THE FINALS UPDATE 2.10 - HUGE APS NERF - Does this change the meta?

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  • čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
  • This HUGE balance change to the APS could change the tides in the defensive favour right now for THE FINALS, with Embark tackling it's strength in holding positions, how much will this change the meta?
    Also we have had some changes to the throwing knives, increasing the projectile speed and making it a lot easier to hit your blades with!
    What do you think of this weeks update?
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Komentáře • 346

  • @engineergaming3806
    @engineergaming3806 Před 3 měsíci +44

    I think the aps is definitely done for mostly on power shift. The amount of projectiles I've blocked in the span of 5 seconds was more than enough to destroy it. Three seems a little much for a nerf. It'd be cool if they reduce the cooldown time.

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci +13

      Yeah I agree, on powershift, this thing is getting fried and it looks as if it might actually make matches closer / more difficult for people that do or don't run APS medium now, which I don't think is directly bad, but I agree that 40% health is a little wild, maybe too much idk...

    • @engineergaming3806
      @engineergaming3806 Před 3 měsíci

      @@THiiXY but for competitive I think it's fine. I wonder if we can pick it up and place it at full health. That's usually what I do if I run aps. Or just so people don't spam the aps like that it would be cool if it had a sort of healing to it. Where if you pick it up you can place it down but it won't be at full health unless you let it cooldown.

    • @zs9652
      @zs9652 Před 3 měsíci +4

      ​@@THiiXYGonna spam Goo Gun at any APS I see now lol

    • @m1xabl3
      @m1xabl3 Před 3 měsíci

      @@THiiXY I think 20 would be a more appropriate nerf. This does make the goo gun a hard counter to APS now.

    • @CyPress19880
      @CyPress19880 Před 3 měsíci

      APS is a joke now...

  • @CommanderThings
    @CommanderThings Před 3 měsíci +21

    it wasnt mentioned in the patch notes but they finally fixed the nvidia overlay and shadowplay bugs! also i think if embark continue to nerf turtling/ defending, the cashout mode needs to have some rework to reward defensive play. especially since stealing last second is gonna be so much easier now that aps can be shredded through without line of sight.

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Ohhh that’s insane! Thanks for letting me know :) Also I agree, it’s not fully on that path yet but if further nerfs are given to defences then its definitely going to be interesting on how teams will defend on cashout, one of my ideas was to actually play around the cashout instead of on it when defending, so people can’t even get near it in the first place.

    • @CommanderThings
      @CommanderThings Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@THiiXY yeah that is a possible adaptation atm however it gets really annoying if while youre fighting off site another team steals the cashout/ cleans up after you win/ lose the fight with the other team.

    • @sweetinvictus654
      @sweetinvictus654 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@THiiXYthis is sort of how my team plays, we work on more open cashouts and hold a perimeter. works pretty well for us but sometimes a very hard rush stacked team will break through one of us and manage to make a good fight for the point.

  • @TheLoganOffical
    @TheLoganOffical Před 3 měsíci +8

    The APS nerf was needed but it went from good to the worst medium gadget lol. I think it should be 20% per projectile, way more balanced.

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      Yeah 40% kind of shreds it out of the game, especially on power shift. Goo gun go brrrr too aha

    • @TheLoganOffical
      @TheLoganOffical Před 3 měsíci

      @@THiiXY oh no I forgot about that lmao

  • @sSteppingStones
    @sSteppingStones Před 3 měsíci +23

    W patch Embark! I haven't tested knives yet so idk what they will be like, but the APS nerf is a W!
    You can still use it in smaller team fights normally but it will stop it from being able to soak up an infinite amount of concentrated utility in modes like power shift. APS is not dead.

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci +4

      Yeah I wouldn't say APS is dead, I just think that it's going to be very helpful when pushing defences especially when teams are very organised, they will now have to switch up what happens once it's been disabled, you could get two mediums to run them but very costly for what it does now. I think it's going to be interesting for sure! Also the throwing knives are pretty crazy right now lol, I was frying on PowerShift aha

    • @sSteppingStones
      @sSteppingStones Před 3 měsíci +2

      I think 40% is a bit harsh but better than 0%

    • @Cqat1
      @Cqat1 Před 3 měsíci +3

      @@sSteppingStones i think 40 percent is way to much. I personally really dislike aps as its just annoying to play against but i'd still decrease it to 20% at least.

    • @sSteppingStones
      @sSteppingStones Před 3 měsíci

      @@Cqat1 ye

    • @jefferylauer9355
      @jefferylauer9355 Před 3 měsíci +1

      That's a granade launcher buff

  • @InariSOT
    @InariSOT Před 3 měsíci +8

    the problem with the aps nerf is that it was the only thing keeping grenade launcher spam in power shift at bay because you can have like 2 meds with that gun do nothing but shoot the point and anyone on it is just gonna die.

    • @zs9652
      @zs9652 Před 3 měsíci +4

      Goo Grenades and Goo Gun to make ceilings. Intelligent fortress setups are going to be pivotal now.

    • @brajuhani
      @brajuhani Před 3 měsíci

      @@zs9652 Fortress meta is so freaking boring. It's either ride to the end yawning, or vice versa.

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      Yeah it's a double-edged sword, but I will say that I think PowerShift games are going to be a lot more "close" now if you do or don't run those things, does that mean it will be better? I don't know honestly, because on one half it's fun to have a strong fortification with the APS, but on the other half it sucks that the APS before was such a valuable tool that it was king of the entire plan.

