dead in 10 seconds, wait 5 minutes to spawn, no thx!!!

[BurningWiki]

iam new to this game, i did the tutorial i got hyped because of all the weapons,
i enter a game "wave" i see armour and swords, i try to pick them up, i cant, than wave comes, all guys in armour with swords, iam their standing with my fists..

10 seconeds alive, wait 5 minutes for next wave, to die in 10 seconds again???
what am i missing here???, why cant i pick up the weapons??, they are in the spawn, i assume waiting for players to pickup!.

[KingDaddy]

You're playing horde mode, it's doo doo play something else. You get points at the end of every round and you have to spend them to buy item.

[Scrotum Scratcher]

Pick a class to get weapons

Unless you're playing horde mode

[Admiral Obvious]

Don't join a horde game past wave two if you can avoid it. It puts you at a severe disadvantage since you need to earn weapons with kills and wave completion.

[ImHelping]

It's kind of odd how they put horde mode as one of the default checkboxes for "mash button to find match" yeah.

So I can't blame the OP's reaction too much. "Don't join horde mode LOL" when the game defaults to putting it (and battle royal) in the match finder? welp.

I've been pranked by the game resetting the checkboxes with some past patches too.

Frontline is the regular "two teams murder eachother over stables and convenient circles of ground" mode.

[Abacus]

hmm watch, dont rush in and yes...it takes time and practice...dont roleplay and this game doesn't care.


respawn is no more then 10 seconds....one of the great tactical MP games had 20 second respawn in real time (so you could technically respawn in like 1 second.)

[BurningWiki]

i did frontline as well, no difference, i spawn inside a castle, i see medium armour, and sword hanging on wall, i could not grab any, i only have my fists, than we get rushed by knights in full plate armour with swords, i was alive like 30 seconds till they came, than i had to wait till next round... no thx!... this seems like a waste of time and bad balancing, how can you put unarmed people against knights in full armour, and than if i die i have to wait till the end of the round!....

iam a knight, i see a sword and i cant pick it up??, i see armour yet i cant wear it?, what ??..

horrible waste of time.... and if on top of that your gonna tell me i need points to even learn how to hold a weapon by dying and waiting endless times, it seems like a horrible grind!...

please tell me this is not so?

[Kieko]

Originally posted by burningwicky:

i did frontline as well, no difference, i spawn inside a castle, i see medium armour, and sword hanging on wall, i could not grab any, i only have my fists, than we get rushed by knights in full plate armour with swords, i was alive like 30 seconds till they came, than i had to wait till next round... no thx!... this seems like a waste of time and bad balancing, how can you put unarmed people against knights in full armour, and than if i die i have to wait till the end of the round!....

iam a knight, i see a sword and i cant pick it up??, i see armour yet i cant wear it?, what ??..

horrible waste of time.... and if on top of that your gonna tell me i need points to even learn how to hold a weapon by dying and waiting endless times, it seems like a horrible grind!...

please tell me this is not so?

Wicky, you need to make your character beforehand in the armoury. We can go through it tomorrow if you want

[ImHelping]

Originally posted by burningwicky:

i did frontline as well, no difference, i spawn inside a castle, i see medium armour, and sword hanging on wall, i could not grab any, i only have my fists, than we get rushed by knights in full plate armour with swords, i was alive like 30 seconds till they came, than i had to wait till next round... no thx!... this seems like a waste of time and bad balancing, how can you put unarmed people against knights in full armour, and than if i die i have to wait till the end of the round!....

iam a knight, i see a sword and i cant pick it up??, i see armour yet i cant wear it?, what ??..

horrible waste of time.... and if on top of that your gonna tell me i need points to even learn how to hold a weapon by dying and waiting endless times, it seems like a horrible grind!...

please tell me this is not so?

I will admit "only for decorative purposes" weapons bug me. yeah. Though you can find comedy weapons laying around you CAN take on battlefields like discarded shields, broken swords, and peasant tools. 99% of weapons you can pick up are only the stuff dropped by dead players.

Looting weapns off the ground is actually an entire playstyle into itself for some people, for frontline and team death match.

Thankfully, WEAPONS unlock fast. Lv 5 comes soon, and once you get rolling you'll be unlocking weapons every one or two frontline matches (more often when it's the cheaper weapons).

Armor buying is pure cosmetics. The 1, 2, and 3 values of your default armor for custom classes is what matters for gameplay. dress up is where the level padding and gold padding start to kick in.

Speaking of that. When you start making custom classes. Rank 2 helmet, MINIMUM, and don't skip rank 1 leg armor.

2/1/1 is the "Only two things can instant kill you via headshot" amount of armor. But you'll still take a ♥♥♥♥ load of damage from some very popular large weapons with only rank 1 chest armor.
(execution sword in particular, deals instant kill 100 damage to "skipped armor" legs. while others like the bardiche and peasant scythe deal 90. That's why you want rank 1 legs at minimum for custom builds).

