02-27-2008, 09:56 AM | #1 |
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How is the FF community?
Hey there, I haven't loaded up my Steam in quite a while, and last time I did, the FF community was abysmal, no one was in pub servers, and it seems the leagues were paying more attention to TF2. Recently I re-quit WoW, and have some free-time and would like to get back into TFC/FF, but I have to buy a new Steam account, since I forgot my login, and before I do, I'd like to know if it's worthwhile? I see the forums are still fairly active, and even the Catacombs has some activity in the FF forum, but how is it in-game? Are there decent pubs, lots of variety, skill map servers, etc?
Also, are people still playing TFC? I wouldn't mind hopping around in some pubs and tossing around some pipes to entertain myself. Any help is greatly appreciated. |
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02-27-2008, 11:11 AM | #2 |
Its over nine thousands!!!
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Heh dude, pubs are very active after 10 pm (GMT +1 :P, dunno bout rest of you) , and there are awesome pickups at #ff.pickup on gamesurge IRC( I suck at them :P ).
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02-27-2008, 11:24 AM | #3 |
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Unfortunately I checked aus/nz servers the other day to find 2 up with no players.
How can I possibly judge the damn game if I can't try it with anyone in my region?! |
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02-27-2008, 11:46 AM | #4 |
Its over nine thousands!!!
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Maybe you should try other servers, huh? There are many EU servers, which fill up fast , like Wireplay, or usrf.nl , and sometimes jolt.co.uk . Just check em!
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02-27-2008, 12:39 PM | #5 |
Terrible!
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02-27-2008, 01:10 PM | #6 | |
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85.234.148.39:27025 - Its our IP. But if you dont like it, Adamino is right, there are plenty others =) If you comeback to steam anf FF, you are welcome. |
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02-27-2008, 01:28 PM | #7 |
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Pt speaks truth. Join any server and it will fill up.
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02-27-2008, 01:40 PM | #8 |
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New updates minus any advertisement whatsoever = no new players
Not even a post on moddb about the update? :/ |
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02-27-2008, 01:49 PM | #9 |
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50 players total yesterday at 20.00 GMT+1. Prime EU time.
But its no matter what server you join, someone will join you soon. Last saturday morning i connected to Euroskillz CTF server to do something. I thought it was a good time of day to do some work on the server. 20 minutes later it was full, and people whining about so few eu servers with good ping for them. I suggest you adopt a server, give it some <3 and some time and I'm sure it will come alive. |
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02-27-2008, 02:00 PM | #10 | |
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02-27-2008, 02:23 PM | #11 |
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i aint going anywhere...
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02-27-2008, 02:38 PM | #12 |
SHUT UP AND SWALLOW
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Also, the clan style community on america is pretty active, lots of pickups everyday and leagues starting next week with all active clans, join us: #ff.pickup on GameSurge.
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02-27-2008, 02:58 PM | #13 | |
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02-27-2008, 03:01 PM | #14 |
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One last thing you can retrieve your lost password/loging info if you remember the email you signed up under. But it would be quicker to just go buy an game.
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02-28-2008, 01:42 AM | #15 | |
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FPS's have issues with such lag, where aiming and timing is paramount. If I'm going to judge this game for myself, I want to be playing in ideal circumstances so I can judge on the merits of the mod, not the conditions I was forced to play under. Unfortunately though that's just the state of the game - lot of forum activity - no one playing. I don't think people should be finding full servers at any cost - I played the other day (before posting earlier) on a higher pinging server. Was not fun at all. |
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02-28-2008, 01:56 AM | #16 |
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you need those new fangled warp cables that allow electrons to travel faster!
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02-28-2008, 02:31 AM | #17 | |
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Well then, get some friends to play as well. I don't see how FF or the community is to blame for a lack of australian/nz players. Oh, and I regularly play with a ~200 ping and it's really not that bad. |
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02-28-2008, 02:46 AM | #18 | |
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The entire point of a mod is to encourage play. Don't ya think something is a bit ... wrong if there's an absence of players? I'm not actually having a go at anyone here, or even FF itself. I'd love to be able to post up my opinions of the mod and offer insight as to where I think things need changing, but the fact is without a server to play on that isn't 200+, I can't judge the mod on its merits without getting thrown off by the lag. Anyone who's been gaming for long enough can tell you once you start going past 150+, you're at an extreme disadvantage. Point is - to play a mod, it shouldn't be up to me to rally people to play with me. If it has a healthy community, the game will encourage people to play (the majority of that job shouldn't be left to people). I'm a little boggled at the assertion that the onus is on me to get people to play with. I guess my point is - the game seems heavily developed towards a specific audience; so much so that it appears to be a niche mod with very little appeal to a wider audience. Is this a problem? Well I guess that depends on the intentions of the developers. What's the point in playing a mod which boasts all these cool features if there's no one to play against? mervaka: lol yeah definitely electrons fault :P |
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02-28-2008, 02:51 AM | #19 |
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I played TFC for three years with pings averaging 300 or more. Didn't throw my opinion off one bit.
C'mon, try it. It's not that bad.
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02-28-2008, 03:12 AM | #20 | |
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Anyway if people seem to accept that there's nothing wrong with such pings, then I'll give it a whirl and post my opinion. I just won't be expecting "blame the ping" for things I'm critical of. |
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