Great video spuddy!!!!!! I say this as i have definitely finished it in the 30 seconds it's been uploaded. :)

@TheSpudHunter

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to watch it and then comment, this should be the gold standard of KZread commentary.

@michaellewicki101

2 ай бұрын

bro def watched the entire video already

@sixn148

2 ай бұрын

homie commented 31 mins ago and the vid was uploaded 29 mins ago

@BornToKill780

2 ай бұрын

​@TheSpudHunter I don't know why they hired soma to market a game thays going nowhere fast. They should have hired u to explain the obvious to them cause they just don't seem to get it.

@user-pr8kt1bp5r

2 ай бұрын

"Come on! Nihao ma...Nihao ma mother fucker xD" the best quote of this video ahahahaha

I absolutely adore the hyper intense gameplay in a completely dead lobby. Bros playing mission impossible in his own mind

That last quote of the streamer talking about not being hype to find upgrades. That shit really hit gbmm on the head

@Rizzerio1

2 ай бұрын

This is what happened when we had blue lobbies as well. Everyone sat in blue lobbies and HR was dead because it was the most accessible mode to smurf in for most players and the economy for BiS blue items reflected that. IM ultimately removed blue lobbies because they said it didn't align with their vision of the game....so I can only imagine they will remove brackets for the exact same reason. It's silly and we keep repeating the past.

This man never misses, I love comedic game journalism

@TheSpudHunter

2 ай бұрын

Cheers brother

@Meomi37

2 ай бұрын

Calling this comedy is like calling Adam Sandler a good actor.

@Woadie757

2 ай бұрын

@@Meomi37 then...the comedy's good? Adam Sandler proved his acting skills in Reign Over Me.

17:29 I've always thought something similar, that the gear diff was so bad simply because there wasn't enough ways to express skill. A wizard managing his spells, finding out what one best suits the situatuion, and struggling to keep distance between him and his enemies. A rogue sneaking up on someone from behind by sticking to shadows and corners, a barb having to hit his swings and time his buffs ect. Every class should be extremely powerful and should all have high skill requirements, and the type of skill you need should differ between each class. GBMM and SBMM are bandaid-patches that don't address the actual issue of 90% of the skills, builds and perks being pointless compared to the current metas.

we are removing map rotation and not allowing players to play on the maps they want because it splits the player base, enter gear based match making where everyone can rig thier mmr to a point where some lobbies are completely empty. Smart move again by iron mace.

@nathanscarlett4772

2 ай бұрын

It's like everything they 'try' is always a step in the wrong direction , and then they have to make new regression patches to fix what they just implemented, lol I am by no means a decent player, but gods damn it, I love this game

@wheresjerz8021

2 ай бұрын

IDK I'm Na so we got players but I like gbmm, lets me optimize a kit for low or mid-gear runs without being scared of being absolutely crushed by a team running legendaries and uniques just full W key

@tj8606

2 ай бұрын

Remember the barb patch when barbs were broken? left it in several weeks, launched marketplace, it didn't work, broke savage roar even further (stacking). Brilliant. Dealing with low-priority issues, ignoring the big stuff. Ignoring the community. Announce "major balance changes" before start of the season, of which we saw NONE (mage door locking, lol). Didn't even utilize the test servers for patches except for the last handful of patches(mage door locking again, lol). Don't think they balance from PTR either, PTR is just "does it work or crash the game", no metrics are being watched I promise you. If they are, it's even more disgraceful they can make such bad decisions. They don't want to let players que all lobbies because "it splits playerbase", then they come out with gbmm that splits HR lobbies THREE TIMES, low/mid/high gear. That's the same number of lobbies as allowing solos/duos in the other maps. So now you can play solo, and instead of being in GC, IC, or Crypts, you will be in low/mid/high gear HR GC. Same # of lobbies. Then in a few weeks when they let everyone que all maps, WITH SPLIT LOBBIES FROM GBMM, the empty lobby issue WILL BE EVEN WORSE. Wish Nexon actually won the lawsuit tbh. I think they would atleast listen. It's like the small dev team got money when the game was first launched, but have zero clue what to do long-term. But they have enough to pay themselves to work in circles and accomplish nothing. But that money won't last forever. I don't anticipate new people purchasing the game or existing players to keep purchasing emotes and stuff in the shop if the game is stale. It's a waiting game. Once their coffers run dry, whoever the clueless person is with final say, will have the pressure on them just to keep the lights on. Then we might see some real changes. Right now SDF is enjoying his warlock in rapidly emptying lobbies.

