4 Pack is now available for those interested :
http://store.steampowered.com/app/17020/

I think Wixie is buying two of those to cover us all

Hey Mole buddy

Come play Modern Warfare with us while waiting!

I need to read up on this game. Is it looking like PS? I enjoyed the hell out of that game for the little time I played it with everyone.

Is anyone playing Global Agenda Beta? I've been playing by myself, my name is Hawkshot and I tried to make agency Collision Force but it only lets you use 10 letters so I made it CF. Look me up if you get into Beta.

been saving up cash for my order, i should be able to get it on tuesday.

Awesome thanks for reserving the agency name hawk!

Gonna order the 4-pack with Gyro-Meg-Beers probably, when they're ready

For those who tried it so far, what are your impressions of the game?

I'm really enjoying the game, the only downside for me has been that the AvA (agency vs agency play) requires enough people (10) to form a team and take over spots on the map, and since I'm holding the CF agency name i can't join a bigger agency temporarily to test. But I have been able to get in and test the AvA via a few pugs and so far its pretty fun.

Here's an example map (so far there's 3 and this is the biggest one) Each hexagon you see on the map is an individual instance\base that has 3 control points take all 3 and you get the base. Taking them over provides your agency with cash and boosts. Cash is used to bid on taking over other hexagons and upgrading your defenses. As you can see from the colors on the map there's presently 3 big alliances that are dominating:



And here's a screenshot of the current free play instances. on the left is pvp, and pve on the right, each one has a few different maps that are played at random:



PvP is 10v10 and right now the most popular is the team based death match one called control since it's accessible from an early level. PvE missions start out pretty easy but starting at high security they're actually pretty challenging and require a good team to beat.


I think the major selling point of this game for me is that for ~50 bucks you get a pretty solid game that doesn't require a subscription to level. After that you can decide to spend the $15 on getting access to the agency vs agency game. So even if AvA does bomb you're only out ~50 bucks and still get a solid tribes\tf2 style game. Over the past week I've been pouring over the forums getting a feel for the developers and I have to say I'm impressed, they remind me a lot of the planetside developers (and often they quote specific game mechanic examples from past games, pretty on top of the ball.

Thanks J, nice post

The only thing that worries me about that AvA thing, is those big alliances dominating everything. Not sure how any small agency can survive. I'm also not sure how the defense thing works, if you're not online and stuff like that?

each map is only open after certain time delays. that big one for instance isn't open for another 5 hours and will be open for a few hours time (currently 2)

when people want to attack a base they make bids on it during the open attack window highest bid wins, and your alliance will be notified it is under attack so a strike force can defend. also if you look at that big map screenshot many of the bases are surrounded by other bases that an alliance own, locking them out. basically you can only attack bases that are on the perimeter of the area controlled, pushing your way in so to speak.

Smaller agencies will do just fine because you can combine agencies into an alliance, I'm not aware of there being a limit to the number of agencies in an alliance. The trick will just be finding an alliance we get along with. today ialigned with the KAAOS guys we used to play with in planetside

Very nice!

what exactly is the four pack?

means you buy 4 copies. duh. lol

here's a recent developer post which focuses on content to come after release:

We know that many people have questions around where we expect the game to go over time. Here are some of the items that you can expect to see after release and over the next six month (much of it based on user feedback).

Since we feel good about our core game play and systems (It took 4 of the 5 years to get in place), you should see significant amount of new content going forward

* New social space(s) with more to do in them and more immersion (for example, a new outdoor city location with a specialized area for vehicle racing while you wait for missions)

* New PvE content for subscribers (Current guess is that we will double the current number of PvE maps over the next 6 months)

* New PvE game play modes for subscribers (like Escort and Defense mode)

* New PvP maps for Everyone (We will most likely rotate maps in and out of the Qs to keep things fresh)

* New AvA maps, hex types, AvA items, and map gameplay types

* New Blueprints/Weapons/Devices with new functions, better stats, and more variation

* Significant UI improvements

* New achievements and rewards including Agency achivements

How many of us are thinking of playing....STO is looking pretty weak in the beta. Can't see me playing it that long, and I can't support subscribing to 2-3 games.

I purchased it yesterday so I'll be playing

Cool.....I pre-ordered today. Work is pretty slow till the end of March so I should have time to play more than one game. Hopefully having a nice new video card will make the game more enjoyable than when I was struggling with PS.

i'm only using a 4400 ati and 2 gb of memory, only performance issue I've seen is takes me a little longer to load a map but I'm sure adding a bit of memory would fix that.

#2113768 Hild wrote:

Cool.....I pre-ordered today. Work is pretty slow till the end of March so I should have time to play more than one game. Hopefully having a nice new video card will make the game more enjoyable than when I was struggling with PS.

Nice! Which video card did you buy?

Stats for new machine:

Intel I7-860
Intel DP55KG MB
CoolerMaster CM690
Antec 650 Watt PS
8 GB RAM
2 x 1 TB HD
ATI 5850
Windows 7 Ultimate

Using my Acer 2416W from my previous machine. Hopefully my tax return will cover everything.