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Keito
Jul 21, 2005

WHAT DO I CHOOSE ?

Bottom Liner posted:

Nah, it was gib/valk/other for 99% of teams, with some teams running loba instead of valk and rotating earlier. Asia used a lot more crypto than valk but gibby was still like 97% pick there too.

As I wrote I was talking about ranked, not competitive play.

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Bottom Liner
Feb 15, 2006


a specific vein of lasagna
That's wrong as well. The top pred squads had 90%+ gibby pick too. People only play off gibby when they're screwing around. The fun one people were doing this week was Loba + Bang to grab a bunch of digithreats and spamming smoke.

Keito
Jul 21, 2005

WHAT DO I CHOOSE ?
Where are you getting these weekly pick rate data dumps?

dragon enthusiast
Jan 1, 2010
https://twitter.com/apexsinghlabs

These guys track picks during tournaments but you can kinda get a sense of pick rates by just watching a lot of pred streams.

highme
May 25, 2001


I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!


Chard posted:

you can switch legend and loadout in the respawn map screen, you arent locked in for the whole game

text chat at least works for all 9 during the final pose lineup, so if you want to GG or be toxic that's your moment. i dont think comms work between squads mid-match.

Yeah, I realized that on one of my later matches last night but at that point was committed to “trying something new”.

As for the rest I’m on Xbox so any keyboard chat is always ignored.

Ra Ra Rasputin
Apr 2, 2011

Bottom Liner posted:

That’s not solving the meta.

The real move is rampart caustic wattson on B and laugh as you never lose it.

You can swap after placing down your ziplines/jumppads from the home capture, I think it's too valuable to not have a speedier way out of spawn.

Tweak
Jul 28, 2003

or dont whatever








won a game of control because multiple people on the other team were so focused on rushing back to B that no one actually finished re-taking their cap point near spawn. We were down 84-90 when I went and capped a neutral spot as my team took B

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

one time i won a game of control where the enemy team was literally 3 points away from winning because the enemy team just kept rushing into our killbox at their spawn cap point instead of trying to go around us to b or our spawn point

Audax
Dec 1, 2005
"LOL U GOT OWNED"
Yeha well one time I played a game where someone on my team didn't leave

Mercury_Storm
Jun 12, 2003

*chomp chomp chomp*
Control is really good and I'd rather just play this and shoot guys rather than going through the whole long process in the regular game.

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


I think Control would be better if instead of

Spawn A B C Spawn

it was more like

Spawn
A B C
Spawn

CanOfMDAmp
Nov 15, 2006

Now remember kids, no running, no diving, and no salt on my margaritas.

SKULL.GIF posted:

I think Control would be better if instead of

Spawn A B C Spawn

it was more like

Spawn
A B C
Spawn


I don't mind the triangle point locations, actually. The linear map is fun but there's little ability to juke around B unless you effectively remove yourself from the game for a minute or so while you run. The triangle is cool and good because it immediately shows if your team is a bunch of morons that don't understand objective games, or if they're going to play like normal people.

Tetrabor
Oct 14, 2018

Eight points of contact at all times!

CanOfMDAmp posted:

I don't mind the triangle point locations, actually. The linear map is fun but there's little ability to juke around B unless you effectively remove yourself from the game for a minute or so while you run. The triangle is cool and good because it immediately shows if your team is a bunch of morons that don't understand objective games, or if they're going to play like normal people.

You can tell Respawn hasn't learned beyond their Titanfall designs.

Amped Hardpoint features linear capture points like Control. Except Pilots had several ways to navigate to each point and they weren't locked into spawning near their closest capture point.

ZeusCannon
Nov 5, 2009

BLAAAAAARGH PLEASE KILL ME BLAAAAAAAARGH
Grimey Drawer

dragon enthusiast posted:

https://twitter.com/apexsinghlabs

These guys track picks during tournaments but you can kinda get a sense of pick rates by just watching a lot of pred streams.

Jesus christ someone lend them a graphic designer or something. The grey on grey is dire.

durrneez
Feb 20, 2013

I like fish. I like to eat fish. I like to brush fish with a fish hairbrush. Do you like fish too?

