Any other developer and I'd agree. I think they bit off more than they could chew with trying to get this thing into pro leagues immediately along with a pretty aggressive operator and map rollout. Their strategy seems to be to announce when they think something is ready to go rather than weeks in advance.
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alpinestars1980
Member
Hasn't bothered them when it comes to outlining patch release dates and then delaying them.
Anton Sugar
Member
Key phrase is "when they think something is ready to go"
PC essentially acts as a first phase test of some of these patches. They discover an issue, then delay the console versions.
Yeah I'd like to find out what new operators are
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Man I must be blessed. I see Team Kills still but its on enemy team. Last night I saw a "Doc" kill their own hostage and screw his team over. I think it was late in the game too. I cant help but wonder maybe he was pissed at his team cause the previous round when they were attacking I got 2 of them easily (shot them in the back while defending as Smoke). Then at end of the round it was 1v1 with like 1 min left. I run down stairs and hide where I can see the hostage and the attacker just strolls right in front of me. So got 3 easy kills that match and not a scratch on me really
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Man I must be blessed. I see Team Kills still but its on enemy team. Last night I saw a "Doc" kill their own hostage and screw his team over. I think it was late in the game too. I cant help but wonder maybe he was pissed at his team cause the previous round when they were attacking I got 2 of them easily (shot them in the back while defending as Smoke). Then at end of the round it was 1v1 with like 1 min left. I run down stairs and hide where I can see the hostage and the attacker just strolls right in front of me. So got 3 easy kills that match and not a scratch on me really
Anton Sugar
Member
BinaryBear07
Member
Tonight is the night I get a sweep in ranked. I want that trophy.
I can already smell my spot in the Pro League
True, but those are mostly caught by the beta testers on PC.
They need to work on bugs too. Crazy watching this on the Twitch streams and see bugs affecting the results.
Chronospherics
Member
Your post made me want to hop on TLOU
I don't really play it though, I dismissed the MP when it came out and I really regret that. I stuck to playing Uncharted 3 but I did come to realise TLOU was a lot better. Some of my friends still play TLOU and UC3 competitively on fragged nation, the game has strong albeit small community.
alpinestars1980
Member
Your post made me want to hop on TLOU
I don't really play it though, I dismissed the MP when it came out and I really regret that. I stuck to playing Uncharted 3 but I did come to realise TLOU was a lot better. Some of my friends still play TLOU and UC3 competitively on fragged nation, the game has strong albeit small community.
You're so ridiculously cocky. 😉
Chronospherics
Member
I'm just messing with you
Seriously though if it bugs you then I'm sorry. I don't intend to be abrasive or anything like that. I'm fully aware that you're good at R6 and games generally too. A big part of why I enjoy multiplayer games is that I enjoy being good at them and doing well, and I've always enjoyed collecting snapshots and whatnot to demonstrate that. I don't ever mean to do that in a way that puts anyone else down or makes them feel unhappy about their experiences.
alpinestars1980
Member
I'm just messing with you
Seriously though if it bugs you then I'm sorry. I don't intend to be abrasive or anything like that. I'm fully aware that you're good at R6 and games generally too. A big part of why I enjoy multiplayer games is that I enjoy being good at them and doing well, and I've always enjoyed collecting snapshots and whatnot to demonstrate that. I don't ever mean to do that in a way that puts anyone else down or makes them feel unhappy about their experiences.
Oh, you're definitely cocky but you don't bother me. I enjoy having you carry me in R6, haha.
No news about it has been released. I think it will be out a month late (May) just like the first one.
Stoffinator
Member
Does anybody else have a hard time finding people to play with on the PS4? It takes forever to find other players in match making to play a few rounds of Terrorist Hunt.
Yeah, TH has also become a huge wait most of the time in matchmaking for me
Chronospherics
Member
I don't think anyone carries you as you're very good at R6 too. I also haven't played with you enough.
Sometimes I've felt like Mike was carrying me, haha. I kind of wish I didn't get an 18 winstreak on Rainbow Six's ranked mode, as it gave me too much 'ladder anxiety'. My win rate is 18:0 and I have a habbit of telling people I won't play ranked because in many instances, I know the team composition isn't that good and I might take a loss.
I should just get over it and play.
alpinestars1980
Member
Mike does tend to carry people. Dumb Canadian.
I used to be Plat 2 and never climbed beyond. Now, I'm Plat 1. I won't touch Ranked for fear of losing. :/
We need to have a scrubs night for people like me that are low ranked and have nothing to lose in trying to win ranked games. We also need someone to carry us. Though what I've found with that is that usually if you have one Diamond or Platinum teammate you get matched with multiple Platinums or Diamonds and it can be pretty rough on us scrubs.
