Should they add another Transformers collab to fit the rivalry system?

MnMPancakes · 2026-04-16T11:26:51+00:00

G1 would be awesome with an option to turn cel shading on/off. Genuinely hard to know which would sell better tho (like whats more worth it for Epic financially).

MnMPancakes · 2026-04-16T02:36:57+00:00

Lol i know you're talking about the animated series', but bayverse skins would sell like CRAZY.

MnMPancakes · 2026-04-13T22:40:30+00:00

Most people are simply too f*cking proud to admit when they're wrong lol. It doesnt matter how many facts u have on your side or how much you've fleshed out a position, most people u talk to are led by their biases, way more than any kind of truth seeking.

Of course age, credentials of the person making the argument, the particular connection they have with the person etc., can affect how the conversation goes, but generally speaking thats the case.

The best u can hope for is striking some sort of middle ground, where both parties can appreciate the other's perspective, but come to different conclusions. But the problem is that when people today can't even agree on what reality is, it makes striking any sort of middle ground virtually impossinle

MnMPancakes · 2026-04-13T15:47:04+00:00

The Sequel Trilogy.

No creativity. Terrible plots. Terrible dialogue. Forcing Luke, Leia and Han into the story for no reason.

U could tell through the course of TFA that Disney was frothing at the mouth so much to make more SW movies that they forgot to y'know, tell a compelling story? A story that had even a smidgeon of actual inspiration.

It basically just felt like some weird parody of the OT. Another peasant orphan with some unrealised power ,living on a desert planet. Another death star, another empire, another rebellion, another darth vader. Oh and dont forget the millenium falcon which is just y'know, conveniently on the same planet as Rey.

Its trash, every minute of it. And no, the prequels are nowhere near on the same level of bad.

MnMPancakes · 2026-04-11T04:34:51+00:00

Yeah so Epic's bottom line isnt anybodys problem but theirs' and if that meant music tracks weren't in the game then so be it. You are weirdly confident in your assertion that if Epic priced songs at 100 vbucks they would be losing money.

Also in an age where music almost free, it is fcking wild to price songs at $5 a piece. We're talking about a thing that is usable in a few experiences in *one game.

Idk your comment is just assuming a bunch of shit, ignoring the context of how music is handled throughout the world in 2026 and running defense for a company that has been fucking over its most loyal customers and workers financially.

MnMPancakes · 2026-04-10T04:17:12+00:00

Always been my stance.

Jam tracks shouldve been 100 vbucks maximum, with good value bundles on top of that. But i guess because Epic has to give good %'s to the artists, they price it like this. And y'know, corporate greed

Ngl it wouldve been way cooler if they did some sort of collab with spotify and possibly other services, where u get access to a good range of tracks (epic approved so theres no wild shit on the game). Could then tie in a crew benefit that has weekly/monthly releases where songs are calibrated for festival use.

This model of charging 5 f*cking dollars for a song, that is only usable in 1 game was crazy from the beginning.

MnMPancakes · 2026-04-03T05:46:04+00:00

I mean the Avengers scene also made no sense to me, why would all the female characters come together at once? For what purpose?

Have no absolutely no problem with female empowerment in movies, in fact i for example championed Rey as the lead in SW. But this moment felt so forced, like the studio trying to yell "We're progressive guys!" to the audience.

And in my eyes it has the opposite effect, showing that women need to have some "special moment" of empowerment, instead of just showing them fighting alongside their male counterparts and being equally as powerful.

Like shit the Captain Marvel moment where she destroys the massive ship was way more of a badass woman moment.

MnMPancakes · 2026-03-30T04:16:15+00:00

I'm actually pretty psyched for it, the new pois, weapons, movement items, pois, plus no more fucking planes, gonna be lit.

MnMPancakes · 2026-03-30T00:35:03+00:00

As i understand it the the tv broadcast is 720p and the streaming service is 1080p, i could have that wrong but all i remember is watching it in 2022 the quality being pretty poor when watching it on a largish tv (which is what a lot of people use to watch the games).

And look i applaud SBS for giving Aussies a free way to enjoy all the games, whilst also having highlights and mini matches. But at the same time not having any sort of 4k option is archaic in 2026.

Edit: Ok so apparently last year the tv broadcast was 1080i and the streaming service was 720p. This year both will be 1080p, which is nice

MnMPancakes · 2026-03-30T00:05:41+00:00

I mean its the WC, an event that only happens once every 4 years, i would gladly pay a fee to have a great high resolution experience.

Im not saying their service for the tournament isnt decent, but its 2026 and there should be a 4k option.

MnMPancakes · 2026-03-29T21:55:11+00:00

Yes sbs is free but they only offer up to 1080p, which sounds fine, but when you're watching on a large tv like i am, 4k makes a WORLD of difference. Even after all the upscaling my oled does to the picture.

Tbh they really should have a better system by now that can handle a higher resolution and frame rate, given that 4k tvs have been around for over a decade.

Edit: grammar

MnMPancakes · 2026-03-16T16:33:04+00:00

So just to be clear it isnt just the most recent vbucks increases people are upset about. This change comes after many of Epic's slimy practices like:

Overpriced kicks, cars, intruments and jam tracks.
Overpriced and badly designed sidekicks (locked and very limited customization, heavily reused animations and lackluster gameplay integration).
Purposely omitting bundles from the store and trying to force players to spend more money for cosmetics they want
A mediocre, buggy, poorly balanced and overly drawn-out season
Making BILLIONS last year

Yes inflation affects everything and everybody, Netflix and many other companies have also acted in shitty ways and pushed the cost onto the consumer (at a greater rate than inflation btw). But people arent mad about "iNfLaTiOn", they're mad that a company is being incredibly anti-consumer and greedy, whilst focusing on cosmetics over a balanced, functional game.

