This is actually a pretty fun format! I'm very curious how you managed to setup chatgpt with this - but perhaps instead of asking them what to buy, you could in the future ask them "should I buy something or should I upgrade?" as that should give you a little more wiggle room and also feel more interesting. Also, perhaps figure out how to let chatgpt know the monetary costs for all these things and then also add your budget so it could take that into account? could make things a little more interesting and dynamic.
Thanks, Abel. I was actually just wondering about the timestamps. (1) Do you think it's better / cleaner to have it organized into whole rounds (for example, the pre-and start are combined into one round) -or- (2) Do you think it's better to create a separate chapter for the pre-round? So, there would be two chapters per round (pre-round and the start).
If I wasn't Supply Specialist, I wouldn't have been able to drop the Sledgehammers in the first round, so I would have had enough supplies to get the Overlord in round 2. I wonder how that would have went 🤣
Man. You got me hooked on this game, and very sadly, no one else's videos are as enjoyable. Everyone else insists on taking up half their screen with their face and loud fast voice. The more smooth laid back tone does wonders for these kinds of games. It would work spectacularly well for streaming too. You remind me very much of another youtuber Project Incursus with similar content
I'm a Whooped fan. May I suggest a few others like Stoney, Surrey Mechabellum, PastorDruski and Sinclair's' tribe. All of whom I find quite easy to listen to. I think once you're more experienced with the game, you'll find the hopped up on caffeine pro player 2k+ MMR channels fun too
Thank you for the kind words. I'm glad you enjoy the videos. I find Stoney, PastorDruski, and many others in the community to be excellent creators, each with their own unique style. It's great to be part of such an awesome group.
@@WhoopedGG In a way, I think that is what is cool in Mechabellum so far (I'm only 50hrs of gameplay in) is that even top MMR players are reviewing lower MMR games with players struggling. As well as highlighting some really off kilter upset matches of lower MMR players surprising even the pros. So you guys are all kind of inspiring and growing this community together each in your own styles. As each tackles the ladder. Each in their own style. My name is Exhebece. But I prefer Nobody
The speed from mech rage caused your sledgies to engage the shields in round 3. The round before the sat further back and allowed the marksmen to step out and fight them.
I know next to nothing about this game, I literally just saw it from this video so take my advice with a grain of salt since . It might help to create a flowchart/checklist for certain match or round predictable situations to help cement certain actions that can be forgotten as trivial (like ...round 5: pay range tax->check for abilities-> can you counter?->..., you would know more than me about what to put here). The only purpose of which is to serve as a backup that you know is correct so you don't let pressure get to you and clog up your memory. I used to use that method for pushing to win World of Tanks tournaments. My team would analyze team specific deployment strategies and log those into a map specific flow chart to exploit predictability so slightly different application, but I think it will flex into your needs. Good luck with the grind man, looks like a fun game!
Thanks for the suggestion! I created a unit counter list that I printed out and have for reference, but that's it. I should create a reminder list of sorts to help with the flow of decisions. You are spot on. I appreciate it.
I show the good, the bad, and the very bad lol. I don't know if I'll become a top player of course, but if I do, I want this to be an authentic journey.
With that missile you probably wouldn't have shielded those specific mustangs anyways. He didn't know you were going to promote, and you promoted the ones not targeted. You probably would have shielded your lvl 3 mustangs instead of your lvl 2s, which means you still would have lost. If anything, that "blunder," was more of a boon. He wins a round, barely does damage, but you're still set up for a future round win with your mustangs.
Shield would've been better for the tanks in the earlier rounds so the lvl2 tanks could survive at least 2 shots from the orange man, he one shot them with nano so it didn't add any value
I actually wanted the Heavy Armor, not Nano. In the video, you see me kind of do a hesitation when I grab the Nano. It's because I meant to take the Heavy Armor. I cut out that part because I messed up the audio. But I did mean to take the Heavy Armor instead. I've been experimenting with using shields earlier on lately. I kind of like it.
Not bad, i think the critical mistakes were the deciding factor in this game for sure, the first one could be looked over, by two in a row certainly cost you the match. Its a shame, but at least you got to learn from it, so its not all bad.
Avatar placement is bad. If you want to implement one do it where it is smaller or less distracting. Also you could use a 2d avatar and have some poses that react to what the game is doing. Overall I am glad you changed up the video but do some more experimenting. You are doing great!
No Avatar please! I get the same vibes from your videos as I do when I watch Gyle (He does Supreme Commander reply commentary). Might be worth checking his stuff out to see if there's anything there you can incorperate into your own videos. Keep up the fun videos.
Thanks for the suggestion. I checked out the channel. I appreciate the comparison. Gyle seems like a chill guy. I subscribed and will keep tabs. I like his flow.
