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Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
Hit it until it's not a problem anymore
They could also realize people want to press w, and stop trying to prevent it.

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Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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Arbite posted:

Man, are more than half the teams surviving into round four more of a King's Canyon thing or an early season thing?

If you make it to ring four in kc the game is slow

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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It's to make sure gib wins every 1v1

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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repiv posted:

There's always going to be a ton of jumpmasters who just press E on the first millisecond and beeline for the nearest hotzone, ...

Don't dox me

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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dogstile posted:

Please remember that i have like 150 ping with you whenever you do this to me :v:

Quit whinging, it's like 120 tops

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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J posted:

Feels like the flares are a solution to a problem that doesn't exist in unranked. If the game was excessively campy and nobody ever moved, then yeah I could see the flares maybe being interesting to force some action but as it is now like dogstile said if you don't jump early you never loving see anybody it's absurd.

The flares slow the game down, not speed it up.

I think the small flares could be fun for removing PoI, but they're horrible when they cut off rotations.

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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tweet my meat posted:

Why would you need to pick up a different weapon when the attachment is way easier and 100% consistent to acquire?

Spend crafting materials on something besides bats? You're the one talking crazy

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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The Diddler posted:

i noticed this last night. is there any point to them now except to dilute the loot pool?

Speaking of diluting the loot pool, they need to bring back the anniversary mode where you start with a loadout and there's no white drops and make it the standard.

My pie in the sky dream is that they also remove the 1x hcog, 1x holo, 2x, and 3x and change the 1-2 and 2-4 to hcogs

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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CoolCab posted:

octanes is the best heirloom and imo it's not close. i wish they offered a finisher with it tho.

It's mirage's statue

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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The titans of titanfall 2 are most definitely slower paced. You need to play cover and juggle cooldowns appropriately to keep your titan alive, even moreso in 2 because of the titan shield mechanic changes, and your mobility is drastically reduced.

I also greatly prefer the style of pilots, but the titans are definitely so powerful you're hurting the team by piloting it.

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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dogstile posted:

I refuse to play this game solo anymore. It's miserable. Even if I play with self described "bad players" ...

Don't dox me


But anyway, if you have any expectations of pub teammates in any game you're setting yourself up for heartbreak.

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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Revitalized posted:

I'm not gonna lie, I initially thought the official apex twitter was retweeting fanfics with those comics.


Also when did Octane suddenly become meta? The last change I recall was his jumppad getting two modes of flight, which was a very good change, but was that enough to suddenly push him to the front?

Octane became meta mostly because he now has the best horizontal team movement in the game and wraith got dumpstered between hitbox and portal changes

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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repiv posted:

Looks like they're breaking with convention, Worlds Edge is due for an overhaul but they're teasing an Olympus overhaul instead for Season 9

https://twitter.com/PlayApex/status/1382378457808699396

https://twitter.com/shrugtal/status/1382380138046889990

They can't really touch world's end until they get another map up to par for competitive

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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runchild posted:

While investigating that picture I realized that the Mirage Voyage is in it. I didn’t recognize it all crashed and busted. There’s actually a loading screen blurb in the battle pass where Mirage says he crashed it, too.

I can't wait to hear the sound engine nope on out when you start the party near the waterfall.

I know it's nice aesthetically, but until they fix disappearing sound effects they should remove ambient noises. Yesterday standing near fight night I got no sound from my teammate using a jump pad and shooting when they were just 30 meters away.

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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dogstile posted:

It's not about playing a significantly massive amount of games, its about finding obviously broken stuff and nipping it in the bud during development.

Ancient as hell, but remember the dual 1887's in MW2? Finding that out real early would have been nice.

Lol using the 1887's when Javelin glitch exists.

My favorite Apex play testing story is them not realizing people would hot drop because during testing there was 1 game at a time and nobody wanted to sit out 20 minutes until the next one. Like maybe watch a little pubg and realize everyone drops school?

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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Mercury_Storm posted:

I know people who use a controller to play on PC, do they get the auto-aim too like on console?

Yes., but it's not as strong as on console.

A dev explained that the auto-aim function goes from 0 (nothing) to 1 (aimbot). M+KB is a 0, pc controller is a 0.4, and console controller is 0.6.

