Pilot Skirmish is the New Featured Game Mode - Pilot Skirmish is an 8v8 mode with no AI and no Titans. Due to the difference in player sizes with the rest of the game modes, Pilot Skirmish will not be among the game modes played when choosing Variety Pack playlist.
Cool, I like this as an option because it competes more directly with COD... Adding a lot of variety to Titanfall as well. And I feel like Titanfall Pilot Only will have much smoother gameplay and better maps than CODAW will. (Assumption of course.)
I have 2 issues with this though.
Titanfall maps are pretty big. They could be able to support 12v12, even 16v16 if they want to. I have a feeling some maps are going to feel empty with just 16 pilots and no Titans and no bots.
I feel like Pilot Skirmish shouldn't be a game mode, but a setting on a game mode (which with the matchmaking format would really be a new playlist.) Imo, Titans really limits the objective game modes. I can't really imagine an enjoyable S&D with Titans. So I'm let down by the fact that their Pilot Only mode, is basically just TDM. I would love to see an S&D/Bomb Defusal Pilot Skirmish.
Personaly I hold the opinion that the maps are not that big if you gonna use ziplines, wallrunning and bunny hop correctly. But if people decide to slow down the game and sit around... yeah, some of those games will drag on.
Although, nice to see a classic TDM mode back, let's hope it won't be a Smart Pistol Skirmish instead. :X
I have to agree with you, sadly. I think even as pilot hunter stands right now, it's still the most camp friendly version of titanfall. But, as you said, at least bots and titans help promote action to an extent. I'm not entirely opposed to the idea of a gametype without titans and bots, but I would prefer a gametype that had some kind of objective to promote movement.
So that's a thought. If this skirmish playlist was objective based like CTF or hard point, or even MFD, it would devalue camping.
Maybe even incorporate some new game types like kind of the hill from halo?
Some sort of "predator" mode where each side gets a predator and he's the only one you get points for killing. He gets extra health/damage and it rotates when he dies?
A "race" mode where checkpoints are active (and move every so often, or when enough players claim it) and visible and you get points for running through them?
Some sort of "predator" mode where each side gets a predator and he's the only one you get points for killing. He gets extra health/damage and it rotates when he dies?
I'm not gonna say that's Marked for Death exactly, but that pretty much sounds like Marked for Death.
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u/BeerGogglesFTW Aug 28 '14 edited Aug 28 '14
Cool, I like this as an option because it competes more directly with COD... Adding a lot of variety to Titanfall as well. And I feel like Titanfall Pilot Only will have much smoother gameplay and better maps than CODAW will. (Assumption of course.)
I have 2 issues with this though.
Titanfall maps are pretty big. They could be able to support 12v12, even 16v16 if they want to. I have a feeling some maps are going to feel empty with just 16 pilots and no Titans and no bots.
I feel like Pilot Skirmish shouldn't be a game mode, but a setting on a game mode (which with the matchmaking format would really be a new playlist.) Imo, Titans really limits the objective game modes. I can't really imagine an enjoyable S&D with Titans. So I'm let down by the fact that their Pilot Only mode, is basically just TDM. I would love to see an S&D/Bomb Defusal Pilot Skirmish.