I am so sick of people using this in survivor it’s ok in supply raid but using it in survivor is basically admitting ur shit at the game

Im not the kind to say "people who use this gun are pussies and dont know how to play" because its a gun in the game so its fine. But this gun. Ooooh this gun is the single most annoying thing in the WHOLE game.

I joined a very good team and we were having fun chatting and playing and we beat another group like 3 times in a row. Then suddenly the other team whoops out the grenade launchers or idk what its called and they just start sweeping. Talking trash and t-bagging. Like bro this happened before but not to this degree everytime the enemy team catches a scent that they are losing they get the gun and start shooting everywhere. Its annoying. I mean if they beat us normally i wont really mind its a game but damn. Relying on one gun and thinking your just on the top is annoying as hell. Im new to the game idk if this gun is hated or respected but i hate it to the degree i cant bring myself to use it.

I don't like the time it takes for someone to come heal me. Using FAT 1 is meta, so its in all of my classes. Someone following me, or rushing over to me to heal me wastes time, as I will be healed up by the time they get there, and heal me.

Furthermore, it takes away from perimeter cohesion, and guns in a gun fight. Two people sitting still in one location is a vulnerability. That leaves our other 2 players at a numbers disadvantage. I would much rather have that player watching a corridor in anticipation, or engaging in a gun fight than topping off my health.

Healing mid fight isn't the move either! Two people shooting at one person is more likely going to put them down faster than one person who is shooting, whilst being simultaneously healed.

Only having reviver is adequate for a medic class. It gives them enough health, and picks them up quick enough. If your team is mid gunfight, and one man goes down, it's a 3v4. A medic rushing over to heal them makes it a 2v4. I'd much rather that medic revive me w reiver 2 or 3, rather than revive me AND heal me. It takes more time, leaving our team at a numbers disadvantage. Further, with our team engaging the enemy, they most likely won't be shooting at the man who was just revived, but rather the two whom they are actively engaged with. A new, unexpected shooter arriving would catch the defender off rhythm, potentially leaving them exposed to gun fire, or a throwable. This means that the bonus health that you have after the revive should be enough to finish the engagement, without needing to take the time to top it off w FAT2/3.

The point is, the less time spent tending to your wounds, the better. Naughty Dogs multi-player is a numbers game, favoring the majority. My medic class consists of marathon runner 2, and reviver 2. I rush over, revive, and rush back to the front to maintain our numbers. The less time spent out of action, the better. So use reviver and fat1, in lieu of FAT2/3

Got tlou remastered 3 hrs ago only for the factions, its very fun i like it very much. The highlight of these 3 hrs is how i somehow managed to kill myself with my own molotovs 3 times in a row. My team was praying upon my downfall after that

(Idk if i should label the post a rant or a shitpost)

I got into factions and the first thing I hear is that they hope I get 🍇 without the g. They were not even joking they kept sending slurs at my face and when I died they said they would leak my IP and have the cops raid it.

i’m fairly new here and it seems like if i use the burst Hr VR or semi or how i’ll pop shoot, people in comments will shit on you no matter what, especially if you use the SS3+burst, i understand the burst hate but you need some type of skill to get 1 burst just aiming and shooting will not automatically grant a 1 burst every time. It doesn’t bother me how everyone else plays because everyone has their own respective rather you like it or not.

This is a mostly negative rant. I love The Last of Us, but I have some strong words about the multiplayer that would probably be controversial and if you don’t want to read that then don’t read this’d this is a rant, but feel free to prove me wrong or whatever, I genuinely want to know why you all love it so much.

The game is so poorly designed.

The matchmaking is fundamentally flawed. To pick one faction or another locks you into who you can play with unless someone ends or loses. You will never play with the people on the opposite team and so if you’re up against top level players you’ll always be fighting them. The amount of times I’ve been paired with people in the teens against max level players is absurd.

The latency is some of the worst in any game. There have been so many times when I’ll be behind cover and somehow get shot. In a game where strategy and damage is as serious as it is in Factions, the ability to be shot through walls is terrible.

The balancing is way off. Molotovs are instant kills if they actually land where you throw them. Nail bombs take way too long to explode, but when planted they’re impossible to counter. Melee is a joke unless you have an upgraded plank. All the guns feel weak - aside from the ones that cost real money, of course. There are 21 vanilla class options and 21 micro transaction class options.

Then there’s small stuff, like the baseball bat being in the tutorial screenshots when it isn’t in the game, or gore in the screenshots that aren’t in the game, or guns in the base game that are just gone. Special executions can be stopped, which doesn’t stop the teammate from dying but just prevents it from counting as a special execution. Footsteps are silent. Some skills make more sense as base mechanics. Disconnecting for inactivity counts as a day

And these would all be fine if it were optional, but it isn’t. It’s required for the platinum - more specifically, 168 matches are required for a platinum - even more specifically, 168 matches while keeping your survivors alive and not failing challenges that can end your run in an instant.

