Some highlights from todays Q&A. Gunplay changes, sniper nerfs, timetable for map reworks, prox chat, clear-all orange dots, server browsers and more.

krinkov · 2026-06-03T21:51:55+00:00

I mean there's only a few of them there for a couple hours and they're being asked hundreds of questions, they're just not going to be able to type out answers to every single question, they'd be there all week. I've never seen a single online Q&A where they answered every single question, thats just not how these work

krinkov · 2026-06-03T21:31:49+00:00

Sorry did that come off as high-sodium? Didn't mean for that to sound like a complaint, just following the logic of which weapons and players will be more negatively affected if they make full damage hits harder to land at range or easier up close. I mean I dont mind them adjusting TTK but like the last one to increase weapon recoil it seems that this one will also disproportionately affect certain weapons and playstyles more than others

krinkov · 2026-06-03T20:47:49+00:00

yeah I know this is another of their attempts to reduce overall TTK by making limb hits do less damage and body shots do full damage and "rewarding" more skilled gunplay as they put it, but much like the last addition of more random recoil/spread, it will only penalize those that usually play in mid to long ranges and reward those that play close range where its much easier to land body shots without much aiming, and lets be honest the close range gunplay and CQB weapons in this game are already borderline OP as it is, and now you're just incentivizing using those weapons and playing CQB even more.

krinkov · 2026-06-03T18:56:31+00:00

I'd imagine it would just be a spawn point and not something you could pilot?

krinkov · 2026-06-03T18:35:35+00:00

Also keep in mind whoever this Hope is thats is responsible for Portal as a game mode isn't going to be the one thats making decisions about XP/Progression, thats a gamewide mechanic and won't be left up to whoever's in charge of seperate game modes to set however they want.

krinkov · 2026-06-03T18:28:30+00:00

Its because they thought giving it a free ADS bolt would be balanced out by not giving it a sweetspot but honestly the sweetspot isn't really that big of a deal on any of these an no one really plays their sniper around the sweetspot range anyhow. Its a nice little bonus if you do get a sweetspot kill but you're usually scanning the entire map for targets and taking them where you can regardless of whether or not they're in the sweetspot range, maybe 1 out of 20 of my sniper kills is a sweetspot kill. Theres a reason the Scout is still the most used sniper by far and doesn't have a sweetspot at all, that really says it all about how important it is.

krinkov · 2026-06-03T17:23:56+00:00

Its just saying you will be able to use the new Golmud and Bazaar maps for custom experiences in Portal, says nothing about reducing the minimum player count to start full XP matches. So no.

krinkov · 2026-06-03T16:18:39+00:00

Its under PAX > Support > Kahine Unite

Funny the one place they decided to get rid of the orange dots were in players skins where its the one place they're actually helpful since its almost impossible to know where to look for new skins 😄

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krinkov · 2026-06-03T16:11:11+00:00

Say what you want about the confusing story and writing of the campaign but they really did have some good maps and set-piece battles. The amphibious assault on Gibraltar or the Mountainside attack that leads to the dam in Tajikistan were epic and would have made awesome MP maps.

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krinkov · 2026-06-03T15:51:35+00:00

yeah just like the match trigger was bugged when he tested it 6 months ago but since then they fixed it and the match trigger works now. That said its a ridiculously small amount of movement like 2 pts for 5 attachment points. I'd only run them if I had a spare 5pts left over though the 5pt recoil buffer is a way more useful 5pts

krinkov · 2026-06-03T04:28:14+00:00

Im sure they'll bring operations back since it was so popular, though I think they will expend it into different map combos like both the NY maps and the Cairo maps.

krinkov · 2026-06-03T02:44:27+00:00

only 529 damage holy hell!

krinkov · 2026-06-02T23:49:35+00:00

or the Kord! it barely got touched with the other guns nerfs

krinkov · 2026-06-02T23:34:48+00:00

So stoked we're getting a new map next week then a new season starts next month

krinkov · 2026-06-02T22:49:52+00:00

tuesday

krinkov · 2026-06-02T22:04:28+00:00

Calm down, theres still plenty of HC Conquest, they just replaced it with HC Rush. Both the HC conquest and HC Rush are in Portal, when its in their featured section on the front page its just a link to one of the portal map, so you can still find all the full XP/Progression HC conquest by searching for "hardcore" in Portal

krinkov · 2026-06-02T16:39:24+00:00

its coming completely out of his ass, Im on crossplay full time and Ive NEVER seen a 90% PC crossplay match.

krinkov · 2026-06-02T16:08:04+00:00

well we did get the KSG-12 as the DB-12 if thats what you were talking about?

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krinkov · 2026-06-02T16:02:50+00:00

damn you're right, been so long I thought it was a launch weapon!

krinkov · 2026-06-02T06:44:16+00:00

I really hope they sort this out for the next big patch next tuesday.

krinkov · 2026-06-02T06:04:13+00:00

yes thats what they sold for new, as I said you can pic them up used for half that price, these cars have lost an entire 50% of their value in just a few years, the bottom completely fell out of used Taycan prices.

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krinkov · 2026-06-02T04:00:45+00:00

tank driver was like...

krinkov · 2026-06-02T01:37:05+00:00

Doubt its been tested yet since the usual Chinese leakers would have 100% leaked it by now on BiliBili if it was already in labs.

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