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  1. Battlefront Jump Backpak

    in Heavy Weapons Trooper

    Posted · Edited by rbsmith7

    I've seen a some E3 gameplay from EA Battlefront II and a few notes:

     

    (1) Unlike EA Battlefront I, there is a true "Heavy" class ala the original Battlefront II. In the Clone Wars era match they played, the Heavy had a selection of standard heavy rifles that were cross-era (one clone was using a TFA FO rifle). Each class also has a perk system that is customizable. The Heavy at E3 could activate a personal shield, or switch over to a minigun/chaingun. There will definitely be more gun and perk options, maybe even in the way of micro transactions.

     

    (2) The Heavy did not have a jetpack. None of the classes that I saw ever used a jetpack. Instead, the jetpack was a character you could unlock with points earned in-game, called "Jet Clonetrooper". It was an ARC-style character. DICE clearly intends the Heavy to be a sluggish tank class, so I'd be surprised to see a jetpack option. I could definitely see the jetpack being a perk option for the other classes, however.

     

    (3) Still no images available of the OT Heavy class or whatever the OT-equivalent of the jetpack character will be.

     

    (Source for E3 gameplay)

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  2. Battlefront Jump Backpak

    in Heavy Weapons Trooper

    Posted · Edited by gmrhodes13
    photo updated

    I have both Battlefront 2 and EA Battlefront on my PC that is running a 1070k, so I can provide quality screenshots (and video) of both if needed.

     

    But screenshots of EA Battlefront shouldn't be the basis of changing the HWT CRL because (1) no matter what faction you are on, you can equip the jetpack and any weapon you so desire to any character skin you've unlocked. You can have a Bespin security guard with a Jawa gun and a jetpack, if that's what you want. You can have a Biker Scout with a jetpack and Han Solo's blaster, if that's what you want. At any given moment, a shoretrooper armed with a Tusken Raider sniper rifle might spawn next to Emperor Palpatine, while a Rodian X-Wing pilot with a DLT-19 kills his partner that is a sandtrooper armed with Boba Fett's rifle before jetpacking to the safety of Nein Numb's squad-shield. Oh, and all of this can happen on Hoth. LOL.

     

    And (2), there is no HWT skin in EA Battlefront. The closest thing to the HWT is a skin titled Stormtrooper (Orange), which appears to me to be an idealized sandtrooper (no ab buttons, high brow -- weirdly the MP40 pouch does appear in-game, but not at the character screen) wearing a ANH:Special Edition backpack. Red, white, and black pauldron variants are also available. I took screenshots of the Stormtrooper (Red) variant just for fun... You'll see that my character has the DLT-19 equipped, but I could just as easily have equipped any other gun, Rebel or Imperial.

     

     

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  4. Trooper Fit Club

    in Off Topic

    Posted · Edited by rbsmith7

    I had a personal best, yesterday, clocking in 7.62 miles on my Fitbit! I'm at about 6.3 miles, today.<br><br>

    ...and I weighed-in at 164. Lost weight!<br><br>

    Edit on 6/26<br><br>

    Lost another four pounds. It's getting harder and harder, ugh.

  5. Battlefront Jump Backpak

    in Heavy Weapons Trooper

    Posted

    Just to be clear, the Heavy Weapons Trooper is not in EA Battlefront, as there are no classes in the game but unlockable skins. 

     

    Also, the jump pack is a random perk that can be applied to every skin in the game, including rebel pilots, imperial officers, sandtroopers (as seen in Uruk's picture), rebel generals, bespin security guards, etc.

  8. Pauldrons

    in Boots, Soft Parts, and other Accessories

    Posted

    I feel that CRLs are needed so that costumes don't turn into a hodge podge of thrown-together accessories

    It would be chaos. The local ghostbuster group permits non-canon customization of characters and the result is that two guys look like they walked off the set and the other five or six look like really bad fan-fiction cosplay because they're all trying to one-up and look cooler and more unique than the person next to them.

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  10. Battlefront Jump Backpak

    in Heavy Weapons Trooper

    Posted · Edited by rbsmith7

    The upcoming EA Battlefront will apparently be a class-system rather than perks system, so there is a very good chance we get an updated Heavy Weapons Trooper by November.
     
    (But in the trailer, they've got a ROTJ(?) stormtrooper wearing an ANH:SE sandtrooper backpack)
     


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  14. FISD Master Armorer Program (ribbons, patch design)

    in Off Topic

    Posted · Edited by gmrhodes13
    photo updated

    Hey guys, I asked Paul if I could submit a ribbon design for the Master Armorer Program and he suggested I post the designs here for everyone to see and sound off. I thought for the Master Armorer ribbon color scheme, it would be appropriate to pay tribute to E6000. For the 2nd and 3rd awards, I went with a silver and gold anvil rather than the more traditional star and wreath. My illustration skills are pretty lacking, but I've also included a patch design -- it is rough but conveys the idea. What do y'all think?

     

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  16. What do you have?

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    I've got a pretty legit Ghostbuster costume with a scratch-built Proton pack that looks nothing like the movie but gets the job done.

    And I've been waiting on Anovos to ship me a TK kit since October.

    Roll Tide

    in New Member Introductions Archive

    Posted

    Thanks for the warm welcome, everyone! ukswrath's thread is bookmarked on all of my electronic devices, and I am in the process of gathering up the soft goods and construction materials, too. This will be a really difficult project for me, based on my lack-of-skillset, but I suspect I will say it was all worth it, once finished.

    Roll Tide

    in New Member Introductions Archive

    Posted

    Just wanted to introduce myself,

     

    I'm Bradley, located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. I work and go to school at the University of Alabama and I am also in seminary. I have always wanted to take part in the various charity events that the 501st is famous for, and so I have finally bit the bullet and ordered an Anovos kit. I figure by the time I have completed the kit, I will have lost weight enough to better fit the suit :) and graduated (Fall 2018) and can dedicate time to trooping. Also, I'm 5'6, so I guess y'all should get ready to add another Luke to the garrison roster. Thanks for the wealth of info you guys provide,

     

    Bradley

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