DEV STREAM ROUND-UP: 3RD FEBRUARY 2016

(DMaster2) #21

Lol no merc this month also? Aimee better be the next, i don’t want to wait for her another 3 months.

(Faraleth) #22

@DMaster2 I know what you mean :frowning: Half seem to be waiting for Turtle, while the other half are waiting for Aimee. It’s gonna really suck for those who don’t get what they want >.<

Kinda makes me just wish they would release the final 2 mercs quickly, so that we have the full roster, and then concentrate on more important aspects of the game. :confused:

(B_Montiel) #23

I really do hope they have more intricate statistics than this right now. Otherwise this turns into a sad fact. Smooth admitted in the 16th November 2015 stream that the statistics they currently have are bare naked general (average k/dr, accuracy, xp/min, time spent… this for the WHOLE playerbase) and do not reflect how mercs handle between different hands. Because Proxy is totally underused by people who know what they are doing in mm. I generally play against full premade set-ups in mm and I barely see her. In my opinion, this still shows how much their balancing is just fiddling with numbers to keep players happy.

As a quick reminder : forums.dirtybomb.nexon.net/discussion/comment/110777

On kira’s laser bug, I’ll try to sum up what I’ve noticed so far. Couple of hints that might help.

(Ballto) #24

[quote=“Jostabeere;145416”]“Fun fact: The most played merc in ranked mode, is in fact, Proxy.”
Yeah. And there goes the argument of all Proxy-lovers against a nerf.
“But she isn’t viable and noone plays her ever in comp”[/quote]

fun fact, one of the most played mercs in pubs is vasili.

And there goes the argument against nerfing him and people saying its worthless.

Playtime =/= balanced, need more statistics (KDR, TKR, etc)

(Feley) #25

[quote=“Ballto;145590”][quote=“Jostabeere;145416”]“Fun fact: The most played merc in ranked mode, is in fact, Proxy.”
Yeah. And there goes the argument of all Proxy-lovers against a nerf.
“But she isn’t viable and noone plays her ever in comp”[/quote]

fun fact, one of the most played mercs in pubs is vasili.

And there goes the argument against nerfing him and people saying its worthless.

Playtime =/= balanced, need more statistics (KDR, TKR, etc)[/quote]

Yeah but people usually consider mercs that are played in ranked, that they are strongest… There is not very much of Vassilis in ranked cause he is not helping his team, on the other side, there is Fragger, who is one of the most played ranked mercs, and considered strong.

If Proxy wasn’t that strong (not only combatly, but also objective-wise) no one would even bother playing her in ranked… While in pubs, ppl don’t care who are they playing with, cause it doesn’t affect their rank or anything. They just want to have fun, and that’s why there are so much Vassilis in pubs.

(LifeupOmega) #26

[quote=“Jostabeere;145416”]“Fun fact: The most played merc in ranked mode, is in fact, Proxy.”
Yeah. And there goes the argument of all Proxy-lovers against a nerf.
“But she isn’t viable and noone plays her ever in comp”[/quote]

But that’s just the thing, she isn’t viable. She’s awful once you actually play against people who can play. It says nothing about how good she is, it just means that everyone owns a 30k merc who has a low skill floor and, as such, is rewarding for newer players. Fletcher and Bush are still superior in every single way, from raw damage to sustainability.

To fight against an opponent of equal skill you need to do so much more, your SMG has the highest TTK out of all SMGs, you only have 90hp versus the 110hp standard, and your mines are useless once you fight people with brains.

And, again, ranked isn’t competitive. Anyone can play it from level 7, and judging by the average pub, a level 7 isn’t going to know that much about how to play efficiently, so you’re going to get a lot more people with low cost mercs playing.

(p4v) #27

Proxy is most popular because she costs 30k. The same thing applies to Vassili, just because there are plenty of players playing him it doesn’t mean he is better than RedEye.

(Feley) #28

[quote=“LifeupOmega;145594”][quote=“Jostabeere;145416”]“Fun fact: The most played merc in ranked mode, is in fact, Proxy.”
Yeah. And there goes the argument of all Proxy-lovers against a nerf.
“But she isn’t viable and noone plays her ever in comp”[/quote]

But that’s just the thing, she isn’t viable. She’s awful once you actually play against people who can play. It says nothing about how good she is, it just means that everyone owns a 30k merc who has a low skill floor and, as such, is rewarding for newer players. Fletcher and Bush are still superior in every single way, from raw damage to sustainability.

