Anyone interested in getting some regular time in with Rising Storm? Looking to but it but I don't want to get it and be left alone on Iwo Jima or somesuch.
I'm up for it but we'll need to nail down a usual time and day. We should also figure out what style we want to play. I'm fine with Realistic or Classic but I'd prefer not to play Arcade mode. I'd also prefer if we were all on the same side and using TS or VOIP comms just to make it easier to co-ordinate.
I've no preferences regarding playing as the Axis or the Allies.
As for roles, I'm most comfortable with the LMG or Mortar for the Japanese and the BAR or Squad Leader for the Yanks.
Under no circumstances should I be allowed anywhere near the arty radio or a flamethrower.
Here's where I'm currently at.
Axis weapons
Arisaka Type 38 rifle: lvl 50
Type 99 LMG: lvl 50
Type 89 mortar: lvl 28
Type 100 SMG: lvl 08
Type 92 LMG: lvl 06
Allied Weapons
Thompson SMG: lvl 50
Shotgun: lvl 33
B.A.R. lvl 28
Flamethrower: lvl 27
Garand: lvl 21
Springfield 1903: lvl 11
It looks like you are the only one interested in MP besides me... :(
Did you end up buying a copy?
No, I only saw it available for 19.99. I'll wait for the pending sale and for some more peeps.
I picked it up a couple days ago.
Still need to fire it up and re-familiarize myself with the RO2 engine (and maybe even have to re-hotkey again?) but I'll check back with you guys sometime soon. Isn't there a 'Friends' list in-game or something?
I always preferred 'Realistic' servers in RO2. I suppose it will be the same here. Been in a bit of a gaming muck lately, with nothing really pulling me in, so dunno how many days that'll last. :'(
Well that makes three...:/
I have this game, and sporadically give it a go, but I'm in the UK, so I'm unlikely to find any Grogheads online when I play . Don't give up though, Gus - it's a good game!
...sigh...thanks Father. I've pretty much written it off though, unless a SP campaign is released.
:(
I don't think there'll be a single player campaign. The AI in RO2/RS is spectacularly stupid.
I've gone on a completionist kick for some reason. I am trying to max out the levels on the various weapons in the game and I'm even trying to gain Steam achievements (something I never pay attention to most of the time). Three more stabby-stabbies and I get the golden bayonet award. Oh glee!!!!
You are a lucky man SDR.
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on July 18, 2013, 07:26:47 PM
I don't think there'll be a single player campaign. The AI in RO2/RS is spectacularly stupid.
I've gone on a completionist kick for some reason. I am trying to max out the levels on the various weapons in the game and I'm even trying to gain Steam achievements (something I never pay attention to most of the time). Three more stabby-stabbies and I get the golden bayonet award. Oh glee!!!!
Achievements? Did someone say achievements? Take it from me, an XBOX cheevo whore, once you start down the path of collecting achievements it's a slippery slope from there. :D
I know! Now I have to kill a Japanese officer, take his katana, then find and kill another katana wielding Japanese soldier and kill him with my katana. Otherwise \i won't get the coveted "bringing a sword to a sword fight" achievement and honestly, is life worth living without that?
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on July 19, 2013, 02:38:21 PM
I know! Now I have to kill a Japanese officer, take his katana, then find and kill another katana wielding Japanese soldier and kill him with my katana. Otherwise \i won't get the coveted "bringing a sword to a sword fight" achievement and honestly, is life worth living without that?
LOL!
I
really need to fire this up sometime this weekend.
So is there more MP interest?
I picked it up this week. Maybe you'll see me...SHOOTING YOU RIGHT IN THE HOPES AND DREAMS! :o 8)
^Ha like I have any left...
I've been wanting to pick this up but keep missing the sales on it. Is it that good? I assume so if you guys have bought it.
I miss the days of the old crew getting on BF1942 and playing the Iwo Jima map. It was great fun running over people with Jeeps and knocking bots over like bowling pins. Don't know if Mr. Cobb remembers that or not, LOL. :)
If you buy, I will buy it. You go first! I would have expected Banzai Kat to have jumped in at the alpha stage, though :)
Get in there, you losers! Unless the game is too much for you...wouldn't want your poor hearts to explode because you can't take it...
Still waiting...but it does look like more Grogs are buying in.
Quote from: Gusington on August 03, 2013, 05:30:15 PM
Still waiting...but it does look like more Grogs are buying in.
I think it's adorable that you're pretending you might not buy a game. It's cute.
^Still haven't. Punk.
I will within a week or two. Just haven't had the time for games. Starting a new job next week too, so I'll have to see how much of my time is taken up...hopefully not as much as it is now.
Quote from: Gusington on August 04, 2013, 04:25:41 PM
^Still haven't. Punk.
You're simply postponing inevitability.
Still purchase free as of this moment.
Quote from: Gusington on August 05, 2013, 07:45:46 AM
Still purchase free as of this moment.
Wow. Two more whole days. Truly a stand the likes of which the world has never seen. ;D
I got my first 10-kill artillery strike a few days ago on the Hanto map. Awesome! Nothing like the sight of ten torsos and 40 limbs raining down into the creek in front of your trench to brighten your day.
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on August 05, 2013, 03:26:33 PM
I got my first 10-kill artillery strike a few days ago on the Hanto map. Awesome! Nothing like the sight of ten torsos and 40 limbs raining down into the creek in front of your trench to brighten your day.
Except when you run over all of them going 60+ MPH in a Jeep or Kubelwagen...
Finally got my Marksman Silver badge last night. 182 meter headshot with a bolt action rifle.
Is anyone still playing this regularly? I'm late to the game (as always) but I try to get in a few games on the weekends. I'm still very much a newbie.
I've been playing lately in little chunks of time. Still not thrilled with the game, but it's decent.
I'm up for some sessions if anyone else wants to get a little GH team together.
Thinking of playing some of this or ARMA II. Probably Rising Storm for multi-player since it's probably easier to get into.
Anyone currently at it? Or do we keep playing internet-phone-tag?
I suck at this game. My ability has even dropped since playing RO2 earlier this year. I'm in steady shooter decline. :(
Find a sparsely populated server with bots enabled. It'll let you learn the maps and get some easy kills.
My biggest issue is friend/foe recognition on all the Realism servers. It wasn't bad in RO2.. I could tell between German and Soviet troops fairly well. But in Rising Storm, the uniforms just don't stand apart that much and all the extra vegetation (and post-processing effects) just kinda blur them together. Likewise, I've been team killed almost as much as by enemy fire. Obviously I'm not the only one.
I just need to go in knowing that I'll be the underdog until I get settled in. Murderized. At least I'm still getting a few kills.