Titanfall 2 thread

okay

thanks

Good talk faggots, How many people are on the Holla Forums group? is anybody max rank yet?

Bleh. Respawn is in this much trouble huh?

I think me and the guy who made it are the only people that actually play the game in the 8ch group anymore these days.

I would join you fags, but i maxed out a long time ago. And i realized that i was putting to much time into playing it.

I think about it a lot, it was a fun game to fuck around in.

I'd join but I play the game at 15 fps so I'd just be embarrassing.

gen 5.35 reporting in

i roll with the cuckchan tag because that gets [RDDT] pretty mad. might swap over to [8ch] permanently if more people start making stacks.

My nigger, good choice in objectively good kits.

i only use the grav star for boosting and Low Profile is the only thing you should focus getting first - it's so damn good. my wingman elite is gen 2.8, just started using its sister to see what it's like

That pilot is a absolutely adorable

Wait you can make your pilot a robot in this game?

Stim and phase shift makes you a robit. Which is kindof funny for stim, in all honesty.

You know realize that the sister sucks dick and can't hit shit

I can't really agree with ordance expert with the gravity star, even with the increase cooldown, it would be better to go with anything else. Usually ordance expert is good with grenades or an ordance with two fuses.

I like stim legs, they remind me of olympic runners

I think it's funny because you're shooting a robot up with space adrenaline to make him go faster.

t-thanks.

phase is for shitters, though.

Without Ord. Expert the regen on the grav star feels like it takes ages. as i said i only use it to boost and when i gotta boost i pretty much NEED to have it ready. g2g fast

I think you meant to reply to

I always thought of it as a faster burning fuel, allowing the body to work harder, at the cost of burning yourself. But is odd, injecting shit into a robot

Sorry to hear that, i know going fast is addicting, but i hope you see the benefits of fast regen. As when you gravity start to boost, you take a moderate amount of damage and lets say a pilot sees you flying in the air, your much easier to take out.

Reminder that the pretendo who developed this game insulted the Switch and in turn his game failed. Really shows that people are getting tired of the anti-Nintendo narrative.

i see you have not met the light of stim+grav boost yet, brother. you go faster than the average shitter can track you on their screen

Thank you for the concern brother

I have taken in the light, soaked in it, molded by it. Experience it in all forms. Going that fast and being in the air for that long only to land on an enemy titan is an experience i will never experience in video games ever again. Tribes ascend might be gone, but i know it has left an impact on us for ever.

I just like variety and shit, going fast is handy, but i like killing shit more.

Alternator I haven't experimented much, EPG, L-STAR, R201 are cool too. I just like the feeling of running around with a smaller primary
Scorch and Holopilot
I like most of the city ones fuck that one alien planet one with the facilities, it's a fucking bitch to find anyone to kill. I must have spent god knows how many matches just zooming around trying to find opponents till the match ended
Goddammit

first weebum, rate it!
i should have prob fiddled around with audio settings so i could get a few extra MB of space to encode it better

Wrong thread genius.

It was alright, I liked the first kill. Post more

Hi Cody

We had almost the exact same post in the last thread. Will this become some kind of tradition?

The bitrate seems very low, but I don't know enough about making webms to advise you how to fix it.

don't die, thread.

he's not wrong though, Nintendo fucked up the specs of the Switch.

Threads don't die in 10 hours on this board newfag

o yea? watch this
modified on ‎22 ‎September, ‎2014, ‏‎4:35:21 PM

Reminder that Scorch a best.

Oh, I see. You're not a newfag, you're just retarded.

That's not how you spell Northstar.

>implying the best Titan isn't the one with the biggest dick

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I have numerous 'favorite' weapons but I'd say I really enjoy the softball.
Favorite titan? I either go Ronin or Legion
Kit? Low Profile, no doubt.
Tones? No problem.

By that logic, the best titan would be Me__

You're a giant robot?
I never knew such things posted on Holla Forums.
Do you know Kuratas by any chance?

Kuratas is trash.

METHOD-1 is the future.

Favourite:

Weapon(s): Hemlock, CAR and Volt.

Titan and Kit: Scorch and the one which makes the shield last a bit longer.

Map and Game mode: Attrition on F.B Kodai. Can mix it up a bit there.

Way to bitch about tone: I just try to get a nuke death near it when it unloads it's core, though it is quite difficult.

Are you a masochist or something?

gross.
nice.

Stim
Mastiff, EPG, SMR, Wingman Elite
Northstar w/ Enhanced Payload, Turbo Engine & Dome Shield
CTF on Eden
just like shoot it in the face and hide for a bit after taking 2 40mm into your face

Obviously that map calls for a Titan change, I like using NorthStar or Ion but mostly N.Star.

With the Hemlock, it is quite a like/hate relationship at the moment where I am at the like stage. The R201 would be the normal favorite if i HAD to pick one but at the moment, the Hemlock feels nice to use as I do like a good burst fire weapon.

Thats the question of the day, granted I dont think they're in that much trouble. EA went on record noting that Titanfall 2 had the best critic and player reception out of any game they put out as of late, we dont know the budget since it doesnt feel as heavily marketed as the original, and they've still got other projects since this game still hasnt bombed as hard as something like Evolve or Battleborn.

