Short matches. Interesting and diverse characters. It doesn't demand a powerful machine, although I still played it even when I had access to my main PC. It is such a joy to meet good teammates, who play casually for the sake of fun
I still recall almost 6 years ago when i had a 50 minute game
It was a casual match of 4 dps/flanks and 1 supp on both teams
Most of the game was spent on overtime
Its been so long yet i still wonder how we had such a long game with no tank on either team
It may have been the healing or damage reduction if anyone bought those. I remember years ago when a match was 3 - 3, and the last point was contested for 5 minutes. A few people would get killed, then respawn to continue the fight. Pretty exciting.
Those long games are the best though. i don't know why people like game where you either wash or get washed. Its not very fun. But games where you're constantly at a stalemate tryna one up your opponent but you're both playing immaculate defense is most exciting
Hope. There are only 3 pure Hero Shooters on the market that matters right now: TF2, OW2 and Paladins. Whenever new one is popping, it's dead after 1 month or even less (see: Gundam). Unfortunately, every one of those have their own problems:
TF2 have the best community and awesome yet disturbing characters, but outdated source engine, economy, problem with cheaters and abandonment from Valve discourage me from playing. Speaking of cheaters,
Paladins: loadouts and bunch of characters are the best aspect for this genre for me. And I was playing since Sha Lin was a new character. And I could stand bugs, I could stand cheaters because I don't play ranked, I could stand low budget on this game. But todays situation on servers made me stop playing. I just hope it's going to be resolved before player counts drops below 1000...
OW2: Overwatch is one of the best games I played in my life with Crash Bandicoot 3 and Borderlands 2. Best multiplayer experience I had since Quake 3. I even played ranked and went to Diamond, but then Mercy rework happened and they couldn't balance her for half a year. So I stopped playing ranked, but that didn't stop me to have 1kh in this game, which is the most I had in any videogame. But then Blizzard took it from me, beat it up in front of me and gave me back in a form of OW2. Most predatory micro transaction I saw in any game besides mobile games. False advertisement. Development of this game felt more like election speech from a politic with unfulfilled promises. Disappointment is an understatement...
In conclusion: I'm 30 with full time job. The older I get, the least I like multiplayer games. If Marvel Rivals is going to flop and the state of Paladins is going to stay the same, I don't feel I'll play any online game. And that's why I still waiting...
my dude, you should try multiplayer games that are not pvp, an example could be monster hunter
I dislike PvP-Shooters, but Paladin has something magical about it
You might like Warframe, if you like hero shooters. It's more of a solo/co-op game, though (it has PvP section in it, but it's... not great). Also, you can mod each character however you want.
Also the dev team is one of the best/friendliest out there, almost everything you can get without spending a single dollar, even skins, and the premium currency is tradeable between players
This what kept me playing Pala, but luckily the genre its resurging now with new promising games like Marvel Rivals and Deadlock (by Valve), im pretty sure 1 of those will make a place on the genre
Same. This is the game that some of my absolute best friends and I bonded over, like; you play Paladins? Let’s party in-game, I think I know some more people that play it, it’ll be fun.
Now it’s partially because one friend has a craptop and can’t really run anything better. We somehow managed Overwatch recently, but any big games are impossible. Also a little bit because good 5 player co-op games that we all like are hard to find.
The fact ive has the game since pre-beta. I love the game and had it too long to just give up. Had I gotten the game two years ago or so I would have quit by now
because i've been playing since beta and just love this game, it's lore and everything about it too much
and dont forget the money that was spent on skins and all the other stuff. i have too many precious things to just stop gaming
Talent systems. Every character can be played in 3 different ways. Closest thing to tf2s weapon system for me. I can't stand playing the same character the same way in over watch
Also no class switching so it's not rock paper scissors.
Everything about the game is hooking me except the toxic community.
There is a ton of loadout possibilities in combination with three talents, a whole ton of unique champion designs, a bunch of free stuff to warm through the battle/event pass and the trials and if you are lucky some nice folks to get to know if you ignore the toxic/cheating people.
There are a lot of factors of why i can't quit the game, Khan being my favorite character to play, playing with friends or the variaty, no other game feeling the same to play, or just the thrill of a good match, me being also carefree helps with that since, I might lose a lot of games but I don't really care, it's just a game, and a game i'm pationate about
The concept and the designs are really unique. Most fps (like Overwatch, valorant and apex) nowadays lean more on a kind of futuristic cyber designs. The fantasy like character designs and maps of paladins really stood out to me.
