Never got into Fallout tbh, just doesn't have the same atmosphere as TES. I probably should like it since I love post-apocalyptic stuff, but it's just not my thing. God I want TES 6 so bad.
Never got into Fallout tbh, just doesn't have the same atmosphere as TES. I probably should like it since I love post-apocalyptic stuff, but it's just not my thing. God I want TES 6 so bad.
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Fallout 4 gave me a lot of hope for TES 6, because I have issues with vanilla skyrim
Tbh the AI in SC2 is actually really nicely done. It actually sends scouts to locations and ****, as opposed to how it was in every RTS ever, AI cheats and knows the map.
But yeah, when I went online it was a bloodbath.
Tbh the AI in SC2 is actually really nicely done. It actually sends scouts to locations and ****, as opposed to how it was in every RTS ever, AI cheats and knows the map.
But yeah, when I went online it was a bloodbath.
Yeah the massacre is real lol. I think the toughest part to work on for new players is the APM's (Actions Per Minute). When you first start off, you could do about 35 and think "Not bad". Then you watch a stream-and see someone do about 100 (and it's not the spammy APM either) and think "pants". Mechanics is one thing-thinking fast is another and can be a real *****. Especially at my age lol.
But new players also fall into the trap of thinking APM's are the be all and end all of Starcraft when it's the opposite. Yes the pros are where they are because of how fast they think and their absurd APM-but working on mechanics and doing what you need to effectively is far more important. Too many people are discouraged by APM when mechanics are first thing they should work on. APM's go up naturally
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Lol, my first game, I didn't know what to expect, so I just went and turtled myself in my base, like any armchair single-player general would. 5 bunkers at the entrance and everything.
After maybe 30 minutes I finally decided to peak out, and the other dude ******* barricaded me from all sides, there was hugeass army at every corner of my base, Terran tanks in siege-mode ready to fire, every resource spot had a base pumping shiton of units down my way.
I never felt some embarrased in a video game.
The problem I have with SC is that it feels like it's too heavily reliant on mechanical skills, and there isn't enough room for the big "plays". Even when you're watching fights and doing relatively average micro, you still need to be toggling through your buildings, creating new units, managing your economy etc.
Which is why I am always drawn to Dota. It's as intense, if not more (playing an 8 slotted Invoker with Aghs+Octarine is still probably the hardest thing I've ever done in gaming) but it's concentrated intensity. You can be 10k behind, have pretty average mechanical skills and still land a perfect 5 man RP into skewer into a teamwipe into a turnaround. It makes every game different. Lost games are frequently won, huge fights can be dominated by the incredible play of one person or the sloppiness of another. In SC, I feel like I know what's going to happen the vast majority of the time. In Dota, there's just so much more potential.
This game I had last night summed it up nicely. We got destroyed for much of it, lost a lane of rax super early and were constantly on the back foot. But they couldn't finish us. So we sat down for a minute, all used our mics and got co-ordinated. We would force out their mistakes, get a single kill and then use that to take a single objective. When they started to adapt, so did we. When they started to expect us to do x, we did y. We were able to use the game's flexibility to slowly claw our way back in, the potential of the item system to spec ourselves into builds that changed the game. Note that our entire team has BoTs and Blinks, my Shadowblade or WR's MKB.
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I don't have a god **** ******* clue what you just said haha. I pretty much only understand fighting game terminology these days!
Ok, soooo:
8 slotted- you have 6 item slots that you can fill in Dota. Some items have abilities you can use, others give you abilities passively by holding them. All abilities have cooldowns. Lets just say you have a ring, it heals you but can only be used once every 30 seconds, so it has a 30sec cooldown (c/d). 8 slots normally means you have 6 items, plus a special unit dedicated to holding 2 items for you. You might for example use that ring, then bring that unit in, give it your ring and take a different item off the unit and use it. This way, you can effectively have more than 6 item slots, if you are good enough to control 2 units at the same time.
Invoker- almost all heroes in Dota have 4 skill slots, 3 normal abilities and an ultimate. Invoker instead has 9 separate spells, which you switch between by pushing the right combination of keys. Previously the order used to matter also, giving him 27 spells but that was ridiculous and the hero was simplified. Here's an example.