My favourites are the Mastiff, L-STAR and basically all of the grenadier weapons, but especially the EPG. Shooters with good rocket launchers are my jam. The Alternator's also fun with Stim and the Flatline is pretty good.
I use the Spitfire too
Scorch with Inferno Shield, Dash Core and Dome Shield, and Northstar with Viper Thrusters, Overcore and Dome Shield. I also dabble in the others aside from Tone, whom I just don't really find fun compared to the rest.
Holopilot.
Exoplanet & Last Titan Standing.
Switching to Legion and taking out my frustration with Smart Core until an Ion comes around

Phase shift fags are the worst, even worst than stimfags. Stimfags atleast take you on and fight but Phasefags? Nope. They just go into their inter-dimensional area and run around like a pussy, no honor at all. If they even had balls 1/100th the size of mine, they would at least try to shoot at me before they shifted like the fags they are.

I totally didn't do this by accident

I've been trying to get execution kills and so far it has been a very frustrating affair. It does not reliably prompt or it just straight up melee kills them.

the entire melee system is fucking broken

does phase shift make you intangible for a bit or something? is this game like that failed shadowrun game?
i really wanted to like that one but the networking was beyond anus. maybe due to being an early game on that 'games for windows live' bs.

Try to hold you button, sometimes the animation changes from a punch to the execution.

You have to hold down the button.

Phase shift phases you into a parallel dimension for two seconds. There's a weird visual filter and neither you nor the other players can see each other. After the two seconds are up, you phase back in to the real game, which usually lets you get the drop on the other player. If you phase back inside another player, you will kill them. It's a very strong ability, and I don't think it's overpowered, but I would like to see them reduce it to one charge with a faster recharge time.

I don't think it's overpowered either, it's just an annoying get out of jail free card.

who here /saving/?

L-STAR MOTHERFUCKERS
Tone because I like scanning for enemies, and winning :^) mostly the scanning though and grappling hook, because why would you use anything else?
I like the Live Fire maps, and whatever isn't offering double XP. God i never want to play Skirmish for the rest of my life.
using her

What the fuck is wrong with you?

Oh I forgot. All my loadouts have Fast Regen, Low Profile, and
SATCHELS, MOTHERFUCKER, BEST ORDINANCE
Also I always go Nuclear Ejection and Dome Shield because I need every bit of damage I can deal. Alright r8 h8 away

i could ask the same about you, tonenigger.

Nerf this phase shit to the ground

CAR, R-97 gotta go fast hipfire spray or fuck off
Tone and stim, do you like winning?
anything but that shitty crash site, attrition
Im the guy that abuses OP shit and complains about using it, problem is I actually like playing tone and only ronin strikes my fancy as an alternative so i keep quiet for the most part

Satchel charge is fucking op as shit. Does so much fucken damage to titans

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fucking gross, dude.

Jumping around and using grenadier weapons ain't really the most annoying tactic, that'd be camping around with a bullet hose

But yeah phase is too damn annoying considering they get two charges

I'm thinking about picking this game up, Do you guys play on PC or Xbone or is it crossplay so it doesn't matter?

what the fuck is wrong with you nigger? and no, there's no crossplay.

Be advised, however, the population is only around 2-3k at any given time on PC. No idea about Xboner.

Pic very related.

You should be wearing that hat.

Picture was related Anons I was thinking more people would be on console like is saying, I'll grab it on pc.

It's just so obnoxious, it's hard enough hitting pilots without spontaneous disappearance.

On another note, why is Volt considered OP? It barely does any damage.

glad to have you on-board, Pilot.

Also to add on, when I move my mouse after a while it freezes then snaps to where I moved it too.
Does anyone know the reason and how to stop this?

Wireless mouse?

why do you hate yourself

God no, wired.

I just save pictures that I find here, I don't edit the file names because I'm not that witty to describe the picture with a funny joke.

It used to do more damage, which made it well-rounded to the point of absurdity.

Clean your mousemat
Clean your mouse sensor
Run antivirus scans
Check the "enhance pointer precision" box in Mouse Properties -> Pointer Options

the Volt used to be more OP than the devotion, but now it's probably the worst SMG.
hitscan is still for faggots, though.

Why don't you just git gud?

Don't talk shit unless you know the torture of doing like a billion Skirmish matches all in the name of muh double XP. I honest to god shudder at the thought that one day they'll bring it back.
Fuck Skirmish.

@12164637
wew. you're really going all out on this thread, my dude.

I'll continue to reply to people who reply to me while you get help.

help is on the way

You missed a maymay arrow. Calm down now.

He's just shitposting, user.

I say it's a cry for help, but okay. More importantly, Titans are for being radical, not sex. Post action shots, not money shots.
Please I need wallpapers

What about radical sex?

Ronin is useless against full health Titans.

Yes, yes it is.

I don't know about xbone, but Ps4 seem to have a healthy population of players. Can get into full games fairly quickly.

I fucking hate phase shift, Complex and Tone. By far the worst fucking things in the game.

i'd take a tonenigger over a smg-fest any day as well as complex over crash site

I dunno about that. Only thing that will mess me up when I play Ronin is a good Legion or a smart Scorch because you can't get too close to them. Anything else you can kill pretty quickly if you set everything up right. Though I suppose it's true Ronin works best with other teammates because he relies on flanking, which is why I generally play him in LTS.

Also, Ronin is the perfect counter to Tone.

