So it is official, Evolve has now gone F2P! Thoughts? Reactions? Feelings?
It's shit
>Feelings?
my dick in your moms ass
literally who - the game - the experience™
I had 160 hours in it before the latest update bud dropped it because trs was too slow at patching obvious balance issues. I'm going to play some more monster before I decide if the game has improved or not. For now it seems better.
>>344377049
>Thoughts?
That they waited WAY too fucking long. This game is practically forgotten now.
The spike of players it got now is going to be a flash in the pan interest from people who wanted to try this game they heard about being shit.
plz don't kill dead by daylight
why do people like this game
you literally do nothing but run in a fucking circle till you find the monster and it runs away
or as a monster you do nothing but run and hide like a bitch all game
this is literally a fucking walking simulator for gods sake
>>344377049
Great game
Shills are on full suicide watch
Wildstar went F2P and only has a peak at not even 6k
Evolve went F2P and is rising beyond the 24k already
It's boring and the games take way too long to start, I'll stick with dead by daylight and just hope they fucking add new content soon
So far i feel like I'd play the whole weekend then uninstall. Did people really payed like 60 dlls and more for ONE SINGLE game mode?, please tell me it included single player mode. This is is even worse than OVerwatch, in OW you feel action all the time in Evolve S2 you spend 3/4 of your time tracking some sneaky lizard.
At least is awful like this one, but I can't alt tab, so it's not fully windows optimized.
its OK
Name one game that became good because it went f2p.
And no, TF2 was already good.
How's Gorgon
>>344378434
People are just trying it out, they will leave when they realize that Evovle is a shit game
>>344380034
Wildstar.
It got a huge player boost from going F2P, and when you're an MMO, a player boost is really good for the overall player experience.
>>344380097
Pretty nifty, but it involves alot of waiting if you are going after hunterkiller winsWhich are basically the only thing you can do because stage 3 as gorgon is rare, and getting the jenny is rarer
>>344380034
>>344381703
Just putting this here for reference.
http://steamspy.com/app/376570#tab-audience
137,507 players in 2 weeks at its lowest.
I hope it does well. The game's concept is amazing and the fact it never went big in a competitive form is lame as fuck.
Also it appears they did some particle changes to make things more clear which I think is totally awesome.
And since it is free I might be interested in investing some time into it to git gud.
>>344377049
this picrelated, found on their community page., pretty much sums up my reaction thought
>Using exclamation marks
I legitimately can't tell the shills from the faggot false flaggers anymore. If you're trying to shill, be cynical.
>>344382698
maybe he's just excited to post about an overhyped once game that became available for masses + provided source of cheap giggles for shitposters from bashing paid customers and early adopters (if i ever saw one)
>>344378434
Nice meme. You can't compare the numbers of a steam only game like evolve and wildstar that is on the steam store but doesn't require it. Almost all the people that already played it didn't bother to download again 100000gb just to have it on steam. Me included and I have a fucking artifact weapon
>>344377049
It's sort of fun, seems way too easy to shit on a level 1 monster if you catch them though. Playing as the monester can be a bit intense though, which I enjoy.
>>344377049
It's pretty fun when you get close games.
>get caught practically immediately by Hunters as a level 1 Goliath
>say fuck it and focus their medic and just stay near her as they try to scramble to revive her
>fuck them up each time they get close
>eventually kill 3 of them with the last guy trying to run away
>blast him with fire breath
>win
It's fun.
>>344380034
League of legends and dota, both have been great games since launch drawing amazing amounts of people to play and to tournaments.
>>344384089
Both of those games started f2p. A game that becomes f2p in the middle of its lifetime, is a game that smells of death.
>>344384089
He said became F2P, not was F2P from the beginnning.
>>344383120
>>344382698
or maybe it's just that I like to use proper grammer most of the time.
>>344377127
Came here to post this
What does being tracked by planet scanner mean? That they can just see me?
>>344384546
They get a giant arrow that points in your direction for about 5 seconds. The tracket himself might be able to see your outline too.
Just go in a direction for a few seconds and then turn around. Works every time.
Hunters getting told exactly where the monster is when they spawn in is fucking retarded. It completely defeats the purpose of sneaking and hiding. It is objectively wrong to try and lay a false trail for the Hunters because you get scanned straight away making it a big fat fucking waste of time.
>planet scanner
>short as fuck timer
They ruined the stealth
>>344381657
I'm doing exactly this
>>344378539
>wait like 5 min to get 4 other people
>sitting in a loading screen for a minute or two
>guy says "This should have been called Evolve Stage 2 Cancer"
>wait a couple more minutes and alt f4
Nice game you got there whoever the dev is
It's fun, still could use some balancing of course
>>344384614
Thanks anon, kind of bullshit that they just get a pointer directly towards you.
