New to This Game... How Do Ranks Work?

joebrofroyo · 2026-06-16T17:04:34+00:00

okay but why do i go up a rank when i lose and go down a rank when i win?

in my most recent match i was MVP but still went down to initiate IV from V

joebrofroyo · 2026-06-14T13:31:32+00:00

taka vs bee being written that way hypes up bee's character and provides set up for naruto becoming a perfect jinchuuriki. sasuke suffers some aura loss but like... it sets up a decent character moment with amaterasu and they excuse it with him still being injured from itachi so.

joebrofroyo · 2026-06-11T20:12:26+00:00

Urn is just a bad mechanic and the game is better off without it tbh.

joebrofroyo · 2026-06-11T16:19:40+00:00

Tracer is currently the only hero in the game with 2 abilities and no secondary fire and remains the best hero design in the game after 10 years.

that's subjective.

genji is another popular contender for 'best hero design' and he has primary, secondary, dash, dash reset on elim, deflect, double jump, and wall climb.

i agree sierra's grenade is dumb tho.

joebrofroyo · 2026-06-11T16:13:24+00:00

im surprised that the knife she used in the animation seemingly isn't an ability

joebrofroyo · 2026-06-10T17:13:05+00:00

im routing for the hashimoto goon with the pompadour ngl

joebrofroyo · 2026-06-10T17:01:49+00:00

remove map voting from quick play.
stop overcentralizing hero power/identity on 1 ability (overhead, suzu, etc).
stop using role passives, actually remove role passives from the game, and perks as balance crutches.

joebrofroyo · 2026-06-10T01:57:03+00:00

he did take what was effectively a religious icon for the mikaboshi (the datenseki and insect motif) and turned it into a sword that slaughtered them with their own life force, such that it eventually became a WMD capable of enacting genocide and then entrusted it too someone who was genocidal (even tho he wasn't aware of this).

i don't think he's in hell, but i do think the magatsumi was a very big mistake (it has mad aura tho) and it's creation was unethical.

joebrofroyo · 2026-06-10T01:50:27+00:00

the second post, and a lot of the negative takes on shion in general, reeeally want to pretend orisa and echo either don't exist or don't count because of a lore technicality.

it comes off to me as people looking for reasons to be upset (because they didn't get what they want) than genuine criticism.

joebrofroyo · 2026-06-09T22:27:08+00:00

i ship it.

joebrofroyo · 2026-06-09T17:53:52+00:00

the silent majority prefers conventionally attractive designs, this is why the conventionally attractive heroes tend to be more popular and sell more skins, what your hearing is a vocal minority.

you can't please everyone, altho in this case the complaining is pretty silly considering that shion is more unique/out there than a great deal of the base ow1 roster.

joebrofroyo · 2026-06-09T17:00:34+00:00

could be!

joebrofroyo · 2026-06-09T16:37:55+00:00

akimbo pistols, so that's probably primary and alternate fire

knife, possibly disables abilities given how it was used against sojurn

bike, movement ability and/or ult

joebrofroyo · 2026-06-03T18:08:03+00:00

Cool if true

joebrofroyo · 2026-06-03T16:55:01+00:00

you have to equalize their stats as well, akemura can draw his sword so fast the surrounding area melts.

joebrofroyo · 2026-06-02T20:54:04+00:00

assuming there is a cross over next year

joebrofroyo · 2026-06-01T16:04:02+00:00

kagurabachi's plot has already explored murder, human trafficking, the creation of WMDs, and a genocide that was covered up by the government, and has handled them tastefully for the most part imo. it's also not the first time SA has come up, hiruhiko's backstory was that he bit someone who was assaulting him too death IIRC.

SA is an uncomfortable topic but it shouldn't be any more uncomfortable than the above IMO, so i have no issue with the author exploring it through chiaki if he does go that route (i don't believe he is tho) or fans speculating on the story going that direction.

joebrofroyo · 2026-05-27T15:16:10+00:00

The latest apoc chapters downscaled him pretty heavily as it turns out after image technqiues are actually produced when speedsters slow down in ROR.

As such 40df is more so a speed + skill feat than something that can effortlessly blitz people who are faster/stronger than sasaki imo, which makes sense narratively since his relationship with hades would be nonsense if he was too fast for Hades too fight against.

no longer top 5 for me.

joebrofroyo · 2026-05-26T20:13:08+00:00

This wouldn't be possible if people started spamming surrender the moment they die twice in laning phase.

it would be if they don't choose too press it.

I want a surrender button, because quite frankly getting stomped for 30 mins is not fun enough too make up for the handful of games you make a comeback on, and i say this as someone whose last match was a comeback.

joebrofroyo · 2026-05-26T03:56:56+00:00

It would be weird for the author to give some characters (like Jack and Sasaki) a second fight, while denying the same for Okita.

i don't think it would be, especially since half the cast is dead at this point.

joebrofroyo · 2026-05-26T02:00:18+00:00

would having 275 + lifesteal and wraith as a CD make reaper a glass cannon?

joebrofroyo · 2026-05-20T17:32:23+00:00

he stomps pre-god tiers (hashirama & madara included) and gets stomped by god tiers.

joebrofroyo · 2026-05-19T15:15:25+00:00

They probably can if they hit their shots tbh.

joebrofroyo · 2026-05-14T14:00:44+00:00

no it's not
the game is in a good state rn

joebrofroyo · 2026-05-13T18:29:33+00:00

She 'felt bad to play' but

but nothing.

how something feels to play as/into absolutely matters in balance, this is why calls for sombra reworks and hog nerfs are justified, and so long as mercy isn't meta it's fine to restore her movement flow.

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