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Re: Regarding the Costume Trunk
you get one random skin (or dye) from those available in the chest... you may get one for a hero you have not unlock yet, it can also be one of the 2 dyes
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Re: Steam reviews got worse after robot's decision to remove Siege mode.
Siege was the point of this game from the start,and it was pretty unique.They just never advertised it,took too long to dev,then got scared and lost their gonads because business pressure that they never felt when they had all the time in the world and a small player base.
Highway
5
Re: Trip Wire
it`s a good fail safe, but I find it a lot more usefull when playing solo, in group, it`s a lot easier to cover more lanes
Re: Mouse stopped working
try disabling the software that run in the background, it could be cause by another software that has an overlay, ex. discord, steam ...
Re: Bring back Siege!
Randre said:Hello ManceRader,
The fundamental problem with siege was the skill gap. Siege had too many things going on at any one point and a single bad play would cost you the game. Most matches were decided by wave 2 and everything else was just delaying the inevitable. The skill ceiling in Siege was stupidly high and it was a mode where you HAD to work as a team to win. No single player could carry a match. That made running with random people painful and thus promoted teams. Who by the nature of being a pre-made team would stomp on all the random players. Which made people not want to queue random. Which in turn made people not want to play unless they had a team. But teams stopped playing if they always lost to the better pre-mades. Which reduced the number of players. So on and so on.
Short version: Siege was very unfriendly to new players. For someone trying to learn it was arduous.
You could probably write an essay on why Siege failed. But I hope this short explanation helps (note all the above is my opinion and may not perfectly reflect reality).
Thanks,
Randre
Interesting perspective.
I would argue that siege was more simplistic than most MOBAs on the market.
The problems, as I saw it, were a little more complicated:
- The MOBA market is saturated.
- Because it was similar to a MOBA. players tried to use their MOBA knowledge. There was a lot of un-learning required.
- Designing for Siege made Survival much less fun.
- Designing for Siege made Survival much less fun.
- Progression systems only applied to one mode.
Smaller issues:
- The maps were easy to get lost on.
Smaller issues:
- The maps were easy to get lost on.
- The trap building game and the minion selection game was not interesting enough.
- Escorting minions was difficult to make fun.
- Lack of skillshots
I personally never thought that the core game was too complicated. As I said, you've got a lot competitors with significantly more events going on, item shops, last hitting, etc.
- Lack of skillshots
I personally never thought that the core game was too complicated. As I said, you've got a lot competitors with significantly more events going on, item shops, last hitting, etc.
I'm just not convinced that there are any changes we could make to have fixed siege. I fundamentally believe that players don't want another MOBA-like game right now.
Does that mean that siege could have been converted into a completely different PvP game? Yes, it could have. However, it would have still had the largest problem... Designing heroes for siege and survival makes both modes much less fun.
This largely explains why we removed Siege. I miss it. I found it very fun. However, I do believe we made the right decision.
It also explains why we added sabotage. Many of the issues are resolved. It's a more natural extension of survival. That's not to say that sabotage doesn't have its own problems, but I believe it fits more strongly into the OMD franchise.
I hope that helps.
ShadeDev
5
Re: Why buffing those fire elementals??
Leaving aside the "high rank" rant.
Sure they are annoying but there are quite a few ways of countering them.
This game is obviously not about skill, but even with that, and even after Siege removal, this game still has huge gaps of "skill" (more centered on knowledge than micro nowadays) creating an abysmal difference between casual and regular/dedicated players, and also leaving an almost as big gap within the regular/dedicated/veteran players.
High skill now is more about strategy and knowledge of the game, allowing to adapt, counter, and prevent pretty much everything. Micro is still important but not that much.
Anyhow, they are going to be changed soon:
Sure they are annoying but there are quite a few ways of countering them.
This game is obviously not about skill, but even with that, and even after Siege removal, this game still has huge gaps of "skill" (more centered on knowledge than micro nowadays) creating an abysmal difference between casual and regular/dedicated players, and also leaving an almost as big gap within the regular/dedicated/veteran players.
High skill now is more about strategy and knowledge of the game, allowing to adapt, counter, and prevent pretty much everything. Micro is still important but not that much.
Anyhow, they are going to be changed soon:
ShadeDev said:
The current plan is to significantly lower their health, speed, and the number that spawn.
In addition, we will be fixing bugs that cause them to spawn even when flipped of the map.
Lastly, we will be adding more systems to allow you to notice firelings by adding new sounds and explosion delays.
These changes make them FAR less threatening.
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The current plan is to significantly lower their health, speed, and the number that spawn.
In addition, we will be fixing bugs that cause them to spawn even when flipped of the map.
Lastly, we will be adding more systems to allow you to notice firelings by adding new sounds and explosion delays.
These changes make them FAR less threatening.
Source
Re: What does refire rate mean ?
Yeah, +100% refire rate means that it triggers twice as much in the same time. Or in most traps, it more correctly means that it has a cooldown reduction of 50%.
@Sou1Reaper Your calculations might be correct depending on how the game actually handles it. Depending on if it's actually re-fire rate for real or just the tooltip should say Cooldown. Since those 2 things are different and the calculations are different. We don't really know, each trap seems to be a different case... You can always test it but the difference on 7s is hard to tell.
@Sou1Reaper Your calculations might be correct depending on how the game actually handles it. Depending on if it's actually re-fire rate for real or just the tooltip should say Cooldown. Since those 2 things are different and the calculations are different. We don't really know, each trap seems to be a different case... You can always test it but the difference on 7s is hard to tell.
Re: Is this lore still cannon?
We haven't changed the cannon but have rather been making updates and additions to it, so until you are told otherwise by Robot, you should definitely consider this part of cannon, yes.
Re: Heat Activated Trigger Question
Hey there! I've got a Heat Activated Trigger Answer for your Heat Activated Trigger Question,
The HAT will only trigger, as you mentioned, when an enemy crosses into the trigger range for a trap. Ballista trigger ranges are huuuuge, so there is a very specific point when burning minions will have the 10% chance to refire the Ballista immediately. While the minions are already within the Ballista's trigger range, they will not trigger the HAT even if there are burning minions within the trigger range. I have attached an informative and poorly drawn MS Paint infographic to demonstrate this behavior. (https://imgur.com/a/JKOLA)
Ultimately, the HAT and the Kinetic Reclaimer both come with a caveat in the Ballistas, if they are just far enough away from your physics/fire traps that they will cross the trigger range while they meet the correct criteria, they are super useful! However, if you are like me and put ballistas EVERYWHERE so they are just smattered throughout your killbox, then a different Trigger part would be advised.
The HAT will only trigger, as you mentioned, when an enemy crosses into the trigger range for a trap. Ballista trigger ranges are huuuuge, so there is a very specific point when burning minions will have the 10% chance to refire the Ballista immediately. While the minions are already within the Ballista's trigger range, they will not trigger the HAT even if there are burning minions within the trigger range. I have attached an informative and poorly drawn MS Paint infographic to demonstrate this behavior. (https://imgur.com/a/JKOLA)
Ultimately, the HAT and the Kinetic Reclaimer both come with a caveat in the Ballistas, if they are just far enough away from your physics/fire traps that they will cross the trigger range while they meet the correct criteria, they are super useful! However, if you are like me and put ballistas EVERYWHERE so they are just smattered throughout your killbox, then a different Trigger part would be advised.