Since it’s been almost 2 years since steam release ( and some amount before it), the question here is more aimed at DB vets, regarding different time periods of DB development.
What’s the golden age of DB, as well as the dark age?
Granted, I’ve started playing since the end 2015, I get a feeling 2016 was quite dark. Or maybe there were worse times?
What’s the golden age of DB
2015-07-07 to 2015-07-22.
The time phantom reigned supreme.
as well as the dark age?
2016-11-26 to sometime in the future.
Fucking thunders everywhere.
I’ve only been here for about a year, but for me it was ReV.
Not only were there boosters that were totally working as intended, but it was around the time that NGS decided to absolutely explode. On a good day, I could only play about 5 minutes before I got kicked, so it made it basically impossible to collect the special edition cards.
On a bad day, I couldn’t load the game at all. And this went on for weeks.
dark age?
Phantom release (even though everyone who knew what they are talking about still agreed that he is mediocre at best); the amount of rage and salt on forums and ingame was unparalleled by anything before after.
golden age?
Now for sure, game is better than ever, except of course Thunder stacks in ranked. Fortunately it seems most of the good players agree not to use him.
Still, the playerbase is healthy, and its the first time since closed beta that its easy to find good players to match against (ranked)
I joined at the tail end of the containment war update. In my opinion, the second half of 2016 (summer squash to winter’s meme) was the dark age. Now things are looking up, so I’d say this is the golden age.
[quote=“Szakalot;c-224259”]dark age?
Phantom release (even though everyone who knew what they are talking about still agreed that he is mediocre at best); the amount of rage and salt on forums and ingame was unparalleled by anything before after.
golden age?
Now for sure, game is better than ever, except of course Thunder stacks in ranked. Fortunately it seems most of the good players agree not to use him.
Still, the playerbase is healthy, and its the first time since closed beta that its easy to find good players to match against (ranked)[/quote]
I share exactly the same thoughts.
Dark Age
Fragger having 2 grenades combined with the M4A1 still being a laserrifle without any recoil.
Or the infamous Phantom release.
Golden Age
This’ll be tainted by everyone’s moment they first got into the game. You know, the moment the game still feels magical, as you are learning how to play it and get better? That moment.
Objectively though the golden age would be now as the game has more features characters and … ONE more map than it used to before.
Dark Age : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhLy2LSc3qA
Golden Age : we’re on the way.
[quote=“Whens_Phoenix;c-224335”]Dark Age
Fragger having 2 grenades combined with the M4A1 still being a laserrifle without any recoil.
Or the infamous Phantom release. [/quote][right][/right]
The M4 is still a “laserrifle without any recoil”.
They haven’t changed it since the Fine Tuning Update on 2015-08-19.
[quote=“hjfarnsworth;c-224337”]
They haven’t changed it since the Fine Tuning Update on 2015-08-19.[/quote]
I was pretty sure at some point they gave it slightly more recoil… guess I’m wrong?
But you’re right I should have written THE laserrifle. Now that the timik has been changed about 3 times we at least have a different flavour of laserrifle.
But Fragger having 1 less grenade and less total health are probably more significant balancing-wise.
Phantom release still wins the price for biggest shitstorm.
This whole Phantom fuss is a good reminder, on how melee character can not work in fast paced online shooters.
Looking at you Assassin from Lawbreakers.
P.S.
Yeah I know there’s a DemoKnight loadout in TF2, but that’s rock-paper-scissors type of gameplay.
[quote=“TheStrangerous;c-224340”]This whole Phantom fuss is a good reminder, on how melee character can not work in fast paced online shooters.
Looking at you Assassin from Lawbreakers.
P.S.
Yeah I know there’s a DemoKnight loadout in TF2, but that’s rock-paper-scissors type of gameplay.[/quote]
It’s just about finding a good balance tbh.
As it is now, I think melee is fine, the only issue is when people don’t know how to use it, or don’t know how to counter it.
Except maybe the stilnotto, can’t stand it at all
Kiratana didn’t need to be a thing.
Quickslash Phantom didn’t need to be a thing.
Kukri hit box still broken :’(
#priorities
Well Dark ages I’d say would be Phantom release, Thunder release - Mofo update. Golden Age is probably since Mofo update, but otherwise was around Containment War, I might just be saying that because my favorite Fire Support Stoker was released though.