This New Evolution Is The Most Broken Weapon in Vampire Survivors

[@DexTag]

I just watched the video here and I had no clue how much the video got destroyed. The colors pretty much disappear and it's a blurry mess, that's insane. I have never seen this happen ever before, not even when I used to upload in 10k (so 5k less than here) and I wonder what went on. This is not in the slightest what the recording looked like while editing, I expected some blurry parts but not that. So I'd say it's time to return to 30-40mbit/s. I have uploaded 3 different versions of minute 28, but I wonder if it has anything to do with me recording in 40mbit (would surprise me though): 40mbit: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKLVnqujq7JkptE 30mbit: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYbHgHuDpKuafdE 15mbit: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2iuoKGsicl2mdU I honestly don't see a ginormous difference between 30k and 40k, and it has to be expected with KZbins compression and such an insane mess, that the video will suffer from it.

[@slendydie1267]

its still noticeable between 30 and 40k but its much much better than 15

[@justahologram2230]

While a pain in the ass with the German Internet in its current state, id say upload the highest quality possible to offset KZbins odd compression issues

[@DexTag]

@@justahologram2230the internet is mostly no problem, just sometimes, but the issue here came from some people writing they have loading issues for my videos - which makes sense, higher quality means more has to be loaded. And while the resolution can be adjusted by the viewer, the bitrate can't be changed.

[@justahologram2230]

@@DexTag then it's their connection that's the problem, they can just drop quality on their end

[@DexTag]

@@justahologram2230bitrate cant be changed

[@andrewt9204]

The video quality was definitely worse for me. Not annoyingly so I guess. If people are having issues, they could just reduce the resolution. EDIT: Never mind, I'm towards the end of the video now and the quality is pretty bad. Much worse than normal.

[@gasYotube]

It's strange what happens with the videos of this game because at the beginning it loads like a normal video but towards the end (when it is full of enemies and effects of various weapons) the quality of the video automatically drops but it is not caused by low internet speed . The bitrate sinks and the quality drops.

[@olivergottkehaskamp3369]

@@gasYotube The thing is - the bitrate is actually constant. But when every single pixel changes between frames, there's next to nothing left to compress and the quality goes to hell.

[@ABCDEF-ks5op]

the quality got a lot worse for me , I never had problems before with your vids, always top quality eve thought crazy big balls flying around , but now with the lower bitrate it starts blurring very early

[@karenamyx2205]

Yeah around 12-15 minutes, it got progressively worse until it looked like 480p no matter what i did. Still enjoyed the vid, but the quality was pretty wild.

[@titan219]

Yeah you can see the bitrate updating when he open the map

[@DrowStyle]

Dear dex, I hope the butrate will get back to where it was, it’s really hard to watch at 15k

[@edwinchia6043]

+1 High bit rate video only affects ancient devices like a netbook with ancient processors like an Intel Atom cpu. It can only stream 720p videos

[@GuitarLamp817]

There was also a point where it not only blurred but started to go grayscale in certain parts. A telltale bitrate bottleneck.

[@jurare89]

an "original" Leberkäs has, despite its name, neither "Leber" (liver) nor "Käse" (cheese) in it. The name originates from the the "Laib" (a whole bread) and "Kas" (bavarian for "an edible mass"), so "Leberkäse" actually means "eine essbare Masse in Brotkastenform" (engl. "an edible mass in box shape"). The only exception has been "Leberkäse" made in Austria, since in the past, the Austrians actually added liver, however this is no longer common today.

[@xj8713]

Each Crewmate passive (8 total) has an associated weapon (8 total - 7 of them can evolve). If you have the associated weapon the Crewmate passive shows up in level up selections and it's worth taking them: when you evolve the weapon they attach to you get to keep the Crewmate passive while getting the passive slot they used turned empty to get another passive. Plus Gemini Arcana affects some of them. Dex, as cool as the Paranormal Scan is I would like to see you limit break each of the other weapons in this DLC

[@jetsonian]

Lowering the bitrate makes the video a smeared mess later in the run when there are lots of things on screen. This was at 1440p on a 1Gbps fiber connection. KZbin allows users to control the quality they'd like to stream at, let them lower the quality if they're having issues.

[@Tandryan33]

I love how when you got everything maxed all the pixels were gone... atomized.

[@alanbareiro6806]

I tried the evolved scanner with Queen Sigma and she was MELTING reapers at the end of the stage. No shrowd nor corridor needed.

