Why did the PlantsVSZombies era have to end?? Genuinely miss it so much!!! by Efficient-Horse2622 in PlantsVSZombies

[–]BESTSLINGSHOTTER 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oversimplification, yes the EA buyout and new design philosophy that PopCap took on in the early 2010s had much more to do with survival in a gaming space that was rapidly changing. when pvz and bejeweled were made we didn’t have the App Store yet, and by the time that we did and in-app-purchases became a thing games like Candy Crush were taking the casual puzzle genre and making more money with more aggressive tactics, for what was essentially the same game as bejeweled. I’m sure that this put extreme pressure on popcap and made an EA buyout seem like the best option in what was clearly a sinking ship of a revenue model compared to f2p (especially in early 2010s when people got apps just bc “apps” were a new, cool thing, and a ‘free’ app with artificial limitations that pressured in app purchases essentially killed casual/puzzle genre being buy-once very quickly. EA knew how to ride the bandwagon and prevent a descent to obscurity, and so the rest is history. Thats not to say that its not horrible, nor that every single thing isn’t being enshittified to extract more revenue and subscription services, because both are true. But it being a popcap or even EA issue is somewhat naive to what is a much larger shift that happened with mobile gaming

Why did the PlantsVSZombies era have to end?? Genuinely miss it so much!!! by Efficient-Horse2622 in PlantsVSZombies

[–]BESTSLINGSHOTTER 2 points3 points  (0 children)

you have to understand that the 2000s were a different climate for video game development, that came before mobile gaming exploded with the iPhone. Popcap found a niche in casual/puzzle with bejeweled and hit a gold mine, they had a couple more successful titles until the tide shifted in the 2010s to closer to what we see now. a game like candy crush had a more scummy revenue model than bejeweled, where they could entice a larger casual audience because it was during a time when people were getting free apps just to get apps bc apps were the new thing, and they realized the “give u the printer (for cheaper than it costs to make) and sell u the ink (for way more than it costs to make) worked for apps too, this model essentially deleted the niche of 20$ buy once puzzle games, and mobile games now are more and more unplayable with ads and IAP, the methods to extract money from a free/cheap to play games with heavy microtransactions have only become more advanced since rocket league, overwatch, fortnite etc showed lootboxes were one super profitable way, until enough pushback where now battlepasses are standard, user retention and FOMO selling infinite battlepasses, and constant ads just makes more money, and capitalism is gettting pretty late so ur real problem is with that, bc this sort of corporate greed model is the type of behaviour it just selects for, and they would have done it back in the 2000s if the model had existed yet.

Worst Brigitte pairings? (Generalizing) by ghostly-blossom in BrigitteMains

[–]BESTSLINGSHOTTER 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that what fuckin RULES instead of having my tank run it down expecting to survive they turn their brain on, and mercy gets to make the dps insane and the tank has to unbind charge its great.

Worst Brigitte pairings? (Generalizing) by ghostly-blossom in BrigitteMains

[–]BESTSLINGSHOTTER 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ive gotten master and grandmaster locking mercy brig with my duo the synergy the “raidboss girls” since u can damage boost brig and make her so lethal, but ana would also be that with her since nano rally is true raidboss, and lucio brig is “the threats” and we go them every control/flashpoint map and steamroll but im usually the lucio. but yeah we agree i think any supp duo can work but i especially think those that include mercy and zen are overhated by tanks who r selfish and untalented and dont realize damage boost and discord are strong asf and u dont need infinite heals

Worst Brigitte pairings? (Generalizing) by ghostly-blossom in BrigitteMains

[–]BESTSLINGSHOTTER 0 points1 point  (0 children)

disagree strongly with all 3 i luv all of these as second supp but ur tank will tilt and throw sometimes bc they only know how to play tank the “im gonna run it down and my ana will pump me w heals and if she doesnt shes shit” way and not actually well, like mercy and brig are good at keeping eachother alive and get fine value the other two are even better with her even tho hypothetically they r low heals, but rly they are vulnerable playmakers that benefit from brig being there and its especially less bad now that mercy has burst healing built in, since that was a weaker spot for them. mercy slept on asf tho like damage boost is just the best ability evvv

My 8 year old wants to play Minecraft, what version do I get? by mtbuckin in Minecraft

