Valorant

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18 Apr

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Originally posted by lulwhatno

Not sure if you will see this but I do have a suggestion. I noticed that we are only awarded Experience based on rounds played and rounds won. I feel this is severely limiting, especially given the large amount of XP needed for contracts, and the fact we cannot earn/stockpile currency. Back in the day, playing COD or Halo, you were rewarded for kills, assists, or any special achievements made in a match, in addition to rounds wins. Even if it was something small like +10xp per kill and +5 xp per assist, it would be much more gratifying to everyone who played. Not only does it give us a small boost in experience, it provides positive reinforcement for doing well, and thus another thing to strive after.

Worth considering for sure thanks for posting. I think the reasoning behind rounds was it evened out the losses much more than win/loss would, giving you something extra to incentivise pushing for a comeback.

The reason we didn’t go deeper than rounds was fear it would promote trying to game the system (like KDA playing rather than helping your team for example). Also more supportive agents might tend to get less XP in some cases.

Interesting points about it adding a little extra positive reinforcement though - thanks again.

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Originally posted by rite2ace

So the bundle is gone only the single skins will rotate ?

Correct, unless we choose to rotate in a previous bundle. ;)

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Originally posted by rite2ace

I wanted to buy the Knife from Fantasy Bundle but its not available only Vandal Skin is available. Will it be available in the future?

Yes, it has a chance of appearing in your rotating store!

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Originally posted by Newfypuppie

How many wrinkles does your brain have

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Originally posted by mvujas

This post is a great place with ton of valuable information for anyone looking for facts and arguments. Unfortunately, I fear many people complaining aren't going to listen, I feal like most of them complain for sake of complaining and somebody just manipulates them for their own good. What insults me so much is that everyone keep repeating that the software runs on kernel ring, yet I bet easily more than 90% of those don't have clue what kernel even means...

The only way to shut everyone would probably be to publish the code, yet it would highly compromise the security of the software and I guess would go against the rules of company since Riot doesn't seem to advocate opensource code, correct me if I am wrong.

At last both arguments concerning security and privacy could be used for any software running in the forementioned mode and I have yet to see so much complaining about anything like the last few days about Valorant...

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The only way to shut everyone would probably be to publish the code, yet it would highly compromise the security of the software and I guess would go against the rules of company since Riot doesn't seem to advocate opensource code, correct me if I am wrong.

We have open-sourced things in the past, but this is business secret sauce and likely will not get open-sourced.

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Originally posted by ThingWeBreatheBender

Also. what is with the Anti-Aliasing on the skins vs the no-skin Version?

We're looking into this. The way we're rendering the skins here is actually a bit unconventional, and ultimately we dont have a way to utilize and post process for this screen atm, so things like glowing, transparent or sometimes higher fidelity details suffer as a result. We definitely want this screen to showcase the weapons, buddies, sprays etc in the best way possible and we'll be finding ways to make this better before launch!

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We'll definitely be taking a pass at this. In some cases for skins we'll need to move the buddy depending on the shape of the gun so that there isnt clipping. The Reaver skins are a good example of this, since their shapes are a bit different from the base. We try to make sure that each skin goes through a buddy pass if it needs one - the Luxe Vandal unfortunately was one that got left behind. The position there is actually the old default one for all Vandals, and we moved it on the base weapon but it didnt propagate out. We'll fix this for sure, and make sure that all buddies can be properly appreciated regardless of the skin.

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Heyo -- We are currently investigating the issue with the reCAPTCHA included in the PayPal login flow, but we've implemented a quick fix to allow you to complete PayPal transactions while we continue looking into it.

Just a heads up that the flow continues in a pop-up that opens in your default internet browser outside of the game. Transactions can be completed there and your currency in game will be updated accordingly. Cheers and sorry for the delay!

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This is being addressed in the upcoming patch by rate limiting. Additionally, in the patch after, we've made some performance optimizations so pings don't dip your a framerate when they happen.

Thanks for reporting! The best places for these are the bug megathread which we view often. New threads are actually more likely to get missed than the bug megathread. (as /u/PankoKing already noted)

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Just dropping an update here. We are currently investigating an issue with the reCAPTCHA included in the PayPal login flow, but we've implemented a quick fix to allow you to complete PayPal transactions while we continue looking into it.

Just a heads up that the flow continues in a pop-up that opens in your default internet browser outside of the game. Transactions can be completed there and your currency in game will be updated accordingly. Cheers!

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Hey friends. We are currently investigating an issue with the reCAPTCHA included in the PayPal login flow, but we've implemented a quick fix to allow you to complete PayPal transactions while we continue looking into it.

Just a heads up that the flow continues in a pop-up that opens in your default internet browser outside of the game. Transactions can be completed there and your currency in game will be updated accordingly. Cheers!

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Sorry this is a bit late, but we are currently investigating an issue with the reCAPTCHA process when you select PayPal as your payment method. We've implemented a quick fix to allow you to complete PayPal transactions while we continue looking into it.

