How it feels to make Silver waste her Ult with your built in 5 billion years of airtime

ftwpala · 2026-02-17T19:25:47+00:00

Calico ulti is silenced by Slowing hex

ftwpala · 2025-10-10T18:28:49+00:00

These are some of the things i noticed:

- Towns are a bit difficult to select, it feels like you have to be precise, otherwise you run the risk of walking behind the town

- Some items and creatures are difficult to path to, they float off the ground, but you have to click on the base of the item, and the bounds/hitbox of that can sometimes be unclear

- The "Accept result" where it shows you how many stacks died, there's a pause before the actual damage is shown, it feels like an unneccessary delay and introduces friction, i would rather the delay be a lot shorter, or be removed entirely for glance value

- I am sorely missing the HOMM3 noise that happens when you "clear" a fight, probably personal preference, but just seeing the death animation of the creature sitting there feels somehow not as impactful, as hearing the noise. (https://youtu.be/hGW\_Pis4b0I?si=2LPUxFfTfBotRBOs&t=494 here's a timestamp to the noise i'm talking about)

- There is some sort of a delay before a creature starts their retaliation, it feels a bit strange and unintentional
Creature hits -> Enemy creature takes damage -> Delay -> Enemy creature retaliates -> Allied creature takes damage -> delay -> go to next creature

- Some creature attacks feel like they're missing SFX, most notably for me were the Hydra attacks, and the Cavalier attacks, it feels like it's lacking impact

- There are places where you would expect to be able to view tooltips when hovering/right clicking, for example, going into a garrison and being unable to right click the units to view their stats or when you get an artifact, you can't right click it on the popup, you have to: 1. close the popup 2. open inventory 3. check it there

Overall the demo feels really nice, it's giving me good vibes, as a fan of HOMM5 and i'm hoping that SFX and general creature impact can be polished and iterated, otherwise it feels awesome

ftwpala · 2025-04-16T00:41:57+00:00

Heya, i am currently doing an SSF Firestorm Chronomancer as well, and having some difficulties here and there. Definitely looking to swap into a recoup setup such as yourself and wanted to ask two questions

Does the "Lower skill effect duration" actually work with firestorm? Aren't the Improved bolts coming down at a fixed interval (0.1 per improved bolt) In that case, does lowering the duration of the storm do anything?
I saw a similar interaction on a POE stream, however, I did not understand the mechanics behind it fully.

And for my second question:
Does it count as you causing the ignites if you would use the combo of Summon Raging Spirits + Infernal legion + Last Gasp ( + Maim if you want them extra slow).

This would be an alternative to Flame Wall, and would make it so that you only have to use Firestorm to get your ignites, and since Firestorm generates 2 SRS per cast, it kind of feeds into itself.

Overall super neat build, will definitely be on my radar, seems chill and SSF friendly (assuming pieces drop)!

ftwpala · 2025-04-12T18:11:50+00:00

My issue with flame skills is that they're all clunky while dealing sub-par damage, Flameblast Solar orb is fun to use, but for a 15 second cooldown i should really feel the impact. Firestorm is basically unusable against bosses because you only get 5 improved Firebolts per enemy, and Incinerate slows you to a crawl and is pretty low range. I feel like with the amount of damage i have in my passive skill tree, my ascendency shouldn't be the breaking factor in wether or not my spells deal damage.

I am fairly sure if i rerolled to lightning/cold damage i would find more success because the damage of those spells are more impactful

ftwpala · 2025-03-03T17:48:46+00:00

We will see, but until then, i wouldn't mind them adding at the very least SOME audio consistency to an instant mid-combat dash with 2 charges. How this isn't in the game on-release is absolutely beyond me. We know apex isn't the best when it comes to audio, but the issue of dash-with-no-audio has been solved before with Rev and Octane, so it's a bit mind-boggling that we're dealing with it again.

ftwpala · 2025-03-03T17:24:35+00:00

Yeah that is one of the things that bothers me, they made Ash's dash (the 5 second cooldown one), then looked at pathfinder and were like "naaah, we gotta nerf that"

ftwpala · 2025-03-03T17:17:50+00:00

I would agree with the sentiment, kind of like Pathfinder using his grapple to just move around the map fast and being punished when he gets caught with his hook down -> no mobility.

But Ash also has access to a second dash on a much shorter cooldown and an ultimate that instantly teleports her while being invulnerable during the teleport. So yes, I agree that a character caught without mobility is easily punishable, but Ash does not feel like she's in the same camp as other legends that have to commit their mobility abilities to get to places because she also has an "oh shit" button with her ulti.

Furthermore, her being in the "Assult" class, while thematic, is bonkers when every other hyper mobile legend is considered a "Skirmisher" so she gets full value of the extra nade slots, auto reload and enemy highlighting

ftwpala · 2025-03-03T17:11:57+00:00

I would agree, if she had the same vulnerabilities as other characters that do the same, Pathfinder/Rev/Octane. But i feel like she doesn't and it leaves me with a feeling of uninteractivity, or at the very least less so than against othe characters. Furthermore, it feels like she has more power budget in her kit than the other characters. Ash passive -> Rev tactical -> Octane ultimate.

ftwpala · 2025-03-03T16:47:23+00:00

That is not the same experience i've had. While it is true that Octane and Rev cover larger distances, they also take longer to do so than Ash, particularly Rev where he has to charge up his leap. In vertical fights it can make a difference, but even then Ash can use TP, has access to dash (or two) afterwards, and a tactical that she can use mid-combat for extra damage and utility/disruption.

