MAG (PS3)

[dejet]

select>r1> bomb the fuck out of em.

That is the only way I knew it till a week in ~_~;

The other way works well on moving stuff, such as shells for tanks that might be thinking of moving soon, just tap the D pad and drop the bombs faster. I can not think of a time I did a normal bomb raid that way tho, only a few tank raids.

[Dylon]

oh i didnt know you could drop it from the map LOL well now that i know that... i can prolly be more efficient with it haha.

i just respec'd to try the LMG tree and that shit is really powerful lol... going into a room and unloading my entire clip w/o dying and getting 6 kills is fun. i think im only gonna use it till i get the ribbon/medal for LMG and switch back to assault and work on that or till i unlock the shotgun

[dejet]

Ya, I found the defense PL tactical strikes to be largely useless, I'd take the SL strikes over them. Strafing run and precision strike net you like +50 Exp every single time, and the strafing run gives you 8+ kills almost all of the time.

as a defending PL I saw myself using my attacks on other groups. I tend to take a look at the whole group and see who needs the most help. If a bunker is down on one side(not even my platoons) I would drop it where they most likely would attack from. As a PL defender your gass really does not get you many kills but cuts off a freaking large portion of the map.

that is where the gas shines, also I have no clue when to use the other PL thing, I know what it does but I cant find a use... shit should be like a temp force that stops use of each item but also kills/defends them.

an example would be AA is going down, you have that thing read to use, you use it the AA is saved but off line for say 1min. Dont get the point in it right now... most people dont look at their map unless they are a PL/OIC/SL

[zoobernut]

http://blog.mag.com/blog/2010/02/patch-alert-mag-v1-03/

The big update is here already. I have never seen a company so responsive and so fast on patches and updates to a game before. (At least for an FPS) some interesting and welcome changes.

[Ziero]

Massive changes all around, but there's still the issue with layout on many maps. Still, no more door glitching for you SVER punks!

[zoobernut]

There is no issue with layout of any maps. People just whine and whine and bitch when they lose. Some of the changes are great, fixing some of the glitches and the no xp loss for someone being stupid and blowing up from your c4 plant, some are ok the lmg update, others are just stupid and are zipper listening to whiny brats (loadout cost).

I also think it is funny they fixed the door defuse glitch but didn't fix many of the glitches the other factions have like the ninja wall at F domination on Valor.

[Logain]

So happy the LMG nerf is finally here. Hopefully it will be everything I expected it to be. I can't tell you how many times I got killed from a guy just running around like a dumbass getting headshots from hipfire with an LMG.

[Biddinger]

The update notes look very promising. Can't wait to see how substantial the changes actually are.

[Hiryo]

I'm not sure how i feel about increased rocket damage. I know i've wasted full rocket clips on turrets and have it not go down, but I dont know if that was a needed change or not. I'm thinking more along the lines of not.

What i want to see if a valor acquisition LOL

[Shojin]

I also think it is funny they fixed the door defuse glitch but didn't fix many of the glitches the other factions have like the ninja wall at F domination on Valor.

I experienced this the other day, I was like what the fuck. Dudes just running in and out of the wall right next to the gate.

LMG fixes should be nice, decreased accuracy with hip-fire and changing acc with reflex/iron sights to stop people sniping with weapons that shouldn't be able to sounds awesome. I mean I loved LMG, but having recently switched to a Sniper build I can see how broken they pretty much were.

If they're lowering loadout costs, I don't mind. I don't get to carry around much shit with the Sniper build, so sounds good.

Lots of well needed updates overall and can't wait.

Technical

* Fixed most conditions that caused players to be caught in a “respawn loop” which kept restarting the respawn queue when the countdown clock reached 0.
* Changed in-game conditions to make it less likely to experience in-game freezes.
* Improved client-side stability.

Had me the most excited though, because I'm one of the few that has my game freeze in-game a lot... So here is to hoping.

[zoobernut]

I don't experience many game freezes. My favorite fix is by far the loss of xp from people suiciding to your c4 plant. I am really tired of being penalized for my team mates being retarded.

[Devolver]

First and foremost I don't own this game (even though I have a pretty high intrest in it)

But seeing a company release such a big patch this early in the games life is very impressive to me. They recognize the problems, and go out to fix them. Unlike another company who's developed a very popular FPS, and it takes FOREVER to get patches out.

If it wasn't for Battlefield coming out so soon, this honestly would be the deal breaker for me to buy this game.

[Shojin]

Looking at it again, the RESPEC change is very welcome. 26k for respec is kinda stupid, but now 1k > 2k > 3k > 3k repeat is much better, and will hopefully persuade more players to try out other class builds more often.

[Dylon]

wow, just when i thought i was the only one pissed when my team mates walked near my c4 and i get no xp from the charge because of them, now i dont have to give a fuck. and the beeping for the c4 about to blow up will be awesome cause i hate it when im running to a bunker or AA and i die as soon as i get up to it to defuse it.

i am kinda pissed i respec'd the other day before they changed the LMG distance, i guess i gotta mess around at long range to find a good distance i can still snipe people lol

edit: @Shojin: thats what i thought of too when i read that, it'll be nice to be able to respec and get the other weapons ribbons/medals

[Eggroll]

The update looks awesome, although it's kinda lame shotgun and sidearms are taking a bit of hit. Might have a reason to use claymores now too since they stay up after you die. So glad I saved my respec points too, I tend to change it up often so it's going to be nice to not have to vet again to try something new.

[dejet]

sweet ^^

the deadly lmg from raven will suck now i HOPE

[zoobernut]

I have never respec'd I have some ridiculous amount saved up now. I think lowering the respec cost is good but they shouldn't have lowered it that much. Should have been more like 3k 5k 8k 10k repeat. Or have it really low but every time you respec have some system that keeps it in check.

[Mellema]

Has anyone else had their character disappear? I just logged on and at the character management screen it just shows "Create New Character".

I hit 60 on Valor monday, then Vetted yesterday to SVER and was lvl 20 already.

I guess I have to start over, which isn't to bad since I just started SVER. Missing the 5% vet bonus kind of sucks. The worst part for me is loosing OIC, I hate being SL because most people never listen.

[dejet]

Has anyone else had their character disappear? I just logged on and at the character management screen it just shows "Create New Character".

I hit 60 on Valor monday, then Vetted yesterday to SVER and was lvl 20 already.

I guess I have to start over, which isn't to bad since I just started SVER. Missing the 5% vet bonus kind of sucks. The worst part for me is loosing OIC, I hate being SL because most people never listen.

Is maint still going on?

[Shojin]

Has anyone else had their character disappear? I just logged on and at the character management screen it just shows "Create New Character".

I hit 60 on Valor monday, then Vetted yesterday to SVER and was lvl 20 already.

I guess I have to start over, which isn't to bad since I just started SVER. Missing the 5% vet bonus kind of sucks. The worst part for me is loosing OIC, I hate being SL because most people never listen.

Really? That sucks. Are you sure you/or someone else didn't delete it accidentally? All it takes is a push of the square button on the character select screen. (I can't even remember if any confirmation box comes up)

Never heard of that.

At least now I won't mind vetting if I feel like it, one of my biggest gripes was losing leadership points when you vet. Patch says they'll remain intact from now on.