Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

[grapen]

1 hour ago, Beck said:

That's what makes everyone pay silly prices for them and probably nets Valve a bit more money than if they were all worth 3p.

I do like the look of them but doubt I'll ever have any unless the price seriously drops.

Yeah I realize the finanical reasoning, I just think it's bullshit. They make their stuff too inaccessible. I say this as someone who has a high tier knife.

Edited November 29, 2016 by grapen

[Vaya]

@SquadIt's a good way of keeping the game fresh for sure. I'm sure many mappers wouldn't mind for their maps to be added for free after a successful operation.

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I kinda feel the game's overall structure (xp, casual, other modes, inventory, sprays etc) should be reviewed just now. There's been a lot added to the game that's kinda scattershot and neglected. They should spend the time making what they have as robust as possible before adding more STUFF.

-The UI is goddamn terrible

- account requirements for new players stumble over each other making the game a chore to get into

- demo playbacks. Don't need to say more

- R8. Too powerful, now a joke gun.

I'll shut up now I've given any game dev reading this an aneurysm.

 

 

[RivFader]

2 hours ago, Squad said:

You're forgetting the overall imbalance that a lot of the reserve maps suffer from. I'd rather like them to be replaced by some proper balanced maps from the workshop if they don't get fixing.

 

2 hours ago, Vaya said:

@SquadIt's a good way of keeping the game fresh for sure. I'm sure many mappers wouldn't mind for their maps to be added for free after a successful operation.

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I kinda feel the game's overall structure (xp, casual, other modes, inventory, sprays etc) should be reviewed just now. There's been a lot added to the game that's kinda scattershot and neglected. They should spend the time making what they have as robust as possible before adding more STUFF.

-The UI is goddamn terrible

- account requirements for new players stumble over each other making the game a chore to get into

- demo playbacks. Don't need to say more

- R8. Too powerful, now a joke gun.

I'll shut up now I've given any game dev reading this an aneurysm.

 

 

 

There was a post on reddit a month ago that advocated a change in the mappools:

https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/58ap11/feedback_changing_the_map_pools_to_improve/

 

If they could do this and just focus on fixing and balancing their own maps and modes for a year, I would be very happy. It's not even that hard to just clip all the stairs in the Reserve Duty maps, for example. Or just hiring one or two Mapcorians for a limited time to try and get a more balanced versions of their neglected maps.. or updating the textures similar to what FMPOne did with Cache.

The way I see it, Overwatch is mainly such a huge competition for CS despite its mechnical difference because Blizzard's communication and update policies seem a lot better to huge amounts of people. And sadly, Valve has shown with its recent updates for TF2 that they just cannot compete right now. This community has lots of talented mapmakers, people very dedicated to weapon balancing (SlothSquadron), people who spend months on researching crazy small details of the game like 3kliksphilipps - if Valve would utilize these community ressources more the game could be a lot better than it already is. The only thing holding them back from fixing a lot of the rather easy stuff is honestly their company-intern approach.

 

Edited November 29, 2016 by RivFader
Grammar

[Puddy]

Yay, gloves!  It's a shame that they all seem to be knife rarity. Would be nice if they had more generic less fancy ones that were a bit cheaper.

[Bastion]

Counter-strike these days just feels like a shopping mall and casino that people occasionally kill each-other in. At least for me, I find the mass amounts of monetisation fatiguing and I've not properly picked up the game in months over it.

[Radu]

@Bastion It's only fatiguing if you let it be. I personally couldn't care less about the cosmetics. I can understand that they maintain an active "community" and are the reason why operations are so popular - which I appreciate as a level designer. Compared to tf2, they aren't really that intrusive.

Edited November 29, 2016 by Radu

[Lizard]

I would like to see a Valve handled competition to remake reverse group maps and then including them into the game.

I like gloves, they looks very nice.

[RivFader]

5 minutes ago, Lizard said:

I would like to see a Valve handled competition to remake reverse group maps and then including them into the game.

I like gloves, they looks very nice.

That would be cool. They could go one map at a time, first "The Aztec Competition"  then "The Dust Competition", etc.

[dux]

How about you actually learn to balance your game instead of making daft cosmetic items for it. Jesus bananas.

[Vorontsov]

@dux It is an unfortunate reality that good gameplay changes don't make as much money as skins. In any game.

Edited November 29, 2016 by Vorontsov

[Pampers]

Personally, I'm saving up for

[RivFader]

I hope we can put our CSGO Pins on our StatTrak Gloves and other wearables soon! My SWAT Vest | Marble Fade FN is ready!

[cashed]

Where's the damn Operation 8

[RivFader]

1 hour ago, cashed said:

Where's the damn Operation 8

Maybe the next winter update will be the biggest update ever with Operation "Endless(ly wait on) 8", new UI, tons of fixes,etc.

 

Also, JFK will magically get revived and be the 45th president of the US again.

[Squad]

New sound update.

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Today we’re introducing a new audio feature designed to substantially improve positional audio in CS:GO.

The game now uses HRTF (head-related transfer function) algorithms to enhance 360-degree vertical and horizontal sound positioning while using headphones.

Video by 3kliksphilip showing off the differences: