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#4340727 - 02/27/17 03:12 PM Re: Wildlands Beta: Initial impressions [Re: Raw Kryptonite]  
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Originally Posted by Raw Kryptonite



I'm not killing anyone, I'm playing a game, but language is language. If I didn't have kids around it might not bother me as much, but I don't like being forced to wear headphones because my game talks street unnecessarily. It adds nothing to the game. I also don't need a rape scene to establish how bad the bad guy is.



I haven't played a game without wearing headphones since Bill Clinton was president. The booms, bangs, roars, squeals, explosions, and screams are too much to take for anyone in the room or the room next to the PC. I'm amazed anyone uses speakers anymore, aside from consoles.



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#4340728 - 02/27/17 03:14 PM Re: Wildlands Beta: Initial impressions [Re: Bahger]  
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+1 Jedi! I think it was around the year 2000 when I switched from external speakers to headphones for gaming.


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#4340737 - 02/27/17 03:24 PM Re: Wildlands Beta: Initial impressions [Re: Bahger]  
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Speaking of... I can't understand how many people play MP WITHOUT A MICROPHONE.
Come on. I don't want to play with those that have to type to me "Watch out, Danger Left"
That would be like the Missile Warnings that the game gives you, AFTER the missile has flown by your helo.

I got to run the spectrum of players in Online Coop this weekend.
I got to play with girls (they did excellent), a 9yr old that would sing when he was bored and come up with plans like "I'll drive the car into the compound, blow myself up, and you come revive me!"
I played briefly with those that thought running over the other players was fun, another guy that said "Bro" as the subject of every sentence. "Bro, Look the fire doesn't burn me! I am the Dragon Master!"
Then I got to play with some serious, tactical, like minded TEAM PLAYERS. Oh Heck Yes! NOW we are rocking. It made wading through the sludge worth it.

The game shines when you have the TEAM play going on. It can even overcome all the warts.

I will be pre ordering it immediately.


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#4340746 - 02/27/17 03:35 PM Re: Wildlands Beta: Initial impressions [Re: Bahger]  
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Bill illustrates perfectly why I don't play on public servers and ONLY play with people I know from SimHQ.


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#4340759 - 02/27/17 03:53 PM Re: Wildlands Beta: Initial impressions [Re: Bahger]  
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I call headphones a relationship preserver. smile There is one thing worse than no mic...it's a room mic that picks up every noise in their home and sends it the entire time. They sound like they're in a bathroom and you can hear their kids yelling at their dog downstairs and everything. UGH.

TBH, all games that have a heavy MP component really need you to find like-minded players to be worthwhile.

I used to enjoy playing on public servers in the days of Jedi Outcast/Academy, RTCW, and No One Lives Forever. I had AWESOME times with random people who all played the way the developers intended.

Then all of them got ruined by hacking. Super saber scripts in SW, aim hacks in RTCW, and crazy modding like making AK 47s fire grenades instead of bullets (ie it fired dozens per second). All died around the same time, too.

It's been friends-only ever since. Playing on SHQ is as public as I go now!



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#4340762 - 02/27/17 04:03 PM Re: Wildlands Beta: Initial impressions [Re: Bahger]  
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Let me add to that what happened yesterday.

The Guy that Uses Headphones AND Speakers.
So everything that is spoken on the microphone, whether his or ours, is repeated MULTIPLE TIMES from his side. Oh Vey!
Soon everyone is yelling (X2) because they don't understand what is going on.

Honestly, the 9yr old was better. hahahah

Oh and you two (Jedi/Panzer) must not like me anymore because the last thing we COOPed in was SWAT4. biggrin biggrin


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#4340794 - 02/27/17 05:26 PM Re: Wildlands Beta: Initial impressions [Re: Bahger]  
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Comms worked reasonably well, but for a couple of guys I know normally don't have issues, they kept cutting out, or voice activation wasn't quite right.
I think we may run into issues needing more than 4 slots for players.


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#4340796 - 02/27/17 05:30 PM Re: Wildlands Beta: Initial impressions [Re: Raw Kryptonite]  
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Originally Posted by Raw Kryptonite
Comms worked reasonably well, but for a couple of guys I know normally don't have issues, they kept cutting out, or voice activation wasn't quite right.
I think we may run into issues needing more than 4 slots for players.


Yes, for Tony and I last night, his ingame voice comms were atrocious. Couldn't hear him well, static, bad.
Switched back over to Razer comms, perfect.


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#4340798 - 02/27/17 05:33 PM Re: Wildlands Beta: Initial impressions [Re: Bahger]  
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I got that set up, just need to get everyone on there.


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#4340799 - 02/27/17 05:35 PM Re: Wildlands Beta: Initial impressions [Re: Bill_Grant]  
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Originally Posted by Bill_Grant


Oh and you two (Jedi/Panzer) must not like me anymore because the last thing we COOPed in was SWAT4. biggrin biggrin



Jedi, Magnum and I occasionally meet up for Rainbow Six: Siege. Just let us know which day is good for you.


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#4340862 - 02/27/17 08:12 PM Re: Wildlands Beta: Initial impressions [Re: Bahger]  
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Yeah, we just need to know your Steam and/or Uplay account name. We meet on the SHQ TS server for comms and don't bother with that in-game stuff. smile



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#4340874 - 02/27/17 08:40 PM Re: Wildlands Beta: Initial impressions [Re: Bahger]  
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I'd like to try some commed-up four-man coop when the game comes out. I have TS (but the SimHQ login may be out of date...will check).

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#4340887 - 02/27/17 09:25 PM Re: Wildlands Beta: Initial impressions [Re: Bahger]  
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I take it you're Pacific time zone?
As always that makes it harder for us East Coasters to meet up with you aside from weekends. frown

Still, there are people here in Central too.



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#4340896 - 02/27/17 09:50 PM Re: Wildlands Beta: Initial impressions [Re: Bahger]  
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Yup, PST here. It's a pain for online gaming; it's like being on the edge of the world.

#4340898 - 02/27/17 10:06 PM Re: Wildlands Beta: Initial impressions [Re: Bahger]  
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If you join the SimHQ steam group, you can add a lot to your friends list. Then on uplay, you can have it import that list and send out FL invites.


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#4340903 - 02/27/17 10:31 PM Re: Wildlands Beta: Initial impressions [Re: Raw Kryptonite]  
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Originally Posted by Raw Kryptonite
If you join the simhq steam group, you can add a lot to your friends list. Then on uplay, you can have it import that list and send out FL invites.


Thank you, that is extremely helpful.

#4340929 - 02/28/17 12:35 AM Re: Wildlands Beta: Initial impressions [Re: Bahger]  
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#4341042 - 02/28/17 02:39 PM Re: Wildlands Beta: Initial impressions [Re: Bahger]  
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Uplay will import Steam friends lists? I didn't know that!



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#4341065 - 02/28/17 03:38 PM Re: Wildlands Beta: Initial impressions [Re: Bahger]  
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I'm sure you've got to have them linked, but if you have a uplay game on steam you already have that done.
It will then ask if you want to import friends. I assume they have to have also linked their accounts or you risk getting the wrong person on uplay.
Then they accept and you're set.


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#4342735 - 03/08/17 06:40 AM Re: Wildlands Beta: Initial impressions [Re: Bahger]  
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Is anyone else bothered by how terrible the reload animations are? It's like the animators have no understanding of how and when charging handles and bolt releases should be used. These super elite secret squirrels are constantly taking their strong hand off their weapon to do their reloads.

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