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Jan 2, 2018 07:25
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This is pure magic
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Jan 2, 2018 08:00
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Man, I thought the people in here talking a out solo dropping squads were just dick waving for the longest time, but having tried it a couple times now I can say it is actually really fun. I find that if I can survive to the end game solo it becomes a lot easier to make it into the last few circles because you are trying to keep track of 2-3 squads of people rather than like ten solo players. Plus you have a lot less dudes who are just sitting in hidey holes waiting for you. And especially later game people are far less likely to take potshots at you unless they can verify that you are alone and not part of a squad. Made top ten total players 2 out 3 times so far, and will definitely be playing this way a lot more from now on.
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Jan 2, 2018 08:09
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DrNutt posted:Man, I thought the people in here talking a out solo dropping squads were just dick waving for the longest time, but having tried it a couple times now I can say it is actually really fun. I find that if I can survive to the end game solo it becomes a lot easier to make it into the last few circles because you are trying to keep track of 2-3 squads of people rather than like ten solo players. Plus you have a lot less dudes who are just sitting in hidey holes waiting for you. And especially later game people are far less likely to take potshots at you unless they can verify that you are alone and not part of a squad. Made top ten total players 2 out 3 times so far, and will definitely be playing this way a lot more from now on. Yea I hardly play regular solo now. It's great fun sneaking around groups of players, picking off one and then running for your life while they hunt you. Also a lot of the time you just dont want to engage so there's an almost metal gear solid like feel to the sneaking around a bunch of people. Though I won a game solo and my BP wasnt rewarded so that was great...
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Jan 2, 2018 08:32
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How does NL so consistently produce this quality content 
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Jan 2, 2018 09:03
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Is it best to stay near the edge of the circle or somewhere closer to the middle? Assuming there's a vehicle available, I mean. Both options seem viable but I don't know if there's a better choice here.
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Jan 2, 2018 09:16
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Elman posted:Is it best to stay near the edge of the circle or somewhere closer to the middle? Assuming there's a vehicle available, I mean. Both options seem viable but I don't know if there's a better choice here. If your goal is making it as far as possible, and you get a transport before the first two zones, then the best bet is to just sit it out on the outskirts (assuming that you don't need to loot more). Starting with the third zone it really depends on the number of players alive and zone configuration. Typically I/my stack will drive for the first two zones, and then go on foot from there. We rarely stick ourselves further than the first third inwards from the edge of the zone - only to fight for drops or if it's some of the only meaningful cover remaining.
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Jan 2, 2018 09:26
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Elman posted:Is it best to stay near the edge of the circle or somewhere closer to the middle? Assuming there's a vehicle available, I mean. Both options seem viable but I don't know if there's a better choice here. Matter of preference I guess. If everyone went for the middle, that one little shack would be a bloodbath. Chocotaco always goes close to the center in a defensible building but he's a much better player and is always looking for a fight. When I play his way I get killed so quickly.
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Jan 2, 2018 09:29
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Played my first game in over a week and earned a chicken dinner. Felt pretty good, but I ended up logging off because I felt too jittery after the win.
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Jan 2, 2018 09:35
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Hiding in buildings in the middle of the circle and in general is boring though
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Jan 2, 2018 09:39
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The thing is there's this awkward phase between the bigger circles and the smaller ones (I think it's after the third circle?) where the area's big enough that you need a vehicle to reach the circle if you're near the edge and get unlucky, but it's also small enough that using a vehicle just doesn't feel safe since you'll be super easy to spot and you'll be spotted whenever you decide to pull over, which will get you surrounded and killed (on that note, yesterday we were holed up in an attic and a 2 man squad arrived and threw 8 frag nades at us  ).The fact that I suck at long range engagements probably doesn't help (I only bought the game recently, I'm still getting used to measuring distances and zeroing). Parallel Playa posted:Hiding in buildings in the middle of the circle and in general is boring though I don't get this. You need to move to get to the middle of the circle and there's more action there. A lot of the time I find the choice is between moving around and being active to get near the middle, or sitting near the edge camping, hoping to catch stragglers as they walk by. How is the latter more fun?
