[OB51 Paladins] I'm back.. Cassie gameplay! (read desc)

Описание: OB51 Cassie gameplay! below is a really long rant related to why I left. Read at your own risk!

TL;DR: 4 month break due to stress/disliking Hi-Rez, I'm back until a good game comes along. Playing casually now. No Twitch/much less viewer interaction going forward.
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I'm back! No, I didn't die. I took a 4 month long break after the stress of trying to do everything perfectly (Twitch, YT content, trying to be a respectable Paladins personality). That stress released in the form of saying a lot of nasty things about Hi-Rez in a discord announcement after which I abruptly left. Looking back I totally would have gone about it a different way, but I stand by what I said.

In summary, Hi-Rez has a failing business model and is resorting to sketchy tactics to squeeze money from its players. The key to a fair F2P model is to ONLY monetize cosmetics. The current system forces new players to face either an insanely heavy grind to stay competitive or to fork out cash due to critical game elements being locked behind a pay/grind wall (legendary cards). This game is a few patches away from turning into a cash grab mobile app and it's up to the players to speak with their wallet and make it known that they do not want Pay-to-Win elements (like grind walls) in their games.

Other issues that drove me away:
Lack of QA (PTS is ignored, feedback is ignored, a lot of it is super obvious stuff)
Lack of bug fixes (gamebreaking issues for months at a time, e.g. Androxus reversal)
Low quality cosmetics. Take a look at Smite, LoL, Dota, OW.. Paladins looks like 2002 era game in comparison. The cosmetics are just plain lazy, often just retextures that they charge $10 for (think of Maeve's cat skin. Her tail is a freaking texture! Cmon guys).
copy-cat / half-assed champions .. clearly just trying to meet a quota.


*OK Hanzo we get it, you hate Paladins.. so why are you here??*
With all of these things I dislike in the game and with the company, it's still fun to play. The core concept of the game is great and fun, but the execution over time has just been poor. I actually don't have any hope for the future still, at least not until we see significant changes in management or direction. I'm just here to fill the void until something else fun comes along, and of course to hopefully put out entertaining content.

One last note about the future of the channel: I'm reverting back to my old style of just releasing videos whenever I feel like it, on whatever topic I feel like. I'm no longer concerned with growing or making money from this. This means no Twitch, no Patreon, minimal discord interaction, no viewer games, nothing that would require socializing or too much work. Also I'm going to try to be more upfront and honest and less politically correct.. just myself!

Thumbnail credits..
Cassie:   / splashbrush  
[NSFW] The artist (Splashbrush) has some great stuff! don't browse it at work though...

SPECS:
550 mouse DPI, 3 in-game sensitivity
Gladius Optical Gaming Mouse
mostly MAX settings, no/AA. 120 FOV.
GTX 780 / i7 4790k @4.0Ghz

Discord: http://discord.me/defnothanzo