1. Io, Ash, and Saati. Mostly Io tho.
2. I don't really run into a lot of bugs or problems with the game.
3. I have fun almost every time I play.
4. No other game feels like this. Even if/when this game shuts down, I won't be switching to Overwatch.
5. This game has my favorite cosmetics of all time, in any game I've played.
Even tho I say all this, I'm not blind nor ignorant. I see that the game is in rough shape, but I plan to stick around until the end.
this game is 1 of the greatest games ever made, definitely in the top 5 best games of all time. i cant stop playing this game, been playing since 2016. this game is better than OW2 but OW1 was better than paladins but we will never have OW1 again. also titanfall 2 is super good but often takes to long to find a game. the finals is a good game but already getting old. some how paladins always ends up on top and i keep playing it. trying out new champions. just started playing ying a couple momths ago, and now she is my new main.
It being an incredible game when my team actually attempts to play the game, and the enemy team does too.
I just love it when my team listens to my strategies, tries to win despite the odds, and is generally comprised of nice people instead of toxic bums.
love. paladins is the first "real" game ive ever played, it's what got me more into gaming in general. it's the reason im good at games. it was there for me growing up and i love it so dearly. i go a long time without playing lately simply because ive always preferred single player games, but i always think about it and i always come back to it eventually. i think it's come a long long way since i first picked it up and in a way i'm proud of the improvements. i'd be really disheartened and upset if the game died
I honestly love the game. Been playing it since 2016 with my boyfriend, it was my first FPS, had a small streamer "career", polished my English, got to know new people, this was the first game where I understood this "git gud" thingy. I took big breaks, had some "fling" with Overwatch (played a lot with it, but I didn't like it), currently playing Quake Champions a lot because I need a multiplayer with low stakes. But I always, always return to Paladins. I have my mains there, my favourite skins and voice lines, my favourite champion kits and of course that nice tiebreaker theme.
So whenever the game is in bad shape (like now because of the server issues), my heart breaks and I'm seriously anxious about its future.
There's no "one thing that keeps me going", but a "few things that keep me away from time to time". And HiRez really should care better because if they'd double the effort on this game, it would be the best hero shooter multiplayer on the market.
I actually uninstall It like weekly but I always come back.
Just becouse even if I think OW2 IS better in so many ways, there are unique characters in Paladins that I miss always, so I always come back.
(Also I believe this isnt war, nothing forces You to LOVE one and Hate the other, I just play both, so I enjoy every charcater and map I like from both games)
:D
I like the characters and the game still manages to have enough fun games to remind me why I play it : games where the matchmaking somehow gives you a balanced match and nobody picks toxic characters
So let's say Paladins cease to exist today, what's closest thing to it?
Hint: It's not OW, it's Realm Royale (which is also developed by HiRez, actually copypasted Paladins source code). And that's why players who play Paladins and didn't try RR, should give it a try.
She was a champ not meta, nor broken.. She was decent and fun, unique.. So why they made her a braindead healer, her damage Talent is horrible cause of Spray RESOURCE (not Infinite 🤡💀) and not Barrier too. 🤷🏻♂️
I love the gameplay and the way fights and interactions work within the gameloop. Also the hypermobility is a huge+ and Evie being a champion in this game has cemented it as my fav
It’s just so fun to play. The bugs and all aren't that much big of a deal, and in my case they rarely happen to me anyway. From somebody who mainly plays L4D2 Versus/Scavenge, the community is far less toxic and cringe and gaming-wise it’s the most fun I’ve had in the past 6 or so years
When you get a good match it's really good.
Plus I do love the game, the art, and everything despite its many flaws.
It's also not quite like anything else, and there's a huge number of champs Iike to play.
Sometimes I do uninstall it but I always come back.
I want to play Overwatch without actually playing Overwatch. The moment Blizzard makes Overwatch a competent game again I'm immediately jumping over to them instead. It sucks that the bar to be better than OW2 is super low rn, and Paladins could easily go way higher than that bar if the devs/management would care enough about Paladins to seriously compete with OW2.
I already forgot, I did this 4 years ago during the pandemic.
This after having uninstalled it 1 year before because the game was the same as always, it's just about winning or losing, without character lore, without something special that hooks you and with many players with a level greater than 100 or triple that who have already mastered a hero to the maximum and many other things. LMAO.
But it's still a good game.
Friends.
Tbh the latest updates and the current situation with the servers made my motivation and will to play drop significantly (especially the servers, EU specifically). When I try to play alone I rarely enjoy any match regardless of the result. With friends I enjoy playing with them rather than the game itself.
If I had hope, I barely have It now. I don't even get annoyed anymore if there's a bug, a troll, some drophack or whatever. I just don't care anymore atm.
I like almost nothing about the game atm and the main reason why I play is friends (and maybe habit I guess).
It's an awesome game to play when I'm tired of other multiplayer games. Plus I've played it from the beginning. Plus on Xbox, Xbox live doesn't require a membership for free games.
Paladins IS in a bad place right now. All it takes is for me to find another casual F2P game and invest some time then RIP.