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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In artillery there's not much of a reason to go high ground except on the one circle that pulls that way.

The bunkers are much better for the other zones, you just have to be willing to avoid the teams that take high ground until they get pushed by zone. I realize that's a big ask.

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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catgirlgenius posted:

imo the flat 25hp nerf we had for a while was the single best change Apex ever had. that was a fun few weeks. were people really that against it?

The issue with the hp nerf was that while it did reward positioning, that also made pressing w harder. Two squads plinking at each other until a third walked up behind one isn't the gameplay must people are looking for.

I think mobility legends are bad overall for the game. I kinda wish they gave everyone a choice of a movement tac to even things out. They had some really good design rules in terms of combat, but now they seem to enjoy seeing how hard they can break them.

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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tetsuo posted:

I had fun stream hopping to watch though. Arena is as good a spectacle as BR for me and I didn't expect it to be.At some point I'd like to see a mystery legends mode or legend/weapon ban pick for the sake of mixing things up.

I thought it was great too. I think ranked arena is going to be great both to play and watch.

It was nice that the meta wasn't settled so people just bought/played with what they're comfortable with. Some teams even ran triple lstar because it's undercosted.

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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tweet my meat posted:

Just about every season I get one of my buddies with the old "They changed it so the beam doesn't kill you anymore" technique.

They did change it so if the drop ship flies through it it doesn't murder the whole server at once, which is cowardice.

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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Grenades are amazing in arena, I try to buy a few every round. There's tons of little cover in arenas that people expect to his behind for free.

The frags are great because they're only 75, and are really deadly if you can high-arc them.

We played a streamer yesterday and it was fun watching the vod and seeing them complain about our grenade usage.

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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forest spirit posted:

Sorry for barging in, but I have a question for the apex homies. Has anyone had do deal with EA regarding a ban? Apparently there was a big ban wave last week that caught a lot of people accidentally, one of them being my bro. He tried to appeal it twice but they told him to pound sand. I know the homie would never cheat, having played competitive fps's with him since we were but tiny lads treading the CS 1.6 servers

If it was the accidental ban wave I think they cleared that up automatically? At least one goon was hit by it and got back in like two days later without doing anything.

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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repiv posted:

why do pubbies only ever want to push the voyage side of party crasher

it's like 95% of rounds

There's only like one circle where voyage isn't strictly better than the other side.

Also they're cowards for not leaving in the party button

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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Arenas is even better than BR if you have a trio, and worse if you're solo.

I also think they did a disservice by not launching with a ranked mode.

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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Arbite posted:

If the event wasn't just "PLAY PLAY PLAY!" again and had some interesting tasks, like do x damage from hit from over y meters, or something, but it's just same old poo poo.

Which is never what you want people to think.

I much prefer the more general challenges. Any online game which has more specific challenges results in people who just want the rewards ignoring playing the game to the detriment of people in the match.

It's why they got rid of stuff like "Land airbase and get kills" because people would just break off and ignore their team. I even think the the weapon specific challenges are too much. I have an arena sniper challenge and I could throw a bunch of games trying to get it but that doesn't sit well with me.

Like sure some players will do their own thing, but you don't want the game itself to incentives it.

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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I'm kinda miffed they're not giving the next mirage tracker

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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Simone Magus posted:

??? Iron sights aren't ideal and the stock makes a pretty big difference because it's a slow ADSer

sometimes in later rounds I'll even buy a maxed out LStar for the 2x and fast swapping to an Eva

On non-snipers all stocks do is affect raise/lower time, which is what happens when you switch weapons. They do not affect ads at all

I think they only attachment that affects ads is quickdraw, and nothing affects ads speed?

Imo a lvl 1 lstar and a bat is a much better value than just a level 2 lstar.

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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Comp arena should be hitting on the 29th, which is when a Skulltown arena would probably arrive.

I am kinda hyped for comp arena, I think it would be a lot of fun with a full stack, and also much less of a grind to reach where you belong.

