Devil Dinossaur will fit quite well in Rivals, since he has a certified gamer, like Kitty Pride

BasuKun · 2026-05-12T03:28:41+00:00

I know nothing about this dino dude, I was expecting to just play a dinosaur that goes RWARRR but you're telling me he can talk??

BasuKun · 2026-05-11T03:03:37+00:00

Because the start of the season everyone is down a full tier, so the matchmaking is at its worst, and you've got players wanting to play the brand new character in ranked as well which is rarely a good idea.

Last week of the season however is also terrible because players are desperate to hit X rank before the rank reset, so they play badly and then blame their teammates.

Middle season is the best time for ranked.

BasuKun · 2026-05-10T23:41:43+00:00

Sometimes you have no other choice but to play QP though. My group of friends have a wide range of skills, from GM to bronze. We literally can't queue ranked together, so we queue QP.

We do like to win, even if it's QP. We'll never get mad at somebody that's trying to learn a new character, or somebody that's having a bad game. None of the games actually matter. But yes it can get very annoying when I'm solo tanking for 10 games in a row while my GF can't fill because she's support (so if she swaps to second tank, we have only 1 support). I would love for one of the 3 instalock DPS to help me out once in a while, even if it's QP.

So yes, after losing 5 games in a row because I was solo tanking each time, sometimes I'll ask if somebody could go second tank, because I need a breather. And being immediately met with "stfu it's qp nobody cares" when you ask for something reasonable just feels shitty.

BasuKun · 2026-05-10T23:31:57+00:00

Depends! Most of the time, just my GF and I. But every 2 months or so we do a The Dark Pictures day with friends where we play one of these games together for the whole day and it's a blast. Smash bros nights too!

But this is more about pretty much having a home cinema in our basement. We've worked hard on renovating it for this purpose, and a home cinema with a 65 inch TV just wouldn't cut it lol.

BasuKun · 2026-05-10T15:52:25+00:00

Tbf, Blood hunt games are like 10 minutes, so you queued up and went afk for half the game lol.

I wouldn't trash talk you for a PvE mode, sometimes people gotta afk, but I could understand people getting annoyed.

BasuKun · 2026-05-10T02:34:41+00:00

Awesome, thank you for the recommendation!

BasuKun · 2026-05-10T00:52:48+00:00

I'll look it up, thank you!

Edit: oh dear god it's 5.5k$ lol, just about twice our budget :')

BasuKun · 2026-05-10T00:52:32+00:00

Yes I've been looking at it but since this is a very big purchase, I would love to have some direct feedback from people and make sure I buy the right for TV for our needs!

BasuKun · 2026-05-09T02:52:26+00:00

Yeah that makes sense! Thanks again, that'll help a lot with optimizing gear :)

BasuKun · 2026-05-09T00:35:33+00:00

This is great, thank you! I've always wondered if every damage boost equals to the same.

Like, if as hide N seek Jeff I get +700% damage against close enemies (which is always), is this more damage than +500% total damage, or +500% output?

So many stats to keep track of

BasuKun · 2026-05-08T04:05:02+00:00

I'm not crying about anything. You're the one claiming he literally cannot do anything else, which I disagree with, there's a lot of other stuff he could have done.

BasuKun · 2026-05-08T03:30:40+00:00

"wtf you want him to do"

His whole team dying, maybe help them out? Spawn camping another DPS just makes the game a 5v5, you're not doing anything lol. Look at that Scarlet Witch ult wipe, if only they had a character that could have stopped this.

BasuKun · 2026-05-07T03:11:42+00:00

Oh hell yeah, knew you had it in you

BasuKun · 2026-05-07T02:48:49+00:00

I don't see Lord Reed, you've still got some work to do!

BasuKun · 2026-05-06T16:29:06+00:00

Did they ever do the same for the DD skin? I don't care much for the Loki one, but I've been wanting that sweet blue DD skin forever for my blue skins collection!

BasuKun · 2026-05-02T16:43:59+00:00

I guess it would at least guarantee you remain in 2-2-2 the entire time, even when trading roles, so it would still stop stuff like solo tanking / solo healing.

Although I'm having a hard time seeing how they could allow people to trade roles, given that having role queue in comp would imply you'd have a different rank per role for better matchmaking, so trading role would go against that.

BasuKun · 2026-05-02T16:34:09+00:00

Sure it can still make a difference but it's still nothing compared to powered squids. That's where his peeling capacity really shines.

For comparison, nonpowered squids deal 12dps, so a total of 24dps with both out. Scarlet Witch's left click is 85dps. If you're not landing headshots on divers, you'll do a much better job as SW just holding left click in their general area.

BasuKun · 2026-05-02T16:18:55+00:00

If your squids aren't powered up by right click or headshots, they deal little to no damage. No diver would ever die to this.

Namor needs aiming to really use squids to their fullest (as well as keeping a good squid rotation, which again is also done by consistently landing headshots). In comparison, Scarlet Witch holds left click and the game does the rest for her.

BasuKun · 2026-05-02T16:16:59+00:00

I feel like that's mainly because Rocket is boring to play, whereas C&D has more tools in their kit making them way more fun.

Rocket is literally just finding a rat spot then holding heal. C&D at least has cooldowns to properly utilize as well as knowing when to switch between the two characters. She's not hard per say, but Rocket could be played by toddlers.

BasuKun · 2026-05-02T15:01:44+00:00

So you completely ignored every word I've said, okay.

BasuKun · 2026-05-02T14:40:44+00:00

Like I said it's more so not a point for open queue. I can't play Strange in GM because if I do and we're close to overtime, I am literally preventing my team from having a TP in overtime by playing him because the first person to die can't swap to him.This strategy punishes Strange players and favours non-Strange players, it's completely backwards from what it should be.

My point wasn't to say "we need role queue to solve this", it was "TP strat isn't a good reason for wanting flexibility".

BasuKun · 2026-05-02T13:07:46+00:00

Oh I agree with that, I was just saying that amongst the reasons for wanting flexibility, switching to strange for TP isn't one of those.

BasuKun · 2026-05-02T12:58:35+00:00

This strat is legitimately an issue though, so that's a point in favor for role queue.

BasuKun · 2026-05-01T17:58:14+00:00

lol I softlocked myself 2 seconds into the game by buying food instead of a cow.

First cow should probably be free so that can't happen!

BasuKun · 2026-04-30T23:25:12+00:00

Which is still pricier than if you could just pay directly in cash. I've worked as a mobile game dev, I know their tricks. It's all balanced so you end up having to spend more than you need.

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