    • @the_mochiking
      @the_mochiking Před 3 měsíci +1

      APS made people actually push the platform to retake it. Now it's just sit back and rain nades on it until it's clear. Seems like dumbing down.

    • @InariSOT
      @InariSOT Před 3 měsíci

      @@THiiXY The main problem is the existence of grenade launchers in that mode, because if one is even in the loby it can control the platform from a distance. witch makes things like APS needed to even be on the platform. otherwise if we take them out of the mode you have no real need for APS, because yes while glitch is valuable for a mode like power shift they all ready spawn on the map and they don't NEED to be in slot. and things like frag have a 2 use then cool down. so it cant be spammed unless its planned by the other team.

  • @onikrux
    @onikrux Před 3 měsíci +25

    I was becoming ok with them not nerfing the APS- but I actually like this change a ton.
    started feeling like something mediums were crutching on.

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci +4

      Yeah it's definitely going to switch up a lot of the defence ways of holding, I think that shields are very present right now so they could resort to shielding, but that does add a lot of hidden value to light, if they expend their frag grenades to use a glitch grenade etc, this isn't a bad direction but I'd need to see how it plays out in game first!

    • @jeffrbake
      @jeffrbake Před 3 měsíci

      @@THiiXY the more decisions and pro/con builds we get, the better. Seems like these changes are getting closer to a more diverse meta

  • @ImFlints
    @ImFlints Před 3 měsíci +6

    Hey THiiXY, Love your video. Can't wait to see your next video talking about what you want to see in the finals. Please put in a word for me! Tell them we need a witch broom sword skin for Halloween thanks man!

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      Ayyy thank you ImFlints! You are an awesome YT member I see, nice badge! :D Yes I’ll give them a little slight nudge for you, for a Halloween idea ;)

  • @crypix
    @crypix Před 3 měsíci +13

    My throwing knife main friend is crying in joy right now. He's been sticking with the knives since season 1 lol

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      LOL yeah I'm not a throwing knife main, but I use it a fair amount when playing with friends, and I can tell you now that it feels waaaaay cleaner now, just need to get used to the faster projectile

    • @serviper3908
      @serviper3908 Před 3 měsíci

      I just know he's so tired of relearning/adjusting his aim💀

  • @patrickmc8779
    @patrickmc8779 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Props to you Thixy. I stopped playing because of the voice chat. I will come back now hopefully it will be less frustrating! Thanks a lot for listening to your community

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      Yes, I did put it in my feedback to them a few times, I want everyone to have the best experience possible, so I'm glad Embark are listening to our feedback as a community in here too :)

  • @Sicario_503
    @Sicario_503 Před 3 měsíci +4

    @THiiXY I feel like the healing beam should be also used to heal the aps and turret. If there damaged considering the nerfs but just a thought thats all lol. But the catch is that only YOUR healing beam can heal only YOUR APS or Turrret not anyone elses and vice versa to make it fair.

    • @superman1875
      @superman1875 Před 3 měsíci +1

      That’s a good idea tbh

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Hmmm.. I actually don't mind the idea of this! I think it furthers the "support" opportunity for Medium and could help lights slightly by giving medium something to do so the lights can punish... yeah it sounds good but I'd need to play it, Good one :D

  • @superman1875
    @superman1875 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Thank you embark for that XP boost, I went from 42 to 96 over the weekend and did the math (in just the contracts) thinking I might make it but then saw the last 10 are twice as much XP as regular tiers. Now I’m comfortable with making it with a lot of time to spare

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Yessss, my friend recently was away on work for months and just returned, we've been panic playing to get the battlepass done, he went from tier 0 to tier 70 in two days so this is going to help a tonne

  • @Iykyk13
    @Iykyk13 Před 3 měsíci

    Man sorry to hear about the discord server. I hope you know you're my favorite The Final's youtuber, and I finally made a youtube account a lil while ago just for the purpose of subscribing to you . Keep up the good work!

  • @Bagginsess
    @Bagginsess Před 3 měsíci +12

    I just want to put it out into the ether that the KS-23 shotgun should have iron sights and a head shot multiplier. Hoping for next patch wish it was this one.

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci +5

      Would you say that the KS-23 headshot should leave a light on say 1hp? So 149 to the head as an example? Just wondering what you think!

    • @julio1148
      @julio1148 Před 3 měsíci

      I don’t know man… I was able to complete the contract thats “damage beyond 50m” with it and it wasnt that painful (Refused to use snipers lol)

    • @funnyman6241
      @funnyman6241 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@THiiXY so far i myself have gotten the ks to white and a 149 dmg headshots would 100% have big power and would change any firefight in your favour even getting one off in a fight with more than one opponent and they have to retreat to heal up unless its two heavy's charging you then your done for

    • @Bagginsess
      @Bagginsess Před 3 měsíci

      @@THiiXY yes but no cuz I play halo lol but also I don't think it should be that extreme. Just reward good aimers for it but don't make a sniper. I would really like a .50 cal for heavy that would do headshots to maybe 15 hp for light or whatever health one melee strike would finish them off.

    • @Bagginsess
      @Bagginsess Před 3 měsíci

      @@julio1148 lol why the sniper is great fun?

  • @iiiBran
    @iiiBran Před 3 měsíci +11

    They nurfed the wrong turret

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci +2

      LOL I agree though, I swear that the APS has had a buff secretly at some point, as that thing just flicks at you so fast now.