@browningcm

2 ай бұрын

@@tj8606ohhhh now the warlock makes sense. Didnt know he played warlock

@Canopusxiii

2 ай бұрын

They’re always pulling this shit, to be fair it’s their first time messing with these ideas of a game. But they really are splitting the player base with these moronic ideas

After actually finishing the video, you pretty much hit the nail on the head. At least in my eyes. You bring up my favourite point against gear based matchmaking which is the fact that there is no longer any point of getting higher powered gear. Getting better gear in an extraction type game (Tarkov, Hunt, Dark n Darker) is attractive because it gives you a greater chance to have an advantage against someone you might come up against. Only allowing matchmaking with people of the same gear level removes the point of having different strengths of gear entirely, might as well just have everything be the same relative rarity and strength. It also removes the hype factor of managing to take down someone with very strong gear as a low tier player with better plays. Basically gear based matchmaking makes the game boring, and people who complain about gear disparity in lobbies should not play an extraction game, as getting better gear to style on players is the entire point.

@TheSpudHunter

2 ай бұрын

And regardless of the reason for the grind, it simply splits up the player base way too much.

@tragikomisk13

2 ай бұрын

@@TheSpudHunter This also, especially on low pop servers like OCE. I meant to add a bit about this in my comment but I got lost in the heat of passion.

@NaderinZim

2 ай бұрын

The problem is that, at least in Tarkov, you CAN kill a highly geared player with the worst gun in the game, but in DnD there's 0 skill expression. You have white gear and find a guy in BIS purples? Back to the lobby, 0 chance of killing him or even running away. GBMM is bad, but regular matchmaking is not that good either, gear is everything, they should be making the combat more skill-based (like Chivalry, with directional attacking/block/parry) so regular matchmaking can work.

@MrRawrgers

2 ай бұрын

@@TheSpudHunter literally, they're adding all these matchmaking restrictions to protect players from dying to experienced players as if that outweighs the cons of dead lobbies and destroying one of the most important aspects of extraction shooters which is the possibility to go in with nothing and come out with an uber chads expensive gearset. One of the things I loved about DaD was how quickly you could press play and within 10-20 seconds you were in raid. They are trying to patch out experienced players killing less experienced players as if it's equivalent to hacking, maybe people would be okay with dead lobbies if it was a result of effective anticheat but it's literally just about experienced players killing inexperienced players = very bad?

@MrRawrgers

2 ай бұрын

@@NaderinZim You're thinking too straight forward about it, you CAN in DaD outplay a uber geared player by doing something like luring a nightmare berserker over to a chad before going invis. There are so many ways you can outplay even the most geared players, another obvious way to easily kill geared players is beartraps. Sure you can't 1 hit kill chads with a grey arming sword, you have to think outside the box a bit. If you had an uber geared player with an altyn helmet in tarkov and turtle armour there was no fucking way you could kill them with a shitty pistol unless they seriously got outplayed. I guess now they've added armpit hitboxes it's different but it's not as simple as worst gun killing uber chad in tarkov. Really geared wizards are still weak af unless they spend fuckloads on vig as well, just like full faceshields / turtle armour in tarkov (pre armpit stuff idk i dont play anymore)

I remember catching so much hate for being against gear based match making in this game, I said that it would kill the game, that was about 6 months ago... Right before dark and darker seemingly fell off a cliff

@knighttemplaroftentacult7123

2 ай бұрын

It is not about system. It is about how it is implemented. Besides, Spud right. What is this game even now? They wanted for dungeon crawler, but, instead of it, we have weird CS:GO Fantasy Squad, where PvP have taken completely over. And now that same PvP is eating the game inside-out.