I did liked the avatar, but he is occupying too much of the screen, one of the most satisfying parts is watching the units fighting. I think you could make him smaller, like half the size, and put it on the center
My takes (1500 - 1600). Anyone who disagrees feel encouraged to let me know: So I think you blundered this game hard, which almost made you loose. It should have been a win by turn 5 or 6. You were doing really well turn 1 though 4. Nothing I feel qualified to criticize there. But omg turn 5. Let me explain: The situation is, you were absolutely trashing him in the chaff war and you see he's transitioning into sandstorm worms and wasps. You go sledge emp which is useless, since the sandstorm procs before they can hit the worm. Then you tech into you single pack of mustangs. Mustangs are not intended for or good at killing high HP units like worms. Instead, standstorm counters stangs, because it forces a retarget, prevents them from killing wasps and makes them run into danger range. Then you buy temp range which is bad since it doesn't really do anything to massivly swing the round in your favor and you are ahead anyway. Also you don't buy any units. As a general rule you want use both of you free deployments in almost every round (80-90%), especially if it isn't a unit drop round or you are forcing out an important expensive unit. What you should have done instead in my opinion is buy three packs of balls. In hindsight I also spotted you could loan and go replicate on top of that as well (probably wouldn't have seen that in the game). Balls counter worms if you are winning the chaff war and are better than melters in this scenario, since you would be pushing as soon as the frontline worm dies and they are cheaper. Once the worms are gone your lvl2, itemized mustangs are more than enough to kill his wasp. They also aren't realistically in danger of dying, since you already have a shield from last round which would protect against Ion or Vulcan's Decent. You would probably win the round even harder and win that turn. If not you, could add on more stangs and balls the next round and win then. Over the last couple of vids I feel like you are a little too attached to stangs. While they are a good general purpose dps unit, they mainly counter fangs, wasp and phoenixes. If none of those are present there might be better options, so you shouldn't autopilot to going/teching into them. Although in this game the pickup was perfectly reasonable due to the item drop and wasp being on board. However, teching into them and going up to 4 packs, while your opp was already starting to build counters almost lost you the game. Still a good game though as you put yourself in a hard winning position early on.
the avatar idea is good, but the execution was kinda bad, but I think it would be more fun if you used a small custom 'static' png in the top left corner where your icon is, so it doesn't take up too much of the screen
The avatar is bad. I dont understand why some content creators put web cams or things like this over the content, you are taking up screen real estate that brings nothing to the video and only takes away from what i can see.
Not sure if you know this or not, but you can check what the guy got by just hovering your cursor over the symbol below his pic/avatar with the number next to it. Not too much faster, but every second can help
In most cases it will show it when you hover but for some reason it doesn't show everything, so I just got in the habit of doing it the slow way. I don't know off the top of my head what it won't show, but check it out next time you're in a game. Either that or I might be going crazy 🤣
Just watched every vid in playlist today. I grew up watching starcraft direct strike every morning, this is a great homage to that while I'm bored at work. It's cool seeing your editing style change so much while you've been figuring out your niche. Between the good commentary, soothing tone, fun editing, and gameplay; I have a feeling this will become part of my daily routine now. Keep up the good work and get Whoopin
Hey, im new to the game, hovering around 900mmr right now and im curious about this mustang choice around 6:00. Why do u specifically want them on lvl3 and whats the general idea behind them there? When i was trying to do some mustangs they get owned by the shields upgrades.
The reason I opted for the Mustangs is because they aren’t great in the beginning, but they scale very well. The DPS (damage per second) of level one Mustangs is 87.5. Against units with Armor Enhancement, because it blocks 60 of incoming damage, the Mustangs don’t actually do any damage to them because even though their DPS is 87.5, their attacks are only 35. The DPS of level three Mustangs is 262.5, which is significantly higher. Against units with Armor Enhancement, their adjusted DPS is 112.5. Not great, but this is without any attack upgrades or Armor Piercing tech. Level four Mustangs have a DPS of 350; level five, 437.5. If we took a level five Mustang against Armor Enhancements, its effective DPS is 287.5, which is still really good. And again, this is without upgrades, AP tech, or cards (such as Improved or Advanced Firepower Control Systems). Just for S&G, let’s say we had level five Mustangs with AP tech, level two attack upgrades from the tower, and the Advanced Firepower Control System card, their DPS would then be 1,662.5 (1,512.5 DPS versus units with Armor Enhancement). Basically, the idea behind it was to turn them into my carry units.
I tried to close it out with all of the sentry missiles and shields, but to no avail. When I didn't finish the game in round eight, I'm not going to lie, I was worried. 😅
I might not have gone for the Fire Badgers in the unit pick, because the Arclights were already serving that role pretty well against Crawlers and Mustangs, and two units in the same role is a bit of a waste IMO. The Typhoon would also complement that chaff clear role and give you AA, which your comp was missing at that point. I think Fire Badger would have been a better pick for your opponent, because Mustangs don't excel as a counter against Crawlers. I might be wrong here, I dunno.
Typhoon would have been a great pick. To me, I didn't want to make it my carry unit and I wasn't going to take advantage of its tech--so I just wouldn't have utilized it much. The Firebadgers do serve a similar role as the Arclights, but they were also front-lining and allowed me to put a lot of pressure on his flanks. I wanted the overkill in terms of chaff clear, if you will. I can absolutely see the Typhoon being an excellent pickup though.
Taking the nuke when he has only 195 health left would have almost certainly immediteadly have won you the game. You even sold your flank so two worms plus his wasps would have been hit by that nuke. I you are this close to winning the game the nuke is fantastic
Normally I'd look for an excuse to take the nuke but I was worried he was too close and I wasn't able to accurately judge the 15 seconds given his proximity. You're right though--if I landed it, GGs :)
