Official CAG MGO Games/Clan Discussion - CAG MGO Night Tuesday 8/5 10 PM EST/7 PM PST

I just started downloading because my damn router has been acting weird... it seems to go fast if you do http download. I never recommend doing the torrent style download when you download right when it comes out because nobody has it to speed up download. guaranteed http download will always be faster within the first few hours of download.
 
Yeah, I figured I'd do the HTTP download instead. Just finished up the download and install.

MGO shop is down though because of high traffic. I wanted to check out the Gene Expansion.

EDIT: No more throwdown + knife stun. Knife stun was nerfed bad.
 
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I for one am glad they fixed the knife stun. I was hating getting stunned from like 5 feetaway. Do the rewards frfom the shop have any impact on your gameplay? Or is it just aesthetics? Im workin like mad this weekend but yall can catch me on some CAP next week....
 
[quote name='bigdaddybruce44']3000DP for the M14 is still too low, but it'll do, in my opinion. At the very least, you have to get some kills and earn it.[/quote]
Agreed. I remember being in a room where everybody but me was using the M14.

Anyway, who's in for the expansion? I will be, assuming the 1.1 update ever finishes downloading.
 
There are 2 new skills that show up as ????'s for me. I'd hate to think you need the expansion to get them though.

Oh, the update took me over 2 hours to get. Everyone starts at 500 reward points (Or at least that's what I had).
 
[quote name='KingBroly']There are 2 new skills that show up as ????'s for me. I'd hate to think you need the expansion to get them though.

Oh, the update took me over 2 hours to get. Everyone starts at 500 reward points (Or at least that's what I had).[/quote]

Click on them. There are requirements to unlock them.
Box Runner requires that you stay in your box for a hour. Doesn't matter if you already logged a hour in the box prior to the update. You need another hour to unlock it. The other one, you have to recover 50 teammates or something. Slips my mind, at the moment.

Everyone that created a character between June 12th and July 16th received 500 reward points.
 
[quote name='Bavgate']EDIT: No more throwdown + knife stun. Knife stun was nerfed bad.[/quote]

That bites the big one. I was starting to fall in love with doing that. It amazes me how careless people are in this game. They run around corners without a care. I'll miss the throwdown/stun knife combo.

[quote name='Thirtyfour']Agreed. I remember being in a room where everybody but me was using the M14.[/quote]

Seriously. Lately, I was avoiding DP games. It's just silly having everyone run around with automatic sniper rifles. Like I said, at least now, you have to earn it.

[quote name='Bavgate']I'll end up picking up the expansion later tonight or tomorrow. I want to see what the hell this "Survival Mode" is.[/quote]

I'm with you. I'll probably buy it and play after Burn Notice. I'm curious about this Survival Mode, as well.
 
[quote name='espy605']So how does it work now?[/quote]

You practically have to FPV aim at them to get the stun. The range is completely gone. There's also no auto-aim with the knife when you're targeting a stunned player.
 
[quote name='Bavgate']You practically have to FPV aim at them to get the stun. The range is completely gone. There's also no auto-aim with the knife when you're targeting a stunned player.[/quote]

I don't know if I'll be playing any more then. I can understand nerfing the distance when everyone is standing, but nerfing it when they're thrown down or disabling auto-aim when someone is already stunned? Seems lame to me.
 
[quote name='espy605']I don't know if I'll be playing any more then. I can understand nerfing the distance when everyone is standing, but nerfing it when they're thrown down or disabling auto-aim when someone is already stunned? Seems lame to me.[/quote]

Yeah, it's ridiculous. I'm on TSNE, I throw a guy down, crouch and try to knife stun him and he's still moving. I was actually starting to like the knife too.
 
Sounds like Konami just got sick of espy's cheating ways!

Joking, of course. But I don't doubt that the change is just Konami appeasing the half of the player base that complains about getting knifed all the time. Like someone said, people should just learn to be more careful and not play like this is UT.
 
[quote name='metaly']Sounds like Konami just got sick of espy's cheating ways!

Joking, of course. But I don't doubt that the change is just Konami appeasing the half of the player base that complains about getting knifed all the time. Like someone said, people should just learn to be more careful and not play like this is UT.[/quote]

In all the games I've played, 50 or 60+ hours, I've only come across two other knife players. But when people complain I guess they complain loud.

Hmm I have 3+ hours in a cardboard box, the skill isn't active for me though.
 
[quote name='espy605']Hmm I have 3+ hours in a cardboard box, the skill isn't active for me though.[/quote]

Any box time prior to the update doesn't count towards the skill unlocking. You have to do another hour. I was pissed about that too. :bomb:
 
[quote name='metaly']Sounds like Konami just got sick of espy's cheating ways!

Joking, of course. But I don't doubt that the change is just Konami appeasing the half of the player base that complains about getting knifed all the time. Like someone said, people should just learn to be more careful and not play like this is UT.[/quote]

Seriously! Thank you. This is not a fast-paced, FPS. Stop running around like an idiot, and you won't be killed by "knife noobs" and "shotgun noobs." Oh, and if you stop running out in the open on big maps, you won't get sniped, either.

