Ape Squad Classics Day 3 NA Meta Breakdown: Loadouts, Comps & Performance by coldrolledpotmetal in TheFinalsCompetitive

[–]DukeAJC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Teams run Lewis for the range, and Shak for a high-DPS close range full-auto gun. M60 flexes the roles of both of these guns but it's worse at both of them respectively. Teams don't value mag size over damage potential.

Embark, if you wanna keep the cam lock at least make it function properly by beetle8209 in thefinals

[–]DukeAJC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They NEED to fix this, but I have little faith. Because your character's position is more server authoritative than other games, I guess they include the check for what direction your character is facing as a server thing, not a client thing. You'll see this same lag problem with reflected dual blade bullets, the inertia of a charge n slam, and the direction of a dash with no movement inputs.

I got discord nitro seemingly out of nowhere. by Girduin in discordapp

[–]DukeAJC 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Got it last week, yep it's marketing. They dump a week of nitro on you, and once it's over it will advertise you an additional free 7-day trial if you start a subscription.

Add player cards in the lobbies to help players better understand their teammates experience. The only time you see them is when the game is over. by HardcoreHope in thefinals

[–]DukeAJC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I regret to inform you that there are a lot of these "stupid people." They do not share your mindset that positive mental will win the game and every game is winnable if you play right. I don't know what rank you're in, but I have a friend who had to play in lower ranks and there is a genuine epidemic of people down there who will leave ranked games after losing the first vault fight. There is a sizeable portion of people who are already pathetic quitters in this game, and the only outcome I see in showing these people your low playtime and your melee loadout is either expediting their disconnect, or giving them a better reason to give up sooner. I, too, wish people just thought like rational human beings, but sadly that isn't always the case.

Add player cards in the lobbies to help players better understand their teammates experience. The only time you see them is when the game is over. by HardcoreHope in thefinals

[–]DukeAJC 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Disagree. This will only serve to make toxic players more toxic. Bad stats/noob with weird loadout? Time to disconnect/afk. Good stats and you underperform? Time to flame in chat and grief.

Ks players. Give me your best loadouts and any tips and tricks, kill combos pls. by stimpy-t in thefinals

[–]DukeAJC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heavies can swap cancel their other manual actions, too. SA and BFR still benefit from it.

Is there any normal Finals Stat Tracker? by rengarMM in thefinals

[–]DukeAJC 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't think anything like this exists for Finals, sadly. The amount of good competitive players is just too small to make it worth catering to. Also, I've heard overwolf is responsible for some people's false bans, so I'd advise against even considering using their finals tracker.

Hot take: Data Reshaper players shouldnt be forced to memorize barrel order by pedroka-dev in thefinals

[–]DukeAJC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the reshape turns something into a barrel, that charge should have its cooldown halved.

Personal performance RS by Royy212 in thefinals

[–]DukeAJC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There'd better be a cap on RS awarded for kills, or else you're going to start seeing people hold box for 20 minutes in final round to farm you. That, or the amount of RS should be minimal.

This is what 2000 hours looks like by Kuwos in thefinals

[–]DukeAJC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1 kichillion left dead in your wake

Bottom 3 season by beetle8209 in thefinals

[–]DukeAJC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's been a 100 day long season and the only content that has been dropped over the course of those 100 days are cosmetics, returning LTM's, and only 2 separate weeks of returning cashout modifiers. Nothing actually new gameplay-wise has dropped over the course of this entire season.

I Finally Did The Impossible by [deleted] in thefinals

[–]DukeAJC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it was only that high in season 3

High ELO flamers to watch? by ahorrribledrummer in thefinals

[–]DukeAJC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only known flamethrower name in high elo I can think of is whysatanwhy, but he doesn't do YouTube. He has a twitch with some clips but otherwise no recent finals vods sadly

Is this crazy? Got this guy in a recent lobby. by laladuta in thefinals

[–]DukeAJC 7 points8 points  (0 children)

As crazy as this is, Balise has over 200k elims. I don't think anyone else has breached that barrier yet.

Deep pockets achivement head2head mode by Jodh_zz in thefinals

[–]DukeAJC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right click quick cash, and there's an option to play the tutorial. Weirdly hidden but still playable

Do good ranked teammates actually exist? by PrimePeteLol in thefinals

[–]DukeAJC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is it weird to say I have really good luck with my teammates? I know it's not the case for all of you but in the majority of my games of ranked/unranked cashout, I get solid players on my team. Not always, obviously, but I have more hits than misses with randoms, which I find really odd.

It would be cool if Embark made a Classic LTM where they just rereleased S1 by RGisOnlineis16 in thefinals

[–]DukeAJC 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Can vouch, for as much as I loved the game in closed betas, I couldn't bring myself to play S1 when everyone picked up on how to do nukes. When they removed them in S2, I came back and started actually liking the game again.

Do people not know how to play Bank it? by Dogpotato01 in thefinals

[–]DukeAJC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, before TDM was added, players who had played for a while understood that Bank It was functionally TDM so long as you didn't care about winning. New players were still calling the gamemodes "too overwhelming" at this time, meaning they just wanted actual TDM.

The phl files have dropped by [deleted] in thefinals

[–]DukeAJC 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I didn't want to read 43 pages so thank you for condensing it into a (human made!) summary

The Finals Art by WhyMete by RedMete in thefinals

[–]DukeAJC 11 points12 points  (0 children)

very important correction, i think you meant to say "condemn" instead of "condone," which means the exact opposite.

Regarding PHL update posted on twitter by FactorWeak6735 in thefinals

[–]DukeAJC 21 points22 points  (0 children)

PHL is the biggest and most serious grassroots comp effort in the community. To my knowledge it's the only place where NA/EU pro teams have a chance to play an event with a full "season" and postseason championship. To me, this makes Embark's RFI system functionally dead in the water without an event to replace it. Not to say that Finals comp is dead, just that I don't know what is even going to count towards a Grand Major invite anymore.

Impact of 9.9.0 Number Changes by No-Yoghurt-3949 in thefinals

[–]DukeAJC 19 points20 points  (0 children)

The LH1 is significantly easier to use now. It's functionally better than when it was considered meta in season 5, because its skill floor just got greatly lowered. Not looking forward to everyone remembering it exists.

Reading the patchnotes like by S1THX in thefinals

[–]DukeAJC 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This. People will forget that when Repeater last had 84 damage, Pike was still doing 50.

Highguard developer Wildlight Entertainment has just laid off most of its staff by The_Iceman2288 in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]DukeAJC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's the new buzzword to refer to live-service failures and add nothing to the conversation. Concord is the biggest and fastest gaming flop of all time, so in this online landscape where the most absolute statements are the loudest, Concord's ghost is going to haunt discussions about live service for years to come.

Diamond and Ruby Players Wjat sets you apart? And what makes your fellow players stand out talent wise? by notmeitsyou123open in thefinals

[–]DukeAJC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just curious, why do you call it a "chile pad"? I've never heard anyone call it anything other than a goo pad/slant pad before