@_axk

2 ай бұрын

This game is toxic, anything you suggest in the discord people will hate you for it, I got people telling me “damn you must suck at the game” or “skill issues” and even some streamers are toxic from what I experienced.

@Toothydeere

2 ай бұрын

@@_axk yeah don't go into the discord. I didn't even type in General, just watched from afar, and I'm pretty sure I got eye cancer. It just actually sucks, it's no wonder SDF seems scared of DaD's community.

@firesupotree

2 ай бұрын

I got so much shit for pushing back against the 10$ lizard reskins they sold as MTX, or the battlepass/ bangle score becoming the main gameplay loop. this community deserves that sunset announcement even more than TCF. its nothing but the bootlicker elitist trash left playing dad

@pinkteacrotchdweller6869

2 ай бұрын

it could work if done right like a gear score based on rolls more so than on gear color that tries to match you against people close to your gear score instead of locking you into a bracket but then again it defeats the purpose of an extraction game.

They really need to remove the abilities from multiclassing pool. Perks could work but the abilities really screw over class identity and are a balance nightmare, when they were barely able to balance the classes before

@danny7694

2 ай бұрын

I said this when they anounced it, they're trying the "break it for balance" method but with a game like this where there's so little skill impression in most fights the balance is very very delicate. I mean, I hope they find a way to make this multiclassing bs work cause i feel like its a drawingboard angle at this point.

@KB0B0

2 ай бұрын

​@@danny7694 I really hoped they would introduce multiclassing in a more sensible way as branches of the core classes, rather than just throwing everything together.

@dickhead2285

2 ай бұрын

They are just trying out new stuff, getting data, trying new stuff, and we can do the same

@ripdoff8549

2 ай бұрын

i think it actually balances the game a bit, you can take stuff to patch the weak points in each class. for instance my ranger has slayer, dual wield, sword mastery, smite and divine protection... ranger typically trash in melee is now insane in melee and still not terrible at ranged. i can go toe to toe with a barb now and win. and that barb can now have a bow and give me problems in a ranged fight. there's definately going to be meta's tho. worst part of multi class is it just makes the sweats even stronger as the casual players don't play enough to be able to properly multi class. i can see atleast a 50 % drop in players within a week of it going to live server.

@gustavomarcondes3908

2 ай бұрын

@@ripdoff8549”I can beat Barbarian in Melee now”. “I can patch the weak points in my Class”. That’s the point of class identity, though. Every class has it’s unique strengths and weaknesses. Ranger’s quite dangerous from afar, but get close to him and he’s a lot weaker. That’s the POINT. That’s the Whole gimmik of why the class is called “RANGER”. If they simply want to let everyone use any perk, simply remove Classes altogether, because there simply isn’t a point. I you encountered a class, you could prepare yourself, make a strategy as to how to battle the Rogue/Ranger/Barbarian. With this new mechanic, you can’t possibly prepare, because he might be playing a melee Ranger or a Spellcasting Barbarian, etc… It takes away depth from the gameplay in a strategic standpoint.

its so fucked because you probably got rid of the only 2 people you would ever see again

@dandyandy642

2 ай бұрын

Most people have one set and then they're out of the game. How is anyone to make a rematch?

Would've been the greatest plot twist of our generation if you'd got an arrow to the dome while looting or actually hit an invis rogue with one of those fireballs.

@TheSpudHunter

2 ай бұрын

Agreed

bro your editing is fucking amazing. I dont care what game u play ill be watching u forever man keep it up!

