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Picnic edition
>What is this?
A new FPS-MOBA from Gearbox. It's Borderlands without the memes, and has MNC-style PvP game modes.
>Should I buy it?
It's fun. You can grab it for $30 on keysites. It's also on sale on Amazon for $40 bucks.
>Official Website
https://battleborn.com/
>Character and Helix Info
http://mentalmars.com/battleborn/characters/
>Unlockable Audio Lore
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-XsFNO4RD1x6-WK_Uf6gW5Rs-51Pr-Ho
>Steam Group
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/vgbattleborn
>Discord
https://discord.gg/0xVj0DIkVdQQkr1I
>Toaster Build
http://pastebin.com/Tcq57Vyr
Skill Overview for Alani.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYZYs2Nm3q4 [Embed] [Embed]
Why make a thread for a dead game?
>>143691393
All she really needs is a damage drop. She'll be fine then.
>>143692590
Because you touch yourself at night ;)
>>143692826
But I touch myself constantly
My atoms are always in contactt. ISIC
>>143692621
I think her self-healing should be reduced further, as well as changing it so the damage reduction at full stacks doesn't give her resistance.
>start playing about four hours ago
>getting in to games in two mins
>log off to get some food
>log back in
>Takes ages all of a sudden to find a game
>switch mode from capture to meltdown
>once again getting fast matches
Why does no one want to play capture? It's a fun mode since you don't have to rely on to other people so much
>>143693256
I don't think she is that OP I think people are just shitters.
I mean when I play her I can easily get my shit pushed in by a decent ISIC or really anyone that doesn't just run straight into my face or run in a straight line away from me.
>>143694828
Playerbase has shrunk to the point where only one mode is viable. GB needs to merge queues for the different modes and enable cross-platform play if PC is to have a chance of surviving.
>old toaster build in the op
retard
http://pastebin.com/bAaakn45
>>143694828
Because capture is trash. It's more snowbally than any other game mode.
Reminder that Q & A testing is too hard. Enjoy our shit.
>>143695598
I know that is bullshit. I play plenty of games with way way smaller player bases on PC and I can get a game far faster.
I think they have just got problems with the bloody matchmaking they are using. It just seems to be random how quickly it will take. It's a shame since I have been having much better matches overall.
It seems like the problem of people just voting to surrender with in two seconds seems to be mostly gone.
>Working on Lore challenges starting with Ambra
>She starts off as complete shit tier, very few viable offensive options, and her healing isn't good enough to make up for it
>Get mutations
>Suddenly she's a scary as fuck close range combatant who can deal bighuge damage and push back at the same time, with mild healing capabilities.
>Get legendary item
>Her bighuge damage scythe is now viable is well
>mfw repulsion into scythe or repulsion on someone trying to escape the extinction event, stunning then scything them
Holy moly, them mutations must use alchemy, because they turned shit into gold.
>>143696524
>Alani too strong
Can someone link me a video where you can see that Alani is OP?
I have never encountered any Alani who was "OP". The only reason if you can't kill her is that she hides behind her teammates.
But the same goes to
-Marquis
-Thorn
and any other long range fighter.
But really hard to fight characters (against good players) are
Deande
Rath
Phoebe
If you communicate with your team, use your stuns and just go melee, you can just push through the enemies
One time there was a Montana in my group, who was literally a one man killing machine.
Does someone know the best equipment and skills for Montana to be such a beast?
>>143698259
well the thing I hate about Alani is her Lore Challenges.
They are a fucking nightmare, the only one you will do pretty easily is being on the same team as galilea. Mostly since she is the second favourite char of absolute shitters right after Rath
>>143698259
Symbiotic gauntlet gives about 17 percent damage increase at full health, combine that with something that boosts shields and regen rate and you have a monster for some characters.
Also the gauntlet gives about 3.5 percent increased movement speed.
>>143698259
geyser+basic attacks somehow melts through a montana being healed by a miko and a little healing from a friendly alani nothing else in the game is a free kill for such little effort
>>143698853
>Kill Ambra 25 times
Yes, that is the reason I accepted, that I will never ever complete the lore of Alani.
But why do they add a PvP only lore? You can only choose one hero/team and that means if you aren't fast enough to choose Alani, you lore will never be completed.
>>143699013
there is a mutation for geyser that lets it do more damage and add some other shit. if you hit it right it can be nuts but it can be hard to judge if the montana is moving around
>>143699013
If your team mates don't attack Alani, Montana doesn't rush to her, or looks after cover then it's more the fault of the team.