>>344377127
First post best post
>>344384919
Honestly, now that it's free I feel compelled to try it. When it came out, I didn't really have the money to justify buying it.
>>344377049
It's 20gb. I have the space on disk, and I have the connection to get it in under an hour, but I don't think it's worth the effort, it looks even more repetitive than OW, and that shit's like a treadmill.
>>344385226
it wasn't worth $60, then there was all the DLC on top of that
>>344383860
Goliath is fucking GOAT, literally the All-around hero.
God, I hate this Peng fag, all he ever does is pick wraith and gank.
>>344377049
>Thoughts
I'm excited that so many people are jumping to try Pac Man. Already a lot of old players I used to roll with are getting back on. We even got a party of 6 going and just chillaxed, fun times.
>Reactions
>mfw
>Feelings
Excited to see where this goes
>>344377049
They didnt learn a god damn thing
1v4 is a shitty idea.
>>344377049
>didnt put in any roaming AI monsters to kill while you track the main monster
>didnt put in minor player monsters to assist the bigger monster
>its still just either 'run around in circles until you get killed by a maxed out monster' or 'kill the monster because hes an idiot'
Its a fundamentally flawed game. From day 1 they should have looked at what they were planning and said "This is shit and wont work, no one wants this"
>>344380034
>TF2 was already good
Does attacking downed Hunters lower the time they have before dying? I noticed I was still doing damage to them.
>>344391323
Yeah, it's a good strat if you just wanna kill a Hunter and eat their corpse real quick. Don't just "Camp the Body" and take a lot of damage to do it though.
Camping the body is more prominent in Lazarus games since he can quickly revive downed and dead Hunters. On the flip side if a Monster is wailing on your downed teammate just punish the fuck outta them with bullets.
>>344391984
Alright, thanks for the advice.
>played about 6 matches so far
>Aim of game for hunters is to track monster and kill it
>aim of game for monster is to kill hunters or destroy the relay
>it's just running around doing nothing until you find the monster until it runs away again
Might try it since it's free.
>>344377049
I played one game and uninstalled. It's shit.
>>344392768
who did you play?
Does anyone else have massive loading times?
>>344392478
my experience exactly
its decent fun when youre fighting
which is essentially never cause the goal of the fucking monster is to avoid hunters at all costs
Friendly reminder that if you don't like something as innovative, polished and fun as Evolve you're probably mentally handicapped, have a subpar brain or are just too stupid to appreciate good, free stuff.
>>344380034
More like it was already bad by the point it went f2p
>>344393038
Not massive, maybe a minute or two at the most, still annoying. Not sure why though, I have all my settings on low.
>>344392478
>it's just running around doing nothing until you find the monster until it runs away again
the game mode is called Hunt.
It means you have to actually hunt the fucking monster by using abilities and following his tracks, not "run around doing nothing until something happens", you dummy.
If you only like fights, wait until they re-activate Arena, Evacuation and the other game modes.
Didn't it have a fuckload of DLC? Is it still there, or is it just 100% free?
>>344392768
Compelling argument, anon.
>>344377049
how large is the installation? If its something like 8GB I might give it a spin.
Anything larger than that and it can go take a flying leap.
>>344377049
>there are people that paid $60 for this game
Are they getting reimbursed with cash shop shit? If not top kek
>>344393519
If you bough DLC, you have it unlocked. If you're a free player, enjoy hundreds of hours of grinding
>>344393693
It's about 10
>>344393519
afaik
Everything is "free" meaning you don't spend any of your dollarydoos to buy things. Instead you spend your time playing the game, gaining in-game currency, then buying Characters, Skins, Perks with it. You could also buy a key from g2a for like $6 and unlock all the characters.
>>344393693
~18GB iirc
Better cut your losses now and forget about the game.
What's the point of % reload speed perks? Weapon Switch ones are infinitely better because your guns reload when you swap
>>344377716
>That they waited WAY too fucking long. This game is practically forgotten now.
Going free to play got this game a massive increase in players, there are 25.000 playing right now, when it was a few hundred before
>>344377049
I've gotta' say I'm really enjoying playing my spider bitch, I've just been on a winning streak and I love how she can stick to walls to ambush.
>Feelings?
I've been on this site for 6 years. I don't have those anymore
>>344382369
Where are those hamsters going?
>>344393945
Depending on your playstyle or situation, sometimes you might not want to switch your weapon.