    • @trickz774
      @trickz774 Před 3 měsíci

      @@THiiXY fax

    • @rapidshot3033
      @rapidshot3033 Před 3 měsíci

      I disagree this is exactly how it is in Battlefield

    • @OoGuillotine
      @OoGuillotine Před 3 měsíci +1

      I play console and the turrets genuinely do more damage to me then players. Like im dropping 20-30 kill games shmovin like a madman, dodgin bullets. dying like 2 times to a player and 4 times to turrets😂😂😂

    • @iiiBran
      @iiiBran Před 3 měsíci

      @@rapidshot3033 probably why I don't like battlefield

  • @Executioner_Sama
    @Executioner_Sama Před 3 měsíci +4

    Heh, i can already feel the rocket launcher and cl-40 shells coming at me

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci +3

      LOL 5 stack powershift running CL-40 go brrrr

  • @leonidillarionovich4113
    @leonidillarionovich4113 Před 3 měsíci +12

    Now im gonna main granade louncher)

    • @Hejz69420
      @Hejz69420 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Yeah I would maybe have made the grenade launcher do 15-20% on the aps

    • @tannonolson5344
      @tannonolson5344 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Hell yea brother

  • @blutheriolu
    @blutheriolu Před 3 měsíci

    I’ve had games where my APS has blocked shot after shot after shot. I’m actually pretty okay with this change on paper, though I hope it’s not too harsh of a nerf! Looking forward to some buffs eventually

  • @ponx_apex
    @ponx_apex Před 3 měsíci +1

    Power shift is the best for grinding career circuit too because you can switch between classes. Allowing you to do multiple contracts at once

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      1000% my friend was on work for months and didn't get a chance to play until recently, we've been helping him stack the contracts and he went from tier 0 to 60 in a few days ahaha

  • @ODSTKazimierz
    @ODSTKazimierz Před 25 dny

    I know I'm late to comment as I haven't touched the game in a long time and have recently gotten back into it. But I wanna say as a defensive medium main, defending/locking down the objective was a HUGE part of my playstyle. I agree that the APS should have a limit to how much it can block, but 3 is way too little. I personally think that around 8 is a good number. When holding an objective, EVERYONE is coming for you, and they have way more than just 3 projectiles combined to throw at you, hell just one guy on the other team probably carries enough to take out your APS and still have stuff to throw at you. It's been a struggle to maintain the way I like to play.

  • @axeivy
    @axeivy Před 3 měsíci +2

    Jeez, with the CL-40 becoming somewhat of the meta this ranked season, was not expecting this much of a nerf to the ADS. Not exactly sure why you mentioned it as underrated as it's definitely seen an uprising this season compared to the past's. Though I am playing in Asia servers, so the meta may have not caught up in the NA / EU regions yet.

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      I’ve seen people put the CL-40 as “decent” but even then I say that’s under rated personally, if you have good movement then it’s very strong, especially now with this change. I agree thought that APS nerf is wild

    • @axeivy
      @axeivy Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@THiiXYYeah, this APS nerf isn't just a nerf, but a major buff to the CL-40 and GL pickrates. Guess I should feel pretty lucky to hit Diamond before this patch was out. The amount of double Heavies and triple Mediums I encountered this season rolling with at least 1x CL-40 in the squad is crazy. Gonna be an interesting season 3...

  • @sweetinvictus654
    @sweetinvictus654 Před 3 měsíci

    the drip i use for medium is the pink welder helm, the goth jacket, pink gloves, i switch from the skirt in the goth drawer pack to black cargos, and of course the pink boots. peak drip

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      Ayyy hell yea, I'll try it out in game :D

  • @Chickensea10
    @Chickensea10 Před 3 měsíci +1

    If you guys slow down the trailer for season 3, there's a good chunk of easter eggs! look at all code and glitch parts!

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci +1

      ooooo! Excited to see what the EE hunters have to say on this video!

  • @thedogfire.
    @thedogfire. Před 3 měsíci +2

    I forgot to play terminal attack for the last community event because no pop up window appeared (like for the 18 billion damages right now) .. Of course I didn't receive the pink shoes 😭 but I played so much terminal attack during the cosmetics event, if somehow you could tell them to give the community cosmetics to all the finals players and not only the one who played the specific mod. Because I was try Harding to grind diamond and didn't think to play terminal attack during this event..
    I'm so sad I've got everything except the shoes... 😭

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Yeah I think a cool idea is that maybe we could rework the VR (the thing that always says 3000/3000) and we could spend it on shop items like that potentially too, I have this idea in my video Friday!

    • @thedogfire.
      @thedogfire. Před 3 měsíci

      @@THiiXY yeah this would reward all the players by playing the game and get back thoses items missed!

  • @usamabinmuzaffar692
    @usamabinmuzaffar692 Před 3 měsíci

    It was fun while it lasted, have a good one Thix!

  • @sc1the
    @sc1the Před 3 měsíci +2

    I’m excited about this throwing knife buff

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      It’s literally insane, I still don’t right click unless it’s a 90% chance of hitting, I focus left clicks

  • @purerage1356
    @purerage1356 Před 3 měsíci

    The only problem with merging aps turret is now there isn’t a counter against grenade launcher

  • @julio1148
    @julio1148 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I know that rockhoundblack is guessing either medieval castle or a feudal japan map for S3. Just saying, Japan could be Kyoto since there are plenty of historical buildings there

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      Interesting! ;)

  • @Sicario_503
    @Sicario_503 Před 3 měsíci +1

    We dont need no more nerfs for heavy besides goo gun. Strongly suggest embark to bring back melee when using mesh. Also enough buffing the lights please they already have advantage for snipers daggers and throwing knives we dont need anymore 😅

    • @ronin_fps
      @ronin_fps Před 3 měsíci

      Have you ever set foot in ranked?? Heavy is by far the most dominant class and it is not even close. Light is only good in power shift

  • @m1xabl3
    @m1xabl3 Před 3 měsíci

    Alright I think we reverse this to 20% and see how that goes, then we nerf the medium turret ability. I could see a range decrease making it a lot less oppressive.