Have seen the same situation and Marquis just killed Alani (but he was really good and knew how to snipe).
>>143699802
Ambra might be a bit easier but it will take a long time. its the one for doing 800 plus healing which is a nightmare since you can end up on a team where no char even has enough health to let you do 800 in healing.
>>143700365
Complete this challenge easily.
Just have a Montana in your group and you are good to go
>>143698259
Alani's problem is how she's basically Reyna but
>with no cooldown for the overshield
>can heal like 800+ in one fucking go
>can secure kills and completely shut down approaches
>is not reliant on allies for survivability
>>143700365
the healing one is easy as fuck I literally completed it in my second game as her.
>>143698259
Alani with attack speed and HP regen items, the helix that makes every hit give her a .5 second CDR on all her skills and halfway decent aim on her bubble is basically an unstoppable force of death and destruction. Her bubble is really the worst part of her. She's completely overpowered but the bubble just dominates anything and everything.
>>143700978
>basically Reyna
Yeah no. For one thing she has no shield other than what others can give her. She also doesn;t do anywhere near enough damage to kill most enemies unless she has backup.
People just don't seem to think about getting out of her line of sight. They just run in a straight line or try to weave back and forth out of cover which makes it easier for her to throw them up in the air and water bend them to fuck.
>what few battleborn players remain will fervently defend the fact that new characters are available to season pass holders for a week before being unlockable for anyone else
So is this a Korean F2P game or somthing?
>CC effects
What does that stand for?
>>143702075
stun and slow
>>143700978
>with no cool down for the overshield
Alani has no Overshield
>can heal like 800+ in one fucking go
You have all 3 bubbles recharged (you need to hit enemy to recharge bubbles). It takes time and if you only have 2 bubbles, you heal like 244
>can secure kills and completely shut down approaches
Every character with CC can
>is not reliant on allies for survivability
She has to constantly hit targets to get a good heal. The wave heal is garbage.
Have you ever played with Alani against a good Deande who didn't run into your cc? Deande can kill Alani in seconds
I would be very happy to see this OPness in a video of a match, were both teams are good players and you just see that Alani is the reason that the team wins.
>>143702075
Crowd Control
stuns, binds, all that sort of stuff
>>143702706
>>Deande can kill alani in seconds
Maybe if the Alani AFK'd the entire game and came back at the 25 minute mark? Alani has a shit ton of health.
Also, the wave heal gets substantially stronger as she levels, since helixes add a DOT damage to it and make it last 3 seconds longer.
Also, also, her CC is vastly stronger than anybody else's since it can potentially CC the entire team in one shot. Nobody else can do that.
Late game again she charges osmosis in half the time with one of her helixes, making her heals much more spammy
>play with a Gearbox dev
Neat.
Alani is hard as fuck to kill. Pretty annoying.
>>143702706
>good Deande
Something that doesn't exist.
>>143701512
>implying I was talking about a literal shield
Her healing's application (both how it is literally applied to the target, and how it affects an engagement) is the exact same as Reyna's.
It's a burst heal that is primarily used to give allies who get caught out of position an extra chance at life.
Alani does this in the form of literal HP. Which means it is useful both in and outside of engagements. The numbers are also just flat-out higher.
Reyna's is in the form of an overshield, only useful just-before, or during engagements.
>>143702706
>It takes time and if you only have 2 bubbles[...]
Except she can build stacks on turrets and minions.
Taking another glance at this gameplay video, she can get a bubble for a full ranged string.
That's like 5 seconds for three full stacks.
>ISIC makes a Shitting Dicknipples reference
Is that still a thing or is someone who worked on this game a true oldfag?
>>143703272
>The other Alani 8 deaths, 0 kills, 1 Assist
>OP
>Medieval 2, a decade old game still has more players online than BattleCuck
>>143704105
When does he make that reference?
>>143704243
One of the lines when you get to the bridge in "The Algorithm" has ISIC say "How the [long line of expletives] are ya Kleese?"
Turn on the subtitles and it shows that he actually says " How the Shitting Dick Nipples are ya, Kleese?"
>>143704576
I now love ISIC even more.
>>143704168
its the difference between a properly itemized/helixed Alani and a short bus superstar who takes the 20% attack speed helix.
>>143704168
Here's another one for ya.
>>143706940
>2 feeders in the enemy team
You need to play against good pre made group and see what will happen, if they don't run into your cc.
I have once played against a pre made group which just pushed and won the game in some minutes.
>Oh! Are we fighting with words now?
>You will die, alone, in the cold dark reaches of space.