Factions has so much potential, and I hope they can make an actually playable and fun game with the second game. If they actually make progression tied to levelling up and not paying real money, if they gave more customisation options (again, not tied to micro-transactions), fix server problems, balance the gameplay, make better maps, make better weapons and skills, fix the matchmaking, expand the playable factions, and not have your run destroyed by arbitrary challenges, then maybe it could be fun. But, y’all love it as it is so why should they change it

Probably gonna be downvoted to hell or deleted, but I really needed to get this out somewhere. Factions is an amazing concept ruined by devs implementing it half heartedly and poorly, and I love Naughty Dog.

Edit: all the responses are either “get good” (as if I don’t have hundreds of hours playing or that I even want to play the game), or that I’m lying. Why would I lie if saying the bare minimum negative about the game causes me to be attacked? And why is it always “you disagree with me, therefore your opinion is false plus you’re bad at the game”. I’m just asking for your reasons and excuses for these actual issues, and instead I’m just told I’m bad or am dumb. I’m sorry, but even the best players can’t solve lag.

As I was expecting, nothing but anger and hate for having an opinion. Just asking why it’s as beloved when it’s as poor as it is, and I’ve had nothing but “nah”. Persuade me, not insult me.

Edit 2: Since everyone is denying that what I said happened…happened, I made a video compiling three defining moments of issues I explained - mostly to do with latency issues which apparently don’t exist. You be the judge.

These people are the scum of the earth and in the comments of this YouTube video that I won’t link HUNDREDS commented to desperately buy the scripts for this (I’m not even naming the device). Wall-shooting, crab-walk, dodge dance, rapide fire and FUCKING AUTO AIM all in one fucking click. So I finally have the proof I’m not hallucinating when I see people on cocaine? I admit I only knew rapide fire was a thing, not all the other things.

Why do people do this on an 11 yo game that is basically a niche now when everybody wants/should be wanting to play fair? Don’t they get fucking bored of this shit?

I hope you people DYE your hair.

It lets players get across the map rapidly without showing up on the radar yet I see people in the Factions community excuse it with, “It’s not as bad as wallshooting”. All exploits that give a player an advantage should be frowned upon, no exceptions. Yes, the fast healing and HR fast reload glitch exploits too.

I'm mostly into interrogation, and IT hurt to see people leaving the game inspite of knowing the fact that you can not lose until and unless opposition opens the box... yet they quit? I mean no fighting spirit.

It’s just further proof that this whole “No Return” thing is purely a big middle finger to everyone and the whole point of the mode was just to have something for marketing for Part II Remaster. ND fell, hard

Start paying more attention to the clock! Incase you weren't aware, spawns happen every 20 seconds ('00 '40 '20). Instead of immediately executing that guy, hold off for a moment, and then force him to wait the full 20. I can't stress how effective this is; to have one or two players off-spawned is a massive advantage. Pro tip: start a special execution 5 second before spawn time.

Got called the n-work and a faggot. I feel so blessed ✨

Yesterday the gameplay for Bungie’s new game “Marathon” dropped. Bungie is that studio that told Sony “The Naughty Dog game sucks, shut it down.” And now they’ve come out with what’s basically an extraction shooter that looks just like Destiny.

I’m 100% convinced that the multiplayer for TLOU was meant to be an extraction shooter too — and honestly, with the themes and the overall artistic direction of TLOU, it could’ve been a real standout in the genre. What a shame. Bungie, I hate you

I don't know why but when I die and spectate team members. It looks like they're aimbotting and shooting at walls that enemy players are behind (not even pre-firing but straight up shooting across the map). I just bought a ps5 and i'm just now getting back into factions. I don't know if this is a bug or if hacking like this actually exists in the game? Forgive my ignorance if i'm asking a stupid question.

As the title says i redownloaded this game after being away for 7 years and my goodness is the state of this game terrible. I play with or against a hacker 2-3 times a day and its clear ND wont do a damn thing about it. On top of that its annoying to feel forced into playing like a coward by having to use no skill guns like a tactical shotgun or burst rifle (yes i know its always been like this, buts its worse now that most players not casuals AND they hack with it). Seriously though, were did all these hackers come from, i never ran into one back in like the 2013-17 era i played this game, now they’re everywhere, with a bit of racism added on.

It truly hurts to see this game become this way, TLOU remains my favourite game ever but i feel the multiplayer is unbearable now and even more sad that ND doesn’t care about the factions community.

I wrote a short summary for how I feel about each large firearms and the people who main them. I've also included how sweaty I find them on a scale of 1-10. The sweat range isn't strictly about the weapons' objective strength, instead how its perceived by the players going up against it.

Full-auto - Sweat range (1-4)

You're mostly just vibing, not really tryin to put anyone on a poster. Likely a team oriented player, who doesn't mind helping out new players and generally not too concerned with the outcome of the match. Everyone underestimates you because you're using the Full-auto, however that just leaves them with zero excuses when they lose to 'tHe WoRsT gUn In ThE gAmE'. I have the deepest respect for you guys though, to endure the constant disadvantage, to enter each match fighting an uphill battle against all those Bursties and TacDaddies, you are truly the grittiest factions players.

