After the thread yesterday I bought this game. So let's talk about this game

After the thread yesterday I bought this game. So let's talk about this game.

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>kill bugs
>grind armor
That's about it. Air Raider best class btw.

>air raider best class

That's what air virgins think, the CHAD FENCER is where its at

I actually prefer Ranger but I just started too.

Air Raider should be able to have the AI board extra turret positions in his multi-man vehicles. You rarely get the whole team to join you in them unless you're fucking around.

Was about to say the ranger is boring shit and always has been, although the bikes are now cool and the equipment allowing missiles to all lock onto the same target is dope, but I've only seen a single guide beacon online so far and I can't japanese at people to get them to equip them.

Hows it run on PS4? I was thinking about picking it up

I dunno, got it on PC.

I'm just glad that EDF is getting some PC loving these days, shit shouldn't be stuck on consoles

EDF4.1 on PS4 is a game where it runs either 'fine' or 'not fine', as part of the tradition of EDF.

I never played it on console, but how nice that they just don't give a fuck. More explosions and bugs for me.

I do sometimes wonder when they'll hire an actual software engineer though, as there is zero reason why 4.1 couldn't maintain a straight 60fps on PS4.

TO DEFEND OUR MOTHER EARTH FROM ANY ALIEN ATTACK.

Fencer master race

I couldn't get into Fencer. Primarily played Ranger here, so I'm glad as fuck EDF5 is finally letting them just sprint instead of rolling to the side like I've been doing the past entries.

Guys, I think there's something wrong with my giant insects...
they're...FLYING

Oh my, it looks like the ravagers are...e...evolving! What a magnificent scientific discovery! We must investigate this further as it may enrich humankind!

I don't have the PopTeamEpic strip, but

>500 hours
>yep, I'm done, fuck this
>reinstall game the next day to play

See you guys in the lobbies.

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hmm... can anyone name some bad things about this game?
i only hear good things about it and iam considering to buy it as long as it is still on sale but ive never played anything like it, iam generally not so much into jap stuff and it looks a bit weird

Story is weak, characters aren't very deep, ridden with bugs and performance issue when you try to wipe out half a city in one go and the game doesn't care for non-combatants dying and getting eaten alive, very disrespectful to humanity.

All of those things also make the game a 95/100 in the game play department, seriously there are a few control issues here and there but it's a simple game made for pure unadulterated fun that gets complex and challenging as it goes on.

>ranger
>Hercules + sparrow shotgun

Is there any reason to use anything else? This setup is perfect.

Just a few niggles in the grand scheme of things.

>Cave levels are boring and mazey at times
>Half the classes are slow as shit to get around
>Multiplayer campaign progression is separate from single-player (despite not being the case in prior EDFs)
>Takes a long while before you get the silly/fun guns when starting fresh
>Armor grinding

If EDF is not running >10 FPS you are not chanting "EDF!!!!!" hard enough.

I had a LOT of fun with it it, despite having only playing SP. I guess that MP would make it even more fun.

That said, I never finished the game, and after some 20+ hours that I enjoyed, small annoyences started to stack up so much that it eventually started to completely distract me. The loot system in particular is actually AWFUL and after some time, it started bothering me so much that I stopped wanting to play the game. It can also become a pretty repetetive at time, and the ballance of the mission is largely FUCKED.

Still, for a while it's gorgeous - clunky, silly, but immensely satisfying and it has a FUCKTON of content.

Someone make a lobby, I don't trust my connection.

TO SAVE OUR MOTHER EARTH FROM ANY ALIEN ATTACK!!

Has anyone picked up EDF5? How is it and what has changed?

Please tell me that they fixed helicopter controls.

>no laser chainsaw in edf5
that and the larg W3 missing make me hurt. At least the particle scatter guns are useful finally.

no, we can't read japanese

well i bought it now

giving it a try tomorrow

Yeah, these.
I'd also add that there is a little too wide difference in quality of missions: some being great and fun, and some being incredibly dull and pointless, and some feel almost insulting.
The usefulness of the classes is also questionable, with some classess being useless outside of MP.
The controls can be pretty shitty at times too, and there is a general massive problem with collision detection, which can make moving around for ground-based units terrible.

But really, these are the worst things:
A) As a soldier, moving around is boring. Worse yet, doing combat rolls is faster than walking (there is no sprint option), encouraging the player to move around by rolling constantly. That is SUPER retarded, especially since you can't roll forward.
B) armor grinding based on collecting crates that fall out of enemies combined with instant mission-over screen preventing you to collect left-over crates around the battle-field at the end of missions, is THE DUMBEST IDEA EVER MADE. It actively encourages player to not focus on the battle, but rather to run around collecting fucking CRATES. Stupid, stupid, STUPID FUCKING DESIGN, FOLKS. DOES NOT WORK. DON'T. DO. THIS. SHIT.
C) underground levels are indeed just boring as fuck.