Got it on PS4 a few weeks ago. I'm having more fun than i thought.

Tie between EVA-8 Auto and Mastiff
Northstar. Overcore, Threat Optics and Dome Shield.
Don't really have a favorite map. I like Attrition and Last Titan Standing modes.

EVA-8 and CAR.
The salt-powered robot AKA Tone.
Phase shift, of course.
Eden, Bounty Hunt.

I genuinely wonder though, how did this game end up being so much fun? Its published by EA, its sadly doomed to be on Origin forever, the studio has people who previously worked on Modern Warfare 1 and 2 which are admittedly enjoyable but its hard to see them working on fast games, it had so much going against it and yet this is probably the best FPS to come out last year if not this entire console gen.

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Grapple, Spitfire with faster aim down sights and fast reload, electric smoke, thunder bolt. Literally untouchable.
Legion with over core and sensor array. Ctf meta, very touchable.
I like all of the maps. Ctf is my favorite though.

You won't get far when I have my C.A.R.
Northstar and +1 Dash
Anything Hardpoint
Tones that hug corners with their shields up are the most cowardly pilots I see.

Have a WebM. I really need to start recording again.

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EA probably let them do whatever they wanted after Titanfall 1 wasn't received so well. As far as I know Titanfall 2 didn't have a huge budget and recycled a lot of assets.

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Huh, I thought TF1 was a hit that died out super fast. I also wasnt aware that it recycled assets besides maps but I never played the original.

Your a funny dude user. You must think that firestar is objectively best. Why don't you go get in your tone so you don't have to get good at the game

The game feels pretty recycled. Titanfall 2 feels like they figured out how to make it fun for long term, which was the problem with tianfall 1

I know I'm getting annoying with this shit but it's like 70% of all Titans I fight are Tones.

Every time.

Reminder that Titanfall 2 is built on gimmick-based gameplay, "hero" classes and corridor-based maps. it's a MOBA-lite game in FPS form.

Reminder that Titanfall 1 is an objectively more fun game.

Nice.

Thing with Tone is you have to bully her out of her safe space. The particle wall is very good at stopping bullets, but I love to dash through it as Legion and just fuck her day up.

just use legion against tone
i melt those fuckers down every time

I jump on every now again.
Name is AnimusWolf, and No, I'm not a fucking furry
But this game just isn't something you can play nonstop for 10 hours.
I get worn out every1-2 hours, even though the game is fun.

Ronin's Arc Wave destroys Tone's shield in one hit, plus he can phase behind the shield and Tone isn't that great up close, which is where Ronin excels. Try him.

If not, Legion also works pretty well against Tone in my experience, especially long-range mode.

You have to remeber, tones main source of damage is the rocket barrage. If you can stop that,you can tank the rest of her shots.

Always be pushing, always make the tone move. Tone is a stationary titan, when she starts moving, her flaws start appearing.

Webm related.

Is something like Quake or UT also "gimmick-based gameplay"
So every FPS game since CoD4 or whatever has "hero classes"?

I thought you were whining about Satchels. My bad, Satchels are objectively best ordinance. You can rodeo me any time.

Does Ronin's sword do any more damage than a regular melee? Cause I can find very little reason to play this shitty faggot.

Fuck this, I'm never playing Ronin again.

I'm pretty sure it does. Also all her abilities revolve around melee and in your face style combat. Not to mention sword block mitigates nearly all damage.

>was hoping for there to be Titan porn due to Titanfall 2's release
why is life to cruel

*so cruel

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I changed my mind, this game is fucking shit.

did they make the game not run like shit?

The game runs on Source Engine which allows it to run like a dream. I've never not gotten above 200 FPS at all moments.

Actually a lot of things a recycled. The animations for when you get into titans actually are the same animations from TF1 just in third person. A lot of animations are directly from TF1 for the older weapons, just with the new crouching specific animations.

>talking about a fucking EA games is perfectly fine

you faggots are why gaming is dead

All the Titans are cute girls doing cute titan abilities.

Thats interesting since I only played Titanfall 2. I want to give the original a try but I assume its dead on PC.

They're all dudes, BT is obviously short for Bro Titan.

It runs on Source, you can run it at 1080p 60fps medium-low with an R7 260x and a fucking FX-6100.

Didn't say I dislike Titanfall 2. Only that Titanfall 1 is better.

Adding more gimmicks like paid weapon and titan skins, "unique" execution moves, player placards, etc.
The Call of Duty/Battlefield-tier "customization".

From the gameplay standpoint I mean shit like stealing batteries from a titan to heal yours. Doesn't even make logical sense, how does removing a battery cause instant physical damage to their titan and recharge shields exactly once? Is that battery powering a shield? Why can't the shield regenerate on its own? If it's been yanked from a titan that's seen any combat, wouldn't the charge be depleted if it's a one-use charge?

Made sense when you popped off a hatch and shot the hell out of the Titan's internals. As it is, the change to batteries ties in with the decision to remove regenerating shields, all of which culminated in titans playing like they're made out of paper, which further discouraged the use of titans in favor of running around as a pilot. In TF1, a single pilot had to be very lucky or evasive to take out a Titan on their own. Now, they can easily solo one almost head-on.