To fight against an opponent of equal skill you need to do so much more, your SMG has the highest TTK out of all SMGs, you only have 90hp versus the 110hp standard, and your mines are useless once you fight people with brains.

And, again, ranked isn’t competitive. Anyone can play it from level 7, and judging by the average pub, a level 7 isn’t going to know that much about how to play efficiently, so you’re going to get a lot more people with low cost mercs playing.[/quote]

First of all, Flethcer’s SMG has less dps than Proxy’s SMG (which is also called laser by some people, and by far best SMG to me!)

I agree Fletcher is superior, but still if someone knows his job, everyone is viable for competetive.
Most people playing Proxy in ranked, shows that most people trust Proxy to bring them higher rank…
Ranked doesn’t need to mean competetive, but it sure is something that you are rewarded for and something that you will be careful about…

Anyways if someone wants to play ranked with Proxy he thinks that she will bring him the victory easier than other mercs. And if they are risking the game, therefor their own rank, by playing “not-viable” Proxy, they sure think she is more capable of doing her job than Fletcher and Bushwacker!

Proxy is the last merc I bought :smile: (only Thunder and Rhino left after her), anyways every 2 weeks there is one objective specialist in rotation, so for objective specialists, it doesn’t really matter how much they cost, cause each is free every 6 weeks…

Also very many people think they can be good snipers, cause sniping is something that people want to do… For that reason, Vassili is being played more than Proxy, Arty or Sawbonez (30k mercs) in pubs…

(Jostabeere) #29

[quote=“Faraleth;145578”]@DMaster2 I know what you mean :frowning: Half seem to be waiting for Turtle, while the other half are waiting for Aimee. It’s gonna really suck for those who don’t get what they want >.<

Kinda makes me just wish they would release the final 2 mercs quickly, so that we have the full roster, and then concentrate on more important aspects of the game. :/[/quote]

And I’m sitting here, not givng half of a crap about Aimee or Turtle and waiting for Javelin.

(Sinee) #30

[quote=“Faraleth;23827”]
[*] Vassili could see some buffs, as the recent update saw him take a bit of a hit.
[/quote]Wow, really?! Oh my god! How unexpected!!!

Of course he fucking took a major blow to his playability with jump sniping removed. Vassili/sniping is currently broken. Gonna need them to fix it.

(gg2ez) #31

[quote=“Jostabeere;145615”][quote=“Faraleth;145578”]@DMaster2 I know what you mean :frowning: Half seem to be waiting for Turtle, while the other half are waiting for Aimee. It’s gonna really suck for those who don’t get what they want >.<

Kinda makes me just wish they would release the final 2 mercs quickly, so that we have the full roster, and then concentrate on more important aspects of the game. :/[/quote]

And I’m sitting here, not givng half of a crap about Aimee or Turtle and waiting for Javelin.[/quote]

Have you seen the NDA renders yet? They’re practically everywhere. REMOVED How cool is that?

(Faraleth) #32

@gg2ez and NDA content is forbidden on this forum - regardless of whether you signed it or not. The actual content or details are not allowed to be posted :expressionless: Sorry, but some idiot went and broke the agreement. Not cool. :confused:

(FireWorks) #33

Thank god they didnt leak the footage where she got the katana and the rocket launcher! Was always wondering how she could sustain that knockback

(gg2ez) #34

I wasn’t gonna post it or anything :lol: Just asking if anyone else saw it.

(Faraleth) #35

@gg2ez I know… I was more referring to the bit of information regarding his/her character model. :slight_smile:

(gg2ez) #36

I can’t talk about it either huh :confused:

(FireWorks) #37

I can’t talk about it either huh :confused: [/quote]

Nope, only about her rocket launcher and the dragon she was able to cast at lv12.

(Faraleth) #38

@gg2ez nope… It’s still under NDA, so nothing is allowed to be posted from here :frowning: technically, no one outside of the alpha testers should know about it.

(watsyurdeal) #39

All I know is the Rocket Launcher better be worth using, or I’m gonna be mad.

(pumpkinmeerkat) #40

Community finds out Proxy is the most played merc in ranked mode.

Community decides Proxy must be overpowered…

facepalm