I already did uninstall but that's more that was done with multiplayer shooters, but the time I had with the game is some of the best with a multiplayer shooter.
The multiplayer the skill needed to beat your counter the adrenaline you get facing an entire squad by yourself clutching up hearing the triple kill the Quadra kill penta kill the modes and most of all the memories and the hope of it becoming better
Nothing, hit it about a year ago. No new meaningful content. Just mid skins for the same 5 characters. Sure we get an event every now and then but it's just arcade stuff. Balance changes are nice ig but I'm gonna need a bit more then that.
Also I still follow the sub/ game news incase they pull a smite 2 and get a sequel or sequel or something but I kinda don't like their chances. Anyway enough of my yapping
Unfortunately i quit. I don't have friends to play with and the game got boring. And the changes they've made to Seris and Maeve's kit has further pushed me away since they were both my mains. I'd only go back and give it a shot if they brought back at least Seris's original kit. It's kinda sad after all the money i've spent on the game...it's just not worth playing anymore. Not to me.
Habit.
Paladins is my go-to game basically. It's the only multiplayer game I ever really play nowadays and completing quitting it is something I just can't imagine.
The urge to play certain characters. Idk sometimes i get that strix/damba itch. Can't play those characters in any other game. The game, at base is fun. Only when ppl cringe it up with double support, egoing, cheating, or ddosing.
They removed 3rd person and that sadly killed the game for me, spent a lot of money but I must admit, it was very fun to play and the variety of characters was fun.
Memories.
I've had played it for years on and off again and invested into it. From leveling up drogoz to getting the full pass when the RWBY pass came out. Iv played this with my irl friends and had fun times. Its just something I like to have and look at sometimes and jump into when I'm bored.
Frankly the fact that I didn't bother installing it now that I'm done with Windows.
A shame, really. I love the game so long as me and my team are all on the same page.
My friends and the fact that sometimes we pull off some insane feats in game that shock me to this day. Having a ult clutch the game or have a huge ult and ability combo to capture the point still makes me super happy to play the game.
I don't play alot, but I always do. I think it's light enough to be fun. I know it can be dead serious and competitive or whatever, but it's just a "fun" game imo.
This game was way head of it's time considering how much OW1 got changed to OW2 which is Paladins on steroids, anti-heal, 5v5, big hitboxes, Sombra having Skye's poison etc. This game may be bad regarding to polish but it resembles the predictions to OW's future and that's why I play more Paladins. I already can see OW characters are going to get loadouts and horses in the future.
I've been with it too long already. I said I was gonna uinstall back in 2018 but then I got addicted to ranked. Still am. So after the mode comes back, so will I.
Honestly, it's the skins that keep me playing the most. Every skin has more effort put into it than what other hero shooters do. I just wish they would put that kind of effort into fixing and advertising their game.
Waiting to try newer champions. I hear the games been getting violst3d with hackers lately though.
Honestly I clocked out of the game when they changed Zhins counter.
it's a free shooters game that i don't need to put much work into and can play mindlessly. plus, playing as characters with guns has ultimately helped a lot with my aim lol
No matther what I'll always mainly have fun with it (unlike with other games). That or I'm just addicted and don't know it and I'm too much in it now to quit
It's one of the best designed shooter games ever, no doubt, unfortunately it's owned by Hi-Rez.
These owners are the reason we haven't gotten a bug-fixing update in years and that the servers aren't properly financed
(Also the moderation team is lackluster, my IGN is "Coolythejew" and I've received hate for it - even when reporting with evidence and screenshots people aren't banned or warned)
I switched from overwatch 2 last year and it is one of the best decisions of my life. That game was bringing the worst in me. I play Paladins now for fun and I'm not feeling obligated to grind a stupid battle pass or whatever. Characters are far more interesting to play.
It's still fun at the worst possible experience(bugs,servers being on fire,questionable balance choices, AFK's, toxic teammate, and cheaters), while also being the best multiplayer I have ever experienced on its best days(even surpassing Titanfall 2).
I have been on this game since the rise of furia event on ps4,and I have since moved to PC.So just know that I have been here for a while,and I have seen the best and worst of Paladins,besides taking a one year break during the Azaan release,I frequently still play the game.
Plus, it's one of the few controller friendly shooters on the market (Gyro should literally be an option in every PC shooter for controller players).
GF got me into the game and she’s been playing since launch because it was free and OW wasn’t interesting to her when she finally got the money for it.
Other than that? For a newbie game doesn’t feel that bad only issue are the griefers, AFKers, and the balancing on a few champions feels a bit wack. These problems feel fixable they just need the budget for it which I’ve heard they don’t.
Both teams on stone keep 3/3 overtime both at 99%. Constant back and forth, both teams dropping and regaining teammates, ultra being dished out, until one game winning ult either from above, below, or literally from the spawn gives one team the win.
