Super Monday Night Combat: What the hell is so Super about it?

[Ramary]

I see that there is actually a few people in NPF that seem to play this, and I tried it in beta but was not that big on it, even though I rather like Not-Super Monday Night Combat. BUT NOW I CAN GET TF2 HATS IN IT.

So my questions are....

1. People who play it, why do you play it? As in what do you like about it.

2. Hows the community? Since it is a MOBAish game I imagine the community is terrible.

3. If I do play again, can one of you carry me/give me free stuff.

4. WHAT IS SO "SUPER" ABOUT IT HUH?

[Arcanum]

In no particular order:

3. Since trading was implemented in the last update, yes I can hand out some products that I have duplicates of to get you started on the right foot. (Endorsements I hoard like a motherfucker, plus they aren't trade-able yet).

4. The rules have changed

2. The community is.. well.. depends. I'd say it's better than most MOBA communities, but I'm not entirely sure. There are quite a few assholes (if you ever see someone named odokee, be prepared for a hilarious rage storm), but there are also a lot of players who genuinely want to help the newbies. A lot of the beta players want the player base to increase, so if you ask for help (either at the start of a game or in an open chat lobby) odds are someone will help you. The reason I say I'm not sure is because I tend to expose myself to the beta players and less to whatever new forms of stupid plague the open chat. And I don't mean "new player ignorance" stupid, I mean genuine "thinks he/she knows what they're talking about even after I explain that no the Assassin isn't OP when she's four levels above you because you weren't killing bots" stupid.

1. I play it because I loved MOBA games but found them to be rather boring after a while. It's the same map, the same farming up gold, the same getting fucked over if you can't last-hit properly or get excessively denied. Meanwhile SMNC is faster paced, you can "tag" bots by shooting them once (or more) and get money for the kill assist (with the exception of slims, the tiniest bots worth the least amount of cash), there are more maps and somewhat different strategies depending on what map you're on (as well as making certain pros more or less effective due to terrain). And it combines the fun/skill of a shooter with the team play of a MOBA. Like, I just find it a genuinely fun game to play.

However, with that said, try your best to never go into matchmaking by yourself. The game is a million times more fun if you can communicate with your team. There is voice chat built into the game but it's rarely used. But simple communication can save your life, either by asking for a heal or being warned that a commando is about to flank you, or that someone is on the ejector. I'd offer to play with you, or any other new players, but I warn you that having a level 100 on your team might cause matchmaking (which is still being worked on so it's not really that balanced right now) to go crazy and match us up against a more competent team.

Also I definitely recommend spending some time in the Training Camp that they added so you know all about Juice and the Annihilator and Bullseye and what bots do what.

Like, not knowing what the annihilator is, and not helping fight for it will probably get someone on your team to rage at you. However, knowing what it is, and helping fight for it when it goes active is always a huge help for your team, even if you just end up as a distraction.


Some tips for new players

• Kill bots, or at the very least tag as many as you can. Also, pick up coins. Money is literally your experience. You get money for the standard moba stuff (kills, bot kills, kill streaks, ending streaks, etc) as well as healing (if you're a defender(i.e. a pro with a heal gun))
• Stick with your team. This would be obvious, but the shooter aspect of the game tends to make people think they can solo everything. That only happens if you get fed and over-level everyone.
• Pressing V then 1 (Help!) or 2 (I need healing!) can be a life saver, either when grappling or being grappled (among other scenarios). It will send the message to chat as well as put an exclamation point over your head so your team can help out.
• Grapples are your friend, and your enemy. Every pro has a grapple, some have two, some have grapple skills for extra damage. But really a grapple serves one of two purposes, to hold someone still while your team deals damage, or to push them away (either out of bounds for an instant kill, or to give you some breathing room).
• Don't play as a Commando or Sharpshooter until you have some experience with the game. Commandos require a lot of awareness and knowing when to dive in and how quickly you can get away. Sharpshooters require that you can headshot consistently, otherwise you are going to find yourself doing very little damage.

I'll probably add more to that list of tips eventually if more folks end up posting in this thread.

[Jagos]

1) I haven't seen a lot of people playing when I did. But it's a decent TF2 alternative that works to make a good little arena game to play. I didn't play much but it has similar characters to TF2 so it's nice for the casuals among us.

2) Think TF2 because that's what you're going to get (note: Before it was F2P)

3) Only if I get all your free stuff first

4) They gave the game 3 new characters to mess around with. Other than that, not much of a diff so... Yeah.

[Arcanum]

Originally Posted by Jagos

4) They gave the game 3 new characters to mess around with. Other than that, not much of a diff so... Yeah.

They actually added 9 new pros on top of the original six. Also, pros have much higher survivability and there's more emphasis on escorting bots and playing as a team instead of playing Gunner or Sin or Sniper and dominating everyone.

e- Also added a tip to not play a commando or sharpshooter until you get a feel for the game.

[Aldurin]

Here is what you will be in your first matches, though it does give guys a look at how it works from an idiot's perspective.

I'm just kinda sad that this commentator (who is usually decent if not awesome at other games) kinda derpfully flails around. I wanted to cry from the frustration of not being able to scream advice at him.