Quake Champions - multiplayer hero shooter from id Software

[Maggot]

Webms of the rocket delay for anyone not in the beta.
https://a.pomf.cat/jttbzk.webm
https://a.pomf.cat/hcditz.webm
also quake live with 300 ping https://a.pomf.cat/nfneyk.webm
keep in mind the server for QC is located in the city 30 minutes away from my house

 

[Baron Dupek]

Meanwhile - somewhere in the past

 

[Maggot]

Apparently these pictures were datamined. Looks like Bones, Klesk, nuDoomguy, BJ, Keel, and some new guy.

Spoiler

 

[Venser]

The Thing cover?

 

[Trodat]

Next beta starts April 27 at 10 AM ET.

 

[e-mailio estevez]

Apparently these pictures were datamined. Looks like Bones, Klesk, nuDoomguy, BJ, Keel, and some new guy.

Spoiler

Great, can't wait to hear their one-liners!

 

[Maggot]

 

[Durandal]

At least nuDoomguy will have no spoken lines at all.

 

[thesoup]

Duel with champions, ugh.

 

[hajro]

Why is this shit redownloading the whole game again? Or is this patch really 9 gigs?

 

[abija]

Duel as shit as expected, almost as bad as the sound engine.

 

[ShadowSpectre]

This beta is still shit. They've so far managed to reduce the total number of players in a match and add a duel mode before fixing the functionality needed for this game. After the current update:

-The game still has an initial load time of too long
- I still can't play with my DSL connection because they haven't fixed the broken upload rate issue
- See above, again, and again.

 

[Maggot]

Can't duel with friends bravo id. Sound engine isn't that bad it's pretty easy to discern enemy sounds and where they are but the armor discrepancy is weird with light characters like Slash capping off at 50 armor and 75 if you get mega armor while characters with Sorlag start off with just about that much. From the few rounds I've played Ranger was actually one of the best characters just because he's got fast movespeed and normal stats. Also not a fan of this round system and would rather just have it be like old duel even if that means getting curbstomped by 20 kills.

 

[thesoup]

Wait what round system? Didn't play duel yet. Probably won't ever with heroes.

 

[abija]

Ranger is medium speed and the problem with their stat system is that 'heavy' and 'medium' need to be at full stack to somewhat compete with a 'light' champ. So you need to control both mega and big armor on a slower char while your opponent is close to max effectiveness just picking up scraps, good luck with that.
They should either:
- have everyone at same values of hp armor and adjust damage done/taken
- have armor and hp pickups percentage based not static

But those are minor problems compared with having a shitty outsourced engine, poor visibility and sound, this abomination of round based duel with champion DRAFTING or the pointless 3-4 mins dead time between finding a game and actually playing.

 

[Cadmus]

REMINDING EVERYONE THAT I'D REALLY LIKE A KEY PLEASE WILLING TO SUCK SMALL COCK FOR IT OR TOSS SALAD

 

[thesoup]

I will maybe give you one tomorrow.

 

[Maggot]

I already gave him one because CreamyBlood wouldn't reply to my messages for his key.

 

[Cadmus]

Thanks Maggot, installing the virus right now!

 

[Maggot]

Can't wait to hear the incoming rant

 

[Cadmus]

Can't wait to hear the incoming rant

I used to play Quake 3 lots but with bots only, there was no internet at my place. I also started still playing with keyboard only, lulz. So my rant will be meaningless when it comes to the proper multiplayer x.perienz that's so cool nowadays. Although I wonder why the fucking shit is the game download so huge.

 

[Cadmus]

Holy shit, where to start.
I haven't been following the game at all so now that I jumped into it it was all new for me.

- "rent a champion" what the fuck?
- pay real money to unlock champions?
- wallhacks for pickups
- enemy has sign over their head
- shit sound
- shit announcer
- shit art style
- gimp weapons
- floating damage numbers

haha

hahhaha
no way

 

[thesoup]

You have basically 3 currencies in the game. One is from playtime, that one is for rent. The other is disassembling items, with it you can buy champions. Or you can also buy with real money which you exchange for the 3rd currency.
Wallhack pickups? Wut? I thought it was just an ability of some champ
The sign over the head is for visibility, i.e. so they don't have to use brightskins. Yeah it's a shitty compromise, but better than nothing.
Floating damage numbers are here since quake live and are important for competitive play, or at least for learning competitive play. It's a good thing if you wanna play or learn to play seriously.

Other than that, yeah, it'll probably be crap, which is a shame because the core gameplay is fine. I'm just waiting for classic mode and the full game to see if there will be more customization (for settings, not champions) and if it will get more traction than championshit. I'm not having my hopes up tho. Arena FPS is dead and buried and isn't coming back.

 

[abija]

Arena fps is fine, there just wasn't any serious attempt at making a great game. Start from either quake or ut, put some serious dev team behind it and invest properly in esports. That's all there is to it.
But all we got were either indie efforts or AAA milking.

I mean look at these bethesda fucks, can't even hire a team to learn how to use idtech or even unreal engine, they outsource it to some shitty company only known for butchering ports. Theres no console in the game, minimal settings, barebone gameplay on only 3 small maps yet somehow the progression and shop features are more polished than a blizzard product.

They hired a q3 pro and make him director of esports or w/e. How about hiring him (and a dozen more) to playtest and consult on gameplay in order to make the game good first? I mean his fucking proven strength is being good at playing your game not at managing a business.

LE: great future ahead for duels

 

[thesoup]

I'm sure all the pros already played the game and gave balance feedback a long time ago.
And like you said, the game is now in the hands of betheada, who never made a good product, but they sure milked it for all their worth. They saw the success of OW and decided to use their famous fps IP to contend with it.
Honestly I can still see it achieve success in esports, but that's only if there will be more customization and classic duel turns out good. But again, don't hold your breath.

You know afps sucks in 2017 when q3 cpma and ql are the most played games in the genre by far.