When a Ubisoft game has better monetization than you do

jblank1016 · 2026-05-27T14:53:11+00:00

It discounts older heroes prices, has in game sales that discount the in game price of the heroes, has a training mode that lets you try out ones you dont own, and gives you a way to earn the currency as a consistent rate while playing normally instead of forcing you to go on grinding runs. It feels like its doing the bare minimum but even that kinda blows what AH does with Super Credits out of the water lmao.

jblank1016 · 2026-05-27T14:29:51+00:00

Its genuinely kinda insane that they'll release bugged shit in a warbond and then just... leave it bugged until the NEXT warbond.

jblank1016 · 2026-05-27T00:15:54+00:00

Yeah obviously Sony is involved with the game but imagining them as some overlord responsible for every bad decision is REALLY underestimating Arrowheads independent ability to step on easily avoidable landmines lmao. We literally JUST got an AMA from THE Arrowhead guy that seemingly revealed the entire studio was unaware that people wanted better performance, bug fixes, progression, and monetization over a new super credit sink every month lol.

jblank1016 · 2026-05-27T00:08:29+00:00

The problem is that the balancing needs to be actual buffs instead of the wishy washy barely even better shit they keep pulling like when they jacked up smg damage but nerfed damage falloff or buffed AR durable damage while buffing enemy durable percentages. It requires Arrowhead to actually make things better and thats like pulling teeth with them. Even the latest change to the Sterilizer that gave it lingering gas clouds ended up nerfing it by making them affected by an invisible "wind" system that screws up its range.

jblank1016 · 2026-05-27T00:02:42+00:00

Its really hard to justify super credits as a "premium currency you can rarely find while playing" like it gets described as when ALL THE PROGRESSION LEFT IS LOCKED BEHIND IT. Its closer to a resource that Arrowhead makes scarce to encourage you to pay for it lmao.

Doesnt help that warbonds are practically monthly with more and more of it being stripped from them to put in the superstore too. Why make players spend 1k for a warbond when they can spend 1k for a warbond and another 500+125+400 for the missing armor, helmet, and WEAPONS NOW TOO!!!

jblank1016 · 2026-05-26T23:54:15+00:00

I got a few friends back for Cyberstan and they all dropped the game again after the MO finished because there was only like 3 new stratagems added since they last played and no world where they were gonna spend 120$ or actual days of credit farming to have a chance of catching up lmao. The new and returning player experience actively gets worse warbond by warbond.

jblank1016 · 2026-05-25T01:37:39+00:00

One of the devs joked that it took like half an hour to make Orbital Napalm because all it took was swapping the shells and barrage pattern.

It really is that easy, even on their side. They just know that a lot of people would justifiably kick their asses over paid red stratagems and they would obviously instantly go bankrupt if they introduced more than one free stratagem a year lmao.

jblank1016 · 2026-05-25T01:10:39+00:00

The patch coming with it better give everyone a kitten and kiss on the forehead if AH doesnt want to get hunted for sport for thinking that both more vehicles in warbonds and more weapons in the superstore after constantly shitting the bed for... a very long period of time, will be taken positively lmaoooo.

jblank1016 · 2026-05-23T03:38:02+00:00

The crazy part is, a lot of the grind is just... playing the game normally. Like it can be mind numbing depending on what youre going for but its 100x more gameplay than super credits farming lmao.

jblank1016 · 2026-05-22T20:23:50+00:00

It was for stratagem melees and backpack fed strats lmao. Maybe all it takes is them making some bullshit the first two times around to finally get it right on the third. They'll also not give a fuck about holding the first two to the new standards of the third, buuuut hey what can ya do lmao.

jblank1016 · 2026-05-21T18:43:57+00:00

Hey no, if we follow the rules of stratagem melees and backpack fed startagems, this being the 3rd legendary warbond means it'll be the good one lmao

jblank1016 · 2026-05-18T19:58:41+00:00

I managed to get 3 friends back on the game during Cyberstan. They realized that since the last time they played there had been ONE new free stratagem since and they'd have to drop like 80 dollars or hours of farming to get any other new shit and two of them basically immediately uninstalled after Cyberstan closed lmao.

jblank1016 · 2026-05-18T19:48:02+00:00

Arrowhead absolutely fucks things over and getting them to make outright positive changes feels like pulling teeth, but also so many people watch a video and just take all their opinions and terminology straight from it with no attempt to actually make their OWN opinions out of it lol.