@TheSpudHunter

2 ай бұрын

Cheers dude

I've said it during the beta where they first introduced High Roller lobbies, I've said it a month after release of the game, and I'll say it here again now. Dividing lobbies by any kind of measurement, doesn't matter if it's GBMM, SBMM or simply tagging a lobby as "high roller" and slapping an entry fee onto it that screams "geared players only"... is a terrible idea for extraction looter games. As Spuddy said it, what's the point of gear if you try to shoehorn lobbies like this? The beauty of most extraction looter games is that each time you play a round, you don't know what's in store for you. Tarkov doesn't have any kind of lobby divides or matchmaking, and that worked well for that game since... forever. Even though this is the 3rd time I am repeating myself here, I am sure nobody who is in a position to actually make changes is gonna listen ... again. But please... remove high roller, sbmm, gbmm. One lobby per map and that's it. And make loot and NPCs in those lobbies more random. Just like in Tarkov. You never know if that duffle bag will have another green tea and hunting matches in it, or a LEDX. But the beauty is that it CAN have that LEDX. And not only the loot is that excitingly random, but enemies are, too. Never know if you will run into Reshala or the Goons on your run. Apply that formula to DnD. You mostly fight off normal Skeletons in the dark corridors of the ruined castle, with the occasional red skeleton. But you might just open a door and randomly face a nightmare skeleton. That's the stuff that makes the game exciting. Oh and... you'll always have full lobbies. And for the love of everything, please get rid of the BR mechanics of a closing circle. Make the maps bigger, increase the time we can spend on them, no closing in dark swarm, and have there be fixed exits we can take whenever we feel like it. That way, if we do run into a tough spot on the map, be it a room with nightmare enemies, or a 3-stack of players in gigachad gear stomping the lobby, we have the option to decide if we want to take that fight for potentially high reward, or if we try to sneak our way to the nearest extract. Not the way it is right now, where a closing circle, limited extracts and a tight timer practically force us into a clash with the 3-stack gigachads who are camping the portals.

@p4nnus

2 ай бұрын

Agree on other stuff but no opinion on the circle. I think it maybe can exist on some maps and doesnt on others. I would also like to see the game brought back to 0 divide on player pool. That meant no solo queue, no duo queue. The game was much better back then.

@mag51284

2 ай бұрын

The problem that tarkov solved is that a gear player can still be killed. In DaD if the gear gap is a couple rarities apart the person might as well be invincible, especially if its a whole team.

@CybenX_yt

2 ай бұрын

this would be insanely bad for new players, game would never grow

@sonikblade

2 ай бұрын

@@CybenX_yt Game is ungrowing now lol

@alvikin3584

2 ай бұрын

Bro you are the first person, other than myself that i says that, I swear ! I've been telling my friends since the playtests that highroller sucks. Now they just made it worse with GBMM, gear is pointless. I recently quitted the game because i dont get full lobbies and there is no reason for me to play if better gear makes the experience worse.

Truly truly love all your content live and KZread! ❤️❤️

GBMM introduced essentially what's weight cutting in martial art fights

I found it hilarious when people used to say “they’re the developers of the game, they know what they are doing”… Oh yeah? I thought they were humans too and thus also susceptible to being absolutely incompetent sometimes (or all the time, depending)… And after following the development of DaD for a long time, I can say the game has gone from good to bad to fucking worse

True meta: Speed + Range + doorway = Demigod

Seeing the cycle at the beggining made me feels :( good vid man hope this message gets through.

@bl473r

2 ай бұрын

cycle was so good god damn it but they fckd it big time :(

Gear based MM is a terrible idea for any extraction game. Great vid spud

@yurf0

2 ай бұрын

Scuffed take on multiclassing though.

severely underrated channel with another banger

As busted as Cycle Frontier was at the end I do kinda miss it in it's hayday, was really fun and enjoyable.