>All of the people closest to you have lied to you.
>You have already forgotten most of your happiest memories.
>Montana's theme song sucks.
>>143708863
>Santa claus doesn't exist.
>The thing that you call 'love' is actually just a chemical reaction.
>>143708937
I love how Ghalt does the same half-crying line for forgotten memories, the Varelsi revelation, and for Santa Claus.
>>143708863
>Santa isn't real
>At some point in your life, those closest to you have lied to your face.
>What do you think the star devouring monstrosities are running from? What has the big bad Varelsi so spooked that they're pulling the very stars out of the sky? Really think about that, champ.
Easily the best level in the entire game.
>>143709146
Worst bosses.
>hey bro how would you like the chance for a billion fucking enemies to spawn during my third phase?
>hey bro I'm the single most annoying type of enemy in the game, and spawn other super annoying golems all the time. Sometimes they spawn somewhere you can't reach so you can't progress :^)
>hey bro I see your team is mostly melee. You're in for a bad time. And did you know if you go up high enough in the room you die? Why don't I show you 2-3 times?
Every time the Algorithm wins I consider quitting. I have yet to encounter a team that can make it past the bridge section without at least two people dying.
>>143710014
Assuming you're talking Advanced.
I've made it no deaths a few times. A decent Ambra makes everything go much smoother believe it or not. Especially that fucking spiderbot.
Repulsion with proper helixes absolutely fucking destroys the boom bots and blade/gun bots so your team can focus on the important target. Same applies to ISIC Magnus as well.
horde mode when?
>>143712108
>hoard of Evolved Thralls
>hoard of Boombots>hoard of Ronin bots
>>143713245
>Horde of Thrall Brutes
>>143713456
I think Rendain fight already got that one covered.
>it's a team won't attack the enemy miko episode
>>143710014
Algorithm has the least amount of bullshit compared to every other mission.
>>143714956
The Experiment doesn't have much bullshit.
>>143702706
Lol playing Deande.
so uh, about them Queue times.
do they ever end, exactly?
>>143717112
Capture is 100% dead. Incursion is long but it happens. Meltdown has reasonable queue times for some reason???
>you will never mating press Reyna / or at least hit it from behind
Shame
disappointment
anger
>>143712108
That would be even more boring than the campaign.
Anyone else besides me looking forwards to the new campaign missions?
I actually enjoy them. Not in a story sense, but in a vs ai kinda old-school scoring system kind of way.Do you get more points if you kill via headshot?
>>143719376
I only play Campaign now, until they work out all the matchmaking and balance issues. Scoring seems mainly affected by how many enemies you kill, and how many blue score orbs and yellow bonus score orbs you pick up. I've not noticed headshots giving you extra points. What campaign feels like to me most is running braindead MMORPG dungeons for loot and exp. I'm okay with that.
>>143702706
Alani is OP as fuck as Gearbox already confirmed she's on the chopping block. Enjoy her while she lasts.
>>143717112
just get a refund bro
>>143712108
They would really have to mix it up to make it pass the test of time, like add in randomized bonus objectives or shifting fronts that require good management of shards. Otherwise i'd be down for it.
>2 hour queue's a week after launch
jesus christ.
Toby is so bad.
Anyone wanna gift me Battleborn? I ran out of money and just wanna play with ISIC.
>>143726014
Get good
>>143726014
Sounds like you're shit with him, my man!
hmmmmm
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
>>143729249
damn om isstillpackin
Orendi tips?
>>143732579
finding a match more than anything
>>143732579
Learn to chain shadowfire pillar 6 times you scrub
>>143732579
Be one of the most annoying little shits to catch.
And then there's these assholes.
>>143735150
http://i.imgur.com/JBg3xfi.gifv
So I'm working on Whiskey Foxtrot's lore stuff and need a good spot to rack up about 350 kills with his quick melee, any suggestions? I was thinking Void's Edge at the last gate and just letting the varelsi spawn forever.
>>143737151
That is fucking beautiful.
>>143725452
>2 hour queue's a week after launch
>2 hour queues at midnight the first day of memorial day weekend in the us.
wew
>>143739479
I use The Renegade for challenges like that. there are a few Warp Anchors that will keep spawning low health thralls for a very long time, two of them are on the big bridge that leads to the building where Caldarius is. You should be able to get a few hundred easy in one run.
>>143740224
Excellent, thanks for the tip.
I think Gearbox needs to do a second pass on some of the lore challenges. At the very least making the parts that require killing specific enemy battleborn gain credit from assists. I played against a lot of teams with an Oscar Mike and still only have one out of 25 kills even though I got assists on him a whole bunch of times. I imagine its even rougher for support characters as well.
