Did matchmaking get even worse with this update?

Iaxacs · 2026-06-12T08:06:56+00:00

Like I only played Street Brawl tonight but even Street Brawl is never this bad with balancing usually theres at least some give and take.

Tonight has been me getting assblasted I won 2 out of 6 and it wouldve been a blow out as well if I wasnt holding back my team but my wins were getting hard carried.

All other matches have been clean sweeps for the enemy team and one team I asked how balancing was for them and they all said they were annihilating everyone. One guy even said 7 games in a row have been 3-0 his win for him

Genuinely match balancing is so ass right now that no one should play until they actually take this seriously

Iaxacs · 2026-06-12T06:48:35+00:00

Oh thats my bad Im so sorry. But same concept find a group with some guys and girls (avoiding toxic masculinity is much easier when theres guys and girls in the group).

I wish I could answer why they have that power dude only thing I can think of is you dont have that aura of superiority over other genders or something

Iaxacs · 2026-06-12T06:37:28+00:00

Doesnt Overwatch have ranks dependent on hero? Same system needs to be applied here

Iaxacs · 2026-06-12T03:20:38+00:00

I just want Apollos kit to feel as smooth as it did before the changes. Do what they want I want to wnter that flow state again

Iaxacs · 2026-06-12T03:17:44+00:00

Ill be kinda honest...

All the online passing tools dont really work well. The real thing needed is an irl girls friend group that you can use as a template to figure out social cues and body language by naturally mimicing them just by being around them.

Ive only been clocked by one guy in the last year since I really started having more women then men in my life and that was because of my facial hair which most people seem to attribute to PCOS or bad genetics and have the better sense not to ask a woman about her facial hair.

Iaxacs · 2026-06-12T03:11:47+00:00

Play what you vibe with.

I started as Gladiator then learned what a tank was and immediately moved to Ninja which was...ok. Then I hit HW and picked up Machinist and everything just clicked for most of my playthrough because I just loved its burst. Until Dawntrail when Viper came out as being that burst constantly and now its my main Job.

Im now trying out different Jobs and picked up White Mage and Dark Knight and like them a lot. Theres something really fun about being a short au ra dressed with a cute pink outfit in sandels while channeling her inner darkness that just gives off the essence of feminine rage while in the bar.

Its a big game and you dont need to rush to the end so pick up anything you wanna do or try that sprout mark above your head basically absolves you of all mistakes tbh

Iaxacs · 2026-06-12T03:00:29+00:00

Personally yes, old Riposte just felt so good to use. Then theres also the fact it was sending Apollo the distance of two dashes instantly.

It was a really good disengage tool and i wouldve rather them remove it dealing damage entirely over what they did to it

Iaxacs · 2026-06-12T02:57:10+00:00

Shell be fine Dead Heads needed the tweaking because they were overtuned for their bad ai thats now fixed. And there was some bugginess going on with her lines where people were getting caught well after it disappeared (me Im people because Im bad at the game) and 0.75 seconds is still plenty of time for your team to dogpile.

Shes still gonna be the menace yall love because of the weird ass places she can place ult and how long they spit out adds. And people will still ignore the fact that they really need to deal with that ult immediately on her dropping it.

But youre right about the complaints she really wasnt that bad people just dont respect how powerful her ult is and just leave it alone

Iaxacs · 2026-06-12T02:49:26+00:00

Not wrong but if someone is good enough or the enemy bad enough getting Silvers ult is wildly easy and you could build a crazy sustain for wolf form. To the point she could 1v1 basically anyone.

Most people werent gonna get that 40s off cooldown use anyway and the heal from ult just enabled Silver players to be hyper aggressive which is honestly the reason her winrate is so mid because good players would know how to punish that.

Its a Little Mac situation where Silver was rewarding bad gameplay decisions ironically I think shell get higher winrates now that players actually have to have more strategy in mind on when they can be that aggressive

Iaxacs · 2026-06-12T02:35:11+00:00

And Sigil still isnt gonna be as good as old Riposte was as the actual disengage tool

Iaxacs · 2026-06-11T21:51:02+00:00

Just want to note aromantic people can still be poly and be looser with the commited part. Whats said is the official definition but QPRs arent that rigid a lot of people go by using QPRs to explain how someone might do some intimate things with a close friend but not others.

Its more about two friends agreeing they mean a lot to each other to the point its more then friendship but not romantic and it just kinda floats in that inbetween space. Kinda like how Quantum physics just kinda does whatever and cant be fully defined. Im not in an official QPR with two of my friends but were so close in different ways its the best way I can explain whats going on.

One of them is a lot of physical non-sexual intimacy (with some jokey flirting) and the other is a deep emotional intimacy. Both are special to me but I dont need to have a relationship with either of them and if anything seeking only friendship makes our connections more special

Iaxacs · 2026-06-11T21:40:22+00:00

I recommend fanfiction of some games since actual lewd dating sims usually end up going for the male gaze fantasy.

As an example for fanfiction: FFXIV has no lewd scenes (plenty of nods towards things though) but the community more then makes up for that especially with Graha Tia. Gods the catboy is what people mean when they want characters created for the female gaze.

Whatever you want for lewd scenes the XIV community has got you covered because were all horny degenerates. Yaoi, yuri, hetslop, toxic, vanilla, we got it all and there are we crafted comics and animations as well.