Audax posted:

Yeha well one time I played a game where someone on my team didn't leave

:eyepop:

ZeusCannon
Nov 5, 2009

BLAAAAAARGH PLEASE KILL ME BLAAAAAAAARGH
Grimey Drawer
The fact that the anniversary event is all pay items is both unsurprising and very funny

Rodney The Yam II
Mar 3, 2007




I'm the mirage who captured your A

MarshyMcFly
Aug 16, 2012

Control is hella fun!

https://youtu.be/fknPtFdRkac

Chard
Aug 24, 2010




SKULL.GIF posted:

I think Control would be better if instead of

Spawn A B C Spawn

it was more like

Spawn
A B C
Spawn


i could see this happening in week 2; if not, and the mode survives, it will probably be in that wave

Ra Ra Rasputin
Apr 2, 2011
5 Capture Point Skull Town map, one at each end of the X and one in the top center.

Toss in a Fragment and Estates capture point map and the BR mode will improve tenfold.

durrneez
Feb 20, 2013

I like fish. I like to eat fish. I like to brush fish with a fish hairbrush. Do you like fish too?

Rodney The Yam II posted:

I'm the mirage who captured your A

:eyepop:

Keito
Jul 21, 2005

WHAT DO I CHOOSE ?
I don't understand why they don't label the zone closest to your team's base 'A' and the zone closest to your enemies 'C', it would make callouts a lot easier.

Ra Ra Rasputin
Apr 2, 2011
I just say
"our home/spawn"
"their home/spawn"
"b"

repiv
Aug 13, 2009

Has anyone elses game started crashing right after legend selection

Reek
Nov 3, 2002

every.fucking.year.

repiv posted:

Has anyone elses game started crashing right after legend selection

I've had a few times where the game just intermittently closes. No error message or anything I'm just suddenly looking at my desktop

tildes
Nov 16, 2018
I’ve had some crashes which trigger the abandoned match penalty 🤷🏻‍♂️👍🏻

The Slack Lagoon
Jun 17, 2008



was doing some final circle play near the infested ship and i juked a wraith and then they yeeted themselves off the cliff trying to chase me and died
l o l

Up Circle
Apr 3, 2008

Reek posted:

I've had a few times where the game just intermittently closes. No error message or anything I'm just suddenly looking at my desktop

Same. I get it about once or twice in an hour.

Bottom Liner
Feb 15, 2006


a specific vein of lasagna
Just loaded into a 6v9 control map thumbs up respawn you're doing great

Audax
Dec 1, 2005
"LOL U GOT OWNED"
I also think they stopped showing disconnected players on the scoreboard. LOL.

tote up a bags
Jun 8, 2006

die stoats die

What's everyone's thoughts on Shotguns this season? I am super enjoying maggie but I'm wondering if the prevailing opinion favours the Mastiff or the PK?

Bottom Liner
Feb 15, 2006


a specific vein of lasagna
Whichever you prefer the feel of. PK is slightly more risk for slightly more reward. I prefer mastiff because reloading mid fight feels better on it.

dragon enthusiast
Jan 1, 2010
PK is better in most situations but mastiff is good with attachments.

ZeusCannon
Nov 5, 2009

BLAAAAAARGH PLEASE KILL ME BLAAAAAAAARGH
Grimey Drawer
I really like maggie. I dunno if she will be meta in ranked but shes fun as hell.

Evil Kit
May 29, 2013

I'm viable ladies.


tote up a bags posted:

What's everyone's thoughts on Shotguns this season? I am super enjoying maggie but I'm wondering if the prevailing opinion favours the Mastiff or the PK?

IMO they have different niches but hammerpoints has brought the mozzie back to extremely viable. Personally prefer the PK or Hammer Moz depending on what you find first.

dragon enthusiast
Jan 1, 2010
bring back double tap so every shotgun gets its own hopup

repiv
Aug 13, 2009

Reek posted:

I've had a few times where the game just intermittently closes. No error message or anything I'm just suddenly looking at my desktop

Yeah same, it just dumps to the desktop

Started happening after the hotfix, the initial S12 build never crashed for me

Relyssa
Jul 29, 2012

Mastiff w/ dual shell owns real hard.

John DiFool
Aug 28, 2013

Is it just me or is it nearly impossible to find hammerpoints. Feels like I find gold re45s more often than hammer point hop up.

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Bottom Liner
Feb 15, 2006


a specific vein of lasagna
Yeah everyone’s been saying that. Loot tables seem off overall.

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