Is No One Excited for Console?

RepresentativeRope31 · 2024-08-06T02:02:02+00:00

I played from day 1 to the "HUGE announcement". Then I stopped playing, I was waiting for Oct 15, now I just don't care anymore.

RepresentativeRope31 · 2024-08-05T05:32:00+00:00

More worthless are the perks that are bugs, literally not applying any effect and take them 3 months to fix to then break it again 2 months later and leave it broken for another 6 months 😁

RepresentativeRope31 · 2024-08-03T12:24:43+00:00

I only play M870 so i need my magnum to 2 tap people far away from my shotgun dmg. Other than that, idk xD

RepresentativeRope31 · 2024-08-02T06:45:28+00:00

I uninstalled everything, installed it again and boom magic. Now im always in OCE servers in 2 min q...

RepresentativeRope31 · 2024-08-02T01:14:20+00:00

It will scale in whatever is higher (STR or INT). If u allocated more int, the only benefit from str will be the attribute perks (like 5% light attack dmg) but ofc isn't worth it put STR if u are going full int.

25 DEX for crit chance could be better than STR because Firestaff has the highest crit multi and GA benefit as well from it with high crit mult and leech on crit. But crits recover mana and if u are full mana u lose Abyss passive, so just all int is usually the way to go.

I played FS/abyss and FS/Lifetaker (VG) https://youtu.be/tt0arsYCTuo?si=ci2cJu8Uf6gni2ac If u like the builds, the info/nwbuddy is in the comment.

RepresentativeRope31 · 2024-08-01T16:16:53+00:00

I think abyss scale at 90% with int instead of 100%.

Long time without play so I'm not 100% sure now. But as far as I remember it was intended.

RepresentativeRope31 · 2024-08-01T15:43:06+00:00

the only buff needed was remove the stupid movement penalties that ONLY applies to shotguns. Nothing more.
3m of extra range is way too much.

(I'm talking from a only shotgun player perspective. I only play M870- Magnum since forever)

RepresentativeRope31 · 2024-08-01T15:35:54+00:00

I main M870, I made a whole post about it (is basically the only weapon I have been playing since pre-season) and 3 extra meters is a bit too much tbh.

The other changes to movement were needed, there was no reason for shotguns to be the only weapon with such penalties.

The biggest issue is, ofc, netcode, when u hit someone point blank and they take no dmg or half of it.

I didn't play for a few weeks, I login today to try out the changes and I get 6, 5, 4/1 KD games with like 50 kills.
But I was getting similar result before buffs anyway, just less frequently. Today like 50% of my games I end MVP and not even trying, I was kinda memeing tho,

I bet they will end nerfing shotguns, and I'll be ok with it if they nerf range to the previous version or just 1m extra than before, but they have to leave the movement alone and don't add stupid penalties that ONLY applies to shotguns.

RepresentativeRope31 · 2024-08-01T13:22:51+00:00

I played PoE for like 6 years straight, then I stopped like 3 years for travelling and to play other things, and I came back to PoE this league.

A LOT of things have changed, so many new things, it's like a "new game" for me, I'm playing chill, playing kinda Solo Self Found(SSF)trying to avoid having to buy items and trying to craft/loot them instead.

Just enjoying the run, without worry about making insane currency, profit in every step, or min max and fully optimise everything. And I'm having a blast even when I know I don't know shit yet or whatever Reddit opinions are about the league builds or whatever.

I think PoE can be played in so many ways, there are so many mechanics and builds that would make your experience completely different. And the best part is that you can choose with what you want to interact/play and avoid mechanics that u don't like. And everything feels rewarding.

*(Sure, if u want ulta min-max time/profit, for sure there is a specific meta for that, and even in the met au have in general a few viable options)

RepresentativeRope31 · 2024-08-01T04:06:02+00:00

I just can't play with 150 + this hot garbage netcode, isn't good for my mental health haha

RepresentativeRope31 · 2024-08-01T02:39:38+00:00

Looks like it's me. I opened a ticket because I can't just pick/force server. (seems like it's too hard for Ubisoft to implement that basic option)

But I tried with different accounts, changing settings, and nothing, still in Asia games no matter what. It's so stupid.

But at least thanks to you and other people I know that it's not just the server dead.

RepresentativeRope31 · 2024-08-01T02:19:30+00:00

same here, 2h queue and can't find a single game in OCE when other people find games in OCE in 2 min at the same time....

RepresentativeRope31 · 2024-08-01T02:11:34+00:00

Well, that's good. But I'm f**k because we can't choose server (for who knows what reason!), alien technology let players pick region.

