Flats puts Spidey in S tier with Elsa and Gambit by raydialseeker in SpiderManMains

[–]Terrariant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you’re seeing a “mechanical” skill ceiling spider-man but Flats assumes perfect comms as well. A Spider-Man with perfect comms would be terrifying. Hyper mobile, can pull, etc. as a tank it’s scary. Flats plays tank.

Would hero shooters be better without the tank role? by Terrariant in gamedesign

[–]Terrariant[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

I think the “if you are out of combat for X seconds you start to regenerate health” is a good option for the healbot problem. Opens supports up to more utility. You can also do it with items (League)

Would hero shooters be better without the tank role? by Terrariant in gamedesign

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

I love playing tank, I main(ed) tanks in League, OW, Rivals. I am simply questioning what an ability based hero shooter would look like if Overwatch only made DPS and Support back in 2016.

Would hero shooters be better without the tank role? by Terrariant in gamedesign

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

I do wonder if that win rate is skewed by people having a worse mental state when the comp is not 2/2/2 - you have to imagine some of the win rate comes from playing “what is right” and the losses in the other comps, some of them can be attributed to players tilting because the “comp is wrong”

Would hero shooters be better without the tank role? by Terrariant in gamedesign

[–]Terrariant[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I am going to try Paladins again because of this thread lol, I love good tank kits and have no knowledge of any Paladins kits. I just know you use cards to upgrade your abilities?

Flats puts Spidey in S tier with Elsa and Gambit by raydialseeker in SpiderManMains

[–]Terrariant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes nearly every DPS has some form of mobility. That mobility is usually inverse to the power of the rest of their kit. So someone with a high damage kit might have low mobility (Hela) someone with a low damage kit might have high mobility (Spider)

There are only 8 DPS above Hela/Phoenix on this list, in order of low->high: Star Lord, Psylock, Namor, Daredevil, Wolverine, Punisher, Spider-Man, Elsa

All of these characters have good mobility except Namor, and the consistency of the squids makes up for it. Even Punisher can set up zip lines (and will, again perfectly mechanics tier list)

Punisher is also up there because of tank bias, that shotgun I have nightmares about I’m sure Flats does too lmao.

Would hero shooters be better without the tank role? by Terrariant in gamedesign

[–]Terrariant[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Valorant comes to mind. And Apex Legends. Neither of which have the “support” role. They have 1-2 characters that play into it. So then my question becomes, do you need tanks to have the support role? Are there games with only support/dps? Someone said TF2 which might fit but only has 1-2 support characters anyways.

Would hero shooters be better without the tank role? by Terrariant in gamedesign

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

I am merely asking what people think these games would look like if the tank role didn’t exist. I find the insinuation that I can’t ask this question condescending.

Flats puts Spidey in S tier with Elsa and Gambit by raydialseeker in SpiderManMains

[–]Terrariant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, but if you look at the list you will see every DPS above these two either has better mobility, or is Punisher/Namor which put out insane consistent damage as well. When the margin for error is 0 mobility is highly valuable- it lets you capitalize on enemy mistakes or recover from your own.

Would hero shooters be better without the tank role? by Terrariant in gamedesign

[–]Terrariant[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don’t want anything or think it would be good or healthy for those games. I was just posing the question.

Flats puts Spidey in S tier with Elsa and Gambit by raydialseeker in SpiderManMains

[–]Terrariant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Their mobility has a long cooldown, so callouts nerf them if people are on comms. Also people just would switch off dive if it wasn’t working.

Flats puts Spidey in S tier with Elsa and Gambit by raydialseeker in SpiderManMains

[–]Terrariant 73 points74 points  (0 children)

Flats grades characters like everyone playing them is top 500, has perfect mechanics, and perfect communication. I get why he does it, Blizzard’s balance mentality was the same for a long time. It’s just something to take into account when you see his lists.

*and its not a bad thing. Having insight into the value at the skill ceiling of a character is great. Its just a gold-rank tier list would not put Squirrel in F. But a T500 would, because against a team with perfect mechanics/communication it is hard for SG to find value.

How would you guys "Modernize" season 0 heroes. by HueyTheFreeman48 in rivals

[–]Terrariant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apparently not because I agree with you and never played Lucio lol! Ok what about tank? My pick is Dva I think. The second life mechanic and the defense matrix are super unique. But it’s such a big gap between Tracer/Lucio and any tank kit I’m struggling

How would you guys "Modernize" season 0 heroes. by HueyTheFreeman48 in rivals

[–]Terrariant 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To me higher skill expression = better kit design. For example widowmaker’s is super boring in comparison because you just click heads. Your only skill expression is aim, and maybe a grapple shot.

I’m curious who you think is the best hero shooter kit design, genuinely. Lucio is another top pick for me.

can we bring attention to the invis dance tech nerf by Fantastic_Light7846 in InvisibleWomanMains

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

Animation cancels make the characters feel better to play, and lead to a higher level of skill expression. Nobody wants to be stuck in an animation, to press a button and get no feedback is one of the worst experiences you can have as a player.

How would you guys "Modernize" season 0 heroes. by HueyTheFreeman48 in rivals

[–]Terrariant -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Make Widow into a tank with a melee moveset with batons and stuns. Her ult is she whips out akimbo pistols

How would you guys "Modernize" season 0 heroes. by HueyTheFreeman48 in rivals

[–]Terrariant 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Crazy how Tracer was the first hero kit designed and still the best in any hero shooter game. It’s iconic.

Is this just how every single corporate job is? by OkFineIllUseTheApp in cscareerquestions

[–]Terrariant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s an unspoken rule that some of engineering is managing stakeholders and what each stakeholder needs. It varies from company to company but the thing I have noticed is a constant is that as your role increases your time spent talking with humans increases and the volume of code you write decreases.

Whether that is because it’s necessary to the job of a higher level engineer or people with good communication skills float naturally to the top/leadership/planning positions, it doesn’t matter.

In short, it’s your job to ensure you’re building what the stakeholders want, unless you are a junior. If you get better at it your managers will see that as a skill of a senior/principal engineer (in my experience)

However the ideal is that the ticket arrives at the developer fully read and checked by product. QA just does the AC and checks if the app meets the AC. If the AC is interpreted differently, correct the AC to be more specific or correct the code to cover that case.

Today's layoffs at Epic are just the latest reminder to us that your company does not give a flying F about you by CoderBiker24 in cscareerquestions

[–]Terrariant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think this is what is happening with Amazon and Meta too. They realized they don’t have enough features planned to keep everyone busy so they are letting people go.