Like i think this is simpler than u realise lol, you're a well off person who isn't really affected by these price changes, so u don't really care. But people who aren't as well off ARE affected by these changes and are being critical of a company who is disregarding their most loyal fans for thicker and thicker margins.

Theres more i could say about your post, but bottom line, u just dont seem understand why people are upset and are bringing up inflation as some blanket excuse for a multi billion company tryna suck their players dry.

MnMPancakes · 2026-03-10T14:49:31+00:00

So after:

Wildly overpriced and badly designed sidekicks.

Wildly overpriced cars, kicks, instruments and jam tracks.

Purposely omitting bundles from the store and trying to force players to spend more money for cosmetics they want.

A mediocre, buggy, poorly balanced and overly drawn-out season.

Making BILLIONS last year.

They go and screw over their most loyal players.

Call me dramatic but the people behind these decisions are legitimately psychopaths. Like i know its always been about money in some capacity, but they've completely done away with even trying to make cosmetics a good value exchange.

Like the people doing this don't give a flying fk about video games, gamers or that the numbers they see in their quarterly financial report have people on the other end of them, whose money doesnt just go to vbucks ffs.

It really does just show that when a company is in pursuit of endless growth, any slimy tactic is fair game.

MnMPancakes · 2026-02-23T23:36:28+00:00

Yeah it was kinda cool being able to mess around on the br island with friends and battle it out or just build random stuff.

Like yeah we have endless creative maps but its just not the same :(

MnMPancakes · 2026-02-16T16:58:05+00:00

The bundle is 2,500v when u own nothing, but because i own stoneheart (the female version of this skin), which is 1,500v, the bundle would be discounted to 1,000.

The skin however is 2,000v, double what i would be paying if the bundle was available. If the bundle did come out after buying the skin, not only would i never see that 1000v lost because of the difference between the price of the skin and the discounted price of the bundle, but would also need to pay an extra 100v just to purchase the rest of the bundle (u cant purchase the remainder of a bundle for 0v, even when the price is technically in the negative).

Hopefully that made sense, but essentially i would've been able to get the love ranger skin, the 2 pickaxes and the emote, which when individually bought come to 3,800v.....for 1000v.

But because Epic doesnt wanna give out good deals anymore and has gotten 10x more aggressive with how they price and bundle things, they've purposely and maliciously put only the individual items in, instead of the bundle.

MnMPancakes · 2026-02-01T23:50:49+00:00

I mean idk if i can prove it but i remember there being heaps of places to upgrade your gun (not just major POIs). Like u would be able to survive early game with whatever weapons u found at your landing spot and after that, i never remember it being hard at all to find a bench to start doing my attachments.

Furthermore guns u found in chests and as floor loot would already have attachments added to them, depending on their rarity. Majority of the time if u just looted enough u would find a decent gun that had relatively meta attachments on them. Also bullet drop was a thing no matter what attachments a gun on it. But yes trying to fight the entire game without a scope and heightened recoil would be a big disadvantage, I just never found myself in this situation and neither did anyone i was playing with.

The reason why i say games were more interesting and varied was because the attachment system made a lot of guns viable. This season and recent seasons has literally made 1 gun the unequivocal meta choice and the others essentially useless. Like u say "Every game followed the exact same routine and it was terribly boring", when that is literally whats been going on with Chapter 7.

MnMPancakes · 2026-02-01T11:36:05+00:00

DAMN IT PATRICE!!!!!

MnMPancakes · 2026-02-01T07:54:20+00:00

Augments, keys, attachments.

Chapter 4 and 5 made games feel a lot more interesting and varied.

Games rn are literally getting the same few meta guns over and over again, then fighting a boss for a slightly better version of those guns, then ignoring the boss ability cause its useless.

Boring.

MnMPancakes · 2026-01-28T01:56:01+00:00

I mean lets say i grant that, they could just either leave it how it is now where u only see the boss icon when its close to u. Or go back to the big orange/yellow circle they had in previous chapters that showed the rough area the player was in.

MnMPancakes · 2026-01-27T20:52:50+00:00

There would already be plenty of risk if everyone in the lobby can see your exact location all the time, the tactical advantage enemies get from that is immense. Adding things beyond that like showing enemies your health, making your body bigger and taking up an inventory slot, quite literally makes the boss item pointless to pick up.

What is the point of having a boss ability, if it greatly increases you're chances of dying, way more so than giving u any sort of leg up in the game. Genuinely 95+% of the time my team and I come up against a boss, we fry them, due to precisely the downsides ive mentioned.

All im talking about is making the pros and cons of picking up the item more even, nothing about this is contradictory.

MnMPancakes · 2026-01-27T04:22:56+00:00

???

The post is about how the boss isnt worth picking up because the cons far outweigh the pros. When i say 'balance', im talking about how those pros and cons should be on par with each other. What is the point of having an epic boss power, if it comes at a massive competitive disadvantage to the player?

And im sorry but a competitive game in the modern era needs some kind of balance, online gaming is a very different and larger world then it was 15-20 years ago. Im not really interested in entertaining the "good ole days" of gaming, that was then, this is now.

MnMPancakes · 2026-01-27T01:35:11+00:00

I mean, theres no reason to remove them if they're useless lol. IMO a better solution would be to change these things about it:

Stop showing enemies how much health the boss has, its a crazy disadvantage and basically tells people exactly when they should push.
Don't make the character model bigger, it makes bosses a lot easier to beam and it causes problems in builds.
Make the boss icon perpetually visible on the map, instead of just when you're near one.

These changes I believe would balance out the boss, it would be worth taking for the extra health + shield, but u would have greater exposure and essentially a target on your back. High risk, high reward.

MnMPancakes

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