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Jan 2, 2018 09:48
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Elman posted:How is the latter more fun? Why bother sweating if you can just wipe rear end with the survivors? E: Though yes, before someone rushes to correct me, this approach will get you hosed if the 4th-5th zone forces you to move towards that building/compound in the open, even if it is a destructible shack. cinci zoo sniper fucked around with this message at 09:56 on Jan 2, 2018 |
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Jan 2, 2018 09:52
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I am not good at this game, but sometimes something magical enough happens that I have to break out the video editor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5Ib-D-dSIs
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Jan 2, 2018 10:07
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Elman posted:Is it best to stay near the edge of the circle or somewhere closer to the middle? Assuming there's a vehicle available, I mean. Both options seem viable but I don't know if there's a better choice here. If you have a vehicle you should be playing on the edge of the circle until it's so small that the entire circle will hear you drive around. This is because the edge of the circle gives you a reasonable indicator of where your opponents are going to be coming from. When it's starting to get small, that's when you want to be rushing a house in the middle. Rushing a house in the centre early on is the best strategy though if you get lucky on loot on the drop as long as you don't mind a snooze festival!
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Jan 2, 2018 10:25
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abigserve posted:Rushing a house in the centre early on is the best strategy though if you get lucky on loot on the drop as long as you don't mind a snooze festival! For lack of a better plan, if you are great at clicking man heads, then the drive to a central building will likely involve spotting a care package drop or a nearby gunfight which are good opportunities for non-snoozefesting. Hippie Hedgehog fucked around with this message at 13:02 on Jan 2, 2018 |
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Jan 2, 2018 11:13
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Elman posted:I don't get this. You need to move to get to the middle of the circle and there's more action there. A lot of the time I find the choice is between moving around and being active to get near the middle, or sitting near the edge camping, hoping to catch stragglers as they walk by. How is the latter more fun? I prefer dropping in a contested place and just running towards gunfire from then on. No one in their right mind should bother engaging people in houses - especially in game modes other than solos - so while the shooting gallery can be fun, it just doesn't get very intense. I like being on the move and not always fighting on my own terms 
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Jan 2, 2018 12:25
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I haven't been 100% keeping up with the thread, but have they hosed up the damage calculations? I sometimes body blast a dude with a shotgun early match (once last night I saw him land properly and not take damage) and get <20 hit points or something. I got two kills that took quite a few rounds each (like both people had full health) and got something like 21 hit points. Does it not take armor into account any more or something?
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Rodenthar Drothman posted:I haven't been 100% keeping up with the thread, but have they hosed up the damage calculations? I sometimes body blast a dude with a shotgun early match (once last night I saw him land properly and not take damage) and get <20 hit points or something. If you're talking about shotguns specifically I believe one pellet is counted as the 'seed' pellet where all the damage is calculated from. Hit somebody in the arm, that's going to do all limb damage. Hit points in end of round calculations is done by 5 hp to the point. 20 points of damage is one outright kill from 100 to 0.
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Party Plane Jones posted:If you're talking about shotguns specifically I believe one pellet is counted as the 'seed' pellet where all the damage is calculated from. Hit somebody in the arm, that's going to do all limb damage. Could you rephrase that seed pellet bit for stupid me? Also, have they mentioned reason why HP calculation is so granular?
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Jan 2, 2018 15:45
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Are there some, like, hot tips that all goons should know about this game? I do well, but I get shot in the back a lot or I watch death cams and I look very oblivious or dumb.
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jokes posted:Are there some, like, hot tips that all goons should know about this game? I do well, but I get shot in the back a lot or I watch death cams and I look very oblivious or dumb. 1) always be moving 2) dont shoot unless you can confirm the kill and know you dont have friends coming up behind you (ask slim_mat how I hosed all of us by shooting at a guy in the blue zone, alerting his team at the bottom of the hill and the team at the top of the hill across from us) 3) dont be doctor disrespect and take forever to figure out your inventory, you just need heals and ammo that's my tips thanks for reading
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Party Plane Jones posted:If you're talking about shotguns specifically I believe one pellet is counted as the 'seed' pellet where all the damage is calculated from. Hit somebody in the arm, that's going to do all limb damage. Specifically my examples were with a pump and an ump (separate games), where I took someone from 100 to 0 both times, with the ump game having extra damage to other people. (And the pump game was a solid body blast across a room at a guy with a vest, then the second shot to down him, then a third to kill him. Really should've left him downed so i had a shell for his friend with an m16 who came charging in...) Rodenthar Drothman fucked around with this message at 16:15 on Jan 2, 2018 |
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Jan 2, 2018 16:12
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cinci zoo sniper posted:Could you rephrase that seed pellet bit for stupid me? Also, have they mentioned reason why HP calculation is so granular? A shotgun shoots 9 pellets per shot. (Mostly, a couple might fire less, check that butt-site) One of these pellets is counted as the magical one which determines the damage modifier of all the pellets. If the magic pellet hits the head, every pellet that hits the player anywhere gets the headshot modifier, and similarly, if one pellet hits the arm and 8 hit head/chest/neck, congrats, you just hit him in the arm with 9 pellets.
