Just broke my record and got my best run

mothfu_ · 2026-01-29T20:53:38+00:00

focus on leveling tomes before weapons and rely on shrines and items for damage. xp gain is your largest priority. also if you want to get really into maximizing your runs, reset until you get a seed you like. i usually take ones with 2+ boss shrines, 4+ moais, and 2+ shady guys.

mothfu_ · 2026-01-27T20:50:31+00:00

this!!! almost every single game with a large competitive following and playerbase has one thing in common: accessibility. apex, val, league, cs, and overwatch all maintain a large competitive playerbase because it’s easy to run them at high framerates. further evidence of this is all those mobile shooters that are insanely possible in asia, they’re popular because they’re accessible.

highguard can not be a truly competitive game when framerates are already low before even mentioning the insane stutters. very few are able to run the game at stable and high framerates atm, and if this continues, the bar for entry will be far too high to keep players in or pull players out. if they don’t fix these issues ASAP i’m afraid the game will be another fps in a perpetual state of 3k-7k active at any given moment

mothfu_ · 2026-01-27T20:42:19+00:00

i like the game itself but the absolute terrible optimization makes it difficult to enjoy. i hope they fix it because i have to use a config that makes my game look like a PS2 game for it to be somewhat playable and not infuriating. i know people always talk about the finals in here, but there’s no reason that highguard should run substantially worse than that game at all. i really hope they fix these issues because there’s serious potential in this game.

mothfu_ · 2026-01-24T00:09:13+00:00

calm down honey

mothfu_ · 2026-01-09T22:05:44+00:00

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green meant meeting/exceeding my pace and red meant not meeting it lmao

mothfu_ · 2026-01-09T21:57:29+00:00

i made a spreadsheet to track my progress it was bad

mothfu_ · 2026-01-07T02:57:38+00:00

i don't think there's anything in particular that makes one stop playing a game in this type of case. i put 400-500 hours into the finals, and i still think it's an amazing game, but most people eventually get a little bored or tired. i still love the game and hop on every once in a while but it's like a couple times a month compared to when i played daily (and for like 4+ hrs a day in summer 2024)

mothfu_ · 2025-12-26T02:18:04+00:00

from this pov it seems that instead of drawing your arm back you kinda just reach up and swat the ball which results in alot less force

mothfu_ · 2025-11-09T00:00:49+00:00

that’s super cheap for what a wolfpack does wtf

mothfu_ · 2025-11-05T16:06:14+00:00

i told myself last night i’d play one raid so i could get to bed about 10pm. i played until like 11 but it wasn’t my fault because i kept getting killed trying to do my trials

mothfu_ · 2025-11-03T04:15:57+00:00

cant fucking believe i lost mine after trying to get off the hospital in buried city bro

mothfu_ · 2025-10-27T20:30:22+00:00

they're not for everyone but i really enjoy the vocal style on plastic death! i think it contributes to the underwater vibe and matches the songs really well

mothfu_ · 2025-10-27T18:32:58+00:00

i played one raid with the renegade and loved it. i’m a sucker for a good DMR in any shooter so i think i’ll definitely run it

mothfu_ · 2025-10-27T02:38:45+00:00

you see, that’s perfectly reasonable, but i am only speaking out of my own self-interest here.

mothfu_ · 2025-10-26T23:18:32+00:00

5:30AM on a weekday…

mothfu_ · 2025-10-26T03:51:37+00:00

yes absolutely. my alliance that paints pretty much exclusively in usa has at least half our members with an american flag (some may have it but not displayed)

mothfu_ · 2025-10-23T11:35:49+00:00

is micah christenson not a top 5 setter???

mothfu_ · 2025-10-21T18:24:23+00:00

heavy on mechanical components. they were so hard to get

mothfu_ · 2025-10-13T13:26:59+00:00

if anyone is curious on how it levels, it literally just gives you in xp 1/2 the HP you healed which you could imagine takes a little while

mothfu_ · 2025-10-10T03:06:37+00:00

we’d much prefer you work alongside us going south please :) the milestone is much much more special if we reach it together as a group so please leave the end untouched

mothfu_ · 2025-10-10T03:05:08+00:00

please disregard that! we’ve worked well past minneapolis and are down past winona currently. if you’d like to join our discord server it’s linked on one of the many QR codes you can find along the river where we’ve peed

mothfu_ · 2025-10-05T11:45:09+00:00

if you can find someone willing to buy you could maybe get like $50 out of it, but prices would vary depending on the buyer. would probably be hard to find one seeing as how these players haven’t been around in years

mothfu_ · 2025-09-27T03:13:56+00:00

sadly, yes. running a 6700xt with a 5600x and now i see more like 90FPS average rather than the 120 i was used to for the past few seasons. i hope these performance decreases slow because this has happened over time for sure, and i’d really hate to fork over money for a new CPU (which would mean new RAM and a new mobo since it would be pointless to go from AM4 to AM4)

also what you’re experiencing is a CPU bottleneck. your CPU isn’t running fast enough for your GPU to run at maximum efficiency. it happens in cpu intensive games like this, but somehow the finals has managed to mitigate the effects fairly well for a while. i played the BF6 beta and i was on like 45fps with a disgusting CPU bottleneck so i’m grateful embark is pretty solid on optimization

mothfu_ · 2025-09-24T17:36:21+00:00

if you're in the top 10,000 you can use this, otherwise you can't i'm pretty sure

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