As an Aussie I stopped playing months ago. Looks like it was the right decision still. I got my money's worth at least, was fun for a while

Totally filled a hole that was completely unnoticed by my casual gameplay of dark and darker

I fucking cackled when he looted the mob and was like “HES GOT NOTHING. WE GOTTA GO.” Spuds content is just unrivaled. 3:07

Some of the most intense PVE game play i have ever laid eyes on. Epic work Spuddy keep 'em coming

Out on vacation and been missing the broadcast, but glad to have the new vid! Keep up the great work Spud 🥃

@TheSpudHunter

2 ай бұрын

Enjoy time off mate

Havnt been on dark and darker in a while. But will always tune in for one of your videos. Keep up the great content

Hey Spud, I think this video is one of the best videos to describe the current state of the game and provide an idea with solutions that actually sound like fun

@nicholasgutierrez9142

2 ай бұрын

You got a sub from me. Great video m8

@TheSpudHunter

2 ай бұрын

Cheers mate

it's crazy how some build setups in this game like with cleric and wizard are like "use your toolkit near masturfully to win PVP" and other builds are like "press W key on rogue and hide in darkness and left click" At this point they should just make a "battle of the spellcasters and rangers" melee arena game since they are never going to balance melee and range, as we've seen them fail to do it so many times.

i hate when i go into the gathering hall and literally EVERYONE says "UnDEr 25 OnlY". I have literally been team killed because i was a few points over.

The added Lego Yoda Death Sounds put my sides into orbit, great video as always o7

Hardcoded ceilings in this game are and have always been terrible. We’ve seen this before with blues rarity and below in normals. People will always try to stay as close to the ceiling as possible in each tier.

@JohnHilton-dz4mi

2 ай бұрын

They are better than dynamic ceilings. So I don't understand what they could do, other than just remove it.

love the foot soldier flame death sound from red alert 1. at around 9min when you gill da otha playa.

@TheSpudHunter

Ай бұрын

Classic

I love how the mood of your D&D videos is basically a sine wave

@TheSpudHunter

2 ай бұрын

An abusive relationship

They have actually made the thing I was afraid of with GBMM, don't get me wrong, I feel like the gear gap is huge so it's a totally worth measure, but splitting into 3 lobbies. Not a great idea in terms of how to do it. First, it splits the player-base, secondly, it's not really honest because then you will have to learn about this magic that's no written anywhere in the game. A better way they could do this is: Put EVERYONE in a big ass starting lobby, with a 3 minute timer, then once it gather enough people, you will have separate dungeons based on a queue of gearscore, so no hard score will be set out, it will just be relative to the ones queuing at a given time.

its concerning when even populated regions (NA East) are getting empty lobbies...

They really need to do a hard cap on gear and the stats of characters.

@babywithtinnitus7

2 ай бұрын

no, bad idea

@littlesqeaker3181

2 ай бұрын

@@babywithtinnitus7 absolutely not. Tell me what you got for Hr rank and I can evaluate if your opinion matters or not.

I can't at the "NI HAO MA MADAFAKA" HAHHAHAHAHA Im dying

the only plus for gear based match making to me, is that I view higher lvl gear as more of access to certain builds, so it allows for more expression than simply being stronger in some linear respect than all gray gear

Great quality video, you crack me up!

@TheSpudHunter

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed, cheers

That arrow hit at 5:15 is bugged hitbox. You dodged it for sure 😂

5 a.m. grinding where im at and i get some spud content. Bliss. Yea, games also split into test server too with multi class

God those ice cavern runs where exciting!!! Had me at the edge of my seat the whole time!

Well that unfortunate to hear. I've been on a break and only recently playing again but no wonder I've had hardly any players last session. Hope they make a good change :X. Also that barb death to the frostbolt was 10/10 lmao x'D.

I think the best thing you mentioned in this video was balancing gear for PVP, while stats remain for PVE. Love you Spud and how you are willing to disclose your honest opinions even when many will disagree.

