Firefall - Red 5

[UnSub]

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If you put money on the table, you change the game.

If Firefall wants to go seriously into eSport, then it needs to get the professionals on-side, not offer a one-off cash prize that will only draw out people for the competition while driving off the casuals who are murdered by the hackers / pros.

[Kageru]

"e-sport PvP" translates to not having enough money for content?

[Ratman_tf]

Guuuuhhhh... interest fading.

[Trippy]

The "Hammer Time" intro mission is ridiculous. I'm stuck already in the PvE.

Edit: Yup, way too hard:

http://www.firefallthegame.com/community/threads/impossible-to-solo-hammer-time-mission.53447/page-2#post-1329272

[Trippy]

Manged to get through that mission by switching to the Engineering Battleframe and getting some help. Did the next mission after that and then the PvE quests just stopped. Didn't even get a thank you for (apparently) saving the water supply.

[SurfD]

Manged to get through that mission by switching to the Engineering Battleframe and getting some help. Did the next mission after that and then the PvE quests just stopped. Didn't even get a thank you for (apparently) saving the water supply.

Yeah.  The PvE missions actually DO continue, the problem is that there is absolutely no breadcrumbing to point you in the right direction (other then some NPC dialogue from your invisible crewmates which is very very easy to miss and does not actually tell you much).  It took me a bit of asking around to finally get an answer from some people who had been in beta for a bit longer, but there is a spaceport type outpost / city / thing a ways off to the South West of the "starting area" that you can go to for another 10 or so PvE missions, and then things stop completely for PvE missions from what I can tell.

As for the Hammer Time mission, I dont think you are supposed to be able to solo it (think of it like Vanilla WoWs old quests that sent you into areas populated by Elite Mobs).  The problem is that you have to finish it to continue the PvE mission line, which is very jarring since everyting up to that, and after that point IS soloable.

[Trippy]

Yeah I went looking for other SIN locations and found a couple but haven't found another quest chain yet (I did find a random quest with a damaged thumper).

[SurfD]

Yeah I went looking for other SIN locations and found a couple but haven't found another quest chain yet (I did find a random quest with a damaged thumper).

Damaged thumpers are kind of like the little Chosen invasions.  They just randomly spawn around the SIN areas.  Good for cash if you can keep the Chosen who pop up to defend them dead.

The quests continue in a location roughly South West of Copacabana about a 3 minute jaunt or so.  I may log in later tonight to post more accurate coords.

[Trippy]

Another quest line suddenly appeared as a notification when I logged on again involving stolen cargo. Finished that one after the bike ride at the end and then it stopped again.

I assume I just run around now and kill stuff for XP to upgrade my frames and thump for minerals to craft items?

[SurfD]

I think so.  The Bike ride thing was the last PvE quest that I found

[pohsyb]

I have an invite available too if anyone wants claimed

[UnSub]

I have a spare invite to the first person who PMs me.

Gone. Not sure if it will work or if it is tied to an account I set up for Firefall long, long ago.

[Hayduke]

I have one as well.

[lesion]

Huh, so do I.

[Ratman_tf]

I'm in the beta weekend. So far the PvE is shallow and pedantic.  I don't plan to do the PvP, no interest in it.

[SurfD]

I'm in the beta weekend. So far the PvE is shallow and pedantic.  I don't plan to do the PvP, no interest in it.

I have been in the beta for about the last two months.  Havent played for the last month or so though, because every time they release an update patch, you pretty much have to re-download the entire 4-5 gig client over again.  That being said, PvE is very shallow because appearently the current build is still waiting for their PvE milestone patch.  Right now, only the basic PvE features are in.

[Kageru]

I vaguely remember this looking promising... but that was quite a while ago.

[Hayduke]

The PvE is pretty horrible and paper thin.  The PvP (which is all instanced death matches or CTF) isn't much better.  I'm not really sure why they went for a mmofps since the game world seems to be just a pretty lobby.

[kildorn]

I've played it a few times. I'm always left with the same feeling: Global Agenda did everything Firefall does, better. And still was an ungodly boring game.

