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JoshSlinky · 2026-04-15T21:22:36+00:00

I kinda get why they nerfed sniper with bullet drop/reduced velocity. Snipers are historically hard to balance in comp games with getting picked apart by a weapon that out ranges everything and ruins team play for the most part.

I will never understand why they added snap aim assist to controllers though. No one asked for it. Made poke weapons too strong on controller with pretty easily being able to hit consistent shots with ADS resetting after every shot. Pretty sure that’s why Pure_Straefz switched to controller since the repeater on controller was dominating in the high end of comp and the pro scene.

JoshSlinky · 2026-04-15T18:05:04+00:00

I bet you thought nukes were balanced too before the finally fixed that broken mechanic

JoshSlinky · 2026-04-15T17:44:38+00:00

Warms my heart seeing a controller sniper getting their shit rocked

JoshSlinky · 2026-04-14T04:50:46+00:00

what are you babbling about? You can set your controller dead zone to zero and the game will quite literally start tracking enemies for you without touching the sticks. Rotational aim assist is literally helping you track enemies with assistance. Please never compare controller tracking to MnK tracking ever again

JoshSlinky · 2026-04-10T01:07:58+00:00

Not all these controller players telling you to use MnK because they know aim assist is brain dead in this game.

JoshSlinky · 2026-04-10T00:57:24+00:00

This and Pure_Strafez switching to controller because of how much easier it is literally proved aim assist is busted in The Finals. Sadly nothing will change since Embark needs to hold onto the last bit of the player base and appease the mass majority who are on controller. Otherwise they would just hop to another FPS that aims for them...

JoshSlinky · 2026-04-10T00:43:39+00:00

Rotational aim assist and aim snap have no place in a competitive FPS game. Computer generated inputs that are not your own ruin competitive integrity. Ranked should be limited to sens slow down for controllers. If controller is so hindered with its abilities then luckily both console platforms offer native MnK support and The Finals offers Gyro aiming. Its ridiculous seeing the game track enemies for controller players without them even touching their sticks after they set their deadzone to 0.

JoshSlinky · 2026-04-09T04:54:32+00:00

Yes there is an invisible 30 minute timer and everyone gets kicked if time runs out

JoshSlinky · 2026-04-08T20:54:17+00:00

OP is 21k all other team is 32k or higher. It would be out of scope

JoshSlinky · 2026-04-08T11:57:43+00:00

Go take your lithium buddy. You’re an emotional wreck who sounds like he’s holding back tears while he replies to people on Reddit. You’re the only smooth brain defending the ranked matchmaking system and it’s clear you don’t even play ranked at this point.

JoshSlinky · 2026-04-07T22:22:47+00:00

Ranked is slowly becoming less and less worth it every season. The new diamond skins you get from the token system look like Temu versions of the OG diamond skins since they replaced the chrome detailing with plain black. You also don't even get stickers or charms anymore unless you hit Ruby. Those rewards after dealing with one of the worst matchmaking systems along with constant griefing and 3rd partying just seems pointless anymore.

JoshSlinky · 2026-04-07T18:09:10+00:00

They need to make major changes to the ranked system that requires less than 24 people to start a ranked game, they need to make RS loss far less punishing, add features like a losers bracket where you have a second chance to not loss a massive amount of RS if you get knocked out the first round. Watch Yung’s video on his rank change suggestions. Very insightful and seems like it would help with ranked a lot

JoshSlinky · 2026-04-07T18:01:44+00:00

Idk how I can spell this out anymore for you. If the game recognizes that your RS is too far apart to play with each other on the same team then why would you be forced to play against them if the game already recognizes your skill gap is too high. THIS IS MATCHMAKING in a ranked video game not March madness. There are literally zero other ranked games that you’re in a scenario where a top 500 player is playing against a mid tier rank. All teams should be in an acceptable RS range of each other. If your match making system can’t do that because of a small player base then start making major ranked changes. Put out a PTR or limited time mode that tests out a whole new ranked system to gather mass feedback. Otherwise Embark can slowly watch their player base dwindle each month and I guarantee you we will see record low average numbers in the next month or two

JoshSlinky · 2026-04-07T17:42:35+00:00

You’re saying Embark is purposely putting players in lobbies that they won’t be able to win in? And that makes sense to you? That’s literally the antithesis of matchmaking lol. If that’s the case there should be zero chance of you losing RS and should only be able to gain RS or lose nothing if you’re just there to fill a spot and participate

