams of fire that can 1-hit kill players) and mobs also come in larger, more powerful groups.

Next patch, you'll be a greasy red stain on the ground if you don't fight with a bit more strategy.

pussaykat

Is combat still fast paced or do you need to spend 5 min on each mobs?

TeflonEddie

Originally posted by pussaykat


Is combat still fast paced or do you need to spend 5 min on each mobs?

On Live at the moment, mobs die ridiculously fast. Spies can 1-shot most footsooldiers with a backstab and you can drop them with couple of rifle shots easily. In the new patch, mobs get increased health and faster regeneration so it does have a slowing effect on the combat.

Especially in instances.

pussaykat

Torqueshell already had a rediculous shoot time but if now i can't drop em in 1 hit after that... I mean what am i supposed to do with a 3 mob group? shoot one of em once or twice before they get in melee range and kick me all over tha place?

TeflonEddie

Originally posted by pussaykat


Torqueshell already had a rediculous shoot time but if now i can't drop em in 1 hit after that... I mean what am i supposed to do with a 3 mob group? shoot one of em once or twice before they get in melee range and kick me all over tha place?

Snipers and Biotechs are hit pretty hard with the change; as a sniper you'll still be able to 1-shot a foot soldier (outside of instances at least, I haven't done any testing inside as my character isn't on the test server) but you almost certainly won't be able to 1-shot a strider any more.

muzzah2004

Hmm, a shame I can't try the game since theres no free trial.

Orbital78

Yes, and the game is very easy. You can kill any creature one on one which is close to your level, even named bosses.

TeflonEddie

Originally posted by Orbital78


Yes, and the game is very easy. You can kill any creature one on one which is close to your level, even named bosses.

That's one hell of a conditional when you get to the higher level zones such as Crucible/Descent.

Those maps are more a case of "one on twenty-one".

abhaigh

Since 1.4 went live the pace has taken a turn for the sluggish - sure, they dropped the ammo requirements for a lot of weapons, and made running a chaingun cheaper - but who cares? Sure, ammo is now 1/3rd the price that it was before the patch, but the damned mobs take 4 times longer to kill.

Thanks Devs - just when I'd started to like the damned game again, you do something stupid that sucks the fun and pace out of the game. it makes me wonder if you really know what the hell you are doing, or of you are simply dropping al ideas into a hat and takingthe first few dozen items out and running with them, no matter how mind-dumbingly stupid they are.

meh