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[Truthsayer @truthsayer_dl]

@sevsevendeadly @fishhstyx @gloomerthoughts obviously because the skill gap widens with the amount of time the game has been released for?

getting into dota/league/etc in 2012 was massively easier than getting into them in 2026

it was a mistake to have the game playable this long despite being this far from being done

[Truthsayer @truthsayer_dl]

@gloomerthoughts every moba on the market is having a problem pulling new players

it is not controversial to say that nobody wants to play versus massively more experienced players in this genre

if youre an above average shooter player trying DL you will be placed vs 3k+ hrs players quickly

[Truthsayer @truthsayer_dl]

@TylbiDL we are talking about new players

do you seriously think dota2 is pulling in new players?

do you seriously think an invite only "beta" for 3+ years is comparable to what dota went through when it launched?

[Truthsayer @truthsayer_dl]

@TempoZP @Crom_lm 75k+ CCU yet it takes 10 minutes to get into a standard game and twitch viewership is dismal

something isn't adding up

[Truthsayer @truthsayer_dl]

@TempoZP @Crom_lm the game has the same amount of estimated owners on PC as marvel rivals and was streamed by every major hero shooter/shooter player on both youtube and twitch

this isnt some undiscovered game

we'll see a spike of players as with 2024, whether they stay this time is unknown

[Truthsayer @truthsayer_dl]

@Glorybunner @jdzato1 artifact and underlords are buried 200ft deep in a landfill no matter how neurotic the chef was

valve are absolutely capable of making massive mistakes and its valid to think they might be making one here too

remember steam machine v1? paid modding (75% cut for valve)?

[visionary @cursedvisionary]

in hindsight "matchmaking update" was a really funny name for the update that added ranked and didnt do anything about the actual matchmaking

[Truthsayer @truthsayer_dl]

@Glorybunner @jdzato1 "chef meals" and its artifact and dota2 underlords

and it's tf2 + cs2 + dota2 chinese botting farms for awful gacha + gambling mechanics

and its "hey if you're playing our games you have to use a third party ranked system because we dont do anticheat"

[Truthsayer @truthsayer_dl]

@jdzato1 valve fans will militantly defend their favorite billion dollar corporation's right to do nothing

it's really sad

and then we still get artifact and dota underlords, no anticheat + rampant botting across all of their games for lootbox farming lol

[Truthsayer @truthsayer_dl]

"im back to my regularly scheduled 24/7 deadlock circlejerk after shilling software that is best case worthless, worst case malware to my followers"

[Ansonex @AnsonexDL]

The last time Deadlock had a major update:

- The US was at peace with Iran
- Artemis II hadn't launched yet
- The 2026 Winter Olympics hadn't yet begun

It's been awhile!

[Truthsayer @truthsayer_dl]

first rift gives 247 souls per player btw (worthless) but unfortunately if you dont go and toss yourself into the coinflip meatgrinder your hero shooter teammates will mental boom so its probably worth it to go

[sorokor #VOTEBOHO @sorocore]

If I see you split pushing for objective while rift is up im straight up getting you

[Truthsayer @truthsayer_dl]

@ManInTheMirrorz @froggy_dl yeah, but every pos 3/4/5/6 character is fine with this

the game has 6 players and 3 lanes so i wouldnt expect duoing to be a penalty but i think there should be a punishment for screwing around too much as a group of 3/4/5/6

[Truthsayer @truthsayer_dl]

@awisemankey you dont really miss the value of the other lanes because structures dont kill creeps fast enough

how often have you seen 4-5 waves stacked up at your base guardians after a teamfight for 30+ seconds?

for me its pretty often

[Truthsayer @truthsayer_dl]

@ArabNinja255 8% *more* for grouping as a 3man is crazy

in a vacuum you're right that you'd miss a lane's worth of creeps, but more often than not you dont actually miss the creeps because structures kill creeps so slowly

especially base guardians

especially with fast zips

[Thorin @Thorin]

Valve: We're not gonna make the game better cos most of us don't feel like working on CS and besides we all make too much money. Also why aren't you grateful for a worse version of CS that we still make bank off?

Plebs: Wow! Valve is such an amazing company!

[Truthsayer @truthsayer_dl]

least confusing deadlock mechanic (completely optional, devs love reinventing wheels)

[DEADLOCK PROJECT 8 @deadlock_8]

Deadlock pro player Sai explained how the new comeback system works in simple terms

Your team: 45k souls Enemy team: 60k souls Average enemy net worth: 12k Your net worth: 13k
You kill any hero and receive a fixed kill bounty of 600 + 400 comeback souls.
However, since you are already above the enemy average, 70% of this bonus (which is 280 souls) goes to the two poorest players on your team.

[cosmetical ‎ @cosmetic4l]

early game is useless because comeback rift will revert anything you did, comp meta is just full boring midboss slop, whoever has the better late game timer hero or midboss heroes will win

[zeno @zenodeadlock]

Valve devs 🤝 Acting like no one has made a ranked system before

Idk why they fail to make a proper ranked queue in literally every single game they’ve ever made, if they just copy pasted val or league’s ranked systems (still flawed btw) their games would instantly be 15x better