Also, the addition of more NPC types on to the field. It was good when it was grunts and spectres. They were there for you to charge up your titanfall. In your titan, there wasn't much they could do to you, unless you just sat there and let them lob rockets at you. You could patrol the map and actually do shit witohut getting shot up your ass 24/7 like you do in TF2, where they added in "super" spectres and automated "titan-killer" mechs (what's the point of having titans if these guys exist, exactly?). The moment your titan lands, it's going to be taking permanent damage. It won't stop. It shifted the challenge of piloting a titan, which was initially "watch for Pilots hidden among the grunts, or titans hiding behind buildings" to "I can't pay attention to anything, I'm too busy trying and failing to shoot everything in sight since it can all kill me."

No, what most FPS games had since CoD4 were loadouts. You had your guy as time went on you could later customize your guy to some degree and picked what weapons, attachments, and equipment he'd have. Titanfall 1 was like that.

Titanfall 2 says "fuck you, if you want to have cloak you HAVE to be this bug burly guy, if you want to phase you HAVE to be the dreadlock robot, etc". That's largely cosmetic, but some of those guys are clearly easier to see and track than others.

The real problem is with the Titans, because you can't even change your damn gun. You're railroaded into what the devs decided to lock you with. Want to use the railgun on a titan that can actually tank hits and isn't designed to be an easy target by everyone on the ground? Too bad!"

That's what "hero classes" means here. A character restricted to a specific weapon and specific moves, that nobody else gets to do. You get very little customization over them (do I want to drop fast or have shields?).

Hero classes are inherently more restrictive and reward only a single specific style of play. Games like Overwatch, Team Fortress 2, League of Legends, etc. all have this. The problem is that it's a straight step backwards from the previous game, where there was actual freedom in loadouts and you could work on a build that worked best for you. You were limited simply by the amount of loadout slots available. Want to stick the chaingun on a speedy, light titan and dance around others, firing off a cluster missile and popping electric smoke on them for good measure? You can do that. You can also swap out any part of that for something else.

Not in Titanfall 2. You pick a hero, and you're stuck with whatever they have. Don't like their weapon? Don't like some ability the titan has? Too bad, you're not going to get to use any of the other gear that's also been locked down for just them.

I find it crazy source can do that shit. Honestly, i know thegame isn't he best looking, it looks like shit sometimes, but it runs smoothly. I don't really care for graphics, as long as i can play the game smoothly, i have no worries.

Also, I want to say it's embarrassing how many faggots here haven't even played the first game. Particularly those who admit this and then go on to say Titanfall 2 better than the first because someone told them so

It's like you're mad at people who aren't even here in this thread or even alive, why you heff to be this mad.

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It really isn't. It's much slower and the titans suck ass in TF1.

How dead are the console versions? I got the PS4 version back around the holidays but theres been so much stuff coming out that i haven't played it much since beating the campaign

You certainly die a lot faster in Titanfall 2, both as a pilot and titan. Kinda boring when it becomes a matter of "who started shooting first".

How can the TF1 titans suck ass when the TF2 titans are semi-copypastes of them?

What the fuck are you smoking?

It's a fucking skin. Who the fuck cares. You're blind if you have trouble seeing the base player model. Also games like CoD and BF that you think are not the same also do this with stuff like if you pick a sniper rifle you'll have ghillie suit on or at least they did years ago.

You could technically call how titans work "hero classes" and even then it's more like a standard class based system but saying that the game has "hero classes" to the point that it's a MOBA is beyond fucking stupid or you just have no idea what you're talking about. I'm inclined to think that it's probably both since you think Team Fortress 2 has hero classes.

Ok so you're just making shit up to be mad at something. I get it.

You have no fucking idea about game design in general. Nobody plays Titanfall 1 anymore for a good reason.

The movement in titanfall 1 is much slower. I know, I compared the two directly (I unironically like the TF1 campaign and still play it sometimes).

The titans in TF2 last longer if played well, they all have counter measures, except northstar. If you're not used to playing like that then yes, they last a very short time, so to someone with TF1 muscle memory the titans feel like they are made of cheese and you just walked into an oven. I was like that at first too. Higher time to kill would make the zippy fast pilots impossible to kill. The game would be all krabers and grenades.

TF2 still averages 7000-10000 players, the community there is still active.

Why is Northstar's projectile so poop?

Can you elaborate?

Reminder that this dude worked on the reload animations for the game.

It's slow and small. How are you supposed to snipe with it?

Wait for the idiot to dash once, fire.

I was thinking more to do with pilots. If they're aware of me my hit rate drops to 40%.

And her core sucks.

The hitbox on her shot is at least the size of a pilot's torso. If you can lead them decently, or if you can snap aim quickly enough, you should have no trouble. As far as her core goes, you have to ambush someone, or better yet wait for them to be tethered. You can make her core significantly better with viper thrusters, which is my personal favourite kit ability.

I thought that was a rumor, but good for him.

New execution got datamined.

If you suck hitting pilots just go into training mode (use the "highlight enemies when zoomed in" perk) and that should let you learn your mistakes.

To be honest it's the only way I play northstar. The highlighted enemies make sniping easy.

Frontier News thing should come out today. hope it isn't shit like last time

was playing a bit of titan vs titan and this particularly brave teammate in a Ronin was wrecking the entire opposition team. I think in one round he/she won with just a shield depleted.

The opposing team might not have been the most challenging ones but still pretty impressive.

Another thing i found that you can pretty much nullify a Salvo core by using sword block and sword core.

