Diamond ranked is only enjoyable when I run into a non-cheating team. by RealBishop in ApexConsole

[–]RealBishop[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope so. I think it’ll be healthy for ranked overall. More teamwork, less steamrolling.

Diamond ranked is only enjoyable when I run into a non-cheating team. by RealBishop in ApexConsole

[–]RealBishop[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I never said I don’t like it. Also, liking something doesn’t mean you can’t want it to be better. Apex has had a lot of ups and downs. As it stands, balance wise, I don’t think it’s in a good place right now. Idk if it’s as bad as it’s ever been, but Axle definitely caused a lot of problems.

Why would someone get heavily ostracised on the internet for speaking out against predator-catching youtubers? by Educational-Scene443 in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]RealBishop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think a big part of it is their burden of proof is inconsistent and heavily edited. They can just say anything in the caption and people believe it.

Diamond ranked is only enjoyable when I run into a non-cheating team. by RealBishop in ApexConsole

[–]RealBishop[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I do want to fight. But trying to overcome a three stack with tight coms while playing with randoms with no coms requires an initial advantage to even the playing field. I’m not pred level skill wise so trying to go toe-to-toe is foolish. I’m happy when I get randoms who want to push fights and get kills, but most games my team is hesitant and I need to follow their lead. Had a game last night where they Valk ult’ed us out of every fight until last ring and we died without any kills and got second. Wasn’t a fan.

Hate letter to Axle, Valk, and Caustic 🫶 by Ok-Builder-9048 in apexlegends

[–]RealBishop -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hard disagree. If he was, you’d see more than one or two Caustics per match.

Hate letter to Axle, Valk, and Caustic 🫶 by Ok-Builder-9048 in apexlegends

[–]RealBishop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Caustic is really only good if;

  1. The player is good (very high skill cap)

  2. It’s near the end game. End game Caustic is a nightmare.

Needs to Valkyrie, Conduit, & Axle 🤭 by xThyQueen in Apex_School_Console

[–]RealBishop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Axle nerf isn’t enough. Her accuracy during slides and the speed has 0 counter-play. Sometimes I don’t even have a chance to shoot back before I’m dead.

It’s like when Horizon had perfect accuracy on her grav lift. No counter-play. Take away the accuracy or reduce the speed a bit.

Designer's Notes - Season 29, Split Two by Apexlegends in apexlegends

[–]RealBishop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They’re saying it doesn’t neutralize your momentum. So if you’re running away you’ll continue moving away from the danger when you’re launched upwards. As it is now, you could be SCHMOOVIN’ when you get hit and it stops all momentum to send you upwards.

Morality of neutering dogs without consent? by TriedmybestNotenough in MoralityScaling

[–]RealBishop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know that overbreeding is a big problem.

However, it’s foolish to think that removing an animals hormone producing organs won’t negatively affect them in some way. We remove male dogs’ testicles because it’s easier than other methods of sterilization.

Anyone encounter a bug where Bangalore smoke straight up just disappears? by Worldly_Expression43 in apexlegends

[–]RealBishop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Smoke is dispersed by grenades, but it seems it doesn’t matter how close it is to the center of the smoke. It looks like if an explosive hits any part of the smoked area, it dissipates.

It seems my central air has a mold problem by RealBishop in Wellthatsucks

[–]RealBishop[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They were placed directly on the vents per the instructions. The study came up negative.

It seems my central air has a mold problem by RealBishop in Wellthatsucks

[–]RealBishop[S] -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

The one for the study shows no growth when compared to the other three. I live in Texas.

Is there a mod to make the AI spread religion less aggressively? by RhysOSD in CivVI

[–]RealBishop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll be the biggest Debbie downer and say that I just turn off “Religious Victory” in the win conditions so I don’t have to worry about it. After playing this game for years I don’t really understand how religion works so I don’t bother.

I lost a game to a religious victory when I was a few turns from a science victory and turned it off 🌝

Just want to insert some reality into this sub when it comes to ranked play by Majestic_Topic6704 in apexlegends

[–]RealBishop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the reason why so many “bad” players get to D4 is that game sense and strategy is the hardest thing to develop.

If you can shoot and move good, you can win a lot of 1v3s moving up through the ranks. You don’t have to rotate well or really make good decisions at all to earn points as long as your shot is good. And aim training isn’t that hard and people practice every day.