Hank certainly can benefit from reload speed for his shield generator.Capacity increase is better though, is that still in the game? I don't remember...
>>344394237
>hamsters
Those are bunnies you idiot
>>344394167
pffffffffft. I'm been here since 2005 and I still have feelings. You're weak.
>>344393437
I am following the fucking monsters it's just hunting is fucking boring and there is absolutely zero depth to it.
>>344394685
Don't be silly anon, bunnies aren't real.
>monsters cost up to 9500
>you get 60-90 per match ignoring the level up bonuses
Holy shit.
>>344394901
>I am following the fucking monsters
Look at this retard, sounds like you're not even trying to think about what the Monster is doing or where they're gunna go.
Do you even try to cut it off?
>>344384260
>>344384317
Dota 1 required Warcraft 3, and Dota 2 was """closed""" Beta for a while, so it technically wasn't F2P, even if they gave out codes like candy eventually.
>>344380034
>TF2 was already good.
MANNCONOMY
BUY GAMEPLAY IMPROVING ITEMS FOR ONLY 4.99
OR GAMBLE ON A CHEST FOR 2.50
A bunch of people complain that the gameplay now got worse, but honestly, consedring NO ONE played it nor stuck it as it was before, any change is an improvement. At least now they can have some more feedback other than the reddit "game is perfect and isnt dead" circlejerk and hopefully can see what needs to be done a little quicker.
I've got about 6000 keys and like playing assault
Been playing Hyde lately but how are the other assault characters?
>>344377049
I remember that one monster had some very sexy hips and waist
>>344395198
>BUY GAMEPLAY IMPROVING ITEMS FOR ONLY 4.99
Like what, hats?
>DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG
mfw i still get this error
>>344395112
that doesnt actually work chuckle fuck. if a team splits up one of them could get snatched up very easily in the fauna's hitbox of doom. while a single team mate or two getting domed with monster is asking to be instagibbed by a kraken.
just admit this game is a bloated piece of shit that will die out very quickly again.
>>344395127
Dota 2 Was still started F2P doesn't matter how many retards bought keys.
>>344395532
>he wasn't around for the shitstorm set bonuses caused
f2pbab detected
>>344395112
This is some deep denial m8.
Just admit it. You pre-ordered it and bought all the DLC. lmao
>>344395112
Tracking, following whatever faggot. There is ZERO depth.
>>344395328
>Markov
Easy and forgiving. In a dome open with mines then rotate between lightning, bullets, and replacing any mines that've gone off.
>Blitz Markov
Moderate and requires forethought. Your lightning gun gains more damage the longer it stays on one target and your mines gain more damage the longer they sit.
>Parnell
Moderate and decent. Parnell is my least played so I'm not to good with tips for him. Shotgun + Rage Trooper is your main damage dealer, rockets are for when the Monster is far from you.
>Torvald
Tough and requires good positioning. Aiming his mortars is hard but worth it if you can get them all on point. Shrapnel & Shotty for when the Monster is up in yo grill.
>Lennox
Tough and fun. Melee. Just melee everything. if the Monster gets out of melee range Ground Pound into their face then melee them again. If you're facing Kraken just auto cannon all day.
>>344396094
>it has zero depth cause I say so
I think it's very innovative and refreshing to see a shooter in which you don't actually just have to shoot at other shooty men whenever you see them.
Evolve surely has more depth than most other shooting games around at the moment
I played Hyde in the beta, Is he still good?
>>344394685
They're chinchillas dipshit
>>344396138
Parnell is actually really good if you just switch weapons when one is out of ammo and continue to infinity. Having the reload speed perks helps a lot too.
>>344395659
Dawg, all you gotta do is cut the Monster off. Split into 2's, now everyone has a buddy to cover their back if anything pounces or chomps them. Plus, you cover more ground and have a better chance of finding the Monster.
With the new "Monster is in that direction" ability all you gotta do is have your pairs go on opposite sides of any walls/pillars you come across. If a pair traps the Monster all they gotta do is kite it until the crew rolls up and wastes the fool.
Think for once in your life. How do the Ghosts kill Pac-Man? They split up.
>>344396295
Innovation != depth
>>344396521
>W+M1
>switch to nade, throw
>W+M1
>repeat until Monster runs
>Minigun until Monster is out of sight
Yeah, Hyde's still good. They even gave him a few buffs.
sort of interested in trying it at least, but prolly won't
>>344396710
I never realized until just now how much Evolve is just 3D Pac Man
>>344396689
He is, I'm just not a fan of the playstyle, which is why I couldn't give a better description. Hyde, Lennox, and Blitz Markov are my go-to Assaults.
