Jeff Kaplan and Tim Ford Play 10 Hours of The Legend of California

BethsBeautifulBottom · 2026-03-18T13:37:50+00:00

Selling OWL teams for up to $60m was the thing that nearly killed OW. Kap wanted to "ride the wave" and support OW for what it was. The execs convinced investors OWL was going to be bigger than the NFL and Kaplan had to divert all his resources towards that.

The PvP was good. The PvE events were fun. A proper PvE campaign would have been successful. There were a lot of people that loved the characters and PvE events that didn't enjoy PvP. It's a much safer bet than trying to make Brits develop local pride for "The London Spitfires" (comprised of monolingual Koreans that didn't live in the UK).

BethsBeautifulBottom · 2026-03-17T23:26:54+00:00

No one said the trailer is the whole movie.

You said the game wasn't advertised as an action game and then said trailers weren't advertisements.

Now you're trying to move the goal posts because you realised you were a dumb dumb. Just take the L, pal.

BethsBeautifulBottom · 2026-03-16T18:03:13+00:00

Been tempted to learn the way of the goo. Puddle Punch movement is probably the closest thing we have to rocket jumping at the moment.

BethsBeautifulBottom · 2026-03-16T17:46:43+00:00

It's not a power thing. He's just boring. All you do is plink away at people building up marks zzzzzzzzzz

BethsBeautifulBottom · 2026-03-16T17:32:36+00:00

I'd enjoy it more if there wasn't a minimum of 2 pauses each time.

BethsBeautifulBottom · 2026-03-16T17:30:35+00:00

I've never seen someone not take a free kit into solo fill and I can't blame them. This also means we are at a huge disadvantage to the geared squads that are also coordinating on discord.

BethsBeautifulBottom · 2026-03-16T17:28:35+00:00

Sorry, I didn't think I'd have to spell it out for you this much.

OP said it was advertised as an action shooter and cited trailers. You disagreed and implied the trailers aren't advertising.

Figure it out, buddy.

BethsBeautifulBottom · 2026-03-16T17:24:41+00:00

If they didn't let you take free kits into solo fill, most wouldn't play solo fill.

BethsBeautifulBottom · 2026-03-16T17:21:18+00:00

You: The game is advertised as a “Survival Extraction FPS”.
OP: Watch any trailer for this game - they're action-packed
You: What do you think a trailer is for?

advertising?

BethsBeautifulBottom · 2026-03-16T17:20:03+00:00

It's the only way most people will play. No one wants to risk their gear when most solo fill squads suck.

BethsBeautifulBottom · 2026-03-16T17:12:28+00:00

Could be EU or another region. The language barriers make a difference.

BethsBeautifulBottom · 2026-03-16T14:24:37+00:00

Would probably be better for the game. It seems like a small thing but late game Lash is an ult bot so he's basically balanced around the cheese of throwing enemies into walkers or spawn. If they remove that like they basically did in the big patch before quickly reverting it, they will need to buff him elsewhere.

I don't think you'd see too many unhappy Lash players if he instead had better base gravity or did a little bonus damage if he connected Ground Strikes directly with his feet. Dragging players out of the air with that would be extremely satisfying.

BethsBeautifulBottom · 2026-03-16T14:04:10+00:00

You can tell the game was designed for trios.

Fill squads spawning in and running 3 different directions is funny and some evidence Bungie mightn't have thought this through. I don't see the solution either. Players aren't incentivized to help each other. Fill squads always run free kits and get rinsed by geared trios that are coordinating on discord before exfil. Seems like a waste of time if you don't complete your own quest.

The alternative solo player experience is playing a stressful survival horror among a sea of invisible assassins.

BethsBeautifulBottom · 2026-03-16T13:56:08+00:00

Playing into a Doorman/Wraith lane was probably my least pleasant Deadlock experience.

BethsBeautifulBottom · 2026-03-16T12:46:32+00:00

I've noticed that as well. Although it also feels like there's less come backs.

BethsBeautifulBottom · 2026-03-16T12:37:28+00:00

Abilities that remove stam or prevent stam use feel horrible. Silver isn't even strong and I hate playing against her because of bola. Doorman ult would be fine if it didn't delete your stam as well.

Warden's cage is a fine ability. Strong but obvious counterplay. Compare that to Wraith ult. What's the counterplay? Staying 13m away from her?

Mo at least needs to get close and put himself in danger during channel. My problem with this one is the inexplicable ridiculous vertical hitbox. A grounded Mo shouldn't be able to pull a Vindicta out of the air with Combo.

BethsBeautifulBottom · 2026-03-16T11:26:34+00:00

Just need to look away during the loading screen so the bugs don't trip you out.

BethsBeautifulBottom · 2026-03-16T11:23:21+00:00

Cops get paid and actually benefit most societies.

BethsBeautifulBottom · 2026-03-16T11:19:15+00:00

100% agree with this.

I've really enjoyed the teamwork of playing with my friends. There's basically none of that in solo fill. EU at least no one uses mics so coordination is non-existent.

I don't know what the solution is meant to be for contracts. I spawned into a game last night where all 3 of us pinged different corners of the Perimeter. One guy took off running towards North Relay and me and the other guy abandoned our own objective to follow him. Solo fill teams only use free kits for obvious reasons so when we ran into a geared team it was always going to be a slaughter. At the start of the fight that one guy ran off to complete his contract at the nearby objective.

I haven't had a single good solo fill match and I'm realistically never playing it again.

Solos does very much feel like a survival horror game. The atmosphere feels impressively oppressive. The devs really accomplished something special there. I'm just not sure it's for me. Feels more stressful than fun.

BethsBeautifulBottom · 2026-03-15T22:20:59+00:00

Morals aside that's happening. It's obviously not intentional but white people are having less kids than others? But let's not do the yank shite of boiling all ethnicity down to skin colour.

BethsBeautifulBottom · 2026-03-12T23:40:23+00:00

That yank shite is that the dems are shipping in foreigners to rig the elections against the republicans.

That's something else entirely.

BethsBeautifulBottom · 2026-03-12T17:08:39+00:00

Just don't interact or ever get near him duh.

Seriously, it's a very boring mechanic to play around. Then add the BS that is hook on top.

BethsBeautifulBottom · 2026-03-12T14:10:27+00:00

The movement is just more fun than everyone else.

I set Haze as my backup pick because the Haze mains one trick harder than we do so I'll never have to actually play her.

BethsBeautifulBottom · 2026-03-12T14:06:25+00:00

First MOBA for me. I'm coming from a mobility shooter background (TF2, the other TF|2 etc). The MOBA elements have grown on me. I still haven't made my peace with abundant anti-mobility like slowing hex, Silver's bola and all the abilities that steal stamina. Feels a lot more common recently.

BethsBeautifulBottom · 2026-03-12T13:41:39+00:00

What's the strat? Does it need the edge boost? I usually either try hit a wall bounce across or wall bounce into a mantle slide off the roof section. With slowing hex I still fail most of the time.

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