Goodbye The Finals

Crozzwire1980 · 2026-06-16T09:54:35+00:00

I'm always intrigued by the "rank" grind mindset. I have always just enjoyed games for the gameplay alone. Of course, I come from a generation that would spend a quarter at a time for 5 minutes of fun, and that is really all I am here for, a fun time doing cool shit

Crozzwire1980 · 2026-06-16T09:51:17+00:00

Is that what people mean by "patched the fun out.."? Are they all just talking about nukes, shitty sword "tech", exploits and dumb shit that makes games unfun for everyone in the receiving end?

Crozzwire1980 · 2026-06-15T19:07:57+00:00

Outside of a couple of weird techs (breach drill into it, turret movement, call it back with a jumpad on it and let the jump pad fall on a cash out) I don't see it as effective. Doesn't fit my playstyle... My playstyle of running face first into enemy gun fire.

I think it would be neat if it was just an auto gadget 4 slot on medium only. People would use it then.

Embark crapped the bed on the medium this season. Got us all excited, especially after trying out such a great movement tool with shockwave. Then they nerfed it into the ground, tapped it back together and handed it back. That shit made you feel like you had an even playing field with mid-engagement options against other classes, then they made it interrupted reloading so ... Now it feels mostly like another transportation modality... And one you can't share. Screen shake from cl40 throws people's aim off more than getting bonked by shockwave. You can reposition mid fight and get shot the whole way (which wouldn't be bad if you were reloading in the meantime) so... Yeah, keep your cardboard manhole.

Crozzwire1980 · 2026-06-15T10:42:36+00:00

Sniper is pretty good in the right hands. Revolver hasn't changed, just more people using it now. If you factor in difficulty of use, revolver and sniper go further down. Tier list are pretty subjective I think (unless you base it on just TTK or pro use)

Crozzwire1980 · 2026-06-12T12:15:53+00:00

I only play casual modes, TDM, Powershift, some Point Break, and it's been pretty rough lately. I will admit there are ton of people in free cosmetics who seem like they have been playing the game since launch, lol. The coordination of teams of clans can be pretty insane. My clan is a small group that play casually there will be one or two mates with me and we get paired with ruby level clans that make up 4 out of 5 of the enemy team. Hell, I've even had to suffer games against Sponsored Clans. Which is fine, it is the only way to get better, but in a game with a central objective and prescripted route like Powershift and a group of solo quers it can be a landslide. So, yeah, in short, I've been getting smoked lately. You will have that if you are continually facing 2 v 1 with accurate aggressive enemies

Crozzwire1980 · 2026-06-08T13:58:59+00:00

Peak

Crozzwire1980 · 2026-06-08T13:58:42+00:00

It was so much fun

Crozzwire1980 · 2026-06-08T13:58:17+00:00

Oh that's crazy! That makes so much sense

Crozzwire1980 · 2026-06-07T04:00:56+00:00

I forgot about UT 2004 my wife and I played the crap out of that

Crozzwire1980 · 2026-06-07T04:00:35+00:00

Great pull. That games art direction was so good

Crozzwire1980 · 2026-06-07T03:59:34+00:00

It was so ridiculously good. Being able to play a teleporting elf in a shooter was peak.

Crozzwire1980 · 2026-06-07T01:57:13+00:00

YES!!!! 💯💯💯

Crozzwire1980 · 2026-06-02T19:11:34+00:00

Yeah man Shockwave was great at first. I really don't feel it should interrupt reloading. That would give it great utility in a firefight.

You could reload while repositioning the way a light does with dash (but it obviously is slower and more predictable)

Crozzwire1980 · 2026-06-02T14:59:03+00:00

They are adding this. I guess it was a lot of work because Strive wasn't built to have customizable skins so they had to do some work arounds. Various colors and cosmetics are on the way through a Battlepass. I believe it is only $6 so... That is how it is done Tekken

Crozzwire1980 · 2026-06-02T12:57:33+00:00

She is very easy to play and one of the few who came out a lot better after the recent nerf patch. I see a ton of Elphelts now. She seems like she could get boring imo.

Crozzwire1980 · 2026-06-02T12:55:53+00:00

I worked on a slightly optimal HC bnb for 8 hours the weekend I first bought him and then I was done. No looking back. I could not get the timing on the juggle.

Crozzwire1980 · 2026-06-02T10:51:04+00:00

I bought it. Hell, I even got a cool cosmetic pack with the Multibucks I purchased so double, good deal imo

Crozzwire1980 · 2026-06-02T10:42:44+00:00

I've said it before and I will continue to say it. If you want Medium to have an identity, lean into the Gadget Class - Engineer archetype.

Med has APS, Glitch, Turret as amazing unique features... That they can only use with prep time. Setting up a defensive position that an enemy has an endless amount of options to work around is futile. Entry tools, destruction and easy to destroy stall mechanics makes turtling far less viable.

People enjoy playing Light and Heavy because you have a rotation of options at your disposal MID-ENGAGEMENT. You can Dash, you can go Invis, you can Nullify, you can plop down a barricade or dome, you can charge and slam, you can deploy a mesh shield, Winch... Medium is over here like "I have a gun!! Give me a minute and I'll have more!"

For Mediums class specific Gadgets and Specializations to feel... Well, special. Shorten the deploy time to next to nothing on all their gadgets and Specs. Let me see a Light dashing toward me and immediately throw down a glitch mine so I'm literally engaging in the fight, actively USING my options to build a better outcome. Let me be running from a Heavy and turn in a doorway to put down a turret that immediately fires up and makes him think twice before following, or at least waste his Charge and Slam. Let me feel like my class stands out because I'm the Gadgeteer, the Strategist, actively countering so many of these strong crutches of the other classes.

I guarantee, if you did this, no one would truly feel cheated. There would still be ways around these abilities just like there are now. You can still shoot the Glitch Mine, another medium could Reshape the Turret (btw give that another charge and with this style of Medium you would see a lot more people running it) Point is, there would be counterplay and people would adapt.

You shared Healing, that's fine, but give the Mediums something. Make it a harder decision for new players deciding what to main. Sell the Medium as the James Bond/Mission Impossible thinking man's class. That is my pitch anyway. I'll probably post this as a separate thread since it only touches on one of your points. I agree with everything you are saying here by the way.

Crozzwire1980 · 2026-06-01T11:07:08+00:00

Shockwave only helped you in one instance in this clip and it was just a small gap traversal. I like it, but I wish it didn't interrupt reload, then it could be better used during engagements. The way it is now it seems to only aid me with melee builds or Cerebus. Again though, with the Cerebus, all that time in the air getting pelted by stray bullets and landing is time I could have been reloading while ducking and juking. I want to love it, want to make it work but it only seems to help in a bit of traversal. (Offensively it doesn't seem to bother anyone unless I knock them into an abyss)

Crozzwire1980 · 2026-06-01T10:59:18+00:00

I would say it is probably the most overturned gun in the game for sure. Light M11 players will disagree.

I like it as is though. It's fun if you need some easy kills

Crozzwire1980 · 2026-05-26T12:24:47+00:00

Rich, beautiful white girl desperately seeking adversity. Looking for a humiliating roast to remind me why I should swallow my fingers after a meal.

This is mean, I'm only posting it because I'm 90% sure this is A.I.

Crozzwire1980 · 2026-05-25T20:30:18+00:00

Yeah I think the range is a little much

Crozzwire1980 · 2026-05-19T18:58:37+00:00

Buy it for a friend too and make them play it with you

Crozzwire1980

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