Chronospherics
Member
I'm plat 2 but personally I prefer having 18:0 on my score card than having plat 1.
They didn't do a very good job with the ranking system in this game. It really should only display your rank publically in my opinion. KDR and W/L aren't relevant statistics because if you were playing consistently at 'Plat 1' level for instance, then both KDR and W/L should stabilize as the game matches you against teams of equally high skill.
Theoretically in a perfect matchmaking system everyone's W/L and KDR should be 1, as they eventually stabilise and play within their skill boundaries until they get better (and then stabilize again in a higher boundary). In that regard, casual KDR (if casual MM wasn't skill-based) is more interesting as it regards your performance across the whole distribution of players rather than those of same skill. So if they wanted to display any statistics, those would make more sense in my opinion. Though I think I would prefer none, as you can view them all on the Ubi website anyway if you're that bothered, and detaching that side of things from the actual interface would help people lighten up and focus on the match at hand, rather than their statistics.
Chronospherics
Member
It should display 'highest rank' and then your current rank should be on the leaderboards or something. Displaying highest rank would demonstrate you have the capacity to play at that level without revealing fluctuation with recent performance.
Then people could play ranked whenever. Because the highest rank is static and if your highest rank is not the max rank then you can only improve upon that.
Halo featured this, displaying highest true skill and current true skill. It helped prevent people from dwelling on dropping a rank or two.
BinaryBear07
Member
No trophy last night. Sweeping a team on ranked can't be this hard.
That could work.
The daily challenges are just a tad bit frustrating cause I got a new challenge that says something like "Go win 2 matches with LiveWire" (or whatever is the name of that dude that lays shock wires down on defense). I wasnt even playing to acquire him anytime soon. I almost got 1500 saved. I rather get Blitz which is in the same CTU
DrGonzo615
Banned
Just skip it then?
yeah guess that's just gonna be an easy 200 credits I will miss out on for awhile
You can dismiss a challenge, you'll get a new one in 24h.
They're finally showing off Season 2! There'll be a reveal at the end of the Xbox One tournament at PAX East on April 22nd
https://www.reddit.com/r/Rainbow6/comments/4etkyh/from_uits_epi_we_will_be_having_a_special_reveal/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Rainbow6/comments/4etkyh/from_uits_epi_we_will_be_having_a_special_reveal/
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Gonna be playing this in the free beta weekend again, loved playing last time, but ill never be able to get friends to buy it!
IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
Finally!
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Deleted member 59090
Unconfirmed Member
Played this for the first time today because Dave Lang said it was good and man was he right. I've not enjoyed a multiplayer shooter like this in years.
Yep this shooter is plain amazing. I knew from watching streamers play it- that it was completely different from CoD style run-and-gun. I love how you can recon with your drone to find enemies.
A felt bad for this newbie last night. He joins and was asking questions; trying to figure the game out. Anyway our team lost but- to make it worse he gets tea bagged by enemy team. Lol they dont even give you an option to click away from the replay either.
But I tried to lighten up the mood and told the newbie - "They are just trying to welcome you to the game"
A felt bad for this newbie last night. He joins and was asking questions; trying to figure the game out. Anyway our team lost but- to make it worse he gets tea bagged by enemy team. Lol they dont even give you an option to click away from the replay either.
But I tried to lighten up the mood and told the newbie - "They are just trying to welcome you to the game"
hollerphonix
Neo Member
Odd question but would anyone be willing to boost a couple of the casual trophies with me on PS4
While I haven't been actively trying to get them per se I'd still like to get them sooner rather than later.
Msg me on psn or on here if you (or a handful of people) are interested I'd totally appreciate any assistance.
While I haven't been actively trying to get them per se I'd still like to get them sooner rather than later.
Msg me on psn or on here if you (or a handful of people) are interested I'd totally appreciate any assistance.
As expected.
Anton Sugar
Member
I can't imagine them showing Season 2 before releasing the second of four promised Season 1 DLC packs, so...news next week?
Then again, Ubi gonna Ubi.
Then again, Ubi gonna Ubi.
salty_Josh
Member
Right and dlc operators are typically 25000 each
We have a PS4 message group going if you want to be added. That's the best way to get a squad going.
Already in it and the community...I'm one of the originals who started playing when the game came out, then I went travelling for 2 months in Feb..hah
Edit: Unless you have a new message group, the one I am in has 20 people.
Gotcha, added you to this one. Has 66 members so I think it's different.