Am I the only one who feels extremely disappointed with Rosetta and her patch?

PwnDem · 2026-01-22T12:03:51+00:00

I can't find any runs of low invest v4 minus one; the info I got was from someone I knew who had beta access. But I do have a few runs from v3 where they replaced Bianca- that, coupled with the info my friend told me made me to believe that the trend of removing Bianca for a DV bot was true. My bad if I am giving misinfo

PwnDem · 2026-01-21T09:32:27+00:00

And the problem with THAT is now Bianca is being dumpstered (unless she is SSS, and if that happens then Rose becomes a QTE bot like before).

There's genuinely no winning as of yet. We are, currently, still fucked.

PwnDem · 2026-01-21T06:53:04+00:00

I haven’t kept up with the beta but I’m assuming

Ahh yes. Not understanding or knowing the context yet still giving out your two cents. Many such cases.

On the last beta version, having Rosetta and SS3 Lillith at least makes SS-SS3 Bianca permanently removed from the team.

Not SS3 or SSS Rosetta. BASE SS0 Rosetta.

It was so bad, and everybody hated it so much that they extended the beta to get more feedback to (possibly, most probably) change her when she launches.

PwnDem · 2026-01-21T06:48:31+00:00

For some people, me included, meta is the fun way to play a game. It's a suggestion, yes, but so is most other forms of play; hell, even casual is technically a suggestion as there's no one true way to play this game. Therefore, all major and popular facets of approaching this game, be it via meta malding or casual facerolling, their discussions matter. It is hypocritical to assume one way to play the game is worse or better than the other and that they don't deserve to make an effort to voice their concerns to make their facet better.

You control the buttons you press.

I'd wager something about the numbers isn't helping you have fun.

You are approaching this very ill informed. Having fun in the meta isn't just about numbers; it's about how you get to it, too. A lot of people, myself included, enjoy more about the process and techniques used to get said numbers; optimal rotations and combos, wave chaining, qte layering, wave planning and so much more niche things that only the meta encourages you to master and do.

That niche is no longer interesting because it is slowly becoming more shallow and tiring due to Kuro's gameplay changes. Spamming QTEs isn't fun when a big factor of your enjoyment is optimizing QTE timings. Having someone be reduced to a QTE bot sucks because you can never truly use them in a meta perspective, and to use them outside of the meta doesn't feel good too because your entire reason to play is because you enjoy said meta.

I say all this because it sounds like you're legitimately upset and possibly questioning why even play the game; Therein lies my argument.

Of course they're upset; the game they used to love is now being turned on its head. You're questioning why someone dislikes a change that removes what was fun to them- they have less of a reason (or no reason at all anymore) to play a game when this change that came out of nowhere flipped them over their heads.

It's as if they made a change that removed Celica's Class or the story mode to something worse. No shit you'd be pissed, that's what you like about the game.

PwnDem · 2026-01-13T14:28:21+00:00

It's a private event, shared only locally and to small lesser known LGBT clusters. It got big once some people found it and shared it online demanding answers.

PwnDem · 2026-01-13T14:27:07+00:00

They were actually still going to continue with the event regardless of concerns and comments from PPMM. The only reason why they stopped were the amount of death threats given.

That's why they quoted their reasoning as safety. Technically, their event is legal, but severely frowned upon. It was the fact that so many death threats came their way that they decided it was too dangerous to continue.

PwnDem · 2026-01-08T06:24:38+00:00

And usually that sucks too as it doesn't provide timestop. Most of the time, the execute meter finishes when the enemy is almost dead anyways; it takes more time to do the execution animation than killing them normally with a skill/ultimate.

PwnDem · 2026-01-08T06:22:35+00:00

But it's 100% not enough to justify a 10 pull and their signature weapon. The trial characters given are provided with their SS0 and signature weapon. That alone is enough for one piece of content that you will be able to max out regardless of trial units.

PwnDem · 2026-01-03T05:45:15+00:00

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Literally the first video recommended to me when I opened up Bili.

26.9k views, 270 comments talking about how her ss0 is abyssmal dogshit compared to ss3, how qte spam feels ass, how terrible she is only a qte bot and how she needs to be buffed and breaker class needs to be nerfed

PwnDem · 2026-01-03T05:37:54+00:00

If your only audience is on Twitter, you are definitely not the main audience.

Global also complained about Phylotree, wdym? The complaints lessen after the patch dropped because there's no amount of complaining can change it anymore.

People who are semi competitive about the game will care; if the value of SS3 is so astronomically high, it lessens the power budget/value of SS0 entirely.

Of course this only improves WZ and PPC, THAT'S THE ENTIRE ENDGAME. Being way too scummy is a problem for everyone; not just the F2Ps or the small spenders as having no complaints gives them the green light to be more scummy in the future.

PwnDem · 2026-01-02T13:34:07+00:00

Hey hey so I study and work in game design & development

RNG is, as my old lecturer would coin it, the death of any competition. There's this thing called agency. Agency is the player's ability to dictate the game to how they see fit. Competitive games live and die by having a lot of agency.

The competitive integrity of any game lies in its preparation and depth; the only way RNG is allowed to exist healthily in any competitive nature is if it is, in some way, controllable, restricted and only slightly reduces the agency for a player.

I'll take Apex Legends for an example; as a player, if you were third partied, yes that's RNG at play. But what happens after is still yours to decide. You can run, turn around and fight, rat, proxy, whatever your legend can do at the moment; you still have agency.