[quote name='espy605']In all the games I've played, 50 or 60+ hours, I've only come across two other knife players. But when people complain I guess they complain loud.

Hmm I have 3+ hours in a cardboard box, the skill isn't active for me though.[/quote]

People are constantly...constantly...constantly complaining about everything related to the knife. I have been called cheap so many times by using the knife stun.

As far as the new skills go, you need to start fresh. The time or awakes you have so far don't count towards them.
 
Wow, this entire Konami ID/MGO Shop/crappy infrastructure is a nightmare. If Konami is going to have the nerve to not simply integrate with the PSN, they could have at least whipped something together that actually works well.
 
So the servers I've heard are back up and I'm awaiting impressions on the expansion. Meryl/Johnny aren't characters you pick, but it's basically like Sneaking where players randomly become them. I've also heard you can only earn Reward Points for 4 hours on Saturday in Survival (Not sure).
 
[quote name='KingBroly']So the servers I've heard are back up and I'm awaiting impressions on the expansion. Meryl/Johnny aren't characters you pick, but it's basically like Sneaking where players randomly become them. I've also heard you can only earn Reward Points for 4 hours on Saturday in Survival (Not sure).[/quote]


Is there a Meryl Johnny mode? What's the bonus of being them?
 
One team gets Johnny and another team gets Meryl. Whoever made the room assigns which team gets which character and then it's totally random as to who gets to play as them.

I think they're available in almost every game mode.

http://www.konami.jp/mgo/us/manual/index.php?m1=9&img=s

There's the bonuses that they have.

Sounds like Meryl has Narc 3, Monomania 3, and Handgun+ 3, along with some other stuff. The D.E. (L.B.) is pretty awesome from what I've heard. The thing can auto-aim lock on from about 16 units away.

Johnny sounds like he has an uber Sixth Sense. I've also heard that he craps himself after getting three consecutive kills.

Also, in DP games, they have unique weapons available for them to buy. For example, the Barret .50 Cal sniper rifle Johnny used in the main game, is available for 10k DP.

Take that with a grain of salt, though. I don't have the expansion myself so I can't vouch for it.

And this update sucks the big one. I've seen people walking around stealth camo'd in non-TSNE matches.
 
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Damn, I go away for a week and stun knife gets nerf, and the expanison is released. Some of the stuff sounds interesting, but others not so much. Not sure if I want to continue even playing the game at this point, I kinda lost my love for it now, and 11.99 is expensive kinda expensive for what is basically three maps, even if one of them is Brown Town.

At least the m14 is now 3k, makes it so you have to earn it. There was no point in nerfing the stun knife, and each time people got stun from five feet away was not cause of it's range, but of fucking lag the game has. Hopefully it hasn't killed the cqc/knife players as now everybody will just spray and pray now.
 
Yeah is this even playable? I guess I need to create my character again since apparently nothing from the beta carried over. I need to play tomorrow night so I have something to talk about on my podcast recording Sunday.

Can I play without the expansion? How much does the expansion cost?

Thanks in advance.
 
The expansion did nuke Konami's servers, because of the high traffic. Sort of like how the servers were getting blown to bits with the Gunmetal 40GB bundle. Konami really needs to get their shit together and get some new servers. They had to resort to a goddamn lottery, where 490 people were allowed to purchase the expansion per hour. If you logged into the shop and it shows the maintenance screen, you weren't one of the lucky ones and your IP was banned for an hour. The next hour, you try again. What a giant cluster-fuck.

As for MSUHitman's questions:

The servers are back up and fully playable. The expansion is optional, as it only has three new levels, the option to create girl characters (yes, we have to pay for girl characters >_>), and being able to play as Johnny or Meryl (random choice in games).

Expansion costs $11.99, but the $14.99 expansion includes an extra character slot (probably for if anyone wants to go ahead and make a girl character).

I think I'm going to stay away from MGO until update 1.11 (or w/e the number is) comes out, because I can't believe they messed up this bad and have people walking around like they're stealth camo'd in regular non-TSNE matches. I know it's a glitch, but it's a pretty bad one.
 
While $12 is a bit steep, it unfortunately seems to fall inline with the current prices for downloadable content for an A+ title. Around $10 seems to be the going rate for a handful of maps, and in this case, you're also getting the extra playable characters and such.

And yes, this entire MGO experience has been a cluster fuck on behalf of Konami. A company like them should really have a better infrastructure in place. I would expect this out of some small, indy studio, not a major player of the past few decades.
 
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[quote name='Bavgate']The expansion did nuke Konami's servers, because of the high traffic. Sort of like how the servers were getting blown to bits with the Gunmetal 40GB bundle. Konami really needs to get their shit together and get some new servers. They had to resort to a goddamn lottery, where 490 people were allowed to purchase the expansion per hour. If you logged into the shop and it shows the maintenance screen, you weren't one of the lucky ones and your IP was banned for an hour. The next hour, you try again. What a giant cluster-fuck.