Just a heads up that the flow continues in a pop-up that opens in your default internet browser outside of the game. Transactions can be completed there and your currency in game will be updated accordingly. Cheers!

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We are currently investigating an issue with the reCAPTCHA, but we've implemented a quick fix to allow you to complete PayPal transactions while we continue looking into it. Just a heads up that the flow continues in a pop-up that opens in your default internet browser outside of the game. Transactions can be completed there and your currency in game will be updated accordingly. Cheers!

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Originally posted by [deleted]

Is there an eta on the paypal fix?

We've just turned it on again with a quick fix to allow you to complete PayPal transactions while we continue looking into it. Just a heads up that the flow continues in a pop-up that opens in your default internet browser outside of the game. Transactions can be completed there and your currency in game will be updated accordingly.

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Originally posted by EvilKnievel38

I read there's a bug when paying with PayPal. I don't even get the PayPal option. Was it temporarily disabled perhaps or what is going on? I get the PayPal option in league just fine (and used it plenty).

It was disabled temporarily while we were investigating, but has been turned on again now with a quick fix to allow you to complete PayPal transactions while we continue looking into it. Just a heads up that the flow continues in a pop-up that opens in your default internet browser outside of the game. Transactions can be completed there and your currency in game will be updated accordingly.

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Originally posted by Sazy23

Region: EU

Type of Bug: Store

Description: Using paypal bugs and doesn't load the ctacha thingy and then when you redo it, it loads it but then you can't "submit" thus being unable to buy Valorant points with paypal.

Reproduction rate: 10/10 (happened 10 out of 10 times)

Steps to reproduce: Try to buy Valorant points with paypal method.

Expected result: Being able to use paypal.

Observed result: Having to use credit card directly.

Just wanted to follow up here to say that while we investigate this issue, we've implemented a quick fix here to allow you to complete PayPal transactions by opening that flow in a pop-up that opens in your default internet browser outside of the game. Transactions can be completed there and your currency in game will be updated accordingly.

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Originally posted by Farler

  • Region: NA
  • Type of Bug: Store Bug
  • Description: Paypal payment option doesn't work
  • Video / Screenshot: Not gonna do this b/c passwords.
  • Steps to reproduce: Try to buy points with Paypal. Enter email. Enter password. Spins for a while, goes back to the email and password screen (without saying anything about whether you entered info correctly). Enter info again. Asks you to do a captcha. Cannot click the verify button or the refresh captcha button, and you're stuck unless you hit escape to close the payment popup. Worth noting: this happens no matter what password I put in. I know my paypal password because I just signed in to paypal's website to make sure I wasn't just wrong. In the overlay, this bug happens when I put in the correct password. It also happens, in the EXACT SAME WAY, when I put in the wrong password. There is no difference. Clearly the game i...
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Just wanted to follow up here to say that while we investigate this issue, we've implemented a quick fix here to allow you to complete PayPal transactions by opening that flow in a pop-up that opens in your default internet browser outside of the game. Transactions can be completed there and your currency in game will be updated accordingly.


17 Apr

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Originally posted by PM_ME_UR_BCUPS

In a largely different vein from the other questions I've seen -- for those of us who are glad that Riot is taking anticheat seriously, when can we hope to see this implemented with League as well?

We might use Vanguard on League someday but no plans at this point to use the kernel component. I don't see a need for it right now. Currently we got cheating in League to the point where the the average ranked player does not see a scripter all season. My dream is for Valorant to get here. :)

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Originally posted by Shinwrathen

Thank you.

This is something I've been saying for a while here and there and I know a handful of people also echoed this and agreed so it would be nice to have the answer a little more public, but I won't complain either way

Stay safe and have a nice weekend.

Hey Shinwrathen, I can speak to those.

1.) Absolutely, I would like to have the Vanguard system & kernel component uninstalled whenever you don't need them. Was working on the plans this week with our platform team. It is something that was on our back log and in hindsight maybe should have been there for beta release. I understand how it could add to some fears.

2.) We do have a notification on Valorant install that Vanguard is being installed and are making some updates to provide more detailed information. Like what is being installed, troubleshooting steps and how to uninstall.

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Originally posted by Unroqqbar123

The thing is, I get your point that you have to play around her abilities etc (which i dont agree with, because it feels too strong when the whole team has to play around character). But secondly, there are many players complaining about her. It is basically one of the bigger critiques of this game at the moment. She is just too strong and frustrating to play against and there is no fun in it. Im having nightmares about the ‚beep beep beeps‘ and then im dead.. Are there any ideas to already to adress this? Balance changes?

And yeah, for me personally, im worried that you gonna introduce more characters like this, and the game will be a nightmare to play against, being scared everywhere one the map to get one hitted and needed to ‚play around‘ her kit..

Oh yeah, I'm trying to speak to the philosophy on paper but that doesn't mean that we don't care about the pain players are experiencing. The balance team is committed to making the game numerically balanced as well as an enjoyable experience, and we hear the frustration around Raze. We're definitely looking at some changes to make soon.