Definitely will look into it.
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I've had some good fun with this with friends the last few days but the latest patch, which dropped yesterday, was supposed to improve hit registration. Unfortunately it seems to have done the opposite for a lot of users, with a great new message claiming 'packetloss' as the reason 5 out of 7 shots didn't register. This coming from a modern computer on a gigabit network with >30 ping to the server.
We also had some weird issues with bandaging and healing people just not registering, but still spending resources, and a lot of people just gave up trying to heal altogether.
I'm not into FPS anymore, but even I thought about picking it up. The substance over style is fine with me, but that core gameplay seems like a rock solid thing. The only thing that has given me pause on picking it up is that they're planning on changing the anti-cheat that isn't Linux friendly and as a Linux user, just gonna wait for now.
or get it, and be very vocal when they try pulling some bs
In my experience being vocal about changes doesn't do much. There's a million factors and Linux support is probably at thr bottom of their priority list. Or they've been told be the anticheat it'll be fixed someday, etc. I understand they're a super small team and they have to pick their battles as well.
I'm too tired for that fight/discussion anymore. I'll vote with my wallet. Plus I have a million other games to play.
Anyone here tried it on a linux box?
Is running fine with no issue or extra setup.
However they are changing the anti cheat on official servers to something not supported on Linux.
That said its unclear (to me) exactly what will stop working or when.
I tried it on Fedora 37 on my Laptop. But that was a few months ago when it was free and in beta. In general, it runs well even on my non-gpu laptop.
Tried it yesterday and it just works
I've had lots of fun with this game. The price point is great with the amount of hours that I've gotten from it.
I got it and played a bunch with a group over the weekend, it's quite a lot of fun. Lots of chaos and stuff happening, with plenty of room for support roles like ammo and medic if you don't feel like doing anything else. Proximity voice chat is built in and works well too. The automatic mic activation for a few seconds when you die can be absolutely hilarious (or disabled if you want).
The graphics are nice and simple which I like, it lets me focus on the game more and not have to deal with FPS drops or performance issues.
I've been playing this a lot, it's very good. I'm hoping it won't die out quickly.
Sounds interesting, but I'll have to wait until they port it to macOS before I buy it.
I'm going to give it a go this week. I was so disappointed with BF2042 - hopefully this scratches the itch.
How possible is it to play primarily in a support role? I'm a terrible shooter but I love healing where possible.
I'm in the same camp here, generally avoided FPS because my reaction time is similar to a snail. The medic role is super important because you don't heal automatically, and only a medic can heal you. I've had plenty of situations where I'm a medic prone on the ground with bullets flying overhead, reviving and healing a whole squad downed by a well placed enemy grenade. Been an absolute blast, pun intended.