[@rcmg4013]

Laughs in level 3 maruto and cat witch

[@karenamyx2205]

Best part of DLC for me is that you get double the content: 1.) Getting to unlock everything traditionally and 2.) A whole adventure mode episode too!

[@drskelebone]

Wait, what? I didn't even check adventure mode, but I guess I have my weekend sorted! :D

[@rytingur]

The buffering issues are still there for me. Whatever is causing it it seems bitrate is not it thankfully. And even if it was I would think going back to the old bitrate would be better, the overall quality drop is not worth it

[@pablolicata]

With the passive ability of this character, weapons with multiple instances of max out are more valuable for this character than others. 3x Tri-Bracelet (Bracelet, Bi-Bracelet) 3x Vandalier (Peachone + Ebony Wings) 3x SpellStrom (SpellString + SpellStream + SpellStrike) 2x Fuwalafuwaloo (Whip/Bloody Tear + Vento Sacro) 2x Phieraggi (Phiera Der Tuphello + Eight The Sparrow) 13 instances of max out in total I guess start with the first 3 on the list, 6 weapons in total. Take hollow heart and tiragisu for passives. When evolutions happens and weapon slots are free again, whip, and vento sacro. Wait for the evolution an finally both guns. (The order can change of course).

[@clarenced5770]

since it works on item too, we can max tiragisu then losing it to have even more bonus

[@pablolicata]

@@clarenced5770 Great idea!

[@clarenced5770]

@@pablolicata the new one, polus have so much mini crew mate passives i think it's the one with the most items. Or maybe abyss foscari ? I have to count

[@speokeosai]

@@clarenced5770 Forest foscari into abyss has more I think, but its definitely very close.

[@xredgambit]

I think you need to break Dino again, but not with the medical scanner. If he gets bonus stats with each completed passive and weapon, you should get all the weapons that combine so you can get more weapons that combine and also bracelet.

[@Bestyja]

The bit rate was awful basically halfway through the video

[@Mushybase]

Crew dino gets bonus stats on every maxed weapon, you also get the bonus on maxing out passives however, making all the ghost wayy stronger since they only need 3 levels and then dissapear once you evolve the main weapon, making room for even more passives to get maxed out afterwards.

[@mcmatthewchase]

Ive been waiting for this video since I finished the last one... You're going to love the scientist. I beat everything yesterday

[@Ca_tGirl]

when you max out a weapon with the red crewmate you have a chance of getting lower cooldown btw at times the screen went to black and white, this only happened now, might be because of lower bitrate since when you opened a chest it went back to normal and after the chest went to black and white again

[@slendydie1267]

The video is blurrier. The lower bitrate shows its flaws for sure.

[@Forgotten_Avatar]

Hey Dex, the bitrate on this I can tell is lower, like you said. I have never had an issue with laggy playback on my end, but this one does truly look more compressed than other videos with similar amounts on the screen.

[@certainlynotmalo1.0.0]

I second that. at At times even the damage numbers were hard to read, usually that's not a problem at all, even in the craziest videos. And when i have bufferin issues, it's at times where youtube warns that it could happen because there's just too much traffic. I really don't think it's the bitrate. Fun fact: At working hours, the video streaming traffic goes down to only about a third of what it's at 8 pm. Are that much people streaming at work? Or what's happenig there? The statistic is only applicable to where i live, is that everywhere the case?

[@Zechques]

"nursey, a place where nurses work" flawless german logic :)

[@Jonjon13Jonjon13]

since you asked for feedback: The drop in quality is very noticeable (the video gets blurry when there's a lot of movement). Not unwatchable, but definitely worse... at first I didn't experience any issues on the video but I dont remember having any previously either. Towards the middle and end the video starts becoming very blurry and bad, borderline unwatchable. Sorry but I'd rather you go back to the higher bitrate.

[@WeaponXSigma]

Good old Crewmate Dino, not only the first character that I took out Red Death with but also the first character I pulled it off with before I even grabbed the Yellow Sign.

[@Notsogoodguitarguy]

I think that the display of the gained stats is blinking, that's why it looks like you get stats 2 times (talking about 19:35 or so). Your CD is about 1.5 sec, and with the blinking it was looking like you were getting it 2 times per 1.5 seconds.

[@Piratee0]

Hi Dex! I have the same problem with video quality, and now it's even worse 😂 Thx for trying to repair this issue, I just set video quality for 720p not 1080p and it's ok, not so clear but still watchable :)

[@therealnapster]

Hi, Dex. I love watching your videos. It's my favorite way to relax after work. Your voice with the background music is very hypnotic lol. i would have to say about half way thrue the video it did seem that everything became soft around the edges on the screen and didn't have the same crispness I usually see.

