My homie just hooked it up with a Beta code. Downloading now...this...may get in the way of homework.

Oh fuck, have fun.

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I will tell you one thing right off the bat...they need to nerf the smart pistol badly. Its an auto lock instant kill no matter where your gun is aiming. Fine against bots, but the lock on needs to be harder against human players.

Don't you need to lock on three times against humans?

Here's a GB Quick Look of some footage:

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They'll be doing a live stream also in about 3 hours

You do, but its still a very fast lock on, and even if youre moving to break the lock, it sticks well.

I should clarify that it locks on three times on its own...its not like: lock on, wait, lock on. all three points lock on at almost the same time. Almost all my deaths have come from that pistol.

Im lovin' it

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Stream is live for those of you interested and are not doing anything

http://www.giantbomb.com/chat/

TitanFall beta opens to all Xbox One users without a code today/tonight/whatever. I haven't even thought to look, as I just spotted the announcement on Twitter.

Update: Still says unavailable.

Gonna play this in a sec,

I emailed EA asking for a PC beta code, then they gave me access within 15 minutes! Just had a game, it's pretty awesome stopping the enemy team from escaping after beating them.

This game is balls out action, a lot of fun, and just plain badass. It may be trying to do too many things at once, and Respawn should let go of their older conventions to make this more elegant.

Infantry:

- The Smart Pistol isn't OP at all, Carbine smashes it head to head. It's insta-kill when you get the drop on somebody, but that's every weapon in every FPS ever. The lock-on time balances it out, imo.

- The SMG on the other hand, is fucking strong. Once I got that and went into my FPS groove people were dropping like flies.

- The anti-Titan weapons are pretty good. Once I get even better at traversing the map for some frosted flanks, it may get to a point where I rather go infantry against a Titan.

Titans:

- Two dashes at the ready is way too good, should be one dash. I used the dashes to pretty much remove the melee knock-back for three hit combos. And when you know your surroundings you can become a fucking ninja with the thing. I can't imagine how crazy the light Titan type will be with two dashes.

- Putting your Titan in Follow Mode is better than you think. Great for weeding out players too eager for Titan hunting. Toggling feels strange, though. I'd like to just hold down on the dpad and have a radial come up so I can choose Follow faster.

- Riding on a partner's Titan is fun until the fucker shows no interest in heading to the Conquest point. Ugh.

General:

- I play FPS games with very low sensitivity, and Titanfall's "Low" setting is still way to loose for me. They need to an added "Even Lower" setting or something. Feels too twitchy.

- No splitscreen guest play? No splitscreen anything?!

- The bots are cute but... I'd like some added function to them rather than 'newb food'. I would love to be able to have them follow me. They do get the drop on you if you're not careful, though. They could still stand to be a tad more aggressive.

- The post-match epilogue is very cool.

According to some file digging done by PC beta users, the game is currently rumored to be launching with 14 multiplayer maps and splitscreen for local multiplayer.

Also the modes for multiplayer were also leaked with some speculation what certain modes might be.

http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...pawns-first-ip
http://www.destructoid.com/titanfall...d-270709.phtml

Beg to differ. Almost everyone Ive talked to in lobbies agree's that the Smart Pistol is OP. I have been killed numerous times with NOBODY getting the drop on me and in head to head gun battles. The issue is that so long as you are in that 'target area', it doesnt matter how much strafing or jumping I do OR the dude with the gun does, its still gonna lock.

And speaking of the carbine, they sure could use some recoil on that thing. I know this game is too fast paced to snipe, but losing out in a long ranged battle from three roof tops away to a carbine with zero recoil at that distance is ridiculous.

I can't remember the last time, if ever, that I had this much fun playing CoD. This game is amazing!

I thought the smart pistol was OP until I started using the shotgun. It put me in a totally different mode tactically, and I realized that all weapons encourage a totally different style and are all good in their own ways. Haven't looked back since. Smart pistol requires you to have the PATIENCE to wait out the lock, in a head to head battle. It will always out-kill minions no problem, so it certainly has advantages in certain game types. But, I'd say 3 out of 4 times, the smart pistol will lose in a head to head battle where both players become aware of each other at roughly the same time. Usually, I notice people 'jump the gun' and pull the trigger too quickly and start going into straight-up fire mode. Smart pistol will lose in head to head unless you fire it manually, or unless you've already got the jump on someone and been targeting them before they know you're there. And in those cases, the other weapons COULD HAVE killed them already in the time it took to lock the 3 required shots. That's even WITH the targeting attachment unlocked. It's a great gun, but it promotes a certain playstyle that is easily countered.

