Its also crazy that we haven't had a new Defender or Supporter in over a year. Its pretty much been just All-Rounders and Attackers since Umbreon (with the exception of Leafeon and Meowscarada)
@@jonemillester casi nunca juegan como auxiliar porque siempre les bajan las estadisticas, nunca tiene pases de batalla, y estrenan licencias unite auxiliares 1 vez al año (comfey llego al unite en febrero del 2023), pero el publico si ha llegado a usar auxiliares bastante, algunas temporadas lo fue Eldegoss, otras Clefable, y tambien Mr Mime
@@jonemillester because they auto lock on a damage dealer and then proceed to complain whenever they die because they suck at playing the game. Most idiots who auto lock on damage dealers are the ones that are dead weight and have poor performance points at the end of the game
No one else talked about the true problem of this game, monetization. Fyi, unite's monthly revenue is estimated at 1-1.5 milion. That's pathetic. This game simply doesn't generate enough money to continue developing. When was your last time feeling the urge to spend money on this game? Me and all my unite friends haven't spent anything on this game for over a year. I have stopped buying the season pass for a long time as the content is nothing exciting. Balance patch , new pokemon , new maps is impossible if the game can't make enough money to be sustainable
@@leejack218 That's what they get for constantly lying with playerbase. They tried to pump as much money as possible earlier instead of focusing on gameplay. Even got into controversies (Ninetails holowear) but still continued. Now no one wants to throw money at them as everyone is aware of their shady practises.
I used to play unite every day. But I haven't played for like 3 months now. I got unite in realese day and played it every day since then. But it's so sad I'm not motivated to play it rn Because it was so much fun to play. And unite has it's positives and negatives. But I feel like the negative oversight the positives
Draft definitely didn’t kill unite. You brought up a lot of other good points that have effects on the game though: lack of content new characters, relevant nerfs/buffs, new build options, etc. that (imo) have-or could have-a much bigger impact on the game than draft. Draft has been a positive change overall, for me at least.
I will always be of the opinion that the 'Unite Style' holowear should be obtainable through tickets, I doubt they're what most players are flashing the credit card for anyway.
You are right Chris, I’m gonna sound like not a loyal subscriber because yes I stopped watching you apart that I’m busy in life but mainly cuz Unite is more unenjoyable for me since the introduction of draft. People have always already throw games by having bad picks and even worst now with draft. I also thought draft would fix rank but it made it worst in my experience. I still love watching your videos when I can because your skill and you personality is so enjoyable to watch, thanks Chris.
It feels like for players with above average wr in ranked (myself for example 59% nothing crazy) and people who I interact with always have to carry 2-3 players with negative WR's in what is supposed to be the highest rank in the game. These players should be no-where near that rank. What happened to getting stuck in silver, gold etc it doesn't exist in Unite. Aside from personal satisfaction to know you are mechanically good there is no real incentive for these people to improve because they get rewarded with a sticker. Lastly Ray completely kills my motivation. Why is there a game winning objective spawning 2 mins before the game ends, double scoring and can be flipped within less than 10 seconds by 1/2 characters. Drives me mad
59% is INSANE in solo/duo/trio, especially if you have 200+ games in the season. Matchmaking intentionally pairs you with 45% winrates if you have a 59% winrate. They want you to lose
It's because if you are really good and usually carry, they purposely put worse people on your team to 'balance' it out which is absolute bullshit because bad teammates will make you lose no matter how hard you wreck the enemy team
I had to stop playing ranked for nearly 2 months, it made me want to smash my switch to bits. I'm by no means an amazing player but I can comfortably get master every season, I was stuck in ultra 5 for ages, every game my team were retarded with no brain cells and the other team were amazing and played like pro players, something needs to be done about the matchmaking because most games are lost due to awful teammates, I'll happy admit defeat if I was out played but not when my team don't even know how to play the game
The Dragon event seems to have brought a few players back, but they're players who have barely played 100 matches to start. This Full-Burst Battle mode is also spastic and chaotic as heck with these players. It's become unenjoyable.
They are messing up their release schedule for new mons. Like we used to get a new pokemon every 2 weeks or so but now we have to wait like a month for them to release another all-rounder... 🤧
Checklist for what needs to be done to make this game good again 1: New Map. How long has it been now? Too long that’s all I know. 2: Increase in Balance patch frequency. Need I say more? We put up with chaos for much too long of gaps I feel. 3: Emblem/Item Rework/Balancing. This could be so much better than it is. But it needs to be done carefully. But some items/emblems are just pointless. I’m looking at you Rocky helmet and Pink/Navy/Grey emblems. When will it be your time? 4: Justify the price of your skins! You want me to pay that much for a skin? Look above and start checking things off this list and I might be more likely to spend! Feels like this doesn’t need to be said but here we are. Anything else you think should be added to this list?
