Author Topic: The Conduit (Read 611608 times)

BeautifulShy · « **Reply #2475 on:** August 02, 2009, 06:16:47 AM »

I currently don't have a good connection. Got to hook up the computer. Had to move lots of things around this past week.
100 pages!! Wahoo!!

EasyCure · « **Reply #2476 on:** August 02, 2009, 09:42:54 AM »

I might pop on today.. anyone gonna be on so I can plan a good time to "meet up"?

BwrJim! · « **Reply #2477 on:** August 02, 2009, 10:27:07 AM »

later in the night for sure for me.. its family day, but night time.. its differnt.

EasyCure · « **Reply #2478 on:** August 02, 2009, 10:44:37 AM »

Honest family man by day, brutal n00b pwner by night?

Ill be sure to add you,if I haven't already, Jim. My codes in the friend code thread.

GK · « **Reply #2479 on:** August 02, 2009, 12:30:33 PM »

Been into Wii Sports Resort like crazy but I might show after work. Been debating trading The Conduit already so maybe another session with you all will sway my decision one way or another.

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Plugabugz · « **Reply #2480 on:** August 02, 2009, 05:10:29 PM »

Quote from: Djunknown on August 02, 2009, 02:14:30 AM

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But if the match making system works in a similar fashion to Mario Kart Wii...

You'd hit a plateau, unless you're the super cream of the of the crop and that's that. For a bridge game MK Wii's VR ratings is a hardcore aspect. Getting to 9999 the legal way is out of reach for the average gamer. In my prime, the best I could get was 7800. When I was prepping for a tourney a while back (training with Team Reggie) the best I could get was 6500 or so, and would go back down when I had some bad races.

But its tough to compare because MK Wii is so prone to chance, (That blue shell that hit you just when you got to the finish line, costing you first place, that kart that pushed you out of bounds in Rainbow Road, etc) and unless you can make a comeback, that situation that was out your control costs you dearly. Conduit, not so much, aside from the rare, lucky shot/grenade here and there.

Last I checked, people normally play games to aim for the best, be at the top, not settle for average or better than average. Settling for a set rank and pwning n00bs may be fun for a while, but then you stagnate, and those n00bs start pwning you. The Gold players I've come across are not all god-like; they're prone to a well aimed shotgun blast or rocket, they just know how to stay alive longer. In short, man up, and grow a pair

Sure, The Conduit's system is very RPGish, but it does reflect some level or improvement, and not severely punish you if you had a bad game. When I started out, I was getting owned left and right. Now at the 2nd to last Silver rank, I can hold my own.

Or if you don't care for ranks, and can play with friends whenever you want to, more power to you. Whatever makes you happy.

Oh yeah, sales. A rough way to measure is how many full games you join. The more full games, its selling.

P.S Found a glitch when playing ASE football. My highlight of the match was carefully tailing the player who was tailing the one with the ASE, and getting them both. When I came to pick it up, nothing happened. After getting shot, I noticed that the ASE was still at the spot. So whoever was in the lead won the match by default, and became a FFA... $:-\$

What i mean is i want a well balanced match of those who are learning and those who are very good. What happened three times in a row was i get chased around the arena by those who can kill you with three headshots, and they STILL manage to get you. In a 20 min marathon match they have 60 kills and 10-20 deaths while EVERYONE else has a more even number. It's those way-too-good people i dont like being in a match with.. coz frequently there's several of them and it just forces me to get up and reset the wii.

Stratos · « **Reply #2481 on:** August 03, 2009, 04:32:47 AM »

Just quit the match. No need to reset.

Plugabugz · « **Reply #2482 on:** August 03, 2009, 06:13:31 AM »

You can't quit a match while it's in-game can you? OR do you have to wait to the end?

Also... one of the chargeable guns (one of the drudge ones) sounds EXACTLY like Samus' Power Beam....

JRNN · « **Reply #2483 on:** August 03, 2009, 02:42:03 PM »

Quote from: Plugabugz on August 03, 2009, 06:13:31 AM

You can't quit a match while it's in-game can you? OR do you have to wait to the end?

Also... one of the chargeable guns (one of the drudge ones) sounds EXACTLY like Samus' Power Beam....

Waiting for the match to end for what i know and you mean the Strike Rifle or the Pistol?

EasyCure · « **Reply #2484 on:** August 03, 2009, 04:25:11 PM »

Quote from: BwrJim! on August 02, 2009, 02:37:24 AM

Speaking of Multiplayer, where has everyone been?

I tried to go on, again yesterday and, again, I was unable to play regional or worldwide matches because no players could be found. None of the 15 friends on my roster were on either, so i went back to the campaign mode.

Quick question, does the game count all the friend codes, whether the other person added your or not, as a "friend" when coming up with that total on the multiplayer screen that shows you how many are on-line? Cuz i noticed some friend codes were still jst codes, which I'm assuming means people have added me back on their ends and will from this point on be known to me as "Bastards".

Stratos · « **Reply #2485 on:** August 03, 2009, 05:39:43 PM »

Quote from: Plugabugz on August 03, 2009, 06:13:31 AM

You can't quit a match while it's in-game can you? OR do you have to wait to the end?

Also... one of the chargeable guns (one of the drudge ones) sounds EXACTLY like Samus' Power Beam....

