Firefall beta

[Caz]

I got into the beta a couple weeks ago, and with the servers going up full-time later today, I thought I'd see if anyone else was playing this. Would be nice to get an army going if there were enough of us. For those who haven't heard of it, Firefall is a sci-fi mash-up of FPS and MMO. It's in the beta stages right now but when released will be free to play. I've been impressed by what I've seen so far from it. The website is http://www.firefallthegame.com You can get accepted into the beta either by signing up traditionally or by checking the forums for people giving away invites.

[Ribilla]

Originally Posted by Caz

I got into the beta a couple weeks ago, and with the servers going up full-time later today, I thought I'd see if anyone else was playing this. Would be nice to get an army going if there were enough of us. For those who haven't heard of it, Firefall is a sci-fi mash-up of FPS and MMO. It's in the beta stages right now but when released will be free to play. I've been impressed by what I've seen so far from it. The website is http://www.firefallthegame.com You can get accepted into the beta either by signing up traditionally or by checking the forums for people giving away invites.

I'm quite interested in this, I've been looking to a successor to my all time favourite game, Planetside, for a while now. I don't trust SoE not to **** up Planetside2, so this might be a nice alternative.

[Aki1024]

I have been patiently waiting in line for a beta invite on this for longer then I was on Path of Exile (another free to play that has my interest).

[sunshineduck]

Originally Posted by Aki1024

I have been patiently waiting in line for a beta invite on this for longer then I was on Path of Exile (another free to play that has my interest).

oh. i've had an invite for like seven months just lying around. heh

ed: one that i can send you, i mean. >_>

ed2: i actually have 3 invites. sup?

[Aki1024]

Originally Posted by sunshineduck

oh. i've had an invite for like seven months just lying around. heh

ed: one that i can send you, i mean. >_>

ed2: i actually have 3 invites. sup?

Nomnomnomnom

[technocity]

Originally Posted by sunshineduck

oh. i've had an invite for like seven months just lying around. heh

ed: one that i can send you, i mean. >_>

ed2: i actually have 3 invites. sup?

I would love to try out this game if you have an extra key.

Thanks in advance.

[Aki1024]

FireFall looks like it will be an awesome game once they have a better new player experience (Read: No Tutorials/How to play section)

The following is my notes from my first time playing the game.

My keyboard already makes clicky noises. The login page doesn't need to make its own. I can't think of any other application on Win that does this. Please include an option to turn that off.
FireFall blocks global keys. This prevents Winamp's global key song control. This is annoying.
Clicking away from the game forces a minimize. Forcing minimize removes the value from having a second monitor for looking up quest info. This is annoying. Precedence: EVE Online does this annoying thing too. There are many games that doesn't force minimize.

Toon creation:
There is a dot that highlights above the + button of sliders. It locks the player from changing that appearance slider, but doesn't stop the random from changing it. I would expect it to lock both as a means of saying "I like these parts, but what else is possible for the rest." The existence and function of this dot also isn't visible on the black background.
Some faces have different numbers of hair options. When sliding the face slider, the game uses the index of the hair selected rather then the value of the hair selected, which changes which hair is displayed. This is not expected function and makes it difficult to see how each of the faces look with a selected hair. (Seen from female side, not sure about male side)
Slider bar with no function for female facial hair.
It isn't clear whether or not the class selection matters in game. Having civilian in there suggest that it isn't a class selection, but doesn't suggest again this being what is displayed in non-combat areas.
Many games have a confirm character creation popup.

Gameplay
Love the map system.
Re-scoping on reload is weird and I don't like it. Thank you for providing an option to turn this off.
It took a lot of trial and error to figure out how to use mines for one of the early missions.
Damage displaying with a multiplier rather then multiple same numbers is awesome. Screen space saved and better info provided. win/win
When I'm without a party, who am I yelling "Reloading!" to?
Enemy convo over took mission convo, and I don't know how to look at mission convo history to know what was said.
Seeing a mining drone disappear as an entity remove (w/vapor trail) as opposed to disappearing into space (w/vapor trail fading away) is disappointing.
The ability to customize the interface is really nice. Can we get a means of exporting/importing interfaces? Not only would I want to backup an custom UI, but would like to see what others have made and shared.
The chat window is far too small without the ability to see history. /help appears to have much more to the command that can't be seen.
Some of a mouseover window for comparing an item with current equipment can be hidden. See image: http://goo.gl/p9w58
How to change suits types is not covered (tutorials in general are missing)

Bug:
Pasting 2 carage returns into the bug report system causes the game to crash.

