BGs right now feel unplayable, and there is a personal, latent, frustration about the updates to the Damage cap…not being applied that much sooner than they are now.
We needed the 5-10-15 Damage cap (until final four) for a long time now. Duos matches not only feel too short, but also seem, at times, to damage cap too harshly/unfairly, and I have decent partners each game, so it’s not a slice of ‘humble pie’.
I kinda wish they would of implemented SOME of the backend changes prior to the patch release on the 3rd. At least the damage cap. Also they could “release” the old gimmick (in this case, Trinkets) to let the tavern just be basic for a week; akin to how they do Standard with a wrench thrown in there (Brann being available for a season, Prince Renethal, etc).
If you don’t understand the meta, it feels that way.
I didn’t watch Krip, but he’s not a very good player, prefers to meme riskier strategy, and is just generally not someone I would go to for information about BGs.
Trinkets are the opposite of how he wants to play - they reward creativity and fundamentals. He’s more the one trick pony king.
This will honestly make the mode worse, allowing people to make even higher risk plays and not pay for it.
There shouldn’t be a damage cap at all. People would learn how to actually play the game better if they got blown out for being stupid.
I think Kripp is actually good at bgs. The thing is he intentionally tanks his rating to stay under 7k so he can play meme builds. His YouTube highlights should not be trusted for learning the game I agree with you there lol.
I don’t. I think this is why he specifically doesn’t like trinkets.
So he’s allegedly smurfing, but I think it’s honestly he’s just not good enough and doesn’t want to show everyone that fact… because it would hurt his business.
Trinkets are not here for your memes. They want you to play tempo with good fundamentals. This is not his way.
I have to comment his skills in selecting a user name. In only 5 letters he managed to be uniquely (or almost) googleable. This is a feat in 2024 internet.
Good for business. Also he’s currently online with 4k+ viewers (the cash is flowing).
Getting the only Diablo kill in D3 before Diablo was nerfed the next day was what really made his channel explode. He was also a huge Path of Exile streamer before that was even a thing.
He was a fairly successful Hearthstone player as well. In the context of BG’s he is a complete smurf though.
NONE of which refutes my statement that he is a smurf player in BG’s.
He knows exactly what kind of play will increase his rating, the boring midgame-focused approach that tries to always land 3rd or 4th but has nearly zero chance of winning.
I for one agree with him that trying to increase bg rating is entirely pointless and not actually a good measure of skill. Getting first should matter more than it does.
LOL The guy plays at about rank 7K and then starts losing. He then goes offline and drops his rank back into the 6K rating and comes back the next night and does the same thing over and over. He’s not a very good BG player end of story.
See, that’s the issue for Kripp right now - that play style absolutely has a chance of winning first place in trinkets meta, but his style gets curb stomped before the payoff turns.
The second trinket can turn the whole game in a turn or two if you have the health to make the pivot when the chance comes.
He does it to meme. He’s not skilled enough play with better players consistently without getting exposed… which woudl kill his brand.
I don’t think you understand that you have to get higher than 3rd or 4th to climb once you’re at a high enough level. The people that climb past 7500 aren’t doing it by going 4th every game.
He did it when bgs first launched, and is one of the top analytical gamers of all time (see his wow, diablo, and especially poe history). To claim he simply couldn’t do it show you have no idea how skilled he is at games.