Do you enjoy this "Augmentless Event"?

(Xenithos) #21

@hawkeyeguy99 said:
I think it’s hilarious because some people are freaking out and others haven’t even noticed yet in game. It really speaks to how much SD has nailed the idea of augments: only SLIGHT changes to the loadout that don’t necessarily give one player an advantage over another.

I depended on them man. Augments helped me personalize my mercs to my playstyle. It’s the reason I played Phoenix, or Sparks (181 and 343 gen 1 cards), etc. when you combine the perks and allow new playstyles, I find the game MORE fun. Also, augments are not SLIGHT changes ever, they’re always meant to improve (by definition of the word “augment” and past experience) though SD does want core shooter feel in their game and I understand it.

But some augments are clearly recognizable when they’re gone, such as unshakeable being gone from Auras, those nades hurt so much.

(Xenithos) #22

Anyway. As for my thoughts? I could deal with augments being gone, I have the aim, and the knowledge of abilities and muscle memory to avoid fragger nades etc… but it doesn’t feel the same, and doesn’t feel as fun to me because of how I enjoyed playing the game. I was the first person to really talk about the loadouts and how none of them were really ones that I wanted to use for Guardian, and it’s funny, she feels barely affected because I made up my mind to use her for her new guns in the end for me.

(Muddy Muddy Mud Nade) #23

@Xenithos said:

@TheStrangerous said:
Call me a weirdo, but so far I’m enjoying this unintentional event. It’s much more challenging, all about twitch reflexes and no RPG nonsese.

What on earth do you mean by RPG nonsense? Fudging Jav still has her rocket launcher, and RPG means role playing game. DB isn’t a fudging role-playing game.

Anyway, I hate this bug. I seriously miss focus, flying pig, drilled and chopper. I feel some mercs actually need certain perks to feel good, such as get up on sparks, or extra supplies on Phoenix. I find myself choosing tankier more gun-dps wise mercs than the ones I used to rely on for fancy movement. I can feel myself moving sluggishly, slower than before. Relying on flying pig for that extra boost on my Aura is no longer possible, timing on that kind of thing is off.

I.e. Fragger, Sawbonez, Vassili, Bushwhacker, Phantom (hilariously he’s like untouched), Thunder is meh, and definitely not as much on Kira. Didn’t realize how much I abused focus on Kira and Fragger. I don’t know how many times I’ve reload cancelled at the wrong time because my muscle memory is off…

(Muddy Muddy Mud Nade) #24

I will note that if we were to take away augments, there would be even less people spouting “Pay to Win”, considering Loadout Cards would be completely cosmetic.
Speaking of Loadouts, Iron and Leads would be basically pointless (more than they already are), since they at least have one or two augments. I mean nobody wants to run around with a poo brown gun.

(Melinder) #25

Aimpunch is a mess without Focus.

(Outblast) #26

Augments are overrated :wink:

(TheStrangerous) #27

@Xenithos said:

What on earth do you mean by RPG nonsense? Fudging Jav still has her rocket launcher, and RPG means role playing game. DB isn’t a fudging role-playing game.

Perks in FPS games are the creation of Beelzebub known as CoD. And augments originate form perks, and perks = RPG nonsense. :stuck_out_tongue:

(nokiII) #28

@TheStrangerous said:

@Xenithos said:

What on earth do you mean by RPG nonsense? Fudging Jav still has her rocket launcher, and RPG means role playing game. DB isn’t a fudging role-playing game.

Perks in FPS games are the creation of Beelzebub known as CoD. And augments originate form perks, and perks = RPG nonsense. :stuck_out_tongue:

ET did leveling up your character and having perks for it 4 years before CoD MW was even a thing.

(TheStrangerous) #29

@nokiII said:

@TheStrangerous said:

@Xenithos said:

What on earth do you mean by RPG nonsense? Fudging Jav still has her rocket launcher, and RPG means role playing game. DB isn’t a fudging role-playing game.

