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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: VALORANT
« on: April 14, 2020, 02:37:57 pm »
a (supposedly) good anti-cheat system at the cost of a liver and coronavirus
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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: VALORANT
« on: April 14, 2020, 09:31:45 am »18
... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: VALORANT
« on: April 13, 2020, 01:17:43 pm »
Played a couple of games, I'm digging it. Feels like hero abilities have just enough impact that the gameplay is still based around aim, but make the games more interesting.
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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: VALORANT
« on: April 12, 2020, 09:12:14 pm »20
... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: VALORANT
« on: April 12, 2020, 12:11:20 am »Floaty movement, no ADS, the need to counter-strafe before shooting which penalizes aggression, awful maps designed to give defenders a massive advantage w/o flashes and smokes, inability to shoot accurately while even just walking.
Oh man that actually has me excited. Counter-strafe is one of the most annoying mechanics ever and it baffles me that people think it raises the skill ceiling. So you are still pretty accurate while walking in VALORANT?
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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: VALORANT
« on: April 11, 2020, 02:49:08 pm »I have no idea what this post is about
Competitive 5v5 FPS games aren't a new concept, no, they're dime a dozen. What's rare are high quality competitive FPS games, and judging by the opinions of all the good FPS players who've tried VALORANT, it is one, with a lot of CS gayness removed.
what falls under CS gayness that VALORANT doesn't have
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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: VALORANT
« on: April 10, 2020, 11:41:22 pm »
Looks like it could be fun, CS with added abilities for a bit more depth. I still think they could've made it way better looking, the excuse to be able to run the game on low end machines is weak, when there's different settings you could have.
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Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord / Re: Buying it or nah?
« on: April 02, 2020, 08:40:26 am »
Some more feedback from SP, avoiding MP for now:
Seems that your overall movement speed is super slow in this game, which makes it hard to outmanuevre any 1vX. Bots aren't as retarded as in Warband and try to circle you, so it's really difficult to fight 1 vs many, given how slow and clunky movement is. Siege defense AI is retarded and gets stuck on walls until the gates are open. Map AI also seems to be a bit dumb, we're losing a war that was heavily in my factions (Vlandia) favor because these idiots are sieging castles with no more than 100 people, instead of making one bigger army.
The shop gear stocks are weird, some factions have great body armor but shitty everything else, I don't know if that's intended or not but for Vlandia for example you can generally find a pretty good stock of helmets but no decent body armor.
Not a fan of how rng the crafting system is, wish there was another way.
Can't recall how it was in Warband, but feels like leveling skills takes quite a while (even with 5 points put into it for max multiplier). And yeah ranged AI is really accurate.
Raiding villages gives terrible loot.
All in all still enjoying it, but considering it took them 10 years to put this out it's honestly quite embarrassing.
Seems that your overall movement speed is super slow in this game, which makes it hard to outmanuevre any 1vX. Bots aren't as retarded as in Warband and try to circle you, so it's really difficult to fight 1 vs many, given how slow and clunky movement is. Siege defense AI is retarded and gets stuck on walls until the gates are open. Map AI also seems to be a bit dumb, we're losing a war that was heavily in my factions (Vlandia) favor because these idiots are sieging castles with no more than 100 people, instead of making one bigger army.
The shop gear stocks are weird, some factions have great body armor but shitty everything else, I don't know if that's intended or not but for Vlandia for example you can generally find a pretty good stock of helmets but no decent body armor.
Not a fan of how rng the crafting system is, wish there was another way.
Can't recall how it was in Warband, but feels like leveling skills takes quite a while (even with 5 points put into it for max multiplier). And yeah ranged AI is really accurate.
Raiding villages gives terrible loot.
All in all still enjoying it, but considering it took them 10 years to put this out it's honestly quite embarrassing.
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Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord / Re: Buying it or nah?
« on: March 31, 2020, 09:15:51 am »
SP seems alright. What do you gain by blocking correctly with a shield? Seems like you can still block even if you don't get the direction right.
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General Discussion / Re: I am infected...
