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Is VALORANT going to get an in-game replay system?
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Yes! this is something that we're interested in exploring soon. Whether it's to study...
Read moreHe just meant that there is no team leader for ranked currently due to person leaving the company so he cant answer most of the ranked questions because he cant confirm anything with that team leader until they have a person that fills that position and allocates the team tasks and figures out whats next for ranked team. wtf are these other comments even saying, its mind boggling.
Yup.
Yes. They can't do anything with the current one.
Edit: there's hope in the form of the below comment.
This is not correct, and some of the comments below are more accurate. The lead designer behind the current ranked system has left, but there are plenty of people still on the team who understand it both technically and from a design standpoint.
The feature has a temporary design owner, and we're actively sorting out 1) who will take over the design long term and 2) what changes need to happen next.
This has been made out to be more dire than it is.
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...Morello said they're working on evaluating what's the real problem with the op and not straight nerf it.
You gotta wait out, we had a post that linked to his tweet already.
Yup, pretty much this. We’re talking about it but we suspect the Op is just one part of a larger phenomenon we want to dig into and understand before making any hasty changes.
I had game yesterday against viper, they were premades and had been training executes, on haven, viper got control of C every round, by just doing same thing every round, putting wall up so it is clear to push to site, they didn't come from there every round, so she was watching flanks some rounds, but it kept me from rotating to A site, because there was possibility they come to C at the end of round, what they exactly did for couple rounds
Yeah, this is one of the things she’s good at - consistent default pressure that enemies have to respect, even if you don’t always capitalize on it. That just tends to be a lot harder to coordinate around in solo queue.
whats Balance team?
The live balance team is a group of designers and insights folk like myself who are responsible for analyzing the state of the live game and ensuring that it remains healthy. Buffs/nerfs in the patch notes, for example, come from us.
Is the doggo based on any dog in particular? :3
nah he's just a cute doggo
I agree except it's not really scary to push thru viper smoke or molly. The only exception is if it's like a one way smoke, which isn't unique to viper anyway.
For sure! That’s totally fair feedback and something we’re keeping an eye on. One interesting balance is that we don’t want Viper to feel like a sentinel who “sets up” an area like Cypher and then just defends it; being proactive and taking ground with her smokes is key on top of exerting control in that area once you’ve claimed it. It’s a delicate balance to strike and something we’re clearly still trying to fine tune
Thanks for the reply! If you're allowed to tell us, what would you say is Viper's "identity" as an agent? Brimstone seems centered around burst executes, Omen seems to excel at deception and mind games. Viper's doesn't seem to be as straightforward as theirs.
I've always gotta preface replies like this with: I'm not a designer, I'm insights. I work really closely with them on all of our gameplay content, but don't actually build the stuff!
With that being said - yeah, you're correct on Brim and Omen. Brim tends to do bursty executes but he's worse at fakes, Omen is amazing at fakes and deception and has a bit more personal agency in being able to flank and break angles for his team, but pays for it with less raw smoke uptime than Viper or Brimstone, and his smokes are a bit easier to push through.
Viper is primarily zone control. She has the highest commitment of any of our controllers (because her smokes get placed for the entirety of the round, minus picking up and reploying her Q). Due to this "price" she's paying, she gets to have the highest ceiling on her smoke coverage, being able to block off huge sections of the map with her E and Q for long periods of time multiple times over the course of the round. She's not...
Read moreBalance team has been talking about Viper a lot - stay tuned. If all goes as planned there'll be more buffs for her next patch!
I don't want to share any specific details or hard commit to it because it's not all set in stone yet, but that's the plan.
Basically, if you mention or talk about a cat you have to link a pic!
Oh damn I didn't know the rules, sorry. Kyle did me a favor and posted some pics of Mance above.
How dare you not deliver any pics of Mance? Smh
Mance's human friend posted pics below!!