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TheFluff posted:Getting dunked by some ambushing nerds isn't fun TheFluff posted:Sneaking around and occasionally getting the drop on someone is tense and interesting 
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Krogort posted:I guess Respawn folks made a good pitch to sell their idea to the board. It must not have been easy, big companies like that don't like such radical strategic change. Drew McCoy posted:Not to be throwing EA under the bus, but this wasn’t the game they were expecting. I had to go to executives, show it to them, and explain it and... not convince but more, "Hey, trust us! This is the thing you want out of us."
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Feb 11, 2019 17:07
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Like most games the key to having fun and winning is making the other guy hate life and lose.
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Feb 11, 2019 17:08
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So I play exclusively with friends and sometimes they can be super frustrating to play with because a few of them are super poor at communicating and tend to go off on their own without saying anything. Obviously, I can't control what they say or do and I'm trying to be patient with them and suggest what they could do differently next time, but it feels like it's going to be an uphill battle. What can I do myself to help independently of my teammates, besides improving shooting and such. I've started playing Gibraltar because his shield is very good at keeping people from running away, but he's not a favorite hero of mine by any means. Also my friends always want to drop hot but, frankly, they don't have the gunslinging skill to take those fights. So they want to play passively after landing hot then get pushed on by aggressive squads and get picked off. It's extremely frustrating. I'd be perfectly fine dropping far and playing the circle but that rarely happens. Edit: I will say one bad habit I need to quash is using the pings as a crutch. I've caught myself calling too generally or saying they're right there assuming people always will see my pings. CascadeBeta fucked around with this message at 17:25 on Feb 11, 2019 |
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Feb 11, 2019 17:23
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I am still trying to like this game, but I just cannot get to a point where I like the gameplay. It's super frustrating because the other people I play with seem to like it so I'm trying to break through and warm up to it, but almost everything about it just feels bad to me.
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Feb 11, 2019 17:24
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Feb 11, 2019 17:25
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Tried the shotgun pistol in a fight for the first time (for lack of better options) and holy crap it really is as garbage as everyone says. You may as well just magdump then switch to fists for all the difference it is going to make in a scrap
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Feb 11, 2019 17:30
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Not trying to spark witch hunts here or cry wolf or whateer, but I think I played a game with a random squad mate who was hacking. Won a game last night where one of my squad mates disconnected early so it was me and one other dude. At one point we were fighting in Skull Town and I got bannered in one of the building hallways. So I'm watching my lone teammate as he opens the door to the hallway where I got murked. His mouse suddenly snapped to a spot blocked by the door and he fired a few rounds into it. Then he crouched and walked through the door. The enemy was basically rushing straight at him and jumped in the air. This dude snapped to the guys head and tracked him through the air, putting rounds into him and downed the guy by the time he landed. I know some people are insanely good at FPS mechanics, but from what I've seen of streamers and just playing the game religiously all week, it's not easy to track people who are jumping around, much less someone who is right in your face practically jumping over you. At the end of the game he had 11 kills. I'd like to think he was just really good or channeled his inner god-mode, but when I saw that play I immediately was suspicious.
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Herstory Begins Now posted:As someone who won 6 or 7 games total today, including a couple with matchmade team mates, yeah this is the answer. Just get practice and learn the game and the wins and mechanics will come. Kilometers Davis posted:I really appreciate reading this kind of BR tactics/psychology stuff from you + others. Keep posting it if you’re interested and have more to say. For a long time I hated BR because I was always super conservative and timid. It made the genre very stressful and unpleasant to play. As soon as Apex Legends gently pushed me towards engaging more often the genre opened up. What you said about forcing decisions is really true. When it’s just me reacting to others all the stress is placed on me. If I add in some aggression or at least a good counter attack we’re closer to a level playing field. And of course it’s all about experience. This isn't Apex but this video demonstrates what we're talking about well. Despite being solo against multiple other squads I manage to come out on top because I push against squads when opportunities present themselves and then back off once I no longer control the initiative. You'll notice almost all of my kills here are due to me being patient and hitting the enemies when they're in a tight spot while also backing off as soon as it becomes a 'fair fight'. Don't fight fair. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RqCwauvzNI
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Feb 11, 2019 17:32
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Feb 11, 2019 17:34
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kung fu jive posted:Not trying to spark witch hunts here or cry wolf or whateer, but I think I played a game with a random squad mate who was hacking. Won a game last night where one of my squad mates disconnected early so it was me and one other dude. At one point we were fighting in Skull Town and I got bannered in one of the building hallways. So I'm watching my lone teammate as he opens the door to the hallway where I got murked. His mouse suddenly snapped to a spot blocked by the door and he fired a few rounds into it. Then he crouched and walked through the door. The enemy was basically rushing straight at him and jumped in the air. This dude snapped to the guys head and tracked him through the air, putting rounds into him and downed the guy by the time he landed. I know some people are insanely good at FPS mechanics, but from what I've seen of streamers and just playing the game religiously all week, it's not easy to track people who are jumping around, much less someone who is right in your face practically jumping over you. At the end of the game he had 11 kills. I'd like to think he was just really good or channeled his inner god-mode, but when I saw that play I immediately was suspicious. I mean, it's highly likely the guy was hacking then. You don't need to go to bat for the guy defending him, just report him (if you can? I haven't looked) and move on.