Viper Thrusters is great, by far one of the more useful upgrades she has. Also, for the longest time I didn't know you can zoom in during her core.

Ronin probably has one of the highest skill ceilings, but a good one is always super fun to watch.

So how is this game anyway?
It looked interesting at E3
Is there an option for a co-op campaign?

titanfall.com/en_us/news/frontier-news-network-11/

Its alright outside of there being a free trial.

I guess I would compare it to Call of Juarez Gunslinger because of the fact that that its surprisingly enjoyable. Sadly though there's no co-op campaign.

There are some surprising interactions between the various titan abilities. Vortex shield can reprogram ticks and catch tether traps, for instance, and I discovered the other day while playing Legion that smart core + his shotgun blast will deal stupid damage because every pellet hits the same target.

It's very good. High skill ceiling, fast-paced movement, meaningful differences between weapons, titans are way more interactive than your newfangled CoD killstreaks. There's a free weekend coming up, so you can try it out without giving EA money if you're so inclined.

Sweet. My instincts tell me to be skeptical of the single player being free forever, since it reminds me of Rainbow Six Siege's microtransactions and stuff, but even the gauntlet being free is good. I spend half an hour putzing around in there when I first played the campaign, so hopefully other people will have the same experience.

Gun looks cool and Northstar looks like she's getting buffs. The rockets appear to home I think?

That execution is sick too.

Tell me more.

He means it'll be free for a weekend after the DLC comes out, you just won't be able to play 95% of the single player.

I'm just regurgitating information from the link in . It's exactly what it says on the tin.

By the way, I made some OC for you guys. I'm happy with the resolution and everything; making webms is fun. I'll try to make some more when I have the chance.

Titanfall 1 had the worst customization. You want to use a smart pistol? Open helmet for you. Sniper rifle? Mandatory ghili suit. SMG? Suddenly a girl.

And titans went down immediately, it was stupid to use them, rechargable shield or not, because the mag launcher was even more broken than it is in 2, and you auto die when doomed. And if you didn't bring smoke? Guaranteed death to boarded pilot. Unless you hop out and get shot from above as you step out because YOU ARE LITERALLY TELEGRAPHING EXACTLY WHERE AND WHEN YOU WILL BE STANDING STILL.

Seriously, the "tf1 is better" meme needs to die. Slower movement, weakshit titans, no variety in AI forces, and customization just meant everyone was in striders with multibomb launchers or 40mm. No variety, at least now the titans can at least look different.

I wish this gun wasn't bad.

Ion best titan
Northstar is my waifu
ALSO FUCK TONE

Nope, this is about where I stood before.

I made another one.
I-is it good?

They're good. Keep 'em coming.

Satchels a best

This is all I have from my previous session worth anything. I'll try to record some more today.

Whoops, one more.

I really shouldn't make ultimatums. Okay, these two are the last ones from my batch of footage. Will need to record more before posting more.

Nice.

It's useable, but desperately needs a buff to be in line with other pistols.

Out of curiosity, what are you using to record, and at what bitrates are you recording and encoding with?

I've been using OBS but I've not got CPU to spare.

ION IS SHIT
SHIT

SCORCH A BEST

Goddammit for a sniper Titan Northstar fucking sucks at sniping. Dropped.

the best Titans are obviously the female ones

I'll remember that the next time i laser you out of the sky like the bug you are

also scorch is shit on any wide open map, literally unplayable.

Ion is objectively the best titan. All her abilities are useful in just about every situation.

Lmao, true. Some dude begged me and some other guy not to use Scorch on Kodai.

Funnily enough he's great on Crash site and Complex, this is, the worst maps in the game.

I change my mind this game is fucking garbage.

It doesn't happen often but fucking hell do I hate it when it does. Yeah real fucking skill you [BNCH] fuck.
When will they nerf Tone and Phase shift bros?

Looks fun. How's the player count?

I use OBS, encoding at between 1300 and 2000 bitrates with high-quality mode and VP9 enabled. Nothing special for recording: the game runs at 1080/60, which is what I record at, and I downsample it to 720p so the filesizes aren't dumb.

Man, I remember when Tone was still the best generalist and people were lukewarm on Ion because she took skill to use. Now people realize how good she is, but I can't get angry because you have to think about her tools instead of just pushing M1 three times like Tone. I don't mind Ion being strong, but I've been using Legion the last little while and having literally my entire kit shut down by Ion's vortex shield is a real bummer.

She's fine. They've nerfed her into the ground already compared to what she was.
I don't mind the idea of a get out of jail free card, but it baffles me as to why you get two charges and can regenerate your health while phased out. The other day I was playing a game with two or three of them on the enemy team, and let me tell you it's frustrating to turn around see a pilot trying to rodeo you, only for him to disappear once you start to punch him. Some of us have to live with the consequences of our actions, dammit.
Furthermore, WHY THE FUCK CAN YOU CARRY THE FLAG WHILE INVISIBLE AND INVINCIBLE WHAT THE FUCK WHO DESIGNED THAT

Mechs cannot be waifus

PC has about 2,000-3,000 players during peak hours. Otherwise, it's a small but dedicated community. They fixed the matchmaking a short while ago, so it never takes me more than a minute to find a game.

IM there some times

She needs more. I don't want to play against an entire team of Tones ever again.

