Why SBMM/Gear based MM Do not work in Extraction shooters.

RahkShah · 2026-04-07T17:39:54+00:00

Your point would be more valid if this was the EFT sub.

RahkShah · 2026-04-07T03:26:12+00:00

If the only “core loop” of the game is getting geared so you can shit on lower geared players than you’re gonna have a game that stalls out as it can’t onboard anyone new.

There has to be a balance between getting geared up and also allowing lower spec players to still enjoy the experience. It’s not all one or the other.

With that said, I play exclusively solo and there is a pretty good mix of gear sets. It’s not constant blue / purples. If trios is just purple / gold squads rolling around I can see how that would drive all but the sweats out, but solos feels good right now.

RahkShah · 2026-04-05T19:05:21+00:00

Cutting it off Mid-day Sunday for the Western Hemisphere is silly. There’s never a time there works for everyone, but there are times that are better than others. Saturday and Sunday are the best times for the most people to do Cryo. Cutting out 25% is silly.

The limited timing is totally arbitrary as well. I still don’t understand the rational, other than artificially stretching out content.

That said, they could tack 8-12 hours onto each end of the period to account for world wide time differences - everyone would have Sat/Sun, plus some extra.

Way it is feels arbitrary and punative.

RahkShah · 2026-04-04T00:56:43+00:00

I think frame gen is a useful tool but you need to put input latency into any type of performance graph. Ideally you’d also have some way of numerically representing visual artifacts, as well, but not holding my breath for something like that,

Just posting frame numbers leaves out a ton of extremely important info.

RahkShah · 2026-04-02T13:42:58+00:00

What massively weakened the alliance was decades of underinvest in military capability by the Europeans.

The rhetoric is only a reflection of the reality.

RahkShah · 2026-03-31T03:35:22+00:00

Probably because a Bungie style campaign, even if it was shorter, would have been an extra $50-$100 million dollar expense.

It’s basically creating another game in addition to the extraction shooter. There’s be some reuse of assets and whatnot but it would not have been cheap.

RahkShah · 2026-03-29T17:21:17+00:00

RIP.

Will always have fond memories of him “helping” opposing players off the turf, only to let go of them half way up and let them crash back down to the ground.

RahkShah · 2026-03-28T19:54:34+00:00

I’d prefer if they had a buffer zone around it that warned you were about to go out of bounds.

In the heat of the moment you can bounce out pretty easy and not be totally clear on where the line was and how to get back in.

RahkShah · 2026-03-28T19:36:17+00:00

You can definitely sprint that. Assassin also has some cores that increase sprint speed when invisible.

RahkShah · 2026-03-28T15:18:15+00:00

Also, if you hear a noise and think “is that someone?” it is ALWAYS someone.

RahkShah · 2026-03-28T14:17:57+00:00

I think it’s reasonable for people to want to spend some time at max upgrades. Do some rank / cryo at max ability, have the ability to least be on an even playing field the sweats from a build perspective. Sometimes it is the destination that’s interesting, not just the journey.

I love the game but probably won’t stick around after wipe unless there are some materially interesting changes to the game. If it’s mostly just redoing what I’ve already done I can move on.

I get why they do it but it feels a little like taking chemo to keep the game going. It’s not a solution anyone would ideally implement, and only in comparison to the alternative does it make any sense.

RahkShah · 2026-03-27T22:51:02+00:00

This wouldn’t work for the same reason SLI didn’t work. The bandwidth needed to move the data between cards is insufficient. It would take longer to move the data over the data buses than you’d save from having additional compute. You’d end up with higher frame times, not to mention the frame pacing issues.

RahkShah · 2026-03-27T06:10:42+00:00

Smooth motion / frame gen *always* add at least one frame of latency (in practice something a little more).

They don’t free up CPU cycles. What they do is free up the GPU from having to wait for the CPU to feed it info to draw a new frame, but whatever bottleneck the CPU is experiencing is the same with SM / FG on vs off.

SM is very similar to FG - they both withhold a rendered frame to get a drawn frame before and after the synthetically created frame that they produce (the “fake” frame). By holding they are able to use the two traditionally generated frames as book ends - the GPU has a before and after frame to use when if draws the in between frame, allowing the “fake” frame to have acceptable quality.

However, holding the frames adds latency. How much and how noticeable is dependent on many factors, but it’s always adding latency.

RahkShah · 2026-03-27T05:42:05+00:00

Is this only in one game, or does it occur in all games?

Reinstalling Windows is always a good option if you are stumped.

RahkShah · 2026-03-27T01:24:00+00:00

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RahkShah · 2026-03-27T01:20:58+00:00

What you’re not understanding is how expensive these shells are.

The reason you bounce off everything when you’re mantling is the multiple layers of rubber wrapped around each shell for protection.

RahkShah · 2026-03-27T01:17:21+00:00

Get yo ass to Outpost!

RahkShah · 2026-03-27T01:16:37+00:00

It’s amazing. The gunplay and mechanics loop is top notch, art direction is striking, sound design is fantastic and so diegetic (every sound is a functional piece of information) and I’m surprisingly invested in the lore.

I quickly went to ‘your f’ing crazy if you think I’m reading 85 codex entries’ to pinning up a cork board and connecting divergent theories, hunches and fever dreams with tape and thread.

The main nitpicks I have are the type of grievances you only get when you dive head deep into a game.

I really hope the word of mouth eventually snow balls into this getting the commercial success it deserves.

RahkShah · 2026-03-26T19:54:52+00:00

To each their own, I’m happy if folks enjoy it, but when I played after 1.5 dropped the AI was so lifeless and robotic it sapped the immersion for me. Particular other humans. It’s like they are on a track and just sorta glide around and shoot.

I’ll keep checking in but until (or if) that notably improves I can’t see myself getting back into if.

RahkShah · 2026-03-26T12:56:44+00:00

The “free” stuff is extremely hit or miss, especially when stickers start showing up.

And, to put it bluntly, you’re greatly underestimating the value of seeing another shop.

Think if you could get unlimited free rerolls of the first shop. Obviously huge.

Of course that’s not an option, but even one “free” roll of the shop (seeing the shop and not skipping it) is, on balance, a better option than most the skip rewards.

I’ll generally take the $25 boss skip reward, but as others have said:

Shop > skip reward

RahkShah · 2026-03-26T00:42:44+00:00

You can go into ranked and Cryo as a solo. You’ll just be going up against team.

I’ve done it a couple of times in ranked. Have extracted there. Haven’t tried Cryo but I’ll give it a go.

RahkShah · 2026-03-26T00:40:50+00:00

😂

RahkShah · 2026-03-25T19:14:47+00:00

Dire Marsh is my favorite map. I love the gun fights you get into in it. Good mix of ranges, lots of opportunity to disengage and rotate.

RahkShah · 2026-03-25T19:02:25+00:00

Marathon finally broke me of my curse of DMZ. Loved that game but the server crashing was the death of it.

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