@Rizzerio1

2 ай бұрын

That's sort of problematic in itself with how the game works now. Are you going to grind 30 hours for an amazing PvE kit just for some multiclassing 1 shot build in a base kit to camp a corner, 1 shot you, and take all your stuff. All that circus turns into is everyone sits in base kit and hunts the dummies who actually bring anything in with them when PvP is equalized. People already spawn rush for 50/50's. Does that actually sound fun? I don't think so.

@konradstumpf

2 ай бұрын

@@Rizzerio1 well I'm not sure grinding for a good kit would be necessary if it didn't really matter in PVP. Yeah would be nice for PVE but I was assuming that would be more of a luxury and not necessary to handle all the PVE. OP multi class builds will be a different problem, not sure how to handle that but the gear fix would make it more difficult for base kits to clear and find people to kill. Also, it could be set up so that gear still gives some advantage in PVP (i.e. move speed, but not insane damage or PDR). Would definitely need some balancing

@TheSpudHunter

2 ай бұрын

Yep, I read the comments in a Hazmat suit

@Rizzerio1

2 ай бұрын

@@konradstumpf I think a good middle ground is what they did with sterling equipment. We need more half pve stats and half pvp to lower the PvP stat ceiling

Love the comedy as always! Cheers!

Those action scenes with the music actually made kinda me hype. I know it was a meme but that music hits

@TheSpudHunter

2 ай бұрын

Deus ex

@marksmanmax1158

2 ай бұрын

@@TheSpudHunter Deus Ex: Human Revolution, more specifically. Not a perfect game by any means, but the soundtrack rivals even the original game's OST. I know almost EVERY song from memory at this point.

Whats the theme at 21:30?

I appreciate your commitment to this game, i was there since playtest alpha #2 i believe. Now i been playin the hell out of Helldivers 2 but i still have like a deeprooted love for the DnDesque vibe that DaD gives off. Cheers for sticking through

The camera work during elite gameplay never ceases to impress me. MY STREAMER

13:52 this part killed me lmfao

The new two gear tiers seems like an improvement. 0-299, and 300+.

Great video brother!!

Excellent combination of showmanship and critical analysis, thanks for your videos man.

spuds like a real life ultraman and even kinda looks like him. Love it

Best DnD content from spuddy! Everytime its great

Played during PT4, had the best gaming experience I’ve had in years and years. Bought it to show my appreciation, but haven’t played it much since they came out with Ruins. Every time I check on how the game is doing, it reaffirms my belief that I’m not missing out, and that the good ole days of this game are gone.

easiest way to fix HR is to just put multiple groups of ranks in lobbies with each other. Two exemplars, four wanderers (or something) and like 10 neophytes. Gear disparity will still exist, but due to the large range of ranks it is more likely that the high tier groups will come into combat with each other (or that low-tier groups will fight each other instead, or take any gear left behind). Each low-tier group is less likely individually to fight a high tier group, but there will definitely still be some that have to, leaving the other groups in a closer range of gear and rank (assuming rank = gear level, which generally it does) Theres also the question of whether it might be better to just increase the stats as rarity gets higher rather than adding more attributes. Imagine that a blue leather cap gives 30 armor and one attribute (lets say 5% move speed), then an orange one could give 45 armor and 8% move speed as it's additional attribute. The high tier gear is still strictly better, but it isn't so much of a difference that it is impossible to compete.

4 Rogues!!!! CLEARED THEM NO PROBLEM! my first video ive watched of you! Great Content!

12:29 such adorable rage moment 🤣 Spud looks like he wants to grab someones neck real hard but he is like "tutututu" 😊

Part of the fun in playing in non gear based lobbies is if you're skilled enough you could leave with an amazing set. It made playing the game that more rewarding going from zero to hero and proving your mettle against the odds.

pure quality, entretaining skills just awesome

great video as always,

Glad somebody made a video about it. I wanted to work on a project comparing high roller lobbies with no gear vs maxed out gold gear. I couldn't get into enough full lobbies for gold gear to even finish that end of my project. Every time I've mentioned this system is a bad idea, I've had people talk a lot of crap and laugh that I have no idea what I'm talking about. It's almost like I learn from other games and knew that every one that's tried it has failed miserably. Go figure.

i hope the devs genuinely take inspiration from spuds channel

They need to make it so being naked makes you take double damage when you get hit in that body part from all sources. They should also make it impossible to unequip your base items. You can replace them but not actually be naked.

