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sorry for the swearing but:

THIS GAME IS FUCKING AMAZING

Some feedback so far:

Run gamemode too easy to 'yolo' everyone and score a run.
Art, music, EVERYTHING is awesome.

My main is Medic, cause shields are op.

 

>Mindblown.

GG THD.

 

You gonna call the tournaments marathons and have all of the marathon puns?

 

supporter version is for the fine gents that preordered?

 

Supporter version = full version when it comes out

 

Noooooooo. Geti I have so much homework that won't get completed because of you!

 

I've played the current state for some time now, and hell yeah, there's still a lot of balance to do, but this is promising and funny as hell.
I'm thinking about making a couple mods, but now I'm wondering how mods will integrate into the game, lobby-side especially? Maybe add another truck in the lobby that would be easily distinguished but that wouldn't make beginners flee away (as it happened on KAG for lots of time and probably still has its effect)?

 

Server browser....? Like in the old test version with icons which you can also find in the current demo

 

If the lobby still stays the main used server connection thing, I'd be afraid mods would make modded servers underused..

 

Some things:
1)In run mode, commando can use the medic's resupply skill to awfuly spam flashbangs.
1b)about this i think chat boxes shouldnt been affected by the flash
2)engineer can drop crates on himself to climb through ceilings (like in kag when builder glitchy put some block in a reduced space of a cave and then he is teleported to the surface.
3)In run, engineer can shoot teamates with rocket to make them fly to their victory! wich i don't think that's an issue but i do think it's cool.
4) I think a "cancel" or a "wait" button in the trucks (if all the players waiting in it agree) should be added to wait for the others that couldnt reach them because things. Waiting 5 min in the lobby to a run ends is really boring.

But i enjoyed playing it with you, skinney, 8x yesterday. and i enjoyed playing it today with swine and others (today we were a lot of people!)

 

How will the lobby work when there are multiple servers? Couldn't each truck take you to a separate lobby for that gamemode and then have a different way other than trucks to display all the servers (unless you want a level full of a bajillion trucks)?

 

Alright so I checked out the new demo and I really enjoyed a lot of the features. There was a couple bugs that I'll report in this post. I'm also going to discuss my thoughts of the updated classes.

Bugs:

• Assault has infinite grenades. Not sure if intended but if spammed can be annoying af
• Medic has infinite ammo resupply. Not a big deal until you get a commando and medic spamming their specials together constantly... Thanks @Chrispin for discovering that one. The entire screen was white lol
• You can spam slide which makes you move way faster. Not necessarily broken but just something to know about
• I felt that setting the commands was kind of broken as well. I should have been able to use my mouse to select what controls I wanted to change, but instead I had to use "right" "left" etc
• Commando can't climb wall as easily while in water. Got stuck and had to rejump towards the wall to actually climb it

Classes:
Assault: Has strong horizontal power. Anyone looking to main this class needs to have good positioning where their top or bottom isn't exposed. I felt that it was an interesting nerf now that it takes more bullets to kill someone. It was pretty fair but I found myself running out of ammo frequently. Once you have no ammo you're essentially useless. Takes way more skill than it did before.
Sniper: I think there is a longer delay between shots which makes it more balanced. It's a pretty difficult class and I still saw some people rekking. I'd say its pretty balanced at this point in time. I camo is either really strong or really weak. The only complaint is that I often found myself wondering where the hell I got shot from. Maybe that's a good thing, but it's kind of frustrating when I'm walking along while all of a sudden BOOM! Dead...
Medic: I'm not sure what to think. I feel like it plays a strong support role and it was almost a necessary class for Run. I just feel like it doesn't make the player want to play medic. I feel like you play medic because you have to. The ammo spamming special isn't necessarily great either, but it will probably be better considering the other infinite ammo must be bugs. I'm not sure if I wasn't doing things correctly but can you shield bash? I definitely think getting stunned when shot with the shield up is a fair balance to the class.
Commando: I don't think this class has been changed other than the blink slash that I didn't notice until an hour into playing. The fact that it has a ton of speed with a lot of knife spam makes it really strong. I'm actually kind of afraid that it's too fast compared to the other classes. I keep good positioning with the commando and play patiently, but when someone gets too close I'll run out and instakill them. As a commando I generally only worry about range and making sure that someone isn't below me. I also think the flashbang is a cool special and can be used to psychologically mess with someone but the results are few and far between when actually putting it to good use. I had another idea for a special instead: Double jump. I'm not sure if the blink slash can already do this, but I often find myself getting stuck on certain parts of maps and I think an extra jump would be enough to boost me over certain parts. It could also be used to further dodge enemy projectiles.
Engineer: No comment due to changes.

All in all I really had a good time playing multiplayer and I look forward to seeing further game modes. I really enjoyed both Skirmish and Run, but after so many matches they ended up getting repetitive. Glad to see that you will be implementing skins and lobby tiers to keep people coming back. I found the game to be very chaotic, often don't know what I die to, and the camera movement to be hard to follow at times. Can't wait for further development. Really enjoying what you've developed so far!

 

Played this game a bit more after I did the first post. Some feedback I came up with:

Commandos (or any other class) shouldn't be able to run through a medics shield. I found sometimes I would be blocking assault fire to be killed by a commando who ran through my shield and back stabbed me.
The fact that the medic and commando supply glitch gets annoying (not a major glitch, maybe it was intended?)

All in all this game is amazing, even in this state, keep up the good work THD.

 

Loving the game so far guys! I'm maining sniper which is great and I think the run mode is really interesting too.
Also, @Chrispin + flashbang OP Geti plz nerf.

 

Moar sever plox <3

 

Tiny Bug: I can't write capital letters when setting my username
anuvva wickle bug: Still no apostrophes for macs :'(
Average Sized Bug: When joining the Run server the tutorial screen scrolled further than usual so I spawned later than everyone else but I was frozen in mid air, the round after that it just kept scrolling continuously.

 

The rubble blocks (the explodable type) allowed people to blow them up then walk through without others being able to do so (I think they were AI tho).

 

Kawaii caterpillar training session, desu.
There's no obstacle they won't overcome!
They come in multiple colours. Kawaii AF.
Credit to @Raccoon.

Next up: KotH gamemode + clan system.
( registration / stats / invitations @ lobby )
.. and a frickin' strip club.