akaece said:
I'll probably get this game. Lot of angry nerds who aren't even sure what they're upset over because of the news about the Reddit comment. Everyone who actually plays it says the progression system feels pretty fair (more rewarding than Destiny 2, in particular) in its current state.
I am not gonna tell you not to get it, but I played it and the system feels not fair. That comes from someone who pulled 1500h into Warframe because the progression was just fun in that game. It's not in BF2 and the worst part is while you are progressing, you get constantly owned by people with better equip. It makes quite a bit of a difference. And these people will still progress faster than you when you reach where they are, 80h down the line.
The Starfighter is a lot of fun, but it isn't rare that I get killed by people having Grade 3 and Grade 4 Starcards. Before I can even take a single shot at them. They fire faster, they do more damage and worst of all, they turn faster, which makes you unable to catch them once they know you are there.
akaece said:
Gunplay looks pretty interesting, dogfighting looks better than the original. Heroes seem more fun to play than they did in the original as well. DICE game, so of course it's super polished. Way I see it, it's probably pretty fun; if I never play long enough to max out my account, so what? If some whales pay to max out theirs, whatever.
Gunplay is using Vanguard and one-hit kill anything. That is how most players currently play and it is highly effective. Heroes die way faster and are fun, but chances are you get to play them either never or rarely - because other people with better equipment kill you and you won't rack up the points for them. I am not against whales having their fun by paying, but I don't think they should get any advantage. Their advantage should be to look cool and maybe buy a booster which grants them faster rank progression.
akaece said:
It's a game with a high TTK, so it's not like the 2.5% increases you get between card levels 3 and 4 are going to outweigh any significant difference in strategic ability.
On paper and by itself, no, but it takes a while for a normal player to reach Grade 3 and from Grade 3 to 4 it takes about 24h of constant farming to open enough crates to get ONE card from 3 to 4. Also, sorry to disappoint you, most maps have little to no tactical component and there is no squad system to coordinate between team members so it ends up mostly rushing things down or you go on a one man rampage if you are good enough. Chances are however, that you die extremely fast. Even playing with friends you won't spawn next to each other, you just get a green triangle on the map so you can see where your friends currently are.
And if you want to see how much of a difference it can make having the star cards, well, here you go:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7TmXpCJI8sAgain, buy it if you are fine with the way the progression works. For me personally, there were so many other games released in the past 2 months, I am good. :)
Btw, disclaimer - I used the Origin Access to play 10h of the game for free, I did not buy it. If you are unsure, at least buy Origin Access for 4$ and check it out first. If you don't like it, you save 60$, if you do, you get a 10% discount so you still save 6$ on the purchase, so overall still have the game 2$ cheaper. Oh and your progress carries over if you chose to purchase it. Origin Access saved me 60$ on this game and 60$ on Andromeda so far.
