MAG general/thoughts

[bobbynewmarkiii]

Totally loving this game! It's like... so this is what online shooters are supposed to be about...

[darthbluntedone]

Ok I have Mag and i love it and i also hate it. Why do i love it? For many reasons the game was easy to pick up and play, it starts you off slowly it just doesn't throw you into this all out battle with 256 people. It actually needs teamwork to win which doesn't happen all that much on valor (yes i picked valor). But when you play with guys who know what to do and where to go it's a easy victory!! So i would say the strategy is a plus.

But i would like to talk about all the bad things about it, and my list is very long
First lets start with all the disconnect problems. Yes thats right even after forwarding all my ports on my router and configing my ps3 (spending hours on the phone with my isp and then sony) it still lags and i can only connect to the server every other game. The games that i do get it to connect i get disconnected within the last 3 mins. of the match.

Why is that bad? Well because you level your character up, if you get disconnected before the game is over you don't get any xp points. So you can be wasting 20 some mins for nothing I dont know why it happens and it did not happen for the first 4 or 5 days i had this game. Sony has no answers?

Another big problem I have with this game is how the xp points work, a soldier on the front line can have 20-30 kills and only get 180 xp points. A medic can not kill anyone and just heal people the whole game and get 400 plus xp points and the same goes for a mechanic. At first when i was looking at the squad stats and seen some people had 2 kills and double the point i has with 20 kills a i completed 4 objectives and them 0 I was feeling jilted!

Bugs this game has them and i seen them all the first day of play. I had my controls get reversed, stuck inside of vehicles, cant throw grenades, cant heal, cant shoot, throw grenades in open space just to be blown up by my own grenade?? Same thing for the rocket launcher. Also cant respawn.

People using more glitches than in gta 4 (mostly seems to be s.v.e.r. using them).

I could go on and on but this is getting long.

[Ack]

Why is that bad? Well because you level your character up, if you get disconnected before the game is over you don't get any xp points. So you can be wasting 20 some mins for nothing I dont know why it happens and it did not happen for the first 4 or 5 days i had this game. Sony has no answers?

Battlefield 2142 had the same issue, and EA's server systems were really bad about punting people randomly. It happened to me and everyone I know who played it quite a bit.

[darthbluntedone]

Why is that bad? Well because you level your character up, if you get disconnected before the game is over you don't get any xp points. So you can be wasting 20 some mins for nothing I dont know why it happens and it did not happen for the first 4 or 5 days i had this game. Sony has no answers?

Battlefield 2142 had the same issue, and EA's server systems were really bad about punting people randomly. It happened to me and everyone I know who played it quite a bit.

To be honest i hate fps games. I mean i loved doom and wolfenstien. I actually didn't know this game was coming out, this person on gta 4 told me about it and said it was a 256 player online game. That was why i bought it.....hmm 256 people at the same time I thought??? Now that sounded fun so i bought it. As of right this moment i hate it. Because i can not play this stinking game!!!!!!

But i love it too when it works. Did i say "when it works"? Yeah because i can't get this thing to work except at around 3 in the morning.

here go here and read http://forums.mag.com/mag/board?board.id=issues

I am not the only one who is having this problem. Or multiple problems I should say.

But really it is addicting "when it works"

[SplashChick]

I've only been disconnected while in game twice ever and I have almost 100 hours logged, so I don't know what your issue is.

The only bad glitch I've seen is the one that stops you from respawning, effectively trapping you out of the game, but I've only seen that happen a couple times ever also. The rest of the glitches I've seen have been no big deal, I've run over myself once and gotten crushed by a non moving object once, but those are problems that are easy enough to avoid.

The experience system is great because it encourages teamwork. You get double experience when you follow your squad leader's directions and you get twice as much experience for picking up a downed comrade than you do for killing an enemy. There's literally no reason not to have med kit in this kind of a game, and in my opinion if your first four skill points don't go on med kit and resuscitation, you're playing the game wrong.

[darthbluntedone]

I've only been disconnected while in game twice ever and I have almost 100 hours logged, so I don't know what your issue is.

The only bad glitch I've seen is the one that stops you from respawning, effectively trapping you out of the game, but I've only seen that happen a couple times ever also. The rest of the glitches I've seen have been no big deal, I've run over myself once and gotten crushed by a non moving object once, but those are problems that are easy enough to avoid.

The experience system is great because it encourages teamwork. You get double experience when you follow your squad leader's directions and you get twice as much experience for picking up a downed comrade than you do for killing an enemy. There's literally no reason not to have med kit in this kind of a game, and in my opinion if your first four skill points don't go on med kit and resuscitation, you're playing the game wrong.

Well see that is the thing it worked great, then it has all sorts of problems. Which still happen to me, even after last nights update for mag. I love the game like I said and half the people I talk to have problems with it disconnecting and the others do not.

My ports have been forwarded correctly and it still has problems with lag and disconnects. I have asked other people "who is your isp" because I thought it might be that.

I have tried everything, sony, verizon, hardwired, wireless, other connections, everything short of another ps3, I even traded my copy for a new one.

Right now as it stands I am at my wits end with this game as all my other games work online with no problems. I will give it untill the next update if it still has problems I will be doing something I have never done in my life!!! I will trade in the game and purchase something else.


Don't get me wrong I love the game. I absolutely love it. But a online game that isn't working "for me" isnt worth keeping

[darthbluntedone]

Ok this is what i am talking about, I just played a domination match and it was flawless. It worked great and was very fun!!! But the match i played before was so bad i wanted to quit. I do not know why it does this?? I love the game but for those of us who do have problems with it are getting upset.

I posted a link to the mag forums so people can go and read what i am saying just isn't "my problem". It's just a mixed bag! It is the only game i love and hate .

I wish it worked great all the time. It can be very frustrating at times for multiple reasons. The glitches i could careless about, they truely are not that bad and only happen on certain maps doing certain things. I just think for $60.00 plus tax the game should work fine at least 80% of the time..... is that too much to ask for?
The 50/50 i am having is better than the 70/30 (dont work/works).

It's just my bad luck i guess.

[(-_-)]

I just borrowed the game from a friend. Haven't decided on a faction yet. Anyone playing still? PSN is superfluous777