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[Donuts]

I got 5 too, PM me for a code.

[Jerick]

I got 5 too, PM me for a code.

I also have five keys if anyone wants to pm me for one

[Mephansteras]

Bit of a necro, but Firefall will be going into Open Beta soon so I figured it'd be a good time to raise it back up to people's awareness.

Who else here plays it?

[Draco18s]

Who else here plays it?

I got asked about it just the other day.
Anything changed since this thread was last active?

[Mephansteras]

Hmm...basic details, other than it going into Open Beta soon, I don't think so. Specific details on how all the crafting and world events and whatnot works, yeah, quite a bit.

Basically, it's gone through some major revamps in just about every area over the past few months. For the better, I think.

[Draco18s]

Any additional...gameplay yet?

[Logical2u]

yeah I didn't play again after that beta weekend because I felt no 'hook'. The grinding wasn't even satisfying since it felt purposeless, at least at the stage I was at, and not balancable.

... has that been fixed?

[Mephansteras]

Hmm...hard to say. There isn't any campaign or the like, although from what I've heard there is supposed to be some sort of storyline mission set in the works. As for a purpose to grinding, there are some considerably more difficult missions that you can't do solo with just stock gear. You need either a group or some seriously upgraded gear to do them, and the really high tier stuff needs a group regardless.

I'd call it more of an experiential game rather than a standard MMO progression style game, though, since most content can be enjoyed with a large group regardless of gear level, and you don't have to have specific groups set up to do most things. Simply showing up and helping is usually sufficient to get the rewards.

Guess it depends on what you're looking for, though.

Oh, and I just got an e-mail that stated that open beta starts July 9th, so I guess we're about a month out for that.

[Draco18s]

Something to do besides grind materials would be nice.  Not "oh, this quest needs a group" but something to actually do.  They were talking about being able to push the corruption back in some manner, but if that's not going in then...what's the point?  The entire game devolves down to "get resources to craft into better gear to get resources faster."  At which point it's Minecraft without the world-building ability.

[Mephansteras]

From the sound of it that's still going to be in, just not yet. I think they're working on getting the base game right during beta rather than working on adding content. Maybe that'll be in once they go to open beta?

Right now it's more 'FPS where you can get stuff and upgrade your gear for shooting things with random stuff to do with people'.

So...yeah, if that's not fun enough for you than I doubt it's worth playing.

[Draco18s]

Right now it's more 'FPS where you can get stuff and upgrade your gear for shooting things with random stuff to do with people'.

More like 'FPS where you shoot stuff in order to upgrade your gear in order to shoot stuff better so you can upgrade your gear.'
Other people being around doesn't really change that.

[Mephansteras]

My point was it's more FPS oriented than MMO oriented. The point right now is really the running around shooting stuff, whether PVE or PVP. Upgrading your gear is a factor, but not actually necessary to enjoy the game.

[magistrate101]

You can solo thumper missions (the personal thumpers are there for that very reason), but the ARES missions and most of the world events require people to get together to work towards it, but there's no real sense of "group", as it becomes a free-for-all whenever a tornado spawns.

(also nice to see my thread still alive~)

If you wanna get in before the open beta is... well... open... I've got a couple keys.

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[Draco18s]

You can solo thumper missions

That is what "grinding for resources to grind better" is.
(Also "personal thumper" is not more solo than "standard thumper" it just has a different capacity).

My point was it's more FPS oriented than MMO oriented.

As an FPS it's bland though.  You shoot stuff, it dies.  There's no challenge to it.  Occasionally you die, but that's merely a minor inconvenience than anything.

[magistrate101]

You can solo thumper missions

That is what "grinding for resources to grind better" is.
(Also "personal thumper" is not more solo than "standard thumper" it just has a different capacity).

My point was it's more FPS oriented than MMO oriented.

As an FPS it's bland though.  You shoot stuff, it dies.  There's no challenge to it.  Occasionally you die, but that's merely a minor inconvenience than anything.

Unless you happen to die while solo thumping... then you lose the investment on the thumper.