Dead game.
1-4 buy Battleborn 5-9 buy Overwatch
0 keep playing Dota
>>143742658
You fucked up. Different games, only similarity is you select heroes then shoot things
>>143697842
The Halberd mutation giver her an awesome ranged game.
>>143741246
Dead general. I'm just happy that they've been comfy.
>>143741174
What i want to see is more audio logs/cinematics for characters ala OW. They're all pretty fun and its a shame there isnt more done with em
Should I buy this game? Are the queue times really that bad? How dead is this game?
>>143750720
dead, just play Overwatch
>>143750720
People bitching about queues at 3am on an american holiday weekend
>it's a "two team members quit after half-assedly attempting to hold off a push and one member afk's because the enemy is a 4+1 of level 100's"
God, fuck quitter shitters who don't even try to win.
You are literally the worst part about every multiplayer game.
>>143734163
This works with Thorn too :)
>>143750720
Not bad as of late, maybe the discounts did actually help the game a little.
People that have been playing the game since launch are preety damn good though.
>>143750580
In that intro style too, that's be neat
>>143703363
same
>enemy team has a level 100 marquis faggot
>plays aggressively as fuck and somehow gets away with it
>they get a 250 point lead and taunt after every kill
>eventually focus the marquis who is now overextending as fuck
>taunt after killing him twice
>ragequits
>suddenly enemy team starts falling apart
can't handle the rocket vomiting majesticness
>>143752728
easy mode
D E A D
E
D
>>143752241
I would just alt+f4. ;)
>>143750720
Don't buy it, they cut the price in half and the game hasn't been out a month. Price will probably drop more.
>>143752241
they would be playingoverwatchwhen they realised they wanted to quit
game complete
time to move on
>>143758425
>not even master of the character you're playing as
>>143758425
>he doesn't have platinum on all levels
>>143759559
weak b8
>ISIC vs ISIC on meltdown
>am using charged shot at every opportunity, using uncharged wards in between charged shots, making myself useful with basic cheap gear and turrets and shit
>meanwhile, enemy ISIC is doing nothing but using the aegis and sitting behind his minions while i pound him and his team into submission
>steamroll our way to victory, he ends up at 0/10/2 with two epics while i go 12/0/7 and 3 white gear
is there a better feel?feels bad that meltdown is the only worthwhile gamemode though
So is Boldur as weak as I think he is? It just seems like every tank is better than him as far as team comp
I've heard Atk speed helps him, but is it enough?
>>143761075
Learn how to shield-poke.
Holding down the shield button drastically reduces the time it takes for his melee combo to reset, meaning you can almost double your DPS, or re-shield immediately if you keep mashing the first hit with a good rhythm (however, do it too fast and he'll carry out the combo as normal).
You don't need attack speed this way.
This does not work when he is unarmed.
Save your axe throws for last-hits, or for when your ultimate is off cooldown, as his ult summons his axe back to him immediately.
Never use his dash unless its to
>escape
or
>setup a kill (knocking enemies into walls or other entities stuns them)
Also, he's a carry who gets expoentially better as he levels.
Takes until level 5 to really get going (his rune shield is critical to his staying power).
If he hits 10 it's gg because he does fucking disgusting amounts of damage that no other character can come close to.
>>143762858
I'm not saying he's bad, just he doesn't seem as good as other tanks. Would you honestly rather have him on your team over Isic or Montana? Not trying to sound like an ass, this is an honest question.
I will be using shield canceling now though
>>143763574
As said, he's not really a tank, he's a melee carry with some tanky specs.
>>143763978
does this game even have carries? it just seems like some characters scale ever so slightly better with tanky gear or with damage gear, it doesn't seem like anything major like how a carry works in dota/hon
>look through cosplay guides
>phoebe's blouse detail
>mfw
>>143763574
>over Isic
They're equal.
ISIC's power slope is more linear than Boldur's which results in a better early-game but a worse late-game.
ISIC is also easier and safer to use in general.
>over Montanna
Yes because Montana's not a tank despite what his appearance would have you believe.
He eats up a shit-ton of damage due to his size, but has very little in the way of damage mitigation beyond his ultimate.
>>143763978
Oh no, Boldur is definitely a tank as well. Any character with a command-shield is really.
>>143764215
He's perhaps the closest to one in the game.
Has an trash early-game and a mediocre mid-game, but a strong late-game and a broken end-game.
