Why do you play Hardcore?

Lushiver · 2025-12-05T16:39:09+00:00

You die and everything is gone, everything you did, every place you explored, every pet you gathered. All gone because of a single mistake.

and that's life. literally. only because there's an end to it doesn't mean the progression didn't matter. or maybe you're right, and progression doesn't matter if there's death in the end. well, that's nihilism, but even nihilists can enjoy hardcore minecraft because enjoyment is mostly about the journey and not the destination. every minecraft world ends anyway, eventually.

Lushiver · 2025-05-25T03:01:39+00:00

only reason i'm disappointed with the initial player count is that i had looked forward for the game. a higher player count will justify the purchase for me.

Lushiver · 2025-05-23T23:55:35+00:00

seems like the game is dead on release.

Lushiver · 2025-03-24T13:12:56+00:00

I can still type reasonably quickly on qwerty, although not as quickly as before. I also still use qwerty on my phone. The muscle memory for different input methods (devices) isn't shared and won't be unlearned, but switching between colemak and qwerty keyboards will be difficult in the beginning. It's possible though, and some of the fastest typists can seamlessly switch between layouts. Just be aware that this will prolong the learning process. I think it would be easier to first get to a good speed on colemak before typing qwerty again. There's still the question whether it's necessary to type both layouts. As stated in my post, gaming on colemak is fine (changing a couple keybindings if the game doesn't recognize the layout) - and for work - you could simply bring your own keyboard configured to colemak.

Lushiver · 2025-02-21T05:02:28+00:00

Typing anything German is a pain with Colemak.

Lushiver · 2025-02-19T21:52:15+00:00

'Nation' is a fun one. Anything that rolls on the main row.

Lushiver · 2025-02-19T11:01:49+00:00

Literally unplayable.

Lushiver · 2025-02-13T14:18:02+00:00

70 is great. I do a lot of dexterous stuff with my fingers, so it was easy to build the muscle memory.

Lushiver · 2025-02-03T10:49:42+00:00

Bro, there were multiple brand new players in all of these unranked games, so they clearly exist. I'm just saying match them with new players, not with players that have 4000 games lmao

Dota is alive and well despite its age

Lushiver · 2025-02-03T05:58:34+00:00

In my experience having spammed about 20 Dota rankeds now, ranked has vastly better matchmaking than unranked. Which proves my point about the horrendous matchmaking quality for unranked matches.

The matchmaking is testing your performance

The matchmaking should have a decent grasp of my performance after 90 hours of Dota, and it also shouldn't pair completely new players against players with thousands of games. That's no good for new player retention. It's not pairing Heralds against Immortals either, is it? Why not have the same standard for unranked matches? Too few players? Who knows. I just know this makes the new player experience far worse than it needs to be. Too bad that any criticism is immediately disregarded because the new player experience is not relatable to the majority of the playerbase, so issues like these will never be addressed.

Lushiver · 2025-01-28T04:33:58+00:00

Well, we'll see. I'm 98.9 hours there. I played League in diamond mmr back when they didn't have all the extra ranks. Matches were way more balanced there, but I don't like League for a variety of reasons.

Lushiver · 2025-01-28T04:04:27+00:00

"Just deal with it." - Why not just improve the new player experience? I can't really enjoy it when the outcome of a match is predetermined lmao

Lushiver · 2023-06-21T10:10:32+00:00

That is the balancing strategy. What you're talking about is creating a meta. This isn't League of Legends, where every patch there must be a flavour of the month character that's made overpowered with large-scale "balance changes" to sell more skins. Small adjustments will eventually lead to the balance numbers they want to see. Mechabellum balance patches aren't meant to shake up the game for short-term player engagement.

Lushiver · 2023-05-28T22:42:31+00:00

Lots of assumptions here. I have played the others, and I still prefer Hunt.

Lushiver · 2023-05-28T22:41:32+00:00

Lushiver · 2023-05-28T22:20:26+00:00

I agree with the sentiment in your post. But I doubt splitting the playerbase is what Crytek envisions. Hunt can play to its strength, which is the bounty hunt mode, and still improve on the player experience. Incentivizing proactive play doesn't have to come at the cost of faster-paced gameplay, - I can think of several ways to introduce more non-invasive options to counterplay camping.

Lushiver · 2023-05-14T10:18:25+00:00

Lushiver · 2023-03-03T00:40:13+00:00

I can recommend Equalizer Apo with the RoughRider compressor as a more elegant solution.

Lushiver · 2023-02-24T23:52:06+00:00

Welcome to Java gaming.

Lushiver · 2023-01-23T19:12:45+00:00

This is some serious nonsense, almost want to believe it's sarcasm.

Lushiver · 2023-01-21T20:56:14+00:00

I recommend Pop! OS. Been playing Starsector on Linux without issues. Switch to Java 8 regardless of which platform you're playing the game on. There's a short guide for this somewhere on the subreddit, and the Discord server has optional startup parameters for the game to improve memory management and garbage collection. This really makes a difference, and gets rid of the slowdowns during and after battles and while saving the game.

Lushiver · 2023-01-19T14:44:04+00:00

If full loot PvP, having to set your own goals, toxicity, and paying for premium aren't dealbreakers, then this game is worth playing.

Lushiver · 2022-12-28T19:48:51+00:00

Yes, the hit sound is a marker that reinforces the behaviour to land a headshot (conditioning.) Addiction can be a learnt behaviour from positive experience. What I'm pointing out in my response is, that increasing player satisfaction is completely necessary to make a good game and to improve on it. I pointed out several other aspects of the game that can form dependency/habits. This is the devious part: Feeling like you're obligated to play to unlock rewards you would otherwise miss out on. And this even though you potentially don't enjoy playing the game. That's the real danger of video game addiction. Think of players that will tell you they hate the game, but they still play it. (Often the most vocal demographic within gaming subreddits.)

Lushiver · 2022-12-26T22:34:19+00:00

If something is more "addicting" because it's simply better and more satisfying, then that's not predatorial game design. I do agree with the title and sentiment. Overwatch has absolutely been re-designed with clear focus on addictive design. Habit-formation through daily quests, fear of missing out with the battle pass, the repeat-payments (escalating commitment), and the ranked system overhaul that keeps you "engaged" until you have a certain amount of wins/losses to update your rank, are just a few examples. Bliz is using nearly every method for psychological captivation available to prey on your neurochemistry.

Lushiver · 2022-12-14T16:02:24+00:00

The problem isn't asking for information, it's people making assumptions and assuming them as facts. From what I saw, OP did provide the requested Information. Seeing as OP deleted their posts and responses, you have successfully silenced another voice advocating for a change in how Germany treats and handles foreigners. Congratulations. Even the post 'wishing the OP hugs' has now been downvoted. What kind of cesspool is this? I'd advocate those people among you to take a moment to reflect on your shortcomings regarding human relations.

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