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@SSBFC_Xerom Bruh my character got reworked to shit and that character assassination was *earned*

Funny how everyone was afraid of any sort of total rebalance patch following games like dbfz, dnf, hxh, 2kox, uni, etc. turning them more mickey until s*rive does a single debatably good thing now everyone is praying to arc. Even vanilla 2.0 was hated when it shot the whole cast.

@Cade_XR Meta? Do something intelligent with its vast wealth of software and IPs? Funni joke.

Meta has the best oppertunity here to relaunch Echo VR as the coolest "look VR in space, and you can be in space too" but alas I know theres negative chance of this coming close to happening

@vlinkFGC Idk, I think HC is still gonna be absurdly strong, even if he can't whip out gun whenever anymore. A delayed projectile is insane and could cover a lot of things

Predictions for tierlist now? I think damage changes and maybe how alpha works could bring chipp out of top1 but I just dont see him having issues in the meta Arcsys wants.

@Deyvonn HC was defs never below high tier

Color me curious. Out of the entire life of Strive so far, which characters had the most consistent high tier ranking in all the metas? Leo and Ram are the main ones that comes to mind

@vlinkFGC I main happy chaos and i'm unfalteringly happy for this change, like the old way his mechanic worked was just not healthy for the game.

Patch vibes right now, overall happy with the direction of the game a nd I say that not only because I play Chipp (for real)

@kaan_fgc Bedman in the corner staring menacingly as he's buffed overall

I get they wanted to lower the powerlevel and i think its a healthy direction but man it just feels like they just overdid it Like i was excited but now? Idk They managed to make me not want to try out my characters

@unity @Meta Does meta know? /j

Unity and @Meta Extend Multi‑Year Partnership to Power Next‑Generation VR Experiences 🤝

@XREALGames A singular thousand and you got all you needed for vr for a while with the index. It's arguably worse now than it was then, as even though the initial hardware is cheaper, it is all locked ecosystems and sidegrades on everything but resolution

Do you think VR is still a luxury thing? Back in 2016–2018, VR was an enthusiast, tech-savvy niche. It required thousands of dollars’ worth of gear. Prices have obviously gone down, the Quest reshaped the industry and all that, but do you think VR has moved out of the luxury entertainment category, or is it still more of an “ah, so you have money, huh?” thing?

@lodgiktech @tacowasa2nd For two entirely different presidents, in fact.

@tacowasa2nd We tried. It didn't work :)

ところでアメリカって大統領の頭が狂ったら解任する仕組みとか無いのか?

@i2cjak Just use a regular fucking toaster holy shit we're cavemanning backwards

“Nooooo they put the freaking microcontroller in everything!!!” NO. THE PROBLEM IS NOT WITH HARDWARE ENGINEERS, IT IS WITH NASTY SOFTWARE “engineers” WHO DONT TEST THEIR SHIT AND HAVE MANDATORY FIRMWARE UPDATES. SAME REASON THAT VIDEO GAMES SUCK AND GET DAY 1 PATCHES!!!

@ukos203 Claw is genuinely a bad mechanic, and I say that as someone who started with world.

しっかりモンハンを遊んだ上で批判する人に、全然モンハンやってなさそうな人がトンチキな擁護をする謎の現象って日本だけで起こってるわけじゃないんだな。同情するぜbrother

@BCKrispy @bradneuberg Oculus, valve, and htc were good for vr. The minute meta (back then, Facebook) bought oculus and decided to try to monopolize the market with an anticompetitive, financially unsustainable, and actively PC-hostile HMD is easily the worst thing that has happened to this market.

@bradneuberg None have been better for VR than Meta. None have been worse for VR than Meta. ☹️

It does seem like Meta has completely wiped out their positions in VR: shuttering all their game studios (Sanzuru, Twisted Pixel, etc.); shuttering their premier VR fitness app (Supernatural); and shuttering their social VR experience (Horizon Worlds). I mean, what is left? Just the hardware device itself really? I know they are working on a next gen, 100gram headset for media viewing and have claimed a Quest 4 is in the works, which I'm looking forward to, but its pretty wild to see how much they've wiped the field clean on their VR investments for now. I was a Meta VR fan boy for a long time, but its pretty sobering. I've moved alot of my own usage of XR over to my Apple Vision Pro now, but miss where the Meta VR experience was going (even though it was beginning to tilt into pretty bad slop the last year and a half to be honest). What do you think?

@Tealst_ Is why I liked 5th fleet bowgun so much- I still prepped, didn't stress the meta going in my first time, and didn't play "dps" hbg, instead supporting and healing my teammates both with heal shot and maxed wide range. Goin back to GU is a blast too. Not a fan of rise tho overall.

My main issue with the recent MH games is that he outcome of a hunt is now entirely based on player skill In the older games skill definitely mattered, but preparation, knowledge and planning were a much larger focus, playing into the idea of being a hunter rather than a warrior

@Mairon_Maiden Hubs with expanded content not working or multiplayer-suggested content being entirely singleplayer. Not that I necessarily need another player, but I have heard ~around 3rd gen certain monsters are a drag without friends

@TheDEV1ATE wdym by intended features not working due to offline services?

I wish all "focus mode is optional" sayers a very "play Insect Glaive (the proper way, not helicopter spamming)." (Descending slash is a very long attack and you're punished if you whiff it without focus mode) (Rising Spinning Slash is literally locked behind focus mode)

@Mairon_Maiden Hey, i'd go back earlier (and have, I have 4u on my steam deck), but getting some of the intended features working is a wee bit difficult since the services went offline. Any suggestions on which one to really get a feel for the game?

@TheDEV1ATE oh bless you

@Mairon_Maiden Hol up, i'm a fiver and I fucking hate the new mechanics n how easy the game has gotten. This entire game not only runs like shit but ruins multiple weapon classes and is comically easy. Granted, I did go back and play GU and I love that game to death, too, so...

Also those aren't monster hunter ""fans"", those are the Fivers

@AlexWisnerArt A lot of people forget this game is called monster HUNTER, not monster fighter. Cus, yknow, you had to hunt the damn monsters. Learn about their weaknesses. Prepare. Nowadays it's just running up to the things and bitchslapping it until it dies with prep being almost meaningless.

MH is better without zooming through the environment on mounts and glowing bug trails and glowing weak spots and yammering sidekicks. The oldgen meditative slow going vibe is just better even with all the friction. Because of the friction even. Newgen is just autopilot unless you mod the game and disable the auto pathing on the mount in Wilds.

@dynamus21 @Dreamboum You're absolutely right, they should remove critical draw too.

@Dreamboum I guess skill expression was using draw attacks , resheathing and using draw attacks again until you had an opening for a charge slash.

There is really nowhere for the series to go in terms of gameplay and skill expression if its key feature is a tool that allows to control any move to be able to do 180° steering with no appreciable drawbacks. They put themselves in a corner in this game design dead-end

@sainimatic @Thrilluwu @SamCole -Boot up SteamVR -*boop* *boop* my controllers go as I slap my index(or bsb2e) onto my face -enjoy for a few hours -take off, shut down SteamVR as I sit back down into my office chair Damn, that was really frictionless, wish I had to boot an app or have nonfunctioning controllers

@Thrilluwu @SamCole now do PCVR 😂

The biggest challenge after someone buys a headset isn't the experience It's activation energy It's not charged It needs updating It's not visible It's slightly inconvenient Those small frictions compound until it ends up under a bed or in a cupboard

@HalloweenWhale How the fuck does aba win?

zato does get absolutely cooked but at the very least he can reflect hollow purple because its a projectile