  • @mr.ruckus2389
    @mr.ruckus2389 Před 3 měsíci

    Was talking with a bud of mines a while back about the aps and how annoying it gets dealing with it. I thunk up an idea of them adding some kind of internal cooldown between when it blocks something like 3 or 5 seconds. This change definitely is something.

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      Yea someone mentioned something similar to R6S, but maybe it even regenerates or something? idk...

  • @AlsoFin
    @AlsoFin Před 3 měsíci +5

    i think the aps shouldve been nerfed, but only 3 projectiles??? imo it should at least be able to take 5

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Yup agreed, 40% is quite a lot, especially because goo gun go brrrr

  • @TeachmeGin
    @TeachmeGin Před 3 měsíci

    3:34 THANK YOUUU, I’ve been saying forever it made no sense,it has infinite charge and can be picked up when at low health

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      Yeah I think it's going to be interesting, maybe the nerf was a little too much but a good direction to go

  • @jomb1
    @jomb1 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Goo gun can be used to eliminate aps in like 1 sec now? 👀

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci +2

      LOL yeah I didn’t test or think about that but you’re right goo gun go brrr now ahha

  • @cailemkostiuk377
    @cailemkostiuk377 Před 3 měsíci

    Aps: literal only use as a hard counter grenades and such.
    Nerf: we got rid of that use and replaced it with nothing. You mean nothing now.

  • @MercyMishap
    @MercyMishap Před 3 měsíci +2

    cant melee anymore when holding mesh shield? why? why remove it

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      Yeah I used it a lot to help VS turrets etc, idk apparently it was a bug (but I don't think so lol)

  • @JeBo-iw6gt
    @JeBo-iw6gt Před 3 měsíci +1

    cl 40 could actually easily destroy aps turrets :) because the explosion radius is higher than the aps defending circle radius

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      Yes, that is still the case now even though you don't need to anymore aha

    • @JeBo-iw6gt
      @JeBo-iw6gt Před 3 měsíci

      @@THiiXY ye, im really not so sure about this change. You could just fire 3x with goo gun and the aps is gone?

  • @AlejandroGarcia-rv1jr
    @AlejandroGarcia-rv1jr Před 3 měsíci

    I'm glad people are still playing the game, I quit due to balancing changes for light but the fact that the community still cares and interacts is great. Until light is viable in diamond + again I probably wont play but its good that embark nerfed the aps in such a smart way. Thanks for reliably making content on this game, and keep up the good work.

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      100% I feel for you too as lights have been decimated in ranked play, yeah people can be like "just get good" but we are talking about overalls here and I hope to see you in Season 3 with some magical "light rework" honestly :( Thanks for the kind words!

  • @tykegreetseveryone2404
    @tykegreetseveryone2404 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I find it amusing how they keep nerfing mesh shield when charg n slam and goo gun sticking are the true oppresors here. And with aps being nerfed, you barely have any time to counter the goo gun now. Aps nerf is good but Embark are nerfing the wrong things.

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      Yeah I mean indirectly the goo gun got a buff from the APS changes right? So I could see more heavies run the goo gun. I think that it's pretty annoying you can't shoot out of it when you get caught up, and in my heavy guide, I teach that you can actually stop people stealing with it aha

  • @johnnyandthepnuemoni
    @johnnyandthepnuemoni Před 3 měsíci

    APS nerf was a long time coming. Other games that have Trophy systems are limited use for a reason. It's any wonder why Embark didn't realize this early on.

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      Yeah it's a good step and I'm not against it as a medium main, but maybe a little too harsh on the amounts

  • @pandaberry_
    @pandaberry_ Před 3 měsíci

    since aps blocks the goo from goo gun, you could just destroy the aps without using up any precious gadgets

  • @user-jj9qd9bi8c
    @user-jj9qd9bi8c Před 3 měsíci +1

    Then we got the “Let me step on you”
    💀

  • @Phyrrx
    @Phyrrx Před 3 měsíci

    Why haven’t they fixed the healing beam bug? An entire match without your specialty is game wrecking. I’ve also loaded into multiple games where I can’t shoot my weapon or throw my grenades until I die which is completely ridiculous

  • @mav3rick_gaming
    @mav3rick_gaming Před 3 měsíci

    Having unlimited aps shots was busted for way too long. Idk if 3 shots is too much of a nerf (really it can be 6 if you have cool down finished) but its a welcomed change

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      Yeah I think we can agree that it's a step in the right direction, I noticed that sometimes Embark tend to over-nerf some things, so I hope that we see an adjustment going back on this by a little bit, the idea is good that's for sure.

  • @icekirbyixi
    @icekirbyixi Před 3 měsíci +1

    APS nerf was awesome! Definitely a healthy change. I also do think that will affect higher level of play for sure. Same with Throwing Knives. Definitely needed!

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Yeah I was against Embark nerfing things but this APS nerf is a step in the right direction, but I do think that it was over-done by a little bit :)

    • @icekirbyixi
      @icekirbyixi Před 3 měsíci

      @@THiiXY maybe lower the percentage of health it uses when defending.