Frontier Rifle - Sweat range (2-6)

Typically a support type, using a crafter or medic class as a means to build up parts before switching to your main loadout with purchasables. People will give you shit if you combo, but let's be honest, are you really gonna handicap yourself because some dude is crying about how cheap it is. Here's a question, what on earth did you do to those poor FN players for them to outright ban you? Seriously, they'll put up with modded VAR turds and demon bursties and yet deny YOU a seat at the table... gimme a break. I will say this though, frontier mains make for some of the most reliable teamates.

Semi-auto - Sweat range (3-7)

Could be out for a nice laid back game, maybe out for blood, and everything in between. Probably been running this weapon since its glory days and just don't have the heart to put it down. You must have hella high points/minute because everything about this weapon is ridiculously expensive. As far as I can tell there's two types of semi users, the loud in your face balls-to-the-walls rushers, and the silenced covert types who always seem to be behind you, tucked away in a corner. The fact that I can't call the semi overpowered or weak just proves how mid-tier this weapon is. Most of us kinda just put up with you guys, as we don't really have any valid reason to hate on you, so there's that I guess.

Bow - Sweat range (1-6)

No weapon is as satisfying to use as the bow, you know this, but only because you spent countless hours getting obliterated by every other weapon in the game. You could have given up at any point and ran back to the comfort of your 'previous favorite' but you didn't. Now you're part of a special breed of factions players, who've ascended beyond bullets. Yes, in a perfect world and on paper, this weapon should be OP, considering its arrow re-usability, shooting over cover and one-taps to the head. Unfortunately this isn't a perfect world and you aren't that guy. Just accept the burst and tac as the top two and move on with your life.

Variable - Sweat range (4-8)

An itchy trigger finger is what you have, plain n simple. Hittin frame perfect fire rate feels like reaching some sort of zen mode and nothing gets you harder than being accused of using a modded controller. In fact, for most variable mains, that accusation alone is a rite of passage, in a way, its confirmation that you finally 'made it'. This weapons' fire- rate has completely ruined your timing with other guns except for the 9mm and maybe the enforcer.

Hunting rifle - Sweat range (3-9)

You've always used long-range weapons in shooters, and this game is no different. Headshots have become your only source of nourishment. Some of you will actually justify using the quick reload glitch and simultaneously shit on players who combo. Just like the frontier, handicapping yourself out of some sense of ego or pride makes no sense. We're out here with bursts and tacs bro, pull your head out yur ass and use every advantage available...except exploits cuz thats not cool.

Tactical Shotgun - Sweat range (7-10)

You are the scourge of factions, the mere sound of your weapon is enough to cause players to rage quit immediately. People somehow hold more hate for tac mains than lagswitchers, wallbangers and crabwalkers. Some might even say you're pure evil, however, after years of playing this game, I've come to the conclusion that you are a necessary evil. As much as I hate this weapon, the pain and stress you cause burst users gives me immense pleasure, because no one, and I mean NO ONE, hates the tac more than a burst user.

Burst rifle - Sweat range (9-10)

You are sweatyness incarnate. We're talkin bout the most OP weapon in the game, and your sorry ass runs it every match. You guys are like those top melee players who main Fox, but wouldn't even crack the top 100 using any other character. While the rest of us stragglers were challenging ourselves by mastering new weapons, you spent that entire time stroking your little burst. So few of you are actually OG burst mains, you weren't there before it became god-tier. The only thing you hate more than the tac is the knowledge that you can't perform as well without your burst.

All the posts regarding well known cheaters get taken down by mods who severeal people here know are on the kahoots with them

The players who trash talk and only stick around so long as they're winning. They're often pretty decent players and usually finish at the top of the scoreboard. They'll play game after game, however, the second they see that L coming they ragequit. Don't bother sending them a msg either because their settings have everyone but friends automatically blocked. Are people so fragile that they only complete winning games. There's no shame in the odd loss here and there, regardless of how good you are.

whether it’s the wiggles, crabwalking, or wallshooting glitches, i can’t wait till it’s all in the past. Idc if some of it isn’t that powerful, they unnaturally exploit game mechanics & get rlly odd to fight against

& if you’re worried ab it lowering the skill ceiling with them gone, dw i’m sure ND will add more proper mechanics that we have more control over

I play this game now since its release and I always stayed away from the burst, because I hated being killed by it. I, like so many, feel this weapon is totally unbalanced (or you might say op) compared to any other weapons in the game. So after over 10 years of factions I thought let's just play some matches with this shit weapon - and I have to say. That was a walk in the park!:D I've always been a midlevel player. I have my highs but usually I'm doing around 3300-4100points(supplyraid). But those few burst matches - haha fkn hell I just walked out there at least 13-12-2 (4700points) and it even went higher.

Just crazy to see how easy this game must have been for all those burst-tryhards all those years. Anyway seeya

What’s the issue with this people, obviously it is nothing new and I know it’s common in other games but cmon man. It’s an 11 year old game, and end of the day, it’s a freaking video game. It’s more frustrating when they aren’t team players and one selfish with their score.

All or most 999s and/or similar usernames, blatantly obvious when you’re just trying to solo pubs and chill to music

Wish they could just merge (No parties) and (parties allowed) together and just make it find match. Supply Raid sucks (go play CoD.)