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Feb 11, 2019 17:36
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CuddleCryptid posted:Tried the shotgun pistol in a fight for the first time (for lack of better options) and holy crap it really is as garbage as everyone says. You may as well just magdump then switch to fists for all the difference it is going to make in a scrap I ping it for my teammates it every time I find one.
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kung fu jive posted:Not trying to spark witch hunts here or cry wolf or whateer, but I think I played a game with a random squad mate who was hacking. Won a game last night where one of my squad mates disconnected early so it was me and one other dude. At one point we were fighting in Skull Town and I got bannered in one of the building hallways. So I'm watching my lone teammate as he opens the door to the hallway where I got murked. His mouse suddenly snapped to a spot blocked by the door and he fired a few rounds into it. Then he crouched and walked through the door. The enemy was basically rushing straight at him and jumped in the air. This dude snapped to the guys head and tracked him through the air, putting rounds into him and downed the guy by the time he landed. I know some people are insanely good at FPS mechanics, but from what I've seen of streamers and just playing the game religiously all week, it's not easy to track people who are jumping around, much less someone who is right in your face practically jumping over you. At the end of the game he had 11 kills. I'd like to think he was just really good or channeled his inner god-mode, but when I saw that play I immediately was suspicious. I actually ran into exactly this the other day myself with my own pubbie team mate. And on PS4 where I'd generally think "oh great a XIM user" and not assume outright hacking, but after watching him play almost the whole round his aim seemed completely loving implausible. He's just instantly snap to every single shot and land every one. At one point I noticed he snapped right to someone before he ever saw them, when they were underneath him behind a rock. when he cleared the rock he was already tageting them and killed them instantly. I didn't stick around for the whole game but when I dropped about 75% of the way though, he was at 17 kills. I should have reported him.
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Feb 11, 2019 17:39
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Hot Diggity! posted:Game is fun but man sometimes it can be oddly hard to find a gun yeah my only complaint is the TTK is a little on the high side. i prefer it to the low TTK in pubg though.
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Feb 11, 2019 17:43
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tweet my meat posted:I like that sniping is basically just a setup phase for the actual close to midrange fight it is an extremely nice change of pace from PUBG where sniping is "lol you died instantly from someone you had a 1% chance of seeing, gently caress off"
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Feb 11, 2019 17:45
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berenzen posted:stuff That's very helpful, thank you. Are there any trusty cheat sheets of weapons and what they do / their range out there that you guys would recommend?
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Feb 11, 2019 17:46
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Groovelord Neato posted:yeah my only complaint is the TTK is a little on the high side. i prefer it to the low TTK in pubg though. Ttk is a lot lower if you're consistently landing shots/headshots. Lowering ttk would be a huge mistake.
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Feb 11, 2019 17:46
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orange sky posted:The lobby music has a section that's just like the intro to right here, right now It drives me fuckin insane they should get fatboy slim to score this game
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Feb 11, 2019 17:48
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Cicadalek posted:It drives me fuckin insane That'd be fitting because becoming the kill leader makes me feel like Christopher Walken from Weapon of Choice.
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Feb 11, 2019 17:54
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Anyone been getting more crashes than usual today? I've had 2 CTD and 1 kick back to the party screen today already. Also got the notification in game twice that says "Party Leader Has Quit" even though we were all still playing in the match. From Monday to Sunday last week I maybe got 1 CTD total.
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Feb 11, 2019 18:01
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So there's a dupe bug for health, shields and ultimate accelerator. Supposedly it works for grenades too, but I didn't see that. Oh well it was fun while it lasted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPlzjKOfQpk
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Feb 11, 2019 18:01
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orange sky posted:The lobby music has a section that's just like the intro to right here, right now I realised this too and really just want that song to play instead.
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Feb 11, 2019 18:01
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G1ZM0 posted:So there's a dupe bug for health, shields and ultimate accelerator. Supposedly it works for grenades too, but I didn't see that. It'll probably get patched the same day Respawn becomes aware of it.