  • @julio1148
    @julio1148 Před 3 měsíci

    THIIXY! What are your predictions for Arc Raiders? You think we’ll see it at the games fest? A beta announcement?
    Also, on your review will you cover the music, events, theme, etc? What do you actually review when reviewing the season? Please not just the patches 🙏🏻

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Hey Julio! I think we will see another reveal or hint at Arc Raiders during games fest for sure :) I think it will likely come with some kind of "Open Alpha" as a guess but no one knows :) Yes, my Season 2 review will be for "everything" similar to my "Why Will You Return To THE FINALS Season 2" video if you want to see what style it will be like!

  • @HaterOfBayle
    @HaterOfBayle Před 3 měsíci

    The APS nerf seems way too much, considering the nerf was basically made for powershift (a very grenade spam heavy gamemode). Just wait, the community will be crying online about grenade/grenade launcher spam being unchecked soon enough. They should have had it take like, 20% health, or changed it so it doesn't take ANY health from the APS, but instead has a small cooldown between projectiles stopped. Also, it shouldn't stop goo gun shots... goo gun basically insta-destroys APS now.

  • @nielagi5029
    @nielagi5029 Před 3 měsíci

    18 billion. Is 102857 players playing 5 matches a day for 7 days with 5000 damage.
    That seems quite a lot.
    How many daily players are we getting?

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      We get about 300k players minimum each day :) (Don't confuse with co-current players!)

  • @manyblock4192
    @manyblock4192 Před 3 měsíci

    I think Embark need scaling dmg projectile does to APS
    Ex CL-40 only has 4 ammo but single/manual reload, 40% probably fine for them since APS negate 3 ammo from CL and CL biggest weaknesses is low ammo number + long reload
    But for GL who can reload 6 ammo at once, they need reduce it to 20%
    Especially Goo gun, that's Specialization need to be only does 5-10% dmg

    • @manyblock4192
      @manyblock4192 Před 3 měsíci

      Also since APS now easily get destroyed, lower APS cool down like -35% to redeploy

  • @PeperKaper
    @PeperKaper Před 3 měsíci +2

    They need to start buffing instead of nerfing

    • @kycklingris
      @kycklingris Před 3 měsíci

      They. Literally. Just. Buffed. The. Throwing. Knifes. You. Absolute. Buffoon. Also TTK has stayed pretty damn consistent since release, so they very obviously do buff things, otherwise you know, the TTK would change, to be specific it would become longer. Saying "Buff don't nerf" is just a bad opinion, that will only lower TTK which means eventually player health will have to go up or everything needs, you guessed it a nerf. Anyway, sorry you had to be the one that got the rant, there are many like you but you happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

    • @monkey-with-the-drip5296
      @monkey-with-the-drip5296 Před 3 měsíci +1

      There doing both goober

    • @monkey-with-the-drip5296
      @monkey-with-the-drip5296 Před 3 měsíci +1

      There buffing and nerfing 😐

    • @rapidshot3033
      @rapidshot3033 Před 3 měsíci

      When you nerf something something else gets an indirect buff automatically

  • @meerkatphantom5499
    @meerkatphantom5499 Před 3 měsíci

    I wish we got a Dringer 4 shot pistol as a gadget. I think that would be cool

  • @Axxilles
    @Axxilles Před 3 měsíci

    **Hears heavies, the most broken class, complaining about tiny nerfs**
    **Laughs in Light main**

  • @Jazzman3639
    @Jazzman3639 Před 3 měsíci

    Getting 10 quick melee kills shouldn’t be a pain in the ass. but it is. I hope they change that

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      ahaha yeah that was a difficult one, but it's a challenge at the end of the day!

    • @Jazzman3639
      @Jazzman3639 Před 3 měsíci

      @@THiiXY true but idk how to get them so successfully. Once I start shooting a gun I find it hard to stop (in the game)

  • @michaelpiazza5115
    @michaelpiazza5115 Před 3 měsíci

    Instead of projectiles to consume health on the APS turret, it would be better to have a timer. With the number of projectiles that are thrown vs the cd of it, completely eliminates the use of this.

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      Yeah I think that the idea is a step in the right direction but this state currently is a bit too over-tuned

  • @A-username862
    @A-username862 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Embark stock price gonna drop/soar depending on Thiix’s review lol

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci +1

      LOL, they're preparing for it ahaha :D

    • @A-username862
      @A-username862 Před 3 měsíci

      @@THiiXY stock brokers gonna have a hell of a day XD

  • @e.m.pikachu6700
    @e.m.pikachu6700 Před 3 měsíci

    yeah that AI is most definitely tied to the arc raiders machines

  • @Fakhori.M
    @Fakhori.M Před 3 měsíci +1

    Hey Thiix, would u be kind to share ur PC config and ur ingame video settings!!! I wanna have my game looking like yours, thank u for vids too, love em

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Hey Fakhori, thank you for the kind words! :D Of course, you can!
      Fullscreen - 2560x1440 - VSync Disabled - NVIDIA Reflex On + Boost - Framerate Unlimited
      Resolution Scaling NVIDIA DLSS + Balanced - Field of View 100 - Motion Blur Disabled - Lens Distortion Disabled
      NVIDIA RTX Static - Overall Quality Level Custom
      View Distance Medium - Anti-Aliasing Low - Shadows Low - Post Processing Low - Effects Low - Foliage Low and Global Illumination Low
      I tune my monitor so the contrast is higher, so that they are "just above" what the normal colours are so it looks a little nicer to the eyes :)

