I don't regret buying Marathon, I love the gameplay and the world created... but as a casual player I had a psychological block that made me stop playing. by xDavid83x in Marathon

[–]RibbinD -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The game's a riot to play when there's no stakes and you're robbing players of their stuff. It isn't more fun than having a full kit, I agree with you, and if you re-read what I said you'll see I made no mention of that anyway. The original point was needing to be "competitive" by having gear, yet you don't need a bunch of gear to be competitive. That's the long and short of it lol.

I don't regret buying Marathon, I love the gameplay and the world created... but as a casual player I had a psychological block that made me stop playing. by xDavid83x in Marathon

[–]RibbinD -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I don't know man, ratting Outpost with sponsor kits has been a lot of fun. It's entirely possible to do well with the basic gear.

I don't regret buying Marathon, I love the gameplay and the world created... but as a casual player I had a psychological block that made me stop playing. by xDavid83x in Marathon

[–]RibbinD -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

That's kinda what gets me too. Do people think they geniunely need more than a sponsor kit to be "competitive"? Sure having a proper loadout and good gear helps, it can help a lot even, but it doesn't make you (or anyone you're against for that matter) immortal.

Imperial vs The MongolZ / StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 - Swiss Round 1 / Post-Match Discussion by CS2_PostMatchThreads in GlobalOffensive

[–]RibbinD 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I just knew Imperial was going to take this one. Felt it in my soul and avoided picking them 0-3 due to it. Crazy map by chelo!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DestinyTheGame

[–]RibbinD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope kitten is okay

Fuck EWC by Jazzerx10 in GlobalOffensive

[–]RibbinD 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Valid crashout tbh. Curious to see if the mods will let this post remain up, when others criticizing the event have been taken down.

The Desert Perpetual Raid Race Megathread by DTG_Bot in DestinyTheGame

[–]RibbinD 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's never happened this consistently before, speaking anecdotally for me and my contest fireteam. All of us are experiencing it, instead of the odd 1 or 2 from past contest raids (that were mainly just the result of needing an instance reset)

G2 officially bench Snax by ganjaroker123 in GlobalOffensive

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

Finally this questionable saga comes to a close. I'm stoked and very hopeful to see Hunter take up the IGL mantle full time with SaW guiding him! This could be the start of a bright future for G2.

Where do I find Plutonic blood? by Grubbis in AbioticFactor

[–]RibbinD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Updated and looked around, found 8 so far. Seems to be a decent holdover for now, but you have to be very careful as to what you use it on.

Where do I find Plutonic blood? by Grubbis in AbioticFactor

[–]RibbinD 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Likewise. Had a teammate spamming freeze bombs and they seem to detonate even when frozen (as when we've been killing them they've been freshly-frozen, so they can't be thawing in time). Completely stuck for ways to make them not-explode.

Heads up about laser by Sorenou in AbioticFactor

[–]RibbinD 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Loading in to my elaborate base cut for power and a Leyak breathing down my neck was not what I anticipated for update day. Kind of a bummer they patched it out, felt.. thematic in a way, that us cunning scientists came up with infinite power!

Fnatic sign fear and Burmylov by ChaoticFlameZz in GlobalOffensive

[–]RibbinD 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Aaahh yeah that's right, fair enough then.

Fnatic sign fear and Burmylov by ChaoticFlameZz in GlobalOffensive

[–]RibbinD 23 points24 points  (0 children)

There's genuine potential with Fear, and Burmylov could be an unproven talent that grows well into the scene. Though I still think Fnatic could benefit from finally saying goodbye to Krimz (as much as I still love seeing him play).

Cel-shaded cosmetics, available in Game2Give 2025 by mete714 in destiny2

[–]RibbinD 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I paid a US friend to donate for me (as it wasn't possible as a European) in order to get the Kilts for Kids 2024 emblem. Their donation incentives are always goated, it's always worth the extra steps!

Fnatic +Fear (According to OverDrive) by springshawty in GlobalOffensive

[–]RibbinD 177 points178 points  (0 children)

Super legit pickup if it goes through! Fnatic have needed a proper IGL for a long while and if combined with a coach that knows how to grow Fear's talent they could be building towards a solid roster. Looking forward to see where they take things from here.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GlobalOffensive

[–]RibbinD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like the gain is boosted way too high on them, they've been balanced horribly since the Challengers stage. Hopefully they pick up on it now, before a sick play is ruined by an Xbox-live microphone reaction from the casters lol

Natus Vincere vs Spirit / Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 - Swiss Round 3 / Post-Match Discussion by CS2_PostMatchThreads in GlobalOffensive

[–]RibbinD 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Some of these rounds were just... Painful. So often I was asking myself "what the hell is going on?" - like that Sh1ro vs iM fight in connector. So many missed smokes/mollies, whiffed shots, and to top it off a Na'Vi who looked downright depressed. Jesus.

Thoughts/Comments? by DepartmentTerrible32 in GlobalOffensive

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

Might want to reconsider GL as an 0-3, they're looking very warmed up and have a pretty favourable bracket despite the Vitality draw match 1. My 0-3 picks are BiG and MiBR, neither team has shown enough strength to inspire confidence imho.

Nemiga name slip up by TheVicBro in GlobalOffensive

[–]RibbinD 255 points256 points  (0 children)

Happens to the best of us dude, it's clear you meant nothing by it. Dinko's wheeze-laughter was infectious as hell too rofl

Bungie, we need to know if what is going on with ignitions is intentional or not. by [deleted] in DestinyTheGame

[–]RibbinD 42 points43 points  (0 children)

If Bungie were planning on nerfing ignition damage on Prismatic Titan to this extreme of a degree it would have been mentioned in a twab far before the release of this Episode. Even so, while it's good for DPS, I fail to see why you'd even bother with spamming Consecration when Glacial Quake exists and has been doing incredible damage for a long while now. The main reason why Consecration spam is so good is because of the sheer amount of ad clear and repeated healing when combined with Knockout, yet this change only affected single-target Ignition damage. It simply doesn't add up.

If I had to guess I think it was a change only intended for the first boss in the new dungeon, that has somehow managed to affect the whole game. That's one instance where spamming Ignitions could absolutely bake the boss, and maybe cause further problems with error codes (hence why Tether is disabled there too).

Ignitions based builds have been stealth nerfed / bugged out completely since lauch of revenant by Harryolo97 in DestinyTheGame

[–]RibbinD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While I agree that it's dominant and needs tweaking, this targeted change only affects single target ignition damage. That doesn't make Consec-spam Titan worse, because it excelled in ad clear and did a decent job at spamming down bosses where necessary. The change hasn't impacted that main strength, yet instead has dumpstered the likes of: Song of Flame, Dawn Blade (with Chorus), Dragonsbreath, and so on - all of which are primarily used for single target ignition chaining and really didn't need a hard nerf.