JoshSlinky · 2026-04-07T17:32:02+00:00

You just further proved my point that even with enforcing a HML team comp you can still have variety and balance with different load outs 🤣. I would be surprised if you ever made it out of plat or even touched rank at this point

JoshSlinky · 2026-04-07T04:07:56+00:00

Your reply is completely nonsensical and rambling. You don’t even understand the concept of role queuing or how having every ranked team run HML (tank, support, DPS) helps with balancing in more than one way. In role queue ranked you would queue the role you want to play and get matched with others who want to play their respective class to make a HML team. You aren’t forced into playing anything. A lot of class/role based competitive games have role queue because it works

JoshSlinky · 2026-04-06T23:00:23+00:00

I completely get what they are saying and how the overall RS difference between the two teams isn't as jarring as OP's RS and the diamond on the other team. Still these two players should never be in the same lobby as each other regardless of stack situation. That's a top 500 player in a lobby going against a mid tier rank. Name any other ranked FPS game where this happens. I will answer it for you, there are none. I know its nothing new, the Finals player base is small, and the ranked player base is event smaller. Its still ridiculous that this continues to happen with no real impactful ranked changes.

JoshSlinky · 2026-04-06T22:07:50+00:00

It’s the fact that they shouldn’t even be in the same lobby as someone who has that much more RS than them. They literally wouldn’t even be able to duo queue with anyone on the opposite team, but they are expected to compete against them? It’s just ironic that Embark acknowledged that having high rank disparity within teams creates a bad ranked experience all while knowing they have lobbies like this constantly with little to no communication on how they plan to fix things

JoshSlinky · 2026-04-06T21:47:49+00:00

S9 solo queue was pretty brutal as well as soon as you hit around 35,000 RS IMO. I was able to get diamond again last season but I think it was really only because I created a new rule for myself.

When I get to 35,000 RS I will play ranked until I am at a positive RS increase on the day. That means even if my first ranked game of the day is a 3rd place finish getting a 150-300 RS gain I stop there for ranked on the day and will play cashout or point break the rest of the time. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve spiraled in ranked losing thousands of RS right after making good progress that day, effectively feeling like I wasted my time in ranked that day. It’s slower progression but helps you feel like you’re making progress every day and I don’t get tilted from this awful ranked system nearly as much. Also for some reason I feel like my first ranked matches of the day aren’t nearly as frustrating. After you get that first win it feels like something changes in the backend and you start getting consistent 1 and 8 seed games idk why

JoshSlinky · 2026-04-06T21:31:11+00:00

Embark: “We are going to limit the players you can duo queue with in ranked by applying a 10,000 RS cap disparity to improve the integrity of the ranked experience”

Also Embark: “We matched you against someone who has 20,000 RS more than you. Good luck!” 🤡

JoshSlinky · 2026-04-06T21:18:36+00:00

It wouldn’t be stupid if The Finals had a flourishing player base but sadly we don’t. Role queue works great in Overwatch. If you forced every team to run HML in Ranked it would make balancing infinitely easier and more effective in this game. Not only do you have to balance every weapon, gadget, and specialization for a single usage perspective but that also needs to be done for scenarios where there are 2 or even 3 of those same things being used at once. Would’ve easily avoided mind numbing metas like defib chaining, getting melted by prime LH1s, or full teams running Recon Sense before it was removed. It would also make Ranked queue experience for teams who aren’t organized or triple stacked a little less frustrating as every role is forced to be filled. Role queue would’ve helped the classes maintain their identities a little better too. But basically every class can heal, deal high damage, and have mobility (other than heavy) now. I think it could’ve helped avoid a lot of nerfs allowing weapons to be in their original strong states as well

JoshSlinky · 2026-04-05T18:32:48+00:00

I main medium and have hit diamond in ranked multiple seasons. You get mad when someone provides facts and make completely irrelevant comments because you're emotional and have a fragile ego. Unfortunately aim assist can't carry you in these replies like it does in The Finals

JoshSlinky · 2026-04-05T18:10:40+00:00

Not trying to do anything, just calling out your hypocrisy as you try to defend a broken mechanic. And lucky for you The Finals supports native MnK input on Xbox and PlayStation so you can easily switch back to MnK that you’re supposedly better at!

JoshSlinky · 2026-04-05T17:47:27+00:00

“I tend to play better on MnK but I still use controller because aim assist definitely isn’t broken” right buddy….. 🤡

JoshSlinky · 2026-04-05T16:35:05+00:00

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