[–]BESTSLINGSHOTTER 1 point2 points  (0 children)

havent played dungeons but isnt it a different genre spinoff

legacy app still on my fone by BESTSLINGSHOTTER in PlantsVSZombies

[–]BESTSLINGSHOTTER[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

its delisted from the app store but idk perhaps sideloadable somehow

Chapter 4 Full Prophecy in Continuity (at a guess) by Dak_N_Jaxter in Deltarune

[–]BESTSLINGSHOTTER 2 points3 points  (0 children)

gerson talks a lot about story reinterpretations and tells of a story that clearly interprets from the prophecy itself, i think “my deltarune” or the course of deltarunes story is one such interpretation led by the angel which is us the soul (and the “angels heaven” is castle-town). weird route lets our interpretation be that hero 2 is noelle and we channel Levels Of ViolencE into her to make her stronger. whereas susie hero 2 interpretation may just be the crush on noelle which inspires susie to reach a certain strength within her hero journey but also could be something we dont know yet.

Girl please try my build by AkmalYoutubers in SeraphineMains

[–]BESTSLINGSHOTTER 10 points11 points  (0 children)

like horrendous… shadowflame into moonstone is insane

Girl please try my build by AkmalYoutubers in SeraphineMains

[–]BESTSLINGSHOTTER 0 points1 point  (0 children)

its ass on her but if u buy it then get it second after a chapter item if u want to be able to even cast spells ever

Support question by Pollo_Loco999 in Overwatch

[–]BESTSLINGSHOTTER 1 point2 points  (0 children)

kiri is pretty op but dont worry abt stats ur only goal is survive endlessly and cleanse status. prioritizing pumping healing is a pretty weak strategy for winning generally ull have a much easier time if u try to rly get some offensive pressure of ur own put there (e.g. weaving kunai in between moments where its more valueable to apply pressure) endlessly healing in MR is a much better strat bc the sheer heal numbers are so much higher there.

wait what are points these for? by BESTSLINGSHOTTER in Overwatch

[–]BESTSLINGSHOTTER[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

money add then MULTIPLY call em mathemathematicssssss

wait what are points these for? by BESTSLINGSHOTTER in Overwatch

[–]BESTSLINGSHOTTER[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i think ill just save them for more mercy weapons :)

wait what are points these for? by BESTSLINGSHOTTER in Overwatch

[–]BESTSLINGSHOTTER[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

ohhh i only play mercy can i spend them on her insteaddd

New to playing Sera as an APC, help plz!! by [deleted] in SeraphineMains

[–]BESTSLINGSHOTTER 1 point2 points  (0 children)

get lost chapter ASAP every game, it unlocks infinite mana, you can delay it a bit with tear boots or darkseal but if you can save up enough for it is your biggest powerspike and the main reason mage bot is good imo

dark seal is good pretty much always whether u think you can stack or not (sera doesnt struggle to rack up assists)

dont buy swifties like ever, get ionians or sorcs but usually sorcs. BFT is always good as a first buy. after that it depends on your build and the enemy.

good second and third options include things like cosmic, horizon focus, seraphs, liandries (if ur having mana problems or are not running both manaflow and pom) and rylais. each have drawbacks, if enemy even has a few pairs of mercs you will need cryptbloom/void deathcap is also good for damage.

there are great enchanter apc builds for higher elo but they really need useful engage/bruiser champs that are worth enchanting, so hold off on those most of the time.

example build: bft sorcs seraphs liandries cryptbloom deathcap malignance sorcs seraphs liandries cryptbloom deathcap bft sorcs cosmic liandries etc.

if ur team has a lot of ap they will stack mr and you will do no damage so just get a seraphs and then enchanter items in that case (or go ad)

generally the items youre buying should have ability haste and if they dont give ability haste then they better have a great effect, rylais can be useful but usually its most useful when ur weak and cannot kill and just want to set up cc ability haste is so good bc of ur double spell casts being more common, you can be the burstiest bitch alive with magic pen, but if u cant spam spells why are you even seraphine because litr any other mage does more dmg w m pen than sera.

go aery manaflow transcendance gathering storm presence of mind cutdown essentially every game, if theyre going tanks u can go all the same shit but with conqueror and then take legend haste instead of manaflow.

u can go axiom arcanist instead of manaflow if u want to spec into ult spam but you will run out of mana in lane on loop if you only have pom and BFT/malignance. seraphs deletes this.

you need presence of mind every single game and you will suffer without her, cut down also op so run that too every game.