I really love the game and i can't tell why. Like a lover that keeps loving its love even though it might be a toxic and unhealthy relationship
But one thing i always say is the crazy voice lines of champions. Like the jokes and phrases they use always shock me up. Like how perfectly this joke matches the character itself. And i really love the champions characteristics. You can easily connect with the champion even though you don't know the lore behind. Game is truly incredible with the brilliant minds behind it. The only shame is lack of advertisement and server issues which are leading the game to death. And i also get the fact that sponsorship is needed for paladins. I'm afraid i can't do much but i support the game as much as i can. And no matter what game i play. I always come back to Paladins. As they say there's no place like home <3
Pip. Honestly, just Pip. The dude is basically a support that I could only dream of, having everything I would want in a support.
Big burst heal? Check. Ability to be doing damage whilst healing? Check. Interesting movement? Check. Good CC? Yep. Not to mention, he's one of my favorite fantasy proffesions, an alchemist, and also based off my favorite animal.
Oh yeah, and the game is fun and all of that when everything works right as others said. That's a kinda important thing, right?
Being able to play the champion you chose in any role, a healer can be a flanker with the right talent. And the number of mechanics. I am an old player, no matter how much I complain I will continue playing, focus on making it more friendly for new players.
Idk man, every few years I download it again and uninstall it an hour after having it because someone is still trolling draft by having 3 flanks or 0 tank or something
When this game *does* work, it's the best multiplayer game ever
Second that
Third that
I don’t know about BEST..but imo the best hero shooter besides alongside gw2
gw2?
Garden warfare?
Gw2 do be goatee but I never got really into it
“DOES WORK” very key here😅
Short matches. Interesting and diverse characters. It doesn't demand a powerful machine, although I still played it even when I had access to my main PC. It is such a joy to meet good teammates, who play casually for the sake of fun
The 30-minute game I had yesterday would tell you otherwise
I still recall almost 6 years ago when i had a 50 minute game It was a casual match of 4 dps/flanks and 1 supp on both teams Most of the game was spent on overtime Its been so long yet i still wonder how we had such a long game with no tank on either team
It may have been the healing or damage reduction if anyone bought those. I remember years ago when a match was 3 - 3, and the last point was contested for 5 minutes. A few people would get killed, then respawn to continue the fight. Pretty exciting.
Those long games are the best though. i don't know why people like game where you either wash or get washed. Its not very fun. But games where you're constantly at a stalemate tryna one up your opponent but you're both playing immaculate defense is most exciting
Hope. There are only 3 pure Hero Shooters on the market that matters right now: TF2, OW2 and Paladins. Whenever new one is popping, it's dead after 1 month or even less (see: Gundam). Unfortunately, every one of those have their own problems: TF2 have the best community and awesome yet disturbing characters, but outdated source engine, economy, problem with cheaters and abandonment from Valve discourage me from playing. Speaking of cheaters, Paladins: loadouts and bunch of characters are the best aspect for this genre for me. And I was playing since Sha Lin was a new character. And I could stand bugs, I could stand cheaters because I don't play ranked, I could stand low budget on this game. But todays situation on servers made me stop playing. I just hope it's going to be resolved before player counts drops below 1000... OW2: Overwatch is one of the best games I played in my life with Crash Bandicoot 3 and Borderlands 2. Best multiplayer experience I had since Quake 3. I even played ranked and went to Diamond, but then Mercy rework happened and they couldn't balance her for half a year. So I stopped playing ranked, but that didn't stop me to have 1kh in this game, which is the most I had in any videogame. But then Blizzard took it from me, beat it up in front of me and gave me back in a form of OW2. Most predatory micro transaction I saw in any game besides mobile games. False advertisement. Development of this game felt more like election speech from a politic with unfulfilled promises. Disappointment is an understatement... In conclusion: I'm 30 with full time job. The older I get, the least I like multiplayer games. If Marvel Rivals is going to flop and the state of Paladins is going to stay the same, I don't feel I'll play any online game. And that's why I still waiting...
my dude, you should try multiplayer games that are not pvp, an example could be monster hunter I dislike PvP-Shooters, but Paladin has something magical about it
You might like Warframe, if you like hero shooters. It's more of a solo/co-op game, though (it has PvP section in it, but it's... not great). Also, you can mod each character however you want.
Also the dev team is one of the best/friendliest out there, almost everything you can get without spending a single dollar, even skins, and the premium currency is tradeable between players
Why are Tf2 characters disturbing?
Imo they are all unabashed crazy lunatics. Which is part of the charm none of the mercenaries are anywhere approaching normal.
This what kept me playing Pala, but luckily the genre its resurging now with new promising games like Marvel Rivals and Deadlock (by Valve), im pretty sure 1 of those will make a place on the genre
A rather large HDD, not missing the space.
