Star Wars Battlefront

[DariusAPB 6,925]

The skirmish against AI missions feel... not tactical, apocalyptic. Like the opposing force to the player uses WWII red army tactics at you to take those uplinks, in a lot of ways it highlights the brutality of the GCW in an all new way.

[incinerator950 387]

Still would have been nice to just bring back the old Galactic Conquest, with specials and commanders. 

[ViscerothSWG 3,940]

Do you earn credits in Skirmish?

[DariusAPB 6,925]

Alright. Skirmish mode challenges and go:

 

Fighter squadrons. Normal or hard. NO HERO PICKUPS, First person cockpit view only. If you die once you have to quit or restart. It feels intense.

Walker Assault is the same thing, for best results both you need to play as rebel.

[ViscerothSWG 3,940]

Start a Bespin match

It's not Sabotage

Quit the match

Repeat

 

I'm at 43 of 50 kills as a hero on Sabotage, so this method is working... but it's highlighting how slow the game loads.

[DariusAPB 6,925]

Oh my god the loading times now.... Glad someone else said it, I thought i was losing it.

[Dagonet 7,246]

The load times are insane, what does it do? Reboot the game every time you switch menus?

[heychadwick 11,357]

I agree the loading time is abysmal.  I hate finishing a match and I can't even wait for it to back me out of the game. I just turn the Xbox off, but then I've got to deal with the unloading from the last match I played when I first log on.   Ugh....it's bad.

 

I still wish there was a way to mix the new maps in with the old maps.  I like to play them all and don't want to have to pick only one expansion at a time.

[heychadwick 11,357]

I unlocked the little blaster card last night.  It's....OK.  I keep forgetting about it.  I mostly use it when I catch someone from behind and remember I have it.  It's better than a Scout Pistol in that regard as I can miss and it's still OK.  I do like the delayed damage effect.  I really should use it more on groups.  I think it would be funny as hell to use it with the gas grenade.  \

 

I think I've got one cool flush to do.  I never do them and it's hard to remember.  I gotta just sit in a corner alone and shoot at a wall and cool my jets, but I just keep forgetting!  

 

Yeah.....I wish I could play Sabotage only maps.  I wish they would bring that game mode to the other maps, too.  

[ParaGoomba Slayer 3,180]

The stinger pistol is kind of meh.

It's best to just use Berserk, Adrenaline Stim, Bacta Bombs, and the E-11. First thing when you spawn in you bacta yourself, now you have 130 health.

Always aim the E-11 at head height. Use a low sensitivity and strafe for easy kills. It's also easier to make precision analog stick movements with those analog stick extenders. Once you get to Berserk level 3 you now have a ton of health.

Other pro strats include hiding in the enemy base so your partner can spawn in on you and make constant cargo runs, and Dioxin Gas into chokepoints and onto objectives for easy points and to harass the opposition.

If you don't want the temptation to have to waste credits on star card refills, equip ion shot (and don't play walker assault) you only need to pop it when you face enemy turrets and people using the energy shield, so the amount of extra charges you pick up in game tends to be more than the amount you use. Plus, you get to screw over those shieldholes, when they deploy their personal shield and then immediately lose it and die, make sure to use the pointy gun finger "Bang!" taunt.

Edited August 2, 2016 by ParaGoomba Slayer

[ViscerothSWG 3,940]

The stinger pistol does at least take a bite out of heroes when you might otherwise get one shot off.

[heychadwick 11,357]

I haven't gotten to play too much in a week or so due to family life.  I did have some fun with Dioxine Gas with Stinger Pistol, and the Stun Grenade.

[TwilightGarrison 16]

Does anyone else love the DL-18 like me? Idk I just always seem to do well with that gun more than any other.

[Black Knight Leader 424]

I killed a Y-Wing with my DLT-19 X

 

https://www.twitch.tv/blackknightleader/v/81409984

Edited August 2, 2016 by Black Knight Leader

[ParaGoomba Slayer 3,180]

God ****, this Disruption Star Card is ******* stupid.

[heychadwick 11,357]

God ****, this Disruption Star Card is ******* stupid.