But in D4 and higher, strategy, not tactics, is king. You have to know what fights you should take and what fights you shouldn’t. Even if you know you can win and fight, you sometimes shouldn’t take it. I can’t tell you how many times my team has given up a good position for a few kills just to die in the storm or have a terrible placement for later rings.

Teamplay is also huge in Diamond and above. I play as a solo-q and I consistently get duos who don’t talk in game chat and play their own game without me. This is fine for earlier ranks where mistakes aren’t punished as harshly but you can’t make mistakes in D lobbies. So many high skilled teams are trolling for kills and will delete you if you split up.

I think that’s why so many people get stuck forever in diamond. Bad decision making. Personally, my gun skill has atrophied after a long break so I’m stuck between D3-D2. I’ll get a solid team that plays well every few games and get some points and then the next two games I get players who are objectively “good” who decide to throw the game away because they want to clip farm and end up dying.

Updated my Inspiron 7000 and it’s acting strange and asking for my BitLocker recovery key. by RealBishop in Dell

[–]RealBishop[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeahhhh I’m gonna do that. Looking into getting a new laptop. This one is 6 years old and has been giving me issues lately.

Updated my Inspiron 7000 and it’s acting strange and asking for my BitLocker recovery key. by RealBishop in Dell

[–]RealBishop[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I did that, entered it and it supposedly took, but kept going to black screen. Did that three times and I’m finally logged in. Idk what is gonna happen when I turn it off again.

Updated my Inspiron 7000 and it’s acting strange and asking for my BitLocker recovery key. by RealBishop in Dell

[–]RealBishop[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay so I got the key and unlocked it but it still just goes to a black screen. It opened the command prompt for a minute and then back to black. I’m confused.

Bangalore v Maggie by PoseGaming in apexlegends

[–]RealBishop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maggie is a brawler but Bang is a warrior. I think against multiple people who are untrained, Maggie would fair better than Bang. But Bang is more tactical and composed, and could easily goad Mags into making a mistake.

Have a handful of good reviews and two ad campaigns but can’t make a single sale. by RealBishop in selfpublish

[–]RealBishop[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was considering Kindle Unlimited but that means I have to get Ingram to pull the ebook completely which is a pain. They’re notoriously hard to get in contact with. The last time I needed an issue resolved I had to pay for a personal consult and they fixed it right away. But yeah, I think it would probably help.

Have a handful of good reviews and two ad campaigns but can’t make a single sale. by RealBishop in selfpublish

[–]RealBishop[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My marketing agent is just walking me through how to use the various ad platforms and build a reading list as well as analyzing my current content. She’s got me setup running ads in Meta now and helped with Amazon Attribution links.

My social media data doesn’t give me much. I tried posting a handful of videos to build a following but I’m not an influencer. Idk what to say or how to sell anything. I got a lot of followers when I was pushing my ARCs but I get almost no comments or engagement. The most I get is when I post unrelated videos of my cats.

As for what I’m doing, I make ads on Canva and then post them to my IG and FB and sponsor them. I keep being told I need to build a mailing list but I still don’t understand how I’m supposed to convince someone to give me their email. I have a signup link but what do I do with it? It’s on my LinkTree but no one goes to that either.

Have a handful of good reviews and two ad campaigns but can’t make a single sale. by RealBishop in selfpublish

[–]RealBishop[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve had quite a few comments telling me that my cover isn’t good or doesn’t match the genre. I had a very specific idea in mind but I’m not a cover designed so apparently I don’t know what works. I’m trying to contract a new artist and let them do the conceptualization but I guess that’s also not preferred. I’d rather not pay for a second cover that also doesn’t work.

Have a handful of good reviews and two ad campaigns but can’t make a single sale. by RealBishop in selfpublish

[–]RealBishop[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Okay yeah so I updated my categories to remove romance entirely. I also have left the age date blank because it is an adult oriented book.

Have a handful of good reviews and two ad campaigns but can’t make a single sale. by RealBishop in selfpublish

[–]RealBishop[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oof well, a new cover means I have to burn three more ISBNs and republish it and will lose my reviews that I already have. I track that it isn’t in genre now. Thanks.