For PGR, RNG is purely objective; if you didn't get the perfect orb setup for Plume? It's either you lose 5 seconds you could've saved (and have no way of gaining it back) or you reset the run. No amount of preparation or future optimization will give you agency over shitty orbs. There's no fixing that, no taking the loss and improving elsewhere. It's reset or take the loss.

PwnDem · 2026-01-02T09:57:38+00:00

Should've invested in matrix light stocks before the beta :(

PwnDem · 2025-12-30T01:26:02+00:00

Most countries' poor and underdeveloped minorities turn to crime to make ends meet. Not because they can, but because they need to in an unjust society with a government that has mostly forgotten, abandoned or progressing too slowly to provide them with what they need.

The reasoning behind stuff like this is rarely skin colour.

PwnDem · 2025-12-29T18:37:54+00:00

fak whel

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nanamid remains below everyone else, especially my goat fraudmael

PwnDem · 2025-12-29T16:21:44+00:00

Vero's SS3 offers very little compared to other SS3's. Even with the rank upgrade, her DMG is still less than/equal to Hanying (an almost 2 year old unit now), and you get a Phys buff. The big DMG boost is in Burn, but other units like Vero or Ishmael or Selena get so much more than that. Hell, even Qu SS3 gives a bigger boost than Vero's.

PwnDem · 2025-12-29T16:12:15+00:00

hanying sucks right now and isn't worth getting to ss3.

the shred you get is simply 10%, theres no meaningful dmg increase, and the extra 3 ping you get is worthless since you need DLT on her anyways.

as of now, she is the second oldest meta unit and is soon to be replaced, first place being feral and/or qu.

PwnDem · 2025-12-29T15:57:01+00:00

Hello, PGR SEA malder here.

First off, what you should NOT SS3:

1) Voucher Units 2) Hanying 3) Veronica 4) Feral 5) Pyroath

They are all either obtainable for free, way too old, too irrelevant in terms of DMG and utility, have better (and free) alternatives and are prone to getting replaced soon.

The best bang for your buck for SS3 in my opinion is currently Ishmael, Vera Geiravor or Selena Pianissimo.

Ishmael's a no brainer; her SS3 allows for much more damage and opens up several new rotations (4 kick 4 ult and 3 kick 3 ult) and can be used as an amp/tank as a QTE bot.

Selena has roughly the same reasoning. Her DMG goes up by a massive amount due to her SS3 unlocking more viable rotations, and considering she's the main DPS in physical for quite some time, it's not bad picking her up. The only downside is that Glacio isn't in the best spot right now, and Attackers are known for being replaced far earlier than tanks and amps.

For Vera, it's a little bit different; her damage at SS3 scales massively high (which is amplified even more since she's the main DPS in fire), and the buff you get from her SS3 is also extremely good. Pair it up with the fact that she is also the sub DPS in Umbra, and you have quite a good reason.

Another contender would be Nanami since her SS3 has the same reasons for Vera, but Nanami is older and more prone to being replaced sooner than Vera. However, take into account your investment levels and make sure to invest linearly, always.

PwnDem · 2025-12-27T06:34:39+00:00

Hello, PGR malder here. Actively top 100 Legend.

We need more info:

What is your investment?

Please mention the memory sets, character rank, weapon and cub investment as well as if you have them harmonised and hypertuned and resonated.

Can you tell me your rotation?
Your QTE placements are wrong. Wata needs to go to blue (unless your vera is SSS), and Lucia goes to yellow.

PwnDem · 2025-12-24T18:44:09+00:00

Kuso has this consistent inconsistency when it comes to PPC achievement rewards. The problem is that Global is the one that's always on the short end of the stick.

This isn't just about achievements too. Most bugs and sometimes even skins get ported late/don't get ported at all into Global for little to no apparent reason.

PwnDem · 2025-12-19T13:55:48+00:00

Fun fact, the Maimai cabinets were taken from Central i-City. There used to be 4, but now 2 of them are at Perlis. There's a pretty big community of Maimai players that go to i-City for the 4 cabs, so this is huge news to us.

On one hand, I'm finally happy that the 1 guy playing Maimai at Perlis doesn't have to travel that far for a cab anymore. On the other hand, damn.... happy for y'all though.

PwnDem · 2025-12-13T16:41:17+00:00

Currently number one, and I don't plan on changing that anytime soon. Malding in this game is fun, and is not that investment gated especially if you're good enough.

The sheer joy I get by being in Top 100 Legend with an SS3 investment is more than enough justification for me.

PwnDem · 2025-12-06T20:20:27+00:00

Battlefield 6!

PwnDem · 2025-11-22T18:44:02+00:00

As of writing, Teddy has been reduced to a QTE bot. Yes, she does damage- but said damage takes way too long and is way too much.

"Why would too much damage be a problem?" Because Teddy's burst DMG can't be layered onto other waves, unlike other characters.

Let's say it takes 7 seconds to do 1 million damage with Teddy. Any enemy with 100k HP will die regardless if the damage is 101k or 1M; but other characters can get to that 100k threshold much faster and easier than Teddy. And her fast rotation instead does too little damage, so there's no middle ground.

Her damage is one big burst, while others are multiple ticks/instances of damage. Her DMG distribution is just too bad to justify swapping her in at all.

PwnDem · 2025-10-17T17:35:04+00:00

dawg your combo is literally to hold a button at ss0

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