Deadlock is destined for the land of toxicity
I don’t think we should assume this right away. TF2 isn’t really all that toxic (that I am aware of)… OW2 however, hoo boy… that game is agonizing to play. People will not hesitate to insult you.
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fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I have a strong feeling they’ll be working on Deadlock given their experience with third person hero shooters with crazy items that change your build.
Which is a shame because Deadlock is destined for the land of toxicity most other MOBAs exist in unless they do something meaningful to change the game’s design.
Buttflapper@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
TF2 isn’t designed to be as competitive as deadlock. It’s a goofy game that’s mostly just designed for fun. (Competitive TF2 does exist and I am a fan of it but it’s not really officially supported in any meaningful way.)
Deadlock on the other hand is designed to be a very competitive MOBA where individual decisions will greatly change a games outcomes. I would look at DOTA as a better comparison than TF2.
SmilingSolaris@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I play both overwatch and counter strike. While overwatch does a great job of making sure I don’t see slurs most of the time, the community is toxic af. I can’t go a single game without someone saying “tank diff, DPS diff, support diff” and whatever else directed insult they got.
Counterstrike on the other hand, surprisingly wholesome. Many games players will say good try after you fail and be pretty supportive. Sometimes you get assholes who just say slurs cause they can of course but that’s like, once or twice a month. Overwatch is literally every god damn match minus the slur part.
Ibaudia@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
My experience playing it so far has been pretty overwhelmingly positive. No one really cares who wins, it’s more fun to just make cool plays and do well individually.
Graphy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s just new games competitive games in general though. The best time to play a pvp game is the first month when there isn’t a clear meta yet and everyone’s having a good time.
KombatWombat@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It also helps that there isn’t a competitive mode yet. Until recently it didn’t even track your stats in a visible way. Also, people can only get in by being invited, so you have to have had at least one person who has vouched for you in some way, which probably selects against the most toxic personalities.
myliltoehurts@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Except there is (of course) a mega thread on Reddit to get invites where people blindly invite anyone.
Graphy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Sadly it’s pretty easy to get an invite. I got one from a few friends and they told me they just sat in a weird discord asking for invites.
BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
I felt the same way about the finals. The beta was amazing and i played it every day. It was just good fun. When the game released it was all meta builds and abusing every mechanic known to mankind.
spacedout@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
How so?
fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Snowballing
30/40min games where you’re unable to concede when loss is clear early on (causing other team mates to become stressed and rude). Games can sometimes be decided in 5 minutes yet there can potentially another half hour to go before you have a chance to requeue with different team mates.
One team mate’s mistake early on can lead to the opposing team snowballing and the rest of the team becomes toxic due to the first point.
The respawn timer increasing in length penalises the team further for being behind the enemy team, and the downtime as someone is waiting to spawn gives them time to type and be toxic.
Macro and Meta
The volume of items leads there to be objectively better builds (and meta after each patch as items stats are changed) leads expectations on all team mates to follow that meta and know which build to play otherwise they get raged on.
Map awareness is more important that aiming and it takes the whole team to remain aware of the map for success.
The lack of transparency as to why a person is losing to another (item selection, ability upgrades etc) irritates players into feeling cheated.
Competitive
As a competitive game, players are trying to prove themselves yet, as a team game, individual performance can’t make up for a weak team thus rage. Competition drives emotion.
I played Deadlock for about 10 matches but all the typical MOBA issues emerged within a couple of games, I’ve already bounced off of it.
offspec@lemmy.nicknakin.com 2 weeks ago
I haven’t enjoyed any other mobas, but I’ve put ~100 hours in to this one. The comeback mechanics seem fine enough, I’ve had a few games that have come back from a ~30k soul difference/
skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Same, I haven’t even slightly enjoyed any other MOBA I’ve played except for Smite, but I’ve fallen in with Deadlock like it’s an old friend. And we’ve come back and won from a couple really depressing looking matches. Just the other day I was at 0/12 running Bebop and once I actually got my head in the game, and got a little lane assist, we came back and won it and I finished with a 10/14 K/d.
The comeback isn’t easy, and it shouldn’t be, but it’s doable. Especially so if your opponents get cocky. I’ve been on the other side of that coin as well, going 10/0 with Vindicta and fly out to snipe without a care in the world, to discover that every enemy is suddenly paying attention to where I am.
Lojcs@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
You write like an ai
fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Shud i rite bad then?
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I’ve got a solution!
Just refuse to play those games and go dig rocks and stones instead!
Ffkhrocks@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Did someone say “rock and stone?”