Comments on: Reaching for the Holy Grail: Hands-on with the FireFall Beta http://games.on.net/2013/01/reaching-for-the-holy-grail-hands-on-with-the-firefall-beta/ For all your latest Gaming News, Files, Servers & Discussion - Powered by Internode Sat, 18 May 2013 17:28:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: ghostdogz http://games.on.net/2013/01/reaching-for-the-holy-grail-hands-on-with-the-firefall-beta/#comment-19234 ghostdogz Sun, 27 Jan 2013 14:19:05 +0000 http://games.on.net/?p=14984#comment-19234 This game is boring as hell…Awsome gameplay but no quest stories. Run to a point and hang around for enemy kill them and wait for point to neutralize etc…Running around like lost chooks…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

]]> By: rfmachin http://games.on.net/2013/01/reaching-for-the-holy-grail-hands-on-with-the-firefall-beta/#comment-19162 rfmachin Sat, 26 Jan 2013 08:43:04 +0000 http://games.on.net/?p=14984#comment-19162 Does anyone heres got grammar?

]]> By: auld http://games.on.net/2013/01/reaching-for-the-holy-grail-hands-on-with-the-firefall-beta/#comment-18972 auld Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:43:47 +0000 http://games.on.net/?p=14984#comment-18972 I’ve also played this hard out. Bought the Ensign founders, then upgraded to Lieutenant, then upgraded to Commander for the motorcycle mount :P. Not unhappy with my purchase.

Updates have been a little thin over the Christmas period and I got a little bit bored with just thumping and chasing Chosen(the bad guys).

Will jump back in next decent patch, definitely a game worth watching as it has huge potential.

Crafting really interests me, the interface is clunky and they haven’t quite figured out what they want players to achieve with crafted gear *BUT* with a little work it will easily be one of the better crafting systems around.

I have beta keys, send me a PM if you want one. Big beta weekend on this weekend, whoever logs in gets a free decal for their battleframes.

]]> By: nekosan http://games.on.net/2013/01/reaching-for-the-holy-grail-hands-on-with-the-firefall-beta/#comment-18913 nekosan Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:41:39 +0000 http://games.on.net/?p=14984#comment-18913 I probably have some keys somewhere if i can be bothered logging in to find them, I was looking forward to Firefall for a long time and when i finally got in to beta and took 10 steps only for it to lag me all over the place.

Game just isn’t playable from Cairns.

]]> By: Nightstaar http://games.on.net/2013/01/reaching-for-the-holy-grail-hands-on-with-the-firefall-beta/#comment-18911 Nightstaar Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:35:04 +0000 http://games.on.net/?p=14984#comment-18911 This is a really fun game. I’ve been playing on and off for the passed few months and am really enjoying it. Lag doesn’t really effect PvE and it’s mildly noticeable in PvP.

I’m super invested into Planetside at the moment, but when this hits retail I think I’ll be putting a lot more time into it.

For those that haven’t been following the development and Red5 in general, they are super keen to move this towards esports. They have their own studio setup and do the occasional weekend stream event. Jump over to twitch.tv and check them out!

]]> By: spooler http://games.on.net/2013/01/reaching-for-the-holy-grail-hands-on-with-the-firefall-beta/#comment-18878 spooler Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:32:45 +0000 http://games.on.net/?p=14984#comment-18878

kinkykel:
Ane thing any Australian will suffer with servers based outside our area is of course lag. I dearly want a shooter MMO, but until our infrastructure is upgraded to a point where our ping is reasonable, it’d just make life unplayable. Darkfall being a perfect example of frustrating gameplay.

If Firefall ends up opening an Aussie server, I’m there with bells on. Until then .. it’d just be an exercise in frustration.

short of having a direct fiber pipeline to the server this will never happen information can only travel at light speed which is why you have latency on foreign servers, aussie server mmos won’t become common untill we have a larger gaming population and it is worth it for developers to host a server here

]]> By: aeolusc http://games.on.net/2013/01/reaching-for-the-holy-grail-hands-on-with-the-firefall-beta/#comment-18877 aeolusc Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:29:59 +0000 http://games.on.net/?p=14984#comment-18877 phylum,

From 1503 you are looking at at least 3GB of patching, plus the game is rather heavy handed on texture streaming (can be disabled) also streamed inventory UIs etc

]]> By: phylum http://games.on.net/2013/01/reaching-for-the-holy-grail-hands-on-with-the-firefall-beta/#comment-18874 phylum Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:22:17 +0000 http://games.on.net/?p=14984#comment-18874 Is the client hosted in the files section up to date for the beta weekend? It’s over a month old and I wouldn’t be surprised if they updated from the current closed build this weekend.

I’ve chewed up my quota pretty thoroughly this month but I would love to give this a look.

]]> By: kinkykel http://games.on.net/2013/01/reaching-for-the-holy-grail-hands-on-with-the-firefall-beta/#comment-18870 kinkykel Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:03:56 +0000 http://games.on.net/?p=14984#comment-18870 aeolusc,

Edit: Also hit rego lag in the PvE situation is almost non-existant. Can snipe easily from max distance.

Thats good to know. Might try it out this weekend and see how bad I suck at it :P

]]> By: aeolusc http://games.on.net/2013/01/reaching-for-the-holy-grail-hands-on-with-the-firefall-beta/#comment-18868 aeolusc Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:59:54 +0000 http://games.on.net/?p=14984#comment-18868 Wow those pictures are old, Engi blue bolts I miss you much.

As a heads up for wipes, at this stage Red5 have said all EXP accredited to frames will stay through wipes, even if the trees and upgrades themselves get wiped. If actually happens is yet to been seen.

PS Argh *blub blub* drowning in beta keys.

Edit: Also hit rego lag in the PvE situation is almost non-existant. Can snipe easily from max distance.

]]> By: kinkykel http://games.on.net/2013/01/reaching-for-the-holy-grail-hands-on-with-the-firefall-beta/#comment-18866 kinkykel Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:55:23 +0000 http://games.on.net/?p=14984#comment-18866 Ane thing any Australian will suffer with servers based outside our area is of course lag. I dearly want a shooter MMO, but until our infrastructure is upgraded to a point where our ping is reasonable, it’d just make life unplayable. Darkfall being a perfect example of frustrating gameplay.

If Firefall ends up opening an Aussie server, I’m there with bells on. Until then .. it’d just be an exercise in frustration.

]]> By: ashigaru http://games.on.net/2013/01/reaching-for-the-holy-grail-hands-on-with-the-firefall-beta/#comment-18865 ashigaru Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:48:27 +0000 http://games.on.net/?p=14984#comment-18865 This looks very very interesting. I’m really looking forward to giving this a crack when the game comes out in full. I might avoid it until then though, I hate being reset back to nil if I move from Beta to a retail release…

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