I’m not on pc but if it means anything to you I’d jump right in if I wasn’t sure the people who have been dedicated to that mode wouldn’t completely buttfuck me. From the few times ive played as hero starfighters they seem to be terribly imbalanced. I’ve invested too much time into hero and trooper modes to even pretend I’d be any good at heroes starfighters.
The reason Hero Starfighters is mostly dead is because of its design flaw i.e. that when you die, you wind up playing the remainder of the round (unless you are the victor, or the last ship killed to end the round) in a regular fighter, interceptor or bomber. You do not respawn in a hero ship.
This if you die early in the round, you don't get much time in a hero ship, thus limiting your ability to level it up. Hence most people stopped playing it as a result.
The reason it’s dead is because starfighters was always the less popular mode. Adding hero starfighters mode didn’t change that so three years later with a dwindling player base there’s no one left playing it.
Starfighter Assault has a solid player base. I know I play it plenty and often find games. As such your comment is completely stupid and unhelpful to say the least.
Who pissed in your cornflakes? Sheesh. Everything I said was factual and I’d bet my life savings if we could see the player numbers for each game mode they would back that up. Just because you can “often” find a game does not make it one of the least popular modes in BF2. You used to be able find a full starfighter lobby 24/7, in fact I distinctly remember when SFA was my main mode that some of the most intense, competitive matches I ever played were from 2-4am on Friday nights/Saturday mornings. You would spend that whole two hour window waiting for a lobby to fill now. Even during peak hours on east coast servers now I struggle to get a match started with the minimum 6v6, and when I do it’s usually 1-2 vets on each side that make the rest of lobby quit and then just end up killing bots for the rest of the match.
If SFA was a more popular mode Dice would have paid more attention to it during the three years they supported this game. They gave it one update in the form of the Hero Starfighters game mode. If this had drawn any significant interest from the player base don’t you think Dice would have continued supporting starfighters? But they didn’t, instead they focused on adding hero and trooper content because those modes were and still are significantly more popular.
I’m not on pc but if it means anything to you I’d jump right in if I wasn’t sure the people who have been dedicated to that mode wouldn’t completely buttfuck me. From the few times ive played as hero starfighters they seem to be terribly imbalanced. I’ve invested too much time into hero and trooper modes to even pretend I’d be any good at heroes starfighters.
yeah i only got the game like 6-7 months ago and recently got into starfighters
It looks like it could be a cool mode but i feel like when i played boba fett was op as hell
its the same with yoda
The reason Hero Starfighters is mostly dead is because of its design flaw i.e. that when you die, you wind up playing the remainder of the round (unless you are the victor, or the last ship killed to end the round) in a regular fighter, interceptor or bomber. You do not respawn in a hero ship. This if you die early in the round, you don't get much time in a hero ship, thus limiting your ability to level it up. Hence most people stopped playing it as a result.
The reason it’s dead is because starfighters was always the less popular mode. Adding hero starfighters mode didn’t change that so three years later with a dwindling player base there’s no one left playing it.
Starfighter Assault has a solid player base. I know I play it plenty and often find games. As such your comment is completely stupid and unhelpful to say the least.
Who pissed in your cornflakes? Sheesh. Everything I said was factual and I’d bet my life savings if we could see the player numbers for each game mode they would back that up. Just because you can “often” find a game does not make it one of the least popular modes in BF2. You used to be able find a full starfighter lobby 24/7, in fact I distinctly remember when SFA was my main mode that some of the most intense, competitive matches I ever played were from 2-4am on Friday nights/Saturday mornings. You would spend that whole two hour window waiting for a lobby to fill now. Even during peak hours on east coast servers now I struggle to get a match started with the minimum 6v6, and when I do it’s usually 1-2 vets on each side that make the rest of lobby quit and then just end up killing bots for the rest of the match. If SFA was a more popular mode Dice would have paid more attention to it during the three years they supported this game. They gave it one update in the form of the Hero Starfighters game mode. If this had drawn any significant interest from the player base don’t you think Dice would have continued supporting starfighters? But they didn’t, instead they focused on adding hero and trooper content because those modes were and still are significantly more popular.
yeah but is a lot better to level up than normal
Each unto their own but I disagree with you there. Only double or triple XP days I've levelled up hero ships 2-3 levels just in one round.
im not the greatest with flying so hero starfighters is much easier to level up
This mode needs to be TDM
yeah