Make aeos coins easier to obtain and add more items to fashion and holowear ticket exchanges so that we can not have a ton of tickets laying around and if we regret spending on a mon there shoud be a refund system. That's all i can add.
The lack of content point reminded me of another game I used to play called Power Rangers Legacy Wars. It had a similar problem except the mediocre patches were 6 or 8 months apart. And they didn’t add new events unless the new character came out a couple months.
My issues have been with the amount of time i have to invest to get something i want. If i want a new character, i have to play almost everyday for a month to get them. The events are time consuming but have good rewards, but i can't even play the game when the side events are all i have time for. Not to mention the lack of a new map, ex pokemon not being fun, and lack of new pokemon that aren't attackers/all rounders. This game has felt more like a chore then something enjoyable
The thing is tho the matchmaking is really really bad and there’s no way to report trolling players or figure out how some players managed to reach masters with bad items. I’m not saying I’m a great player coz I know I make mistakes here and there as well, but I used to play unite with a 53% WR. Then ever since the M2Y era it just steadily dropped and now I’m at 49.1%. I was able to bump it back up to 50% when drafts came but that was short lived and now I’m back to my old WR. No matter what I do to bring it up (by learning how to play better or trying new mons), the chance of getting ok teammates is so low that I’m not motivated to play anymore. I don’t even play for hours on end or log in every single day. I pace myself so I can play on a good time, but sadly, being a carry all the time has become downright exhausting. Even when I win it’s no fun anymore coz of the stress when dealing with AFK teammates, trollers, and grievers. Unless there’s a real change coming to Unite, this is the end for me
dude the matchmaking is so bad I used to have a 56% win-rate in ranked but from the past few days it has dropped to 53 because I have only won 4-5 games out of all I player just because my teammates don't participate in a single objective collectively and don't know team composition or what role a type of pokemon has, it has gotten so bad that when I used to play unite I would be refreshed but now my day gets ruined.
yup i have played like 5000 games in unite and in game i got teammates who played 100 200 games in my opposition people have atleast played 2000 games this season the matching sucks, and the voice ban system so irritating atleast let me talk to the friends that i invited
This game was made to offer to so many people I think, but sadly, They made it bad-> less people play-> lower profits -> bad game quality ->... It a vicious cycle
They put draft in but people have no idea how draft or ban correctly. I honestly think it’s hurt the game. The amount of players that troll is also at an all time high. They should’ve updated the tutorial and also needed to add item advice to stop useless builds.
I'll still watch you cris, but I've quit the game because 9/10 i always feel awful after playing, and its unfortunate because i used to have so much fun with unite, but i literally cant enjoy it anymore. There are too many stuns, no new map, Ex always being broken, awful matchmaking, no reason to climb ranked, way too expensive holowear, lack of exiting changes, objectives being a literal coin flip, and kill timer all these things killed the game for me. Its so unfortunate because this game had SO much potential, but they literally won't fix the game after about 3 years.
I’m not a super competitive player, and i do wish new content would come out but I am still a daily player and still enjoying myself for the most part. That’s probably partly to do with the fact that I am below average in skill and still catching up in that regard.
I havn't played Unite or watched any Unite videos for about 2-3 months now, so is funny I randomly watch Cris video and I see this. There's too many problems with Unite, and the playerbase says so many possible changes to Unite, but the devs do nothing. So many possible changes could happen, due to there being so many problems: *Solo queue ladder could happen (instead of having solo queue being on the same leader as people who 5-stack and abuse the system by putting a single Vet on their team, etc) *Comeback Experience in Unite, if the enemy team has 1 player who is higher by 1 level, the ENTIRE enemy team gets a map/global EXP buff of 20%. If 2 levels behind, then 30% exp, Global. *Rayquaza is a coin-flip. There is lag in Unite naturally, and Rayquaza's HP is very low. Rayquaza dies in like 3 seconds... for a game-deciding map objective. Vastly buff Rayquaza's HP as a minimum, but honestly they should just rework or remove Rayquaza. I prefer Unite 2/China's version where games go beyond 10 minutes and the game is point based rather than a coin flip. Why even play the first 8 minutes of a match then? *CC Problem in Unite, with no diminishing returns. Why can Zoroark stunlock people with Shadowclaw + FA. 1st stun should be 100% duration, 2nd stun 50% duration, 3rd stun 25% duration, 4th stun immune. Devs/playerbase can think of a duration, maybe like 10 seconds at first and increase/decrease as needed. CC is a huge problem when game is so bursty. Moves deal 75% of a player's HP. Time-to-kill in Unite is extremely low, and the CC/stunlocks makes it so players can't even play the game before they die, 100 to 0 in a CC stunlock. *Why are the best players on a team punished, with increasing our death timers whenever we get a kill, assist, or score? This is nonsense. *Griefers in games without a proper report feature. People AFK or move around just to avoid the AFK detector, but they troll the game, hide in bushes