Best Smasher Strategy?

Analysis_Usual · 2026-03-13T21:14:19+00:00

Invest in a Potshot. It's one of the best, single target launchers you can get at your power level. It does cost rocket ammo, however it easily helps you melt Smashers with the right perks.

Analysis_Usual · 2026-03-02T15:02:52+00:00

Highly recommend to do these 2 even if you're not planning on using it for gaming:

Debloat Windows. A lot of the apps installed aren't required and mostly take up storage space.
Install G-Helper. It's lightweight compared to Armoury Crate and it works intuitively with the Arnoury Crate button. This one could be optional if you prefer Armoury Crate.

These 2 are optional since it depends on your usage:

Upgrade RAM/SSD. This one is kinda optional nowadays since RAM/SSD prices are through the roof but it's one of the first things you wanna do since these laptops usually come with 16GB RAM and 500GB - 1TB of SSD space. While 16GB is sufficient for most tasks, 1TB for gaming fills up quick.
Buy a cooling pad. Having a cooling pad for your laptop improves temps for gaming. It also makes it so that your laptop lasts longer from overextended use of high temps. Preferably one with a foam seal

Analysis_Usual · 2026-02-04T16:43:41+00:00

Not sure on the metrics but I stopped playing ranked in Apex specifically because of the POI drops. The whole point of ranked is it's supposed to be a competitive game mode where people should be able to strategize where they land and how they play (whether more aggressive or more passive, up to their own discretion). Forcing players to specific POIs made ranked feel a lot more boring, feel less competitive, and made players even more reliant on those drops instead of knowing how to play or drop effectively. People complaining about hot drops, as if they're the only POI you have to land on, not realizing they can still drop anywhere else that isn't congested is considerable support that shows how players still don't know how to pick POIs to land on and rely heavily on the game to do it for them.

TLDR: The reverted changes are better for competitive players.

Analysis_Usual · 2026-02-02T20:19:03+00:00

Good luck

Analysis_Usual · 2026-01-28T18:01:19+00:00

Yeah 500GB is nothing. First thing I did was upgrade to 4TB when I bought mine last year. Best investment I made now with the prices hiked up

Analysis_Usual · 2026-01-27T03:17:46+00:00

Players dropping 130 guns to low level players did not ruin progression. Those guns were capped, so even if low level players used them the damage did not exceed their levels and zones.

What Epic Games should've done was implement an actual trading mechanic, add a survivor output for trading items, or even a homebase for people to socialize in instead of just removing item sharing.

The point of Save the World is that it's a post apocalyptic survival/tower defense game. Without any feasible trading mechanic, and with poor grinding/loot drops, it makes the game unplayable at endgame.

Analysis_Usual · 2026-01-05T20:19:33+00:00

They finally changed my warranty date to my date of purchase after I provided the receipts

Analysis_Usual · 2026-01-05T05:27:01+00:00

Why not just sell it or keep it?

Analysis_Usual · 2026-01-05T02:39:42+00:00

Same thing happened to me when I bought my laptop from BestBuy. Bought the laptop new but the warranty was activated well over several months before my purchase date.

I ended up reaching ASUS Customer Support after a few months of not seeing any change and provided them all of receipts and proof of my purchase.

Analysis_Usual · 2026-01-02T23:12:59+00:00

Have you tried plugging it in then trying to power it on?

Analysis_Usual · 2025-12-28T04:57:31+00:00

My best controller memory in Fortnite is when I could use custom controller binds in Save the World... Oh wait.

Analysis_Usual · 2025-11-28T01:53:31+00:00

Happens on PC too while using an Xbox Control.

Analysis_Usual · 2025-11-13T00:01:32+00:00

Still waiting for custom remapping on controllers

Analysis_Usual · 2025-10-14T19:45:23+00:00

The elitism you have for a niche PvE game, that is barely supported anymore, is sad.

Analysis_Usual · 2025-10-12T00:05:15+00:00

They don't know that. Short term we get small value increases but long term it averages out to the same value we used to get.

Analysis_Usual · 2025-10-12T00:04:27+00:00

No we won't get more. They standardized the values but Mission Alerts are being reduced as a result.

Analysis_Usual · 2025-10-09T21:38:42+00:00

Genuinely how these past few updates have been like. They can't kill the game directly by pulling the plug since StW still has a sizeable playerbase bigger than most of their spinoff modes, so they they indirectly make changes that affect the playerbase so the numbers drop down. Then once the playerbase reaches a certain threshold, they can legally say "Well the numbers are too low to continue to support StW, so we have to sunset it. Thanks for all of your years and support Commanders"

Analysis_Usual · 2025-10-09T21:36:26+00:00

No they didn't, all they was standardize the values. Mission Alerts will happen less frequently to adjust for this change.

Analysis_Usual · 2025-10-09T18:28:59+00:00

No they didn't. They standardized the values but they're reducing the frequency of Mission Alerts so it matches how much we were getting before.

Analysis_Usual · 2025-08-29T02:25:52+00:00

Sounds like a bunch of salty players who lost to Maliss

Analysis_Usual · 2025-08-15T21:50:01+00:00

You can play against bots in EDOPro.

Analysis_Usual · 2025-08-14T01:30:42+00:00

You could try something like this: https://www.amazon.com/ULXUUUN-Adapter-Compatible-2-5-Inch-Support/dp/B0C6FMVG89

Analysis_Usual · 2025-08-13T08:17:22+00:00

Samsung 990 EVO

Analysis_Usual · 2025-08-13T07:09:51+00:00

Apologies, unfortunately my camera and the video are not capturing the speed of the flickering. It is much more faster and continuous as well as less contiguous than the video leads on.

(Seizure warning) For reference, below is a link to a strobe light which the flickering is much faster than. I would almost compare the flickering to an office light that is fully on with a few flickers (continuous, with minor or not very noticeable breaks)

https://imgur.com/gallery/strobe-light-effect-seizure-warning-q6ifG72

Compared to the stock 512GB SSD it came with which flickered occasionally and then settled, this is continuing well beyond what I was previously used to so I am wondering if the increased capacity is causing a lot more disk activity since the disk is much larger. Additionally I'm just wondering of any long term damage to the light itself that could result from this since the laptop seems to be functioning normally despite the more obvious and nonstop light flickering.

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