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Re: Developer Blog 26 - Alpha Announcement!
« Reply #390 on: October 23, 2015, 07:14:56 am »
You are all judging gameplay before we have even seen any material on that, let alone even play.

Besides that, the game is set in the 1860s. Shooting is gonna be your main activity, a bayonet charge was not something done a lot in the ACW.

Just going to take this opportunity to remind people that the majority of this community (including myself) feel melee was by far the best gameplay aspect/mechanic of NW. I'm still concerned that if BCOF is too shooting-centric, a lot of people will not enjoy it.

Not saying we should throw out all historical accuracy, just that it should be considered.

I trust they will find a good balance (or at least find a way to make shootouts less tedious than NW).

Old poll on the subject:

https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/index.php?topic=18599.msg777245#msg777245
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Re: Developer Blog 26 - Alpha Announcement!
« Reply #391 on: October 23, 2015, 10:18:21 am »
The problem isn't it being too shooting centered, as it's obviously on its own engine. Warband's engine makes the 'shooting' mods horrid because in order for it to be fun you need both an abundance of people and large maps, so that it's more based on maneuvering (you know... tactics); the problem being the player counts are capped somewhat low and the large maps are still small- and it is still incredibly laggy under these circumstances.

If FSE are able to deliver on their 500 player count, and hopefully have large maps that offer plenty of opportunity for movement then I am sure melee will become an afterthought. Honestly, I can't see how people wouldn't prefer it to the spin 2 win "competitive" (lol) melee the engine has stuck us with.
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Re: Developer Blog 26 - Alpha Announcement!
« Reply #392 on: October 23, 2015, 11:21:48 am »
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Re: Developer Blog 26 - Alpha Announcement!
« Reply #393 on: October 23, 2015, 12:42:45 pm »
Shooting doesn't work optimal in the Warband engine, it just doesn't.
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Re: Developer Blog 26 - Alpha Announcement!
« Reply #394 on: October 23, 2015, 03:35:58 pm »
People that complain about the game being "spin to win" need to learn how to block.

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Re: Developer Blog 26 - Alpha Announcement!
« Reply #395 on: October 23, 2015, 03:59:29 pm »
NW melee is fine. you just suck

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Re: Developer Blog 26 - Alpha Announcement!
« Reply #396 on: October 23, 2015, 06:16:29 pm »
I like shooting, but shooting in NW is just annoying.
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Re: Developer Blog 26 - Alpha Announcement!
« Reply #397 on: October 23, 2015, 07:15:36 pm »
I'm pretty sure weapons will be more accurate to reflect on ACW weapon standards, which will automatically make charging less effective. I very much doubt shooting will become more important then melee, though - With the far majority of weapons single-shot muskets, melee will still be the way to quickly gather kills  :P

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Re: Developer Blog 26 - Alpha Announcement!
« Reply #398 on: October 23, 2015, 07:50:25 pm »
I could see most of the melee-whores not playing BCoF because its not a copy of the game they are already getting bored of.
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Re: Developer Blog 26 - Alpha Announcement!
« Reply #399 on: October 23, 2015, 08:02:33 pm »
I could see most of the melee-whores not playing BCoF because its not a copy of the game they are already getting bored of.
As long as the BCoF melee system is properly functional and competitive, I'm sure enough people will give it a try.
Besides that, I think it's pretty obvious after 3 years of playing the same game you tend to get pretty bored of it. This could be a good refreshment for those who are getting bored or already stopped playing this DLC. But then again, it has to be done right.

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Re: Developer Blog 26 - Alpha Announcement!
« Reply #400 on: October 23, 2015, 08:55:29 pm »
The power of BCoF will probably, just like NW, lay with events as opposed to 'generic' multiplayer.

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Re: Developer Blog 26 - Alpha Announcement!
« Reply #401 on: October 24, 2015, 12:33:26 am »
Pretty sure btw they can't deliver on the 500 player count btw. Hopefully still in the Hundreds tho.

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Re: Developer Blog 26 - Alpha Announcement!
« Reply #402 on: October 24, 2015, 12:57:32 am »
Pretty sure btw they can't deliver on the 500 player count btw. Hopefully still in the Hundreds tho.

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Re: Developer Blog 26 - Alpha Announcement!
« Reply #403 on: October 24, 2015, 01:19:05 am »
People that complain about the game being "spin to win" need to learn how to block.

Nice meme.

Blocking is for nannies, chambering is where it's at. And I complain about spin to win because it looks autistic as fuck, which seems to be a common thread in competitive anything.

Pretty sure btw they can't deliver on the 500 player count btw. Hopefully still in the Hundreds tho.

I hadn't heard that, what a shame.
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Re: Developer Blog 26 - Alpha Announcement!
« Reply #404 on: October 24, 2015, 11:13:58 am »
Pretty sure btw they can't deliver on the 500 player count btw. Hopefully still in the Hundreds tho.

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