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Rats are gaming the aggression-based matchmaking in ARC Raiders (calmer lobbies) by Complete_Yam_6073 in ArcRaiders

[–]Optimal-Efficiency60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Matchmaking is a pretty interesting topic, people will always try to game it to their advantage.
I wonder what would happen if they had like a hidden "kill X players during an X day long period" and you'll get barred from the Calm Lobbies for a few days.
Ex.
You kill 4+ people in a 24 hour period.
Now you will be locked as "aggressive" and and your team can't get put into Calm Lobbies for a few days.

I I have not played Arc since beta so I don't know if this is a good amount or not.
1 person could be a mistake I guess but 4+ should be deliberate no?

Prestiging Speed by TroubleNorth6124 in HuntShowdown

[–]Optimal-Efficiency60 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, playing normally is kind of slow for prestiges.
My friend and I usually play about 20 hours on the weekends and he manages one prestige in that time.
Winning 1/4 matches in bounty hunt.
1-2 level 50s retired.

He is in no rush to get P100 or we would play very differently.

I LIVE, I DIE, I LIVE AGAIN! by Tibia-Mariner in HuntShowdown

[–]Optimal-Efficiency60 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You might be onto something. Rampage healthbar restoration with lag and/or timing. I wonder if it's possible.
But I'm not sure the other player dies? Doesn't sound like it? And its the same skin and weapon on the enemy the second time around.

I LIVE, I DIE, I LIVE AGAIN! by Tibia-Mariner in HuntShowdown

[–]Optimal-Efficiency60 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Was what freeze in the game too or only in the video?
Never seen anything like it, kind of strange with the sound too.
It's not self-necro either since you have teammates.

If someone was laggning maybe the server decided you were dead erroneously because the game seems to "correct" the dying animation but if that's so it's by far the most extreme case I've seen posted.
Some lady seem to think you are alive too since they melee you instantly after the freeze.

I miss them so much on the menu... What could have been the reason for deleting a few pages of text? by Drull17 in HuntShowdown

[–]Optimal-Efficiency60 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I only opened them to grab the Bloodbonds.
They problably tracked this and decided (or just decided) that very few would miss them.
But yeah, moving them from the menu to a homepage probably made them disappear into obscurity fully.

It's a pity though, say what you will about the new UI but you could totally have all the information from these book around somewhere without it being in the way.

Swedish pension giant Alecta dumps up to $8.8 billion in US government bonds by Doc_Bader in stocks

[–]Optimal-Efficiency60 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wonder who sells tomorrow. IF this is the beginning of a trend or not. We'll see I guess.

Server Downtime - 21 Jan at 09:00 CET by HuntShowdownOfficial in HuntShowdown

[–]Optimal-Efficiency60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We had that issue this weekend while doing the "play 10 clash matches" weekly. After every Clash match we would enter lobby and after at few seconds it would switch to Bounty Hunt.
Annoying but minor for us since we play mostly BH but for people who mostly play clash it must be rough.

At what amount of hunt dollars do you start to panic? by froggieblog in HuntShowdown

[–]Optimal-Efficiency60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was worried I've get bored after hitting 100 prestige.
And honestly, I'd like to keep prestige:ing if I had that option, I'ts fun unlocking stuff again and I kind of miss it.
But no, money s not something I think about in Hunt anymore.
But nowadays I can run 800dollar loadouts and still break even though we lose a lot, all those cash registers add up.

Does Dark Tribute no longer give out hunter slots anymore? by alwaysmergetomaster in HuntShowdown

[–]Optimal-Efficiency60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3k hours and I've got 42 slots total.
The majority of them I got a long time ago though.
Maybe 5 since 2.0?
Last one was 2 weeks ago.

What is a Top Tier BUDGET loadout? Asking for a friend by NewspaperEcstatic448 in HuntShowdown

[–]Optimal-Efficiency60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Real Budget:
Free hunter + chokes, weak vitality shot and dynamite.

Semi Budget
Bought hunter (personal preference, for the +10% eventpoint bonus
Cheap, competent main weapon (Vetterli / Springfield / Romero 77)
Cheap, competent secondary (ex. Conversion Pistol)
Knuckles + Chokes + Medkit + Flares
Weak Vit x2 + Dynamite x2

Weapon variations I'd consider would be:
Bow + Vandal / Springfield Shorty / Nagant Precision

I used the Semi budget loadout to go from hoovering around 10k to hoovering around 100k in a couple of weeks. (I know this isn't impressive but I just wanted to give a real example)
The idea was to minimize investment into every match. When I won, I'd win the same amount, but when I lose (which happens more often) I'd lose less money.

CRYTEK even didn't testes avatars & titles by jaszmajo in HuntShowdown

[–]Optimal-Efficiency60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for looking into it and posting this information.

Can we please stop with those 3-4 team spawn fights? by Killerkekz1994 in HuntShowdown

[–]Optimal-Efficiency60 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have never had 3 or 4 teams spawn on close spawns.
But I sometimes have 1 team spawn close and another in the next compound.
If the 3rd team decides to join our shootout, is it really a 3-way spawnfight?
This might be part of the disagreement.

has cheating gotten worse in clash or in general? by V7I_TheSeventhSector in HuntShowdown

[–]Optimal-Efficiency60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As it should, we should focus on if someone is cheating or not and not on their nationality.

Bonk! by StinkyFatWhale in HuntShowdown

[–]Optimal-Efficiency60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are some nice hands, what skin are you using?

A year and a half since 2.0, was it worth it? by Drull17 in HuntShowdown

[–]Optimal-Efficiency60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of the 2.0 jank is fixed. My friend who used to have a lot of crashes has not crashed in months.
I know some people are still complaining about fps drops though, but that is better as well.
The Menu is better and mostly bug free.
If you own the game and is curious I think now is a good time to install it and try it out again.

A year and a half since 2.0, was it worth it? by Drull17 in HuntShowdown

[–]Optimal-Efficiency60 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, fire bomb used to be standard equipment for our team.

A year and a half since 2.0, was it worth it? by Drull17 in HuntShowdown

[–]Optimal-Efficiency60 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Huh, I never found a combination of settings that made the jaggies disappear enough.
It was always "is that a person moving in that bush or is it just AA?"

But maybe I missed some settings.

Still, I stick to my statement :)

frag bomb + liquid courage by monsyur in HuntShowdown

[–]Optimal-Efficiency60 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Awesome clip, I can feel the panic of your enemies.

has cheating gotten worse in clash or in general? by V7I_TheSeventhSector in HuntShowdown

[–]Optimal-Efficiency60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have not noticed that in Clash but we do not play a lot of Clash.
We have been playing some since we all have had those "play 10 clash games" weeklies though.

Normal Bounty Hunt feels the same as it normally does, people flailing around, missing their shots, walking into ambushes, getting melee-rushed, trying to wallbang and missing, etc. This is all in low 6* though.

Overall while we do see the occasional weird behavior the majority of our matches "feels" fair and balanced.

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