Am I having fun? I’ve played 6 hours in the past week. I’d say I’m more frustrated than having fun. I’ll have 1 good game and then 3 frustrating games because the maps seem so defensively biased. Not really pleased with the damage mechanics for the different classes. At this point I think I’ll wait for the next balancing.
Things that have improved since I last played:
I feel like the animation are smoother than they were last I played. At the current game speed I think they could be improved.
The weird wall jumping mechanic seems better balanced with jump height. It was a very short double jump last time I played. However, compared to Titanfall I would call it amateur feeling. Yeah, backhanded compliment.
I like the shuffle after each round. Just wish friends in the same party could stay together. Although then you run into the same problems that Titanfall had.
Menus and settings menu are very polished.
Training “demo” was simple and to the point. Helpful. I thought it was well done.
Sound seems much better balanced among some of the weapons, hand guns especially.
Neutral comments
The speed of the game is definitely much faster than is popular now. I am definitely struggling to adjust and I complain about infantry movement being slow for most games.
Complaints
When choosing your merc and the pictures of all the mercs are displayed, the pictures seem kind of small. Lots of open space. I assume the blank space is a place holder but I would still like friendlier UI there.
Spawn timer needs to be bigger. I wish it wasn’t near the game clock or stood out more. Actually, if the game clock was more visible I wouldn’t mind either.
I want to save server filter settings when browsing for filters.
Not a fan of how the weapons are balanced now. Playing Sawbones isn’t fun as I think his main weapon is too weak. Never found the shotguns consistent.
Ok, I had this big long thought out paragraph but it boils down to this. What I like in games is that I feel like I always have a chance to get the other player if I just play better than them. This is true for ET, CoD, BF, TF, etc. With DB, I just don’t get that feeling. Support roles are designed to stay back. Tanks get more health, etc. I guess I just don’t find that fun and that is a core part of DB so that is what frustrates me a lot. I guess this is your MOBA influence but I never found it fun.
Meat grinder maps. Overall, the maps seem very defensive with the current settings/characters. I’m not digging it. Not sure if this is due to Aura just throwing down healing stations on corners, mines all over the place, or what, but I’m not having fun here. The first stage of Terminal makes me want to kill puppies. I’m not sure why the pump controls are on the defender’s side. Splash Damage, you guys don’t want to be known as puppy killers, do you? Look at these little guys SD. Look at them.
Trading card confusion.
First time I looked into them it wasn’t clear what I could do with them. I didn’t even know how to use them when selecting my character or how they helped.
Takes way too long to open multiple cases. Buy a few cases and track your mouse movements to open the case, skip. The mouse cursor goes all over the screen. It’s like you want me to get carpal tunnel.
The animation when opening a case is way too pixelated. Either shrink the animation or improve the resolution.
Trading up cards: It needs to be easier to see when I can trade up and for what level without having to click on stuff. I’m not sure if it matters if I mix character cards.
Old gripes, still bug me:
Cannot rebind F1, F2, F3 for character quick select keys
US servers are East and West, not Central. When I play with my east coast friends we meet in the middle. Texas and Chicago servers would be great. It’s a big damn continent. I’m sure Australians are telling me to **** off right now.
Didn’t really like the shotguns before on either the shooting or receiving end and I still don’t like them. Having 2 chars with shotties makes me sad. It seems random to me if a shotty blast is going to down someone with full health or if it’s going to take 3 shots. I just don’t get it.