As for MSUHitman's questions:

The servers are back up and fully playable. The expansion is optional, as it only has three new levels, the option to create girl characters (yes, we have to pay for girl characters >_>), and being able to play as Johnny or Meryl (random choice in games).

Expansion costs $11.99, but the $14.99 expansion includes an extra character slot (probably for if anyone wants to go ahead and make a girl character).

I think I'm going to stay away from MGO until update 1.11 (or w/e the number is) comes out, because I can't believe they messed up this bad and have people walking around like they're stealth camo'd in regular non-TSNE matches. I know it's a glitch, but it's a pretty bad one.[/quote]

I too think I will hold off for a while, especially after hearing that. I have Bad Company to play anyway ;)
 
I'll just be playing CoD4 and maybe some Team Fortress 2. I'll still be around for CAG nights. Just don't want to play casually everyday until they fix everything.
 
[quote name='Thirtyfour']I think you get 10 points once a day just for logging in.[/QUOTE]

Yep, I got another 10 just for logging in today. Up to 520 pts. :)

Lately, I've been lvl grinding two new skills - the 'box move' and 'quick recovery'. 'Box move' - I think it's been 8+ hrs and I'm still in lvl 2, almost there to lvl 3.

I've seen lvl 3 in action and it's really cool. It's a box charge that sends your opponent flying and has the same impact of a drum can. It does not kill your opponent's stamina, but if you charge an opponent wearing a box, they lose their box for the whole round (I was a victim of it, I was in the corner lvl'ing the skill while some guy out of nowhere rammed me and I lost my box :cry:).

'Quick recovery' took a long time to lvl up to lvl 3, I'd say 5+ hrs? The skill is decent, it can revive your teammates with one press of the triangle, but the drawback - it takes up 3 slots to equip. What the hell, lol.

Alright, that's it. See you guys tuesday.
 
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yeah, the quick revcovery needs to be only 1 slot or 2, not 3.

I'm still hoping Konami puts up the reward shop soon... there's stuff I want that I saw when I was able to get in on launch day.
 
[quote name='Esper']I've seen lvl 3 in action and it's really cool. It's a box charge that sends your opponent flying and has the same impact of a drum can. It does not kill your opponent's stamina, but if you charge an opponent wearing a box, they lose their box for the whole round (I was a victim of it, I was in the corner lvl'ing the skill while some guy out of nowhere rammed me and I lost my box :cry:).

'Quick recovery' took a long time to lvl up, I'd say 5+ hrs? The skill is decent, it can revive your teammates with one press of the triangle, but the drawback - it takes up 3 slots to equip. What the hell, lol.[/quote]

Hmm, so Meryl has "Quick Recovery" too then. Pretty good special character.

How many slots does "Box Move" take up at level 2 and 3?

Also, don't forget that the person starts screaming like Rambo when they're running in for the box tackle. ;)
 
[quote name='Bavgate']Hmm, so Meryl has "Quick Recovery" too then. Pretty good special character.

How many slots does "Box Move" take up at level 2 and 3?

Also, don't forget that the person starts screaming like Rambo when they're running in for the box tackle. ;)[/QUOTE]

The "box move" at lvl 2 = 2 slots, at lvl 3 = 3 slots. I just mastered it tonight and I'm having a blast in the knife room plowing through ppl at M.M. I know it's rude to do that, but it's hilarious seeing bodies flying everywhere. After doing that for 10 mins., I stopped.

I love this skill.
 
ya me too. I have AR master, SMG master, Quarterback master, Running master.

Lately I have been leveling up Monomania, Handgun and the zoom one.
 
Yes, there will be a CAG MGO game today. I think I'll be keeping the same rotation we had last time, maybe changing up the maps. If there are any special requests, post them here.

What are clan rooms, Rolento?
 
[quote name='FriskyTanuki']What are clan rooms, Rolento?[/quote]

New option in the clan page, thanks to the update. Instead of making rooms for our clan games in servers like Otacon, we can make clan rooms specifically for us that only we can see from our clan menu.

Haven't tried it out myself, but it's worth trying out for later. Simple for us to find.

Anyway, have fun tonight everyone. Won't be playing since I let my friend borrow my disc to beat MGS4.
 
The start of the game will be pushed back a little bit, as the update's going a bit slower for me than I expected. About 7:30 PM PST should be a good firm, start time for the start of the game.
 
[quote name='FriskyTanuki']The start of the game will be pushed back a little bit, as the update's going a bit slower for me than I expected. About 7:30 PM PST should be a good firm, start time for the start of the game.[/quote]

Still downloading as well :bomb:
 
Wow, the clan's almost full. We should probably get some clan matches going someday. I've been looking at our stats, and it looks like we have some pretty good players here.
 
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