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[Reudh]

Had an epic time on the Victory Woods server with Greiger earlier today. Was great fun.

[Greiger]

Yea game seems a little bit better than it used to be back when I raged at it.  Still a few servers out there that aren't worth being on though.  Seriously that squad mechanic is garbage, especially when you are forced into one by default. Its either chain-die on spawn, or defenses being worthless because whenever you kill somebody they respawn in the exact same spot because you didn't kill all 5 of the dudes charging with one bullet.  That Victory Woods server was alright though.  Has squads, but it doesn't force them on you by default every map change.

I am in love with the shotgun, folks seem to say it sucks, but it seems quite effective when you aren't giving away your position every 10 seconds with random gunfire and are actually making a token attempt at moving from cover to cover.  Especially when those rifle users on the other side can't hit an evading target to save their lives.  In the game Reudh was talking about I must have gotten shotgun kills against rifle users in open terrain 20 times because they just couldn't predict my movements while I closed the distance on them.  And it's not like I was doing anything fancy either, just textbook sniper evasion zigzazzing.

[Reudh]

Definitely. I'm more of a sniper user. I find the SMG's recoil too hard to compensate with and too unwieldy but the shotgun is best for a small close range map.

If you're ever on the server, I'm in Squad "Fyre". It's a squad for those who like to sit back and pick off enemy as they rush headlong at you while you're safely nestled in your foxhole or sniper tower.

[SirAaronIII]

Yup, good times on Victory Woods.

In unrelated news, why don't people ever go through the water around the map (on the small rectangular island with a bunch of round hills and craters)? It's a great way to get around without being detected.

[Vibhor]

Yup, good times on Victory Woods.

In unrelated news, why don't people ever go through the water around the map (on the small rectangular island with a bunch of round hills and craters)? It's a great way to get around without being detected.

I did that but it seems people have gotten smarter. Previously most of my tries would succeed but now they fail most of the time(snipers and whatnot)

[Peewee]

Yup, good times on Victory Woods.

In unrelated news, why don't people ever go through the water around the map (on the small rectangular island with a bunch of round hills and craters)? It's a great way to get around without being detected.

Too many servers damage you for going in the water on small maps.

[webadict]

Yup, good times on Victory Woods.

In unrelated news, why don't people ever go through the water around the map (on the small rectangular island with a bunch of round hills and craters)? It's a great way to get around without being detected.

I do that all the time. Even better is when I make small tunnels all the way to the enemy base that are hidden.

[SirAaronIII]

Too many servers damage you for going in the water on small maps.

Huh, never knew that, as I haven't played on anything besides Kael's server (now dead) and Victory Woods, which doesn't. Makes sense, though.

I do that all the time. Even better is when I make small tunnels all the way to the enemy base that are hidden.

I love making little tunnels. Especially when nobody notices until you pop up, then shoot some oblivious blues/greens down, then slip away quietly.

[SirAaronIII]

Sorry for the double post, but update 0.62 is out.

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Ace of Spades Beta 0.62 Changes:
-shotgun buffs hell yeah
-tweaked map icons i have to see this before i can comment
-use team colors for player icons i think that'd help
-desaturate player colors (less neon) yes please
-respawn countdown displayed yeah, they used to show it but then it's gone?
-small network protocol changes nothing i'm worried about
-increased respawn time in TC never played territory control so i don't know
-bugfixes sure? why not
-name entry has a cursor yeah okay but my name is 4 letters long so it doesn't really affect me
-new audio effects this should be good

Bold for my thoughts.

[KaelGotDwarves]

Two things they need - to reduce the amount of bandwidth the game uses so that more servers are feasible, and spectator mode/reduce the amount of teamswitching.

[SirAaronIII]

After playing a bit, I have now determined the shotgun is about as OP as the other weapons. BALANCE MAINTAINED

Seriously I was getting headshotted at like rifle distance. Crazy talk.

[Reudh]

Sweet, that's the SECOND UPDATE i've had to install in about two weeks. D:

[Singularity-SRX]

This update, what the hell.
I can walk around, but not look turn or anything. The gun just messes up and moves all over the screen

[SirAaronIII]

Also I think the SMG and rifle noises are a lot quieter than they were. I can barely hear them compared to the shotgun.

[Keff]

This update, what the hell.
I can walk around, but not look turn or anything. The gun just messes up and moves all over the screen

I had the same problem until I found this: http://www.ace-spades.com/forums/topic.php?id=8967
Follow this and it should work. Also you probably need to have show hidden folders enabled.