[@jaeusa160]

Dropped chests cannot evolve on Polus until the 10 minute boss. However, all 3 alarm events at 5, 10, and 15 min give Penta Chests which can evolve. For the sake of Limit Breaking 1 weapon, you can evolve at 5min basically. So Abyss Foscari is still the best map, but Polus is usable for weapons without very fast starts. Of course, if you wanted to Limit Break a weapon AND the Paranormal Scan for giga scaling... you'll want Abyss Foscari. Finally I don't need to fish for Randoms to have fun Limit Break runs! I hope this doesn't get nerfed.

[@LoPhatKao]

i usually watch in 480 (for lower data usage) it wasn't a blurry mess at the end like usual for me, so that was nice

[@ammonbergevin5302]

I think it's because there's no blurring, in order to keep frame rate up it tries to remove color until it's black and white so it's easier for the computer

[@DexTag]

So I don't know on what end changed something, but we did some insane videos in the past, like ALL weapons of VS in a single video, and the only thing that always happened was blurriness. Colors were never affected. That's what confusing me so much

[@FrankJaeger93]

Hi Dex have you tried the gorgeous moon limit break with christine on the bat country stage? You start with blood astronomia for the first arcana pick then silent old sanctuary and finally wicked season. These are the items I picked in this order: orb,duplicator, crown, tome, skull and torona. Thank you for the quality videos you're awesome :)

[@khirek5335]

15:45 for me this video was normal but I never had any problems with your videos anyway, watching on a phone. Grüße aus Niedersachsen!

[@kyle8971]

"This will be a good bit rate test" Meanwhile: Epilepsy warning in 8 bit.

[@Zorgdub]

"Do you think it's overkill?" Yes, it very much is. It's awesome.

[@sasukaye8983]

the scientist with either 4x growth + 1x move speed or just 5x growth and limit breaking base weapon + scanner is so much fun

[@sdani.]

i just really hate her base weapon

[@BigBargeXL]

the weapons evolve with the color amongus that started with the weapon, so dinos weapon evolves with the red mungus

[@mitknacker]

This is incredible... months ago I just thought, when seeing Dex min-maxing a specific setup, that I could never do that. Well, I still can't do that, but even casually got with Pugnala and Scanner lvl 1098 and at the end ran away from the reapers and killing them that way xD

[@mmarkusgaming]

Impostongue does obscene amounts of damage especially with 'Slash' & 'Gemini' arcanas. With unlimited eggs on Trousers still nothing can compete with 'Blood Astronomia' tho.

[@XethmondeusWave]

Your videos do sometimes lag but it's because network activity goes to 0 for some reason. For me, it happens only on 1440p videos. I don't know why. Switching to 1080p or 4k fixes the problem. This happens on many other videos too.

[@DarkAsesino12]

You can take the base weapon of the character, the weapon that gives stat boost and laurel to make you immortal and just enjoy “limit break”. For me that was the most pleasing experience as if you take 3+ damaging weapons, you get a mess on the screen and you just have a headache. Maybe, you shall consider using these 2 weapons + char weapon

[@hellgast0]

at around the 20 min mark the screen just became very blurry for me. Never had an issue with lag at higher bitrates, but that's just me.

[@DarkAsesino12]

Dex, you want to go for engineer with this item that gives stats. Your life will never be the same)

[@Coldkil666]

The most broken combo to me is still Sammy + Disco of Gold. As soon a gold streak starts it goes through all the level, stack curse to the moon get golden mask if you can, brick your phone in glorious 2 fps and end the run with 1mil+ gold.

[@heagridswager]

Sweet pixels, its like watching on 144p from halfway

[@heagridswager]

I cant see anything

[@drskelebone]

Yeah, I played three runs this evening (Pugnalla on the new stage to unlock things, then Dino twice to a) die, b) figure out how evolutions worked on Mad Forest), and by the end I was in bonkers nonsense stat territory. I had messy weapons equipped, so I don't fully understand, but having Cooldown -160% is clearly OP.

[@drskelebone]

I think all the quality errors at this bitrate are acceptable. At 1080p60, moving diagonals (like when the level up screen slides in) are a bit crunchier, but it's hard to notice unless you step frame-by-frame.

