Yeah, we need to see some gameplay before we can judge this further. But SOE knows mmo's. They know how to tackle lag and it should be a non-issue

quote Spartan1088

Yeah, we need to see some gameplay before we can judge this further. But SOE knows mmo's. They know how to tackle lag and it should be a non-issue

I keep hearing this. Can someone post a list of good MMO's from, SOE plox?

quote Tengu

Uhm, what.

What do you mean what? Freaking hell the boomers just stand there shooting rockets at you. They don't even try to take cover. I have been killed I don't know how many times by shot guns because they run at me like a suicide squad. The Wretches are the worst because they jump around like cocaine addicts that got some bad blow. I have seen grubs just standing in front of cover like I couldn't see them or something. Or running unnecessarily back and forth between the same two cover points. The seeders don't even try to move when you hit them with the hammer of dawn. And the worst is the Berserker. Oh sure they are run away death on two legs. But they only run at you if you make a sound.

The AI is clearly stupid. It just gets lucky way to often by doing things that it shouldn't be doing. Like the suicidal shotgun grubs. Hate those guys. And it isn't like they used a flanking manuver or something. No that would be impressive. They just run straight at me so that they are behind my cover and shoot me in the freaking face. I've watched them do it as I try to shoot them down before they can get to me. The AI is cheap and I would never die in the game except for the random suicidal grub with a shot gun.

quote slumpy monkey

quote Spartan1088

Yeah, we need to see some gameplay before we can judge this further. But SOE knows mmo's. They know how to tackle lag and it should be a non-issue

I keep hearing this. Can someone post a list of good MMO's from, SOE plox?

Of the top of my head, Everquest and Planetside

quote Spartan1088

quote slumpy monkey

quote Spartan1088

Yeah, we need to see some gameplay before we can judge this further. But SOE knows mmo's. They know how to tackle lag and it should be a non-issue

I keep hearing this. Can someone post a list of good MMO's from, SOE plox?

Of the top of my head, Everquest and Planetside

tyvm

quote Koloth

The AI is clearly stupid. It just gets lucky way to often by doing things that it shouldn't be doing. Like the suicidal shotgun grubs. Hate those guys. And it isn't like they used a flanking manuver or something. No that would be impressive. They just run straight at me so that they are behind my cover and shoot me in the freaking face. I've watched them do it as I try to shoot them down before they can get to me.

Well at that place were its you and dom trying to reach the tanker thing, And there is like a wall and then a small park then another wall with 2 emergency holes on the other side, They try and flank me at that place every time. That place's is the hardest to do on hardcore because you have to cover 2 fronts. But the boomers are larger than your average grunt as you may know, So it would kind of be hard for them to hide behind a knee high wall.

Koloth, i kinda just figured that the boomers were supposed to be stupid by design.. The AI was fine i think. For me, the AI didn't get in the way of it being a good game

Anyone else think this game will get very frustrating? 40 players on Resistance was crazy enough, this is more than 5x that. I think the maps will have to be huge for this game to work. Warhawk size minimum.

Yeah it very well could. I mean, warhawk got annoying when everyone is in a tank or plane and your team is just getting spawn killed. But hopefully the maps are large enough so that you'll only be fighting in small numbers

quote Spartan1088

the AI didn't get in the way of it being a good game

No, I'm not saying that. Just pissing me off that I keep eating shotgun blasts to the face because the AI does something cheap and stupid.

quote SvR2008

Anyone else think this game will get very frustrating?

No, I think if they are able to develope a decent command structure and keep things rolling along properly rather than just a bunch of random people running around with guns it could be quite exciting. The problem is setting up and keeping players in a stable command structure. Not everyone is going to want to follow orders after all. But then I suppose they would and should be penalized for doing things like that. If the game works out right it should be more like real life. The army works better in teams where the individuals skills compliment the rest of the team rather than everyone being a one man army.

Can we stop talkin about the AI in Gears and keep this thread on topic please?

(The AI isn't too shabby but Koloth is right when he says that they run at you as if they are both invisible and invincible but it doesn't really bother me.)

quote Koloth

quote Spartan1088

the AI didn't get in the way of it being a good game

No, I'm not saying that. Just pissing me off that I keep eating shotgun blasts to the face because the AI does something cheap and stupid.

Yeah i think the weapons were not balanced at all.

Back to MAG... yeah i have nothing to really say. Actually is the trailer available on psn yet?

wait how can there be any AI in MAG when everyone is a real player?

quote stefan1888

wait how can there be any AI in MAG when everyone is a real player?

There is no AI.

Unless there is a bot mode.

exactly
so how did the conversation about AI come up?

I duno something about Gears of war.

quote Koloth

quote Spartan1088

Aww third person? Booo

Works for me. The fact that it wasn't an FPS was what got me to finally buy Gears of War. Which isn't a terrible game. Though the AI is cheap as hell.

I always prefer to be looking at my character rather than pretending to be him. Opens up more options too. It is really hard to do things like climbing and hiding in an FPS. At least in a believable way.

It started there.