>>143752449
That's why I said "One of"
>>143756775
Sale ends after today.
>>143764215
El Dragón, Attikus, and Boldur, are all carries.
>>143764215
Whiskey
Orendi
Cal
Marquis to an extent
Granted the 3 gunners have spec for crits and need to be consistent on them. But if so I've seen these guys melt characters
>>143765372
>el dragon
>carry
if anything he needs to be carried to be effective
>>143765471
Sadly I'm inclined to agree. He's great with a support and disruptor, but on his own hes pretty meh
>>143765471
if he gets to 5 and is good he can actually do pretty well
most people who play him are shitters and suck though
>>143764215
It seems a little odd; most characters can carry, but some are also meant to stop pushes.
The defenders are supposed to stop people from pushing, disruptors are fancy assassins.
Attikus, Boldur, Orendi, Benedict, and Mike.
Rath is supposed to be, but doesn't get used often, IMExp.
Disruptors jump in, cause havoc (kill the support), and do as much damage as they can while escaping. Montana, Caldarius, Ghalt (pulls instead of entering), Shayne and Aurox. and El Dragon.
Assassins just jump out of nowhere and kill you, so everyone left that's not a support.
>>143764391
Link.
>>143765415
Whiskey and Caldarius are skirmish assassins. They *can* totally melt someone, but they're too frail to carry anything.
Marquis' a sniper. So he can do whatever, including assassinating andslowlykilling waves.
>>143765821
I guess I'm thinking in the sense of LoL and smite when it comes to definitions. I'm used to carry being used for glass cannons
Who would you guys rather have on your team, an amazing OM or an amazing Whiskey?
I have a friend who plays both and he's great as both but I always say whiskey when he asks me to pick between the two.
>tfw no one will play Reyna for your S&A challenge
I NEED ONE MORE
less than an hour left in the sale
SHOULD I BUY THIS GAEM?
>>143767538
You don't happen to be on ps4 are you?
>>143767718
On PC, no. On Console, yes. it has a strong playerbase there.
>>143767718
If you have even one friend you like playing games with who plays it, yes
>>143767790
I am.
>>143767413
I'd take Mike over Whiskey in Incursion every time. In Capture they're close, maybe leaning towards Whiskey due to his life regen and his slow on sticky. In Meltdown they both have their strengths. Mike is much easier to play well, too.
>>143767986
Add me Thejzzy
I can't play today, but I may be able to tonight. I have to grill with my family and stuff but I'm pretty sure I work late in the day tomorrow so I can stay up.
Also add the note that you're the anon from btbg
>>143767413
The answer to that question depends on your team comp.
Whiskey is better than Oscar at single target damage, and without factoring in Ultimates he's as good as Oscar for wave clear - but he needs 5 levels to get there.
So if your team's already got some decent wave clear and a harasser who can keep trouble targets like snipers and healers from staying engaged until Whiskey's online, you're good.
If you're lacking in either of these departments, Oscar is the better choice.
>>143768369
Thanks man.
>>143739479
I just did the whole Chronicle grind for that.
>>143765821
Whiskey is a carry in a sense that he gets substantially stronger as he levels up.
>>143765238
i'm sure people will be lining up to buy it at the regular price after it just went on sale
>>143767718
Wait till summer sale. Probably gonna be 75% off.
>>143770252
>I think "sale" means "permanent price drop"
I'm sorry you have no concept of retail business tactics. If it makes you feel any better, there will be another sale in around a month or two. It will give you another chance to shitpost about how much of a failure Battleborn is for already dropping 20 bucks "permanently".
>>143770485
Do you think Battleborn will survive until the summer sale?
>tfw the playerbase is so small you start to recognize names
>>143752241
I do wish they would add some kind of visible punishment for disconnecting before a game is over.
Not disconnecting because your internet timed out actually choosing to leave the match. It should be a escalating matchmaking cooldown. Every Time you do it you have to wait longer and longer to be allowed to look for another match.
It should stack infinitely so you can effectively perma ban yourself.
Although having said that I have only seen one person leave a game early in my last dozen or so matches and he left at literally the last second so might of been a legit time out.
>>143771126
I played/play an even more ded game than this and it's still kicking.Killing Floor 2
>>143770647
>It will give you another chance to shitpost about how much of a failure Battleborn is
>implying there aren't a hundred other things wrong with the game I could shitpost about
anon you are hilarious, you should write for gearbox
>>143771193
that prob has more to do with the fact there are three modes splitting it and it will be trying to match with people in your region first so you end up seeing the same people.
