free DLC - too little too late?

(PanzerIV) #101

[QUOTE=jazevec;340566]- dominance of SMGs: Medium and Heavy body types were supposed to trade speed for firepower. What firepower ?

  • heavy weapons are laughably bad. CARB-9 deals 348 damage per second, with 2.3 spread (0.066 rate of fire, 23 damage). Gotlung deals barely more damage (363 per second - 3 bullets * 8 damage at 0.066 fire rate) but it has much worse spread (4.0), long wind-up time and slows already slow heavies to a crawl.
  • Solution-looking-for-a-problem class, a.k.a. Operative (4 classes - 1 = 3 useful classes. 3 is not a lot.)

There’s no need for DLC. Just fix what’s there so it’s worth using.[/QUOTE]So true, I could care less of the DLC if they don’t fix the main problems first. The heavy class is a real joke with heavy’s weapon being almost as weak as Light’s SMGs yet you have to run 6x slower so not worth it to be a heavy guy.

The operative is clearly the worst class, disguising is so useless, no backstabbing possibility like knife from behind for 1 hit kill or do 50% damage. I only use it when it’s required for the objective. The only half-decent thing it haves is the calldrops.

(Nexolate) #102

Pistol Knifes do half damage to Medium Body types. Combine that with the fact you can use disguises to sneak up behind enemies and you have a rather deadly combination.

Regards,
Nexo

(legend123) #103

Its now 12:30am eastern time NA.

Current players 371 (less than the original day of defeat and less than a crap load of other games)
Peak 1,188.

188 more and im done. RIP.

I have put 145 hrs now. It is funner than most games but it has seriously issues.
The DLC is too late and tbh who cares. We want the fundamental problems sorted out… and now thats too late also.

I thinking Im gonna play some Fear3 and then wait for BF3.

Why no intermission text chat?
Why no default VIOP?
Why no vsays
Why no demo recording.
Why ati cards suck with Brink and only Brink?

SERIOUSLY your game from 2003 had more to offer.
Drop Batheseda if they are the problem. Listen to the people. Provide demos or betas for future games.
Go back to your old ways.

Put the game out for 20 dollars or make it free + release SDK. Other than that this game is finished.

(jazevec) #104

Because it’s hard to input text with a controller.

Why no default VIOP?

Because console players are infamous for being foul-mouthed over microphone.

Why no vsays

Not practical with a controller.

Why no demo recording.

Because console players don’t demand it.

Why ati cards suck with Brink and only Brink?

Because the game was primarily tested on consoles.

Put the game out for 20 dollars or make it free + release SDK.

SDK is too hard to use with a controller.

(legend123) #105

thats nice but im speaking of pc

(its al bout security) #106

there is no such thing as too late just early or on time

(its al bout security) #107

[QUOTE=jazevec;341444]
Because the game was primarily tested on consoles[/QUOTE]

umm xbox actually has an ati card in it?? so umm… hmm not too sure you know what your talking about.

(SockDog) #108

I feel you’ve had an unfortunate comprehension fail.

Tell that to your girlfriend.

One ATI card in a single hardware platform does not compare to the range available and hardware combinations on the PC.

(jazevec) #109

Okay, I need to state it explicitely: these are all signs of a console port. A Slow Person Shooter.

(Ashog) #110

hahaha what a fail :smiley:

(its al bout security) #111

umm… hmm what you said was totally unrealated to what i said congrats bro.

really it doest matter, if you want to play brink brake an old 360 ad throw the card in your computer, BLAM we are running the same game

(dommafia) #112

why was my thread moved to general discussion :expressionless: it was in off-topic chatter, away from trolls -_-

(SockDog) #113

[QUOTE=its al bout security;341498]umm… hmm what you said was totally unrealated to what i said congrats bro.

really it doest matter, if you want to play brink brake an old 360 ad throw the card in your computer, BLAM we are running the same game[/QUOTE]

<Sigh> Oh, I’ve been outdone by pure idiocy. It’s like discussing night and day with a cheesecake.

Your thread was designated as applicable to Brink and so subject to the wider gaze of the impish horde. If you listen carefully you can hear any substance being slowly gnawed away.

(shirosae) #114

No man, you misunderstand; if you plug an xbox360 card into your pc, it unlocks the autoaim cvar.

@Dom: The only way I see Brink lasting is if SD state that they admit the console stuff isn’t working, and that they’ll try to sort out the stuff a PC game really should have.

I don’t think any of those fixes need to be in this upcoming DLC, but the longer they leave it before demonstrating that they understand what’s gone wrong the more certain it is that the game will end up in the failstein’09 bin.

(SockDog) #115

Do you think MS could show me how, I feel intimidated by anything beyond putting in a disc or turning on a TV.

(coolstory) #116

[QUOTE=SockDog;341545]<Sigh> Oh, I’ve been outdone by pure idiocy. It’s like discussing night and day with a cheesecake.

[/QUOTE]

Haha, pretty much.

(BomBaKlaK) #117

(Weyoun) #118

[QUOTE=jazevec;341002]Meanwhile in Natural Selection 2 open beta…

Player-made map has been accepted and officially included in the game. Players are recording long gameplay videos (not trailers from marketing department).

Thanx a lot for this. I have indeed never heard of NS or NS2 before and have since watched a lot of those videos. And now I even prepurchased it due to the videos and the infos provided.

On topic: I too have stopped playing Brink for a while now. I’m waiting for the DLC and possible fixes. But they really have to improve the game a lot for me to actually playing it as much as I played QW or BF for that matter.

(Smoochy) #119

i must admit i might buy quake wars. i played the beta and pre-ordered but then i met the wife and i cancelled the order. the demo was great fun. do enough people still play (probably more than brink?!?) and would a newbie like me get his ass handed to him if he played now. i guess everyone knows the maps really well now?

btw - im on pc.

(Smoochy) #120

[QUOTE=StillBatusBrad;340910]To answer the OP…

If the DLC comes bundled with a big patch, all can be saved. If all we get is the announced DLC, things will end badly, as giving lots of people the chance to lag, graphics-pop and get OHK’ed by uberbots on 2 new maps (whilst dressed as a Bobby and sporting a bayonet) won’t be a massive comfort to the disillusioned.[/QUOTE]

im sure i read there is a big patch coming with the DLC. seem to think a dev said this. hopefully it fixes some issues and adds 2 new maps and some great toys/abilities.

i really like this game, for me the biggest gripe is ATI performance. im RMAing my gfx card back this week and they are gonna test it, see if it works for them on brink. if they get poor performance then i get a refund and its an nvidia card for me!