Some of the less popular game modes like Team Deathmatch are more or less unplayable due to there being low activity, and even finding Breach and Dominion matches was no mean feat. As an Australian, the servers feel very barren currently, and matchmaking times are excruciatingly long (we’re talking up to ten minutes here). As a multiplayer brawler, the game lives and dies by the strength of its community and continuous player counts. While we are on the subject of networking, there is one rather large factor that should be considered before purchasing the expansion, or dusting off your old copy and getting the free upgrade. Given the boons granted by perks don’t necessarily make a massive splash, it’s easy enough to ignore this system and simply go for the gear that makes your character look cool. In all honesty, the system itself seems a little convoluted (you can find a full description of the changes here), and you’ll probably be scratching your head for a good while wondering what the hell is going on. Better gear allows access to better perks and different heroes have various combinations of perks. Perks are somewhat less powerful than gear stats, and can only be activated by reaching 600pts in a given perk by equipping the right gear. Marching Fire also brings with it some sweeping changes to gear, with the abolishing of gear stats in favour of perks.
Seeing as this is really the only thing you can’t get for free with this expansion, the asking price of 45 AUD does seem incredibly steep, but it does have a few exclusive cosmetic items if dressing up your ruthless killing machines is a tasty enough carrot on a stick. It is by far the best way to compete for high level loot, but the higher level challenges are prohibitively difficult if you don’t have the correct gear score going in. There are a wide range of difficulties to choose from, and the greater the difficulty the greater the rewards. Arcade mode is essentially a series of randomised battles against AI opponents with random modifiers (both positive and negative), and there are guaranteed rewards after their completion. It’s a cool mode, although depending on how many phases the battle goes through matches can tend to drag out, and I don’t see it unseating Dominion as the most popular 4v4 mode any time soon.Īnother aspect of the expansion involves a new Arcade mode, but you’re going to have to pay for the privilege to access it. The attacking team is responsible for keeping a battering ram in good health as a series of minions push it into position, and the defending team are responsible for not letting that happen. There is also a new asymmetric multiplayer mode in the form of Breach, where one team attempts to lay siege to a gated castle while the others defend.
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