Resistance 2

[tha_con]

I'm not sure I'll be able to play anything at that time, but if I can, it will probably be R2. Unfortunately I don't really like large parties except for custom games.

Usually I try to keep the party to a minimum of 10 players, as I feel a 10 on 10 match is much more managble than 30 on 30.

Hopefully we see you online man! Maybe if you have fun you can join the clan

My Clan thread is up on MyRes, and I plan to make it pretty good...of course it's because I love this game.

 

[betan]

Usually I try to keep the party to a minimum of 10 players, as I feel a 10 on 10 match is much more managble than 30 on 30.

When I'm playing ranked I try to keep the party max of 5 players, preferable 2-3 as above that it becomes unfair to the other side most of the time. Admittedly though I prefer small games.

Hopefully we see you online man! Maybe if you have fun you can join the clan

I will try, but I'm not looking for a new clan for ranked matches for various reasons. An active gb clan may be different though. My old clan stopped playing gb because it is truly ridiculous. I hope new patch adds clan tournament support (ala KZ2) in addition to spectator mode (which is why I was asking earlier).

My Clan thread is up on MyRes, and I plan to make it pretty good...of course it's because I love this game.

I don't follow myres unfortunately. why don't you add me on psn?

 

[tha_con]

When I'm playing ranked I try to keep the party max of 5 players, preferable 2-3 as above that it becomes unfair to the other side most of the time. Admittedly though I prefer small games.

I will try, but I'm not looking for a new clan for ranked matches for various reasons. An active gb clan may be different though. My old clan stopped playing gb because it is truly ridiculous. I hope new patch adds clan tournament support (ala KZ2) in addition to spectator mode (which is why I was asking earlier).

I don't follow myres unfortunately. why don't you add me on psn?

For sure man, what is your PSN ID?

BTW, I don't really post much on MyRes either, but I do lurk a lot, and have a fairly decent clan thread (Link Here).

Once I get enough members (who are good enough) I plan to actively become involved in both GameBattles, and Clan Battles via MyRes (Link Here).

It takes time to set up a good clan, but if you're still looking around or playing R2 sometime down the road, we'll still be here

 

[betan]

For sure man, what is your PSN ID?

betan (I now shocking).
Is yours same as b3d as well?

edit: if anyone else wants to add me, please send another message with b3d id in case it's different since I don't read friendship requests, instead simply delete them.

BTW, I don't really post much on MyRes either, but I do lurk a lot, and have a fairly decent clan thread (Link Here).

Once I get enough members (who are good enough) I plan to actively become involved in both GameBattles, and Clan Battles via MyRes (Link Here).

It takes time to set up a good clan, but if you're still looking around or playing R2 sometime down the road, we'll still be here

Yeah it takes time I image. I noticed though if you have good players it's way easier to find other good players to join. I was a captain (or whatever it is called), unfortunately though we had fairly strict k/d requirement (2.0) which I find ridiculous since there are many supreme commanders with lower k/ds, but still play better than man of those second accounts.

Anyway I created a fake clan just to reserve the name I love. Now of course I cannot really join a clan until I can transfer the leadership to a "physical" friend who has R2.

 

[tha_con]

betan (I now shocking).
Is yours same as b3d as well?

edit: if anyone else wants to add me, please send another message with b3d id in case it's different since I don't read friendship requests, instead simply delete them.


Yeah it takes time I image. I noticed though if you have good players it's way easier to find other good players to join. I was a captain (or whatever it is called), unfortunately though we had fairly strict k/d requirement (2.0) which I find ridiculous since there are many supreme commanders with lower k/ds, but still play better than man of those second accounts.

Anyway I created a fake clan just to reserve the name I love. Now of course I cannot really join a clan until I can transfer the leadership to a "physical" friend who has R2.

Yea, I plan to do a lot of things with my Clan. I'm going to included a multitude of Leader Boards which will be updated bi-weekly, I already have a Clubhouse set up in Playstation Home (though it probably won't house all members of my clan) and I eventually want to get to the point where we can have internal tournaments and a "Rank" system among the clan members.

 

[patsu]

Wasn't there another patch coming before K2? :/

Insomniac will say more next week: http://beta-forums.myresistance.net/resistance/board/message?board.id=21&thread.id=97195

Those who frequent the MyResistance.net messageboards know quite well that the phrase "very soon" has become synonymous with my posts regarding Resistance 2's upcoming downloadable content and patch. Thankfully, my choice of words are about to change-on March 25, we'll finally reveal all the info regarding these ever-popular forum topics. In addition to posting the details here, Insomniac Multiplayer Designer Jake Biegel will discuss the DLC and patch at the PlayStation Blogger's lounge at the Game Developers Conference.



So be on the lookout for that coverage very soon...err, on March 25.

 

[tha_con]

James said it best.

"Be excited, be be excited".

Awesome.

So, Clan night is still up for tonight. Starting around 6pm CST (one hour!) and we'll be playing for a while. Hopefully I can see some of you guy's online, it'd be awesome to have some fun!

