I'm not doing anything for an hour if you wanna play, can probably see it better in game with clears on comms
Cause theres USUALLY a better option than that, it can work, but it really depends
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I'm not doing anything for an hour if you wanna play, can probably see it better in game with clears on comms
Cause theres USUALLY a better option than that, it can work, but it really dependsUpDownLeftRight
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I'm not doing anything for an hour if you wanna play, can probably see it better in game with clears on comms
Ah crap I only just noticed, sorry man. I had to call it a night then anyway. Maybe we can get a few games in some other time. My skill went to crap the last half hour anyway and did nothing but miss easy balls.
smh
yeah I'm on summer break and just like screwing around in RL soo
edit: TIL pep and I can set up 100 montage shots
we just can't land any of them
we meaning me, but that's just a small detail :V
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
Decided to open a nitro since they're selling like crap. I'ts kinda strange, they have the most valuable wheels out there, a painted car, two painted boost, three painted wheels, yet the value didn't hold anywhere near as good as turbo did which had way less valuable contents by comparison.
But hey, painted Hexphase! Yay easy keys! Oh it's pink....I guess I'll just sit on this for a month until I get bored of trying to sell it.
Edit: Holy crap I actually sold it. Now if only I could offload these Pink Ara-51
To be fair since you guys are on the better side of GC I doubt I'd have been able to keep up XD I can hold my own with some of the GC's but when you get a good one, damn it's a different level.
But hey, painted Hexphase! Yay easy keys! Oh it's pink....I guess I'll just sit on this for a month until I get bored of trying to sell it.
Edit: Holy crap I actually sold it. Now if only I could offload these Pink Ara-51
To be fair since you guys are on the better side of GC I doubt I'd have been able to keep up XD I can hold my own with some of the GC's but when you get a good one, damn it's a different level.
Optimus Prime
Member
Open crates for fun. Don't expect anything great. Set a limit on how many crates you'll open and stick to it. Then use your keys to trade for crate items you want.
I open crates very infrequently, but when I do it's more for the anticipation. Yeah, it's a letdown to get a basic decal. But if you don't open too many, you'll know that you have keys reserved to trade for what you want.
People have opened thousands of crates and recorded their percentages. Here are two examples using C1-C4 crates:
A)
Items: 2915
Rare: 54.7%
Very Rare: 27.9%
Import: 12.1%
Exotic: 3.9%
Black Market: 1.3%
Painted Exotic (wheels): 0.55% (16 items out of 2915)
B)
Items: 1500
Rare: 58%
Very Rare: 27.33%
Import: 10.73%
Exotic: 3.4%
Black Market: 0.53%
Painted Exotic (wheels): 0.47% (7 items out of 1500)
Both data sets had the same percentages for painted wheels vs regular wheels in a particular tier. I must say, these were a bit higher than I thought, though it's for any color:
Very Rare wheel: 20% were painted, 80% regular
Exotic wheel: 14% were painted, 86% regular
Sources:
A:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...JgWYM2kz_EgXqtFdNIfOnv0uUc/edit#gid=420232270
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dj9vfkk8lw
B:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14i9Vb9O0_L_ESErzl-WN3oNXiHM3Nnux0mHSJzcuCjU/edit?usp=sharing
https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/5wr4w0/1500_crate_opening_statistics/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyCeibqEZtg
With those percentages, you can't reasonably expect something really cool. So just open them for fun, but set yourself some limits.
/shrug
I learned that way
I'm not saying it works for everyone, but I basically hardcleared to the point where I knew what I needed to improve by forcing myself to play with people way better on both sides so my flaws became ridiculously obvious.
Some it'll never click this way, others it will click extremely fast.
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
Yeah I got no problem playing with better players, I just don't like being a pain in anyone's ass and I worry I'd be so bad I'd frustrate you guys, especially when I can go from great to crap in an instant. I know realistically you're both chill but it's just a stupid worry lol.
I do seem to play better when with better players though. I wish I could just soft ban myself from unranked for a few weeks to really push myself. I cave to pressure too damn easy and only manage to force myself into maybe 50 ranked matches a season. I really need to just bite the bullet and grind it out like you did I think.
shrug
I dunno how I got 'good' (subjectively to some)
I was bad in december I remember
I played a ton
I was awful jan
then jan 14th laz came over right as mccluvin started helping me a ton
jan 17th or so i went back to school
the next week i hit gc, then I spent 2 months working on improving since I actually had a good grasp of what I needed to do-ish
edit: we also all play better w/ good people, cause our flaws look half as bad if someone can largely 1v2 defense.
