Marvel Rivals (PC/PS5/XSX) - F2P Hero Shooter

[Gredival]

Gred you ever think of trying fighting games? I feel like you and I approach this shit the same way and I've never found anything else that rewards me the way they do.

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FGC never really appealed to me for the reason I played Dota 2 over StarCraft II. I like the complexity introduced from co-op -- the adaptations, the interaction, the balancing. I respect how much work and skill it takes to be a good FG player, but I just prefer the dynamic chaos in a team game where you have to react to an entire team and work with an entire team vs. just reading one single opponent's moves.

I think that matchmaking in team games will always struggle because trying to make equal matches on ELO alone misses a lot of other factors necessary to create a cohesive team that works well together (thus why everyone always prefers to roll with a full team). But I just think that Rivals actively makes the problem so much worse by tossing the one factor it has under its control out the window for the sake of "engagement."

It's just like how MMO's got ruined because the most successful market model doesn't prioritize competition.

I don't know how people get good at team games competitive modes seem to be the antithesis of learning.

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There's a lot of factors that go into people being good at team games. The nature of matchmaking makes it hard to improve at a lot of these without having a stable constant team. However things like aim, combo execution, game sense, etc. do improve from pure repetition even if you are playing 1 v. 11

[Gredival]

Went 13-4 today to rank up to Diamond before the reset. Just pure luck how good your team is. Was only MVP in 2 of the wins and one of the losses. Couple of days ago I was SVP in four straight losses.

[Dimmauk]

I'm not sure if yall are still playing(I am), and is video is a month old, but I didn't this season trailer posted yet. This season start with Phoenix and Blade is coming soon.

[Qalbert]

best battle pass cosmetics so far imo, I love the edgelord symbiote stuff, and a lot of them are characters I play

[Gredival]

The Phoenix Five skins are cool but I can't get into the non-Spidey Venom suits. They just look the same. The fact they have the emo-Spidey dance really made me want to buy it though lol.

[Qalbert]

Didn't care for the Groot one too much but I wanted a symbiote Jeff since I saw it from the comics, and I feel like the Squirrel Girl and Rocket ones have some decent details, especially the former, but yeah they could have probably had a broader range of styles within that aesthetic.

[Kaisha]

best battle pass cosmetics so far imo, I love the edgelord symbiote stuff, and a lot of them are characters I play

Thankfully the only one I want, Rocket, is free, so I'm a save some money this time around. I will say I'm not a big fan of them doubling down on battle passes with those mini ones now costing the same price as the full pass, despite a fraction of the content. Yeah it's nice you can at least still try to grind them after the fact if you pay for them during the window of availability, but still.


Mostly I just want to play Blade already, who should be out early August. Been wanting him since they teased him what feels like six months ago. Would kill for a Wesley Snipes inspired skin for him too.

[Meresgi]

[Dimmauk]

His Ultimate looks fun! Definitely need a Snipes skin.
The Pedro Pascal Reed skin is hilariously awesome

[6souls]

and it's animated on it's own

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[Qalbert]

Packin' America

[Dimmauk]

and it's animated on it's own

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LoL all of the swimsuits are hilarious. Check out the punisher one

[Gredival]

Look how they massacred my boy ...

[Zealot]

Breaking: Man Whose Power Is Steroids Shrinks Penis

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[6souls]

Have you seen Reed Richards' summer fit? His package and booty both have jiggle physics.