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Feb 11, 2019 18:03
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Ciaphas posted:Bloodhound's passive actually got us a free kill (and later his two mates) omg what is it with PC gamers using fisheye lens view, it’s in almost every clip now. how can you play like that, I mean surely in 2019 there must be some way for engines or graphics cards to widen FOV without causing this gross effect.
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Feb 11, 2019 18:09
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orange sky posted:The lobby music has a section that's just like the intro to right here, right now oh thank god i'm not the only one who hears it
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Feb 11, 2019 18:11
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Fun Times! posted:Leveled up and got two banner poses for mirage and caustic, legends that I don't have and don't really want. That was pretty lame ugh i don't like my free poo poo in the free to play game
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Feb 11, 2019 18:14
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veni veni veni posted:I actually ran into exactly this the other day myself with my own pubbie team mate. And on PS4 where I'd generally think "oh great a XIM user" and not assume outright hacking, but after watching him play almost the whole round his aim seemed completely loving implausible. He's just instantly snap to every single shot and land every one. At one point I noticed he snapped right to someone before he ever saw them, when they were underneath him behind a rock. when he cleared the rock he was already tageting them and killed them instantly. I didn't stick around for the whole game but when I dropped about 75% of the way though, he was at 17 kills. I should have reported him. Looks like all the Titanfall 2 hacks are working in Apex Legends. There were some posts on reddit the other day showing that they work in Apex as well.
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psyman posted:omg what is it with PC gamers using fisheye lens view, it’s in almost every clip now. It's not about graphics card power, it's about math. You can do a flat projection for anything up to 179.99999 degrees FOV but the wider it gets the more zoomed-out and impossible-to-see the actual important stuff in the middle gets.
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Feb 11, 2019 18:15
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Man, I really REALLY like the audio work done in this game. Playing through one of those fancy Super XFI headphone amps and I can pinpoint fire/movement with some uncanny ability. Always enjoy a well sound engineered game.
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Feb 11, 2019 18:16
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psyman posted:how can you play like that, I mean surely in 2019 there must be some way for engines or graphics cards to widen FOV without causing this gross effect. there are more appealing ways to render very wide fovs but they're too expensive for most games to justify using unreal engine 4 supports a nice wide projection (panini) but i'm not aware of any games actually enabling it 120 fov (conventional)  120 fov (panini projection) 
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Feb 11, 2019 18:18
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People who say the enemy is "over there" but dont actually ping the enemy, you are the bane of my Apexistence
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Feb 11, 2019 18:22
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repiv posted:there are more appealing ways to render very wide fovs but they're too expensive for most games to justify using psyman posted:there must be some way for engines or graphics cards to widen FOV without causing this gross effect. I'm glad you posted this because you can see that correcting distortion from wider FOV means you're cropping the image, which defeats the purpose of running a wider FOV in the first place.
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Feb 11, 2019 18:25
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OctaMurk posted:People who say the enemy is "over there" but dont actually ping the enemy, you are the bane of my Apexistence Also people who ping enemy is over there when they really mean let's go there, or here is some heavy ammo.
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Fart Car '97 posted:ugh i don't like my free poo poo in the free to play game gently caress off lmao
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Feb 11, 2019 18:30
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I know it would be abused but I really wish there was a ping for "get back over here, don't run off on your own, you dumbass!"
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Fart Car '97 posted:I'm glad you posted this because you can see that correcting distortion from wider FOV means you're cropping the image, which defeats the purpose of running a wider FOV in the first place. i think that cropping is an artifact of how ue4 implements panini, not an inherent limitation a better example would be the quake mod "blinky" which doesn't crop vertically and supports many different projections (including 360 degree ones  )https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-XPwTRL_jg
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My bane is when we’re right next to a high tier loot zone and pubbies insist on checking every house only to keep finding garbage upgrades. The loot is over there you nerds quit it.
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veni veni veni posted:I actually ran into exactly this the other day myself with my own pubbie team mate. And on PS4 where I'd generally think "oh great a XIM user" and not assume outright hacking, but after watching him play almost the whole round his aim seemed completely loving implausible. He's just instantly snap to every single shot and land every one. At one point I noticed he snapped right to someone before he ever saw them, when they were underneath him behind a rock. when he cleared the rock he was already tageting them and killed them instantly. I didn't stick around for the whole game but when I dropped about 75% of the way though, he was at 17 kills. I should have reported him. Was your teammate shroud?
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Fans posted:My bane is when we’re right next to a high tier loot zone and pubbies insist on checking every house only to keep finding garbage upgrades. The loot is over there you nerds quit it. almost every time i do a bunker landing with pubbies they beeline for the houses outside the bunker and not, the place where the good loot actually is
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