Author Topic: Best/Worst parts of Guns of Icarus  (Read 25674 times)

Offline Keyvias

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Best/Worst parts of Guns of Icarus
« on: September 09, 2014, 01:10:39 pm »
Hey everyone,

Random idea popped into my head, what's your favorite and least favorite parts of Guns of Icarus.
This can be anything from roles to situations.

Example:
Favorite: Piloting a lumberfish
Least: Chem Spray Rotation

My goal is get a snap shot of the things we do best and things we could do better. You can definitely have more than one favorite (or least) and you can give reasons why as well.
This is a very open, very informal discussion where there are no wrong answers, simply data. You don't have to focus on gameplay answers either UI, customization design and anything in-game is up for grabs.

Offline Melon McCrabernathy

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Re: Best/Worst parts of Guns of Icarus
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2014, 01:16:27 pm »
Favourite: Lobbies of Icarus and Piloting in general
Least Favourite: Try Hards :P

Offline Queso

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Re: Best/Worst parts of Guns of Icarus
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2014, 01:32:18 pm »
Do I get bonus points if I say our community overlords are the best thing?

Offline Riggatto

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Re: Best/Worst parts of Guns of Icarus
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2014, 03:25:15 pm »
Favorite: mine matches
Least favorite: being buff Engi, being on a squid.

Offline HamsterIV

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Re: Best/Worst parts of Guns of Icarus
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2014, 04:36:59 pm »
Favorite: Responsive and talkative crews
Least favorite: Pilots/gunners who join a ship midgame when there is already a member of that class aboard.

Offline DrTentacles

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Re: Best/Worst parts of Guns of Icarus
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2014, 04:46:56 pm »
Best: Piloting a Squid

Worst: Looking at the number of Squids in Hephaestus, and knowing there's a good reason for that.

Offline Squidslinger Gilder

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Re: Best/Worst parts of Guns of Icarus
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2014, 04:54:14 pm »
Best: Everything in Patch 1.1
Worst: Everything since, cept for mines.

Offline Replaceable

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Re: Best/Worst parts of Guns of Icarus
« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2014, 05:25:42 pm »
Best: Community, Engi on a squid, A clockwork Junker crew, the hades, the mine laucher, the mercury launcher, the closeness the devs are to the community. The cake clan.
Worst: A greased gat's hull instagib. Crew that fail to listen to my instructons. People 'assisting' on hull and malleting when i wanted to chem.

Offline sparklerfish

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Re: Best/Worst parts of Guns of Icarus
« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2014, 05:49:48 pm »
Best: mines!  the community!  teamwork!
Worst:  unresponsive players who are unwilling to listen or work as a team and there's nothing you can do about it :(

Offline shaelyn

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Re: Best/Worst parts of Guns of Icarus
« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2014, 08:05:21 pm »
a lot of people have already said the first thing that popped in my head.

the best and the worst, and everywhere in between:  the variable of the people you get on your crew or team.

but, honestly, that's not the best for me.  the friends I've made here count as a very close second.  the absolute best is twofold.  when I played Ragnarok Online, I worked hard to get our server to grow and to help new players, and I loved it.  I found my niche.  here, with Guns of Icarus, I've settled back into my niche again - and it is glorious.
combining that with the teamwork aspect of this game, guys, I am a much more confident person than I was five months ago when I first started playing.  the level of communication required to do well in a match has pulled me out of my shell.  this level of betterment of self - that is the best thing.  there's been so much that I've wanted to do that I've shied away from with some level of stage fright.  that is going away.  it's impossible to express how happy and grateful I am for this.
I know that's probably not the data you were looking for Keyvias, but it's a nod of thanks to you guys.

other stuff I enjoy:
-shooting a hades, especially with lesmok rounds
-shooting a hwacha as a gunner, especially when the captain and I sync up well with timing of firing/not turning the ship
-a dev team that engages the community
-the clan I've leapt into <3
-good engineers that keep the ship alive much longer than anyone anticipated.
-effective communication among the crew

other stuff I could live without:
-ships with silent crew
-bright maps.  Dunes/Practice are the worst.
-despite being in Clan Clan...mine launchers aren't my thing.  don't hate me guys
-mortars.  as awesome as I am on the hades, I usually can't hit anything with the mortar unless we're right up on the enemy.  -_-  you would think I'd be able to figure out the arc...
-playing main engi on a particular Squid on a Crazy King match.  I spent that whole match going back and forth on the ship and whacking engines, and it was a looooooong match.  my left hand hurt when the match was over.  I don't doubt I'll find myself on a Squid in a Crazy King match again...but ugh, it's not something I look forward to.  I don't look forward to Crazy King at all anymore.
-20 stacks of flame on anything, especially if there's a long cooldown in effect on the component.  it just makes me sad.
« Last Edit: September 09, 2014, 08:12:17 pm by shaelyn »

Offline Richard LeMoon

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Re: Best/Worst parts of Guns of Icarus
« Reply #10 on: September 09, 2014, 09:54:46 pm »
Best: Galleon Ram.

Worst: Getting stuck on every damn bit of geometry on the ship while running around fixing things. Seriously. One of my friends quit after only a few matches because of it. As a 3D coder, he said it was "Inexcusable."

Offline sparklerfish

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Re: Best/Worst parts of Guns of Icarus
« Reply #11 on: September 09, 2014, 10:40:52 pm »
-despite being in Clan Clan...mine launchers aren't my thing.  don't hate me guys


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Re: Best/Worst parts of Guns of Icarus
« Reply #12 on: September 09, 2014, 10:52:09 pm »
Best: The community.
Worst: Not being able to embed videos on the forum... (Enable flash embeds in the Config!)

Offline Oliver Colt

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Re: Best/Worst parts of Guns of Icarus
« Reply #13 on: September 09, 2014, 10:56:25 pm »
Favorite:
So many things xD The game and the community in general are great, and the outfits for the character and the stuffs to customize the ships are pretty fun too, and uhhh yea basically everything that isn't in my least favorite things list :D (Edit) OMG AND THE JAPANESE VOICE THATS MY FAVE THING EVER XD

Least:
Having to shoot Hades cos I can't hit anything with that thing I swear... Also having to take chem spray instead of fire extinguisher and having to pilot (unless everyone else in my team is okay with losing badly xD). Oh and missing the ladders when everything up there is on fire, man that has costed many lives... Also lion gun op ;C And fire... oh god, the fire o.e #engietraumas

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Re: Best/Worst parts of Guns of Icarus
« Reply #14 on: September 09, 2014, 11:04:37 pm »
-despite being in Clan Clan...mine launchers aren't my thing.  don't hate me guys


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