I play Survarium and that thing has a quarter of the players at the best of times and I rarely see the same people twice. The whole "ded game" thing is just a meme for shitters.
Don't forget it is trying to match with skill levels as well so that will thin the wedge of people you get matched against even more.
>>143771126
I play Nat Selection 2 and that thing is lucky if it breaks 600 players but you can still get a good game going pretty much any time of day. I don't think this will ever end up like Blade Symphony where only the very best people ever play it.
>>143771259
Their current solution is not bad, it's just a problem with the community.
Right now if you disconnect unintentionally or quit intentionally, you are prompted to join back into the game you left the next time you try and enter matchmaking if it's still going. So accidental disconnects can try to get back in, and quitter shitters are punished by having to sit around for upwards of 20 minutes before they can go back into matchmaking.
Which is where the community comes in. If one person drops, often times several drop, which means the servers automatically end the game due to low player numbers in a match, and the fucker who kicked the whole thing off gets off scot-free.
>>143771907
yeah, what I want is something on top of that. So you are locked out for the time it takes for the game to finish PLUS X number of minutes. Every game you play to completion reduces the number but everytime you do it it adds back to it.
It is fucking dumb to leave since you get XP either way and even a game you lose can give you a lot of XP if you are playing your char even slightly well.
Then again I main Miko so I guess I just like to suffer
>>143771907
If you drop a game, it kind of asks you politely to rejoin that game, but you can still join a new match.
>>143773135
For story mode, in PVP matchmaking if you say no it just boots you back to the matchmaking selection.
I think you can still pick the other two matchmaking lists though, which is a problem.
What stats am I aiming for with Phoebe? AD and AS?
>>143775051
Attack speed and probably cooldown time, actually. Movement speed is probably not bad either.
ruh-roh
>>143775160
Alright, cool. Thanks.
why? why does it keep happening?
what the fuck is wrong with the matchmaker?
>>143704576
Yes, he still says that.
>>143776636
How do you think the other team feels?
It's not fun for anyone.
>>143737151
Oh my fuck.
>>143771841
>Implying there aren't a hundred other things wrong with the game I could shitpost about
We're waiting.
>>143772164
There's been a lot of discussion on the forums about quitters. With the inevitable inclusion of a ranked system, it's probably going to start soft banning people who quit.
>>143737151
this is why I love this game
overwatch has no set pieces like that
>>143778897
DEAD GAME DEAD GAME DEAD GAME
>>143779469
>>143779469
Oh, are we fighting with words now? ;o
You are now aware that ALL of your closest friends and relatives have lied to your face. >_<
Your game is a glorified ten-minute match of rock-paper-scissors. ;D
You will die, cold and alone, in the dark. But don't worry about your pets,they'll starve to death.XB
>Just won a game of capture by 25 points by getting all three areas at the last moment with 20 seconds on the clock
>We were 4v5
Holy shit that was fun.
>>143780064
isic pls
>>143776636
They added a rank matchmaking queue in the beta but didn't re-add it to the final game.
Kind of weird but maybe they knew there would be a low number of players initially to the game.
>>143780285
Close matches are the best, even if you lost.
If you win though, that's usually better.
>>143783214
nah this game can fuck off
>>143780285
Too bad 95% off them are one sided stomps.
>>143783657
git gud lmoa
>>143781603
Hey buddy, quit your complaining.
At least I'm fighting on YOUR side this time. ;)
>>143758425
>>143759559
Wait, there are platinum levels for story missions?
shit
>>143786675
There were in the beta.
I've never seen them in retail release.
>>143786865
According to some reports there are plat level at live too. Never seen better than gold but i am playing with pubs only.
It would be nice to fucking know what counts towards the score and what are the score limits. Also you have to get all the little yellow orbs exploding all around the place.
ranked when
>>143790843
>loss
m8............................
>>143791892
>>143790843
>echelon
>>143790843
>tfw always get put on team with shitters against a team of high level players
I've actually stomped several high level premade groups with low level randoms, but it almost always goes the other way around.
And when I see a single digit player pick Rath, Caldarius, S&A, or WF, I want to just quit right out of the game. Deande, Attikus, Toby, and Kleese are some other characters that I dread seeing my team pick.
>>143791998
they fixed echelon tho
or well incursion in general
>>143790843
yeah lets make queue times average 30 min
>>143742658
rollerino
Holy fuck Caldy and Rath are so much fucking fun, but I'm legit terrible with them in PVP.
In PVE I'm amazing, but I usually am with any character.