 

...but it's great to use on other people.  I never seem to get everyone with it, though, so I often die, but I always get killed by it.  Weird double standard.   Great for one on one, though.  It's almost needed for Sabotage.  

 

I will say that I've been playing Battlefront 4 on pc lately as my son has been on the Xbox.  He is just getting No Man's Sky, though, so I'll be back to Xbox soon.

Edited August 11, 2016 by heychadwick

[Black Knight Leader 424]

I just like my DLT-19X(90% of the time), cooling cell(usually), Pulse Cannons (sometimes), Scout Pistols(usually), ion shot (sometimes), ion torpedo(sometimes), ion grenade(sometimes) Poison Gas Grenades(usually), Scout, and Bounty Hunter.

 

After killing every flying thing in this game, except TIE Interceptors, with my DLT-19X, I plan on next blowing up a planet with it, forgoing the use of a Death Star.

[heychadwick 11,357]

I've been running with the overhead thing that stops others from shooting as my main utility.  I'm usually either Scout or Beserker.  The main load outs are:

 

1) Jetpack and Dioxine Grenade

2) Shock Grenade and Dioxine Grenade

 

The poison grenade nets me so many points that it's crazy.  I've gotten pretty good at throwing them where it's important.  It's especially good on Bespin with all the fights over closed locations.  It's good where there is a choke point on any map.  I'll not have the best kill/death, but I'll be at the top of the points on my team usually.  

 

The shock grenade is just for fun.  I'm not sold on it and it's the first thing to trade out for something else.  I'll go Ion Torp if I'm on a map with vehicles.  

[Conandoodle 1,817]

I walked away from this game a while agp (before the first DLC). Came back to it last night because Division servers were down. 20 mins and still couldn't get a game. The loading screens are awesome though.

[markcsoul 2,135]

I haven't played this game in several months myself.  Should dig it out again soon.

[Black Knight Leader 424]

So apparently targeting computers in starfighters will have a time limit of use before needing to cool down.

A-Wings will be losing their shields, but get a super boost so they can out run anything.

TIE Interceptors will be losing their ion cannons and will be replaced with Laser Cannon barrage to deal massive damage to cap ships.

To me it sounds like the a-wing will become uber agian, and if Interceptors are getting an anti-cap ship laser, does that mean theres more than just a mission for attacking the death star? Drom what i heard there no reb cap ships in death star attack.

Edited August 27, 2016 by Black Knight Leader

[incinerator950 387]

So apparently targeting computers in starfighters will have a time limit of use before needing to cool down.

A-Wings will be losing their shields, but get a super boost so they can out run anything.

TIE Interceptors will be losing their ion cannons and will be replaced with Laser Cannon barrage to deal massive damage to cap ships.

To me it sounds like the a-wing will become uber agian, and if Interceptors are getting an anti-cap ship laser, does that mean theres more than just a mission for attacking the death star? Drom what i heard there no reb cap ships in death star attack.

That's... Rebel Strike level of stupid here.  So glad I still refuse to touch this game. 

[Arttemis 823]

So apparently targeting computers in starfighters will have a time limit of use before needing to cool down.

A-Wings will be losing their shields, but get a super boost so they can out run anything.

TIE Interceptors will be losing their ion cannons and will be replaced with Laser Cannon barrage to deal massive damage to cap ships.

To me it sounds like the a-wing will become uber agian, and if Interceptors are getting an anti-cap ship laser, does that mean theres more than just a mission for attacking the death star? Drom what i heard there no reb cap ships in death star attack.

This sounds great to me! The added variety for the A-Wing and Interceptor were needed.

The laser barrage could be useful for attacking the GR-75 transports in addition to their new Death Star mode functionality.

[ViscerothSWG 3,940]

Sounds good, but will the changes only be active in the death star expansion? You can only use cloud cars in the bespin expansion... you can only play the game modes introduced in expansions in those expansions.

Maybe someday they'll open everything up so you can play what you want when you want to.

 

 

 

There's a new hutt contract out now. Sounds interesting. I've never realized how uncommon it is for me to get melee kills until I tried to specifically get them.

Edited August 31, 2016 by ViscerothSWG

[Crabbok 9,869]

Speed Boost is so poorly implemented in this game it sickens me.   It basically does nothing at all.