EDF 5 for the west and/or PC when?

Nope, they still control like a flying fudge stick at the lower levels. Only ranger gets the Brute now. But the Air Raider gets a lot of other quality of life changes that it's okay, like most of his weapons reloading when not selected (limpet guns don't but they suck) and all the call ins having new targeting system. Artillery uses the smoke grenades and the credit system, whale strike use the guide beacon gun and stick on targets allowing them great versatility and a timed reload. Off map missiles are the same with the laser, mostly on credits but a couple use a timer reload. Satellite strikes are the same but mostly use a time with a couple on credit reloads. Guard/Attack posts and ZE guns reload on shorter timers when unequipped now, even in vehicles. And air raiders get three item slots now plus vehicles.

The new bikes also control well. (sort of)

It's the same UI layout as edf2025, it's all intuition now, the only difficult thing is the new auxiliary items and you have no idea what they're doing, I've been using a lot of phone translate apps.

>some classess being useless outside of MP
Aka none

I think they have also fully embraced dash canceling or at least that is what I've heard.

It's fun. A Micheal Bay movie in vidya form. Complete with campy dialogue, massive explosions, and giant robots.
4.1 also fixes a lot of issues from 2025.

Needs an air raider calling in an airstrike on friendly troops.

Is it worth grinding the air support class? Are helicopters fun?

Support is basically useless (or at least really fucking boring) in SP.
Same goes for raider to a lesser degree. A whole bunch of his weapons can't even be USED if you don't play coop with a support character.
It's also kinda riddiculous how weaker he is in SP to the flying bitches or basic soldiers.

>Is it worth grinding the air support class?
Best class
>Are helicopters fun?
Yes and there are tons of different vehicles you can use

Sniper rifles are ridiculous though.

Jesus christ I can't beat mission 11 on normal.

>Same goes for raider to a lesser degree
Raider is so much better in single player.
When you're alone as an air raider you have total control of the environment and you can craft perfect strategies from the beginning to the end of the missions without idiots jumping into your air strikes, trashing your vehicles and luring the enemies where they shouldn't be.

What are you playin as? If you're ranger then just gather up allies and keep them healthy since health pickups will effect your squad when playing as ranger. Otherwise KILL KILL KILL ASAP, drop buffs if you're air raider.

how do i open the chat window to make emotes and all that shit without the text chat? when i press T i can see it behind the text chat window but cant use it and CTRL only has a few

Jesus the lobby is full of Normal rooms.

System?

This

This shit gets unreasonably hard in multiplayer, like some missions feel flat out impossible to beat even on Hardest.
>Gold queen has like 250k health
>Hardest hitting weapon of any class for the weapon limit does 6k with a 5 second reload
>Even if all 4 of you plug that bitch and nothing but that bitch it's gonna take almost a full minute to kill just her, and by then everything else has run your ass over

One thing I noticed is that the weapon drops you get are not the same as the max level weapons you could be using for a particular mission. I ended up grinding some late game inferno for some high level weapons and they weren't disabled on a lower difficulty earlier mission where they'd probably never drop.

Arrow keys

We finally won with 3 people, somehow.

>Tfw EDF doesn't support modding.
youtube.com/watch?v=DoVjQ2lVM10

Air raider is a support character and he gets a lot of fun toys. His most notable weakness is his lack of personal offensive capabilities (meaning he can't just pull out a gun and start blasting bugs if things get too heated). He can out put crazy damage though in the form of airstrikes, vehicles, and some deployables. He can also buff allies and heal them.

Helicopter controls kinda suck but carry a lot of firepower. The Gigantus is the air raider's bread and butter, able to take out large groups of enemies. The Grape is an excellent support vehicle and also makes a decent AA platform (Thought he Negeling SPR dominates that department). The Rail gun is excellent for picking off high value targets(Retarius and Hectors) from long range.

IRC the game actually boosts the enemies health and damage depending on the number of people in the server. I think it doubles their heath and damage if you try running solo in MP.

>fire giant ass missile at walkers
>it just bends over a little bit and keeps going

EDF is all about grinding for the best weapons

play hard mode for a while and take those shits back to normal and stomp ass

Oh didn't see you mentioned weapon limit. RIP user. I remember almost getting 1 shot by a silver ant after like 100 hours of playing fencer gathering armor.

How do I use Hammers and Swords as a Fencer? Also how often did you guys blow yourselves up when using a mortar?

I hear 5 greatly improves the loot system. Pickups are shared across classes, weapon duplicates level up your current gear and collecting boxes is less of a hassle now that Rangers can dash and call their own vehicles (both of which forms a white ring around you that picks up multiple items at once).

Well, that does sound like an improvement. I'm dubious, but it does sound like they are clearning things up a little. Now just let's hope a PC version is going to be released eventually.