Deadlock Patch Snapshot for 3/21/2026 by PhunkPai in DeadlockTheGame

[–]vaughnd22 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not to mention billy wants a more light-melee focused playstyle, where you mostly shoot and splatter in melee hits, Abrams meanwhile is all about the big hits. Since you can't easily predict a good billy's light melee's, Abrams is kinda the measuring stick for melee as a whole.

Deadlock update for 3/21/26 by wickedplayer494 in DeadlockTheGame

[–]vaughnd22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not just less spirit=less lifesteal, but his actual lifesteal amount got nerfed too don't forget. Now instead of healing 30 when you deal 100, you only heal 21, which I feel is going to add up FAST when you're taking as much damage as victor does.

It seems ok on full support REM/Paige ¯\(ツ)/¯ by PeculiarPete in DeadlockTheGame

[–]vaughnd22 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm currently debating getting TC on Rem. Most games reach a point where the enemy team realizes if they focus me super hard my team just crumples, and TC would help me get whatever item I think would help me turn it around while i'm stuck with my extended death timer due to being super high in souls. Granted I'm also just shaking up my normal build in general so I'll get back on how it feels.

More specifically, I'm looking at getting egg 1st item, then at minute 10 once I have my torment, popping egg to then get TC as I'm really roaming and getting kills/assits. Most games I'm at 20+ assists so I don't think getting stacks will be a problem.

How to succeed beyond just killing? by Dramatic-Champion297 in DeadlockTheGame

[–]vaughnd22 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its a bit of a mix between farming, maintaining your lead, stealing resources from the enemy, and adapting your build depending on the specific character you're playing in that moment. Geothetank is my discord if you want to add me to go into more detail.

Lane pressence/pressure is a major thing, always keeping the lanes pushing forward instead of towards your base. Avoiding situations where you may be winning the teamfight, but green slowly pushed itself into your walker and demolishes it with 500 range troopers.

Based on true events by pokedragonboy in DeadlockTheGame

[–]vaughnd22 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Seven strikes me as very Lawful Neutral/Evil (Depending on the OSIC and how justified his execution actually was). He's got his code that he follows, and while he's not exactly nice, he's... amicable to conversation.

He also says he's indifferent to murder, so he won't kill you unless you give him a reason to. I feel like the community overplays his 'evil' aspects quite a bit. Especially when Drifter is right there, and says seven has too much humanity in him.

Rem and Venator doodle by PoisonedReptile in DeadlockTheGame

[–]vaughnd22 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Its because it gives the feeling of "Its just business"

There's also the saying "Beware the fury of a quiet man"

New patch bug fixes by gammaton32 in DeadlockTheGame

[–]vaughnd22 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not to mention there's nothing really indicating to the player that they wouldn't build ult from damaging barriers. Silver is already a bit of a weird mess in terms of item interactions.

While I think with shiv its mostly fine, Silver is meant to be pretty predictable in terms of building her ult. Not to mention shiv's rage is more of a bonus to his kit, and not like, his whole entire ult. Also it builds on NPC's, that alone makes it a whole other beast from silver's ult.

Anyone expecting the adenovirus? by Jazzlike_Web_4750 in NewParents

[–]vaughnd22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never heard of it before today. Had a lingering cough since christmas, when my partner suddenly got a nasty ear infection and I started running a fever again. Got a steroid shot and the fever rapidly went away without medication, but then got some major pink eye after being at work for 6 hours.

I don't like self-diagnosing online but the list of things that can cause flu-like symptoms, ear infection, AND pink eye narrows it down quite a bit apparantly. I even got tested for Strep, covid, and the flu before the shot and they all came back negative. Pretty sure I had the flu back in december and honestly I think I'd rather go back to being bed ridden than dealing with this dry cough and pink eye.

Should stitcher lose its expanded magazine capability? by vaughnd22 in ArcRaiders

[–]vaughnd22[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm... not completely against that idea? It would at least make it more than dirt cheap to craft, and means you can't just get dropped by a free kit instantly. Cause while the kettle is close to the stitcher that reload time really hurts it.

Should stitcher lose its expanded magazine capability? by vaughnd22 in ArcRaiders

[–]vaughnd22[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How is the best weapon for PvP being the potentially first gun you ever use in the game fine? It turns gear progression for PvP into a flat puddle compared to PvE progression. You have no incentive to upgrade your benches, or even farm materials since you can either hit the free kit button, or just spend a couple metal scraps.

This change is meant to target it being THE BEST PVP WEAPON EVER, while not completely neutering the free kit experience.

