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Paladins is now free-to-play on Switch
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I tried to play the game a few hours and while it is a very commendable effort and sometimes genuinely fun, stick aiming frustrates me way too much for it to be fun. I'm going to patiently wait for gyro aiming to be implemented.
Really don't like the auto-aim, wish it was turned down at the highest settings since it doesn't make competitive sense to play at less than full auto-aim.
Seems to be a bit too Free to Play if that makes any sense. The characters being locked and the whole gem system makes it feel like a mobile game. Fortnite is free yet I've never felt like I was missing out on anything other than some skins.
One thing I find that helps with the stick controls in handheld mode is turning the x axis and y axis sensitivity down, making the deadlines kinda small and reduce the stick acceleration. It helped my Cassie play overall.
Game is fun so far, only played with like 3 different champions but the grind is ahead of me.
Game is fun so far, only played with like 3 different champions but the grind is ahead of me.
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How do deadlines work?
Also aren't you really slow at turning around with these settings?
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Wow, I meant dead zones last night lol my bad.
Dead zones are pretty much the area you can designate where you move your controls sticks and your character/crosshair moves. Smaller deadzones = more responsiveness when just moving the control stick slightly while larger deadzones = moving the control stick more to make movements.
It's all on personal preference, but I chose smaller deadzones in the controller settings mainly because the joycon control sticks are small and I like playing this game in handheld mode more than docked. Hope that helps.
Yeah, in the case of Paladins I wouldn't have much interest in the F2P version. I bought the founder's pack and have really enjoyed the game. There are lot of interesting characters here, and I wouldn't want to be limited in who I can choose. They all feel unique, and it helps with team synergy if you have everyone at your disposal.
My hope with the free version is that people see that the game runs and plays well (although it would really benefit from gyro), so maybe more players will grab the full roster. I'd like to see this be successful on the Switch.
Yeah I've actually thought about this, but realized you can't purchase the founders pack version from the eShop without uninstalling the F2P version. Is there a way in-game?
So what do you get to free right when you start the game? Are the heroes on rotation like League of Legends or does everyone get the same base starting roster?
I'm not sure how it works now, but before the game was F2P on Switch buying the founder's pack gave you an eshop code for the full thing.
I'd test it for you if I could. Hopefully someone who didn't buy the founder's pack early can clear it up.
The answers are in this very page.
You play against bots until level 5. After that you can choose to play with bots for practice.
Yes, they're working on motion controls.
You will only play against bots until you hit level 5. After that you can continue to play against bots in every mode in the Training section. So yeah!
Gyro controls are coming I think.
Man, I was thinking that I'm a god at this game...did not know that you were playing bots until Level 5. I think I'm level 4 now, so I'm sure I'm in for a rude awakening during my next session.
AFAIK it's all online. You need a connection to their server to even login and see a menu.
Thanks! So the random names made me think I was playing agains people. Also Sometimes the bots were in their base and nothing happened. So I'm worse than I though, the bots are better than me.
I played three matches last night and had fun. Can't get into a single match now. "Player Disconnected" bug(?) three times in a row. Even restarting the game leeds to a never ending loading screen.
And I don't think I played against bots last night. I'm level 3 now.
And I don't think I played against bots last night. I'm level 3 now.
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How is the framerate on the Switch? I wouldn't mind giving it a go but I don't want to waste time downloading if it's not stable.
Been in for a month and it seems stable for the most part. Resolution can and does drop.
I'm actually enjoying the game a lot but I'm debating on whether or not to even pay for the battle pass. There's a lot of money to be spent here and I haven't spent a dime on a f2p game in my life lol.
Aren't those things caused mainly by starting against bots until level 5, rather than the stage design?
What does have you played? Because most of the most of them have an objective that is at a speecific point so the stages are designed for that. It's not meant to be a deathmatch (apart from one team deathmatch mode). Try Siege!
Also, you only play against bots until you hit level 5 so that's probably why it's easy. It's showing you the ropes and making sure you don't get destroyed by other players while your learning the rules.
I have come to deeply hate JRPG because it commits the one sin that invalidates a term: nobody can fucking agree what it describes. Some will die on the hill that it means any RPG from Japan (which is beyond useless as a genre descriptor). Some will swear on their dying breath that they're a specific subgenre of turn-based, character-centric, story-heavy RPGs. Ink and blood has been spilled by the gallon on that battle.
MOBA and roguelike, on the other hand, are terms that are clearly defined and widely agreed on. Pissing on them is complaining for the sake of complaining.
I thought you could unlock champions in Paladins, but there seems to be no options for each champion?
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What do you mean?
You can unlock each champion with gold or crystals
Can't find the option?
Also the Join Queue button seemed to not work, then I restarted the game and it said "diserter (xx:xx)" lol. Now it actually works.
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yea sometimes it's buggy.
In the menu "champion" you can select a champion and it will show how much he/she costs at the bottom right corner. You can purchase by pressing "x"
ahhh I see. I guess I was looking in the wrong champs who are unlocked already
I'm trying to unlock barik for a while, but pressing "x" did nothing. Closed and started the game again and it worked.
The game btw it's quite fun, but the loading times are a bit annoying.
I hope they will implement gyro aiming soon.
I have come to deeply hate JRPG because it commits the one sin that invalidates a term: nobody can fucking agree what it describes. Some will die on the hill that it means any RPG from Japan (which is beyond useless as a genre descriptor). Some will swear on their dying breath that they're a specific subgenre of turn-based, character-centric, story-heavy RPGs. Ink and blood has been spilled by the gallon on that battle.
MOBA and roguelike, on the other hand, are terms that are clearly defined and widely agreed on. Pissing on them is complaining for the sake of complaining.
The Grandpa Simpson meme is still so perfect. And I agree. A lot of enthusiast gaming peeps complain for the sake of complaining. Especially when, unless they are ignorant willful or otherwise, know exactly why development choices were made. Case in point.
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they're currently working on motion controls. But couldn't give a time frame though
Really hope they get cross progression into this. It's a fun game, but I rarely play on PC since I just have other games I like better. But I also own a ton of shit for it. No interest in playing 'from scratch' on switch, but I'd play it for sure when I'm on vacations or whatever if it had my stuff.
Don't really see how, idk how much a hero costs to unlock, but it's a pretty normal model for these games. Similarly, the price to unlock every hero forever is only like 30 bucks, so I fail to see how it's like a mobile game.
While I can understand some of the complaints, I'm having a great time with this game.
It's smooth and plays like a dream. I've been using handheld mode exclusively and I've never been bothered by any of the resolution drops.
I'm a bit frustrated with the F2P nature of it, and am considering paying to unlock, but even without it, it's pretty good.
I think the fact that I've never played Overwatch is probably part of the reason I don't have too many complaints though.
It's smooth and plays like a dream. I've been using handheld mode exclusively and I've never been bothered by any of the resolution drops.
I'm a bit frustrated with the F2P nature of it, and am considering paying to unlock, but even without it, it's pretty good.
I think the fact that I've never played Overwatch is probably part of the reason I don't have too many complaints though.
You are not missing much.
I mean OW is definitely more polished game, which is not strange because of the huge budget. But imo. Paladins is better and more interesting game if we are talking about the gameplay.
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