Anyone else get bored during the first mission and refund?

[Xorberax]

Idk, it just felt like such a slog to play through for me and I got bored. I was expecting XCOM but with a more modern or guerilla military theme, but the pacing felt so off to me.

[Rhapsody]

Download the free demo next time.

[Titan357]

Mods saved the game for me.
I played about 20 hours before I started adding mods and I could never go back now. If it wasn't for mods I would have quit playing and went to BG3.

3X the amount of enemies, 100% drop rate, extra money at the start, mines never run dry, burst and full auto fix and more.

The most annoying things I fixed, and I didn't understand how annoying it was until I changed it, removing the free move from the A.I and bringing up burst and full auto fire to actually do similar damage on a per-shot basis.

The A.I gets a huge free move range that explains how they could move 1/4 of the map and still shoot a rifle.

[CommandDork]

Same here - did about 20 hours then started modding it myself. Suit to taste - and now I'm nearing 100 hours.

[Hammer Bear]

sorry to hear that. i hope you to find the game that you enjoy next time

[Óðinn]

Origineel geplaatst door Titan357:

Mods saved the game for me.

The most annoying things I fixed, and I didn't understand how annoying it was until I changed it, removing the free move from the A.I and bringing up burst and full auto fire to actually do similar damage on a per-shot basis.

The A.I gets a huge free move range that explains how they could move 1/4 of the map and still shoot a rifle.

What is the name / link for this mod please. Sounds awesome.

[pascal.difolco]

It ain't slow paced, you were slow ...

[Titan357]

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Origineel geplaatst door Titan357:

Mods saved the game for me.

The most annoying things I fixed, and I didn't understand how annoying it was until I changed it, removing the free move from the A.I and bringing up burst and full auto fire to actually do similar damage on a per-shot basis.

The A.I gets a huge free move range that explains how they could move 1/4 of the map and still shoot a rifle.

What is the name / link for this mod please. Sounds awesome.

All of these are on the worskop.

Increased damage automatic fire. I use this version, there is also a full damage version by the same author.
This will make it so that burst and auto fire are only slightly lower than a single shot.
If a single does 20x1, burst will do 15x3 and full auto 30x8. Seems to be a better balance.

Descriptive chance to hit. Very good.

Explain morale influences.

Custom settings.
This will let you change many things.
I liked 3x enemies for a while, I also tried 2x and ended up going with 1.5x enemies.
3x is pretty wild, it was just making combat take way too long.
2x was solid, just causes issues sometimes. 1.5 is a good balance.

You can also disable the enemy A.I 7 points of free move with this mod.
In my opinion, giving them 7 free points of movement is total B.S.

[Óðinn]

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What is the name / link for this mod please. Sounds awesome.

Custom settings.

You can also disable the enemy A.I 7 points of free move with this mod.
In my opinion, giving them 7 free points of movement is total B.S.

That's exactly what I wanted to know. Thank you, I will try it out.

[Engioc]

I played XCOM2 and War of the Chosen just prior to the release of JA3, and honestly, I don't get why people hold that up as being some great game. It's not terrible, but I found myself frequently telling it to stfu and let me actually play instead of constantly yacking at me. The combat is fun to a point, but not spectacular by any means, seemed like a rather simplistic system and the whole CTH thing is complete BS imo. All of the stuff that happens outside combat is boring as hell.

Give me JA3 any day over that. Not saying I hated it, but JA3 is miles better. JA3 isn't constantly throwing more BS in my face like XCOM, but it doesn't need to, the whole point is you do things are your own pace, you can do it as fast or as slow as you want, it's your choice.

[Twelvefield]

I love XCOM, I think it's great. Considering that both XCOM and JA have their roots go back, what? 30 or 40 years now, both franchises have stood up remarkably well. I doubt that I could pick one over the other.

That being said, while they do share some (truly ancient) game mechanics, I don't think they play the same. If you played JA like XCOM or vice versa, you'd be in for some education on tactics. Certainly, mods can help. JA isn't a super-expensive game, but if you really don't like it and refund it, you could always wait for a sale and some more mods to drop before you re-up.

[darcek]

Origineel geplaatst door Xorberax:

Anyone else get bored during the first mission and refund?

I feel so left out!
Instead I got addicted and couldnt stop playing until I finished the game 100h after...

[sandman25dcsss]

If someone calls "chance to hit" BS, I am not surprised they have problems with liking a game where you need to make decisions based on known information instead of blind gambling and calling it "intuition". Basic math is too hard for some people, lol.

[mickeimouss]

Yeah now that I have 211 hours without mods I'm bored.
And now I'm sad I can't get a refund.

[sandman25dcsss]

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Yeah now that I have 211 hours without mods I'm bored.
And now I'm sad I can't get a refund.

Yeah, I would like refunds for a few games too. I have 1k+ hours in them and don't plan to play more.

[CrUsHeR]

It only really turns into a slog when you have like 2-3 full squads, the merc management becomes such a pain.



Back in JA2, you had all mercs in one list, then select multiple mercs with shift or control (same like in windows explorer), assign them a job, fast forward time.

Here in JA3, there are like 10 clicks just to set up one repair operation, and you have to repeat that for every 5-10 items to be repaired. Etc.