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I'm honestly not feeling this game and I was so looking forward to it. I'd rather pop in Warhawk than play this

I agree darkerspy, Warhawk is much better. That said they are releasing a new map this week, I think its a big map, hopefully it has all the vehicles too.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/...anks-jetbikes/

Update 1.3 with the new map is now live:

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There's still no health bars.
And "heavily armored shell" my butt... thing goes down faster than a submarine with a screen door.
It also makes no sense that it takes four shots (unless I routinely missed the same amount last night, as every hawk I took out took four shots) to take down a hawk when it takes four shots to take down another tank. Also, the crosshairs are horrible (or I'm just used to compensating for drop in BF3) as it's a bitch to try to get your shells to go where you want them to if it's not a straight, clear shot to the target.

I havent played in a week. but i remember the biggest bug they have is that you can't quick connect ever since the public beta went live. their servers couldnt handle the increased traffic. this has been going on for 3 weeks. i cant imagine a better way to kill off people trying out your game.

im level ~18/19 post stat reset too. i easily put in over 20/30 hrs. i love running people over and base raping. but sometimes i wonder if i can't join a game after 5 tries of quick connect.

mguiddy - what do you think is more powerful hawks or jetpack/rocket launchers?

Originally Posted by enufs8d mguiddy - what do you think is more powerful hawks or jetpack/rocket launchers?

I haven't played much.
I don't really like the building system
I only tried it out again because of the tanks so that's what I did the hour I played the other night.

so i put in a few hours with the tanks. theyre fun. but youre right mguiddy, the hawks can shred you like tissue paper. one hawk one hit swarmed missiled me. theyre really fun to take down buildings. plus they great blast radius against ground troops.

i made the cag clan if anyone is interested. dust is way too big. if your team is full assholes filling up your building limit with useless walls and turrets, then its going to be a long slow painful match. most of it will be done walking across the map.

Tanks are dead with one unguided missile.
I actually thought they put TOWs in the game because I'd constantly just blow up and see that it was a missile from a hawk so I asked the pilot (a friend) and he said it was just unguided.
But yeah, it's nice to have something that can destroy buildings relatively easily.

I think there needs to be a lot of balancing and add in some freaking health bars. It's hard to tell how close a tank/turret/etc is to blowing up based solely on the visual damage.

I am also dissapointed with the tanks. They are taken out way too fast for what they are supposed to be.

I'm skipping this game. The newbs just camp inside the base, spam building random stuff, taking up the infrastructure limit. In CTF, 20 minutes could go by with neither side having capture a flag. Lack of people starting outpost spawns in the middle of the map, so you rarely see things being built in the middle of the map. You just see random skirmishes going on in a large bland map.

Yep
This is exactly why I'd love a "Pre-Built" mode with some pre-made bases that can't be destroyed with, maybe, some limited player construction.

I see where they were going with the "build and battle" thing, but it expects way TOO much out of the player.

Originally Posted by mguiddy Yep This is exactly why I'd love a "Pre-Built" mode with some pre-made bases that can't be destroyed with, maybe, some limited player construction. I see where they were going with the "build and battle" thing, but it expects way TOO much out of the player.

I dont think the pre-built would matter, there is a few layouts that have differing start up pre-builds, btu its amazing to see build another one anyway. I swear I have seen 3 or 4 jeep factories within a small radius way too many times.

What skill are you using? I am switching between more ammo (gives the tank 3 shots at a time) and the collect rift anywhere you are all the time. That really does come in handy since it lets you build bigger things faster.

And I am still unhappy witht he overpowering of the hawks. I know this game is StarHAWK, but still they can take out a tank before you even know whats going on. The tanks need to be stronger both firepower way and aromor way.

And why do people try to snipe a tank??

Originally Posted by fuss I dont think the pre-built would matter, there is a few layouts that have differing start up pre-builds, btu its amazing to see build another one anyway. I swear I have seen 3 or 4 jeep factories within a small radius way too many times. What skill are you using? I am switching between more ammo (gives the tank 3 shots at a time) and the collect rift anywhere you are all the time. That really does come in handy since it lets you build bigger things faster. And I am still unhappy witht he overpowering of the hawks. I know this game is StarHAWK, but still they can take out a tank before you even know whats going on. The tanks need to be stronger both firepower way and aromor way. And why do people try to snipe a tank??

Yeah, I noticed that they're starting to have some pre-built things, but I basically want a "classic mode" that's basically Warhawk.
And yeah, I don't think some people know you can just make a new hawk/tank/jeep.

Skill... this game has skills... Haven't really played much.


People did that in Warhawk... always makes me laugh.

Tanks with wheels??



If they're going to take the treads off, they might as well go all the way.

Originally Posted by mguiddy Yeah, I noticed that they're starting to have some pre-built things, but I basically want a "classic mode" that's basically Warhawk.

Ah, that would be an awesome "loadout". Where you could not build anything and if you blew something up it popped back in about 60 seconds lol. I would go for that.

Skill... this game has skills... Haven't really played much.

Ya, check it out. I do find it strange because I swore they were braging how everybody would be on an even field. Guess not. But I would say go for the skill where you get rift all the time.

People did that in Warhawk... always makes me laugh.

I love it because it shows me where to shoot LOL.

Originally Posted by metaly Tanks with wheels??

LOL well if it helps they are really not taks, just bigger, slower jeeps with bigger guns that you can shoot without having to hop in the back seat.

IS there some way to do artillery shelling with the tanks? I think I've seen a dashed parabolic line coming from them a couple of times.

Originally Posted by Ragnorok64 IS there some way to do artillery shelling with the tanks? I think I've seen a dashed parabolic line coming from them a couple of times.

Ya hit right on the d-pad and the gun selection changes. It takes a few seconds to be able to fire off the first round to prevent too much spamming. It shoots 2 at a time, 3 if you have the extra ammo skill point active. An effective, but total d**k, way of using it is to sit on the other side of the rocks of the base and just spam over to the other side in a blind fashion. This spamming method also works well on the scourge map (or whatever the name of the non-space map is).

Originally Posted by fuss Ya hit right on the d-pad and the gun selection changes. It takes a few seconds to be able to fire off the first round to prevent too much spamming. It shoots 2 at a time, 3 if you have the extra ammo skill point active. An effective, but total d**k, way of using it is to sit on the other side of the rocks of the base and just spam over to the other side in a blind fashion. This spamming method also works well on the scourge map (or whatever the name of the non-space map is).

Thanks.

This game is still terrible. I feel bad for Dylan Jobe since this game is going to tank hard. Should have kept it simple

Didn't Warhawk do pretty well? This games seems to improve on everything Warhawk did so I don't see it tanking.