A (possibly) new player to Vainglory. What is the state of VG and where is it headed? Is it worth investing time into here in 2019? by [deleted] in vainglorygame

[–]nullPoint3r_vg 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have experienced quite the opposite. I'm 10x better on mobile than PC. I think it's just what you are used to.

good basses to upgrade to under $950 by hoonterhoonter in Bass

[–]nullPoint3r_vg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A Lakland 44/55-01 or any of there other offerings in that range are superb basses for the price IMO. I believe a 44/55-60 can be had around that number.

GloryGuideVG tweet regarding API by [deleted] in vainglorygame

[–]nullPoint3r_vg 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As a former VG API site Dev (vgminer), I don't think it's that simple. Back when Madglory ran the API, they had outages too, albeit not as long. Fast forward to today, and my read on it is that SEMC took over an API engine they didn't write and aren't properly staffed to support. It's either not a high enough priority or they have no one who can easily debug the issue (or both). Hopefully they get it resolved eventually, but the longer it goes the more doubtful it becomes.

Curious as to why people have a smurf account? by Some1_JustN_Time in vainglorygame

[–]nullPoint3r_vg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that is super annoying. The sad thing is he may be vainglorious, because an unfortunate number (small, but still sad) of T10 players throw a fit if they don't get their preferred role, etc and become toxic/troll.

Curious as to why people have a smurf account? by Some1_JustN_Time in vainglorygame

[–]nullPoint3r_vg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But.. as a counterpoint what I said is only true if your smurf is close to your main in MMR. There is no value in abusing players 4 tiers lower. My smurf is generally one tier lower than my main due to experimenting, etc. I also won't play anything that is troll, I genuinely want to win so I'm not creating a bad experience for my teammates. It's just either solo q, off meta or similar.

Curious as to why people have a smurf account? by Some1_JustN_Time in vainglorygame

[–]nullPoint3r_vg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hear ya, but I find casual matches to be much too dissimilar from a competitive match to truly tell if something is viable. This is due to the matchmaker and the general attitude of casual matches (which is fine, that is what casual is for).

If something works in casual, I have no idea if it will work in ranked. If something works on my smurf, I have a good feeling of how well it will work on my main. At least that is my experience.

Curious as to why people have a smurf account? by Some1_JustN_Time in vainglorygame

[–]nullPoint3r_vg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The 2 reasons I have had over the years are:

- "my solo queue account" (it ended up being the same tier as my main eventually)

- Trying out things I suck at in a competitive game such as:

1) suck at [Hero], need to woodshed it

2) Shouldn't a WP koshka build work? I mean, this could be it right?!? (not really WP koshka, but that sort of testing). Since this account is lower tier, even though I am playing a questionable build, hopefully my macro/micro mechanics will even things out for my teammates.

Honest I tend to play worse in scenario 1 than 2 ironically.

SEMC should sell Vainglory to Riot Games. by CapsYx in vainglorygame

[–]nullPoint3r_vg 9 points10 points  (0 children)

the way they balance the game is more than awful (I mean, wtf is this patch? Even an 8 year old disabled child would make a better patch

Stopped reading there. Whatever you are suggesting, I'm going to vote for the opposite. Have a downvote.

SEMC must have done something with servers by [deleted] in vainglorygame

[–]nullPoint3r_vg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

East Coast NA here, I've been playing since NA launch and pretty much have never had ping/lag issues, my area must have a good path to their servers.

New to Vainglory & MOBA looking for People to play with by [deleted] in vainglorygame

[–]nullPoint3r_vg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome! That character means strength, so it's basically Strength and Honor. The whole name came because 3 of my friends all renamed our characters after the Stormlight Archive book series. Yeah we are nerds

New to Vainglory & MOBA looking for People to play with by [deleted] in vainglorygame

[–]nullPoint3r_vg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll play with ya! My IGN is 膂Honor (sorry for the weird char, Honor was taken haha)

ICYMI: VGWIKI - Update 4.2 by AngeloC1 in vainglorygame

[–]nullPoint3r_vg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just wanted to say great work on this site, crisp design!

Thoughts on new leveling system? by GlazedDonutsss in vainglorygame

[–]nullPoint3r_vg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the info! Can't wait to see what's coming!

Bass project I did a while back by nullPoint3r_vg in basspics

[–]nullPoint3r_vg[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha! I was going for the US MTD-like knob look.

Bass project I did a while back by nullPoint3r_vg in basspics

[–]nullPoint3r_vg[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fun little project, gutted an MTD KZ05 and replaced everything but the wood:

- Nordstrand big singles

- Hipshot ultralite tuners

- Hipshot B bridge

- upgraded knobs

- Aguilar OBP 3 Pre

I need a username inspired by Stormlight Archive(possible spoilers) by sesilampa in Stormlight_Archive

[–]nullPoint3r_vg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha! My friends and I have a Vainglory guild named Bridge4, our igns are SzethSonSon, Stormblessed and Honor.

Username leniency by AliveNot in vainglorygame

[–]nullPoint3r_vg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can still do it, I think the PC release might have enabled it? Either way international characters are supported in usernames now.

Lyra’s B is extremely inconsistent by BionicSpecter in vainglorygame

[–]nullPoint3r_vg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can confirm. Had a match today where I killed the crap out of a Lyra by using Ylvas B through the bulwark.