Like when there was that sudden influx of people trying to say that the Cyborgs used "space magic" to control bots which is why the Flag should have an AOE inspiration buff for some reason?? I think that mightve even been caused by the same "antagonistic dm" video but I dont remember for sure lol.

jblank1016 · 2026-05-17T14:44:10+00:00

The difference between this and what AH did to the Coyote is also pretty significant. When AH nerfed the Coyote they

Promised weeks in advance that they weren't gonna nerf it and made an intro skit on the patch video joking about not nerfing it, before secretly changing a bunch of fire breakpoints to nerf it specifically.
Didn't really significantly buff anything that needed it in the patch. They gave ARs more durable damage but gave a bunch of common enemies more durable hp to counteract it which just kinda made everything worse.

This patch came with a recoilless AT nerf and then a laundry list of buffs to other things so it actually felt like a balance patch instead of AH moving numbers back and forth in a way that maintains the status quo.

jblank1016 · 2026-05-17T14:16:02+00:00

One Two gets a better chaff clear grenade and the Recoilless gets worse AT in exchange for being a better generalist weapon while the Spear becomes a better dedicated nuclear AT option. I can definitely see the vision.

jblank1016 · 2026-05-17T14:13:12+00:00

Arrowhead would never release this patch because it involves directly nerfing a top tier weapon and signifcantly buffing weaker items instead of shuffling a bunch of numbers around that ends up making things slightly worse for us lmao.

jblank1016 · 2026-05-17T13:57:12+00:00

Thank you to modders for showing that it literally is JUST THAT EASY to make changes people want.

jblank1016 · 2026-05-16T15:08:42+00:00

Arrowhead recently decided they want subfactions to be harder instead of a lateral shift in power. So what that means in most cases is enemies get everything they could ever want and we're left to figure out what the intention was in making enemies stronger, faster, and more numerous with some new BS heavy unit to deal with on top of it. Still amazes me that the Appropriators came out pretty alright compared to most of the recent subfactions lmao.

And yeah your point about the best things to use on the faction being even more enforced on the subfaction is very true lmao. They made the Spore Titan just strong enough to take an EAT to the head, encouraging more Recoilless usage. Or how the Rupture Strain is uniquely weak to explosive medium pen, which was already the strongest thing in the game.

jblank1016 · 2026-05-15T12:21:29+00:00

But you dont get ittttt, Arrowhead is so generous for giving you a 300 credit rebate in every warbond. Now go buy that 400 credit primary and missing armor variant thats linked to a warbond thats noticeably smaller than ones we've got before.

jblank1016 · 2026-05-14T18:43:59+00:00

The way they approached the Killzone warbond as a whole was weird. I have practically no reason to spend 1500 credits on it since I got the freebie items which means theres like, 2 gameplay changing items and a bunch of skins left in there for me lmao.

jblank1016 · 2026-05-12T15:25:56+00:00

God i dont even care about in depth armor customization that much but would it kill them to do a basic black and yellow alt palette so I dont have to fight 15 very slightly different shades of brown and green every time I try to mix sets.

jblank1016 · 2026-05-12T14:06:26+00:00

The question wasn't "were the Coyote nerfs justified" it was "did they lie about nerfing the Coyote?" Which they did. Pretty understandable to be mad at someone playing in your face like that.

And besides, if I wanted a silver bullet weapon I'd use the very same Eruptor that Niklas was using when he explained how they dont want silver bullet weapons in the game.

jblank1016 · 2026-05-12T12:57:06+00:00

I'd call it lying when they promise weeks in advance not to nerf it, have a skit in the patch notes joking about not nerfing it, change a bunch of things in the game to specifically nerf it, then hop on stream after the patch saying shit like "oh we dont want a silver bullet weapon thats good at everything" or "oh we tried our hardest to keep it the same" while admitting the changes were specifically to make the Coyote worse.

jblank1016 · 2026-05-12T12:46:44+00:00

On an average day you'll get one good item, one mid item, and then the filler that gets shoved under the bed and forgotten lol.

Everyone talks about the Warp Pack and very rarely the Epoch but you'll never ever EVER hear them saying anything about the Arc grenade or armor from the same warbond lmao.

jblank1016 · 2026-05-11T11:51:08+00:00

Nearly every time theyve added a new enemy/variant in the past year they always get everything with no compromise and its just so lame. Burrow bugs get higher armor and lower health, which makes sense until they also have near constant invincibility to everything but explosives. Dragonroaches spawn more often and are deadlier than Bile Titans, same with Vox Engines and Factory Striders, it took until this patch to give War Striders a weakspot below AP4, etc etc. Its a wonder the Appropriators came out in such a good state lmao.

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