If you're still struggling against the tone you are the problem.

It's my fault that at least 70% of players pilot Tone every match and that she's completely anti-fun to fight against?

Stop playing Tone please

I don't play Tone, but the thing is tone can get countered hard by almost every other titan.

the only problem I have with them is they never seem to take nearly as much damage as they deal whenever I catch their rockets with ion and throw it back at them, is there a bug there? Vortex shield seems to be a magnet for all kinds of bullshit.

It's surprisingly easy to counter Tone with Scorch. Especially when i get close and use Inferno shield.

Protip: run through her shield and bully her. Tone-chan adores watching from a distance but cannot handle intimate contact.

This game would be gold if it wasn't for the retarded one-hit melee.

>>>/reddit/

Was using Ronin a bit today managed to teleport behind 1 enemy, for that fleeting moment, i could feel the power of the blade coursing through me as he was using a gun while i was studying the blade as with one slice he was slain.

Northstar makes no sense to me. Why would someone spend so much money building a tall, easy to hit, sniper robot that falls apart under pressure.

Seems like a waste of money.

Buffs when?

It did get buffed. It can now dash out of any situation.

I just played a match and I must have entered zen because it was the best one I ever played and it felt really good. Swung around everywhere, barely dying, air-to-air shotting people with a mastiff. Is this what it feels like to get gud?

I find it hard to find patch notes for this game so I know nothing about anything.

>tfw level 14 RE45
I had no idea it was considered bad until I started reading stuff about TF2 online, same with my G2.7 Mastiff and the prepatch Archer.

Northstar and Ronin both got buffed in that the kit that gives them an extra dash now no longer takes an extra 2 seconds for each dash to recharge (i.e. it went from taking 24 seconds to get all three dashes back to 18 seconds). Pretty decent.

Might have made a mistake, I can't remember if it's 18 seconds or 12. That they got buffed is still true, though.

You can also find the patch notes on reddit if you can stomach the atmosphere, since they take them from the official site/datamining.

Yeah, overall I'm happy with the balance as it is right now. The demon guns are more or less the solid all-around guns rather than stupid weapons which let you bypass their intended gameplay like the Devotion and the Hemlok.

That's damn good. Thanks.

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Mastiff is really bad and inconsistent and it gets me killed a lot but it when it works it's beautiful. I prefer it to Mozambique and I don't really know why.

I also started using Spitfire and the spray and pray on the thing is glorious. Those that don't die get scared and run away, pretty cool.

I ran into one [RDDT] calling someone out for racism because they said "nigga pls".

[Fur]

Nevermind, Mastiff fucking sucks.

I have no problem with one hit melee, I have a problem with one hit melee which decides priority/speed/lunge distance based on fucking connection.

get the extra boost kit. now you can backpedal and shoot ronin in the face all day. use that tether trap to your advantage and upgrade your cluster bomb package too. and if shit even looks slightly bad for you dash for cover. Also, don't call in Northstar until a teammate has their Titan in play. Northstar is a devastating support but difficult to solo with.

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I do moderately well with her, just stay behind everyone and shoot people. I like running threat optics.

I wish people stopped calling her a sniper Titan when Ion and even Tone do it better.

They really shouldn't have nerfed tone, it's still my go to titan I just can't count on it's Salvo core to one shot people as effectively anymore
I'll show myself out before people rage

I wish they just stuck with cores similar to the TF1 cores, instead of the whole press V to win (Except you, Ronin, fuck you Ronin) shit they have now.

Play Northstar and you'll see what a flaccid core feels like.

why does tone have a better missile spam core than northstar, seriously

She needs it :^). I just wish they were faster at least. All the opponent needs to do is dash once and they avoid most of the damage but at least you can chase them/escape with viper thrusters. I don't even have that big of a problem with her core to be honest, I just wish her projectile was faster and her reticule wasn't absolute shit.

Technically the mozambique is a straight up grade. The Mastiff does abut 20 damage per each one of its projectiles and with its mag size, reload speed, firing speed, total range, requirement for a headshot to actually do enough damage to actually one shot them; the Mastiff not only sucks but is totally outclassed by the other shotguns. The EVA is directly more consistent with its higher fire rate, more accurate spread and even directly high damage per pellet which strikes me as confusing. The Mozambique has a faster fire rate, tighter spread, easier to lead projectiles, and again better damage. To be exact the EVA does 25 time 8 at close range, the Mozambazooka does 30 times 3 but jumps to 40 times 3 when amped making it nearly comparable to the EVA, and the Mastiff does 20 times its 8 projectiles as I said.
TL:DR I'm have a gen 2.9 Mastiff and the thing not only sucks but is tragically under powered.

Meanwhile, Legion mains in comp still will avoid a Tone at all cost to avoid getting nuked form orbit. Even going as far to not drop their titan and wait until the Tone is weak enough or the situation becomes too dire.

good to know about the shotguns; what do you think is better the Mozambique or the EVA-8?

There's a lot of cute Titanfall fan art on Pixiv.
I wouldn't think the Nips would care very much for the game.

It's so frustrating. When one match you spend grappling all over the place, air shotting pilots, leading projectiles on point and the next you might as well be shooting cum for the amount of damage it does. I really have no clue why it's so unreliable, Mozambique isn't like this.

Webm is from plebbit. Don't bully pls.