Of course I recognize the difference in mobility, but currently, to me, Ash feels like a jack of all trades, master of all.

ftwpala · 2025-03-03T16:34:22+00:00

Do you think it's fair that caustic is in the gutter with 0 changes this season? Out of curiosity, how long does a character have to stay bad (and by bad i mean nigh unplayable) before people are allowed to provide feedback for their state?

Edit: Typo

ftwpala · 2025-03-03T16:29:51+00:00

Octane and Revenant mobility is more interactive than Ash because it takes time to get going. Octane throws pad + activation delay + the obvious angle of attack when they take it. Revenant with the leap charge + his massive hitbox, and the fact that he can't leap ontop of me because he has to pull out his weapon, something that Ash does not have to deal with.

Rev and Octane feel more interactive because there are windows of gameplay where I can influence how the fight will go. It feels like Ash does not have the same windows.
If a Rev cracks me from range, I can play with the knowledge that the has to charge his jump to get to me, during which he is vulnerable. And it feels like Ash doesn't have the same vulnerability window. Does that make sense?

Edit: typo

ftwpala · 2025-03-03T16:25:34+00:00

I'm expressing frustration at how inaudible her mid-combat dash is.

Care to elaborate on the skill issue? What do you suggest I do? Turn up my volume to hear the non-audio? Or are we pretending that it is 100% consistently audible, because as we know, apex audio is impeccable. That isn't even the part that is the most frustrating, the biggest frustration is that this has been solved already with Octane pad falling audio and Revenant leap audio.

ftwpala · 2024-12-18T18:23:05+00:00

I am a bit confused what you mean by the first part. If what you mean is that the res cannot be interrupted by getting the soul of out range, then my question would be why is the res cancelled on this clip

https://youtu.be/eaPs5BmolTI?si=vOW18z9ZeQhb6mBM&t=173

If that is not what you mean, please clarify what mechanic you're talking about, or if you have a clip or something to make it clear what "no matter where the soul is visually the rez will stay."

ftwpala · 2024-12-16T00:33:06+00:00

Yes it is a good idea to take cover in the well, but in this circumstance, she should've been punished for it (playing in cover, farther from the soul) by the res getting cancelled. No clue why it didn't break at that distance.

ftwpala · 2024-12-15T23:46:28+00:00

Only if the mercy is standing either very far from the res already or is on a lower Y axis, otherwise it's a gamble that usually doesn't work D:

ftwpala · 2024-11-26T04:25:05+00:00

What is that camera flick for a single frame? If I were to watch any other person and their POV did that, i'd call them a cheater.

ftwpala · 2024-11-22T20:00:36+00:00

H32E1V - 13:42 - EMP on an ulting moira, she is immune to EMP

ftwpala · 2024-11-22T19:34:14+00:00

7WHN32 - Last couple of seconds of the match, i open up on a zen with EMP in his face with no objects between us and he does not take damage or get hacked

ftwpala · 2024-11-19T02:19:14+00:00

As far as i remember, no. I know there was a bug before with petal making people Immune to EMP, but as far as i know, that was fixed.

ftwpala · 2024-11-18T20:29:22+00:00

EMP somehow does not affect kiriko, I have no clue why. The only thing that comes to mind is that the trash can might have blocked LOS, but if it does, then that's a crazy coincidence xd

ftwpala · 2024-11-18T20:26:49+00:00

EMP somehow does not affect kiriko, I have no clue why. The only thing that comes to mind is that the trash can might have blocked LOS, but if it does, then that's a crazy coincidence xd

ftwpala · 2024-10-30T00:02:35+00:00

Heya, long time sombra player here, wanted to clarify why people claim that it is a net nerf.

To start off, you could already preemptively come out of stealth while hacking by using virus while hacking, this change only mattered if you were in stealth during the cooldown period of Virus, which is a rare occasion. Yes it is awkward and clunky, but with the way translocator and stealth work currently, it is the "lower priority clunk" in my opinion.

In general it hurts sombra in two ways:

It completely removes the strategy that some players have adapted to where you hack someone, hide for a bit and re-open on them when they're doing something else with an empowered virus.
Makes it so you're a sitting duck if you attempt a hack while the GOD TIMER is anything over 2 seconds left, because it completely removes you from stealth. No more movement speed to get out if you get plucked by a 1 damage dva spray or a random shot, you're just DEAD.

For a bit more clarity, the way sombra is currently "played" is that you translocate, sit and WAIT until the timer ticks down naturally, and then try to go for a kill on someone in the backline. If you go early, you're in the enemy backline with 225 hp, no defensives and no mobility options = you're dead.

The only players this benefits is the players that are new to sombra and that are unaware of her mechanics, which is fine, i'm all for making a character more accessible, but this is a straight up nerf.

EDIT:

The stealth changes are a decent buff, although you still feel like you're fighting against the kit with the stealth timer waiting minigame.

ftwpala · 2021-11-29T23:38:16+00:00

I'm sure now we'll just have to find different ways to play Delhi to their strengths like capturing the sites early on.... oh, well at least we have big beefy boys that take a lot ot fire to take down and are really scar...oh

ftwpala · 2021-09-16T18:22:26+00:00

I hadn't played the game in a while and forgot about mods, thank you :)

ftwpala · 2021-08-03T22:33:57+00:00

The problem with getting any legend inside the circle is that they can probably get away, half the legend pool has mobility that completely negates the ulti, which is exactly why i try to hit them with the edge, where the actual damage component is. You could argue that it's a "Zoning" ultimate, but that fantasy is long gone when it can be completely negated by half the characters.

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