>>143794126
>In PVE I'm amazing
what did he mean by this
>>143794126
Have you solo advance hardcored every mission yet?
>2 allies quit within 2 minutes of Meltdown startinganyone wanna team up
>>143794525
I'm pretty good at PVE. I know it's not really something to brag about, but 90% of the people I've played with, even in normal, are complete mega garbage. Half the time they don't even know all the spawns and run ahead like a retard, and even less know where to check for chests.
>>143794906
Only the Archive. I almost did the Heliophage but the first time I fucked up early on and died, and the second time I lost connection while fighting Rendain. Connection always seems a bit off when soloing.
>>143771126
>>143767718
>>143750720
The game is dying really fast so I wouldn't suggest buying it until it goes on sale. I think the playerbase of this game will plateau somewhere around where awesomenauts is by summer.
>>143795426
that graph is really depressing
>>143764215
Boldur, Phoebe, El Dragon, ISIC and Whiskey (his ults animation really hurts him).
Phoebe her helix's boost offense or defense hard so you can usually do some combo of offensive/defensive gear and helix choices.
>>143799683
They need to seriously speed up the "rev down" part of Overdrive. It makes it not even worth using sometimes.
>>143800201
It also has a time limit.
>lvl 100
>didn't find a single taunt yet from boxes
Kill me
>>143802567
Damn
How much money haven't you spent on faction loot packs?
>>143802567
>tfw you get a skin and a taunt from a regular faction pack
Almost makes up for the gazillion packs that contained nothing but junk items. Almost.
When the fuck are they releasing tier 2 skins?
Hell no.
How difficult would it be to create a bot that joins games and then leaves? Would GB do anything about it?
Maybe instead of leaving, it could randomly stroll around spawn and recite quotes from choice literature.
>trying to get triple stuns as Kelvin so I can complete his lore challenges
This is pretty frustrating. Still getting used to moving around in spooky ice ghost form. Stun only lasts 1.5 seconds so they literally have to be standing right next to each other, and they never are.
3 matches and I'm only 2/25.
45 min in the matchmaking and counting
>>143809312
What is your steam download region?
>>143809658
Hungary
I keep seeing people complaining about queue times but I've literally never had to wait more than 2 minutes, the fuck is wrong with you guys?
>>143808192
Wait for a wave push, there's usually a couple people ducking around the minions.
>Destroy the first Sentry in ~6 minutes
>Our Miko: Let's do double Thralls
>Me: No, we can't
>Let's do it cmon, I'm gonna go do it
>Me: We should push harder and buy their turrets and stuff then get the Thralls
>Me: Don't, stop, wait...
>4 other teammates go with Miko when I am the one who orchestrated the destruction of the first Sentry.
>Waste 7 minutes at the double Thralls
>7 MINUTES dicking around with the other team at the Thralls
>Other team contested it because their lane wasn't pushed and everyone left as soon as the Sentry went down
>We LOSE the Thralls
>Continue to say how bad that was
>Miko keeps acting like we still got this, which was still possible
>Me: Buy the turrets and shit, they level you up and we need them
>Several seconds later
>Me: You have to buy the fucking turrets and focus the minions, ignore Kelvin hit the minions
>A sentry was lost
>Shit is a stalemate BARELY til about 3 minutes
>Me: Ok, we got this. I have so many kills when it comes down to a draw we win.
>Miko: Is that how that goes?
>Me: Yes, most points wins in a stalemate. As long as we don't let them hit our 2nd sentry for even 1 point - we win
>No less that a minute later our 2nd sentry gets hit for ~4 damage
>3 people died playing TDM instead of falling back because the enemy was pushing
>Miko: Don't worry, I can heal you
>Me: That doesn't fucking matter, I'm going to try and backdoor
>Get all the way over there, doing decent damage to the shield and it just wasn't enough
>Their Alani recalls to chase me out
>Me: I cannot fucking believe this
>Miko: I know right? Don't worry this happens all that time
>Me: Are you fucking kidding me?
>Miko: Yeah I've had this happen to me a lot
IT WAS HIS FAULT
WE LOST BECAUSE OF HIS STUPID MOUTH
Just shoot me.
>kill 25 ambras
>have killed one (1) in nearly a month of playtime
FIX THIS
>>143810667
>Been trying to get Oscar Mike kills as WF
>Assists don't count
>4 kills
I feel your pain. At least OM is commonly chosen.
>>143810667
Fucking this!
I haven't come across an Ambra player in 2 weeks
>>143810249
>playing Incursion
Found out what you did wrong.