Perks in FPS games are the creation of Beelzebub known as CoD. And augments originate form perks, and perks = RPG nonsense. :stuck_out_tongue:

ET did leveling up your character and having perks for it 4 years before CoD MW was even a thing.

(BlackboltLW) #30

It’s fun

But I miss my Double Time and Bomb Squad :’(

(B_Montiel) #31

I find it totally interesting but that’s totally unacceptable to leave for the week-end the way they did, with an half-assed announcement “we did not find anything yet we’ll see next week”. Come on guys… Right at the start of a new season…

(Artyrim) #32

Yesterday I had some free time and played about 5-6 sw matches and 4 ranked matches. Once I was tired I logged out and checked the forum about ranked and Then I found about the bug omg . I wonder if we really need them. I didn’t notice that augments were off at all.
As Proxy main I thank the god xD

(Nail) #33

you find it unacceptable that to leave work when they are done for the week ?
you stay at work willingly after hours and on weekends ?
you want to pay their overtime ?

it’s a freakin game not cancer research

B)

(Xenithos) #34

@B_Montiel said:
I find it totally interesting but that’s totally unacceptable to leave for the week-end the way they did, with an half-assed announcement “we did not find anything yet we’ll see next week”. Come on guys… Right at the start of a new season…

Which is why I’m adamant this was on purpose, they wanted to see if their community even noticed, and gain extra insight into augment balance in a ranked session.

(neverplayseriou) #35

@Nail said:

you find it unacceptable that to leave work when they are done for the week ?
you stay at work willingly after hours and on weekends ?
you want to pay their overtime ?

it’s a freakin game not cancer research

B)

Which is why you shouldn’t release poorly tested patches right before the weekend.

#36

On the one hand I miss my beloved drilled but on the other hand there are no lock-on mines. :blush: I imagine those who play a lot of Sparks aren’t very happy about this.

(Press E) #37

@Xenithos said:

@STARRYSOCK said:
Honestly I love stuff like this. Usually it’s intentional, when games break things on purpose for april fools or whatever, but this works too. I hope DB does it a lot more

I hope SD doesn’t break a lot more. Just saying. Now if you mean hosts events like this for bug testing and balance testing or the likes? Sure! It’s a beta!

No, I mean editing things on purpose as an April fools joke.

Increasing merc speed by 50%, removing primary weapons, etc. Just short events to mess around in and have fun. Obviously it wouldn’t carry into ranked.

(K1X455) #38

I tried stuff on CMM and it’s outrageously stupid. This Ranked Season IV came out on the wrong end pretty badly and the rush to get things out is making this game attract more bugs than a locust plague.

(TheStrangerous) #39

Look on the bright side, at least even the most delusional people couldn’t find a P2W argument against this game. Cause sure, even if these augments are slight boosts, some people still label them P2W for stupid reasons…

Unless to them:
different weapon sets = Total advantage

:anguished:

(Xenithos) #40

@STARRYSOCK said:

@Xenithos said:

@STARRYSOCK said:
Honestly I love stuff like this. Usually it’s intentional, when games break things on purpose for april fools or whatever, but this works too. I hope DB does it a lot more

I hope SD doesn’t break a lot more. Just saying. Now if you mean hosts events like this for bug testing and balance testing or the likes? Sure! It’s a beta!

No, I mean editing things on purpose as an April fools joke.

Increasing merc speed by 50%, removing primary weapons, etc. Just short events to mess around in and have fun. Obviously it wouldn’t carry into ranked.

Ah, thanks for clarifying! April fools maps and jokes are the best. Sometimes they become modes :slight_smile: Imagine 300% speed 75% gravity halo with rocket launchers and magnums (instant kill mode turned on as well) and infinite grenades, except true stealth and waypoints (head marker) enabled with 8v8 matches. One of the best things I’ve ever played!