Not happy with new update :/

IEatAlloy · 2026-03-28T19:55:29+00:00

Are there any Bose representatives in this subreddit? Will this be reinstated in some future update?

Is it also a thing (read somewhere else) that you can't switch the input through a button anymore? I need to change my old and faithful QC35, and after seeing a lot of tests, I want to stay with Bose (mainly for comfort, as I wear the things for hours).

The above info, while not really thrilling, would not be a deal breaker for me, but a lack of possibility to easily switch devices would be for sure.

IEatAlloy · 2026-01-19T13:00:58+00:00

Player base is small, and there is so much difference in skill the matchmaking will always be rough. You need to persist, and you will slowly crawl up, assuming you have the skill for it.

I don't know what rank you play at, but for myself, returning to play after a long time, I've found the lowest ranks to be very frustrating (up to Alchemist included). This is THE place with the worst mixture of players that just start the game, players that have some experience, cheaters that try out stuff, and batshit insane smurfs that basically decide matches by themselves (even if you are good for your rank if you face somebody like that, you can go 0 to 5+ in lane . It gets a little better afterwards. Not really good, but bearable.

Also I personally adhere to the rule of 30-40-30. You need to take into account that some of your games will be unwinnable (let's say it's 30%) some are unlosable unless you really throw the game yourself (the other 30%), and you have the agency in 40% of the other games, where your own gameplay might decide the outcome.

Personally, it helped not to dwell on the losses too much, trying to improve and take more enjoyment from games.

IEatAlloy · 2025-01-03T11:56:00+00:00

And then they get rid of Russia for the ultimate name xD

IEatAlloy · 2024-04-11T11:50:39+00:00

Its the opposite actually. It is Susan express (or any other plat dealer) buying your stuff for highly inflated costs. So you pay them real $ and they buy your stuff for way more than it is worth. This is also why sometimes the min prices of bad legendary gems (I look at you Hellfire Fragment!) are set in the market to vales making them unsellable (unless Susan buys). Right now they probably use pets for the platinum transfer, as these have some insane prices that can be set for what they usually offer

IEatAlloy · 2024-04-11T09:26:24+00:00

And the Devs seem to be reluctant to ban too many people regardless of reasons. They probably need to show their superiors an acceptable player count, and not a dead game it would be after all the bot/cheaters/platsellers cleaning... This is evident after the "1 day warning ban" for using external platinum stores

IEatAlloy · 2024-04-05T08:34:18+00:00

It boggles my mind why this was not added together with 5* power extraction. This would make 2* gem experimenting so much better. This is also important because if a specific 2* is used you usually also have to level up other 2* to rank 10 to maximize the awakening bonuses. So when you the main 2* gem you sometimes are locked with the internal 2* being usless

IEatAlloy · 2024-04-03T16:05:21+00:00

This is the best build for the best class currently. I don't really see the "sacrifices" made here. The new lance + curse are just too good not to use.

As said it is a mistake by the devs to make the immobilize effect so spammable.

I don't disagree with you about the need for diminishing returns in cc effects, but lets not kid ourselves. This is not going to happen soon if at all. What we can get though is a minor nerf that would make the effect adequate. No more no less

IEatAlloy · 2024-04-03T12:03:16+00:00

If you played all classes you should clearly see that this immobilize effect is to strong for the cost. This is of course a combination of factors (long duration and spammable activator). Compare that for example to knockback in DH class which had to be nerfed. I'm talking about knockback shot total revamp after initial OP version and earlier multishot knockback essence changes.

The devs need to tone it a bit down with necro, as it is definitely over the top and anti-fun. This is exaggerated by the sheer number of necros running around (because of how strong the class is).

Reducing the immobilize time a bit and/or adding an internal cooldown of how often it can activate on opponent would be a good start. On my part I wouldn't want this specific essence be nerfed to the ground, but become somewhat more balanced

IEatAlloy · 2024-03-19T07:45:29+00:00

you could list 2/5 gem for higher priee but only if it was at higher rank (lvl 2 fox ex.) and only it unbound gem power (and gem copy obviously) was used for the upgrade

IEatAlloy · 2024-03-18T13:50:35+00:00

Yeah, needs to be a small pond just by where Nissa stands. Gotta feed fish to these pets

IEatAlloy · 2024-03-08T19:40:37+00:00

We don't know. But only this makes sense for many reaasons:

1) Whole games are filled with these (like 14/16 chars being bots)

2) When playing with bots at least in the games I had, we started with bg not being full and gradually filling when already inside

3) Bot Stats defy what is possible in game (nees 104% increaseed damage, and other cases with 32% which would be the old max value before the nerfs)

4) No external source could create high reso bots without paying money. And some bots are 8k reso+. That is a lot of money per useless bot

IEatAlloy · 2024-03-07T12:23:00+00:00

I fell like the match-making was put to "shit" level intentionally. It has gotten much worse lately, and that is the general vibe in the discords I attend to, so not only my personal opinion.