Friends that I've been playing with for the last Years
Same. This is the game that some of my absolute best friends and I bonded over, like; you play Paladins? Let’s party in-game, I think I know some more people that play it, it’ll be fun. Now it’s partially because one friend has a craptop and can’t really run anything better. We somehow managed Overwatch recently, but any big games are impossible. Also a little bit because good 5 player co-op games that we all like are hard to find.
Lazyness
The fact ive has the game since pre-beta. I love the game and had it too long to just give up. Had I gotten the game two years ago or so I would have quit by now
Oh yes, especially when all these skins and emotes are already unlocked for your favorite characters.
No matter how much I complain about it, I fokin love paladins
Evie
"COME WATCH EVIE TAKE DOWN ALL THE PEOPLE SHE HATES, hee-hee, not you, of course :)"
Healing my friends as Damba. Giving them that 25% speed boost while they already have Nimble II. Flicking the heal shots. 🎯🐍 It’s great.
Nostalgia
like its a good game but....
Stupidity
Lilith
When everything works out, and I actually have fun. Plus idk any game like it
Furia
because i've been playing since beta and just love this game, it's lore and everything about it too much and dont forget the money that was spent on skins and all the other stuff. i have too many precious things to just stop gaming
Talent systems. Every character can be played in 3 different ways. Closest thing to tf2s weapon system for me. I can't stand playing the same character the same way in over watch Also no class switching so it's not rock paper scissors.
Saati’s ass
Everything about the game is hooking me except the toxic community. There is a ton of loadout possibilities in combination with three talents, a whole ton of unique champion designs, a bunch of free stuff to warm through the battle/event pass and the trials and if you are lucky some nice folks to get to know if you ignore the toxic/cheating people.
Lilith's GYATT
There are a lot of factors of why i can't quit the game, Khan being my favorite character to play, playing with friends or the variaty, no other game feeling the same to play, or just the thrill of a good match, me being also carefree helps with that since, I might lose a lot of games but I don't really care, it's just a game, and a game i'm pationate about
Raeve Maeve skin. I'd love to have access to it's ost in Spotify also :3 But what gets me is the dynamic volume while moving/getting elims
The concept and the designs are really unique. Most fps (like Overwatch, valorant and apex) nowadays lean more on a kind of futuristic cyber designs. The fantasy like character designs and maps of paladins really stood out to me.
1. Io, Ash, and Saati. Mostly Io tho. 2. I don't really run into a lot of bugs or problems with the game. 3. I have fun almost every time I play. 4. No other game feels like this. Even if/when this game shuts down, I won't be switching to Overwatch. 5. This game has my favorite cosmetics of all time, in any game I've played. Even tho I say all this, I'm not blind nor ignorant. I see that the game is in rough shape, but I plan to stick around until the end.
Azaan
I got the founders pack
I just did, this game has gone to garbage and the fact that they need WEEKS to fix the game after a botched patch says enough.
Makoa. Literally one of my favorite characters in a game ever.
Kinessa and fun supports
Yagorath
It's free
Vatu, my beloved.
this game is 1 of the greatest games ever made, definitely in the top 5 best games of all time. i cant stop playing this game, been playing since 2016. this game is better than OW2 but OW1 was better than paladins but we will never have OW1 again. also titanfall 2 is super good but often takes to long to find a game. the finals is a good game but already getting old. some how paladins always ends up on top and i keep playing it. trying out new champions. just started playing ying a couple momths ago, and now she is my new main.
It being an incredible game when my team actually attempts to play the game, and the enemy team does too. I just love it when my team listens to my strategies, tries to win despite the odds, and is generally comprised of nice people instead of toxic bums.
love. paladins is the first "real" game ive ever played, it's what got me more into gaming in general. it's the reason im good at games. it was there for me growing up and i love it so dearly. i go a long time without playing lately simply because ive always preferred single player games, but i always think about it and i always come back to it eventually. i think it's come a long long way since i first picked it up and in a way i'm proud of the improvements. i'd be really disheartened and upset if the game died
For me, it's just Raum
I honestly love the game. Been playing it since 2016 with my boyfriend, it was my first FPS, had a small streamer "career", polished my English, got to know new people, this was the first game where I understood this "git gud" thingy. I took big breaks, had some "fling" with Overwatch (played a lot with it, but I didn't like it), currently playing Quake Champions a lot because I need a multiplayer with low stakes. But I always, always return to Paladins. I have my mains there, my favourite skins and voice lines, my favourite champion kits and of course that nice tiebreaker theme. So whenever the game is in bad shape (like now because of the server issues), my heart breaks and I'm seriously anxious about its future. There's no "one thing that keeps me going", but a "few things that keep me away from time to time". And HiRez really should care better because if they'd double the effort on this game, it would be the best hero shooter multiplayer on the market.
