The Tower Bar - Off Topic Chat

Mitch Connor wrote: »

Silver - 1730 I think, definitely 17somthing.

But you're so close to getting Gold though

Mitch Connor wrote: »

I like being told where to go and what to do

You're in good company so :pac:

I have no interest in playing it solo - though I would guess I would be quicker to become good at players if I did.

There's 4 main benefits to playing on your own

1) It's easier to concentrate on what you are doing in terms of just your own role as it's quieter,

2) If you want to try a brand new hero, you're not limited to "we need a 3rd tank" type craic, you can run Hanzo/Sombra whatever and not get flack for it

3) You're playing with other solo players for the most part with some3) pairs of 2 or groups of 3 doted around and your ELO is accounted for, you'd be playing against players on your level as opposed to your team of 6s level.

4) You can learn how to counter a Hero when you have played as that Hero.

You'll learn how to bait Roadhog and when he'll retreat (usually) if you have played as him a bit. You can get inside players heads, this is usually the difference I find between Platnium/Gold and Silver/Bronze.
The reason I'd say I've placed so highly can be largely attributed to me playing 15 heros for 3+ hours.
So now I know what makes those heros lives hell (say Bubbling a character as Roadhogs hook pulls them in as opposed to before).

In Gold ranking, you'd want to be able to play >8 heroes to be effective.

Generally playing QP Solo just a handful of times a week is beneficial overall to your enjoyment and understanding of the game and is a worthy investment

I am enjoying playing Soldier - and I enjoy it when I change to a different character and it works out. Such as swapping to Bastion last night in the last match I played (which we drew) and helped defend that B point with your help (shield). Some enjoyable cancer play!

Changing characters wins matches, simply put. None of this "Pharah is causing us problems" carry on, if she is and you don't have a counter, get one. We rinsed that Rheinheart when you played as Bastion and that cause their strategy to fall apart

Its only really now I feel I have an idea of what I need to be doing at a given point - and that I feel I can pull off some plays that actually help.

Well you're only level 30 now, this is why Comp is locked out for players under 25, you don't know enough about the Heros/Maps/Modes/Types to be effective

The game starts to get a lot better around level 50 imho. That's when I felt everything really started to click into place and I was like "I get it now"

You should give the Destiny Podcasts a rest and check out Overwatch Centrals advice/guide/"how to play x" Youtube videos (even if it's just Audio).

I can tell Dudeeile has watched some of them now when we play :P

So long story short, try solo queue for a few matches here and there with characters who are good at high levels or in the Meta that you are not comfortable with, you'll notice overall you'll play better (people like Mei, Dva, Roadhog, Ana, Symettra, Reaper maybe etc and avoid, personally speaking, Widowmaker, Hanzo, Sombra, and maybe Genji or McCree)

Games more fun at level 25+ and more fun again at lvl 50+ imho

Hmm... Was thinking about the Seagate FireCuda, which apparently is much faster - but twice the price. €90 for a HDD - that's got me very interested but I'd have to drive to Blanch...

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote: »

Hmm... Was thinking about the Seagate FireCuda, which apparently is much faster - but twice the price. €90 for a HDD - that's got me very interested but I'd have to drive to Blanch...

I'm interested in the Firecuda as well, but has an rrp of £125. Pity I didn't have the money when Amazon were selling the 2tb for £100 at Christmas.

dudeeile wrote: »

There are some tests and reviews online, an SSD outperforms a 7200 and that in turn outperforms a 5400 but the gains are marginal.

Which begs the question of whether the price point is worth it.

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote: »

The FireCuda is an "SSHD" HDD, apparently the higher RPM (not sure about read / write speeds) make it 5X faster than a standard HDD.

To be honest, for almost twice the price - I'm not sure it's worth it. 5X faster seems a bit unbelievable to me.

I've got an older model sshd in my PS3 and the load times were significantly faster for games that require an install. GT5 loaded tracks about 10 seconds quicker(about 15%) than my stock 60gb hdd

"Ah we're only down to 5, sure we're be able to carry one random in Comp"

Famous last words

jonnycivic wrote: »

Whats your username and I will try add you, I was able to find dude like but nothing from you at all. Oh there is an app for it too btw

Same as my PSN

Analysis of PS4 stock HDD and SSD versus PS4 pro stock and SSD loading times:

Fallout 4:

PS4 HDD: 55.30 seconds
PS4 SSD: 29.06 seconds
Pro HDD: 48.54 seconds
Pro SSD: 26.40 seconds

Witcher 3:

PS4 HDD: 1m 32.3s
PS4 SSD: 1m 09.2s
Pro HDD: 1m 18.6s
Pro SSD: 1m 07.3s

Just cause 3:

PS4 HDD: 1m 10.2s
PS4 SSD: 43.52 seconds
Pro HDD: 1m 16.4s
Pro SSD: 42.29 seconds

Project Cars:

PS4 HDD: 50.30 seconds
PS4 SSD: 40.26 seconds
Pro HDD: 43.58 seconds
Pro SSD: 41.03 seconds

PS4 pro stock seems to be greatly faster anyway - not much gain there. But the original PS4 seems to be much improved with SSD. I'm not sure how the SSHD would figure into that, probably somewhere in between.

Cormac, it's not just the initial game loading, these times are taken from loading into specific maps. The PS4 pro with SSD sees about 30% reduction in loading times, when compared to PS4 stock HDD.
See here for more details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs7RNzEqOe4

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote: »

Analysis of PS4 stock HDD and SSD versus PS4 pro stock and SSD loading times:

The last time I checked, just under a year ago, the differences between normal HD and SSD were not so large. Without watching the video, is he using a 5400 or 7200rpm HD for his comparison.

jonnycivic wrote: »

Just bought myself the NES mini

How much and where?

Plus, got this email this morning: