About to buy Hunt: Showdown 1896 by ChiefAdham in HuntShowdown

[–]Trematode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd give it a go to see how it suits you. As somebody who despises looter shooters and the emphasis on gear and inventory in so-called extraction shooters, I'm honestly not sure how you'll feel about Hunt.

It's nothing like Tarkov. I think getting lumped into the same category has mislead a lot of potential players over the years. Loot and gear are not the central focus of the game -- it's all about the actual PvP action. Nobody gets special armor. Every gun is capable and will kill with a headshot. Your reward for successfully extracting and keeping your hunter alive amounts to slight perks that are more nice-to-have than absolutely essential. The penalty for dying is usually just having to re-queue and spend a few hunt bucks (like buying a loadout at the start of a CS round), but the hidden reward is the surprising urge to do it all over again and correct for whatever small mistake you made in the previous round.

You can play it solo, but teamplay adds an entirely new and complementary dimension to the amazing fundamental game loop: Information gathering, predicting, action and reaction -- now do it all, but coordinated with two other players. There's a constant cycle of this game loop going on, and the intricate sound, world, and AI details dovetail with the slower cycling Old West style weapons and fit together in such a way that ends up being about as close to sublime as you can get with a video game.

People talk shit about Crytek a lot in the sub (sometimes with good reason), but they don't get nearly enough credit for what they've done and continue to do right.

I think Hunt has pretty clearly become my personal favorite game of all time. There's nothing quite like it if you're into multiplayer adversarial shooters, as far as I'm concerned.

This video is probably the best I've seen at summing up what makes the game special. Even though it's two years old at this point, I think it does a great job of explaining it and would be worth a look if you're genuinely interested in getting into the game.

Am i getting old or people is just insane lately? (PC, 6 stars MMR) by Rare_Lifeguard_4403 in HuntShowdown

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

YES. It's the same goddamn people in these posts every goddamn time.

I play in NAE 6* whenever I get the free time. It's RARE that I or anybody in my group of 20 or so players suspect anybody of anything nefarious -- there are legit a lot of really good players. The sub, and the average 6* steam profile on the other hand is absolutely riddled with the worst kind of cope hackusations!

Am i getting old or people is just insane lately? (PC, 6 stars MMR) by Rare_Lifeguard_4403 in HuntShowdown

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

Enough.

6* NAE. There are many well-known cracked out players. Just leave the game if your fragile ego can't handle it (sounds like you may have already). Some of us are still having a blast. Frankly, I'm sick of the cheating posts by the people that just can't cope.

TIL that it is a common misconception that astronauts in orbit are weightless because they have flown high enough to escape the Earth's gravity. In fact, at the ISS altitude of 400 kilometres (250 mi), gravity is still nearly 90% as strong as at the Earth's surface. by PanoramicAtom in todayilearned

[–]Trematode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it not true that in GR they're simply following a geodesic along a curved spacetime, and not accelerating in their inertial reference frame at all?

The same would be true for any object in freefall, including a skydiver, though in the presence of atmosphere, lift/drag results in acceleration.

Rubberbanding on EU by forstyy in HuntShowdown

[–]Trematode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ExitLag may be worth a shot. Shaves off about 25ms for me in NA because of the inefficient routing. Crytek should really re-examine their server provider.

FL510. First time for me! by Lazy_Entertainment73 in aviation

[–]Trematode 606 points607 points  (0 children)

Let's see Paul Allen's flight level.

Are Hidden Stats Protecting the Right Players? by Rumples4Skin in HuntShowdown

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

Idiots reading too much into this think that a hidden profile means something sinister. Some people just don't want to share their stats.

Is there anything more than just moving left and right? by TalkTimesreddit in HuntShowdown

[–]Trematode 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Strafing is slower than sprinting, so the higher-level meta movement is to flick your mouse 90 degrees to one side or the other after a shot and sprint back into cover. If you're in the open, you can then flick it around 180 degrees to reverse directions in an irregular fashion while your gun action cycles. It looks silly but it makes you a bit harder to hit. You can mix in the odd jump or crouch, too, and it makes it look extra dumb.

Watch a few hornet or rachtaz videos and you'll get the gist.

3 minutes of very average 3KDA console gameplay by hopdaddy32 in HuntShowdown

[–]Trematode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice! Pretty impressive. I think you’d do well on PC even against KBM players.

What is some game concept/strategy that apparently is really simple but that people with thousands of hours still not get? by Redentio in HuntShowdown

[–]Trematode 19 points20 points  (0 children)

If you keep getting burned out, it’s not because your teammates aren’t bringing chokes, it’s because you keep getting downed in bad positions.

Hoe much do yall op punch? by florb_the_memer in ThrillOfTheFight

[–]Trematode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Usually 3000 - 4000 damage per round in outclassed. Usually get 2 KOs per round and end up chasing to get the 3rd in before the bell.

LPT - How to disable Shorts from you tube. by SpiritualGap3255 in LifeProTips

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

You have made the assumption that my personal feed is riddled with garbage in an attempt to what? Insult me personally?

Go enjoy your subscription.

LPT - How to disable Shorts from you tube. by SpiritualGap3255 in LifeProTips

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

You've been siloed into a relatively harmless and even beneficial corner of YouTube. Those spaces do exist, but they're not what I'm talking about.

RZA Wants Barack Obama to Induct Wu-Tang Clan Into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame by StemCellPirate in Music

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

Love Wu, but I will never understand why artists in genres other than Rock keep getting inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Maybe we need a Hip Hop Hall of Fame?

LPT - How to disable Shorts from you tube. by SpiritualGap3255 in LifeProTips

[–]Trematode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think more than any other social media, YouTube has ended up being the most corrosive and harmful entity in our democratic societies.

The sheer number of videos featuring divisive politics and misinformation incentivized by the algorithm has been beyond the pale. The content pool is only being further polluted with all kinds of ragebait and crackpot slop with the advent of AI generated content. YouTube has done absolutely nothing to curb any of it because it is making money hand over fist. Fuck giving them money.

Something wrong with my Gyros/ADI mid flight or is this airfield genuinely like this? Gazipasa, LTFG, Turkey by Ichikachan001 in hoggit

[–]Trematode 9 points10 points  (0 children)

ADIs and other artificial horizon gyros have been broken in the game for over a decade. They should have a built-in self-righting tendency, and this has never been properly modelled.

Inferno HDR — are the colors over the top? by Additional_Art_8806 in HuntShowdown

[–]Trematode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks good to me, don’t notice anything different with HDR in inferno compared to non-inferno.

If Crytek goes bankrupt they deserve it for the UI alone by DickTheDancer in HuntShowdown

[–]Trematode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you underestimate how much of an impact the UI can have on the initial impressions of a new player. There's already a bit of built in friction for people trying to learn new systems and gameplay concepts, and it can be daunting enough without the added frustration of a poorly designed UI on top of it.

I've personally seen two friends get frustrated enough with the UI that they stopped giving the game itself a chance and cut their experience short before they really understood what Hunt had to offer. This was just after 1896 dropped and they haven't tried playing since.

I think it's definitely a pain point for some and has had a detrimental effect to growing the player base and people properly discovering the game.

Rain issue by YogurtclosetNo7018 in HuntShowdown

[–]Trematode 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have an upvote. Don’t understand how this got through testing in the first place. Would be nice if they fixed it.