>>344396710
No one is saying that splitting up isn't a good strategy or that it's bad. If your only argument against their being no depth is "LOL JUST SPLIT UP" then you're fucking retarded.
>>344397106
and how often do you play pacman with your friends?
>bought game at full price
>lose the golden skins i unlocked from event
>lose all unlocks
>game is still 60gb
>don't feel like downloading just to be disapointed again
How do I wraith against decent players?
3 decoy nova doesn't work if the hunters know what they're doing
>>344397482
Some good bait we have going here.
>>344377049
Had to play as the monster, fucking hated it.
I'm kinda hoping they'll patch the original shaders and textures back in, alongside undoing whatever engine fuckery they did to placate F2P toasters, because Phase 2 is a major downgrade visually compared to retail. One of Evolve's strong points was that it was a really pretty Cryengine game
https://talk.turtlerockstudios.com/t/evolve-screenshots/76402/13
>>344397482
>lose the golden skins i unlocked from event
>lose all unlocks
If you had bought the game you get Founder Status.
That means you keep all the stuff you had, get 3.000 ingame currency and all future skins.
Is it also free to play on consoles? I hink they could have made it free a year ago
>>344377049
hmmm, however did their $300-for-shitty-DLC plan fail to make the game a huge hit?!??
>>344397589
which wasn't enough to save it.
So what are the actual flaws of the game? review section right now is a clusterfuck of assblasted people that paid 60 bucks for the game.
>>344377441
Here's a reply
>>344395127
Still started f2p. Dont be a sperg.
Why is it called Stage 2? Because it's in Stage 2 coma?
Uh-uh, >>344395659 said
>that doesnt actually work chuckle fuck
So obviously they don't know that there's more depth to hunting/following/tracking the Monster, which is what I'm trying to get at.
>>344397314
I guess, I don't understand what you mean when you say you want depth, since you're just repeating yourself and not elaborating on how there's no depth.
Do you want more ways to find the Monster? All the Trappers have a different way to track it, find one that suits you. The Val's can dart it and give it an outline, play Val. Cabot has his Dust Tag. Birdsign, eaten corpses, broken trees.
What do you mean when you say "there's no depth"?
>>344397314
>and how often do you play pacman with your friends?
Now I just want an online multiplayer version of Pacman Championship DX where the ghosts are controlled by other players, who see light narrative elements about how Pac Man is the REAL monster
>mfw lennox + cabot
>>344397716
Ehh, I feel like it was dumbed down a bit for F2P normalfags, and can get frustrating at times if you have no idea what you have to do, especially as the monster.
If you play by yourself it gets boring fast, solo play in Evolve can keep you entertained for months only if you really love the game.
Also there were some matchmaking issues yesterday, it's fixed for Europe now tho.
I just played for two hours. Super fun. Lots of new players learning the game. I'm glad this game is getting a second wind. It should have happened sooner, but better late than never.
I heard people in game saying "I don't know why the reviews say mixed... this game is fun as hell!". Which proves the moronic DLC plan was the problem all along.
>>344397893
>>344397973
>The moronic DLC plan was the problem all along.
Honestly the only flaw this game had was this. I feel like they were so confident in their game being a big hit they went full jew without considering people wouldn't accept having to pay SO MUCH after the initial price, which was already quite high.
>Try playing Jack
>Your entire team still runs away from you so you can't help them
Not that it matters anyway since he can't do shit against Krakens and he blocks a Goliath's movement for barely a second.
was never interested in the game, and i still don't care
>>344397876
The way to track is fine. Having each character having different tracking options is cool but the fundamentals of tracking is just so boring. In other words, the process of finding the monster lacks any sort of skill or excitement.
Let's be honest here. Tracking in real life is not fucking exciting at all but look at he movie Predator. Holy shit was that intense or what. The actual monster was hunting them as they hunted it. In Evolve the monster is encouraged to just run away and eat, and then run away once the dome comes down. There's no real threat before you get to the monster.
And while you are hunting the monster there is honestly not much to do. Sure you can kill some random creature and gain a buff but it's mostly walking in a fucking circle. There's nothing more to it then different abilities that do the same exact thing which is tracking.
>>344397716
>Maps are tiny as fuck
>Being stealthy as a Monster is not only bad, it's actively punished
>Takes for-fucking-ever to unlock anything if you don't want to play Hunters
Basically If you're trying to play a Monster and haven't unlocked Gorgon or Kraken you're fucked. As Goliath, which is the starting Monster, pretty much everything is stacked against you. You aren't mobile enough to avoid the hunters, you aren't fast enough to outrun them, and you're too big to hide (You can't hide anyway because all Hunters get Planetary Scan which literally points them directly at you every 30 seconds.
