Bermuda Cake
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Mann vs Machine is free, Mann Up Mode is not.
Mann vs. Machine is LIVE, Maggots!
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Mann vs Machine is free, Mann Up Mode is not.
- Jul 22, 2009
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you can also host one yourself, even a listenserver
gets full in under 2 minutes and random guys keep joining spec throughout the game
(and you can try to beat the waves by yourself
)
I was hosting a listen server for multiple hours last night. I never had any "randoms" join.
Server ran like a champ.
Server ran like a champ.
I could have worded it clearer, I know part is free. But the situation still stands, and could easily be flipped around to sound less like asshole friends.
If you have some spare change and want to do tour of duty, but your friends can't/won't, then you have a situation where someone WANTS to pay valve, but maybe they won't because it means leaving their friends out.
The main reason I think there is a cost involved is because the 'Mann Up!' mode is only on Valve servers as they obviously don't want to allow it on 3rd party servers have access where they can try and farm the gamemode for items and the tickets help towards those server costs
Hasn't valve ran about 30 TF2 servers forever? and a bunch of L4D ones too? I can't really see that being the justification.
is this sarcasm?
Doctor Paprika
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This game mode is fantastic if you can find a server that doesn't have lag issues whenever the bots show up. The upgrade system is intuitive and balanced.
Edit: Okay, so after about six or eight missions on different servers, I've concluded that it's basically impossible to get past wave 4 or so without engineers, scouts, or medics, but everyone just wants to go Heavy or Demo and spam at robots.
Edit: Okay, so after about six or eight missions on different servers, I've concluded that it's basically impossible to get past wave 4 or so without engineers, scouts, or medics, but everyone just wants to go Heavy or Demo and spam at robots.
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The difference being, those 30 servers were never enough to handle the entire userbase of TF2, but there were also dedicated servers running from day one due to operators actually knowing the game would be coming out and probably getting access to the dedicated server software ahead of time.
Not sure how Left 4 Dead works. I assume lobby players always play on Valve servers, which there are way more of than for any of their other games, and which might be virtual servers that start up and shut down based on estimated load.
But Left 4 Dead wasn't a free-to-play game. Those servers are being supported by the money people have spent buying the game. If Team Fortress 2 still cost money, I bet Mann vs. Machine would be paid DLC, and justifiably so. I mean, I'd probably fork over five to ten bucks for it, at this point.
I could see MVM being a cheap standalone spin-off, actually. I'm seriously considering dropping the dollar for a Mann Up ticket so i can A) actually get a damn game and B) Pay, support the developers, all that jazz.
- Jul 22, 2009
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strange. i sometimes have 2 people joined before i even choose my class
in any case free games are just a warmup. mann up mode is far more harder and fun