I dunno how I got 'good' (subjectively to some)
I was bad in december I remember
I played a ton
I was awful jan
then jan 14th laz came over right as mccluvin started helping me a ton
jan 17th or so i went back to school
the next week i hit gc, then I spent 2 months working on improving since I actually had a good grasp of what I needed to do-ish
edit: we also all play better w/ good people, cause our flaws look half as bad if someone can largely 1v2 defense.
fiction226
Member
Everyone plays better with better teammates. When you play with people who all know how to do their "job" in a given situation you are free to actually do your job too vs playing extra defensive / constantly scrambling to cover teammate mistakes.
If you are able to hold your own with high level players you likely belong at their level and just need to improve a weakness / adjust playstyle to allow you to carry yourself there OR preferred solution is to party up and only play with people you know are good to avoid having to carry all together. It's supposed to be a team game after all
If you are able to hold your own with high level players you likely belong at their level and just need to improve a weakness / adjust playstyle to allow you to carry yourself there OR preferred solution is to party up and only play with people you know are good to avoid having to carry all together. It's supposed to be a team game after all
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
Yeah I suppose the team mates thing is just nature. It's definitely helping when you get a team mate who can play for more than one, but even just having faith in their defence goes a long way. Plus I feel like I'm obligated to put more thought into each play. Trying to make myself a new rule of no more than 2 unranked matches before heading into ranked now.
I'm still waiting on my breakthrough lol. I'm sure many of us here still are XD
At the end of the day it's just about fun anyway, but I know I could be having more fun by being better at it. It's a kinda strange frustration. I don't really get it with other games because it just means a higher kill count etc, but in RL it actually opens up doors to do new things that we all see in RLCS etc.
I'm still waiting on my breakthrough lol. I'm sure many of us here still are XD
At the end of the day it's just about fun anyway, but I know I could be having more fun by being better at it. It's a kinda strange frustration. I don't really get it with other games because it just means a higher kill count etc, but in RL it actually opens up doors to do new things that we all see in RLCS etc.
WOW
YOU WENT THERE
looool
I remember when I played you in the gaf tournament and we could only kinda aerial so we were getting straight up beat to everything. Koopas could too but our third couldn't really so it was RIP.
Fun times XP we need to playyy
CountAntonius
Member
The_Darkest_Red
Member
/shrug
It's really hard to feel nice about fancy shots that people make no active effort to save, cause all that is is proof I have the mechanical skill to shoot it.
It's why I'm rather consistent at double touches- because I spent 2 months largely going for them against opponents who had no idea how to deal with it, so as long as the shot was on the goal was always guaranteed.
I really only save noting it's a nice shot for when someone does something that's really really hard to read whatsoever or gets great placement- like awkward air drags or powerslide dribbles or stuff.
It's really hard to feel nice about fancy shots that people make no active effort to save, cause all that is is proof I have the mechanical skill to shoot it.
It's why I'm rather consistent at double touches- because I spent 2 months largely going for them against opponents who had no idea how to deal with it, so as long as the shot was on the goal was always guaranteed.
I really only save noting it's a nice shot for when someone does something that's really really hard to read whatsoever or gets great placement- like awkward air drags or powerslide dribbles or stuff.
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
I'm loving how fast the mantis colors are crashing. It's actually making me tempted to grab one but I just can't settle on a color. Come on white, keep falling! Seem to be having a zero crate day though so no profits to be made
Playing like crap too, I wanna go to ranked but I just know I'm gonna tank my way back to golds today.
Playing like crap too, I wanna go to ranked but I just know I'm gonna tank my way back to golds today.
The_Darkest_Red
Member
I get it I just have to mess with you about it.
"Nice" is relative. What's normal to you may be pretty nuts to me still.
CountAntonius
Member
I'm gonna take a shot every time flarz types /shrug.
CountAntonius
Member
take a shot every time I do any of these and you'll die in 5m flat
disjoined sentences with line breaks between them
use of cat noises like nya or :3
be toxic, but only on an alt
refer to something decently difficult as shit defense
"well they were just out of position so that was a free goal"
you're hesitating/they're hesitating/etc
calling myself and everyone else bad at the game because we all are imo
CountAntonius
Member
Depends on what wheels you like and if you want a neutral color that can look good on both sides.
CountAntonius
Member
RIP Octane. Good looking car man.
The_Darkest_Red
Member
I've never tried batmobile but I've always used dominus over octane so I like flatter cars. I think the mantis might suit me. I'll pick one up soon.
