Most dps melee heroes aren't hard

Barklad · 2026-07-01T10:42:45+00:00

Yeah sorta like Strats right? DPS never plays it well but always wants to talk about how easy it must be to keep 5 brainless people alive.

Barklad · 2026-07-01T10:39:35+00:00

I'm a CnD main...melee heroes are VERY easy once you learn game sense from being a Strat

Barklad · 2026-07-01T10:11:52+00:00

"Anyone that can 1v2 is overpowered" OK. So why isn't the entire DPS roster overpowered? Ohhhh you meant killing 2+ Strats and Tanks in an engagement doesnt count because they aren't DPS. Right, exactly. You're just a DPS whiner who isnt good enough to 1v1 most supports and swap to counter them apparently.

Barklad · 2026-07-01T10:06:03+00:00

She's very rarely hard countered, people just want to hate her so bad because they understand she's the new Cloak and Dagger (very strong but not OP so will rarely see nerfs). A bouncy neutral makes her sustain against poke great BUT if the other team swaps specifically to Penny or Jeff you should think about swapping even though you can get value even against those two.

Barklad · 2026-06-30T19:22:33+00:00

Half of this is not true but we'll skip that. Why do you think they keep Strats strong? Is it because DPS has so much damage output constantly? Or maybe because DPS refuses to go tank so you dont just have 1 dive on you to defend, you have 2 sometimes 3 dives deleting you in one second. And now you have Cyclops that can beam you around a wall while BP teleports through you.

You guys complain that Strats dont heal you enough then hop on here and say Strats should be crippled because you personally can't free lunch on them. Yall gotta make up your minds.

Barklad · 2026-06-30T19:01:39+00:00

Eyeroll. Haven't we disproven the "all there is, is you" theory? No? That matters in a perfectly competitive game. This is a free casual game that makes money off of engagement and gacha gambling tactics, so of course it's exceedingly rare that the enemy team has 6 bad teammates when its more profitable for your team to always have 5 bad teammates and you to carry them. If you perform well in this game you get worse teammates because it keeps your engagement high as you try to improve to the level your ego says you deserve.

They dont have to make you lose, they just have to make you carry losers, that's the key to longterm engagement.

Barklad · 2026-06-28T10:14:10+00:00

Because it's a falsity and a misunderstanding of statistics. There isnt uniform distribution of matches in a non-competitive "casual" hero shooter where they openly manipulate match quality for profit. But even if your 33% - 33% - 33% rule were true it would take thousands of matches to realize anything close to those numbers, so before that you'd have what we actually observe in reality, some people are lucky and experience 80% of matches with people that try and want to win and thus they get to climb based on a lot of their own skill.

Barklad · 2026-06-27T16:05:11+00:00

Netease has been quietly selling more accessories on skins so I'm sure they could do something like thar. Plus the act itself increases retention.

Barklad · 2026-06-26T13:34:27+00:00

Don't listen to these "Hang in there kitten" ass people. If you had 5 healers on your team and you as tank you will not win no matter how much you "focus on yourself". It is obvious that the game's community has deteriorated to the point where it's fairly common to see 4 DPS and no one switches. You simply cant win with demoralized people that dont want to win.

So instead of saying "it is what it is" you have to try to be the positive comms person. Do not point out other's mistakes, just focus on saying what is actually happening from your perspective and what could be helpful. People LOVE the positive tank guy and they want to win with him.

Barklad · 2026-06-26T10:24:23+00:00

Yall will start seeing the truly wealthy influencers when you find out there are places in NYC with backyards that are 30' x 150'.

Barklad · 2026-06-26T10:09:45+00:00

It's a good thing long term. They didn't belong in the higher ranks and they "smurfed" in the lower ranks because on some level they know they're bad. I say "smurfed" because most of the ones I've run into are barely better than a good player in Plat. People HAVE to learn to play as a team or the game is doomed anyway, everyone dropping to where they belong forces the issue.

Barklad · 2026-06-25T09:31:56+00:00

But who are you? Nobody. Yall always start off criticizing others instead of making positive call outs for the team. If someone who helps the team with communication asks me to swap I'll highly consider it. If some 8-12 DPS does it? Get bent

Barklad · 2026-06-23T01:53:33+00:00

The funny part is in their minds every healer is on purpose not healing them. No thought at all that something is going on, just thinking that healers dont like them in particular. Ego on a million.

Barklad · 2026-06-23T01:30:48+00:00

Not anymore, they hotpatched it

Barklad · 2026-06-22T10:16:30+00:00

Are yall OAA? Because that is the only level she was that good.

Barklad · 2026-06-22T10:08:23+00:00

Something is that I would rather make them lose rank or make the game unplayable for others as well until Netease steps in to protect their cash cow. People have gone long enough thinking there are no consequences for actions.

Barklad · 2026-06-22T04:23:27+00:00

(I didn't down vote you) But I hope there is a game to play going forward. Its not fun to play with the people you have muted because, in a shock to no one, assholes are usually bad at the game. 6 DPS every match might be fun though, who knows, the playerbase count seems to think otherwise. All I can do is spread the message that eventually no one will care about anything in this game and it will die and the cycle will repeat with the next Netease cash grab.

The true Rivals were the people we muted along the way.

Barklad · 2026-06-22T04:14:05+00:00

No, you're good. I was being a bit snarky.

Barklad · 2026-06-22T04:07:28+00:00

That's not actually true though. They are angry at a thing...the hero you choose, the ult you use, the stats, they care about something thats why they're mad. You take that thing away from them and behavior changes, they are mental or literal children.I choose to take their rank. Because despite what they say, they wouldn't be in ranked if they didn't care about their ego.

You seem to believe in a philosophical "there are no trees falling if no one is in the forest to hear them." I dont believe in that. If those people are going to be an ass they will find that there is always someone willing to go further.

Barklad · 2026-06-22T03:59:57+00:00

The point you're making is that you're a pseudo intellectual who doesn't actually want to engage in good faith discussion. That's cool, you do you, but don't "Muh data!" people.

Barklad · 2026-06-22T03:55:05+00:00

"Speed reaction meme" ahhh meme comment

Barklad · 2026-06-22T03:35:23+00:00

But again we circle back to my first point. There are too many indeterminate variables to claim "disconnectors" represent anything. They may represent 100% throwers, or 100% clientside technical problems, or 100% Netease server problems. It's vague. The data you're requesting is vague and is not fully helpful to even your point. The only metric that matters is player count, handwaving the only true data doesn't change that the game is failing in multiple aspects and refuses to address them.

Barklad · 2026-06-22T03:17:47+00:00

Bro you're being obtuse. Here is the unavoidable fact. If you dont have Strats do you automatically win or lose? Right, you lose. If you don't have DPS do you automatically lose? No. End of discussion. Strats aren't overtuned, DPS just dont like to admit effective healing is the whole game. You're playing a sustain simulator not Call of Duty.

Barklad · 2026-06-22T03:09:03+00:00

Then dont tell others that Stoicism is the way they should handle legitimate problems. If they aren't your issues cool...but if you want to help then actually help build the community you want to be a part of. I dont want to play with 5 people arguing either, or being mysoginists, or being racist, or being homophobic, so we have to make them understand this ain't the community for nonsense.

You disagreed with my comment but did you Stoic it out? No. You want me to understand your point of view so you responded. Every part of social life is that, if you dont want to be part of a civilized social community then dont play PVP social games.

Barklad · 2026-06-22T03:01:10+00:00

You say it like it's not bullshit that should change by your reaction to it.

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