You should never count on a core to one shot anything, what the fuck? It's to do a shit ton of damage, yeah- but not flat out just 1-0 a full titan.

Any art of pilots being in love with their Titan?

Yes

Both are roughly equal to exactly the same. An amped/unamped EVA is a god gun for aggressive players and can melt room full of pilots like no other gun in the game, even the smgs. The Mozambique unamped is a really strong secondary for those who might not be enough of a quick shot for the B3 or elite Wingman. The Mozambique amped however can practically be primary replacement with how consistent it kills at close range or can fire follow up shots to get the necessary 3 pellets landed to kill.

I honestly dont know. Personally I think its either the spread which actively makes getting the 4 pellets for a one shot, body shot kill harder, or the projectile speed making it so a faster players can have enough time to file their taxes before they need to worry about being shot. You can kind of mitigate the spread though by aiming down sight which supposedly tightens the spread a bit more?
Also whats a good network to join? I've recently realized that just because the reddit network gets more players, that doesnt mean they are generally the best of players.

played some with Northstar. Went back to Ion and felt much better. The reticule really is terrible, as is having to lead all railgun shots. Does the projectile increase speed with charge-up like it does damage? I feel like Northstar is just a few tweaks away from being good.

I really don't like trying to kill any pilot that has become aware of my existence while using her, and her low health doesn't help. I don't want her health buffed, but the faster railgun bolt like user suggested would make it so that pilots don't constantly outrun my bullets as they dash into buildings, my projectile landing right at their heels when I aimed for center mass. I could just git gud, but I'd rather play as literally any other Titan most of the time.

To use Northstar is to know pain.

Sure the projectile shouldn't be hitscan but when I can't punish a retard with an MGL on top of a building in front of me without leading the damn thing I get frustrated. At least if you have to lead the shots add a dot or something to the crosshair instead of that pseudo rocket launcher one. I've read that some people modded the charge rifle crosshair onto theirs but I didn't want to fuck with the game files. Really the most fun I had with Northstar was standing on one side of the map behind building and friendly titans, and just shoot unaware pilots with the threat optics kit.

I don't think so but it would be a pretty cool change, as in the more you charge the less speed you have. It makes no sense but it would help with killing pilots. I feel pretty bad for other players when I escape their Northstar. Her being a sniper is a meme.

I hate to be interpreted as whiny so just ignore what I said tbh fam.

I just use the [ADV] network if I'm looking for players. Otherwise I represent Oppai/[B00B], because someone has to.

Her projectile speed doesn't change. I think she's fine as is, frankly, but if they make her core better or her projectile faster I won't complain. What screws up most people is how heavily punished you can be for positioning wrong: she's the only titan without any damage mitigation, so you have to lay down traps to cover your flanks instead of pushing a panic button like the rest of the robots. If you fail to do this, or if your opponent is a heavy titan capable of soaking up the damage, then you just have to accept your fate and get out of Dodge instead of trying to fight.

One of the reasons I like viper thrusters so much is because they let you escape situations like that easily. Ronin is normally your worst nightmate, but he can only do so much if you're in the air. Same with Scorch.

Ion's fucking stupid, though. I don't get why she can almost outdamage me with a single button.

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Update is out now, go get them f2p players.

I wonder if TF2 would be more successful it was on Steam, or if it didnt have such horrible timing.

If it was on steam? Maybe. That way people could also play with friends, not need to set up another account for something, not need to switch back and forth from origin and steam. If it was released at a better time? Definitely. If it was earlier into the fall season it would've dominated.

The new map is a breath of fresh air.

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Wait is there a f2p version? The OP only mentions a Korean f2p, can a burgerfat still play for free?

Game is free from here until monday. You can play like the first chapter of the single player and the multiplayer.

I'm just taking this as Respawn just acknowledging how difficult it is to use the mastiff.

playstationlifestyle.net/2017/03/30/heres-patch-notes-todays-titanfall-2-update/#/slide/1

Why the fuck do Tones Q rockets track in 90 degree turns?

I don't think my team knew what the fuck was going on
Also I accidentally spend 100 credits on map hack since I regened
That was the worst game I ever had in my life

Should've went longbow on them. Single shot will break a holo, double will kill a pilot.
Boomtown was one of the shitty maps from 1 with it being so fucking low and open.

a-anyone playing right now?

the 8ch network seems to be empty right now

Boomtown was never in Titanfall 1, you're thinking of Colony, or Backwater.

Still ADV tbh fam

God I fucking hate those reapers, the friendly ones get in the fucking way constantly. Fuck them.

Is the new gun any good?

You can shoot them at an angle to track around corners. If you're far enough away this doesn't work that well.

They could've at least changed the stats a LITTLE.

I'm sure that's like a big issue here

It is. The last weapon they added was also a variant but they made it a projectile instead of hitscan, so the playstyle is different.
There's no reason for a gun to exist twice with the only difference being that it comes with a scope. That's retardation.

The Scorch shield buff made me check out other kits. The 80% damage mitigation from your own fire is really fun.

couldn't they have made some effort to balance out matchmaking or something

no

Seriously, most of the fun of the game is gittin' gud, firstly with the meta weapons, like SMGS or the devotion, and then gittin' more gud with shit like the EPG or Mastiff.

Has anyone else run up stairs in Colony and gotten stuck on a step? I'd chock it up to lag, but it's far too commonly happening.