 

[patsu]

Bah... I may not be able to jump in today. Still too much work to go through. Didn't sleep last night too.

Am very happy to hear news from jstevenson.

 

[tha_con]

Good games tonight Betan, you're REALLY good. I had a lot of fun man, we should definitely look into playing some more, if you had fun that is

Sometimes I felt like I was holding the team back, lol, but we did pretty good overall. Thanks again for playing man!

 

[betan]

Good games tonight Betan, you're REALLY good. I had a lot of fun man, we should definitely look into playing some more, if you had fun that is

Sometimes I felt like I was holding the team back, lol, but we did pretty good overall. Thanks again for playing man!

No holding back man, it was awesome. We won most of the matches except vs clan matches where we were significantly outpowered and one CC where we had no coordination at all. They were still good matches. I don't know what's up with you and carbine though. I strongly recommend you get used to it for CC assault.

Anyway, I will be playing R2 as long as R2 matchmaking works (or decent custom matches with enough non-random people are also fine). I'm pretty much done with KZ2. As I said I prefer small games thus small parties. Have to say though, you were pretty consistent at finding my least favorite maps (especially for CC). :|

BTW, the coop round I was in was pretty hectic too, I don't remember last time I had so much difficulty in coop, so all good. It was also the first time I saw stalker move.
Needless to say, soldier rocks (shamelessly reminding you our earlier discussion ).

 

[patsu]

Is Carbine the best weapon for Core Control assault ? I usually use Marksman, Auger or FarEye for Core Control games.

 

[betan]

Is Carbine the best weapon for Core Control assault ? I usually use Marksman, Auger or FarEye for Core Control games.

In my opinion, Auger (or Wraith or even Bullseye) is good for defense, Marksman is great for midfield, Fareye is good for getting (defense) kills.
I know a girl with pretty good k/d who only plays CC and Skirmish just for easy sniping. :| Fortunately these people are way fewer than some other game.

Also obviously it's map dependent as I wouldn't use Marksman or Fareye in Subway for example.

The thing about carbine is it's pretty decent short-medium range weapon, making it suitable for both defense and offense (which is very important when you are playing serious matches with few players and you have to take position based on your spawn point, thus without knowing your role in advance).

The reason it shines particularly however is because of the 40z. Often players stay back to fill up berserks and pick up 40mms for really strong assault.

edit: Rossmore is also very strong defensive weapon in a map like Subway.

 

[patsu]

What is the name for the 40mm berserk ? I usually stick to SnakeEye.

My Carbine skill stinks. I get more kills from Marksman and Auger. Like you said, FarEye is great for Core Control in some maps.

 

[betan]

What is the name for the 40mm berserk ?

That would be proto ammo but I was talking about any berserk (ironheart, invisibility, ring of life, radar/rage) and picking up 40mm from dropped secondary ammo boxes.

I usually stick to SnakeEye.

I don't think either Laark nor SnakeEye are worthy berserks as they take a lot of time to fill and requires proximity of the opponents for good number of kills.

Clearly it's a deadly berserk when the other side has it, but they can do better with less obvious choices.

For me, the good thing about Laark is that if you are really lucky, you can get up to 10 kills with both shots which refills your berserk, but the match should be very crowded in a corridor heavy map like Chicago (for TDM).

Still I'd prefer ring of life, proto ammo, invisibility, advanced radar and ironheart or even overload over it any day.

 

[patsu]

SnakeEye/LAARK berserk is most useful in Core Control or Skirmish because the gauge fills up noticeably faster.

I didn't know about the 40mm trick. I should try Carbine someday.

 

[tha_con]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/375.97294

Hey guy's, take a second to vote for Insomniac, they deserve it!

Betan - Yea man, I really need to work on my Carbine skills, I'm just terrible with it. Seems the only weapons I can be competitive with at this point are the Bullseye, Marksman, and the Auger (depending on game type).

 

[Phil]

Funny.. when we played on Saturday, I was my most successful with the carbine...

but honestly, I just can't like the carbine in R2.. it was great in RFOM, but it just lost its appeal in R2 somehow... :/

 

[tha_con]

In R2 it's long range accuracy was greatly reduced, because they introduced the marksman. The Carbine is fantastic in small 10 player games with close maps (the Mexico map comes to mind) but I still feel that the Bullseye is a better weapon all around in close combat.

That's pretty much what I stick to almost exclusively.

 

[patsu]

I can't figure out what they changed in Carbine. It seems more "floaty" in R2. It's a formidable weapon with 40mm though.

My problem is I can't seem to pick up any 40mm so I switched to Marksman, which is nice for mid-long range shot. In short range skirmish, the ALT fire usually allows me to kill the opponent together with me. ^_^

 

[tha_con]

I like that 40mm's are a bit more rare. It seems in Core Control and Skirmish teams will often play defense for a while to get some 40mm and then rush the other team.

The Marksman is really useful if you plan on doing an assault in Skirmish, generally have 2 players in the back field using marksman's to take out a few enemies for the front linesmen who are going to capture the beacon. THen have them rush the beacon and try to take out enemies (or drop some of their health) before they get to your team.