So. Today is the day.
Shit just got serious. This is the first relatively big cash cup in DB.

the steam will be here:
DirtyCups Twitch
cup will start at 10:00 PDT / 13:00 EDT / 18:00 BST / 19:00 CEST

it is a 8-teams final.

In order to get a foretaste of competitive scene numbers in DB one can see this table:
Teams' stats

there were 4 cups since may. (excluding two test cups, that helped to find better rules for comp matches - merc restrictions etc)
and there were total 30 team taking part in all the cups.

i find it not a bad thing for a 2 month long open beta!

Anyway have all fun watching. it is going to be intense!
my bets go on ZFZ, guys who didnt play this game for a _long time_ (like most other top teams) and nevertheless maganed to put a great fight to PkD (current best team)

some details can be found here:
Details

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neeple

I watched some of this. It was pretty cool. I still barely know what any of the characters do because I've just been pissing around with the healy lady so it was weird to watch.

Nice to see them starting to form a scene

posted 9 years ago

rehepapp

Does anyone know if there are nerfs planned for nader and bushwanker? I still can't comprehend why there's a merc with a turret. Stupid nubshit.

Wasn't too bad, I suppose the casters are still learning and devs still figuring out what's the best way to deliver the matches. More flycam and bigger radar with all players would be nice for starters. At the moment it felt really chaotic at times and felt like casters were missing the action too much.

posted 9 years ago

Glottis-3D

well, the history goes like this. At first abilities (including Nades, turrets, molotovs, airstrikes, mines, healstations etc etc) were all weaker. Like a lot. And the game with time began to feel very repeatitive and thus boring. It was all about the weapons' spread, range, and DPS and aiming ofc. And lots of testers complained, even the old ET nerds did. And so they made a huge buff to all abilities. Believe it or not, game became more fun with this. And all the nub stuff is out there.
Imho this more a positive thing, than negative. I mean no one can spam turrets mid-fight on you. you have plenty of time to kill Bush, and knife turret before it starts pissing. But when the turret is in its place already it is an area-denial tool, that just changes the aproach you have to use to get there.
Nader is much weaker than Fragger (and there will be another tank-merc - Thunder), so no nerf in the damage i expect, but a nerf to his spam is possible.

Spectator mode, is one of their priorities, as they state. They want to make the game not only playable but also spectacular.

posted 9 years ago

rehepapp

I understand why puffing them made the game more fun/dynamic, but it's just the shitty autoaim component the turret provides that I hate. You get extra gun that aims instantly and figuring out if a corridor or a choke is a nice place to put it to is not really a skill. Just cheap gimmick.

But it's still in beta :)

posted 9 years ago