Things I've gathered about the game in the time this place was dead.

Ronin confuses me. His melee outside of his core does the same damage as everyone else's and his shotgun isn't particularly damaging. I've incorporated the Phase+electric smoke combo nothing personnel but still, you have to orchestrate a symphony to kill someone. Also the fact that every titan explosion, even in sword core, damages you. I really can't play him without the extra battery boost.
Northstar has a tiny fucking projectile that's slow as hell with an incredibly shitty inaccurate reticule and her being a sniper is a meme. I can't think of Ion being her but better.
Tone is still the best and the most used titan and I'm so sick of fighting her.
Holopilot is very situational and kind of shitty. I've had loads of times where the clone got stuck on some stairs or a rock and ran in the same spot or just died outright
I can't use Wingman Elite worth a shit.
Scorch a shit but still a best.

Are [BOT] players actual bots? I asked during the match and one of them said 'yeah lol' so obviously not. He did really sick shit like evade a close range railgun shot at the last second, hit every shot with his wingman. Seemed fishy.

Could just be a good player.

Northstar's railgun is fucking garbage.

She could use a bit more punch, yeah. Ion shouldn't be able to match her in precision damage AND have an assault rifle.

Not to mention that the laser is much fatter and faster, has more health and a shield. I just wish her shots weren't as slow.

i mostly try to use Ronin as a distraction for enemies. They seem to really want to kill ronin and while I sword block, my teammates come in for the kill. It's really difficult if you are playing with randoms but with at least one party member, it works pretty alright.

I'm going to tell you the trick with ronin, and you'll kill any titan 1v1.

1) Never melee unless its a finisher. Like you said above, meleeing dosn't really have any different damage amount. Its pointless, and you could be using this time to reload your shotgun.

2)Your shotgun melts titan health. People think it needs a buff, thinking that one clip should win you a fight. If that happens, it will become the most broken titan in the game. Take your time and aim with each shot. Getting all 4 hits off will do a decent enough damage.

3)Reload during phase dash. You heard me, this is what most ronin players do not do at all. They try to be Nothing personal kid to get the drop on people, but that fails every time. Use this time to reload, when you get out of phase dash, you should have a full clip ready to shoot out again.

Now that you know these three things, i'm going to teach you a very simple combo, which guraentees a titan kill for medium or small chasis (large is more difficult, as scorch is hard counter and you need to bait his flame shield.)

So, you should always be taking flanking routes,this allows you to always get first hit. First hit is crutial for staying alive and recking in group encounters. Next step, unload your clip into the dude, you get free damage to give, its the easiest part, enjoy it.

Now, two things can happen, either the titan looks at you, or he is retarded and keeps shooting at what ever hes looking at. If its the first one, admittly when your clip goes out, phase dash to reload. This protects you, and wastes his time. When you come out, you unload your clip. From here on out, you will either have your core, which you should activate if you know how to use it, or get to cover to reload.

This simply reloading during phase dash will seperate you from scrub ronins and make you a pain in the ass to fight.

Advanced moves include choosing highlander, overcore, extra battery. If you flank a full team of five, you wlll kill most or all of them and change the tide of the game.

Ronin is perfect the way she is, as it actually requires knowing the inner workings of her to be good.

Sorry for the rant, I want to make good ronin players.

It can be funny.

I'm a bit butthurt about Northstar being a shitty Ion, and I'm mostly fine with Ronin. He just confuses me.

I've incorporated the reload during phase dash SOMEWHAT but I still fall into the trap of using the sword. What's the point of the thing really?.
I usually unload the magazine, phase dash in front, drop the electric smoke during phase dash (it actually drops out of phase dimension and makes the nothin personnel tactic legit, confuses the fuck out of people, and you either drop it in front of them or on them), then block or if they're backwards - arc wave and another magazine.
My only real problem with him is the fact that killing titans during sword core damages him. If I'm lucky I get the core with two bars, kill two titans and I have to eject. And the fact that the sword out of core is pointless. He's paper thin, he deserves having a somewhat stronger melee, like 10% stronger.

Sword melee i believe has longer range. Its really only god to kill pilots. I would stop using the electric smoke, as for how cool it is for being an edge lord, after you kill pilots, they will start hunting you down, and batteries removed from you cause more impact compared to other chasis.

The trick with sword core is, never attack the front. Use your speed and boosts to always be circling around them. This fucks up people and makes you last a little longer. Don't forget that sword block is about hundred percent in sword core mode, so always be in it.

Ronin is a werid titan. Hes the most fragile, and requires you to be in killing distance of titans. Even with these odds, he has the potential to do tons of damage, where sword core is your main bread and butter.If you want a new play with ronin, go try highlander, it forces you to learn how to kill in sword core. You will think its a shitty ablitiy in the begining, but when you kill your first titan in sword core, and the core resets, you get a rush of looking for another titan to kill.

The game had some shitty lag glitch so I had to uninstall it and now I'm currently reinstalling it. Will try it out more.

What do you think about the the more frequent phase dash kit?

From what i talked about before. It lets you reload more in combat with out getting hit. Its a good kit, not ground breaking or bad, just good. Its all to yoru play style really.

Do you know hte network for Holla Forums? i've been wanting to join for awhile

8ch but I've read that Jeb is one as well. Not a lot of people really, though I'm still ADV.