So playing an 8 slotted Invoker basically means playing the hardest hero in the game, a hero that you need to have very quick fingers and good decision making (you have 9 spells but in most fights you wont cast all of them before its over because of cooldowns, the order that you cast these spells in is very very important also), whilst also controlling a separate unit to take you beyond the normal limits of what items can do.
10k behind- gold totals for each team. Imagine you're playing smash and the more damage you deal, the better item drops are for you. It's like that.
average mechanical skills- how well you can perform tasks in the game. Technical things basically, think of how fast you seem some gamers mash their keys.
perfect 5 man rp- there are 5 heroes per team on Dota. A hero called Magnus has an ability called RP that stuns everything in a short radius and brings them all into the same point. Landing a perfect RP means getting all of their heroes stunned at once and clumped up together through it, allowing your team free roam to murder them horribly. This is a 5 man RP.
into skewer- thats the thing you see after the RP, its a skill that allows you to reposition enemy units in a short range. The combo is to get all your opponents into RP, then use skewer to push them into your team for murdering.
teamwipe- you kill their entire team
turnaround- you go from being ****** to suddenly being back in the game.
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Holy **** that actually made sense haha. Appreciate the effort in that reply!
Aye know what you mean about the constant micro-managing/macroing during the game. When I first played it last year, I couldn't adjust to it. It was like "What the actual ****?!" then stopped. But for some reason, last month everything just clicked. Having experience of RTS games definately helps aswell. Being Terran is definately an absolute headache-that's the absolute worst for micromanagement-very high skill required. So I switched to Protoss-lot more breathing space and a bit easier. Plus they have lasers-who doesn't like lasers?!
I've tried Dota before and definately a steep learning curve. Thing is with Dota/LoL/HoTS I just can't see myself playing in the near future due to the toxicity which is a shame as it's a genre that looks interesting. Hopefully the toxic behavior will be dealt with more severely
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Any Mortal Kombat fans here? New Kombat pack looks pretty good, specially Triborg - Sektor Smoke and Cyrax!
The Plants VS Zombies Garden Warfare 2 beta is up for consoles. #1 was my favorite game this gen so Really keen to play more of the new one. If anyone is on Xbox1 and wants to have a game with me then let me know. Its up until Sunday night I think. Game released next month
The Plants VS Zombies Garden Warfare 2 beta is up for consoles. #1 was my favorite game this gen so Really keen to play more of the new one. If anyone is on Xbox1 and wants to have a game with me then let me know. Its up until Sunday night I think. Game released next month
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Anything to avoid an honest day's work!
I probably wouldn't have read it all if i was not at work myself
Yeah I have a love-hate relationship with all the MOBA games. At its best, MOBA is a perfect genre for old farts like us, because you can just log in, rip **** for an hour, log off and feel like you've accomplished something. You can fit at least one game a day in even the busiest schedule.
The toxicity is sometimes unbearable though. And its not the fact that people rage, because hey, I've been trolling on the Web before internet because it was even publicly available, I've seen enough nerd rage to fill 3 lifetimes, it doesn't bother me.
Its that they rage and start playing worse, they lose focus, or even with some of the more fragile minds, they deliberately play start bad because you've made them angry. That **** I just can't stand.
I'm no pope, I played online drunk out of my brain and barely being able to locate the keyboard , more then I'm willing to admit. And I've probably ruined the game for many people in the process. But ******* deliberately play bad, that I can't get. And it happens more than you know.
As for DOTA itself, Its too complicated mechanically for me. At 33 I can't outskill people who are 13 playing 10 hours a day, its just not happening. That's why I liked LOL, the mechanics are simplier, but building your champions is a lot more complex, and that's where I could find some edge. I actually have spreadsheets with different builds, calculations and stuff.
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I say to Subtle all the time wish I had the ptience for Dota butthe community just ***** me off. Would sooner just attempt the insane achievements on EU4, helps that I am very good at the game though .
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Thats how I feel about DOTA tbh, I love watching skilful players but I am wouldn't say terrible would say below average.
I used to play DOTA, but my god, people are dickheads in that game. Still from time to time watch some streams, but it does not appeal to me now.