[@drskelebone]

Narrator: Bone was, in fact, a bad choice.

[@drskelebone]

Dex: "Was that English? It didn't sound English" The English Language: I have consumed so many other languages, there are infinite rules about how my grammar works, such that nearly all combinations of words result in a meaningful sentence! Google "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" to see the full horror of my works!

[@drskelebone]

Yeah, I tried hard on my broken play through to not walk through walls. Sometimes you only have 22s left, and you just need to get to the switch.

[@drskelebone]

Now I wonder if chili fleischkaese is just bologna with gochugaru sprinkled throughout.

[@Sinoxa2]

I prefer higher bitrate because I have powerful internet. I notice here that the decreased bitrate reduced the clarity. People with weaker internet can feel free to watch at lower resolution. This way Dex can upload at High bitrate and the majority of us don't have to suffer, whereas those few who would suffer anyways can control it at their leisure. Thanks.

[@Samspos]

In lategame 1440p looks like 360p or even worse 🙄 Never had issues with lag

[@BardKeepseasy]

About bitrate - i can tell that this video gets much blury at the end and it is just turned to Dex podcast for me

[@andrescaetano6203]

This is my own opinion ( and how I play), but at least the first time with a weapon I disable limit break. It becomes much easier to see how good or bad a weapon actually is.

[@andyfox4484]

You talked about limit brealing the scan, i dont think it does damage, but you could use the arcana that does damage when you heal.

[@tim.dedopulos]

I think Fleischkaese is a kind of meatloaf.

[@TheBlackArcane1206]

Dex the visual quality does drop after the 16 minute mark as more stuff is on the screen but its not too much different from normal maybe a %15-%20 difference. The Video is still watchable and enjoyable. I also haven't experienced any lag from your videos but i have pretty good internet. Also this is based off me viewing it at 1440P

[@SamuraiPipotchi]

10:46 I think you meant that you're a very "Cheery" or "Cheerful" person. That, or "Chipper", but that word has been out if fashion for many years now.

[@mauricebenink]

Quality got very blurry for me, i can kinda see whats going on, but towards 3/4 it was just a blurry boney mess for me

[@patum3588]

Minute 1 evolves and when there is event and you stand on button, you get evolution chest

[@RichardK.Maxwell]

I have never had any problems with any of your videos stuttering or buffering, the lower bit rate on this video did seem to make the video a bit fuzzy when there was a lot of action on the screen, but it played just as well as any of your other videos. I only have a 1080p monitor, so 1080p60 is the highest resolution I can stream the videos at.

[@darenabryant9100]

I would have to say taking bones was the killer here as far as being able to see anything. After a certain point, it was nothing but bones.

[@marcpaulus6291]

Downgrading the bitrate caused the video to be a blurry mess... Also: Fleischkäse ist quasi wurst und fleischreste / abfälle zu einem feinen fleischteig gewolft. Käse ist da keiner drin.

[@clarenced5770]

i can answer why you have so much stats that don't "add up": The character ability works for weapon AND passives so basically it work for every item that you max out ! So it's broken on this map where there is so much item to pick up ! (I'm in the middle of the video so maybe you figure it out further)

[@KaydenBreak92]

Fyi, the alarm no need to disarm as it will spawn more intruders, more intruders=more exp, so it's either Penta chest or more exp🙂

[@KaydenBreak92]

Do 1 video with guardian Pina with awake arcana + tirajisù, imagine the stat bonus from 10+ revival 😊

[@GFBurn]

Oh boy, can't wait for the scientist, the mechanics of this character is so broken, something tells me you gona love it

[@michasxxxxx]

Hi. Im a mobile Player and have one problem. How to use spell book? There is no any accept key. Just have to write a spell and just it?

[@Misterscout]

Going back but what about Moonspell with the limit break, since her stats are already way up.

[@A_Crab_YT]

I cant wait till you get to Pink. Theyre so strong and will probably be your next favourite.

[@Nananea]

Preferred the previous encoder settings, but I get it~

[@the_Datana]

all people that have lags should check thier video settings and speccs you shouldnt watch a vid in 2k with 60 fps if your machine struggles with it. and it will be blurry in a game like this if you chose lower settings in the playback (youtube handles bitrate for the viewers)

[@ChrisJames-cj8sw]

Great video bar the bit rate lol 😁

[@Viktor-pd7mm]

Also, your videos are so great, since you always have an idea. And idea how to go bunkers. Would you try Vampire Hunters?