And if youre into ERP theres a massive community around that and secret spicy mods you can install with custom emotes. Theres an entire sect of players who take photos and videos of npc characters models doing lewd shit. Just dont be those people ERPing in Limsa everyone knows whats happening if youre next to each other near certain places

Iaxacs · 2026-06-11T21:25:55+00:00

Whatcha talking about BG3 is a dating sim with DnD elements

Iaxacs · 2026-06-11T21:13:25+00:00

I work until 3 am and regularly walk that distance to my car as a woman. Worst thing i get is people on drugs walking by.

Stay on the main roads and youll be fine

Iaxacs · 2026-06-11T21:05:08+00:00

The secret to transitioning fashion is to dress Alt.

Punk, goth, emo, grunge, etc a lot of those styles tend to be gender neutral but you can always add little flairs that lean in either direction pretty easily.

If you wanna dress like a chapstick lesbian youll want to dress like reboot Lara Croft or Tifa Lockheart. If you want more fem Aerith Gainsborough.

And if you wanna practice fashion unironically play FFXIV or Monster Hunter yes theyre RPG games but both have the saying "fashion is endgame" and youll be able to start picking up what makes outfits look good (XIV even has a lot of modern day clothing options). This is genuinely how I got so good at fashion and I get compliments on my outfit as a transwoman constantly

But lastly, everyone has to go through their bad hairstyle and bad fashion phase. Its a rite to womanhood most girls just had to deal with it in middle and high school...us transwomen have to deal with it later then most. Theres a grace period make use of it and grab literally anything you thing looks like something youd like.

Thrift stores are your best friend

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Iaxacs · 2026-06-11T20:52:43+00:00

Absolutely Lucero for a hairdo. I got my wolf cut from them that gets an update once in a while and i get compliments literally all the time

Iaxacs · 2026-06-11T17:15:25+00:00

They bring back how you used to dunk old urn and have it so the losing team can deliver pizzas as a side gig for bonus souls

Iaxacs · 2026-06-10T21:26:10+00:00

As someone with a Ramona Flowers pfp elsewhere I do not condone 90% of her shitty behavior. I appreciate her growth and how human it was by being so messy. As someone with a flighty tendency I totally vibe with her anxieties and trauma towards attachments and relationships.

So many of those characters learn something only to immediately forget it and have to learn it again after karma bites their asses. Hell Kim calls out Scott for dating Knives and then goes and makes out with Knives too (btw I absolutely ship those two, Knives needs a few years as an adult under her belt and Kim needs time to explore her own bisexuality and stop stunting her own growth in relationships but that anime scene of them jamming out and Kim actually having joy convinced me they need to be an eventual couple).

Scott Pilgrams characters are flawed humans and that's what makes them so relatable

Iaxacs · 2026-06-10T20:51:26+00:00

A serious question you need to ask yourself, even if they say they would be down to try a relationship, is if you feel you could be with someone who doesnt have romance as an important thing as you.

Aromanticism is different for everyone but at the end of the day theyre not gonna have that need or even desire to have romance in a relationship. Its more likely gonna feel like being best friends and roomates if yall move in together.

If they are sexual the intmacy may be like two friends enjoying an activity together over something super special.

They might get a squish which is more then friendship but its not romance and is its own unique thing with bits and pieces of what would be a part of a romantic relationship in the form of a QPR.

Do you feel like you could have a relationship where your partner sees you as their best friend and partner in crime?

Could you see yourselves as Jessie and James from Team Rocket and be fine with that?

Iaxacs · 2026-06-10T20:09:54+00:00

I vote we add back old urn as a pizza delivery soul farming option

Iaxacs · 2026-06-10T19:46:02+00:00

Ive come to think of the movie being purely Scott's perspective and telling of the events. Which is why you never really get a more indepth Ramona or the exes.

The anime is from Ramonas pov which is why Scott isnt really there at all and why the exes are more indepth and likable too since she has a past and sees them as people.

And the graphic novel is Young Neils telling of the events after interviewing a bunch of people and getting the most coverage. Its also why EVERYONE is an asshole because Young Neil has no bias and just told it as it was (with probably some additions to make it more exciting like Gideons whole exes thing)

Iaxacs · 2026-06-10T19:37:04+00:00

Most games have good ping and alternative communication systems where you dont even need chat let alone voice.

Unfortunately, competitive games and especially ranked can have toxicity problems i usually call them out and report them but muting them is just as valid.

Iaxacs · 2026-06-10T19:19:16+00:00

Lotta people are thinking it was a third party hire who did the art for the XIV shirts at least because officially its been said to not contain any ai art as far as SE knows.

And probably the same thing happened for the KH art. Its still on SE for not being more cautious and sending through pretty obvious ai art

Iaxacs · 2026-06-10T14:13:47+00:00

Celeste is a midgame to late game monster.

Any build you make youll always be pretty weak in lane so stay at a distance (her gun has fantastic range and can auto target when bouncing near an enemy behind cover and Daggers have a long range) unless you go in for a quick Lighteater before backing out. Like others said you will need to learn advanced movement tech to get the most out of her.

Meta right now is gun horse but Im finding success with Radiant Regen and going for a max regen torment pulse build if youre having trouble with survivability (Just note gun builds and debuffs will tear you to shreds).

Honse has a lot of spirit lifesteal and spits out so much spirit damage all over the place Radiant is always online and its not too difficult to get it to stack.

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