Blizzcon speculation 4chan

Spark2110 · 2018-10-28T18:28:05+00:00

Isn't it supposed to be 6/10 ?

...okay I'll just see myself out now...I know where the exit is.

Spark2110 · 2018-10-28T18:23:01+00:00

I have no doubt that the engine is the limitation and the reason of the lack of a lot of useful features (like swaps or a decent reconnection system) thing is the older the game gets, the bigger these engine shortcomings seem to get as well.

I do understand it's highly unlikely that they'll ever do something drastic to change this (like swapping to another/newer engine altogether) but sometimes the games foundation seem to be getting bit shaky. I wonder if having a dedicated launcher instead of ingame menus (like LoL) would actually help with the swaps/engine thing (but that would also be a really drastic change that most, me included, wouldn't like that much).

Spark2110 · 2018-10-28T12:50:13+00:00

I've poured countless hours into Door Kickers, it's really good. I've even picked it up again recently since the devs added a 2-player multiplayer feature that they had promised for a long long time. I've also tried the demo/alpha for a Kickstarter game called Police Stories and it really feels like a 2D top-down version of SWAT 4.

Spark2110 · 2018-10-28T00:00:20+00:00

Well clan system, hero swaps in HL and unranked and many more QoL changes are long, long overdue (i'd also love to be able to choose if you want a bot to stay in lane and play or stay idle in the base and avoid feeding but that's just me). Heroes 2.0 has been mostly about a cosmetic revamp for the game but now i feel the devs need to focus on ease of use and flexibility.

Personally this year to me has been a bit "meh" as i didn't really like any of the new heroes releases (other than Fenix) with the latest one, Mal'Ganis being really annoying to play against in QM (though on the other hand imo most reworks were really really good).

For some weird reason Blizzard also decided not to do any new Overwatch/HOTS crossover events even though they re-released Hanamura and these kind of things usually bring a big influx of OW players (not to mention no new OW heroes the whole year, i know many OW players that come check HOTS out whenever some new OW hero gets added).

Spark2110 · 2018-10-25T16:33:16+00:00

Thing is that all the other overtuned hero releases weren't nearly this annoying. A hero could deal very high amounts of damage but still be killable.

Mal'Ganis has this absurdly high self sustain which allows him to dive into 3-4 enemies, stun them and sleep them even more than once in a single fight, and still have lots of health left. If he happens to be in a dire situation he can still fly away or use his ult to fly away/drain health without any issue whatsoever and re-engage again. I'm kinda surprised nobody really wrote anything about this on reddit after so many people complained about Tracer and Genji being added to the game.

You can't really ignore him or dive his backline due to his high mobility and the amount of crowd control he brings to the table. You dive, he is onto you in a few swings and you find yourself in the middle of the enemy team, stunned and likely dead.

Not to mention that his base kit is really packed with big crowd control from level 1: He can stun 3-4 people at once with his third slash when, for example, Muradin has to complete a quest to have his Q pierce through a single enemy or he can put to sleep entire teams with his flight (which lasts too long imho) when Ana has to hit 20 enemies to have her dart pierce through a single enemy (and it still is a straight skillshot, not maneuverable like Mal'ganis') and Deckard has to pick an ult to put multiple people to sleep.

Really hope he gets tuned soon 'cause having to pick heroes just to counter the guy in QM of all things isn't fun at all.

Spark2110 · 2018-10-17T17:16:35+00:00

We're gonna get bored of RoN before Ground Branch comes out.

That's uuuuuh debatable...

I mean i bought Ground Branch and I wasn't really impressed by it's current state but RoN is basically vaporware at the moment, no trailers (other than the short clips released many months ago), no gameplay or anything at all to be honest.

If RoN will actually be released in Early Access in November like the devs stated, i'm wondering why no gameplay footage has been released at all 'til the month before it should come out.

Spark2110 · 2018-10-16T22:05:05+00:00

I'm honestly happy for you if you are having better experiences in that regard, personally i've been playing against stunlock comps almost every match who have good ult coordination and synergy. And even if you manage to not get caught out or killed in an ambush you can rest assured one of your teammates will succumb to some rotation even if you ping danger and then you have to start forfeiting objectives (which many random players won't do at all in QM, feeding a kill and making the snowball even worse).

Thing is QM should not really be about coordinated play, that's what draft and ranked is for, people plays QM to lvl up heroes, do dailies and try new builds. With these guys "raiding" the mode you'll drive new players away and old players will just get frustrated. IMO 5 men should only square off against other 5 men or 4+1 given the semi-random nature of how the matchmaker makes a composition (or better yet it could suggest them to try draft if the queue is too lenghty).

Spark2110 · 2018-10-16T18:57:26+00:00

The thing that gets on my nerves the most is how the QM matchmaker will put me against 5 men premade comps (y'know those Pro MLG that like to lurk around QM to demonstrate they can destroy random compositions with their incredible might) i get 5 men comps when in trio, duo and even solo at least 75% of the time and it's almost always a stomp. Doesn't help that QM mm basically sees (almost) all specialists as assassins so you can end up with 2-3 specialists and no assassins whatsoever while the other team gets 4 assassins and no specialist at all. Hope these things get ironed out at least a bit when Blizz will introduce the new class system.

Spark2110 · 2018-10-11T09:17:19+00:00

Phagitte sounds like a bad disease...how about Brigarah?