You can. I think you hit the 2 button or something to bring up a menu and you can choose to quit.

Quote from: EasyCure on August 03, 2009, 04:25:11 PM

Quote from: BwrJim! on August 02, 2009, 02:37:24 AM
Speaking of Multiplayer, where has everyone been?

I tried to go on, again yesterday and, again, I was unable to play regional or worldwide matches because no players could be found. None of the 15 friends on my roster were on either, so i went back to the campaign mode.

Quick question, does the game count all the friend codes, whether the other person added your or not, as a "friend" when coming up with that total on the multiplayer screen that shows you how many are on-line? Cuz i noticed some friend codes were still jst codes, which I'm assuming means people have added me back on their ends and will from this point on be known to me as "Bastards".

Yeah, the total only counts people who have entered your code in return. I see it go up from time to time when people get around to adding me. Some of my blacks are people's old codes who accidentally deleted their save data and had to get new numbers. I think I need to add some of the more recent people as well. Too busy and lazy typically to do it, though.

I'm not working today so if you want to play I'm down for some playing.

BwrJim! · « **Reply #2486 on:** August 03, 2009, 05:48:10 PM »

also, nintendo has had troubles the past few days with the player connection services. I've been on conduit each night.. and same result. Jumped onto DBZ and it worked, the I got a new error code 84020 i think. called nintendo and they said that it means there are tech diff. with the network matchmaking service. so maybe they are adding/upgrading/forgetting about the servers.

who knows. I have really only played online and when you guys arnt on.. well.. i just dont play.

OH and Gk cant see my friend code either in DBZ atm.

Stratos · « **Reply #2487 on:** August 03, 2009, 05:50:42 PM »

I remember something similar happened on Mario Kart DS in it's first year. Also the Phantom Hourglass online once as well. I'm sure it will be back up in a day or two.

BwrJim! · « **Reply #2488 on:** August 03, 2009, 05:58:58 PM »

still want to take you down stratos.

Stratos · « **Reply #2489 on:** August 03, 2009, 06:00:00 PM »

You want to hop on in a little bit?

Give me about 30 mins and I'll meet you there.

EasyCure · « **Reply #2490 on:** August 03, 2009, 06:05:32 PM »

Thats what i figured, I should have more "friends" but theres like 5 bastards that haven't added me! they probably never noticed my original FC changed, now i gotta hunt down who is who and go on a PM frenzy!

Thanks for the offer but i'm working till 8 EST and after the long day i've had, the last thing i wanna do is get frustrated at a video game. Some other time for sure, gotta get back on line with this thing... its making me uneasy that I couldn't connect to regional or worldwide matches for a second time. If this ends up like Brawl (where I can never connect to strangers) I might just sell it once i beat the campaign mode..

edit: If its tech. difficulties with their matchmaking services, then it eases my worries a LITTLE bit. That means its something everyone is experiencing.

Stratos · « **Reply #2491 on:** August 03, 2009, 06:06:45 PM »

We could play some Animal Crossing instead if you want. We still need to do that.

BwrJim! · « **Reply #2492 on:** August 03, 2009, 06:10:18 PM »

i cant at the moment.. making me some homemade lasagne! tonight though.. your on.

EasyCure · « **Reply #2493 on:** August 03, 2009, 06:13:40 PM »

Quote from: Stratos on August 03, 2009, 06:06:45 PM

We could play some Animal Crossing instead if you want. We still need to do that.

We do, but i think i'm just gonna crash once i get home.

Stratos · « **Reply #2494 on:** August 03, 2009, 06:16:37 PM »

OK. Crash and burn. I know how that is. Work can leave you feeling like you wrestled a bear sometimes

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #2495 on:** August 03, 2009, 06:23:31 PM »

Not sure why you guys 1) aren't using the Matchmaking forum to announce if you jump online so you can hopefully have FC-matches and 2) aren't using the Matchmaking forum.

BwrJim! · « **Reply #2496 on:** August 03, 2009, 06:29:53 PM »

its the flow of the conversation. i believe.

EasyCure · « **Reply #2497 on:** August 03, 2009, 06:35:22 PM »

Speaking for myself here:

I don't use the matchmaking forum unless i really really really want to play against you guys. Yesterday I had some time to play, decided to try my luck at regional/worldwide matches and couldn't connect. No big deal though, I just played the next level of the solo missions, then moved on to Rune Factory. It wasn't this dire need to play with a condum unit.

As J!m said (thats what i'm calling him from now on), the rest just came with the flow of conversation. No need to be a forum nazi woulda never expected as much from our beloved leader.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #2498 on:** August 03, 2009, 06:55:45 PM »

Darn this liquid pouring conversating. Keep it in the right jar on the right shelf to get the right attention.

Plugabugz · « **Reply #2499 on:** August 03, 2009, 07:46:38 PM »

Quote from: JRNN on August 03, 2009, 02:42:03 PM

Quote from: Plugabugz on August 03, 2009, 06:13:31 AM
You can't quit a match while it's in-game can you? OR do you have to wait to the end?

Also... one of the chargeable guns (one of the drudge ones) sounds EXACTLY like Samus' Power Beam....
Waiting for the match to end for what i know and you mean the Strike Rifle or the Pistol?

Yeah its one of those ones. It's literally identical.

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Author Topic: The Conduit (Read 611608 times)