Question about joining a pub match

(Whydmer) #1

I was wondering about the sequence of joining a random pub match, specifically do you select one of your characters and then your body type before learning what side you will be playing or what map you will be on? Or do you get to see the map and whether you will be resistance or security before you choose your character and body type?

Ideally I would think it would be:

[ol]
[li]Select or be assigned to a team (resistance or security).
[/li][li]Discover what map/mission you will be on.
[/li][li]Choose your character.
[/li][li]Choose your body type.
[/li][li]Start Mission and then choose class and weapon load out.
[/li][/ol]
Does anyone who has played the game or possibly developed the game know? Or is it written somewhere and I have missed it?

(Herandar) #2

I thought that I heard that each character has a preferred class and loadout that would be your default when you start every mission. You spawn at or very near a command post, I would assume. So step 5 is a bit shorter, technically.

I’m not 100% certain if this is real or my imagination at this point though. As for the rest, I really don’t know.

(TiN TiN) #3

You don’t choose what body type you are before the game. I believe it’s associated with your character and if you want to change it you need to change it from the character customization menu.

For what Herandar said about you choosing a preferred class that is true. When you choose a preferred class you’ll start the game up with that class. Not too sure about loadout but you can change it at a command post.

(Whydmer) #4

[QUOTE=TiN TiN;274580]You don’t choose what body type you are before the game. I believe it’s associated with your character and if you want to change it you need to change it from the character customization menu.
[/QUOTE]

I could see it defaulting to your last played body type, but I have read and seen nothing about an actuall association between body type and character.

(Maawdawg) #5

Body size is in the selection menu with other character customizations like weapon customizations, preferred class, and clothing customization. Once you select it for that character it will stay the same until you change it, just like your outfit or weapon part choices. At least that is how it was at PAX.

During the demo the mission was already selected and we were already assigned a side, but before you launched in you could mess around in the customization at will, to change body type and customize the other stuff like clothes and weapon mods. Once you launched into the game all that stuff was all locked and you just could change selected weapons or class at the command posts. I don’t know if that is going to be how it works at release but I would think it makes the most sense to do it that way, to be able to customize body size, class, and loadout after you know the map and what side you are on.

You do spawn in right next to one so you could change weapons or class instantly if you wanted.

(Whydmer) #6

Thanks Maawdawg that was mainly what I was thinking/hoping.