>>344398176 (You)
>>344398376 (You)(You)
>Go Kraken
>Drop mines at spawn
>charge up shock just before they land
>Win 70% of the time
>>344379731
There are/were more gamemodes and way more maps but they are currently not accessible cause the devs are redesigning every single map and gamemode.
Hence why this is a free "beta" that you literally can not spend a single cent of real money on.
they said every two weeks we'll get new content to play with/test
>>344398857
I hope they're planning to make maps bigger. Seriously, they're way, way too small.
>>344398291
it seems you are pretty bad and also mad.
>>344398923
the maps are the same size they always were. There are some really big ones and some small ones. right now the really big ones aren't playable yet.
in general though, these are the normal sized maps,which are totally fine.
>>344398923
Don't be silly. That'd benefit the monster too much.
>>344399037
Planetary scan exists. Maps could be 8 times the size they are and it would still be easy to track down the monster in a reasonable amount of time. One border of the map being in direct line of sight of the other is complete shit, it makes tracking and Stealth irrelevant.
>>344398226
>the process of finding the monster lacks any sort of skill or excitement
I preferred tracking the Monster before the "go this way" ability and shared dome. Mostly because it made me think about what the Monster was doing and where they were going. THAT gave me the thrill of the hunt. I mained Trapper so it was always fucking agonizing when a new player didn't think about what they should be doing. TRS has definitely casualized the fuck out of tracking the Monster because too many players were shit at it.I've never seen Predator butI agree. The Monster is encouraged to run/eat/stage up, and the Hunters have to chase/fight/kill it or risk losing.
And, you're right. When hunting the Monster there isn't much you can do other than getting a buff. That's kinda why I enjoyed playing the other game modes they had: Arena, Nest, and Defense. Those had objectivesArena not so muchthat both parties had to worry about. If Hunt had something that Hunters and Monsters could do/get to upgrade the map in their favor that'd be interesting to see.
Kinda like how Evacuation worked by changing the dangers of the map, giving a side a companion, or putting teleporters for a side to use, etc.
>>344398857
>Always looked forward to the shanty town map
>Game died before it came out
>Game goes F2P
>Shantytown map was removed
Sad life.
>>344398923
They've already made some maps bigger, actually the 4 they have in rotation have all received size increases in certain areas.
>>344399149
>it makes tracking and Stealth irrelevant.
I'm still downloading Stage 2 and that's upset me.
I've been on one map as Goliath and hid inside some foliage and I've seen the hunters stand right next to me and run away. I was laughing for ages when that happened.
This was before you had the trapper with the bird who could highlight your position.
>>344399149
Uh, planetary scan isn't NEARLY the "we got you" button people act it is.
Only the trapper sees the actual outline of the monster and gets a speedboost for like, 4 seconds? if at all.
the other hunters just get a vague red arrow towards the monsters general direction.
the monster also sees when it is tracked and when the track ends, which means it can easily change direction/position/sneak away.
i've been in tons of matches where the hunter team would use planetary scanner, rush at the directin, get there and the monster snuck past and was on the other side of the map by then.
>>344399283
Was it before the dog that would just run up to you and have a big MONSTER IS HERE icon above her head?
>>344398291
>You aren't mobile enough to avoid the hunters
>you aren't fast enough to outrun them
>you're too big to hide
Jesus fuck, is this thread infested with shitters?
git gud
Goliath has 2 traversal moves to use, a pretty good jump and movement speed, and can sneak right under the Hunters' noses when played right. The fuck are you even doing?
>>344399150
watch it anon. right now
>>344399389
I would agree if the maps weren't so small. The Hunter team have to all be half blind and have FoV set to 50 to not see you currently. There's just no room. Even if you double back after the track wears off, within 10-15 seconds you're hitting the border of the map and you're probably still in line of sight.
>>344399478
The times I've managed to hide the trapper was playing as Abe or the other Trapper before him.
If they've got Daisy then I'm just always on the move.
okay I take back everything I said about this game, this game is SICK.. so good, I should really start playing games lol
Wonder why the characters still use their flashlight, the maps might as well all be daytime now
They brightened the fuck out of the maps
>>344399502
I was planning on staying in the thread for a little while longer then going to sleep. I guess I can multitask and kill 2 hours.
>>344399618
>the maps might as well all be daytime now
They aren't? I thought they were, I was wondering why the game hasn't got any Night maps when it's clearly designed around it being dark.
>>344399487
seriously.
the monsters have INCREASED stamina now cause they removed "in combat" stamina.
monsters are SO fast they can easily outrun anyone.