    • @Fakhori.M
      @Fakhori.M Před 3 měsíci

      @@THiiXY thank u thiixy.. appreciate it although I don't see ur pc specs.. and also ur game looks like maxed out on settings with RTX on wow

  • @grando1
    @grando1 Před 3 měsíci

    Idk if the video talks about this but The Finals Stats 3rd party app has been kicking me out of games since the update. Saying i was using a disallowed tool :(

  • @Shiv2511btw
    @Shiv2511btw Před 3 měsíci

    Thixxy I was on ur server today and I want to say ignore the haters i dont want to know the ins and out but dw about what they say there prob insecure about themselves just ignore and kick or ban them if necasary but ignore them and continue on ur channel is growing rapidly so some idiots will come to put u down and hate on it contunie

    • @Shiv2511btw
      @Shiv2511btw Před 3 měsíci

      sry about the typos

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      Thanks shiv! I'm going to be getting some community moderators in the discord so we can handle when people are breaking rules etc etc aha

  • @Sparks2.0
    @Sparks2.0 Před 3 měsíci +42

    Please stop nerfing mesh... otherwise good uptdate

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci +14

      Yeah I mean the mesh shield change wasn't overly bad, but it's definitely saved me a few times, they call it a bug fix but I disagree, hence why I call this a nerf I guess aha

    • @dienormaxjean
      @dienormaxjean Před 3 měsíci +15

      For real. The ability to melee was the ONLY defense against turrets if you’re a flamethrower heavy. We also can’t evade and run away like lights/medium so it’s a heavy’s only defense

    • @notfound3089
      @notfound3089 Před 3 měsíci +3

      ​@@dienormaxjeanyou can circle strafe turrets

    • @-KIMISAFOX
      @-KIMISAFOX Před 3 měsíci +3

      Not a fan of how throwing knives do more damage than an RPG now😅

    • @Sparks2.0
      @Sparks2.0 Před 3 měsíci

      @@-KIMISAFOX True They should buff the RPG too

  • @EvilLaughter16
    @EvilLaughter16 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Finally i can at least have a chance againts aps player since i main (medium) grenade launcher. But 3 shots it feels a bit low. I hope they nerf the sentry turret tho make it like its a mini sentry in tf2, starts of at 50%hp and it gains hp up to the max when its finished setting up

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Aha you must be loving it right now as a CL-40 user then! :D I think the turret idea is interesting, I do think that it feels like it was secretly buffed at some point, as it snaps to me so quickly now

    • @EvilLaughter16
      @EvilLaughter16 Před 3 měsíci

      @@THiiXY it does feel like it to be honnest but it might just be placebo since i have seen a lot more turret use recently, and the unlimited ammo it has is brutal sometimes since you are effectively fighting 2 people where one has perfect aim on you

    • @brajuhani
      @brajuhani Před 3 měsíci

      I main GL with medium, and had zero problems with it. you can splash damage it to death, and you can use red cans to by pass it, and take them out, now we even have glith barrels...
      Embark dropped the ball with this one, big time.

    • @EvilLaughter16
      @EvilLaughter16 Před 3 měsíci

      @@brajuhani true you can deal with it but it wastes to much time and sometimes you just dont have that. Someone can you put it down and make you deal with it first and that enable to escape or do an objective or kill you while you try to break the thing. And what about powershift where there are multiple of on the platform? Fun right?

    • @brajuhani
      @brajuhani Před 3 měsíci

      @@EvilLaughter16 I play mainly power shift, and what about it if it enables escape or kill you tying to destory it lol, it is a defencive tool, that sounds like you got outplayed if you die killing a thing that doesn't hurt you... so will turrets, shields, anything. Even if there is multiple, you can destroy them, red cans, glitch cans, we have the tools to bypass aps too, specially in Powershift.
      What they should had done instead for example bigger cooldown (you can still pick them up), don't heal turrets by picking them up, that is ridiculous, damage on them should increase your cooldown when picked up. Or start cooldown when turret is destroyed, so you can't spam then, anything like that.
      It's super weak now, you're gonna see GL spam soon, and nobody wants to be at the platform, even less now,

  • @sirsouping
    @sirsouping Před 3 měsíci

    i love power shift but for some reason others hate it

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Yeah honestly I really enjoy it, casual and a good way to learn the tech in the game, especially for new players.

    • @sirsouping
      @sirsouping Před 3 měsíci

      @@THiiXY omg you actually responded I love Ur videos also I agree

  • @ChadEffinMiller1013
    @ChadEffinMiller1013 Před 3 měsíci

    Would love to see new weapons and optics implemented. Especially for H builds.

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      Let's see what Season 3 brings!

  • @DaRealXotic
    @DaRealXotic Před 3 měsíci

    Once i heard that aps nerf i was all for it, i hate that thing, but even I'll say it need to be 6 not 4

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      Yeah exactly, a good step but waaay to overly done

  • @Axxilles
    @Axxilles Před 3 měsíci

    **Hears heavies, the most broken dominant class throughout the entirety of the games lifespan, complaining about minor nerfs**
    **Laughs in light main**

  • @junglejim9005
    @junglejim9005 Před 3 měsíci

    they need to buff the KS shotgun for heavy already it’s fun to use but it’s garbage and if your trying to play competitively it literally puts you at a disadvantage to pick it considering it’s TTK is the second slowest out of heavy’s weapons the slowest being the flame thrower at 4.20 seconds

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      Yeah, someone said that the KS-23 should have a headshot multiplier, what do you think about that?

  • @Maximusls2400
    @Maximusls2400 Před 3 měsíci

    Well put, Power Shift Aps simulator

    • @brajuhani
      @brajuhani Před 3 měsíci

      Lets see how people like gl simulator now...

