I thought no Exps... ??

Discussion in 'PA: TITANS: General Discussion' started by TheLambaster, August 19, 2015.

  1. TheLambaster

    TheLambaster Active Member

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    Didn't people say for years PA would have no experimentals?? I mean, I don't mind, but... didn't they?
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  2. igncom1

    igncom1 Post Master General

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    Heh, we shouted alright!

    But it's ubers game, and besides they do look cool.
  3. ace63

    ace63 Post Master General

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    I am pretty sure they didn't say never.
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  4. temeter

    temeter Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, there is quite a bit of new content Uber originally didn't plan. They also wanted for a long time to keep orbital as simple as possible, and now they added two new combat units and balanced it in a rock/paper/scissor fashion, all the while including positional play and micro.

    I guess time, rebalancing and constant discussion of the community made them change their mind. I certainly love it, especiall the new orbital is sooo much better. More challenging too, but that's even better to me. Winning a space battle does actually feel rewarding now.
    A-moving avenger superblobs got a bit old, and the more expensive T2 units should be a bit nicer on the performance as an added bonus.
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  5. squishypon3

    squishypon3 Post Master General

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    PA doesn't have experimentals, PA:T does, that's why it's an expansion. ;P
  6. eroticburrito

    eroticburrito Post Master General

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    Well. It was never a big 'no-no' like Shields were. Back in Alpha/Beta Uber toyed with the idea of megabots and discussed that in the Backers Forum.

    Now that that Forum is now defunct and Megabots have run their course, I hope I won't get in trouble for showing this:

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  7. igncom1

    igncom1 Post Master General

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    Also, the big bot titan looks very similar to another game they planed with robots....
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    eroticburrito Post Master General

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  9. Remy561

    Remy561 Post Master General

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    Weren't they called Titans in HR as well?
  10. stuart98

    stuart98 Post Master General

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    The art style of all of the Titans Promo stuff looks very HR. I love it.
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  11. probodobodyne

    probodobodyne Active Member

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    Shame about that game I really liked the trailer. Hopefully some juice from PA:T will help revive it.
  12. tanksy

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    They also said they wouldn't be having paid updates or content, don't forget.
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  13. philoscience

    philoscience Post Master General

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    Bullshit.
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  14. Gorbles

    Gorbles Post Master General

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    You'd think this would put to rest (some) concerns that they weren't aware of community criticisms of the game.

    I mean, they're ticking every box here, and being true to what they originally said - these features weren't in the original scope, and weren't planned for.

    So they put together an expansion for this new content, and they've based it on over a year of player feedback.

    I've got to say, I'm genuinely impressed.
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  15. tanksy

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    You clearly weren't a backer, then.

    I highly dislike the fact that the game is still incomplete and they have definitely not "[ticked] every box".

    I'll bring back a point I made a while ago, but where is the actual planet annihilation? We can throw a rock at a planet to make a crater, have the game freeze for 40 seconds, and then kill everything on the planet. That's.. Stupid, and not "Annihilation" at all. That's a cheap try and misrepresentation of what they shown off in the backers discussion and trailers.
  16. scouser

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    You clearly haven't played since the asteroids patch to PA then. Planets are full on annihilated now. I'm unsure whether or not it's based on the size differential between the two celestial objects, but if you slam a planet into another, it's gone for good.
  17. tanksy

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    I played 5 weeks ago, if that counts?
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    In fact, shields weren't either. Quoting Neutrino (from Reddit, during Kickstarter campaign):
    During entire development cycle, anti-turtling faction within community continuously shifted perceived developers' stance on shields from a second-priority thing to the Thing Never To Be Implemented, together with presenting false perceived opinion of community on shields to developers. I presumed that they succeeded in deceiving Uber in that their own opinion is a manifested will of entire playerbase, but release of Titans, featuring experimentals that e-sprots crowd also repeatedly attempted to prevent from happening in PA, suggests that devs just stick to some original plan.
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    I hope Uber still makes THAT Titan :D

    IF anyone has noticed, the existing land titans are Tank and Quad. Imperial and Raptor Titans are still out there ;-)
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  20. eroticburrito

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    I doubt that Uber was convinced entirely by the Forums to be honest, as there have been many polls and threads in favour of shields. I think they make their own minds up and are quite sensible and methodical.

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