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Jan 2, 2018 16:20
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The Mash posted:A shotgun shoots 9 pellets per shot. (Mostly, a couple might fire less, check that butt-site) I got it. Thanks a lot!
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Jan 2, 2018 16:23
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So what happens if the seed pellet misses and like 4 others hit?
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Jan 2, 2018 16:54
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I believe that's counted as a miss. Why sometimes if you get a bad shot where they're only half in your cross hairs and it feels like they should have at least taken some damage it just does nothing.
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Jan 2, 2018 16:56
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Jan 2, 2018 16:57
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Soarer posted:I believe that's counted as a miss. Why sometimes if you get a bad shot where they're only half in your cross hairs and it feels like they should have at least taken some damage it just does nothing. Well that explains the times I've been like "what the gently caress, I got a billion blood splatters!" after emptying a pump shotty into someone and them just taking no damage.
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Jan 2, 2018 17:17
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Soarer posted:I believe that's counted as a miss. Why sometimes if you get a bad shot where they're only half in your cross hairs and it feels like they should have at least taken some damage it just does nothing. This answers so many questionable engagements I had where I’d winged someone a few times and ultimately did zero damage.
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Jan 2, 2018 17:38
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Is there a way to get it to default to FPP? It keeps setting me back to TPP after every game.
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Soarer posted:I believe that's counted as a miss. Why sometimes if you get a bad shot where they're only half in your cross hairs and it feels like they should have at least taken some damage it just does nothing. That also explains some issues I've had with rails and other objects that obstruct some of the pellets...
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Jan 2, 2018 18:30
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Dangerllama posted:Is there a way to get it to default to FPP? It keeps setting me back to TPP after every game. No and also you still can't set button prompts manually so if you have an Xbox 360 controller plugged in (I like to switch back and forth for GTA5) it still shows you the Xbox prompts as though you are the kind of disgusting cretin that would play PUBG with a controller.
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Soarer posted:I believe that's counted as a miss. Why sometimes if you get a bad shot where they're only half in your cross hairs and it feels like they should have at least taken some damage it just does nothing. this explains so loving much.
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Jan 2, 2018 18:43
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"no one ever cheats" is more aggravating than "everyone cheats" at this point. People think the only form of hacking is blatantly speedhacking around hipfiring 80 headshots a minute. It's come to the point where it seems like every conversation on hacking is scripted, invariably someone will chime in with "that doesnt look suspicious at all, gosh no one wants to admit they got outplayed/maybe youre just bad????". No you're completely right, this game doesn't have a massive cheater problem it has to be everyone who plays this game can't admit to being bad.
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Jan 2, 2018 18:46
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I've only ever run into one actual guaranteed cheater in NA FPP. I've seen a couple questionable replays but nothing that seems like obvious cheating. Just report them and move on. There's a ton of luck in the game and you're gonna die a ton anyway.
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Jan 2, 2018 18:56
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Can't wait to see what's said about this one https://gfycat.com/VictoriousBogusHammerheadshark or this one https://gfycat.com/AccurateShockingAustraliankestrel
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Jan 2, 2018 18:56
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AppleDan posted:Can't wait to see what's said about this one https://gfycat.com/VictoriousBogusHammerheadshark That's clearly a no-recoil hack. Haven't seen video of that posted before.
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Jan 2, 2018 18:59
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Why do people lean while shooting when they're in the open?
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It's hard for me to tell hackers from non-hackers in this game apart sometimes because hell, most of the time I die it's definitely because I was out of position or some stupid mistake I made so I don't even watch killcams because I know what happened already. So because of that I can only say I've really seen a single hacker - some joker who killed me and three other people in a moving vehicle with a single M4 burst. Those two videos appear to be pretty egregious though.
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