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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CoolCab posted:

switch it with the alternator in the care package, there's no reason for there to be no heavy two light SMGs when both the RE45 and R301 kind of hybrid fill the role anyway. make the alternator care package good, and give it a mechanic similar to the sentinel except you can spend a shield bat to gain disruptor rounds for X seconds/shots.

*Gets disrupter rounds flashbacks*

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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Important to note that the melee lunge isn't a lock on. If they're not under your crosshair at the end it'll miss even if you lunge, which is always sad times.

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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Boxman posted:

Completely believable (good comms helps Crypto a lot, obviously), but looking at the wiki, Wattson has eaten exactly one permanent nerf and been buffed four or five times in there.

The biggest Wattson nerfs were indirect. Making Caustic better at her job and having final circles more random really hurt.

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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Endorph posted:

drat, so many secret mods in this thread

idk i think its bad that a dude who was constantly pushing against gamergate types and for diversity in both creative staff and the game, was fired for some (very lovely) posts made ages ago. i think punishment is something that should only exist if it prevents harm, not for its own sake. i think expecting him to own up and take accountability for past actions is a reasonable thing but he could do that while still keeping his job. the idea that if someone did something bad they must always be shunned and can never change is actually a very conservative one. i dont think these opinions are secret rightwing psy-ops.

This is how I feel too. He said bad things a while ago and but seems to be the opposite now. There's probably more going on that we don't know, but from the facts we have it doesn't sit well because it gives no incentives for a shitter to stop.

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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Arenas is more interesting to me then BR, but unfortunately most of the maps stink. The actual shooting an equally equipped squad is my favorite part of the game, and I tolerate the looting and 3rd parties.

Currently I only really like Overflow, the new lava map. The rest of them are too many highly defensive sections separated by little cover so the vast majority of games at least in pubs are about who can poke better. I feel like Overflow actually allows for some movement.

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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dogstile posted:

Valk is more fun, imo.

Yeah, but man does your movement get lazy.

I think with the wallhack meta she's even better this season because jetpack really helps you get away

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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Vengarr posted:

Do people really play ranked BR? That sounds like a recipe for pain.

If you want to relentlessly w key the lower levels are great for throwing up big numbers, while if you want to have to think the higher levels are good for that.

I find pubs kinda devolves into pattern play because there is so much randomness. Like you make plays that you're not sure will work because you have no idea how good the opponents are and if you play the "correct" way to "win" it's really boring with a lot of waiting around.

I actually rather play arenas than unranked depending on the maps currently on rotation.

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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dogstile posted:

Trying to solo to diamond has really made me appreciate the patience of some of the high level streamers. People are loving oblivous, it took me 3 hours to get from the start of plat 1 to just under diamond 4.

I'll hit it tonight, but I feel like most of these people ratted to get here. The vast majority of my teammates do <200 damage a game, even in games where we get to the end. I'll start fighting and they'll go run off to a corner. I'll call that we're getting pinched and they'll ignore me, then complain when they get shot in the back. They'll hotdrop us, but late. It's absolutely infuriating.

Why are you doing this to yourself? I thought you swore off playing solo?

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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My issue with tap strafing being removed is it seems so integral to the engine I can't imagine it's an easy fix and worry they'll mess up something big to fix something so small you basically never see it outside clips.

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
Hit it until it's not a problem anymore
If you don't want to land a hot zone like fragment or estates funny play qp because most everyone in that mode is there for a good time not a long time. Ranked is the mode to play if you want to people to just not relentlessly w-key.

I have the opposite problem in that sometimes I'll queue into pubs to knock out some challenges and get matched with players who think it's game 7 of algs, landing far and avoiding all combat.

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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SubponticatePoster posted:

Venturing a guess - this goes back to OG Modern Warfare if not earlier. On many maps there was a house with an attic, and it was an easy way to refer to a map point that wasn't otherwise named. BLOPS3 had several maps with Grandma's House. It might be Hackan's fault, he was part of that crew :v:

I call any isolated building that's in a high traffic area Grandma's house due to old CoD habits.

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Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
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repiv posted:

Teaser for the Rampart TT appeared near Lava City

https://twitter.com/alphaINTEL/status/1434562877793386501

Can't wait to see the new area in the distance as I get dropped into the Fragment meat grinder for the millionth time

Please remove dome instead

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