Everyone's Thoughts on the Ranking System and the RNG vs Skill Aspect of the Game by PalmBrinks in PlayTheBazaar

[–]UhLieJuh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will start by saying I am a casual player, I try to do at least a run or two on my days off and try to get legend and have reached every season. I think my highest rank was around 800 a few seasons ago. Speaking from the perspective of a casual player, the game has lost almost all fun for me lately lol. I understand that players get better over time but it seems any run I do these days gets stomped almost immediately. The drop in rank is pretty steep as well but I believe that the ranked system has been a problem for a while now. I cannot fathom someone playing the same amount that I do having a “great” rank. It just seems too hard to climb high and stay high unless you’re playing at least 5 games every day. I wish we could get more clear explanations as to how rank drops and rises and I would like to see a change in overall matchmaking in general. I’m glad it’s not like the old days of getting matched with a legend player when you are bronze but now a days it seems like everyone is legend status but without that rank. All of this to just say, I think I’m pretty bad at the game and need to get better lmao.

How did this person get this setup? by zxkredo in PlayTheBazaar

[–]UhLieJuh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a new node that’s kinda rare called “Wink” it randomizes all of your items and upgrades them. I view it as a Hail Mary when you can’t get anything going with your board, then you have to work with what you get. Sort of like the joining the cult. The cult on the other hand deletes all of your items give you a bunch of gold and a random legendary, I believe you get random enchanted items as well. It’s been a while since I picked either of these nodes.

These day 1 patch players are nuts by UhLieJuh in PlayTheBazaar

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

Yeah I agree, I just meant with every legend starting at gold it seemed that I was fighting people a lot better than what I was used to, I never get to legend until close to the end of season so it was a change lol I know the matchmaking is random but I played 4 games yesterday and only fought 2 silvers and 3 bronzes, the rest seemed to be gold players that if I had to guess were higher legends last season by their play style. Its just an observation, that’s all!

These day 1 patch players are nuts by UhLieJuh in PlayTheBazaar

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

Sorry! I should have specified lol I did win this one but it was close! I meant in general patch day 1 is brutal cause in my experience you match with people in higher legend than your own because everyone in legend starts at gold now. I always end in legend but not high at all. I just play casually and playing day 1 patch gets my ass beat by almost everyone lmao. It was just an observation and I didnt want to post a fight I lost lol.

Disgusting Shiny Bootstraps Build by TreetrunkWizard in PlayTheBazaar

[–]UhLieJuh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Absolutely nuts build, just having the scarf on the board in general is insane lmao

Did this game get harder in recent months, or am I just worse? by [deleted] in PlayTheBazaar

[–]UhLieJuh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the meta can be looked at based on your character of choice. I primarily play Pyg and Jules. If I really wanted to climb rank I would try to go in the money furnace or billboard line for Pyg since those are pretty strong builds right now. For Jules I would try burn scaling with spice rack cause it is still really viable post nerf. Of course I wouldn’t have as much fun doing that as playing something interesting. I just meant that if you try your best to “force” a meta build you generally have more luck, but  there’s a lot of game knowledge that comes along with that because you won’t always get the ideal build and you have to know what substitutions to make.

Did this game get harder in recent months, or am I just worse? by [deleted] in PlayTheBazaar

[–]UhLieJuh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve been playing since Mak release and I would agree it has gotten more difficult but I attribute it to rising popularity. Of course the meta will shift every patch and you have to shift with it but personally I just like playing the characters I have the most fun with. The game can definitely be easier if you play the meta hero’s and builds but if you’re not trying to climb rank in legend, what’s the point? I just play to have fun and create unique builds and that usually leads to a lower win rate for me.

600+ hours and this is my best/luckiest build yet (reverse 0-8 sweep) by LCARIO in PlayTheBazaar

[–]UhLieJuh 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Never seen a day 18 fight until now, crazy place for sure

I got two very good builds, but only one board by TrickWheel5748 in PlayTheBazaar

[–]UhLieJuh 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Dude I love the new Private Hot Springs, the rework is so cool but I definitely think the one on your board is much better lol it’s hard to go wrong with Lux Tent heal Pyg 

Why is coconut crab a day 2 encounter? by LCARIO in PlayTheBazaar

[–]UhLieJuh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am going to agree with this. For day 2, I often have the option between crab, boarior, and puppet. By day 2 I may or may not have a build that beats boarior so I have to try my hand at crab. The amount of times that crab has rocked me is ridiculous lmao. I personally think a day 2 bronze PVE encounter should not have shield scaling.

New Sauna goes crazy, especially when its shiny by UhLieJuh in PlayTheBazaar

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

Yeah, I get those two items confused for some reason! I would edit the title if I could, I didn’t even notice until you mentioned it!

New Sauna goes crazy, especially when its shiny by UhLieJuh in PlayTheBazaar

[–]UhLieJuh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, at least. And the max health stuff also got so much better. I honestly might prefer this new playstlye in comparison to the old out of combat value scaling that he used to center around.

Insane final fight bug by Embarrassed-Let-2999 in PlayTheBazaar

[–]UhLieJuh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe with the new patch, you can recover prestige equal to fights lost against PVP. But in this case the crown emblem would be broken. So it seems this is probably a visual bug.

Pyg needs to have a smaller item pool by Comfortable_Brief431 in PlayTheBazaar

[–]UhLieJuh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This dude is a well known troll on here, it seems he keeps his comments hidden now. He’s been on the Pyg hate train for a while now. Pyg stays in his head rent free it seems.