So I know people are going crazy about draco wheels but I'm usually into less flashy stuff so I have my eyes on fireplugs. Sad thing is it seems black doesn't exist for them.
Do you guys have any thoughts on the new boosts compared to colored tachyon? Not sure if it'd be worth trading for a hexphase or something.
So I know people are going crazy about draco wheels but I'm usually into less flashy stuff so I have my eyes on fireplugs. Sad thing is it seems black doesn't exist for them.
Do you guys have any thoughts on the new boosts compared to colored tachyon? Not sure if it'd be worth trading for a hexphase or something.
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
Looks swish
I want the white desperately I've almost caved and bought purple a few times now.Pulled out the Mantis out of a Nitro Crate yesterday, didn't realize it was the new car which could only be obtained via crate...love it
This is only a suggestion, but personally if I unboxed it I'd sell it now for about 5-6 keys and buy it back next week or so for 2 or less.
CountAntonius
Member
Depends on the colors but tachyon seems better for most things. Though I prefer white hexphased much more than tachyon.
need
CountAntonius
Member
Sorry, PS4!
Thanks. What's the best way to check what an item is worth? Is RLtracker.pro a decent site for that?
CountAntonius
Member
To price check I tend to use
Trade Finder
Then I put my item and see what people try to sell it for and what people try to buy it for. Prices tend to be somewhere in the middle. Looks like neo-thermal is going form 1o-14 keys on PS4.
Aside from reddit and discord this is my favorite trading site.
Link
Thanks. According to RLtracker, it's going for 15-16 keys, though.. Hm.. I'll check out the links you gave me. Thanks for the reply.
CountAntonius
Member
Kind of have to get a feel for it. Sellers tend to try and sell very high and buyers low ball. Gotta just see what people list it for and go from there.
Optimus Prime
Member
Finally got a gaming PC after more than 10 years! Have a Radeon 480 with a freesync 144hz monitor. So I'm playing at 142fps. Wow! Nice one!
It's so buttery smooth it seems slow compared to PS4. Is that just me? I'm consistently trying to hit balls too early because I'm used to the input delay with an HDTV.
Going to take some getting used to but loving the immediacy of the controls. PC players should really give props to PS4 players who are good at aerials and dribbles. It's so much easier with low lag and high frame rates. PC is like EZ mode.
Edit:
Should also mention that I played online last night for the first time on PC. Half of the players were smurfs. This was in casuals. I tried to take it easy knowing I'm essentially a smurf as well, but dudes were flying everywhere.
It was in the middle of the night, so maybe it was just an unusual occurrence. Wonder what Ranked will have in store for me today.
It's so buttery smooth it seems slow compared to PS4. Is that just me? I'm consistently trying to hit balls too early because I'm used to the input delay with an HDTV.
Going to take some getting used to but loving the immediacy of the controls. PC players should really give props to PS4 players who are good at aerials and dribbles. It's so much easier with low lag and high frame rates. PC is like EZ mode.
Edit:
Should also mention that I played online last night for the first time on PC. Half of the players were smurfs. This was in casuals. I tried to take it easy knowing I'm essentially a smurf as well, but dudes were flying everywhere.
It was in the middle of the night, so maybe it was just an unusual occurrence. Wonder what Ranked will have in store for me today.
This could also be due to you using different camera settings on PC
CountAntonius
Member
Got second place in the Euro-Vision fashion league contest. So close.
CountAntonius
Member
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Those Draco wheels are possibly the dumbest wheels I have seen...
I must have them.
I must have them.
do it, you're good to go
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
The smurfing in unranked has really gotten out of hand at this point. About 9 in 10 games of unranked are against a team of 3, two of which are usually expert rank clearly by rank resetting. The match ends the same way every time too. Within a minute both other players on my team leave and I'm left with AI as people cycle infinitely never staying for more than 20 seconds. Or a can leave to and begin the cycle anew.
It's actually making me tempted to just reset my own rank so I can stay out of their damn way for a match once in a while, but then I get the feeling I'll only run into teams where all 3 have reset instead. It's getting to the point where I might just play rumble when I want a few chilled out matches, but that's not the mode I'm actually looking to play :/
It's actually making me tempted to just reset my own rank so I can stay out of their damn way for a match once in a while, but then I get the feeling I'll only run into teams where all 3 have reset instead. It's getting to the point where I might just play rumble when I want a few chilled out matches, but that's not the mode I'm actually looking to play :/