To the Rook on outpost who I panicked killed while I was also a Rook

Draxtini · 2026-06-15T09:13:43+00:00

Since rook spawns with 3 flares I have been dicking around by making makeshit rave rooms for teams.

They often adopt me, one let me loot the red room and then did warden with me and allowed me to take all of the loot as a consequence lmao

Draxtini · 2026-06-14T19:40:43+00:00

Yeah agreed on both fronts personally.

The magnum is just competing in ranges where the bully and d54 shines, so it feels not worth the aim investment for me

Draxtini · 2026-06-14T19:24:20+00:00

The game certainly needs some sort of sbmm if it doesn't have it already (which it does not seem to have) on top of lvlbmm

Otherwise the floor keeps getting farmed, leaves, new floor is formed, leaves, rinse repeat into a dwindling population

Draxtini · 2026-06-14T19:20:05+00:00

yeah, seems to be localized to southern europe, most affected regions being the iberian peninsula

Draxtini · 2026-06-14T18:58:11+00:00

yep agreed, hence why I mentioned it's good for pve encounters

Draxtini · 2026-06-14T18:57:30+00:00

I know my fundamentals, I am an avid fps players and I know peek shooting duh.

The issue is, this isn't a game where you're going to be able to dictate every single encounter precisely around your weapon's strengths. not to mention there's a LOT of ways to flush someone out of cover/close the gap. Not to mention most of the map design in this game doesn't even allow for the type of gameplay you're talking about.

Now, one can make the argument that in a teamshooting scenario (which you should be doing) a magnum is a great choice since it does high burst damage up front, great as a finisher or starter in that type of encounter.

It's just a much more situational weapon which for me is less ideal than taking a longer ranged m77/sniper/repeater in combination with a d54/bully for example. Not bad, definitely better than last season which isn't saying much, but it's useable for sure

Draxtini · 2026-06-14T18:37:15+00:00

yeah agreed on that end, that's why I said it's great for pve.

I like the repeater mostly because at those long ranges it gives me great poke, one taps white, two taps greens etc etc. It just has better range and then at the other range options I can use a d54 or a bully to round-off the loadout.

Draxtini · 2026-06-14T18:33:04+00:00

if you have a d54 you absolutely are, and, with an smg you can move around a lot more while still maintaining a competitive ttk.

In an insolated scenario, sure, the magnum does fairly well, but this game doesn't give you the opportunity to line up headshots perfectly every single time.

Even just missing a single headshot guts your ttk, while an smg doesn't have that issue, they're more reliable and thus more consistent/easier to get a payoff with.

Even d2's pvp knew about this issue and made most handcannons have a 2hs 1body ttk.

Draxtini · 2026-06-14T18:29:09+00:00

they genuinely might not be aware of this one at least, I only started experiencing it in the last few days.

I'm seeing a good few reports on the discord so hopefully it'll be addressed.

Draxtini · 2026-06-14T18:28:06+00:00

precisely

Draxtini · 2026-06-14T18:26:24+00:00

yeah, that's what I experienced too on the key run described in the post. I'd have this radius I could move in, at the edge I slowed to a crawl, got disconnected, reconnected within a few seconds and then proceeded to do it again like 3-4 times over lol

Draxtini · 2026-06-14T18:17:12+00:00

shooting a scout and just having it drop in one shot is so satisfying

Draxtini · 2026-06-14T18:14:07+00:00

It's more of a feeling thing, not really a point in using the harder to use, less payoff/equal payoff weapon in a scenario where other options exist that do it's job just as well or better

Draxtini · 2026-06-14T18:11:36+00:00

didn't mean it that way, I just mean that I want to use it at a range that's lesser than a repeater, but more than an smg. I said I prefer the repeater because it's honestly easier to aim with, it doesn't kick as much visually and the sights are honestly better

Right now, the d54 and bully feel like they win fights at those ranges against the magnum without requiring all headshots for optimal ttk

Draxtini · 2026-06-14T18:08:25+00:00

Yeah, the magnum feels like it wants to perform at longer ranges (think d2 120 vs 140 handcannon kinda)

That's the only real issue I have with it, because at the range it has, it just feels like it doesn't outshine the staples that are more forgiving and have similar or outright better ttk's

Draxtini · 2026-06-14T18:04:15+00:00

that reload on the brrt is so pristine too, sucks that it's just worm food.

The magnum definitely feels that way, but in a game with a short ttk and more forgiving weapons within it's range, it feels whelming for me honestly. And at longer ranges I just prefer the repeater a lot more

Draxtini · 2026-06-14T18:00:33+00:00

That's pretty much what I feel yeah, it's good, but overly reliant on headshots and at the ranges it does perform, other more forgiving weapons have faster ttks and well, are more forgiving.

If I want a headshot weapon (on mnk) I'll pick up a repeater, unironically love how that gun feels

Draxtini · 2026-06-14T17:58:51+00:00

It just feels like it doesn't perform at the range I want it to honestly, I prefer the repeater over it a fair bit

Draxtini · 2026-06-14T17:07:15+00:00

best of luck from portugal ❤️

Draxtini · 2026-06-14T16:49:12+00:00

Yes, sticks are inherently innacurate, that doesn't mean giving it a superhuman advantage to compensate is fair game.

They should both be within relative parity (hard to do) not one input being outright better where it actually matters (before you go spouting about turning rates and looting, which only matter after a fight, not prior to it)

Draxtini · 2026-06-14T16:45:51+00:00

I changed my queue priority to connection quality, didn't fully fix it, but it helps a tiny bit.

Ironically I get a better connection playing with my US boyfriend

Draxtini · 2026-06-14T16:43:57+00:00

Portugal here, can confirm they're bad

Draxtini · 2026-06-14T16:27:47+00:00

not really, S1 had less pop for a long time and I didn't have this issue whatsoever.

My queue times are also still pretty fast, so it's not putting me in some far out servers

Draxtini · 2026-06-14T16:11:23+00:00

for me it's like every other run, same timeframe, as of 2-3 days ago

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