I was on my best k/d streak over several games of Control when it freezes on the load screen. Ugh!
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I was on my best k/d streak over several games of Control when it freezes on the load screen. Ugh!
Using Tapatalk on my Samsung Galaxy S5 for shats & gaggles.
The dude abides.
Honest Game Trailers
So join me on the bandwagon as everyone bitches and moans about a game we still can't stop playing. Staring:..... (I wont spoil it but it had me in laughing out loud.)Probably the best take on the game I have seen.
Last edited by bdoughty; 10-05-2014 at 12:57 AM.
There is a rumor that Bungie is contemplating matchmaking for Raids. Yes, please!
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Raids could be tough to impossible with matchmaking. If you have multiple people with no headsets and end up with six people that have never been on a Raid you will not make it past the second section. I can see why on the Raids they have been very cautious about this, now that I have gone through most of one. There is so much more to it than just killing stuff and there is absolutely no handholding or directions on what to do or where to go.Originally Posted by JBHuskers
Honestly, the whole "no matchmaking on certain events" thing is just stupid. It should have been there at launch. Just like there's no matchmaking on the weekly heroic/nightfall strike because you need to "coordinate." I've beaten both solo, so I'm just assuming that they think their game requires a lot more skill than it actually does. I have zero doubt in my mind that with 6 randoms, people will be able to clear the Raid.
The only issue would arise from people quitting early.
Anyway, got my 3rd character up to level 20+ yesterday so I'm finally done leveling. It is so monotonous. But now that I've put in the time for that, I'll just have to find some legendary gear for my 2 backup characters, and then I'll be able to roll through the weekly heroic strikes on level 28 for a cool 27 strange coins each week.
Iron Banner is also this week. Seriously, though, don't even bother if you're not level 27+ and have the Suros Regime.
Just need to grab a couple hundred more points to get to New Monarchy level 2 and grab some legendary gauntlets or chest armor to bump me up to 26. Got a legendary engram last night, but it was for a Hunter not a Warlock so to the depository it went.
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Have you beaten the Raid yet? If so I have no idea how you could have zero doubt. I have beaten the Heroic strikes solo but the Raid is a completely different monster. Guess I should try the Nightfall by myself but those shields, so many shields.
I have not even attempted a raid yet nor will I until they add matchmaking. The game isn't hard at all, they just make it monotonous by requiring you to pump multiple clips of ammo into enemies.
Like I said, they have said matchmaking wasn't added to the harder events because people need to team up and coordinate to beat them. I've beaten the nightfall missions, the 2nd hardest thing in the game behind the raids supposedly, solo. I have almost no doubt whatsoever that if you got 3 good players together they could take down the raid themselves. I've seen a few people beat the raid that I know aren't very good FPS players from playing with them before.
The only reason more people aren't beating it is the fact there's no matchmaking and you need 6 people.
Until you actually play the raid you really can't understand where I am coming from. The original group that beat it took something like 10+ hours. They had no idea what to do and where to go and most importantly why they were all dying. The actual fighting is not the difficult part, it's figuring out what to do and how to do it properly. It is not the same game as a nightmare strike, etc. I have seen a group of three beat it but they were experienced with the Vault. The problem with matchmaking is if you get stuck with 6 first timers, you are screwed. Throw in a lack of people wearing headsets and you are doubly screwed. The only way matchmaking would even come close to working is to always have one member in the group that has beaten the Vault. You keep referring to skill but teams can get by with a couple average players, that know what they are doing.
By now, there's videos and tutorials on just about every part of the Raid, so not knowing what to do should not be an issue. The only issues that would arise would be people potentially quitting and the inability to communicate with people unless they're in your party or fire team. As far as I know, that's something that's being worked on, so I figure when they get voice chat working, we'll get matchmaking for Raids.
Held my own for a while in the Iron Banner before going on a terrible streak and ending at a 0.60 k/d.
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Once again, the problem I continue to repeat is that matchmaking does not guarantee 6 players wearing headsets. I have played in hundreds of strikes through matchmaking and not once have I talked to another player. The only time I wear a headset is in the Raid, since we go into a party chat. Also. the majority of people will not have watched those videos about eery part of the raid. I was in our raid group last night and brought up matchmaking and they all laughed at the thought of it working, especially the last section.
