MAG

Bonavox

Is anyone on Boards in it? I for one think it is a great game and that's my opinion during the beta stage!

Can't wait for the full game!

Rev. Kitchen

Same here im impressed with it. I thought it would end up a massive mess like Resistence 2 but its really well done. I got into a different game type last night it was allways the rob a transport one last night it was protect the intel much harder as its much more directed at one location.

Anyway im on most nigths if you want to add me ( bubs78 ) we badly need to get people together its very hard playing by your self.

eddhorse

Check out the other MAG beta thread for more users and psn ID's

F1ngers

This needs a MAG superdooperthread....please merge with the other MAG superthread,,,,to become a superdooperthread

L31mr0d

How come nobodies talking about the Open Beta of MAG that's out now on PSN???

It's just installing atm can't wait to give it a shot.

projectmayhem

L31mr0d wrote: »

How come nobodies talking about the Open Beta of MAG that's out now on PSN???

It's just installing atm can't wait to give it a shot.

I think a lot of people creeped into the other beta test anyway. Plus the fact that MAG isn't actually as good as it was apparently supposed to be (imo)...

Retr0gamer

I was sick of it after 1 night. It's no battlefield.

Rev. Kitchen

Depends how and who you play with. If you are with a load of idiots that just run off trying to get kills you wont enjoy it. if you can get 3 or 4 of ye talking and working together its brilliant. I played bucket loads of it while the beta was up and really enjoyed it. Prefered it to the old battlefields (havent played BFBC2 yet) and MW2.

rizzla

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I was sick of it after 1 night. It's no battlefield.

Same with me. It took longer to download, install, download the updates than it did for me to go in, play it and realise it wasn't for me.

irishman123

L31mr0d wrote: »

How come nobodies talking about the Open Beta of MAG that's out now on PSN???

It's just installing atm can't wait to give it a shot.

I downloaded the initial 37MB file...:)
Was told I needed to update...another 37MB file...:cool:
Was then told I didn't have enough memory on the HDD...(but I did!)...
Deleted a couple of other game files...:rolleyes:
Now told I'm receiving updates of 1829.70MB!!!!!!!!!...:eek:
WTF?!?!?!?!...:mad:

BTW - Happy New Year fellow gamers!

Lands Leaving

I've been watching that 1800 mb update download for 2 hours now. Starting to grind my gears I gotta say. Better be worth it!

WolfForager

Lands Leaving wrote: »

I've been watching that 1800 mb update download for 2 hours now. Starting to grind my gears I gotta say. Better be worth it!

It's not.

You'll really grind you teeth when you hear the gunfire sound effects.

Star Bingo

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I was sick of it after 1 night. It's no battlefield.

thought as much. much as it appeared to want to be - did'nt know this dropped have not d/l'd anything from the store in a long while often forget to bother checkin it out as of late. they should put MW2 map creator tool app thing out there n get that thing proper rockin cos em maps are stale already

Lands Leaving

WolfForager wrote: »

It's not.

You'll really grind you teeth when you hear the gunfire sound effects.

Yup. Not good at all. Spawning so far from anything is a killer. Way too much going on to survive long enough to get a feel for the game. Jumping is awful, without a COD style vault walls are impossible to get past. Health bar system is flawed because the first aid kit takes too long to be any use. So many problems. I know its only a beta, but if those graphics are indicative of the final product... not good. Parachuting in over the pyramid thing on the sabotage level there was a lot of pop up.

And yes, the sound effects are horrible. Guns just feel... bad. Like pellet guns or something.

Won't be getting that. Ah well, I'll save a few quid!

ScissorPaperRock

****... I was just about to preorder this today, I thought it sounded great. Guess I'll wait and look forward to Heavy Rain then.

Dues Bellator

Lands Leaving wrote: »

I've been watching that 1800 mb update download for 2 hours now. Starting to grind my gears I gotta say. Better be worth it!

god dammit , ive got it waited nearly 2 hours for update , still cant get on, keeps saying error 1.1 or something , couldn't get on at all last night, today it will just let me look at options .anytime i try to join a game error . grrr infuriating .

L31mr0d

Yeah haven't been able to connect to a server will have to try it again tonight.

Leiva

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I was sick of it after 1 night. It's no battlefield.

+1
ain't played for as long as you , but it feels like Battlefields ugly " cartoony" cousin .

DemoniK

seems to work fine up until about 1pm - then issues kick in as lots of folks start to connect

Usually disconnect, reconnect and it's fine for a game, then problems again...

Frustrating - but hey - it's still beta, so issues to be expected. Zipper mentioned on MAG forums that they are looking into it. Is probably just overloaded servers.

Super Sidious

I played the beta for a good while before christmas, really enjoyed it! I think the beta will work out all the issues with the game, it will hopefully be class! 128v128 is defo gonna be a winner!

Glico Man

flynner13 wrote: »

128v128 is defo gonna be a winner!

Unfortunately you won't actually be 128 vs 128.