Main thing to note is that I don't get killed by the smart pistol any more than other weapons.

This game is sick. I am getting pretty good, and some of the insane carnage I can chain together is incredible.

Sniping is definitely underpowered though, I will admit that. I see snipers rarely, but I can't recall ever actually getting killed by a sniper rifle. At all, since I started playing. I tried it once, didn't like it. The current maps aren't built for sniping.

Although, I have seen videos of someone using the sniper with a holo sight, and it was a totally different gun pretty much. Actually had viability.

Yeah because the maps heavily feature interiors to make infantry gameplay viable (and the exteriors are essentially meta-maps for Titans), I'd think the typical sniper stuff would be hard to do, unless there's some maps we haven't seen yet that make them good choices for loadouts.

Realized my comp can run the beta today, so I tried it. Day one purchase. Wow this is fun.

Respawn Entertainment hinting at both a Season Pass and a possible "no mechs" mode being possible for the game.

http://www.destructoid.com/titanfall...s-271456.phtml

A no mechs mode would almost certainly be CoD with double jumps and wall running, though that doesn't sound completely terrible. Still, I would ask anybody who wants this why they'd bother being interested in the game at all. Options are always good so whatever.

Its a good change of pace, but I'd rather have a no minion mode. Straight 6 v 6 pilots.

Season Pass was confirmed to be happening although nothing is guaranteed for the Xbox 360 version of the game.

http://www.destructoid.com/respawn-c...s-271497.phtml

Respawn Entertainment stated DLC is currently being planned for the game and will be based on fan feedback. They also revealed there is no on-disc DLC since they decided doing that wasn't worth the hassle and negative backlash from consumers.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ayer-feedback/

1st post-launch patch was recently released dealing with server issues and faster loads for private matches.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...launch-issues/

The game's resolution was also revealed to be getting upgraded in the future with Respawn looking at either 1080 or 900 resolution depending on which will provide better performance for the game.

http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...down-the-line/

People don't mind DLC that cost more, so I say tax those fuckers. They may never know why on-disk DLC was a good thing, but at least Respawn can get some extra funds out of it and profit for the future.

Won't have this til thursday. Even then, I'm getting the Titanfall bundle to save $60, so I'll have to wait for my third world country internet to download the game, which will take all day.

Fuckin' white people problems man.

I do find it odd that for a game based entirely on multiplayer, there aren't many game modes to choose from.

Can't imagine I'll ever touch the "everybody gets a titan" mode, as that seems like it would strip the novelty of it pretty quick.

Hope they have more modes in the DLC.

I take it more modes would come, but I do like the community converging in fewer modes first.

Just picked up my copy looking to get down tonight

Fuck you all.

Well I may not get it either Kalyx. Only place that sells games in town is walmart and they're sold out.

Chance that they sold some of the on shelf copies to people who preordered, and I can snag the actual preorder copy, but I might just have to settle for Killer Instinct tomorrow.

Why not get it digitally?

Played a tiny bit tonight. Pretty cool.

Thats what I ended up doing. Beats getting off my lazy ass to change the disc from Battlefield to Titanfall.

Only thing to keep in mind is that the One doesnt do downloads when the console is 'off' like the 360 could, so be sure to leave the console on overnight or whatever when you attempt to download it.

That's a strange tidbit.

Didn't know it was available digitally. Doesn't matter anyway as they still had a copy. Good thing too, because with the third world internet speed we have up here in the mountains, I wouldn't have been able to play it for a week.

Xbone is doing it's big update, and then I'll be on. Still gonna get that KI Ultra pack too.

Kalyx, when are you buying one of these? I need me some competent teamates for this and BF4.

Aw for fucks sake, 840+mb update? Seriously?

Fuuuuuuuuuuuck gonna have to wait another hour or so to play I guess.

More white people problems.

Picked up my Xbone Tuesday with this. Amazing. Love it so far. Had a friend over and we were just taking turns every round like a nintendo game. Up to level 32 or so playing with other friends online.

Had to download for like 6 hours launch day because so many people were downloading.

BF 4, Fifa and my 2nd controller should arrive today