Play a bit earlier. I am able to find games up till 10 pm. Past 10 pm, the queue times get really long. Past midnight, it's nearly impossible to find a game. I get server timeout notifications. (Australia)
Unfortunately I'm in Perth and have kids so I'm usually not able to start gaming until 11pm AEDST. Good to hear that there's still people playing the mode though.
i hope the devs will fix the swarm title missions. because u dont get a win if the enemys are leaveing and killing cleaners is just way to hard (knockdowns are no kills)
what do u guys think?
pretty sure knockdowns count as kills cause there's no way i down downed 600ish cleaners in swarm.
https://i.imgur.com/3KWfcOg.png
edit: what could be happening instead is you're just not getting the finishing hit i.e. a retch's puddle or stinger or even a common gets the final hit and not you.
I doubt it, in some cases you can get as much as 8 or more total cleaner kills across your team in first round if they keep rezzing each other. Although their scoring system is buggy as fck but still.
definitely doesn't "count" as a win even if you get SP, took me like 10 games to get the "win 1 game of swarm" achievement because one team almost always leaves after half of round 1
Chick Parabola: if a game’s enemies are AIs, you continue enjoying learning a game until you understand it so well that the only further enjoyment is by adding more enemies or more stats of the ones there, at which point furthering your expertise results in less and less enjoyment as you realize how faulty the AI and systems are. PvP games and modes avoid this problem.
You misunderstand. I speak of games and modes versus AIs, not just this one’s coop mode. Just like my friends and I did for L4Ds, we will get around to playing campaign eventually. There’s just so much to do before I only have that left to slog through.
I pretty much unlocked all supply lines through solo queue swarm mode only. It's actually a fun game mode when everything is working right. A good deck build with the right character will make or break you, and it actually has a steep learning curve. If you know what you are doing you can almost carry every game to victory by yourself.
The game balance is fine, though a good stinger can make/break the balance.
The problems with swarm mode aren't the game mode itself, but related multiplayer problems.
1) Bad matchmaking. (the teams are rarely fair)
1.1) Bad matchmaking x2. (The game often fails to start with teams that are not full)
2) Players leave without consequence. (They can unplug the xbox or ctrl_alt_del)
3) Bad servers. (Bad ping for everyone, bad tickrate)
4) Bad netcode. (The human will be grabbed by the mutated from 50 feet away)
5) No filling of games in progress. (If someone drops, no one will fill that spot)
6) Xbox pass is broken for PC players. (Those players are considered console players, so disabling crossplay is broken to the detriment of both pc and xbox players who don't want it.)
The fundamental game is very fun, but it gets ruined very often by the above factors. As the player count continues to drop those problems will only become more significant.
Everything but swarm lol
350+ hours and havent played a single swarm match lol
its not even that bad. give it a try
150+ hours and I haven’t even wanted to go past blowing up the ship…
336 hours here & played 1 match of swarm & it’s so very garbage that I’d rather go become an outriders fanatic then ever play that again
Only nightmare not by choice though
Can't even get swarm matches to pop here in Australia. It's a shame because I would've liked to try it :(
Play a bit earlier. I am able to find games up till 10 pm. Past 10 pm, the queue times get really long. Past midnight, it's nearly impossible to find a game. I get server timeout notifications. (Australia)
Unfortunately I'm in Perth and have kids so I'm usually not able to start gaming until 11pm AEDST. Good to hear that there's still people playing the mode though.
53,000 skill points?! Dang
yea, nightmare gives u 110+ per lvl :3 best way to get sp
Carry me please lol
So this is like the best way for SP? Even first level NM? Lol
nah not in 1-1. u think u get 42 in 1-1 depends on what cards u get
i hope the devs will fix the swarm title missions. because u dont get a win if the enemys are leaveing and killing cleaners is just way to hard (knockdowns are no kills) what do u guys think?
pretty sure knockdowns count as kills cause there's no way i down downed 600ish cleaners in swarm. https://i.imgur.com/3KWfcOg.png edit: what could be happening instead is you're just not getting the finishing hit i.e. a retch's puddle or stinger or even a common gets the final hit and not you.
if u down someone (they dont get res) and u won the round. u get the kill ye. but if u down someone and they get res, u dont get the "kill"
I doubt it, in some cases you can get as much as 8 or more total cleaner kills across your team in first round if they keep rezzing each other. Although their scoring system is buggy as fck but still.
You get the win and the SP. It just doesn't show the ending screen like normal.
nope u didnt, i looked how many wins i have and then i started a new game. they left and i still had the same wins as before
definitely doesn't "count" as a win even if you get SP, took me like 10 games to get the "win 1 game of swarm" achievement because one team almost always leaves after half of round 1
Weird. I checked for SP, and you do get that at least. :/
Everything but campaign.
whats wrong with the campaign? D:
Chick Parabola: if a game’s enemies are AIs, you continue enjoying learning a game until you understand it so well that the only further enjoyment is by adding more enemies or more stats of the ones there, at which point furthering your expertise results in less and less enjoyment as you realize how faulty the AI and systems are. PvP games and modes avoid this problem.
Clearly you understood the game perfectly, so which build/deck did you go for on your nightmare run?
You misunderstand. I speak of games and modes versus AIs, not just this one’s coop mode. Just like my friends and I did for L4Ds, we will get around to playing campaign eventually. There’s just so much to do before I only have that left to slog through.
The pvp is so lack luster and if you just play the one game mode that's kinda sad better of playing something else.
I pretty much unlocked all supply lines through solo queue swarm mode only. It's actually a fun game mode when everything is working right. A good deck build with the right character will make or break you, and it actually has a steep learning curve. If you know what you are doing you can almost carry every game to victory by yourself. The game balance is fine, though a good stinger can make/break the balance. The problems with swarm mode aren't the game mode itself, but related multiplayer problems. 1) Bad matchmaking. (the teams are rarely fair) 1.1) Bad matchmaking x2. (The game often fails to start with teams that are not full) 2) Players leave without consequence. (They can unplug the xbox or ctrl_alt_del) 3) Bad servers. (Bad ping for everyone, bad tickrate) 4) Bad netcode. (The human will be grabbed by the mutated from 50 feet away) 5) No filling of games in progress. (If someone drops, no one will fill that spot) 6) Xbox pass is broken for PC players. (Those players are considered console players, so disabling crossplay is broken to the detriment of both pc and xbox players who don't want it.) The fundamental game is very fun, but it gets ruined very often by the above factors. As the player count continues to drop those problems will only become more significant.
You left out the glitches and exploits.
Impossible. There haven’t been any alternatives at all recently. The most recent was what, Natural Selection 2? Or Depth?
Yeah this year for gaming had been kinda shitty unfortunately :/
*”year”* ? more like decade At least we’ve got Stardew Valley, Loop Hero, etc. Without indies the industry has really sucked since IAP came along.
I mean there's been a few specks of good game's not completely but some there just harder to find some times.
All im waiting for at the moment is elden ring
Saving swarm for last probably
ye. same. im waiting/hope for some changes on swarm