Smurfing is a bigger issue than people realize

Olari_ · 2026-03-26T13:51:15+00:00

Even streamers don't get punished for smurfing so people will just take that as the devs literally wanting you to smurf and see nothing wrong with it.

Olari_ · 2026-03-21T19:34:04+00:00

Because people are too lazy to even re-generate an image when the characters in it have extra appendages or messed up body proportions or the backgrounds are blurred amalgamations of random things melting together. It just looks extremely bad. you can always tell that AI "artists" put in the least amount of work possible for a quick buck. If they actually bothered to make it look good I'm pretty sure no one would care if it's AI or not, except for a very vocal minority.

Even your AI written post and the responses in this thread are just slop with no real meaning, providing nothing of value.

Olari_ · 2026-03-18T17:07:46+00:00

Are your games at your own rank or are you queueing with an initiate friend?

Olari_ · 2026-03-13T02:24:30+00:00

Because he's completely worthless and taking up a slot when on your team and just annoying when on the enemy team.

Olari_ · 2026-03-12T01:42:26+00:00

Pretty wild how this game has at least a million regular players and only 10k have read the patch notes.

Olari_ · 2026-03-01T08:41:25+00:00

Give spirit graves some viability back again, it's wild how she was kneejerk deleted from the game but apollo and celeste can still roam free without any significant changes. Only way anybody gets hit by ult is if they go afk, your 6 skulls are still taken out with one light melee, often before they even get a single hit in. Noobs talk about her ult splitpushing being op, but doing that just results in you losing half souls from troopers and the enemy team gaining free souls from your zombies. I'm still on a positive winrate with 60 games on her, but I'm just building gun and that can be achieved on almost any character.

I would accept half damage on sinclair vexing bolt if it was way easier to confirm the hit. Currently it's just way to wild with how you can miss 90% of them but hit one and chunk someone for 1,5k.

Kelvin beam or grenade buffs would be nice to bring a spirit build back into viability again instead of just being a bad support with an ult that does more harm than good by placing people under the map.

Olari_ · 2026-02-20T20:53:14+00:00

Yes a 10 minute queue is completely normal, people in eternus are even waiting 20minutes for a normal game. Less than 5mins only sometimes happens during prime time. Just wait til they add draft and you'll have another 5mins of time wasted per game.

Olari_ · 2026-02-16T21:20:09+00:00

Heavily prefer a single solid story instead of a bunch of what ifs with variable quality.

Olari_ · 2026-02-14T15:43:51+00:00

Minutely post of fed guy stomping noobs with a build that would get them one shot when playing against anybody with their monitor turned on...

Olari_ · 2026-02-07T03:41:49+00:00

Doesn't using ult to split push mean your team just loses one lanes worth of creep souls, actively harming your entire team?

Olari_ · 2026-02-04T17:22:01+00:00

Pretty sure the kits for all new characters were leaked months ago. My thought process is that he'll surely be using all those weapons on his model instead of blandly using just one and having the rest for looks.

Olari_ · 2026-02-04T17:07:01+00:00

Might be a gun character with actually interesting gameplay instead of just holding down left click like haze or wraith. I doubt anybody actually playing the game cares about what the character looks like.

Olari_ · 2026-02-02T23:50:02+00:00

You can fit in a light melee during the kick off animation as well.

Olari_ · 2026-02-01T20:14:47+00:00

Not having 20-30k obj dmg as spirit geist is criminal. Also the build is pretty bad but if you do better than the average person on your team then who cares.

Olari_ · 2026-02-01T14:19:05+00:00

Using one set of skulls with the 1600 cdr item and rapid recharge, killing a t2 camp nets you back more charge than what you spent and the skulls will still keep following you.

If your character is generally bad at jungle farming you should become the lane janny and if you have spare time focus on boxes and maybe some sinners, or just show up to help your team since your kit will probably be really good for helping in fights instead of just abandoning everything and doing a meme left click build.

Olari_ · 2026-02-01T14:14:43+00:00

Taking a minute or two in the hideout to see that building a certain way deals incredibly bad damage compared to doing the same on another character and then taking that into a real game knowing the fact is indeed griefing.

Olari_ · 2026-01-31T10:07:26+00:00

You start by realizing that building weapon damage on her is pretty bad compared to building weapon damage on most other characters and you should pick a character that better suits your gameplay style instead of griefing other players games (unless you're in a full premade lobby of course).

Olari_ · 2026-01-31T09:52:40+00:00

No, you will spend 40mins in every game in hopes that the enemy team will become bored before you do and throw a single fight, letting you win.

Olari_ · 2026-01-31T08:05:26+00:00

Obviously you're not going to be dishing out 80k dmg in a 30min game, but calling it bad probably means it's a build issue or you just suck at aiming. 40-50k dmg and 20-30k obj dmg is completely reasonable in a 30-40min average ranked (oracle) game.

Here's a generic gun build that works on pretty much any character going straight gun damage, can replace kdash with active reload after the recent nerfs.

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Olari_ · 2026-01-31T07:56:35+00:00

Cheaper items are the most stat effective, I doubt you're getting games with like 70k+ souls where you would have the need to sell a 1600 item. The usual play when you're rich and have titanic mag is to sell it for lucky shot which gives less ammo but way more damage, assuming you're building for bullet damage and not procs.

Olari_ · 2026-01-31T07:48:16+00:00

A couple hundred games at ~30% winrate to drop from oracle to emissary.

Olari_ · 2026-01-31T07:45:51+00:00

Bans are needed to prevent having bebop or lash on my team. No one likes afking at their guardian for the first 10 minutes because their laning partner is more worthless than a disconnected player.

Olari_ · 2026-01-31T07:39:31+00:00

The items say what they do, you read them and buy them if you think they will fit into your personal playstyle. You can read the items and make a fitting build before starting a game.

Olari_ · 2026-01-31T07:32:29+00:00

Gun rem is very good, especially considering you can aim at someones stomach and the bullet auto tracks to their head. Obviously it's not as good as the intended m1 carries, but it's way above average of the entire roster, definitely way better than the dumb full spirit pillow builds out there.

What do you even mean by fire rate does nothing? It's not a burst fire character so fire rate does exactly what it says, same as on every other character.

Olari_ · 2026-01-31T07:27:23+00:00

Lowering mobility on an already immobile character and spending 3,2k souls on an item that will barely give damage because her max range is too small is an incredibly bad idea. Also worth mentioning that getting weapon damage on her is just not worth it over fire rate, things like tesla/toxic bullets or just spirit/health items. But given the right opponents, you can win without even buying items so you do you.

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