Firefall - F2P MMO Shooter

[Lief Siddhe]

doesn't that game footage feel exactly like Global Agenda shooty part with Borderlands graphics?

[zergl]

I'd tell you, but :NDA:. :P

[Tyrus Tenebros]

doesn't that game footage feel exactly like Global Agenda shooty part with Borderlands graphics?

IIRC from long ago, it was supposed to be more MMO Borderlands (with attendant crafting system / persistent objectives) than anything else

[Tailn]

you know getting a beta invite (Yay) can seriously dampen your forum enjoyment thanks NDA I don't even feel able to postulate any more.

[MrEMan]

anyone that wants to send me a key gets much gay love

[Winged Nazgul]

Could always send the devs some beer. That's been known to work.

Hey guys,

We received a keg of Moosehead beer on Friday. Unfortunately, the person did not include their online name. I would love to reward this person with a beta key and a big thanks from everyone at Red 5 Studios. If you sent this beer, please send me a private message. Thanks!

[Tyrus Tenebros]

Could always send the devs some beer. That's been known to work.

Hey guys,

We received a keg of Moosehead beer on Friday. Unfortunately, the person did not include their online name. I would love to reward this person with a beta key and a big thanks from everyone at Red 5 Studios. If you sent this beer, please send me a private message. Thanks!

Chances that they received roughly a fuckton of PMs stating "I sent the beer in the OP"?

[Xiang Jiao]

Holy shit, this game looks epic. I mainly like the graphics, maps, and game play. It very much reminds me of UT. I'm not sure how I feel about the MMO aspects mixed in, and having to farm PvE content to unlock the cool abilites. If it's anything like the WoT grind which WG is happy to take credit card numbers to shorten then no thanks, really, but I guess we won't know how this works until release. From watching the last stream, Phobos explained that they are intentionally limiting character customization so they can sell it (oh hats!), but I suspect there will also be skill purchasing or XP boosters eventually. It also looks like there are lots of item and upgrade drops that add significant bonuses to equipment effectiveness. Will this progression system balanced by match making players with other players of like skill? If any one knows of any developer comments made to address these topics, let us know.

[Ishanda]

I know lots of stuff, but sadly :NDA:

[Xiang Jiao]

I know lots of stuff, but sadly :NDA:

How did I end up in the CSM section of the forum?

[Ishanda]

All of the beta details for Firefall are subject to a NDA.

[zergl]

I know lots of stuff, but sadly :NDA:

BTW, we should get a group of failheap beta bros together on voice comms some time.

[zergl]

Doublepost/Bumping this as this week's patch notes look quite interesting in case someone in the beta is not paying attention to them on a weekly basis.

I would really be up for a failheap bunch derping about. Might try to stay up long enough for the test tomorrow (no guarantees, though), but will definitely be game for some group derps at Saturday's test session.

Any takers?

[Dahak]

In the patch notes.

We didn't start the fire. It was always burnin' since the world's been turnin'.

[Qwert]

Doublepost/Bumping this as this week's patch notes look quite interesting in case someone in the beta is not paying attention to them on a weekly basis.

I would really be up for a failheap bunch derping about. Might try to stay up long enough for the test tomorrow (no guarantees, though), but will definitely be game for some group derps at Saturday's test session.

Any takers?

Considering the patch, hell yes.

[Intigo]

break your NDA, bitches

[rufuske]

There just tell me if it's any good. There's a lot of competition with f2p titles. Especially with MWO shaping up to be next coming of mechjesus.

[Intigo]

plus it's going to be in direct competition with Tribes: Ascend which is doing pretty well so far (despite having shitty movement, but the newbloods don't realize that)

[Ishanda]

It's not going to be a completely direct competitor to Tribes. Because it has an entire open world pve side which Tribes doesn't.

I'll definitely be up for some shenanigans either tomorrow or Sat. I've a feeling that unless this week's testing goes terribly they will extend the test next week and maybe lift the NDA (they've been hinting at it for ages).

[zergl]

plus it's going to be in direct competition with Tribes: Ascend which is doing pretty well so far (despite having shitty movement, but the newbloods don't realize that)

Without going into :NDA: territory about how it compares to either, just as Ishanda said: from the publicly known footage alone it should be clear that its closest competitor in terms of gameplay would be Global Agenda (open world sandboxy with pve and stuff with stronger MMORPG tendencies), not a purely PVP shooter like T:A.


And yeah, I'll probably make it tonight, for an hour or two at least (already patching client in anticipation). Char name is 'zergl' (NBS) if someone wants to hit me up.