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci +1

      lol thanks :D

    • @Maximusls2400
      @Maximusls2400 Před 3 měsíci

      @@THiiXY terminal attack was the perfect mode this game needed

  • @dojomojo9814
    @dojomojo9814 Před 3 měsíci

    I feel like flamethrower needs a damage nerf for how little skill it requires it shouldn't do that much damage plus the burn damage it's impossible to not trade in close distance

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      Yeah I usually send my friends loose on PowerShift to do the "deal fire damage" contract whilst I heal them as a Medium lol

  • @burakmentes2649
    @burakmentes2649 Před 3 měsíci +1

    XBOX voice chat fix made my day🎉🎉

  • @rawoolz
    @rawoolz Před 3 měsíci

    Medium just keeps getting nerfed. It’s kinda exhausting. I love this game but making nerfs for a single game mode and it ruining a gadget across the board is frustrating. Like Aps really? It was a good random pick that sometimes clutched but not every time. Want to see buffs not just nerfs every week or so.

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Yeah everything's getting nerfed overall which is a different direction, I don't know I just taught my new friends the value of the APS in team games, and now I have to tell them that in a single patch they've just obliterated it, damn it ahahah

  • @brajuhani
    @brajuhani Před 3 měsíci

    I'm just gonna start spamming Heavy gl at PS then... If it is just shields, then I'll spam Medium ones.
    What a stupid change, and I main gl with Medium, APS were not a problem... and I'm talking about PowerShift here.
    What they should have done, was to remove the healing when picking it up, make the health bar correspond to the ammount of cooldown it gets back (same for turrets), and maybe, maybe then add like 5 to 10 percent damage per projectile.
    Now APS is dead, and soon we will get the whines how gls need to be nerfed...

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      lol it's going to be CL-40 nerf, grenade nerf, and goo gun nerf just because of this APS nerf lol

  • @FAILMASTERTHEGAMER
    @FAILMASTERTHEGAMER Před 3 měsíci

    “It can take us anywhere”
    Feudal Japan and Katana sword skin please

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      soonTM (we pray!)

  • @capolean2902
    @capolean2902 Před 3 měsíci

    so power shift works with challenges? cause i remeber doing sum and nun would count towards completion

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      I think that was a bug at some point, maybe it's still there but PowerShift works with most of them

  • @tylerruhland4458
    @tylerruhland4458 Před 3 měsíci

    the best thing about this patch is the goo other then that,i feel like they buffed things that needed to be nerfed and nerfed things that needed to be buffed lol

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      The goo fix is sooooo much better now, I really like the changes to it, finally I don't need to accept my fate on the platform ahaha

  • @nickrafacz6313
    @nickrafacz6313 Před 3 měsíci

    APS should block 6, not 3. At the very least 4, easy to destroy if teammed up on but a hinderance if youre taking it alone. The same situation for facing a dome sheild. 3 projectiles? Seriously? Id be suprised if people even run it any more

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      Yeah definitely quite over-nerfed, I think it's a harsh one and will probably get re-adjusted a little

  • @jacobsterg1736
    @jacobsterg1736 Před 3 měsíci

    Actually kinda makes the aps useless. You could always counter it with dematerializer or just shoot the stupid thing. Now its a waste of a gadget slot imo. It won't last but 2 seconds.

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      Yeah on PowerShift that things obliterated, but ranked... ehhhh yeah I guess, I'd need to play and use it first

  • @HazeCake
    @HazeCake Před 3 měsíci

    also this update screwed my AMD drivers completely, beware.

  • @whitewhalo
    @whitewhalo Před 3 měsíci

    Imagine if they will reboot all the maps... It would be lovely...

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      ooooo, yeah like when they do a re-boot the scenery changes or something... hmmm interesting!

  • @grobnermer
    @grobnermer Před 3 měsíci

    Next season you should make videos of you getting to diamond, maybe videos every week recapping your progress for that week

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      ooooo good idea, maybe like a lil montage and some things I've learned? Thanks! Will do so

  • @nochancecw
    @nochancecw Před 3 měsíci

    It should have been 20-25% so it was 4-5 shots and you dont know how many times.

  • @MidNightFreakOZ
    @MidNightFreakOZ Před 3 měsíci

    WHY IS MELE WHILE HOLDING UP HEAVY'S MESH SHIELD GONE!?

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      I DON'T KNOW D:

  • @Broken_valley
    @Broken_valley Před 3 měsíci

    Gl40 and mines life I had enough aps shutting down everything I can do so easily

  • @vitorhugodelsantoro1741
    @vitorhugodelsantoro1741 Před 3 měsíci

    Good bye APS. Love you so much. Forever in my heart. :(

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      LOL yeah it’s over especially for power shift I think 40% health is a bit too much honestly

  • @ferminsalaberry3003
    @ferminsalaberry3003 Před 3 měsíci

    Goo hammer mains question... So does this means that we can spam 3 Goo in less Than 2 seccons and insta break the aps turret??????

    • @brajuhani
      @brajuhani Před 3 měsíci

      I think so...

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      Pretty much yes, I haven't tried it out yet but I'm going to guess that Goo Gun has been indirectly buffed for it

  • @jsmith5479
    @jsmith5479 Před 3 měsíci

    There are a lot of performance issues and bugs on xbox atm

  • @yxvngghxst8877
    @yxvngghxst8877 Před 3 měsíci

    What really worries me is the still declining player numbers

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Ehhh yeah I see what you mean, I’m hoping that the averages increase next season because that means the game is growing rather than declining but I’m still not worried at the moment personally.

