DLC delayed...

The first downloadable content pack for Ghost Recon Future Soldier is delayed until later in July, we’ll have an exact date soon. We decided to take a small amount of extra time to further polish the content.

Just FYI for people that were thinking about getting it. I assume that means the patch is delayed also.

That's it, I'm calling it... BULLSHIT!

Why do they need more time to "polish" the DLC when it was announced before the game released and should have been done weeks ago?

My opinion is that they couldn't get the patch done so they used the "polish" excuse for the DLC. Not a huge deal but I was looking forward to the DLC on Tuesday since I have the week off of work.

Same here. I'm on vacation too.

I'm all for them getting it right before releaseing it. I was running up some stairs the other day when I just fell through the map and was stuck below. Then Puppet spawned on me and was stuck too, then our third squadmate did the same. It was lame. Hope the "polish" that sh1t out of all the maps. This weekend I stunned a dude and saw him fall through the map too. Lame.

S7 Coolhand wrote:I'm all for them getting it right before releaseing it. I was running up some stairs the other day when I just fell through the map and was stuck below. Then Puppet spawned on me and was stuck too, then our third squadmate did the same. It was lame. Hope the "polish" that sh1t out of all the maps. This weekend I stunned a dude and saw him fall through the map too. Lame.

This was pretty crap. I knew that Luke fell thru the stairs but continued to spawn on him because I'm so used to spawning on my squadmates that I didn't think about it.

Just FYI...the DLC has now been confirmed for the 17th.

http://www.xboxgamezone.co.uk/2012/07/10/arctic-strike-dlc-for-grfs-coming-17th-july/

Finally! I need new maps.

Nice!

Nice, glad I have some MS points stockpiled.

Well, I'll be back from vacation then but I think I might actually have some time to get on XBL. I think it's been like a week since I've turned on my box for something other than NetFlix.

DLC pack is downloaded and ready for tonights pwning the public

also installed game to my HDD

Gonna try and get this downloaded before work so that I can play when I get home. It will probably be about the same time 11:30/midnight if I can.

Downloading now and can't wait!

some of the maps are huge...I like this download, but I thought there was new weapons?

S7 R0LLING THUND3R wrote:some of the maps are huge...I like this download, but I thought there was new weapons?

Recheck your characters. Each class has 2 new weapons, 1 Ghost and 1 Bodark. Scout has two SMGs (Type 05 JS and BT MP9), Engineer has 2 SMGs (OCP-11 and Mk17), and Rifleman has 2 assault rifles (F2000 and CZS805). You don't have to unlock the weapons or pick them at a decision point, they're available for free immediately. I've played a little bit with the two scout weaps on MP and haven't been too impressed, but I might just need to get used to them. As for the Engineer and Riflemen weaps, I've just played around with them on the shooting range.

S7 R0LLING THUND3R wrote:some of the maps are huge...I like this download, but I thought there was new weapons?

There are new weapons.

2 for each class. They are automatically put in your list of weapons to chose from the Gunsmith.

I play some last night and enjoyed the new maps. Eviction and Skyline are my favorites so far. Riot is hard to get a handle on so far but I think I might like it more as I get to know the map. I also messed around with the 2 new SMG's for the scout. The Bodark Type 5 did not impress. The Ghost MP9 is a solid gun. Kind of a cross between the P90 and the Vector. High rate of fire and very low recoil. Seem accurate at a distance too. I don't like it better than the Vector but it is definitely a good gun and available right away which is a bonus. The only thing I really didn't get a chance to try out was the new gamemode. I'll have to check that out tonight. All in all I am very happy with the DLC. Good stuff.

Luke and I played some Stockade for a while last night and we don't exactly understand the scoring. Some games were won by like 1000+ to like 10-20 and some games were like 25-5. I think if you get the entire other team in the stockade your team gets the 1000 points as a bonus but I'm not sure. I figure in a day or so Husker will have the game figured out and he can explain it to us.

Also, I suggest getting a full team together to play it if you don't want to be frustrated. While it's not the same as Search, you need a whole team to work together in order to play the game mode well. Luke and I would play with like 2-4 randoms and the lack of communication (even when we switched to game chat) was just as frustrating as trying to play Search with randoms. I think this game style will most likely end up being our new default tourney game type once everyone gets the hang of it because the concept is really cool and the one or so games that we got everyone working together were pretty fun.

Really liked Eviction. Skyline is ok, but confusing so far, haha. I almost rage quit on Riot, lol.

I'm not so sure my normal routine of laying back and trying to protect the flank is really going to work all that great on these larger maps as there are so many areas to get flanked from. I might just have to try and step up my game and push a little bit more to the front lines, if at all possible.

S7 SockPuppet wrote:I figure in a day or so Husker will have the game figured out and he can explain it to us.

ROFL! Quote of the Day.

ghost right meow!!!!

S7 Interseptor wrote:

S7 SockPuppet wrote:I figure in a day or so Husker will have the game figured out and he can explain it to us.

ROFL! Quote of the Day.

I know that this is a team game but I'd think he's pretty much the de facto GC because he's on this game almost as much as Zals is on BF3 and he seems to pretty much always know what's going on with the game before most everyone else does. I'm just talking here.

S7 SockPuppet wrote:

S7 Interseptor wrote:

S7 SockPuppet wrote:I figure in a day or so Husker will have the game figured out and he can explain it to us.

ROFL! Quote of the Day.

I know that this is a team game but I'd think he's pretty much the de facto GC because he's on this game almost as much as Zals is on BF3 and he seems to pretty much always know what's going on with the game before most everyone else does. I'm just talking here.

Hey, I wasn't on tonight!!! I did logon at about 6 Central but nobody was on so I just turned it off and actually decided to do something else for a change!

The main reasons that I seem to "know" so much are because...

1. I play it so dang much and...

2. It's REALLY slow at work right now and I go to the GR forums about 10 times a day just to see if I can pick up on anything new or informative.

Really other than that I'm not very good at the game in general and am always jealous of the guys that can consitently get around a 2:1 KDR when I struggle to have a game that I go even. I sometimes have a rare game where I do great (like the one last week where I went 24-3 on Overpass), but I still struggle with a .89 KDR. I know that's not what the game is about and 95% of the time I could care less, but every once and a while I actually try to do a little bit more run & gun but end up going something like 7-18 or some BS like that. I just can't keep up with the better players and it's frustrating sometimes!

What I love most about this game is that it takes a team to win consistantly. One good player could occasionally create a win, but good teamwork is unstoppable. A lot of teams we beat have players going very positive on KDR, but that is all they are able to do.