[silent skies]

Looks interesting but I've been hooked on the Tribes: Ascend beta.

Shazbot!

[leggomyeggo]

looks rather interesting, but i'm hooked on phonics. soz

[mikesol]

Loving this game. I'm mikesol on it and I'm a medic.

[Caz]

I too am a medic *hard stare at Mike* I'm on there as Cazesudo. Also working on a dread frame.

[Aki1024]

Firefall Intro Climatic

[Caz]

Friend invites were sent out today, should have 2 per account assuming *everyone* gets them. Looks like we finally got a friend list, so I'll add you guys.

[mikesol]

Originally Posted by Caz

Friend invites were sent out today, should have 2 per account assuming *everyone* gets them. Looks like we finally got a friend list, so I'll add you guys.

I don't see that I got one anywhere. Where are you looking for yours?

[Caz]

Originally Posted by mikesol

I don't see that I got one anywhere. Where are you looking for yours?

On this page: https://beta.firefallthegame.com/ Log in, and it should be on the bottom right above "More Downloads". Might be that not everyone gets them, not really sure how the friend invites work besides that we get them "when Red5 feels like it".

[mikesol]

Originally Posted by Caz

On this page: https://beta.firefallthegame.com/ Log in, and it should be on the bottom right above "More Downloads". Might be that not everyone gets them, not really sure how the friend invites work besides that we get them "when Red5 feels like it".

Ah I got two as well thanks!

[darknietzsche]

Originally Posted by mikesol

Ah I got two as well thanks!

mike your referral never got to my email. I sent you a pm confirming my email.

[Aki1024]

Anyone still wanting an invite to this? I have an unused invite.

[Smushface]

I got a recon character that i just started named Tupac.

For those of who have been in the beta for a while, how much is there to do? Like is it worth playing after you get a basic feel for the game?

[darknietzsche]

From my experience which isn't that long. I think mike gave you and myself the keys last weekend. But after the inital quests, you can do a few things that mostly imply grinding styles. You can go around getting loot and leveling up. You can help others who are in need of completing the quests as now with the AI being more difficult is actually difficult to do. I guess you can play the pvp stuff there are three modes there. You can also explore the world and find all the sin uplinks (5 I believe including the main town).

Anywho, my name in game is the same as my alti forums name. I main assault right now but I may level up medic and recon soon.

[Caz]

Originally Posted by Smushface

For those of who have been in the beta for a while, how much is there to do? Like is it worth playing after you get a basic feel for the game?

Keep in mind that this is a beta (a real beta), so there isn't much to do. You have a few starter quests, and that's about it. Once you're done with those, you basically have 3 choices: PVP, Thumping (mining for minerals used to craft equipment, all while killing bugs), or exploring (i.e. just going around the map killing random bugs while maybe doing events like crashed thumpers or chosen patrols when they pop up).

Thursday of last week we got a big patch, and while it was mostly bug fixes (though we did get the new nighttime combat and Trans-Hub being redone), there's supposed to be a "big" PvE patch coming soon.

[Ribilla]

Originally Posted by Aki1024

Anyone still wanting an invite to this? I have an unused invite.

I would like one, but I'm trying to resist, exams are soon and I can't keep wasting my time on cool things like firefall. I am desperately hoping that at least one of Firefall or Planetside2 is a worthy sequel to the first Planetside.

[Aki1024]

Originally Posted by Ribilla

I would like one, but I'm trying to resist, exams are soon and I can't keep wasting my time on cool things like firefall. I am desperately hoping that at least one of Firefall or Planetside2 is a worthy sequel to the first Planetside.

Note that this game will be f2p, so it will still be waiting for you once it goes open beta/released.

@Caz: I hear ya. Most Beta's should be Beta^PR.