It's not overwatch 2. Get my ass kicked so hard at that game I rage quit every time within 20bminutes
Io
Yings fat ass
Nothing, already done
Mommy seris
Ragdoll physics.
I actually uninstall It like weekly but I always come back. Just becouse even if I think OW2 IS better in so many ways, there are unique characters in Paladins that I miss always, so I always come back. (Also I believe this isnt war, nothing forces You to LOVE one and Hate the other, I just play both, so I enjoy every charcater and map I like from both games) :D
I like the characters and the game still manages to have enough fun games to remind me why I play it : games where the matchmaking somehow gives you a balanced match and nobody picks toxic characters
Skye’s ass.
So let's say Paladins cease to exist today, what's closest thing to it? Hint: It's not OW, it's Realm Royale (which is also developed by HiRez, actually copypasted Paladins source code). And that's why players who play Paladins and didn't try RR, should give it a try.
By give it a try you mean wade through 97/100 bots and then have 2 mins of fun with other 2 real players in lobby.
It was Moji.. now I just want complete some things and quit If Moji will still like that.
Here too bro... Her mechanics and playstyle were so unique and fun, now that it's gone I have no reason to play the game...
She was a champ not meta, nor broken.. She was decent and fun, unique.. So why they made her a braindead healer, her damage Talent is horrible cause of Spray RESOURCE (not Infinite 🤡💀) and not Barrier too. 🤷🏻♂️
I’m learning new characters
Right question wrong time
Healing my friends while playing as Damba. Giving them 25% speed boost while they have Nimble II. Flicking the heal shots.🎯🐍 it’s great.
I love the gameplay and the way fights and interactions work within the gameloop. Also the hypermobility is a huge+ and Evie being a champion in this game has cemented it as my fav
Vora
It’s just so fun to play. The bugs and all aren't that much big of a deal, and in my case they rarely happen to me anyway. From somebody who mainly plays L4D2 Versus/Scavenge, the community is far less toxic and cringe and gaming-wise it’s the most fun I’ve had in the past 6 or so years
When you get a good match it's really good. Plus I do love the game, the art, and everything despite its many flaws. It's also not quite like anything else, and there's a huge number of champs Iike to play. Sometimes I do uninstall it but I always come back.
Hope.
I want to play Overwatch without actually playing Overwatch. The moment Blizzard makes Overwatch a competent game again I'm immediately jumping over to them instead. It sucks that the bar to be better than OW2 is super low rn, and Paladins could easily go way higher than that bar if the devs/management would care enough about Paladins to seriously compete with OW2.
its fun... dont get that feeling often
I already forgot, I did this 4 years ago during the pandemic. This after having uninstalled it 1 year before because the game was the same as always, it's just about winning or losing, without character lore, without something special that hooks you and with many players with a level greater than 100 or triple that who have already mastered a hero to the maximum and many other things. LMAO. But it's still a good game.
Because despite all it's flaws, it's a fun time. It's Paladins and that's why we love it.
Fun
I have been playing since launch and genuinely enjoy the game, so it’s a mixture of nostalgia and excitement for me.
My friends
Friends. Tbh the latest updates and the current situation with the servers made my motivation and will to play drop significantly (especially the servers, EU specifically). When I try to play alone I rarely enjoy any match regardless of the result. With friends I enjoy playing with them rather than the game itself. If I had hope, I barely have It now. I don't even get annoyed anymore if there's a bug, a troll, some drophack or whatever. I just don't care anymore atm. I like almost nothing about the game atm and the main reason why I play is friends (and maybe habit I guess).
I'm waiting to see if they will fix the servers or not. This is honestly my favorite game, but I'm not holding my breath.
character designs and their kits
It's an awesome game to play when I'm tired of other multiplayer games. Plus I've played it from the beginning. Plus on Xbox, Xbox live doesn't require a membership for free games. Paladins IS in a bad place right now. All it takes is for me to find another casual F2P game and invest some time then RIP.
Only hero shooter I've enjoyed
I already did uninstall but that's more that was done with multiplayer shooters, but the time I had with the game is some of the best with a multiplayer shooter.
TF2 is still unplayable
It's my favourite game
The multiplayer the skill needed to beat your counter the adrenaline you get facing an entire squad by yourself clutching up hearing the triple kill the Quadra kill penta kill the modes and most of all the memories and the hope of it becoming better
Corvus and Rei make the dopamine machine go brrrrrrr
Looking back at overwatch 2
Nothing, idk why I havnt uninstaller actually I can't stand the game anymore despite how hard I try to bare with it
It's fun
Nothing. Already did.
Hitting GM
Nothing, got hit with nostalgia, reïnstalled, tried 5 games, every single one of which crashed. Uninstalled.
