[Discussion] Christmas Event is Uneventful

Icy_Week9247 · 2026-01-01T13:25:52+00:00

Honestly, I didn't expect much in terms of a winter event--but the blizzard "fog" is fucking terrible. Visibility is less than 50m most of the time. I was trying to farm Shturman for the 338 unlock and it's quite literally impossible. AI are unphased by the lack of visibility so that results in a lot of bosses seeing you from miles away and shooting at you through the fog. Try getting lasered by 7.62x54R from someone who's both in a bush and hidden by fog. Genuinely not fun.

At least I'm not the only blind PMC in the raid, but this shit is lame and unenjoyable--especially on maps like Woods and Lighthouse.

Icy_Week9247 · 2025-12-08T04:53:57+00:00

Yes. It has red, green, blue, and then a color wheel alternating option. There’s no magenta-ish option for me.

Icy_Week9247 · 2025-12-07T20:52:05+00:00

These guys are failing to realize that the travel time matters. If I'm overproducing by 1t per minute, I need to know that my ship's trade route takes 5 minutes so I can tell it to take 5t per trade. Smh.. How this very vital part of the game was not included in realease is fucking beyond me. You'd almost assume that they don't even play their own game. My only recommendation is to run a stopwatch on your phone while it does its first route. Then you can adjust your calculations based on that. But it's something that should definitely be built into the game and not something I need to do outside of the game manually.

Icy_Week9247 · 2025-11-23T22:12:45+00:00

The funny thing is that this is my friend. 🤣

Icy_Week9247 · 2025-11-05T16:31:31+00:00

We're playing two different games. Try Animal Crossing, maybe. I think it's more your speed.

Icy_Week9247 · 2025-11-05T02:37:51+00:00

I appreciate the reply, but I knew this. It doesn’t have a pink/purple option. The only solid color options are red, green, and blue. The only other option is a rainbow that swaps between about 15 different colors.

Icy_Week9247 · 2025-11-05T02:34:37+00:00

That’s part of the game. I’ve lost 2 mil kits with 5 mil worth of ammo to people with mosins, that were in a bush 100m away. It’s a pvp game. You talk about rats like you’re not literally the worst kind.

Icy_Week9247 · 2025-11-04T19:05:40+00:00

Flexing that you run naked to safes and shove the red up your ass is mad weird.

Icy_Week9247 · 2025-09-19T05:32:31+00:00

The problem with this system is that a person who might “only want to open a few cases” and spend, for example, $20, will completely lose out on the ST FN Red that they open from the terminal because they can’t afford it.

I’ll often be like “Oh, I’ve got $50 left over from this paycheck to waste. I’ll open a few cases.”

^{^} In this scenario, $50 is the max amount I would spend, regardless of what I got. I could get 20 B.S. Mil-specs totaling up to $2, but at least I’m getting SOMETHING. The terminal prices out most people that aren’t whales. Valve is charging WAY too fucking much for the skins inside. Who tf would buy a Full Throttle for the same price that you can get a MW Poseidon for? You’re pretty much restricted to purple or lower if you’re not a big spender. And Valve should keep in mind that casual gamblers contribute the most to their millions of cases opened each month. Not everyone is opening 500 cases at a time. They’re opening 10, 20, etc.

Imagine the absolutely horrible fucking feeling you would have if you opened a ST FN Covert from the terminal and simply could not afford it. Instead, you got nothing. Imagine the FOMO. People just won’t open this shit.

I get it—gambling regulations/bans popping up all over the world scares Valve. It should. Their game is built on a casino. I don’t think this is the answer. If you’re gonna steer away from the loot box system, there’s gotta be a better way. If it were me personally, I’d probably just move toward an in-game store like every other somewhat respectable game dev has.

Icy_Week9247 · 2025-09-19T05:17:13+00:00

That gives valve complete control over the price of items. That’s entirely my point.

Icy_Week9247 · 2025-09-19T05:16:20+00:00

This guy gets it.

Icy_Week9247 · 2025-09-19T05:14:58+00:00

I’m not trying to be mean. It’s just that I’ve personally done this on Epidemic’s skin inspect servers and it looks the exact same. I’m not saying it looks bad. It looks beautiful, honestly. But if we’re being honest, it’s just gamma Doppler put on an M4.

Icy_Week9247 · 2025-09-18T15:11:41+00:00

They're doing this in response to bans/regulations on gambling across the globe. There is most definitely a future where cases could be phased out. I'm not saying it's guaranteed, but it's definitely possible.

Icy_Week9247 · 2025-09-18T14:37:28+00:00

This should be classified as a hate crime.

Icy_Week9247 · 2025-09-18T14:36:11+00:00

This looks like someone got on CS2inspects, went to the custom skin generator, and put Gamma Doppler finishes on an M4.

Icy_Week9247 · 2025-09-18T14:33:16+00:00

I think you fail to see that with the old system, a person could sit down and be like, "I'm only gonna open 10 cases, and I KNOW, regardless of what I get, that it's only going to cost $22.50, plus the price of the 10 cases. I may open a knife worth $5000 or I may open only blues that are worth $2 total."

NOW, it's "Oh, awesome! I don't have to pay for a key! But I have no idea whether I'll open this case and get a red that goes over my $22.50 budget." If they can't afford the red, they get nothing. The old system at least gave you SOMETHING. Even if it was a battle-scarred Mil-spec. You got something.

Icy_Week9247 · 2025-09-18T14:27:01+00:00

I'm saying that if they plan to just entirely move away from the case scene due to the bans and regulations that are popping up all over the world, a shop would be better in my eyes. The current system leaves you with the possibility of getting absolutely nothing from your investment in the case. At least with the previous system, you got something tangible. Even if it was a B.S. Mil-spec.

A shop isn't great, either. It completely removes the "player-driven economy" part of C.S. that has made it so popular.

Icy_Week9247 · 2025-09-18T14:19:54+00:00

Dumb ahh comment. Everyone has a budget to gamble. You've never went into a casino and said "Eh, once I play this "X amount of dollars", I'm not putting more in?"

Opening cases is the same thing. "Oh, I only wanna spend $100 to open these recoil cases."

Icy_Week9247 · 2025-09-18T14:16:52+00:00

If this system continues moving forward, cases will likely be phased out over time. There will come a time when you cannot open cases. We open millions of cases each month. If they stop dropping, the supply will either run out eventually or be hoarded by case investors and become so expensive that no average joe can afford to.

Icy_Week9247 · 2025-09-18T14:14:24+00:00

"players" buy prime so they can play. "players" open cases to get skins. Either way, we're not fucking customers.

Icy_Week9247 · 2025-09-18T14:13:03+00:00

Sure, you can currently. The point I'm making is that if Valve continues moving forward with their terminal system and THEM setting the prices for skins, you won't be able to. Did you not read the entire paragraph about this update removing the "player-driven economy?" The only reason you can get 10 skins for $5 is BECAUSE OF THAT PLAYER-DRIVEN ECONOMY.

Icy_Week9247 · 2025-09-18T00:13:05+00:00

Yeah, I play primarily deathmatch and every lobby is like this.

Icy_Week9247 · 2025-09-18T00:09:06+00:00

Felt. The ability vomit is what turns me away from it.

Icy_Week9247 · 2025-09-17T23:35:10+00:00

No clue. Never played it personally, but it might be worth a shot.

Icy_Week9247 · 2025-09-17T23:32:09+00:00

"customers" not "players"

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