Analytics can be misleading too. From a play perspective, the bolt action in Blacklight was very underused and really didn’t need a nerf. Yet according to Gerritzen, the data on the bolt showed it to be OP and overused.

The reason why consoles sell better to the masses is because

a.) You don’t need to upgrade to play new games for quite a while

b.) they go through much more intensive certification and allow games to be developed for a single platform. This means the way a game performs from console to console is more consistent. Of course at the same time that means that fixes for bugs and what not are even slower.

C.) The couch factor. You can’t sit down with a couple friends in a couple seconds on PC.

The machine pistol’s recoil goes straight up. It spreads so much that tapping won’t really help the accuracy appreciably. The gun is mean to be a simple close range bullet hose. Tapping it just means you aren’t taking advantage of its high rate of fire. It’s got the highest rof in the game-take advantage of that. Just spray and drag into their head. The spread almost guarantees that it lead into head shots.

Unreal 3 is not outdated. Too many people make the mistake of assuming that it’s unchanging. Blacklight is running on the newest version of the engine and is one of the first games using UE3’s dx11 features which were added back in march 2011.

SMGs actually do have worse bullet groupings (spread) over range compared to an AR. They’re using a pistol round so that makes sense. This means that an smg should ideally be easy to control, but not accurate or powerful at range. Imo it should have good starting accuracy but spreads faster and loses more damage over range.

Rick was talking about the smg being OP in previous phases because it’s had super easy recoil and passable spread that allowed it to be easier at range than the AR was.

Multiple mechs are only really a problem because people don’t work hard enough to take them down. They’re meant to be taken down with team work. The weak spot visibility is a bug that they’re trying to fix.

You never should try to range a hard suit. The way you take advantage of the weak spot is to get up close and take advantage of the slow turn speed. Get up close and empty into the weak spot. It’s even easier now that you can reload while sprinting.

Imitation is just a part of e-life I’ve come to accept. I prefer the podcast format as it is. The YT community (in particular) is for people with large egos and personalities anyway… you strike me as being a bit more genuine.

C.O.D. is not my favorite franchise, but I’ve been enjoying the program! Keep rolling like a stone.

Regarding the YouTube commentary scene….I think theater mode has created more commentators than ever before. There were some real barriers to entry unless you had a PVR in MW2 and before. I think more ‘competition’ is a good thing though. New ideas will surface and we’ll have more opinions to listen to.

In regards to Hutch’s videos and racism…as much as he might have wanted to deal with an issue that is still plaguing our society, he’s also paid to get views. The more controversial the topic, the more view, the more money. Now, I don’t know if that was his thought process. I’d like to give him the benefit of the doubt. But even in ‘failure’ he is succeeding.