[PS3] Metal Gear Online v2

so lets just say the date for the bets is still confirmed and ready to go. Will it be available for to play for tonight.
Also has anyone traveled through konami site, it was going so slow so I couldn't go through much but is it possible to add friends game ID's through there or is it only possible when within the beta?

Originally Posted by Shenlon

so lets just say the date for the bets is still confirmed and ready to go. Will it be available for to play for tonight.
Also has anyone traveled through konami site, it was going so slow so I couldn't go through much but is it possible to add friends game ID's through there or is it only possible when within the beta?

Online only. As far as it going to start tonight, who knows. I've read tonight, tomorrow, never. It's anyone's guess at this point.

Beta doesn't kick off until tomorrow night at 11pm GMT for those in the UK. For folks in the US it'll begin 12am PST and 3am EST.

Also there's another software update from 1.01 to 1.02....but don't worry the file is small and only takes 5-10 minutes tops. According to the release its a patch for "how the client connects to the server" so hopefully no fuck ups will occur this weekend.

Looks like Konami is getting their shit together. That's good!

Won't be online until Saturday? Christ, I wonder if I should even *try* it. I'll only be able to use it for a day or so... How long is MGO up for? Only a month?

its online (in the US at least)
I played for like 2 minutes without going into the training so don't jump straight into playing until you go into training and familiarize yourself with the controls because it doesn't feel anything like the other mgs games
I'm going to play again later when I have more liberating time and also to record some gameplay, so I guess I'll see you guys online

The game is pretty great aside from the connection problems I've been having. That could just be me though~

actually when i tried to connect to the snake lobby there was a network error. No problem with the otacon one tho

EDIT: So a just played a good while of MGO and I have to ask, is anyone else experiencing a bunch of lags on these servers. And I mean a lot. At first it plays ok and then the controls take 2 seconds to respond to my actions so it's almost impossible for me to shoot anything.
The few matches that did play fine tho were kinda fun but I find the scheme of the controls to be very broken. You can press L1 to go over the shoulder but then you have to press triangle in order to go into first person and unless your use to the controls your timing isn't going to be so great when you decide to get a precise shot to the head. I had to set my fps movement down to 3 since the anolog felt way to sensitive when moving and I'd overshoot my target.
And still, I noticed a lot of people just run randomly into each other and shoot like crazy and basically have a shoot-off while standing still until someone dies. Which is why I think the auto-aim shouldn't have been implemented into the game at all since I think a lot of people will have it on at all times and shoot each other in the body for like 10 seconds unless of course your being gang "banged"
Well so far the Lag is my biggest problem, could be my connection but I have no problems with COD4 so I'm guessing konami is having problems with their servers still.

I haven't seen too much of any lag. I've seen more people lag out than play though. This is a beta afterall.

Had a good stab at it now, and I must say that I'm surprised, happily so
Thought this Beta would be a nightmare of cursing and moaning over lag issues and stuff that usually comes with Beta-stage Games, but it was actually really really enjoyable.
Experienced little to none Lag and can't say I noticed much from my teammates/oponents either.
Wasn't hoping for much when Konami started off with postponing the launch of the server.
So this is certainly gonna enlighten the 2 weeks to come

Btw, are the Servers seperated from eachother? as in, can I meet people from the USA over here in Europe, and vice versa.

Stability is fine, but sorry MGS fans this game is outright horrible and it's mostly because of some of the worst controls I have ever had the displeasure of dealing with. I sure hope they take some serious feedback from players on this because the entire control system needs to be scrapped and reworked.

I thought the controls were pretty good o.O
Although I'm not very experienced with FPS on Consoles I picked it up pretty quick.

Having to hold a trigger to aim sucks when dealing with multiplayer. They just need to copy the Gears of War control scheme when in 3rd person view. I know bringing the gun to ready is a MGS thing, but it just isn't working out for online play.

I'm just running around constantly holding L1. It's pointless. And even worse this L1 -> Control Stick -> R1 hurts my hand on the Dual Shock.

That's just the start of the issues I noticed though. I'm not going to complain about the rest though because franking I'm sure nobody cares that much. I just really hope they are planning on taking some suggestions from the beta players because the potential in this is awesome, but it's a total diamond in the rough right now.

Wow, after extensive play tonight (I think about 8 hours straight), I gotta say I'm addicted. The Drebin Points mode is probably my favorite because of the variety of weapons + attachments available is pretty satisfying (M4/AK + Grenade Launcher, thumbs up from me). Also popping heads is so much easier than in MGO1, thanks inpart of the new aiming system (heh, earned an Eagle rank because of this).

The only thing I don't like about the controls is the lack of an ability to run and gun, that element is definitely a necessity when it comes to online play. Other than that, I'll be continuously playing the beta till its closing.

i was surprised that there wasn't any lag, but once in a while a red message saying connection not stable popped up, but i never got disconnected or anything. the controls are just weird, it doesn't work too well for online play and auto aim is just crap. i have a hard time playing DM with these controls, especially on the small map, i find that people just turn auto aim on and once they see you they L1 and just shoot until you die.

what's cool is when you receive a message while in a game, the codec rings and you get an mail icon at the top of the screen.

Well I played a few hours yesterday, including some rounds with Hantei, and then some more just now and I'm pretty addicted too. It did take me awhile to get into it given my main online fix for the last 7-8 months has been COD4 so it took some getting used to while everyone else kept kicking my ass.

Controls were an issue at the start too given that its not even standard MGS stuff since they've redone the controls for the single player campaign for MGS4 and then carried everything over to MGO so I struggled for abit. My one and main complaint though is the aiming and hit detection. It seems that even with Auto Aim off trying to hit somebody inside the reticle is bloody hard given most your shots whizz by the guy and the recoil in FPS mode is ridiculous but then again thats probably because I'm too used to COD. Overall though I try and use manual aim when they're off a ways and then switch to Auto Aim for close quarters which has been a winning combination so far.

I guess for any GFFers wanting to hook up we got to get a shit together all over again given you can't find players with either their PSN IDs or Konami Gamer IDs but only with specific names that you gave your character. So mine is DGSimo the same as my PSN to make things easier. If any GFFers want to link up for a game in the next 5 hours then post ahead, that way we can just create a GamingForce specific room and password just for GFFers.

sure i'd be good to play later. I didn't have a good experience before since my wireless connection might have given me some lag but it should be running perfectly now.

Alright then if all goes well I'll have a GFF lobby in the next 2 hours at 3pm EST then. Folks can drop me a line in MGO for the server info and password and I'll post it here too just for good measure.

Dang. I was hoping to hear some more positive impressions of the game, but it sounds like controls are holding everybody back from enjoying it.

I'll be on at about 2 in the morning tonight when I get back from the bars tonight to finally try the game out, otherwise maybe I'll see some of you guys online tomorrow.

I would highly recommend that anyone go through the Training mode before playing the game. I jumped right in and was pretty bad at it, but after I went through training, I got a bit more familiar with the controls. I didn't know you could switch between omniscient third person, over-the-shoulder third, and first person. The OTS cam works a lot better for me, personally.

Anyway, training first, game second.