Who?
>>344399798 (You)
Anyone knows what the best perks would be for each class?
I want to get good asbucket
>>344377049
apathetic
>>344399389
>Uh, planetary scan isn't NEARLY the "we got you" button people act it is.
It absolutely is. Just by the fact that it exists, trying to be stealthy at the start, laying false trails etc is not only useless, but completely counterproductive. They're just going to scan and see that the trail is false.
It removes and trivializes a core facet of the game and doesn't add anything interesting at all. It has no reason to exist.
>>344399752
>enemy monster is wraith
>spends the entire match running literally from one side to the other
>spams decoy and his dash-explode to get away nonstop
>almost 25 minutes of just chasing him
>never even levels up, too busy running away
>2 minutes left, we finally cage him
>dies almost instantly
I hate you Wraith players. Fucking do something instead of running away literally every single second of the match, how is that fun for anyone?
>>344384919
what is the skilling for this and what perks did he use? 2 mines / 2 nove attack skill thingy?
>>344399502
Dude, I'm not even 10 minutes in and I've realized I've missed out on the origins of so many memes. Holy shit.
>>344399956
>I can't make false trails in the very beginning, therefore I can't make them at all
>Even though whether or not they'll burn their tracker in the very beginning is a mind game in of itself, since if I know that they'll use it, there's a huge juke/false trail opportunity as soon as the YOU ARE BEING TRACKED indicator goes down
Adapt a to a new set of rules, you fucking scrub.
>>344400064
nova*
>Remove the best game modes and leave the shittiest
y
>>344400052
How do you chase something for 25 minutes if the maximum round time is 12?
>>344400183
Its cooldown is like 30 seconds, there's literally no downside to just burning it at the start.
>50gb
fuck.
>>344378109
Then you are playing it wrong.
>>344394108
>there are 25.000 playing right now
>right now
And there were 27,000 players the first month it was released. What matters is how many players will be playing 29 days from now.
>>344398857
>There are/were more gamemodes
Don't fucking lie. Defend the eggs as opposed to defend the generator was not a different game mode.
>>344401558
Arena, Defend the Eggs/Generator, Evacuation
>>344400523
It's 20, where you getting 50?
>>344401451
actually,there were 27k the first DAY. then it died.
right now, it went to 26k, then EU went to bed and it dropped to 18.5k and now it's back up to 25k+
Does it still cost hundreds of dollars to get to play all the content?
I want to try it out, but no vidya should require that much investment.
>>344401558
uh, there was:
Hunt
Nest
Evacuation
Defend
Arena
Sooooo
>>344402319
right now there is ZERO way to spend money on the game. the entire content can just be played.
only 30k peak players today on the day it went free, maybe the audience will grow over the next week or two but honestly a lot of people had bought it at the start and stopped playing anyway... i don't think f2p is going to do much, some poor people might keep playing but it'll probably just die like it did before, it might just be 1-1.5k people plaiyng dead instead of 500 or less that it was before f2p
Is there any reason to not always pick Jack as the trapper?
Havin tons of fun as the gorgon 7 wins 0 loses so far. One thing I noticed is no one can ever find me before im level 2 then I sneak kill 1 of them and win. My biggest complaints is retarded team mates when im hunter and the lack of game modes. Ya hunt is fun but when I read they removed like 5 other game modes for no reason it made me upset. I really would had liked to play the mini campaign type gamemode.
>>344401558
How aren't they different game modes? One had multiple eggs all over the map and the monster could break one themselves to recruit a helper that would home in on the hunters.
>>344402716
Wasteland Maggie
>>344400464
Except that as soon as it's over, the monster, who has just put like 200 meters between him and the start, can sneak in whatever direction they want without the hunters having a reliable way to track them.
Unless they have Daisy, but then you're always going to have people on your ass anyway, so it doesn't matter.
>>344402589
>> "only" 30k players
Look at the player numbers of other free 2 play games on Steam.
30k players for a game like Evolve, a game with a name that literally meant "shit" for a huge part of the gaming community, is insane.
Yes it's free,obviously, but it's still fucking EVOLVE. People who never even aw the game hated it with a passion and use dit as an exmaple of how shit the industry has become.
Now it is the in the top 15 most played game on Steam.
That's a LOT of baggage to overcome,even if "free"
So what does this Founder thing do?
Is it necessary?
>>344402253
>then EU went to bed and it dropped to 18.5k
And this is why the UK left them!
Hey guys, what is your favorite hunter to play? I kinda wanna buy one and stick with them to unlock their stuff, any preferences?