They should have a system where if you lose a lot they put you in lobbies with people who lose but if there are none they put you with higher skilled players. No barriers just managing ratios for a better game experience.

Fantastic video as always Spuddy. Just a few thoughts from my experience as a casual player (I run blues and purples). Firstly, I live in the Eastern United States and only very rarely will find myself in an empty lobby since the update. From my experience, GBMM has made fights feel fair. Previously I would not even attempt a high roller without a 5k kit, and would almost always get rolled by the juiciest of sweats. I think playing in OCE and being on the upper end of the player base compounds the issues you face. Don't get me wrong, you make good points. But, in the grand scheme of things it has helped me (and my friends) enjoy the game more. I agree that multi-classing will be fun for a week, and then a meme. I think it fundamentally break the game.

@TheSpudHunter

2 ай бұрын

Cheers, here's hoping they work out where to go with the game once multiclassing is out

In terms of the Wizard being too op, I think it's more of a general ranged problem. Like you said DaD is not Fortnite or Warzone.... I will say 17:18 IS SUCH A BASED TAKE

I had a lobby that I believed had no one because I saw no one the whole lobby. I then got jumped by a rogue when screwing around in a game lol

love the review homie I played sense play before they got taken off steam game became so hard I cant play and enjoy myself fallowing all the bs metas and love the game but god makes it hard as hell to try to play.

I would love to see the gear be less pvp focused and have more utility for slaying mobs. While also increasing mob variety and difficultly. I also think gear static and random attributes(other than add and true damage) are in a good state to make high level gear strong and not pointless to run. I genuinely think this should be experimented on.

Always insightful and hilarious! I value your take on these updates as I wait to see where the game will go before I buy it. For your self-gratification needs: “Nerf Wizard!”

@TheSpudHunter

2 ай бұрын

Nerf Aaron ❤️

Spuddy I love you! Because I don't have to rant myself you say exactly what I think. ❤️

I love the idea of gear giving a heavy PVE advantage and a light pvp advantage. It makes taking PVP fights more risky and less of an easy wipe vs a more geared team

shoutcasting that shit had me sideways LOL. subscriber earned.

instead of shrinkin gear gap and increasing TTK, GBMM is so freaking laughable. But in the current state, i freaking love it. I dont wanna stuck in normals but i also dont have that much time to sweat and grind. 0-199 bracket is my new normals :)

This video also semi highlights how bad the circle/timer can be in Ice caves too though YOu had a great 1v2, and by the end the timer is so close to the end you barely have time to loot.

I really wish I could play this game but my computer cant quite run it cleanly enough for me to play competitively. Its fun watching you play Wizard (the class I would main)... While the game is still alive, I guess.

I was about to leave a premature comment about how noone is talking about the elephant in the room: the game's identity crisis. Then I got to your section addressing this matter. I truly appreciate that even as a sweaty, pvp obsessed, try-hard you can still rationalize that the direction of the game is much more akin to something like COD than an actual dungeon crawler. I really wish someone would ask them, during a developer q&a, what their vision is for the game and if the current state reflects what they ultimately have in mind.

@Axel-vt8no

2 ай бұрын

It's true. Lack of leadership, direction, and identity.