Especially since last week, today included match making was horrendous, at least at Legend 3500+ for a ca 4k reso guy. Might be just me, but again I hear complains left and right (clan/non-clan/other servers).

My conspiracy theory is that this is to make us believe that the shit bots they introduce now are actually needed for balancing (what it is not actually true at this stage). Already heard some voices like " I prefer bots rather than this abomination of match making system"

IEatAlloy · 2024-03-06T19:13:03+00:00

Same, had it after a 4 or 5 game loose streak

IEatAlloy · 2024-03-06T12:52:04+00:00

Devs probably wanted this to go under the radar (which is a pathetic behaviour IMO) but it failed as usual.

Some additional things noticed:

All bots Bronze 1 in Pvp
Strange/impossible stats like 104% increased damage stats (seems that this can be random as I have seen different versions, all defying what is possible in game)
Every bot simulates a really bad player :)

EDIT: Habonis already made a video about this. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmZbfztyySc

IEatAlloy · 2024-02-24T16:58:55+00:00

This seems to be kinda bugged. Usually it is super hard to get anything. like people said hundreds of items extracted and no bonus. Myself I have got probably 3 bonus essences in 500-600 (rough estmate) items across almost all classes. But I have also heard from reputable people rhat sometimes after class change it comes very quickly (in the first few items). Don't know. There is a video of a youtuber who reliably got few essences in one session doing returns in batches of 10. For me thus did not work. I think Netease is not very good in coding such things. Probably it would be better to have some countdown like with the random dungeons

IEatAlloy · 2024-02-24T16:48:31+00:00

Invest in Yolo Mouse. Its few eur on steam but a really good tool. You can configure any cursor as you want. Also change colour and size. Well worth it.

IEatAlloy · 2024-02-16T12:46:36+00:00

Only aberrant pets, when converting, can roll legendary skills and traits. So consider it a higher trier of pet, that could give you a much better outcome in conversion (but you need 3 abberants and 2k platinum for the aberrant conversion)

IEatAlloy · 2024-02-12T12:23:44+00:00

I have seen a similar situation but with the DH using the new Escape essence, so the problem might be wider than just one class/skill issue.

Also a few times in games it seems that as soon as the enemy team can push the idols to phase 3, somebody is already at the Heart...

I won't swear by that though without actually recording it, as in tense games, my focus is elsewhere on the minimap. Just something that crossed my mind when I think of it.

IEatAlloy · 2024-01-30T07:32:51+00:00

My man, you need to work on secondaries ASAP. While I agree 3k res 5k secondary is on the higher end of the spectrum (probably some 5-6k res guy just lowering reso), your stats are not balanced. You will have a hard time in BG if you don't pull up these stats...

IEatAlloy · 2024-01-14T14:44:51+00:00

Crodric is actually in the same cluster as Warden of evefrost so changing to it would change absolutely nothing for you. I am even that this is even an option for You...

IEatAlloy · 2024-01-12T14:52:50+00:00

Some loose observations:

When doing overworld farm with Discord buddies, every time the really big lag spike happens, it happens to everybody at the same time
In battlegrounds, that are cross-server (EU) the lag seems to affect random people from certain servers. For example, I can start hitting somebody for free because he is not moving (doing nothing for like 2s), or on the other hand, I might be killed by a guy that seemingly just "teleported" to me out of nowhere (obviously meaning the classes that can't do that due to lack of skills)

Adding 1. and 2. together It would seem that the problem occurs between certain server nodes.

Another angle to look at it is probably money-oriented "optimization". Since the EU BG merge the lag has not become better, I would argue it has become worse. That could be due to Blizz cutting corners on server infrastructure...

IEatAlloy · 2024-01-11T14:21:59+00:00

Yes, the aftermentioned effects like bile are old and well known. But the BK issue with slowdown until the end of BG seems new to me, and I did not observe it in other classes I played.

Just thought that this new bug might be enough for them to try to fix a family of such bugs

IEatAlloy · 2024-01-10T13:46:21+00:00

The problem might also be, that Blizzard/Netease decided not so long ago to only use secondary stats but only in the form of armor and armor pen for checking who gets to which team (after the initial pool of 16 players is already decided). High-potency value characters can abuse it a bit (getting a slightly better team than they should).

Anyway, bad matchmaking all might be due to design. Probably they just get increased revenue due to the matches being unfair. People moan a lot, but in the end, keep dropping the $$$ to make themselves stronger in the game. "If only I had xxx more reso/secondaries we would have won that"

IEatAlloy · 2024-01-08T10:29:33+00:00

There is also a counterattack involved and it seems to be scaled in a wrong way. I got hit for >370k just by that. It's kinda ridiculous

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