When you do start customizing builds. I would also highly suggest keeping a backup 1 or 2 point weapon (not the warhammer). A back pocket arming sword or shortsword is a huge game changer.


Oh. Right.

TRY HYBRID SETTING CONTROLS

Nothing explains what they do, which is stupid. But Hybrid setting makes the pointer on your crosshair control only the left vs right sides of your attacks. Rather than the default 240 system where it up and down angles make Mouse click also do overhands and underhands.

Hybrid mode is way more user friendly than "Here, use this list of 8 extra specific keybinds from my dueling guide!" Which to be fair, is as much because even a lot of real pro players have no idea hybrid mode even exists. Because it's basically hidden. and you have to basically GUESS what if even did for you after you pick it.

EDIT: Also, you may see people throwing medpacks on the ground to heal themselves. As much as I love walking up and chopping their heads off when they do this (3rd person is tight enough in this game they can't see you coming).

Use 1 point bandage instead, if you want self healing. 1 point instead of 2. two ammo of quick use 50 health heals. (Tenacious is also a really underestimated perk for being able to pack off then get back into fights more quickly in team modes).

I may sass a lot of elements of the game and it's player base.

But I am very glad it has some honest "pick up and play" accessibility... Even if a huge part of that accessibility is the basically hidden Hybrid control setting.

Oh my god, that control setting alone increased my "Do a horizontal chamber, on purpose" faster than hours hours on a duel server.

[ﾏｿｿｿ ₒ❤]

joining a horde game halfway is very tough, especially when people refuse to spare you any weapons to give you a boost

it is true for everyone, you gonna die and suffer, waiting for it to end so you can play from wave 1

[BurningWiki]

Originally posted by |51st|.Gdm.Tachang:

Originally posted by burningwicky:

i did frontline as well, no difference, i spawn inside a castle, i see medium armour, and sword hanging on wall, i could not grab any, i only have my fists, than we get rushed by knights in full plate armour with swords, i was alive like 30 seconds till they came, than i had to wait till next round... no thx!... this seems like a waste of time and bad balancing, how can you put unarmed people against knights in full armour, and than if i die i have to wait till the end of the round!....

iam a knight, i see a sword and i cant pick it up??, i see armour yet i cant wear it?, what ??..

horrible waste of time.... and if on top of that your gonna tell me i need points to even learn how to hold a weapon by dying and waiting endless times, it seems like a horrible grind!...

please tell me this is not so?

Wicky, you need to make your character beforehand in the armoury. We can go through it tomorrow if you want

yes tachang, cause i have NO IDEA why you all like this game seems like a idiotic time waste to me!!!, i gave it a other try today, horde mode, i run in naked, again i see a sword, again i cant pick it up, i ask for help in chat a guy gives me a mace, as soon as i picked it up a guy in full armour and a giant sword hit me 2 times and iam dead, and have to wait minutes for next round...

iam sorry this game seems utter dumb!, the match making is either broken, or iam missing something that was not in the tutorial, the tutorial got me hyped with the combat system, but the actual game is rubbish!!!, unless iam missing something!!!!!,

1 choose a class
2 enter a game naked
3, die within 10 sec
4, respawn in 2-5 minutes (however long the round takes)
5 i have to wait till the end of the round to recieve points??
6 i spend points on??

see point 5 and 6 i never got too!, when i die within 10 sec of a game starting and iam forced to wait minutes for a respawn the fun goes away very fast!, also when the match making is this utter utter rubbish it scares me too!, seems to me i will be a victim for the next 20-40 hours untill i have the best weapons and than i can slaughter all the nakes noobs my self..

again., unless iam missing something that was not in the tutorial, this game seems like a badly balanced, arena smash and bash game, that is constructed on grinding for points by slaughtering naked noobs..untill you can slaughter nakes noobs...

[DeathRow]

op sounds like a real ♥♥♥♥♥♥, pls leave and never come back

[Spider Monkez]

Don't play horde mode its by far my least favourite, play frontline with the default classes, learn how to play and its fun, battle royale is probably too competitive and difficult if you are new.

[Kieko]

Here's a video that goes into some details not mentioned in the tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOoK4SN-0aQ

Take note that only on frontline is the person able to use his customised characters whereas in horde and battle royale he starts naked. Also keep in mind that he didn't cover all the game modes. He left out skirmish (which is last team standing) and deathmatch (which either be free for all or duels) in both of these game modes you may spawn in with a class that you choose.

Use the server browser as opposed to matchmaking to better choose what server to join and what game mode you want to play in

[TheCurrentLater]

Have you ever considered that you might actually be an idiot?

My face go flushed reading through this it contained such vast levels of complete stupidity mixed with the greatest lack of self awareness I have seen from anyone above 3 years old.

I think I am embarrassed to share a species with you.

[par]

No ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ way did you skip past the select a class screen before spawning, and never put any thought into it. These things you are trying to pick up but can't: Have you ever thought about the items being a "prop" or reading the label under the interact prompt that states it costs coins? Jesus christ if this is a bait, bravo.