They can laugh at the idea all they want, but here's a 100% fact:
The reason that they're considering adding matchmaking in the first place is the fact that random people have been meeting up in the Tower and COMPLETING the Raid. As long as you have a few level 28+ players and at least 1 or 2 players who know what they're doing, it's not going to be some monumental task. If people can beat the Nightfall missions solo (did it myself with this week's one as well), I don't think it's impossible for a group of 6 to take down a Raid. I realize a lot of the Raid is knowing what to do, but people will figure it out.
Also, you haven't been hearing anyone on Strikes because you can only chat with people in your fire team. People match made to you in Strikes are not in your fire team, so voice chat is not possible with them unless you invite them to a party. The same goes in Crucible and every other mode - you can only chat with people in your actual fire team, not your match made teammates. I'm pretty sure I've read that they're FOR SURE going to enable this ability later on, which is when I'm guessing Raids will probably get matchmaking.
The Iron Banner is a joke. Damage bonuses and everything else level related are NOT applied like Bungie said they are. People already have done tests on this. A guy shot some level 28 in the head and received 24 damage per head shot. He then used the same gun to shoot a level 17, and got the same 24 damage per head shot. It's truly a joke how much shit doesn't work in this game.
We can do this till the cows go home but one of us has been in a Raid party, the other has not. The three times I was recruited in the tower to join a raid, it was a prerequisite that I had headphones on.
I will gladly continue this conversation once you have actually joined a Raid.
Last edited by bdoughty; 10-08-2014 at 07:49 PM.
Hence why I said that "once we get voice communication outside of fire teams, we'll get matchmaking in Raids." I actually think I said that twice. That was never the argument. The argument is that it's ridiculous to think that 6 people who don't know each other can't beat the Raid. And that's exactly what it is - ridiculous, which is why they're looking into adding matchmaking.
Like I said, as soon as we can voice chat outside of fire teams, there's no doubt in my mind that we'll get matchmaking for Raids.
Alright, beat it. I don't even think it took 2 hours from a fresh run. My opinion on at least the regular mode (not hard mode) remains unchanged. With at least 1 person who knows how to do things/where to go, it's absolutely beatable with randoms as long as they can communicate. The only thing that's remotely challenging about it is knowing where to go and what to do. The combat itself is no harder than any of the heroic/nightfall strikes, IMO.
Once they add voice communication to non fire teams, I still think we'll see matchmaking in Raids.
Also, only got the Chatterwhite shader and some shards off the final boss. That sucks.
What I have been saying for some time. It was never about the gunplay. You obvious played with people who knew what they were doing, otherwise it would have taken you far longer than 2 hours. Of course, if you have matchmaking and half the team does not own or use headsets with mics. you obviously can see where I was going. Especially the last part where you are calling out the planet you are on so the gate can be opened. Who is covering which side, etc, etc.
Last edited by bdoughty; 10-08-2014 at 10:31 PM.
I don't think I ever disagreed with that. There is absolutely no way in hell it can be done without everyone having mics. So if Bungie does add matchmaking, perhaps they could require that you have a headset plugged in before you're able to enter matchmaking for Raids.
I'd say the chances that at least 1/6 knows what to do would be relatively decent, so the only thing I see holding back Raids are not everyone having a mic or if people started quitting. The group I played with definitely knew what they were doing and I was able to kill stuff super fast with my weapons, so that probably helped cut the time down. If we hadn't messed up at the end a few times, we probably would have been in around the 60-90 minute mark for completion.
Anyway, I do see the point about randoms without mics. However, I still feel it's more than beatable if everyone has mics, is willing to communicate, and there's at least one person who knows what needs to be done.
Didn't notice during the Raid but I also received the Universal Remote, which I was telling my friend about the other day. Nothing like having a shotgun that has that kind of range.
We can now sort of agree to agree. Though it will not be easy to get those six people through matchmaking and it only takes one to screw it all up. At least you have run through it and see that it is not something straightforward like a strike.
You can do them with less than 6.
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