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3:30 can't come quickly enough.

Watching stream via Twitch....

LOOKS

AWESOME.

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Watching stream via Twitch....

LOOKS

AWESOME.

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Yeah... making for a fun watch during lunch!

Maybe play for a little tonight but 8am quiz tomorrow and then it will be game on! GT: gumby579

May be on after the Astros/Texans game tonight

GT: rageohol08

deathmullet76

I'll be playing on PC and XB1 to see how they differ.

I am downloading it now.

Gamertag LuvPhd

Keep getting DCd before I can get into a game

Stupid XBox didn't download the game like I told it to.

May be on after 9 tonight.

This game is going to be amazing.

Can't get into a game either

Gt: redass2009

Now I'm getting disconnected before games. Looks like their servers are all ****ed since everyones coming home.

Yep, over an hour trying to get into a game so far, zero games played. Par for the course EA

Can't get in a game yet either.

I was having issues joining with more than 2 people in a party. We went down to 2 and it joined right up.

I just went 13-0 in an X-Wing on Walker Attack. I'm loving the aerial battles.

I'm having issues the Drop map, but the Hoth battle map loads fine for me.

On more than one occasion I've had to close out the game and re-load it in order to get into a match.

Game is pretty fun. I like how it's more casual in terms of setup n stuff. Not every game needs to be overly complicated with character & weapon setups. And Walker Assault is typical battlefield goodness with so much crap going on everywhere, but with incredible Star Wars sound and warfare!!!

No luck getting into a party with Aggies last night though... hopefully we can team up at some point.

I didn't have any problems playing last night. Had fun. Played about 4-5 games. I couldn't figure out how to fly any of the vehicles. How are the Jedi's deployed? Is it one of the power ups? Couldn't figure that out...they would just randomly show up.

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I didn't have any problems playing last night. Had fun. Played about 4-5 games. I couldn't figure out how to fly any of the vehicles. How are the Jedi's deployed? Is it one of the power ups? Couldn't figure that out...they would just randomly show up.

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Vehicles and the Jedi's are "power-ups" you can pick up while running around. Once you get one, hold Left Bumper and Right Bumper together

Actually a little disappointed in the game so far. Plays a lot closer to Halo than to battlefield for me. Very fast paced action which, at least in the limited part we can play, I don't see much in the way of tactics of any kind. In battlefield you could be in a tank or chopper and own the map if you played well together. Here it just doesn't feel like coordinated game-play or skills gives you that much of an edge.

1) Not a fan of power-ups and unlimited grenades etc vs starting with a set and having limited grenades etc.

2) Not a fan of vehicles and having to use power-ups.

3) Game just feels too fast but maybe I'm the only one in that camp. Makes people just throw lives away as opposed to death being much of limiting factor.

4) Graphics are nice, not major bugs so far which is cool. Variety seems to be there and I'm sure the full game might have modes more to my style.

Im not convinced i like the powerups either, except for maybe the AT-AT because it could be really OP if someone was able to stay in there for an unlimited amount of time. Once you get the powerup, you get 1 min in the walker.

Also, I feel like there is some balance needed. I was able to play 8-10 Walker Defense games last night and it didnt seem to matter which side I was on, the empire won 100% of the time. In one game we got 1 walker down and the other down to about 10% health, but they still beat us.

It could be due to people not knowing to shoot the walkers when it tells you, or people just going for kills instead of defending the uplinks, but either way 100% win rate for the empire is pretty bad.

Agreed. One game when I was on the Empire they did stop us. Every other game it seems like Empire wins.

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Agreed. One game when I was on the Empire they did stop us. Every other game it seems like Empire wins.

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Here's a post on reddit: Hoth is challenging for the Rebels, but very winnable. You just don't understand how to play.

Here's how you win as the Rebel Alliance on Hoth.
Step 1. Secure the uplinks.

