Diabotical Beta Week 2 Impressions From A Quake Vet! FFA Brawl & Duel! The Arena Shooter Revenge?

[@KindOldRaven]

Great video! My opinion on the beta after only a few matches (sadly) so far: as someone who 'missed out' on Quake 2/3 (first I was too young, second we didn't have gaming PC's or even dial up internet... was too expensive back then) I am *loving* this. I'm way too slow and out of shape to be a top fragger, but I'm having a blast and improving quickly. I think the aesthetic and some of the game modes might actually draw in some new players looking for a higher-skill ceiling game that isn't CSGO or Siege as well ;p I'm just hoping for a healthy community and not a crash-and-burn scenario. But this game has all the main ingredients for that not to happen. I'm impressed by the customization options so far. Looking forward to release! Hope the virus has died down a bit over here by then...

[@davidmiranda9227]

I think people who like overwatch and rocket league might really like diabotical if they give it a chance

[@GGGritGaming]

Tbh, I've never played Rocket League so I can't quite make the connection there. It's soccer with cars and physics from what I can tell. I can definitely see Overwatch players giving it a shot, and I'm sure it'll retain those who want an experience without "use super to win" mechanics in an arena shooter. The real question I'm worried for is will it stick? The closer an arena shooter gets to its roots ex. Quake/Unreal Tournament, the smaller the audience is. In the end, I do hope it is successful, it's quite fun and I hope those that give it a shot stick with it and make an effort to improve. Nothing feels quite as good as mastering these kinds of arena shooters.

[@annielopez2266]

EEGcellent video Scotty! Great information and great delivery. Keep the awesome content coming our way. 🥚🤘

[@GGGritGaming]

Thanks so much, I'm eggstatic that you enjoyed it! :p

[@annielopez2266]

@@GGGritGaming it truly was EGGceptional

[@FlanZx6r]

Great vid !!! But have to agree with the 25 and 35 timers on items, much prefer it this way was too easy at 30 and 30 in qc

[@kiiturii]

yea 30/30 way too easy. Went back to qc duels when diabotical went down and the game felt soooo easy. Increased my rank by almost 300sr lol

[@FlanZx6r]

@@kiiturii I too been on QC this week and noticed an increase in skill lol roll on tomorrow

[@kiiturii]

@@FlanZx6r hell yea :)

[@respawin4513]

The main reason why I prefer the mega and red being offset in their timings like 25 and 35 is that if they have the same respawn time its so often where each player just get 50% of the items cause they keep spawning at the same time

[@notchjohnson2540]

I thoroughly disagree with 30/30 item timings. It makes the game slower and the movement pattern into a simplistic pendulum back and forth.

[@GGGritGaming]

I can see that. The other thing is there are 3 armors in total, so that alone will add another layer of complexity. I better start exercising my math/memory skills lol

[@respawin4513]

@@GGGritGaming add 30 seconds for the pickup and then remove or add 5 seconds afterwards depending on if its armor or mega that you pick up.

[@GGGritGaming]

@@respawin4513 Yep, that sounds like the logical way to time it out! Just need to put it in practice once the game goes live.