    • @junglejim9005
      @junglejim9005 Před 3 měsíci

      that’s what happens when devs only nerf weapons instead of rebalance them

  • @ApterTheRaptor
    @ApterTheRaptor Před 3 měsíci

    Actual nice buff for Light in Season 2?? IMPOSSIBLE

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      GONE WRONG (sorry it sounded like a CZcams title aha)

  • @brodygates7535
    @brodygates7535 Před 3 měsíci

    They really need to take the damage drop off, off of the ks 23

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      Interesting, someone was asking for a headshot multiplier for the KS-23 instead, what do you think?

  • @Sean-sf4ys
    @Sean-sf4ys Před 3 měsíci

    throwing knifes kill me with 2-3 knifes it seems like no matter where im hit and regardless of class now lol

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      Yeah they are pretty damn strong aha most times you have to pray that the enemy misses

  • @kimikothetanuki314
    @kimikothetanuki314 Před 3 měsíci

    Thank god for this aps nerf. Considering how many can go on the platform, 3's good imo

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      Yeah it's a good nerf but veeeerryy overtuned I personally feel aha, I think that it could be something like 20% instead but let's see how it plays out

  • @CyPress19880
    @CyPress19880 Před 3 měsíci

    RIP Powershift...

  • @scrumbis261
    @scrumbis261 Před 3 měsíci

    Throwing knives had a right click attack?

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      Ahaha, yes! Right click dealt a tonne more damage (one-shot lights, leaving mediums on like 10hp) but it's very hard to hit, like very hard.

  • @rapidshot3033
    @rapidshot3033 Před 3 měsíci

    Throwing knives like Naruto out here 😂

  • @A-username862
    @A-username862 Před 3 měsíci

    How do you make it so that you and 1 person are in a private match on opposite teams?

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Don't add them as a friend, just make the lobby and send them the code to join! :)

    • @A-username862
      @A-username862 Před 3 měsíci

      @@THiiXY thx!

  • @ose_joe7187
    @ose_joe7187 Před 3 měsíci

    If embark wont nerf C&S and RPG during season 3, I guess many will stop play because of the stagnation of meta

    • @terpekiseo8748
      @terpekiseo8748 Před 3 měsíci

      What? rpg already got nerfed way back it doesn't one shot light and mediums and the meta is already changing light becoming a real assassin with melee and throwing knives, mediums AK and cl40 pushing the fcar out of the meta, heavy m60, flamethrower and sledge hammer pushing out the pan fed lmg out of the meta what more do you want?

    • @ose_joe7187
      @ose_joe7187 Před 3 měsíci

      @@terpekiseo8748 now in ranked meta is MMH or what is more likely HHM. Cooldown for rpg is so fast and its almost unavoidable for mediums. Most fights are only about the rpg spam. Even if you laser the heavies, they just double rpg and you are gone. And if they play with C&S its too much dps even for heavies. RPG dont instakill light, but 10hp is not good either.

    • @terpekiseo8748
      @terpekiseo8748 Před 3 měsíci

      @@ose_joe7187 rpg cooldown is maybe less than minute or 30 seconds idk the exact number and with a coordinated team the two hit rpg is brutal that's why some diamond players counter this by playing 3 medium with aps and triple defib healing beam while light is just there to get shit on, embark should just buff light's HP and put it to 180 cuz the rpg nerf was already done and that nerf is effective

    • @ose_joe7187
      @ose_joe7187 Před 3 měsíci

      @@terpekiseo8748 and with recent aps nerf its got even worse. The best part is for other classes to have good dps, they have weaknesses, for example, lights are like glass cannons, mediums even being a bit faster than heavy cannot escape from them in close corners. Using rpg for heavies are punishless. Even if they miss, they still have the highest amount of hp among all other classes

    • @terpekiseo8748
      @terpekiseo8748 Před 3 měsíci

      @@ose_joe7187 but heavies got the highest hitbox especially for the head most forget this and I seldomly see people go for the head and with the new throwing knives this might help light deal more damage to heavies

  • @iknifetastic3351
    @iknifetastic3351 Před 3 měsíci

    I hope we get a new map in the new season :D

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci +1

      I think it’s like 90% likely we will, we have every season but they haven’t teased much yet to do with it, so we will likely see in the next patch another teaser :D

  • @gamer12661
    @gamer12661 Před 3 měsíci

    @ 8:06 pause there, set playback speed to .25. Enjoy 🤣🤣🤣

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci +1

      AHAHAHAHAHAHAH NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

  • @nonik8881
    @nonik8881 Před 3 měsíci

    i like the aps nerf "FINALLY"

  • @cowmath77
    @cowmath77 Před 3 měsíci

    APS makes sense, it rendered grenade launchers completely useless.

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci

      Yeah I agree with that, my friends playing the CL-40 for the first time ever didn't understand the concept of their entire damage system being taken out of the game (aside from still being able to destroy it out of the circle). I think 40% is quite a lot for what it does, but it's definitely flipped that weapon, now being in solid control VS the APS.

  • @gabriels8395
    @gabriels8395 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Wait, can you destroy the aps with the goo gun now? xd

    • @THiiXY
      @THiiXY  Před 3 měsíci +1

      LOL yeah I think so it’s getting shredded by this update

  • @DISCOMBOBULATED_BEANER
    @DISCOMBOBULATED_BEANER Před 3 měsíci

    How about less nerfs more buffs?