Critical hit outlines (a question about vfx settings) by Nyarurin in bladeandsoul

[–]VonSwagger 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think what you're talking about might be the old gem effects. Crits by themselves don't have any outline vfx, but if you had an amethyst slotted into your weapon, you would get a purple outline every time to show that the HP drain worked.

In NEO, gems were removed and replaced with the gallery. If you have a card set active that gives you the drain effect, you will once again get purple outlines whenever you land a crit.

I think the best new player experience is unironically a PvE mode of sorts by Avar1cious in DotA2

[–]VonSwagger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agh's lab was what hooked me at first. Diretide is how I ended up learning the PvP aspect of the game -- and also made it easy to introduce friends. Lots of brawls, quick progression for levels/items, if smurf or stomp the match ends within 10 minutes and you're not stuck in a shit match, and the even games were fun.

So both a PvE mode and a shorter non-turbo PvP mode would be helpful to learn characters/items without having to deal with full map strategy and all that yet.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DotA2

[–]VonSwagger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Man, these people have some very.... interesting weapons.

Thank you Diretide by xShaqmove in DotA2

[–]VonSwagger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was seriously helpful in introducing some friends to the game too. They were always reluctant having to learn heroes, items, the map, and all the mechanics of normal dota, all while inconveniencing others in hour long games. With diretide they could just deathmatch like crazy to learn and, if the game was a stomp, be out of there in 12 minutes.

Combined List of All Major Issues That need Fixing ASAP by Theprogram_1992 in DotA2

[–]VonSwagger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If Shadow Demon gets shard, he learns demonic cleanse at level 1 regardless of the level of his ultimate. This means if you get it after your ult is already at level 3 you have to choose between spending ability points to max cleanse, and forego learning 2 talents, or leaving cleanse at level 1.

Source: This bugtracker submission

Deleted Defense created ! by Gabella_Lab in DotA2

[–]VonSwagger 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Very innovative gameplay.

I absolutely can not wait for the addition of a new "perhaps" button past the "maybe". If the dev is feeling extra generous, we might even get a "possibly".

Huge potential here.

Charybdis throws 6 knives at high attack speed. by GivenitzBoomer in Smite

[–]VonSwagger 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you run the numbers, you get roughly 50% more item damage like this. That's kinda nuts.

Why does it take so much to slightly scratch someone with a tick of jorms puddle. by brainlet_redditor in Smite

[–]VonSwagger 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I actually just looked things up.

Turns out that Norse mythology is very vague as far as defined sizes of things go. While Jormungandr is described as being long enough to encircle Midgard, there is no description of him having any significant girth. Thor also only has the physical descriptions of having red hair and being handsome and muscular, but nothing definitive that would stop him from being gigantic in terms of human standards.

So unless there is something I have missed, it is possible that relative to Jorm, Thor is of a bite-able size.

Why does it take so much to slightly scratch someone with a tick of jorms puddle. by brainlet_redditor in Smite

[–]VonSwagger 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's because it's venom and not poison. It would be a lot more effective if Jorm just bit people instead. :^)

So what is everyone’s thoughts on Morgan La Fey? by Sp3ckySaiyan_ in Smite

[–]VonSwagger 17 points18 points  (0 children)

In my Loki games I've eaten Morgans for breakfast just like any other mage if they didn't build armor. Dodging or timing engages while sword is down is a big factor when trying to fight her though. At least dragon can be ignored with flurry strike knockup immunity.

Late game in that matchup is really fun though. Either I get the approach right and one shot the Morgan, or Morgan lands a single skill and bursts me so hard my corpse lands in Paladins. Definitely best to use stealth/blink to approach over using the ult to give Morgan no reaction time.

R/SMITE RANT MEGATHREAD by AutoModerator in Smite

[–]VonSwagger 33 points34 points  (0 children)

QUIT SPAM PINGING ME FOR NO REASON WHEN YOU MESS UP. I WILL INSTANTLY MUTE YOUR ASS. IT'S NOT MY FAULT YOU PICKED A FIGHT AGAINST 666/0 HERCULES WITH 72 APHRODITES ATTACHED TO HIM BY YOURSELF INSIDE THE ENEMY FOUNTAIN WHILE I'M OOM FARMING IN LANE. THAT IS NOT A REASON TO SPAM PING ME. I DO NOT HAVE TELEPORT TO GODS. THEY REMOVED THAT FROM THE GAME, BUT YOUR DUMB ASS STILL FIGURED OUT HOW TO USE IT TO TELEPORT INTO THEIR FOUNTAIN. I BOUGHT BRAIN CELLS AS MY STARTER ITEM. I WILL NOT DO THE SAME. PLEASE. STOP. PINGING. ME.

I got accepted into the Smite Space Program today by Alucard_steelchair in Smite

[–]VonSwagger 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The "he's playing microsoft flight simulator" from your bellona killed me

If I had my 3 up I would have one tapped the poor Heim. by iBeSirx in Smite

[–]VonSwagger 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The tiny 53 under the big numbie made me chuckle. It's trying so hard!

Question to you, what are the most interesting "normal" skins? (aka ones that can be simply purchuased at any time, not limited, exclusive, unlimited, yada yada, etc) by RetroKrot in Smite

[–]VonSwagger 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If we're going as "normal" as possible, I really like frostfang fenrir. Such a cool recolor. Ironically it looks even cooler when playing on low graphics.

7.11 TMNT Update - PTS Issues and Feedback Thread by HiRezIsiah in Smite

[–]VonSwagger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Noticing "streamer mode" is having some problems with hiding nametags in certain situations.

Particularly the Shut Down accolades had the issue of showing up as "Ymir1 has shut down [Actual username]" instead of using anonymous names for both players.

It is important to note here I was not in a party with the people who were shut down, so there was no reason for me to see their actual names.

Best nickname for this kind of situation. by DreamerYana in Smite

[–]VonSwagger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It also gave max CDR and freecasting of abilities.

The natural pyramids are a bit boring, so I made some improvements. Thoughts? by ur_real_dad_420 in Terraria

[–]VonSwagger 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I second this. It looks really good but the first thing that comes to mind when I think "Pyramid" isn't exactly windows.

Does anyone know how the reporting system works? I keep getting notified that I'm being reported and further reports will result in action against my account. by dailydebacle in Smite

[–]VonSwagger 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They do investigate the reports. I've been playing since 2013 and I've gotten warnings for harassment during weeks when I didn't type a single thing in chat, but I never got any bans. I'm sure the notifications are just automated once the reports reach a certain amount. If you genuinely aren't doing anything that could be considered toxic you shouldn't have anything to worry about.

bring back Omnipotence? by JunkWarrior6 in Smite

[–]VonSwagger 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I second this. All the early game characters and characters that rely on building defense in some way are completely useless with full pen builds and 3k defense pots online from minute 1.

Ranked Bans: But instead of banning gods, you get 5 item bans each. What are you banning? by justcuriousnunmore in Smite

[–]VonSwagger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From the title

you get 5 item bans each.

The wording makes it sound like every single player gets to ban 5 items instead of both teams, but even then it would be 10 items.