3:25 i came back just to re-watch this lol

The Cycle for me towards the very end of it's life was plagued with cheaters. Especially on the higher tier map....I'll never forget getting shot through trees and walls.

kinda wild to think nexon didnt even have to sue cuz ironmace just ruining it on they own

I reinstalled the game 2 days ago (after 8 months away), got my basekit taken off my body by a rogue in the lobby. Laughed at it, played a few more rounds with the same problem, then uninstalled again.

I think that's one of the great things BSG has done with Tarkov. They have refused to do any sort of SBMM or GBMM. Sure, it sucks at first when you are a lvl2 Timmy in a Soft PACA vest lost on a new map, but that passes quickly. It feels hella good to be a noob, and by some miracle kill a really juicy lvl55 and take his insane loot. You also cannot find a dead lobby, unless you try. Despite the Tarkov Subreddit being filled with "LOL GAME DEAD" threads made for and by people that don't even play the game, my Raids are just as populated as they are in the first week of the wipe, still at 5 months into a 6 month wipe cycle when a majority of the player-base is taking a vacation so they aren't burnt out for the new wipe.

I love this channel!

kill base system seem a good idea, put all the sweaty who has certain number of kill into single category while the newbie on the other. obviously youre not newbie when able to kill 100 player or over and there's should no excuse for the lack of understanding gane mechanic when you're it self already able to kill decent number of player.

@jiaan100

2 ай бұрын

Terrible idea

Another banger. Agree with 100%. Hang in there brother

Been trying wizard this season and my god does it suck with the casting speed nerf :C

While I agree with everything I think everyone bears reminding that it's early access and ironmace straight up told everyone when they bought it that it was unfinished and would undergo lots of changes and trials. That doesn't make it any less sad for those of us who do play it, but I try to keep EA in mind...

on a side note as well, apparently the gearscore is averaged between team mates, so Ive seen people in low gear lobbies running almost full purples while the second guy has nothing lmao.

@xxDrone95

2 ай бұрын

Yikes, looks like normals is my new home

Dude your acting reminds me of Rowan from VivaLaDirt really good comedy man. Keep up the great videos !

@TheSpudHunter

Ай бұрын

Cheers dude

Turning this into counter strike, is a crazy accurate statemebt

2:50 man that 1v2 clutch 🙌

Thanks for making this video, man. I've been posting on Reddit about the negatives of GBMM and Multiclassing and have been having much less success there. It's refreshing to see a video like this from you, and most of your audience agrees with it. It feels like I'm getting a short break from the circus. Makes me sad to see IM repeatedly making very poor design decisions.

@TheSpudHunter

2 ай бұрын

Glad it gave you some catharsis

16:30 I feel like this was an example of misunderstanding the supply and demand of the market. Spam buying white boots (when properly available, highlighting the lack of supply) from a merchant to flip on the market doesn't translate the same as one using up space to bring out blue boots with mid rolls for a profit of AP. Overall great video and great laughs! Definitely agree with you on Multi-classing.

Not going to lie, I wanted for some way to separate sweats from normal people. I wanted for Gear Score system in place. But THIS crap?!! This is not what I ever wanted. Thank you, Spud, for the video. Informative and fun as always.

It’s so bad. It’s like their first game or something. The most epic moment I’ve had since the change was an empty pregame lobby and going to extract to find the static taken.

that last clip... finding gear doesnt feel important to find now.

I basically agree on all of your things that you said. The reason I jumped into this game and fell in love was the feel of looking into dungeons and . knowing if players was going to kill me or not the first thing that b s me off was obviously gear.Doing such a big difference between battles and now it's basically the opposite. If the game just focused on its feel and giving us opportunities like bosses that don't glitch. Or secret tunnels to try and find.People will always try and kill each other. People will always try and find a way to gain the system, but if you give more options instead of just PvP and PvE then people will do different things.The identity has been lost And it cannot survive. It keeps going this way and it definitely does not help that majority of the server population are set in their own ways and do not even want to compromise.It's either you're overpowered.Or someone is nerfing you unfairly even if you are gaining the system. It's a loose loose right now.