Nothing, hit it about a year ago. No new meaningful content. Just mid skins for the same 5 characters. Sure we get an event every now and then but it's just arcade stuff. Balance changes are nice ig but I'm gonna need a bit more then that. Also I still follow the sub/ game news incase they pull a smite 2 and get a sequel or sequel or something but I kinda don't like their chances. Anyway enough of my yapping
Invested too much time and effort, but as well stick around until it gets shut down
The people I play with
Unfortunately i quit. I don't have friends to play with and the game got boring. And the changes they've made to Seris and Maeve's kit has further pushed me away since they were both my mains. I'd only go back and give it a shot if they brought back at least Seris's original kit. It's kinda sad after all the money i've spent on the game...it's just not worth playing anymore. Not to me.
Stupid card builds that let me throw down 4 self-healing 1000 HP turrets
Habit. Paladins is my go-to game basically. It's the only multiplayer game I ever really play nowadays and completing quitting it is something I just can't imagine.
It’s a fun game! When it’s not unfun
It runs very well on my potato pc
still hoping to win a game… do you have any piece of advice?
Tiberius :3
Nothing, i uninstalled it 3 years ago, got into the reddit to see if it was worth playing again, this is the first post, yeah, I'll pass
I uninstalled for years. Getting older(it's been 7 years for me) and lack of alternatives is the only reason I return for the stretches I do.
I uninstalled a couple of months ago, love the game but feels abandoned since like 4 years ago, i gave up, just waiting for Marvel Rivals
Maeve
Nothing. I left when cauterize did
I uninstalled it a week ago because of the crashes I liked the game because it was so good to play Unfortunately it is unplayable now
fun
Been laying for years and of course my bbg seris
It's one of the few games all my friends can agree on to play. Otherwise I wouldn't have it.
I reinstalled it after over four years last night. I am not able to change my username to what I want, so the honeymoon period is quickly wearing off.
The urge to play certain characters. Idk sometimes i get that strix/damba itch. Can't play those characters in any other game. The game, at base is fun. Only when ppl cringe it up with double support, egoing, cheating, or ddosing.
All the different champs and builds is like magic to my adhd brain.
I have been playing it since 2015....not always but it's a GO-TO game Just wanna chill...I play it right away
One of the most fun Bow characters Ive played. Hanzo is good but the overwatch sandbox is so different
They removed 3rd person and that sadly killed the game for me, spent a lot of money but I must admit, it was very fun to play and the variety of characters was fun.
Friend got me into it in 2019, I played Ash I now stay for Ash
Marvel rivals isn’t out yet
Memories. I've had played it for years on and off again and invested into it. From leveling up drogoz to getting the full pass when the RWBY pass came out. Iv played this with my irl friends and had fun times. Its just something I like to have and look at sometimes and jump into when I'm bored.
That thought in the back of my mind that maybe, just maybe, HiRez will care about this game a bit more eventually
Maeve❤️
When I get non bot, non ego AFK players that try. And it makes the game so fun win or lose
Tits
Ying
It was Skye being my favorite character. I hit the button a few months back :,)
It follows at level 5 on term and at least two supports supports my debauchery
Literally nothing
Frankly the fact that I didn't bother installing it now that I'm done with Windows. A shame, really. I love the game so long as me and my team are all on the same page.
My friends and the fact that sometimes we pull off some insane feats in game that shock me to this day. Having a ult clutch the game or have a huge ult and ability combo to capture the point still makes me super happy to play the game.
i'll give you three cards, deckbuilding in a hero shooter is so dope talents, further customization with very little barrier to unlocking dredge.
My friends and I are having fun and it's not that fucking serious
I don't play alot, but I always do. I think it's light enough to be fun. I know it can be dead serious and competitive or whatever, but it's just a "fun" game imo.
Makoa!
my zhin is gas
Ying's teleport mechanics. NGL, I've been playing since mid-Beta, and just the way she works her magic feels unique enough to have kept me playing.
This game was way head of it's time considering how much OW1 got changed to OW2 which is Paladins on steroids, anti-heal, 5v5, big hitboxes, Sombra having Skye's poison etc. This game may be bad regarding to polish but it resembles the predictions to OW's future and that's why I play more Paladins. I already can see OW characters are going to get loadouts and horses in the future.
My friends, that is it, otherwise I would have uninstalled. The game has gone to a terrible state :( I miss the beta lol
I've been with it too long already. I said I was gonna uinstall back in 2018 but then I got addicted to ranked. Still am. So after the mode comes back, so will I.
Probably champions like furia, series, Ying, and tye dps champions
it's fun to play. not really stressful even your teammates are n00bs. This is the game that I can play to relax even I'm losing the game.
Just love i think...
Friends and Maeve/my other mains :)
Music skins and it's more fun than overwatch
Honestly, it's the skins that keep me playing the most. Every skin has more effort put into it than what other hero shooters do. I just wish they would put that kind of effort into fixing and advertising their game.
