Been awhile since I’ve played online with others…too much grief, getting (too) old, all the online games are FPS, everyone else studies the game like a college exam.
This is a bit different and it’s been great. I usually hit quick play to end up in different scenarios with different squads, and this one was like that. We had one guy level 5000 super blood admiral citizen and one guy level -10 super earth resident who tells us he just got the game the night before, apologies (which we tut tut, none necessary- since we’re all gonna die alot anyway) and we’re going around and he’s asking about this, and that…what does this do? sometimes it gives you super credits, rec slips, rare samples etc.
and then we come across the hellbomb.
“Hey man, see that thing?” SE Admiral
“buried in the ground?” New Guy
“Yeah, shoot that thing and it drops a stratagem rifle for you” SE Admiral
at this point I turn and run, and so does the other guy while the new guy blows the hell up and everyone is rolling, especially the new guy!
“Ah man, I’ve been trying to get someone to do that for a month!” he says.
And then last night I was killed by my squad 3 times vs. 2 by the bots. No grief…shit happens for managed democracy.
It’s a different kind of game and one I hope we see more of.
It’s not the best community I’ve played with but it’s definitely up there. Deep Rock Galactic still holds the title of best online community I’ve ever been part of. HD2 is very good though, the vast majority of random games I’ve joined have been good experiences only a couple of griefers.
That’s great to know, DRGal is on the radar to get at some point, everything I’ve come across has been positive.
ROCK AND STONE!
HD2 community was great at release, then a portion of the fanbase lost their minds after they did some balance patches.