They said themselves it will be smaller squads against each other all over the map so it will be more like 32 vs 32


I much prefer Battlefield Bad Company 2, the graphics look much smoother

Super Sidious

Not necessarily, as once certain objectives are met, you start to defend/attack in larger numbers!

Eg. Once targets A,B,C,D are destroyed, new objectives become the target, so all the 32man squads which were attacking A,B,C,D will be attacking E,F!

Will have to wait and see as I havnt played it in a while and missed the last few updates!

Tommy_NDX

I'd just love to see 128 people shooting at one guy.

pharmergriffin

Tommy_NDX wrote: »

I'd just love to see 128 people shooting at one guy.

That would be class.

I played for about an hour last night. It got better as I did. I find it difficult not to compare it to MW2 at every opportunity though. I was disappointed by the weapons, I found them weak. I'll definitely give it a few more goes but as it stands I don't think I'll be buying this game when it comes out.

Rev. Kitchen

When you start the weapons are pretty poor ( no sights etc ) but as with all games the more you play the more you unlock. Getting a red dot sight on your gun makes all the difference. You can also upgrade armour giving you more or less protection and that allows you to change your loadout too so you can carry more or less weapons.

This game is really good once you get into it. Problem is people start it play for and hour or two dont understand whats gong on and rate it as crap. It took me about a week of playing to properly get into it since then i loved it.

If you want a game where you work as a squad and the battle field actually shifts so you get a feeling like you are actually pushing back the enemy, with multiple squads doing different missions on the one map with 256 people then this is for you.

If you want to run around getting your own kills then COD or battlefield is prob a better option.

eddhorse

Played it last night, was brill, probably because somehow i finshed with the most kills ! Woot !

L31mr0d

Played it for a while yesterday and have to agree, it's very good once you get into it. Nobody is healing anyone yet, but I'd say once people upgrade enough they'll start investing in resuscitation kits.

So far all I've got is the tactical sights and stability grip, but already it's made a huge difference.

Is there a way to meet up with people online? Or is it all just random atm?

DemoniK

L31mr0d wrote: »

Played it for a while yesterday and have to agree, it's very good once you get into it. Nobody is healing anyone yet, but I'd say once people upgrade enough they'll start investing in resuscitation kits.

Some of us have it already
Healing lots of ppl last night on SVER. Building up some nice XP.

Is there a way to meet up with people online? Or is it all just random atm?

Under community you can group up to 8 ppl together, or create a clan (need to be level 4 I think to create one).
It'll show you which of your friends are online and which faction they are in. If they are in the same faction as you you can join them (if there is space), or send a group invite. You can chat when in the group as you queue up.

Rev. Kitchen

Yea healing people and structures gains you far more XP than killing people, Also sticking with your team (squad leader) will earn you more XP. The hardest way to rank up is to go off getting your own kills. If your job is to protect a bunker then thats what you need to do. Securing your mission gets the most XP.

This is when your load out comes in to play you can only carry a certain amount so if you take a medi kit and a structure fixing tool (cant think of the name:D) then you may not be able to carry a second weapon or grenade. Makes it interesting as everyone chooses different options.

Once you get spawn points unlocked you can set advanced spawn points that will parachute you right into the action.

L31mr0d

Rev. Kitchen wrote: »

If your job is to protect a bunker then thats what you need to do.

Ah... is that what those symbols mean beside your name when you are assigned to a squad. I thought they referred to my loadout.

Ok so, the crossed wrenches obviously mean I need to repair buildings, and the reticule must mean I have kill the enemies primarily... what does the radio symbol mean?

gstar

irishman123 wrote: »

I downloaded the initial 37MB file...:)
Was told I needed to update...another 37MB file...:cool:
Was then told I didn't have enough memory on the HDD...(but I did!)...
Deleted a couple of other game files...:rolleyes:
Now told I'm receiving updates of 1829.70MB!!!!!!!!!...:eek:
WTF?!?!?!?!...:mad:

BTW - Happy New Year fellow gamers!

Im so glad i didnt start downloading this, i value my connection too much lol now i know why so many ppl on my list were "playing" this through the night lol

eddhorse

Its a great game, just because theres a big download shouldnt mean its a deterent ! If anything it will be better !

Two questions:
How do you throw a grenade and how do you heal people.
They dont seem impressed with me squatting over them while they are bleeding out !

gstar

eddhorse wrote: »

Its a great game, just because theres a big download shouldnt mean its a deterent ! If anything it will be better !

lol you could be right there but i think its quelled my curiousity for it more than anything. its a bit irritating that you cant do anything else on the ps3 while games are updating so that is the true deterrant imho lol

WolfForager

eddhorse wrote: »

Its a great game, just because theres a big download shouldnt mean its a deterent ! If anything it will be better !

Two questions:
How do you throw a grenade and how do you heal people.
They dont seem impressed with me squatting over them while they are bleeding out !

Well to heal people you need to buy the upgrade, not sure what heading the upgrades are under in the main menu, but you should find it fairly easily!

L31mr0d

eddhorse wrote: »

Two questions:
How do you throw a grenade and how do you heal people.
They dont seem impressed with me squatting over them while they are bleeding out !

lol... I had the same problem, crouching over people trying to use my medkit on them and nothing happening. Healed myself while squatting over someone, they probably thought I was rubbing it in, lol.