>>143810935
>>143811007
>not maining ambra and watching the 2-3 enemies break off chasing you instead of dealing with minions
It's fucking fun, lads
Just found a guy cheesing pubs with 0 shard buildable cost reduction + shard/sec.
It's hilarious because it will work most of the times on these braindead fucks that don't give a shit about lanes.
But on the other hand the elite boss spamming in meltdown is annoying having geared towards it or not.
>>143811142
I was feeling lazy. I wanted to lean back and use a controller. Shit got real in the first minute, sat forward and play M+KB.
So yeah.
>>143811332
Boss?
>>143811546
bot*
I think i phased out for that sentence
>>143811332
Just group up to kill the elite bots. If they keep summoning them, they're just feeding you XP.
>>143812401
>pubs
>group up
Obviously it's worthless tax against functioning people
>>143812562
Even pubs know how to shoot the big thing walking down their lane. Don't even have to group for it, just have the normal 2-2-Roamer setup and you can kill both bots easily.
>>143809759
Changed it to New York. It took only 10 mins to find a team but it's still looking for opponent. That's it the game is ded on PC. RIP in Peace
>>143783657
sometimes
>>143692106
So I've been seeing a lot of Attikus lately. Did he get a buff?
What would you guys thing of a comic that involves Kleese remotely hacking into a sentry bots to full control it and wiping out it's self preservation chip function and said bot is fully aware of what is happening as it is occurring? I'm talking like mind break tier despair
>>143815457
No, people are just figuring out how carries work.
I wish for the characters from Borderlands and Brothers in Arms to make guest appearances in the game.
Why is there no option to join someone's match?
>>143815457
Probably people trying to see how to play him. I'll save you the trouble. Don't. The guy is literally the shittiest character in the game. The only mode he has a SLIGHT and I mean SLIGHT usefulness is Capture since there are no real chokepointmania.
I spent two hours straight trying him out as a tank, attacker, etc. Doesn't work. He needs a huge buff to even be considered decent.
>>143813880
Got a match. Indicated green ping and i didn't feel any lag. Which is kind of strange playing on an US server from EU.
>>143816150
We need more drawfags
>>143816150
I want want Wolf to come back alive and go to Montana and Thorn's book club and be happy forever.
>>143811332
>>143812401
You have to have to have allies with great push to put the pressure on the enemy with that strat (I wrote it in this general a few generals back).
-Ideally it's you summon bot
-allies like a Toby or Thorn push the lane an weaken it really fast and a level dependent guys last hits.
-meanwhile other allies start a fight with heavy minion advantage once they clear it. if the fight is close to the thunder turret then build it for extra a fire power helps. Thunder turret in mid is pretty nice but you should only upgrade it when it's nearly dead so it hits full health again.
A comp would be like good clear/great skirmisher/ cc guy/build able guy/carry
Even if they kill the big bot you have mid secured and for it's gems which your carry guy can now gather. The bot rush is to secure a mid advantage to get more gold for allies on top of that it's a good to setup up a fight to your advantage.
I actually kind of like Toby but I wish his shield didn't behave so retarded.
I came here for the memes.
Where are the memes?
>>143821320
Ded
>>143821508
No... that's impossible!
The range on Attikus' pounce is pretty impressive.
Has anyone ever used it for back field hijinks on Incursion modes?
Meaning, jump past the dangerous stuff like the other players or turrets, run into their back field and run around stealing shards, destroying buildables, maybe even trying to snag a thrall spawn.
As an example, I could see Attikus doing this on Overgrowth by Pouncing from the opposite sniper nest, towards the elite minion spawn. He'll land behind the Sentry, behind the thumper turret, and on the opposite corner of the chokepoint where most of the enemy team will be. If no one noticed him jumping up into the nest they probably didn't see him leaping out of it.
>>143823801
Issue is if you have full stacks and pounce your slow your ult chain ccing them because it was burned on the leap which it's full charged effect is 100 damage to shields (Does it effect health too?).
>>143824406
Get those stacks back by breaking their shit.
Alternatively, don't do the pounce if you're at full stacks, do it at 3 or 4. There's no need for the fully charged effect just to get over there.
>>143739479
I did the Algorithm. Those little bugs spawn 10 babies each and they die in one hit
You'll be done quickly
>>143824479
You only get stacks on kills though of any minion
>>143825046
You gets stacks from killing anything with a health bar that isn't a giant shard. Including buildables.
>>143816420
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAJzgLdevoA
montana is already a brothers in arms cameo
>>143825365
>All those assblasted comments from the military shooter fags
>>143825365
neat