« on: March 30, 2020, 12:13:37 pm »
what is a doctor supposed to do against a virus
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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: Donkey Crew new game: Last Oasis
« on: March 29, 2020, 10:27:55 am »What bothers me most about the combat is how unsatisfactory it looks. Like there's zero power behind the strikes, no impact on enemies, etc. It's a combination of a ton of factors, like the sounds, the weapon animations, the movement, the flinch animations, etc., etc. Just a very weak impression overall. Compare to Mordhau, where the combat feels extremely visceral and satisfying. Meaty sounds are definitely a big part of it. The blocking and hit sounds in LO are horrible and add to the "fighting with toothpicks" impression. Here's a video of back when I sucked at Mordhau, but it still felt fun because of how satisfying the combat was: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avsfE6I2Oh4
But yeah, that footage makes it pretty clear that proper 1vX isn't possible against people with a clue, especially now that you presumably can't bandage while sprinting. You need dedicated 1vX mechanics to really enable that, like, again, Mordhau has.
The combat is not even close to Mordhau, as you have seen from the video. You can shit on people now even 1vX because lots don't have Warband background, but I imagine it gets far harded to fight 1 vs many against people that know how to block. In comparison, it's also worse visually (sound, animations, feedback, things you mentioned basically, Mordhau does that really well), but it's still one of the better survival MMO combat systems.
The biggest problem right now is that their servers are getting pounded, haven't been able to log in since day 1. The first 2-3 hours I played were okayish tho, it's not a horrible game, but if you're looking for a game where it's mostly about skill and not number/gear advantage then you can safely pass this.
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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: Donkey Crew new game: Last Oasis
« on: March 26, 2020, 11:26:03 am »Haven't played yet but will do tomorrow, joined a clan and everything. Verdict from watching and talking people who played alpha is its very solid as early access goes, I'm guessing it is light on content but thats how EA goes. The main content is roaming around on a ship fighting other players, as long as thats fun.
I think us people from crpg/wb get too bogged down with the melee but this is not trying to be OKAM 2, mordhau or bannerlord that is 100% about medieval fighting, its a ship vs ship MMO with decent combat. Which in that space it has no real competition, there no other openworld pvp mmos coming out anytime soon now that New World got CEO'd to 180degree-pve-game. Alot of players are coming from life is feudal, ark etc rather than games like wb/mordau. but I do think people who were good at crpg/wb will be top pvpers until the plebs learn to block.
So yeah that's why I genuinely think this game is going to be a big hit and revolution for the online survival game genre (fad?), but maybe not so popular here I guess. This post has become a bit ranty, guess I've become abit of a biased fanboy already - will be funny if I hate the game now
PS: Looks like most of the skill in this game will be in the grappling mechanic, maybe even driving the walkers rather than blocking/chambering anyway.
I'm open to a budget version of a solid melee combat, like a cheaply made warband-like system if it comes within a survival MMO genre. It's just that it feels like it's very light on content, most of the gameplay I've seen is just gathering resources and messing around with the walkers. Not exactly fair comparison given that one is just releasing into early access, but I'd compare this one to Conan Exiles since they're both melee based survival games (tho CE isn't an MMO), and CE has a ton of content for the sacrifice of a bit different (inferior?) combat system and not being an MMO.
Or a more fair comparison would be against Atlas on EA release (yes I know the game was a disaster), but we had good fun with it for about 100 hours. There was lots of islands to explore and cool shit to build, gather, fight/tame and explore.
My interest in Last Oasis only stems from the fact that at the moment they don't really have any decent competition. I mean what are we supposed to play, bonerlord lol?
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... and all the other things floating around out there / Re: Donkey Crew new game: Last Oasis
« on: March 25, 2020, 10:41:22 am »
Any verdict on this? Been watching some streams and I expected less. But it's hard to tell how the overall game / metagame flows from just streams. Doesn't look like there's much content though.
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Spam / Re: The Temple of Spam
« on: March 24, 2020, 04:05:00 pm »
In these trying times of corona and self isolation, I have been praying to lord armpit_sweat by not showering for several days. Have you guys been doing your daily prayers?
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Spam / Re: Which martial art?
« on: March 12, 2020, 03:47:46 pm »
Honestly just watch anime, if anime methods work for their protagonists why wouldn't they for you?