[@Beinerfelt]

Love your videos! But please, increase the bitrate. This was hard to even watch at 1440p60. People can lower the quality instead if they experience lag.

[@thomastompkins2742]

I prefer the higher bit rate please. Hope you feel better.

[@glebglub]

as someone who watches 720p at 30fps because otherwise this dingus laptop overheats - the quality's dropped lol don't forget dex, youtube transmuxes it when they receive it anyway, might want to check the bitrate received vs sent is on this video and one you uploaded at 40Mbps

[@somethinginventive153]

The Scientist is unfathomably broken

[@danielchinchill]

Video quality was worse, more pixeled. And youtube crashed multiple times (didnt happen before)

[@alphatwink]

There is NO WAY my KZbin video started lagging the exact second you start mentioning the lag....

[@DreamersDragon]

i personally didnt see a difference in video quality, and i didnt notice any difference in lag either (i never have lag while watching yt)

[@Viktor-pd7mm]

I think previouse quality was better. I am watching at highest resolution possible - it does mess up picture at some points. Not critical, but there is a downside.

[@tim.dedopulos]

Holy hell, that scanner is broken!

[@rancor9716]

Dex Will you play Apocalypse Party?

[@altmindo]

Is this 1st of April already?

[@cdchai]

I appreciate the higher bit rate. Please switch back to 40k encoding.

[@zerberus851]

weiß nich obs dir noch aufgefallen is aber bei den meinsten upgrades die du bekommst sinds 0,03 oder 0,04... also bekommst erst nachdem es ca 25 mal aufplopt 1 punkt mehr in dem betreffenden stat

[@videomaniac6255]

For some reason the game shows these stat bonuses as decimals, same with eggs. When it shows 0.03 cooldown, that's 3% expressed as a decimal.

[@AntiTako]

My TV really doesn't like the new bitrate change.

[@nvanleerdrums]

i’ve had no issue with your vids playing properly, not saying others haven’t but just sharing some data

[@Oktotorp]

Dex, please. Don't lower bitrate. Whoever told you that video is lagging because of that doesn't understand how KZbin works. KZbin reencodes video to lower bitrate for every upload by itself for streaming, but the higher bitrate you feed it, the less visual fidelity is lost on reencode.

[@robyyn_your_gender]

Bro chilli-cheese leberkäse goes so fucking hard

[@philippkucklick5540]

Hey Dex, also erstmal super Video wie immer :3 But lets get back to english^^ so i have to say the "new" Bitrate is really worse for me. Normally i watch your videos on max resolution and it´s very good, but today it was very bad after like minute 20. Normally its not that bad with the higher bitrate. But hey if it´s better for like 90% of your viewers then go for it. Will still watch you for your "good" jokes yk xD

[@AncientGuru]

Quality is noticeably worse, but this is the first vampire survivors video from you in months that I was able to watch on KZbin mobile app without the app crashing every 10 minutes. It was only your videos that crashed the app.

[@DarkAsesino12]

1st minute chest also evolves

[@DjBollek]

Fleischkäse = baked boiled sausage in patty form.

[@Dix0nGunther]

Higher bitrate please!

[@Felinaro]

This bitrate is probably too low for VS insanity...

[@TheAngelChaz]

I am desperate to see that solo limit break now!!

[@Nezeracs]

Video quality is way way worse when the screen gets cluttered.

[@abefetoieridk6227]

the bitrate is bad either way but its deffinitevelly worse now

[@ESSANCHO]

Yeah lower bitrate is definitely not it. I would even suggest going higher than before

[@XerothLan]

Those who comment that they get laggy video: Either update your comp or your webbrowser. Because it is only you that that can fix this problem on your end. Stop being such boneheads! 1080p here with no lag and only 5 sek delay on loading in the begining.

[@matteofloris9502]

video quality from min 20 is super low :(

[@karenamyx2205]

You sound fine dex! Obviously rest if you need it, but the difference in voice is negligible IMO. Get better bud!

[@ZatohRondohoon3227]

You need Mini Crewmate AND Mini Ghost to evolve Report and Lifescan Radar. Never mind, I'm late. xD

[@puppins92]

the video was so much worse this time around (i mean in visual quality). i didn't think the bitrate thing was going to make such a difference

[@luipaardprint]

The quality was definitely worse this episode, not being able to read the kill counter for example. I’ve never had any issue with stuttering either…

[@Gabriel-vd2ex]

all the new weapons are op ash

[@TheShank6666]

It's way blurry after 15min Dex