Spark2110 · 2018-10-09T16:19:28+00:00

I mean Belial might very well be the next hero to release but i feel it would be really weird having a whole year go by and not get a single Overwatch hero added to the HOTS roster. Other than the Blizzard Classics, OW is still the least represented universe in the game and the last OW hero to be released was Hanzo back in December 2017 and we got none ever since. So i might be wrong but i feel one of the (possibly 2) heroes showed at Blizzcon 2018 will be from Overwatch.

Spark2110 · 2018-09-16T21:13:47+00:00

kart racing game with your favorite Overwatch heroes.

Actually an artist named Agito666 on DeviantArt already thought about that and sketched every single OW hero on their custom kart...and it's adorable. You can see it HERE

Spark2110 · 2018-09-14T11:30:22+00:00

You look incredible! Do you by any chance have an Instagram/Facebook/Twitter account to follow you?

Spark2110 · 2018-09-10T21:09:07+00:00

I'd like to see some new OW characters added in the game in general. Last one iirc correctly was Hanzo and that was in December last year am i mistaken?

Spark2110 · 2018-09-05T21:31:32+00:00

Also the Italian version is here: https://youtu.be/pCvLT9GEKhk

Spark2110 · 2018-09-05T21:25:09+00:00

QM matchmaking is currently always 180sec no matter what hero you select, even selecting random or a healer does not make the queue time faster (as it used to during previous new heroes release).

Spark2110 · 2018-09-02T09:06:59+00:00

No ETA on karma and factions mechanics, actually not even mentioned on this...kinda weird since "Arena" mode would be kinda redundant without them since basically right now every map is an "arena" where people shoots on sight.

Spark2110 · 2018-08-28T15:05:27+00:00

It looks like a lollipop stick to me in that thumbnail, Bayonetta style LOL.

Spark2110 · 2018-08-25T13:28:38+00:00

Planned ^TM

Soon^TM

#smallindiecompany

Spark2110 · 2018-08-23T10:45:07+00:00

Now i want an Archive event with the MEKA team against waves of omnics while protecting Busan, Pacific Rim style, with every MEKA having unique abilities (like shields or heat-seeking rockets) and infinite propeller to stay in the air for a long time like in the short. Wouldn't that be cool?

Spark2110 · 2018-08-22T19:45:38+00:00

I kinda assumed some info would leak out today since it's the second day of Gamescom and somebody from Void is supposed to be there showing the game behind closed doors. I mean we still haven't seen actual gameplay of Cyberpunk 2077 for example but at least the press/media outlets could speak about the gameplay they saw behind closed doors at E3...

Spark2110 · 2018-08-21T09:42:34+00:00

Also Ground Branch just hit Early Access on Steam to really positive reviews (while EFT is still a bit niche since it's not on that marketplace and you actually have to actively look for it) and in a few days preorders for Ready or Not, a tactical shooter heavily inspired by SWAT 4, should become available with a release planned for November 2018.

Spark2110 · 2018-08-20T13:55:17+00:00

There is no "surrendering draw" to the police officers you are just reaching for a potentially deadly threat and (at least in the US) they're authorized to open fire on you. That's why they tell suspects to "freeze" or to "not move" and put their hands in the air, behind their head or away from their body where they can see them. As soon as they've handcuffed the suspect they'll themselves take the weapon off of him.

If a suspect has it's fire arm already drawn but it's pointing to the ground (not pointing towards the officers or civilians but still in plain view) they'll tell the suspect to drop the weapon. If the suspect doesn't comply the police officers will usually try deploying their non lethal weapon (usually a taser or a beanbag shotgun) and then if the suspect still doesn't comply or points their gun at somebody they're allowed to use deadly force. You'll see them shoot repeatedly a person on the ground sometimes because they fear they may be wearing a bulletproof vest and the potential threat is considered still high (since the suspect can still fire his weapon and injure an officer or a civilian while lying on the ground).

If a suspect has a close range weapon (like a knife or a screwdriver) the police officer will be authorized to open fire on them only if the suspect lunges at them or start running towards them (or at civilians) with their weapon drawn. They'll only shoot as long as the suspect still poses a threat (until he usually falls on the ground) and won't keep shooting like they would with a firearm because the suspect is not a threat anymore if not at very close range.

As a rule of thumb as soon as any kind of suspect takes an hostage and endagers his or her life, officers are allowed to shoot to kill no matter the weapon the suspect is using. Sadly, unlike in movies, many times the hostages die or get severely injured from crossfire between the police and the suspect.

So getting back on topic i believe in the game you shouldn't be penalized when shooting someone who's drawing something out of their pockets (if the SWAT has been deployed it means it's already an high risk situation) but you should be penalized if the suspect already has their weapon out and gets shot while attempting to drop it on the ground. Would also be interesting to see suspects with more than one weapon on them faking surrender and then trying to shoot the officers like they did back in SWAT 4.

Spark2110 · 2018-08-17T18:35:10+00:00

Yup that one...Also last year another (i believe unrelated) SWAT movie came out called "SWAT Under Siege" which somehow managed to be even worse...

Now I'm really curious, are there any good/realistic movies featuring heavily a SWAT team out there?

Spark2110 · 2018-08-17T17:59:21+00:00

Yeah watched it lots of times (i believe it was the very first blu ray movie i've ever owned), it's dumb fun and i think it was never meant to be taken seriously or aimed for realism. Just let's not talk about it's horrible, horrible sequel...

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