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Revolution 11 said:
So how is the EM1 LMG for the NC heavy? I have tried the "God Saw" and either there is too much hype around that gun or I just suck at controlling the crazy vertical recoil.

I already have the GD-22s and I love the gun, it is more of a assault rifle than LMG. Jack of all trades yet somehow it just works.

But now, I want a proper LMG with more ROF because the constant reloads are killing me and lane control is something you can't do with the GD-22s. So I am looking at the EM1, more bullet velocity and ROF than the EM6. In comparison, when playing as the TR, I like their LMGs with 143 dmg so I don't think the damage per bullet will disappoint.

If the EM1 is worth getting, what attachments are good? Extended mags or the foregrip. I will not get the laser sights, I ADS 99% of the time, even when I can hit with a knife. :'(
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I only use the GD-22 and SAW. You can try out the guns either on the practice range or demo it for 1/2 hour. The 1/2 hour demo is probably the best test though you can't try out the attachments.
 
Problem is that 30 min is not enough to get a handle on how the gun behaves. It can take much much longer than that. And the VR does not come close to knowing how the gun behaves in combat.

All I know about the EM1 from the VR and trials is that it does not abjectly suck.
 
Is there a team set up? I've been playing it, but I'm N00b. Seems the only weapon I'm good with is the light assault shotgun, but I'm doing ok. Battle rank is 17 after a month or two. (Noob)
 
friendly fire from some sort of alkemyst about an hour ago

vanu on connery

wondering if the real alkemyst?

thought alkemyst lives in florida?
 
I tried playing this again for the first time in a year. I fired up my lvl 18 on Waterson server... Dead server. In the instant action there was maybe 20 players max.

Game isn't fun at all with a low population. Never can get groups going with medics, etc. Basically just lone wolfs/snipers and tank drivers.
 
brandonb said:
I tried playing this again for the first time in a year. I fired up my lvl 18 on Waterson server... Dead server. In the instant action there was maybe 20 players max.

Game isn't fun at all with a low population. Never can get groups going with medics, etc. Basically just lone wolfs/snipers and tank drivers.
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I'm on Waterson, and I see some pretty epic battles on weekends and sometimes during the week. Tuesday is a pretty slow night.
 
I'm mostly on Matherson (TR) and there is usually a few platoons working up until midnight (central) usually.

There are some weekdays that there aren't many open squads though
 
12andy said:
Waiting on Hossin, then I'll play again.

100% controller support (with light auto-aim mechanics) would be nice as well!
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I think you can expect quite a spike in players when Hossin is released. But I doubt it'll past past a few weeks unless they do something great for a meta game.
 
They need continent locking, pronto. And more continents since 4 will not be enough if you can lock continents.

I am waiting for Hossin because the game has become stale. The alerts give a nice temporary excitement but there is nothing permanent about them.
 
The population has gone back up a little in the past month and will sustain over the summer months then go back down a little throughout fall and Christmas holidays and rinse'n'repeat.

I canceled my All Access sub (all subs are All Access now), there's little reason to even have one in PS2 unless you're after higher score per hour and faster XP/cert gains otherwise playing an hour a day (if not every day) is more than enough for me.

I stick to the medic nano heal ability over the shield generator, much more useful and I don't have to stand in one place for it to work. I see players abusing the shield generator at spawn doors just to farm easy XP.

PS- don't expect Hossin anytime soon, we were supposed to get transfer tokens last July and Hossin last August, everything got pushed back or taken off the roadmap list.
 
vanu got the huge nerf and i am pissy about the whole crap. and tr has lots of guys coming over because they used to have low population count and they never won anything.

so vanu is getting the hard one right now

we seem underpowered right now in my opinion
 
JTsyo said:
Big patch today. Hossin is live and continent locking is in place.
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Time for the Holy Fecal Hand Grenades!

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njdevilsfan87 said:
A continent lock gives 50% reduction in costs. It's going to make for some lopsided but fun play. One faction will dominate air, the other armor, and the last, cough, I mean NC, can just keep being NC.
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🙁

But hossin looks amazing and I love some of the new bases. It's been awesome on Emerald. I want that 25% xp boost. 😱
I'm saving up 1000 credits. It's going to be a while. :/
 
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