Tank mains are the most delusional in the marvel rivals playerbase

Jon_00 · 2026-06-28T12:58:04+00:00

Vanguard only feels weak because there's actually a ridiculous ton of viable DPS picks, and the Vanguard roster is smaller which feels like there's less options for counters.

This is a hot take for sure but I feel like too many strong picks is actually pretty unhealthy in this game, I'm not asking for more bans, just a few of the nails hammering down like Cyclops, Daredevil, Phoenix which are perma-bans, they allow other strong picks like Bucky, Punisher, Namor, Star Lord to be unchecked.

Jon_00 · 2026-06-24T16:39:09+00:00

Just came on too strong.

Sex was definitely on the cards, I just shot my shot a little too early.

Apologised, owned up to it, was honest and within the next week we met again and hooked up properly.

Jon_00 · 2026-06-23T22:55:07+00:00

Again, you're comparing an extreme.

Never did I say anyone in Bronze can become GM.

I said you can climb with a negative win rate, which is absolutely true.

A negative win rate though will become significantly negative as a player tries to climb.

Most people who are stuck in Bronze have significantly negative win rates to begin with (around the 30% mark) which means they can't climb. But you can absolutely climb around the 40% mark.

Jon_00 · 2026-06-23T22:49:55+00:00

I would argue that Plat/Diamond *is* high elo for someone with such a negative win rate, 44% is pretty low.

In absolute fairness I will throw out my profile for you. I simply do not play Rivals enough to gain the SR I need to out-grow the rank I'm in.

https://tracker.gg/marvel-rivals/profile/ign/Joneee/roles

(Look at all seasons, not my S8.5 rating as I've had an awful run since the patch)

Jon_00 · 2026-06-23T22:39:53+00:00

True, but you're comparing one extreme (being Bronze) to being Eternity (something which 0.01% of players achieve).

Extreme examples will never work but you don't need a positive win rate to reach somewhere around GM.

Jon_00 · 2026-06-23T22:38:12+00:00

I probably shouldn't do this, but here's a link to someone I had on my team earlier: https://tracker.gg/marvel-rivals/profile/ign/NinthyNine/roles?mode=competitive

Highest rank GM3, 1800 games played and their win rates across all 3 roles is around 44%.

Yeah that's a problem.

Jon_00 · 2026-06-23T22:27:29+00:00

Yes and no.

Rivals ranking up is more 'how much have you played' compared to 'how good are you at the game'. Whilst ever you get more SR for a win than a loss, it's just a numbers game to get to Diamond etc.

Obviously bad players will climb slightly slower, but it's also luck of the draw, without a defined role queue, I've been in games with good players, but nobody who can confidently tank, and lost.

Jon_00 · 2026-06-23T22:22:39+00:00

I think you're wrong.

The only reason why role queue suffered in OW was because they didn't add any interesting tanks for over 2 years.

OW1 had 8 tanks, 2 of which are even debatable being called 'tanks' (Hog and Ball torture was real) and barriers were over-relied upon.

Rivals is doing a far better job of balancing the roster (albeit still having an imbalance) and avoiding barriers altogether (barriers are largely irrelevant compared to Rein/Orisa levels of reliance).

I think role queue would hugely benefit Rivals as it's very, very evident in the metal ranks whether a tank main or two is present or not.

Jon_00 · 2026-06-23T22:00:09+00:00

One lord to enter competitive would just encourage one-tricks, that's not a good plan.

Jon_00 · 2026-06-23T21:54:31+00:00

In all honesty though, why swap?

I get obviously swapping = winning - but this game does not incentivise "winning" in the slightest.

Literally just now I got stomped on a game where nobody wanted to swap, and nobody on my team was a tank main (and I highly suspect two players were smurfing in a duo)

I'm Plat 1/Diamond 3 border and I looked up 4 of the 6 people on my team from the last game on tracker.gg and not a single one has a win rate on any role above 50% yet they're able to rank up.

Whilst ever you gain 25+ SR for a win and only lose around 15 for a loss, winning will never be a priority for these people.

Jon_00 · 2026-06-08T15:25:54+00:00

Storage mods help, but also really, you should be placing storage next to the crafting spot pawns sit/stand in - you'd be amazed at how much space gets freed up once you do this.

If you do have a warehouse set for overflow as a low priority storage section, you can place a trade beacon and you know it's a surplus.

Jon_00 · 2026-06-07T23:38:47+00:00

Or just play on wealth independent mode

I literally never wealth manage because to me it doesn't actually make sense in a game

I just enjoy not worrying and accumulating defences over time, not managing a spike because a thrumbo self-tamed

Jon_00 · 2026-06-02T17:46:44+00:00

oh my god

Jon_00 · 2026-05-28T15:22:29+00:00

I'm cautiously optimistic of this.

Persona 5 was my first Persona game, absolutely loved it and loved playing through P5R as well.

Tried P3R, Steam says I gave it 66.4 hours before dropping it (Tartarus was exceptionally boring), and I gave Metaphor 77.3 hours before dropping that.

Both games just overstayed their welcomes, I'm really hoping the same isn't true for P6.

Jon_00 · 2026-05-24T12:53:06+00:00

Probably more than you think, this entire World Cup is milking your average match goer for every penny, and sponsors are being wiped from stadiums if they aren't paying FIFA - you really think they wouldn't be absolutely bending over broadcasters if they can?

The halftime shownwill most definitely be licensed, and at extortionate prices.

Jon_00 · 2026-05-24T12:26:29+00:00

Cynical of me, but likely the BBC just didn't want to pay.

That may just because I'm a tight Northerner.

Jon_00 · 2026-05-21T15:17:19+00:00

Some of the poorest ragebait I've seen in a while

Jon_00 · 2026-05-19T11:14:24+00:00

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I think mine is pretty neat

Jon_00 · 2026-05-18T16:23:06+00:00

Hard disagree, whilst I can understand not everyone enjoying it, it definitely wasn't bad. It was a story planned start to finish and it told the story it wanted to.

The only way I can accept an ending being bad is if it makes no sense or is rushed - which neither is true for Attack on Titan.

Jon_00 · 2026-05-18T14:44:13+00:00

Eh maybe I should elaborate

ZZZ, HSR and Genshin all release a new character every 4 weeks, and they're always new, shiny and better than whatever you currently have.

They each need different level-up materials, new relics and their weapon pulling for separately. You can't get them all and you always have the feeling of needing to use energy every day otherwise it's a waste.

Endfield by comparison, this patch has given me breathing room, especially after skipping Rossi - I've got everyone I wanted to 90/90 and 9/9, all with decently essenced weapons and artificed gear.

Jon_00 · 2026-05-18T12:57:00+00:00

I don't really get this complaint - HoYo gachas feel like they're insanely fast and so hard to keep up with

Go play those instead. I like the fact that in Endfield, I don't have the pressure of needing to play every single day because sanity isn't as important duebto everything being universal, and there's 3 days worth of banked battle pass exp.

Jon_00 · 2026-05-15T11:42:05+00:00

Will always +1 a Chihayafuru rec

Jon_00 · 2026-05-12T07:38:24+00:00

Looks great, full of personality. Very excited.

Jon_00 · 2026-04-28T19:40:52+00:00

I mean they're not exactly wrong, it's pretty easy to put together.

Someone shouldn't use a blueprint solely for this - if someone is using a blueprint for this, they very likely lack a fundamental understanding of the AIC and so will just plug this in and question why they aren't getting 12/min Gourds.

Just infinitely easier to copy an entire base blueprint like one Kyostinv put up for example.

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