• 1a. Some Rebels should fall back to the site of the next uplinks BEFORE the current uplinks go offline. It is partially a game of strategy. The responsible players need to be proactive in hanging back while the majority of the team rushes forward. As the uplinks go farther and farther back, they get closer to the Rebel spawn points, making them easier to activate.
• 1b. Once you secure an uplink, DO NOT MOVE AWAY FROM IT. Per the game's instructions, you have to defend the uplinks. Do not just get it and then run away to go play Team Deathmatch.

Step 2. Once the uplinks are secured, the Y-Wings bomb the AT-ATs.
Step 3. Ground troops get into the turret batteries located EVERYWHERE and focus all fire on the main AT-AT while its shields are down.
Step 4. Air support does the same thing with the isolated AT-AT.

• 4a. While the AT-ATs' shields are down, the Snowspeeders can fire tow cables at the AT-ATs and wrap their legs up, tripping them like they did in the movies, which would make for an incredibly easy kill if anyone actually understood how to fly. Bare in mind that this is easier with the isolated AT-AT. Air support should be protecting the Snowspeeders since they are slow and squishy.

Is it hard to win before the main AT-AT passes the base? Yes. It is. But after that, it should be weak enough to take down fairly easily. It's not rocket science. Just stop trying to play it like it's Team Deathmatch on CoD.
Thanks for reading! Good luck, everyone!

Good writeup and description of walker assault. Another thing is that you get more bombers (which I'm pretty sure means you get more time with the AT-ATs shields down) the longer you defend the uplinks. If you do a poor job with the uplinks you get very little time to damage the walkers before the next bombing run.

But the empire is definitely a bit OP in the beta. My understanding is there are more/better unlockables in the full game that will allow players to more easily take out the AT-ST (small walkers). So while there are no classes, you will definitely have some strategy with your party in making sure at least a couple guys are equipped to deal with the heavies. But right now those things don't exist so dealing with the empire is a bit difficult.


Anybody know the best way to spot the power ups? Hard to see them sometimes in the snow and on one match nobody on our team knew where to find Luke.

Yeah it is winnable. It's pretty much BF4 Rush mode it seems like. If you get players that actually stay at the uplinks then it's easier. There just seems to be a lot of running around looking for kills than playing the objective.

Definitely not a fan of the power ups, would rather have vehicles spawn on the map like battlefield for people to jump in and out of.

Controls feel pretty good, have a battlefield feel to them without being completely the same.

The empire is probably just a little overpowered but if you get just a handful of rebels who know to power up and defend the uplinks and then concentrate on the walkers when their shields are down, it's not too hard to win. Had a couple of wins last night after I was finally able to get into a match.

While 20V20 is big, a group of 5 or 6 guys playing the objectives can make a big difference.

Never could get into an 8V8 match.

I'll be on randomly

GT: Anthrometal

I'll be jumping on soon.

Tiny Pumpkins

Downloaded

Gt: Minima1ist

Slickg2007. Played some this morning and thought it was pretty well done. I haven't played walker assault though. Just the defend the points mode. I like the power ups. They seemingly can add an extra layer of tactics.

Finally got into some games this afternoon. It was fun and I'm not terrible at it.

Orbital strikes against Walkers is OP! If every rebel simply saves this power up when the Y Wings attack it's not very hard. Does around 60% damage at least. But overall I really like this game. Hopefully they balance a couple things from this beta.

Generally speaking, this game is amazing. Watching my kids play the coop split screen... It friggin looks (and definitely sounds) like real Star Wars. I'm trying to imagine playing this when I was little (instead of Nintendo)... My mind would have melted. The levels, storm trooper, Walkers, sparks that fly when you shot them... 100% nailed Star Wars. Can do nothing but praise Dice for this one.

Yup. Just won as Rebels in the second round because of an orbital strike.

So I think it's interesting that the XB1 players are enjoying the game and the PC players aren't impressed. Not sure if that means anything, but this might entail me purchasing on XB1 now.

Curious...

How many of you guys are actually going to purchase/pre-order?

I'm tempted but want to make sure there's a good group to play with since there's no single-player campaign.