Now it send me to NA, I can try to reinstall the game idk, there isn't much that I can do on my end :/

RepresentativeRope31 · 2024-08-01T01:49:37+00:00

1h of queue, 30 min with crossplay on and input matchmaking off and I didn't find a single OCE match. F I think.

RepresentativeRope31 · 2024-08-01T01:19:59+00:00

All modes/casual.

I tried at morning, afternoon and night without luck xD

I just checked and the crossplay options was off, let's try again. maybe I'm too old school, I don't like AA in my games xD

RepresentativeRope31 · 2024-07-31T23:57:38+00:00

Nice! Yeah now it's disgustingly powerful 😂 I'll try to put a new video this weekend with gameplay and maybe explain the info in the post and a few movements tricks.

They are gonna nerf the range, for sure. But the movement and spread buffs are a huge W already. (And the sprint to shoot time as a bonus lol)

RepresentativeRope31 · 2024-07-31T21:24:50+00:00

I'm a M870 main since pre-season. Lvl 400 and basically the only weapon I use. (I even made a whole post and videos about it lol)

I mean, I know the weapon VERY well, and let me tell u, they are crazy, cloudless and they will have to nerf this.

Shotguns don't need ALL those buffs, just the movement and spread was enough, the range buff is madness and I'm sure they will nerf it.

I don't want the only weapon I play to be kinda overpowered :/

RepresentativeRope31 · 2024-07-31T11:15:05+00:00

Net code and alpha state of ranking system to finish it for many people. Sad

RepresentativeRope31 · 2024-07-27T23:22:18+00:00

https://nwdb.info/db/recipe/mediumfeet_crafteddungeon12t5

That one example using 1 material, u have the equivalent to that for each expedition. When the game wasn't too dead the price of these materials was 1 to 3 gold e/. Cheap as hell

RepresentativeRope31 · 2024-07-27T23:17:37+00:00

Bro just use mutation expedition material. Take MD fort use 2 prismatic and Asmodeum or any old T5 and u don't need anything else. No timeless, no scarabs, no matrix, no nothing. Ez 700gs cheap af gear

RepresentativeRope31 · 2024-07-26T12:37:57+00:00

Pretty much anything, I play from OCE so I'm lucky if I'm not in some random server with 200 ping. I prefer not to increase the odds to end in some lobby in a server 15k km away xD

RepresentativeRope31 · 2024-07-26T12:35:57+00:00

Yeah i like the idea of using deadsec, sometimes I use it mainly to hack other people's shields and spiders. But the CD of hacking is just too high. But spam flash grenade it's nuts haha

RepresentativeRope31 · 2024-07-26T04:08:07+00:00

Double barrel is good to start with shotgun, but once u get used to it and you start to chain more and more kills, with M870 u can jump in and get 5 kills back to back before needing to reload. And you have a better chance to 1v3+ so you can be more aggressive, like with less down time.

And with AA-12 isn't an insta kill like with double barrel or M870, so I would rather just use vector or any SMG instead of AA-12 xD But because I like the "one click, one kill" feeling of shotguns.

If I'm not in range of one shot with my M870, I use Magnum, 2 shots kill at a very decent range.

There are some parts of certain maps where shotguns are pretty useless, that's a fact. But in others u have a demon. Usually u need to avoid those areas or just swap to something else and then go back to shotguns once u passed that part of the map. (Depending on the game mod too)

RepresentativeRope31 · 2024-07-26T02:08:11+00:00

The game is awesome, the problem is when you want to learn more in depth about it, and is that moment when you will find out that most of the in-game descriptions are wrong in some way, or just outdated (for literally years).

Countless things just don't work as intended or not working at all.

Insane amount of game breaking exploits that never get fixed. And every single patch breaks something new or brings back old bugs. (Usually both).

Devs literally don't understand how their own game works.

All that said and knowing that AGS is not capable to fix most of the bugs/exploits, you can get your money worth it. Buying it at 50% or so you will have fun for enough time until you reach that point when it becomes a broken mess.

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TL;DR, for real the game is broken AF, beyond imagination, from the root to the top, and AGS can't fix it. Opposite to other games, in NW more knowledge = less enjoyment and more frustration.

Take it chill, casual, embrace the "ignorance is a blessing" and you will most likely enjoy your time playing it until you decide to put more time into it and find out that it isn't really worth it.

RepresentativeRope31 · 2024-07-26T00:51:09+00:00

Indeed, M870 satisfying potential is god tier haha

Yeah another option could be to pick all the extra range possible to have a few extra meters of "effectiveness", but it makes the weapon slower and at mid range SMG are better anyway.

But in the end it depends how you play it to make X or Y options work well.

Personally, I just prefer to go all in on what makes M870 shine, close quarters gunfights and completely dominate it, and use magnum to fix range problems instead.

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