>>344402780
it's not for no reason. everything is being redesigned, from maps to modes. every two weeks we get new content to play with and test.
Is Wildstar fun?
>>344402874
Not that guy but I think its really gonna come down to the end of the week player base. Im having fun now but I can see it becoming boring fairly quickly especially with 1 game mode and the maps all being pretty much the same thing only snow instead of jungle.
>>344402941
Lennox is amazing. You punch monsters in the face with a Plasma Lance that grows stronger the more continous hits you land and all while being a grandma in a mech suit.
>>344402954
Hope so I read the f2p thing and it didnt say it would be readded but I really hope so. Also unrelated but do the crates from the daily challenges contain anything? Ive gotten like 2 but I dont know were they are or anything.
>>344402889
It unlocks all the characters, a few skins, special badges, some perks, and gives you 3000 coins.
Not necessary, but it eliminates some of the grind.
Do perks just level up themselves within their tier?
>>344402869
Every tracker has something like Daisy now.
>>344377049
So what about those people who bought it? Will they get a refund? How does it even work when a non-free game goes F2P?
>>344403573
They got all their progress reset, all the elite skins they earned removed and got a "Founder" pack upgrade which removes a lot of grind but does nothing to compensate them in the slightest.
>>344403632
So essentially they got cucked?
>>344377049
>no one wants to play the game
>make it F2P
>no one wants to play the game
>>344403534
no?
Griffin has his soundspikes still
Abe has his tracking dart pistol
Crow has Gobi
Jack has a satellite that scans a certain area of the map around him.
The only thing they all have is the planet scanner, which is on a 30 second cooldown, lasts for 3 seconds, gives the trapper an outline of the monster and a speedboost and shows the rest of the team a vague red arrow on the compass.
it lasts for 3 seconds.
Daisy lasts forever and gives a speedboost to people close by
If I buy a key can I still get founders?
>>344403736
They jumped from 300 players online to 29000.
>>344403729
Yep. go to the steam page, scroll down. Someone with a shitload of hours into it and a thumbs down explains it in detail.
>>344403752
yes
Is Caira still the best medic?
>>344403501
I believe so, as you play a character and level them up you unlock and upgrade perks.
>>344403421
Are the base characters viable though?
>>344403803
>Well, I'm one of those so-called "founders" who originally bought the game for 79,99 € when it was released. Not to mention the money I spent on additional downloadable content.
AYY LMAO
>>344403534
No they don't. Planet Scanner is 3 seconds of slightly anti-juke technology every 30 seconds. Daisy makes jukes literally impossible because she runs straight to you and has a huge red icon pop up over head and she is always active.
People really, really oversell the Planet Scanner.
>thoughts on Evolve Stage 2
They should have named it Evolved.
I have no other thoughts.
>>344404024
Considering suicide seems viable to people like that, but I can see him storming the Dev's office and shooting everyone first.
Wheres the cheapest place to buy a key?
>>344394685
>>344396585
OH MY GOD KID! THEIR HAMSTERS!
>>344404019
Every character is viable, it can be difficult to objectively classify one as better than another.
They have Hero Rotation on so f2p'ers can try different Hunters and Monsters, so don't worry about feeling at a disadvantage.
Maybe once players learn the hard counters and the good team comps the Free Rotations will be tougher to play, but overall you should be good.
>>344404019
Yep,absolutely. Every character is viable.
whenever i play a hunter, my teammates are drooling idiots
when i play monster, the hunters are mlg elite spec ops, spread out and ready to corner me at every turn
>>344404443
also the base 12 characters who were in the release Version are a cheaper silver key Price than the DLC ones.
Needs to be in every Evolve Thread
>>344403729
Basically 90% of the negative reviews are assblasted premium players.
>>344380034
Battleborn
>>344404521
Maybe you're just a terrible hunter and terrible monster
>>344404647
Everybody is a trapper now though. Trappers should be renamed as Trackers.
>>344404647
>trapper goes in and domes himself too early
>dies
>>344404869
Needs to be "Pay-Me-To-Play" before I pick it up
>>344377049
While the turn to F2P is a good move on their part, it's still the same boring gameplay it had prior. Either you chase the monster for 10 minutes across the map until it hits stage 3 and kills everyone, or you catch it at stage 1 and the match ends there
>>344405125
I find if I can go wthout being seen for about 4 mins or so the hunters split up. One finds me usally the trapper or medic they dome me and die but not before a second comes in to die immediately afterwards and 2 v 1 is a curbstomp.