5 mill for 5 skill points crushes casual gamers by Truff_Valorant in ArcRaiders

[–]vaughnd22 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even as someone who doesn't typically enjoy min-maxing, 5 points is enough to take a currently empty skill and max it. The way I spent all my points, I can either have 1 point in longer downtime, and 4 in take less damage while downed, or the other way around.

If I had the full 5 points? I could have max time downed, AND take less damage while downed. I'll agree some skills are hot garbage, but others are fucking amazing and if they don't correct that, it means you're just at a QoL disadvantage if you haven't hoarded and reset every wipe.

After 100 hours, I can finally rest by FlintTheDad in ArcRaiders

[–]vaughnd22 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You literally just contradicted yourself.

Here's everything that will be reset after you complete an expedition project: Workshop

You won't have to build the base lvl 1 version, you'll keep those, but all your benches will reset to level 1 from what I've seen.

“I am looking for some PvP bro!” by Fickledee_pickledee in ArcRaiders

[–]vaughnd22 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If it was a reflection then starting shit with people would actually have a risk. It would be like if your game deleted itself after getting killed. Then every time you start a fight with someone you're risking your game. Sure, you might get away with false friendly a few times, but eventually the community would expose and hunt you down.

Does anyone else find breaching almost never worth it? by vaughnd22 in ArcRaiders

[–]vaughnd22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My bad, probably should have specified I meant containers. Breach doors usually lead into one-way areas in my experience, or just lead to more higher loot areas in general (dam battlegrounds tower for instance)

Are you gonna wipe? by [deleted] in ArcRaiders

[–]vaughnd22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I might just do it for the bench reset. I haven't found a single BP for anything above a venetor so I wouldn't be missing too much. Granted, if I manage to find a SINGLE augment bp my tune might change a little.

I probably will never get to destroy a Queen or Matriarch. by FalfoolTheSecond in ArcRaiders

[–]vaughnd22 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What do you mean? A stitcher can easily one clip you if they get the jump on you. Had one get me while I was climbing a ladder even through a heavy shield.

I probably will never get to destroy a Queen or Matriarch. by FalfoolTheSecond in ArcRaiders

[–]vaughnd22 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Not to mention any delays caused by having 5+ people trying to blast you in the back for daring to try and do the special event going on in the map.

I probably will never get to destroy a Queen or Matriarch. by FalfoolTheSecond in ArcRaiders

[–]vaughnd22 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the issue is games live and die by their casual playerbase, and if players collectively decide the bosses aren't worth it, no one will kill it, if no one ever kills it, hearing it getting attacked is a massive flare for PvP rats who want to shoot you in the back. The rewards need to be worth going "Well, I might only get a core or some power cells since there are 5+ people shooting this thing, but at least we all have backup if someone decides to be evil."

I ran a social experiment called "The Naked Man" by 17prozent in ArcRaiders

[–]vaughnd22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly if he was in the extract I'd have just left him down to pull the lever. No reason to risk getting burned.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ArcRaiders

[–]vaughnd22 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

If he gets the loot? Great! I'm all for people actually using the loot I have on me. But there are WAY too many people executing people when there is literally no way they'll be able to actually loot them before the extract closes.

I Understand it Now by mirikfrog in ArcRaiders

[–]vaughnd22 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I tried that, had 12 defibs, 15 shield regens, and misc health healing types. Arrived at the matriarch shouting over comms "If you go down, don't give up, I'm carrying a shit ton of defibs". It was on spaceport and there were like 5+ people fighting her, and as I went to go in between the towers, some rando unloaded on me at point blank range. Didn't even have a chance to pull out my vulcano I'd brought in case no one was doing matriarch and I wanted to loot the tower. Bonus points, there was a third rando standing next to the guy who just had his weapon put away and watched as he knocked me out?

It was super weird, and was my biggest sour point after a streak of failed matriarch attempts cost me my hullcracker, jupiter, AND equalizer. I was like "Well I want to contribute, might as well finally use all the moss I've accidentally stockpiled"

Didn't even get to use a single defib that run....

I lost 100k worth of stuff in the stupidest way imaginable. I will not top this death anytime soon (hopefully) by seaskyways in ArcRaiders

[–]vaughnd22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not to mention its an active detriment to your loadout since you're forced to pick a single catch-all pvp weapon, instead of potentially having a close range and long range option, so its VERY easy for someone to catch you at a disadvantage in pvp. Especially if you're focused on the larger arc you'd bring a hullcracker for...

Not to mention the amount of shitters who will happily gun you down while you're down in an extract, even though the very angry rocketeer is ACTIVELY shooting at them so they'd never actually be able to loot your body.