I'm not sure what is up with the pve milestone patch, because this game is in theory a year late at this point. And it still seems to completely lack direction.

[Phred]

The "Hammer Time" intro mission is ridiculous. I'm stuck already in the PvE.

Edit: Yup, way too hard:

http://www.firefallthegame.com/community/threads/impossible-to-solo-hammer-time-mission.53447/page-2#post-1329272

I logged in for the first time one night, tried the tutorial mission and never went back. Apparently my board account doesn't have enough privileges to reply to that thread so whatever. Not like there isn't other games to play.

[Ratman_tf]

I soloed Hammer Time. I must have picked a good spot. (I do remember that I didn't place the thumper where the quest tells you to.)

[Cadaverine]

I re-installed the game last night.  I actually had an easier time soloing it with my healer than with the assault, but it was doable in both cases.
I could see a recon having issues, perhaps.

I don't know if it's actually improved since I tried it last, but it seemed less bad when I played last night.  Enough so that I will probably give it another whirl tonight.

[Surlyboi]

Just got five invites to this if anyone's interested.

[Kageru]

I honestly can't tell if I should be interested. It sounds like it's stuck in endless beta as they work out they don't have the money to live up to their promises... are they actually making progress towards a set release date?

[Surlyboi]

It's still wonky as shit, but I do find it a nice little distraction for an hour or so.

[Nija]

Is there a PVE game yet?

[Margalis]

This seems like the kind of game that is progressing slower than the state of the art is moving and is just falling further behind. By the time it releases I suspect nobody will care.

[Viin]

I just got a beta key for this in my inbox. Don't think I'm interested though ..

[Cadaverine]

Looks like they're doing an open beta weekend, if any of you haven't had the chance to try the game, yet.

Hey Everyone!

We are excited to announce that on the weekend of January 25th, Red 5 Studios™ will be hosting our January Firefall™ Beta Weekend!

Starting at 10:00am PDT on January 25th and continuing through 11:59pm PDT on January 27th 2013, we will be unlocking the servers and allowing anybody who registers for Firefall access to the beta. This means that anyone who has yet to experience the war torn Earth will now have the chance to defend the Earth against the mysterious Chosen, explore the land of New Eden, and face off against their fellow players in fast-paced PvP.

Additionally, throughout the weekend, players who take part in our Beta Weekend will unlock an exclusive in-game decal for use on their many Battleframes! To get your exclusive decal, all you have to do is log in during the Beta Weekend.  Following the Beta Weekend, you’ll be able to obtain your badge of honor at the New You station in game.

During our Firefall Beta Weekend, we’re offering players the chance to win themselves a huge Firefall prize package, including a Razer 2013 Deathadder mouse and Firefall swag! For more information, check out www.firefallthegame.com/betaweekends to see how your videos and screenshots of skill shots can win you these awesome prizes!

Be sure to download the client to pre-load the game. This way, once the Beta Weekend begins, you can log on and jump right in!

Download here: http://beta.firefallthegame.com/download 

-- Red 5 Tribe

[Ratman_tf]

Bluh. This thing has fallen off my radar.

[Thrawn]

Bluh. This thing has fallen off my radar.

Been slipping off mine since I started playing the beta as well.  It seems to have a lot of potential but right now I don't see anything to keep you playing which is kind of a big part of an MMO.  My prediction now is they run out of money, release early promising a bunch of updates later and the unfinished product kills all of the hype and the game fades away.

Maybe I'll have to give MWO a try since Planetside is losing my interest much quicker than I expected.

[LK]

This thing should have launched two years ago.

[Furiously]

Open beta this weekend.

[MrHat]

Open beta this weekend.

Looks like the consensus 6 months ago was a resounding "MEH".

Has it improved to a "try the free game"?

[Ratman_tf]

Open beta this weekend.

Looks like the consensus 6 months ago was a resounding "MEH".

Has it improved to a "try the free game"?

I got the email, and was planning to give it a spin and see if they'd done anything with the game.
But a buddy just got into town, and I'd much rather pal around with him, so I guess I'll let one of you give it a peek.