>>344405096
it's an old info pic but it still holds true.
the Trapper could now be anyone though.
also Trapper gets speedboost with planet scanner to trap easier
>>344405191
>> "chasing" Monster
>> not cutting it off now that everyone can dome
shit Player detected
Are they doing this on console? I'm bored, most people in console shooters are shitters, and I like collecting achievements
>>344405191
I feel like the game needs a gamemode that ecorages very long rounds like 90 mins. Maybe im just autistic but I want a game mode were the monster has to hide for a long ass time slowly eating and evolving while the hunters actually have to you know hunt. But it does need something to umph it up feels like one of those games were so much is right but something isnt clicking.
>>344405340
once the PC beta is done,yeah. so in a couple months.
>>344405296
Never picked the game up, going off observation there
>>344405000
i probably am a shit monster. but when i see my team following behind the monster while i ping where its headed, i want to cave my skull in with a wrench
when i play trapper, i'll keep the monster marked at all times and i still have people running the opposite direction, not even to flank the monster, just running away from it
and if i'm not trapper, well i'm still the one that has to chase and dome the monster because the trapper is off chasing his own shadow
the tutorial is shit, new players have absolutely no idea what to do and it leads to everyone calling monsters op. i'm gonna drop this game for now, maybe it will be better after a month or two
>>344405364
>Launching f2p in the September-November range
They're not bright are they?
>>344405380
basically, if the hunters let the Monster do what it wants, then the game becomes "run around in a circle until it is stage 3"
hence why the hunters Need to fuck up the Monsters plans as best as possible.
shit hunters will think the game is shit,it's as easy as that.
>>344405443
instead of dropping the game, Keep playing it and use Chat/voicechat to tell your Team what to do. teach new Players and you teach the community.
I told my Team to spread out and form a line to trap the Monster yesterday and we easily did it and People were like "omg that makes so much sense"
>>344405191
They overhauled the dome, instead of being a set-time long cooldown that only the trapper can use it's now an instant power for all hunters, time is set at 5 min and decreases the more damage the hunters do to the monster or if the monster downs any hunter.
Predator was good.
Whoever that anon was who told me to watch it, thanks.
>>344377049
>mfw runnin' runnin' and runnin' runnin' and runnin' runnin' and runnin' runnin'
I'll give it 1 more hour before I uninstall.
>>344405590
i'm just not confident in the balance of the game right now, a coordinated group of hunters has such a huge advantage on monsters.
the trapper feels like a pointless class. once you know how to track a monster, you no longer need a trapper to do that. and much of the utility he has, other classes can do too
>>344406062
A well played trapper is more about slowing the monster then finding him.
>20 keys for a loss
>hunters have a 90% chance of losing
fuck this game this is the worst grind I have ever seen
>>344377049
That's the weirdest croissant I've ever seen.
I can't decide if I should buy a monster or a couple hunters
>>344405443
Not to worry, devs have an advanced tutorial in QA that should drop within a week or so, it goes into detail about dodging, jetpack management, cutting off the monster and team positioning
>>344406978
Then play monster
>>344406978
it's just that playing the monster seems to be really easy against an uncoordinated group of beginners.
i'm in the same boat, i've lost like 3/3 games as hunter but in the one game i was forced to play as monster i simply ran away until stage 2 and then destroyed the hunters instantly.
>>344407154
Playing as the monster sucks.
>>344407465
I disagree.
>>344407465
Sometimes I have fun as Goliath, if I get paired against a shitty hunter team. I just wish there was a way to test out a character before buying them. I guess that's what rotation characters are for, but I don't want to wait a week or whatever to possibly try a character I'm interested in.
Who is the best Monster and why is it Goliath?
>Most fun monster to play as and against
>Most balanced
>is swole
>Cute face
>Can probably bench more than you
Kraken-cucks need not apply
>>344377127
Nice cirlcejerk faggot, you don't even know about this game yet "It's shit" because well, no one played it so it must be bad!
Literary 90% of the people here before agreed that the game was really good but the killed it with shitton of dlc's and lack of content for a $50 game.
Now that its free there is no problem with that but i guess people like you will call it shit just because not many people lay it.
Didn't play it yet but i might, beta was fun so.
>>344407748
>>Can probably bench more than you
>probably
nigga, this ain't gold's gym image forum. I doubt anyone on this site could lift more than 150.
>Hunter players following a monster into a tunnel
I want retards to go back to LoL
>>344407864
>being mad that new players make mistakes
right here is why games like this fail.
>>344406062
>>Maggie's harpoon traps
>> Griffith's harpoon gun
>> Abe's Stasis Grenades
>> Crow's Stasis Gun
>> Jack's (rather shit) repulsor ray
sure man, Trappers are shit.