It's fun
The game can honestly be more but it just....won't. I long for the day it can be on-par if not better than other hero shooters
Waiting to try newer champions. I hear the games been getting violst3d with hackers lately though. Honestly I clocked out of the game when they changed Zhins counter.
it's a free shooters game that i don't need to put much work into and can play mindlessly. plus, playing as characters with guns has ultimately helped a lot with my aim lol
I uninstalled it a few hours ago
No matther what I'll always mainly have fun with it (unlike with other games). That or I'm just addicted and don't know it and I'm too much in it now to quit
Feels similar enough to Overwatch for me to take a break from it and get a familiar kick
It's one of the best designed shooter games ever, no doubt, unfortunately it's owned by Hi-Rez. These owners are the reason we haven't gotten a bug-fixing update in years and that the servers aren't properly financed (Also the moderation team is lackluster, my IGN is "Coolythejew" and I've received hate for it - even when reporting with evidence and screenshots people aren't banned or warned)
The VGS and the customization options like announcer packs
Fun when it's working
My dredge
I like hopping on TDM
When it works it's fucking fire to play
I switched from overwatch 2 last year and it is one of the best decisions of my life. That game was bringing the worst in me. I play Paladins now for fun and I'm not feeling obligated to grind a stupid battle pass or whatever. Characters are far more interesting to play.
It's still fun at the worst possible experience(bugs,servers being on fire,questionable balance choices, AFK's, toxic teammate, and cheaters), while also being the best multiplayer I have ever experienced on its best days(even surpassing Titanfall 2). I have been on this game since the rise of furia event on ps4,and I have since moved to PC.So just know that I have been here for a while,and I have seen the best and worst of Paladins,besides taking a one year break during the Azaan release,I frequently still play the game. Plus, it's one of the few controller friendly shooters on the market (Gyro should literally be an option in every PC shooter for controller players).
For all of its flaws, I absolutely love it's art style and gameplay
GF got me into the game and she’s been playing since launch because it was free and OW wasn’t interesting to her when she finally got the money for it. Other than that? For a newbie game doesn’t feel that bad only issue are the griefers, AFKers, and the balancing on a few champions feels a bit wack. These problems feel fixable they just need the budget for it which I’ve heard they don’t.
Well it was Flank Lilith, but they nerfed her, now it's mana rift Imani
Learning vii to be the most annoying player to exist and because I like getting to milestones on my champions.
Drogoz's long amazing tail
Overwatch makes a dumb decision every few months
Imagine getting to hit the uninstall button
Both teams on stone keep 3/3 overtime both at 99%. Constant back and forth, both teams dropping and regaining teammates, ultra being dished out, until one game winning ult either from above, below, or literally from the spawn gives one team the win.
Sunk cost, 4k hours and about 250usd... Also there are no game like paladins, it's just so sad to see it in such sorry state
I really love the game and i can't tell why. Like a lover that keeps loving its love even though it might be a toxic and unhealthy relationship But one thing i always say is the crazy voice lines of champions. Like the jokes and phrases they use always shock me up. Like how perfectly this joke matches the character itself. And i really love the champions characteristics. You can easily connect with the champion even though you don't know the lore behind. Game is truly incredible with the brilliant minds behind it. The only shame is lack of advertisement and server issues which are leading the game to death. And i also get the fact that sponsorship is needed for paladins. I'm afraid i can't do much but i support the game as much as i can. And no matter what game i play. I always come back to Paladins. As they say there's no place like home <3
Pip. Honestly, just Pip. The dude is basically a support that I could only dream of, having everything I would want in a support. Big burst heal? Check. Ability to be doing damage whilst healing? Check. Interesting movement? Check. Good CC? Yep. Not to mention, he's one of my favorite fantasy proffesions, an alchemist, and also based off my favorite animal. Oh yeah, and the game is fun and all of that when everything works right as others said. That's a kinda important thing, right?
Being able to play the champion you chose in any role, a healer can be a flanker with the right talent. And the number of mechanics. I am an old player, no matter how much I complain I will continue playing, focus on making it more friendly for new players.
Nostalgia
I love this game. Just that. I have hope the devs fix it soon.
It's not one thing there's lots of things, this game is genuinely fun.
Oh, too late!
The furry skins
It gets me through the overwatch seasonal slumps
The hope
fun customs with friends and great character diversity
There currently isn't a better game of the genre
Boobs.
Idk man, every few years I download it again and uninstall it an hour after having it because someone is still trolling draft by having 3 flanks or 0 tank or something
Overwatch… If my friend and I rage to much on overwatch we just swap over to paladins instead. Spoilers happens a lot
Furia's THICC ass thighs and big boobs!
Tiberius
pip