You select your grenades with L2 then throw them the same way you fire (with R1)

You have to purchase the ability to resuscitate allies in the armory menu (I think). It's a fair amount of investment though, I've been putting my first few skill points (gained when you level up) into making my weapon of choice better.

I'll probably concentrate on my healing upgrades next if the XP bonus is good. The faster I can level the faster I can upgrade.

My only real gripe thus far, and I suppose I am not immune to it yet due to never really playing console FPS's is the Americans... man they aren't half annoying, one guy kept calling everyone with a foreign language a "****** nazi" , then there was another guy who would detail every minute aspect that led up to him being killed that was unfair every time he died "so I shot him, I swear, like, 20 times in the head, and he didn't die, he's cheating, then he gets me with a headshot, even though I'm a mile away behind 4 buildings."

I think I'm going to connect my headset just to tell them to shut up.

Rev. Kitchen

Yea you need to upgrade your medi kits to allow you to heal others then you just pull it out and aim and shoot them same buttons as a gun.

Ill have to have it on screen to show you where to go to upgrade but a little searching around the menus will get it. I remember it being a little bit hidden you had to go into a menu 2 or 3 clicks to the left of deploy then into another tab from there.

GothPunk

So what faction is everyone in? I'd be great to get a Boards group going - I don't think we really have the numbers to bother making a clan but by adding each other as friends we can all easily join a group and always be in the same squad.

I'm still in Raven btw. Getting some good use out of my mic.

L31mr0d

GothPunk wrote: »

I'm still in Raven btw.

I'm in Raven also. PSN name is: leimrod

Rev. Kitchen

Think im SVER i haven't played in a while but i can change to raven since thats what the others are.

Each faction has different weapons and armour too. Gives it one more thing to think about.

WolfForager

Downloading it now... really shouldn't have deleted it after the closed beta ended...

Will be Raven btw.

Rev. Kitchen

I think ill have to update it a bit tonight hopfully we can get a few of us on in the next few nights. Its so much better when you dont have to listen to american idiots. Just irish ones instead

Leiva

What's the deal with the crumby " Miami vice" style music at the start of each round?

GothPunk

L31mr0d wrote: »

I'm in Raven also. PSN name is: leimrod

You're already on my PSN list and so is Wolfie, the Rev and I think Edd as well, that's over half a squad already. Is anyone level 10 yet so we could have a squad leader?

Rev. Kitchen wrote: »

Think im SVER i haven't played in a while but i can change to raven since thats what the others are.

Each faction has different weapons and armour too. Gives it one more thing to think about.

I should have tried some of the other factions, I always just stayed with Raven. Will you have to start back at level one when you join Raven?

mixednuts wrote: »

What's the deal with the crumby " Miami vice" style music at the start of each round?

I like it. :pac:

Rev. Kitchen

GothPunk wrote: »

You're already on my PSN list and so is Wolfie, the Rev and I think Edd as well, that's over half a squad already. Is anyone level 10 yet so we could have a squad leader?

I should have tried some of the other factions, I always just stayed with Raven. Will you have to start back at level one when you join Raven?

Think after the last update i had to start all over again so i dont mind ranking up again i wont loose much, It would be worth it to get on a decent squad. Im on the way home now so i ll start it updating see if it can get it done by tonight. Ill send a few invites to the others too.

EGriff

Just joined up there. Raven. No clue whats going on.

L31mr0d

I'm close to level 5 at the moment. Shouldn't take you more than a few hours of play to get to level 10. However, I'm saying this now I don't want to be a squad leader, think I'm going to specialize as a medic and acting as support for the grunts.

Plus, I tend to abuse power if I'm given it I was once made the temporary leader of some clan in the browser based game Earth: 2025 when the real leader went on holiday in RL, needless to say the whole clan disintegrated within a week and my country was destroyed by everyone else that defected. How exactly this happened I won't go into but at one point someone said "So it was you who destroyed my girlfriends country, why would you do that, she actually cried"

WolfForager

Just logged on for the first time in this beta, not a mic to be seen/heard in the squad. This is gonna be a pain in the ass.

So is anyone up for a bit of this tonight? Say 8ish?

EGriff

I'll play for an hour or so about 8. I'll add you there.

Star Bingo

gonna check this out due to immense boredom

.. d/l initiated. report back in a few days

Rev. Kitchen

Phew that was a difficult first game back, hadnt played in months and had to start at rank 0 again. Had forgotten all the buttons blew myself up with grenades once too often or swaped guns when i wanted to shoot :mad::D

Still an ok night we should get better with a bit more practice together.

L31mr0d

anyone know how I can unload the pistol? Stupid that it seems to be mandatory. I want to map my rifle and medkit to R2 and smoke and repair kit to L2 but it won't let me.

Aiming feels spongey, for lack of a better word. Unless I'm prone it really is a pain. Hopefully I'll quickly get 2 more skill points so I can start healing my team.