and go afk then move or use a move to evade being counted as AFK. Some people feed on purpose (they equip 1 held item and run it down all game). These people who grief are even worse than if it was a 4 vs. 5, it's like a 4 vs. 6 cuz of feeding. Unite devs do not read or even consider reports, it's all automated. I really like Cris's content, when I played Unite last year or 2 I would watch CrisHeroes almost every day. CrisHeroes does informative videos that helps the playerbase improve (if only they'd watch and pay attention), but the game has been in a downward spiral this year. The game has been conflicted for years, between casual playerbase and wanting to be an Esport, Unite in the past tried to do both like many games, but that always fails. As more good players leave the game, the leftover players of any game can either be very toxic/bad which turns away more new players, and that's the case for Unite atm I feel due to there not being any punishments for trolling. Only the worst players are leftover, making the game even more unenjoyable on top of ALL the other things I said. There are more things I could list, but I just listed a few above. On top of all this, the Devs take forever to make any balance patches/changes, usually it's 2-3 months. For comparison, League of Legends used to do balance patches every week I hear, meanwhile Unite devs do patches every 2-3 months for obviously broken pokemon that they just now released or buffed to ridiculous degrees. At the end of the day, it's not the playerbase's fault.... it's the Dev's fault. The devs have complete control of Unite, they created this game and they can make any changes they want, but they choose to do nothing, for months. There are so many changes the devs can do, but they do nothing. Even last year I was expecting them to make major changes to the structure of the game, but by this point I feel it's too late. At this point, they would need a Unite 2, or a COMPLETE overhaul of the base-game mechanics and systems, add in solo queue ladder, so many things they'd have to change. I do enjoy CrisHeroes content, and I would still be watching if Unite was a game worth watching still, but currently I havn't played for 2-3 months and have no desire to play. I think this is the last year of Unite as it is before it goes into pure maintenance mode. This is all the dev's fault for their years of inaction. Unite 2 is now the minimum required.
tldr; Unite is an extremely flawed game, due to it's base-mechanics that actively punishes good players. The better someone is or becomes at Unite, the less they will begin to like the game. This results in people leaving Unite. Sure, people sometimes return to Unite if there's a cool new Pokemon, like Mewtwo release. But they will leave as the game's base problems are still there. Atm as of 2024, Unite is in a vicious cycle, where the most toxic/bad players are left, making a bad gaming experience, causing more good players to leave, leaving the very worst players possible who either like to be toxic/troll or are so bad at the game they don't understand what's happening They require Unite 2/a COMPLETE overhaul of the game currently, as an absolute minimum. Else I think the game will completely die as we used to know it by the end of this year Pure maintenance mode, like HoTS and other games I've seen die over time In the end, it's the dev's fault
I feel like they gotta also add more game modes. The dragon carnival quick battle they added is a good step, but we still need more that could be permanent or like, a weekly change. Like you could have a unite gamemode thats like Capture The Taco from PVZGW
My win rate is the lowest it's ever been this season - consistently hit 1600 with a 55-60% wr each season, this season I've played hundreds of games and still not at 1600, wr of 50%. What has happened to SBMM this season??
I'm sat around 1630. The biggest issue is team mates. They pair you up with people that just pick a Pokémon because they like it rather than composition. People that never fight as a team and will happily leave you to defend against 3 people by yourself. Your jungler will be off helping the side that doesn't need the help and you'll find comfeys just latched onto a Mon the entire game mindlessly spamming heal or attack.
one thing i wish they would add is a way to see numbers. its so annoying not knowing how much damage a move does, if +10 SpAtk is worth having, if a pokemon has more def then spdef etc. it just feels wrong not bein able to know these things
I think this game is very unfriendly to players with a high winning rate. The reason is that players with a high winning rate often match you with less than 50% of the players, and those players with a low winning rate tend to mess around. This is really frustrating. I can only say that the matching system Really sucks 😞
I still come back to the game from time to time but to be honest, i get burnt out so quickly when i reach master that i just stop playing. The map is the same every time i come back and the grind is just not fun/rewarding. I will be watching your videos anyways because i think you are a great content creator but its sad to see the game on that state anyways.
They haven't done shit about the ridicuous amount of CC in the game. Their balancing is garbage. I used to be an aegislash main, now due to power creep, shield form isn't tank enough to tolerate getting damaged and stunned for a billion years and going in sword form will get you death in 0.2 seconds. They made ex mons broken at every release so that those who bought them early with gems stomped everything. Forget about getting new content, they consistently made the existing content worse.
Unfortunately there are certain mons you need to absolutely destroy with CC to even have a chance and even then it might not help you. Look at Tyranitar, Gyarados, Metagross and Trevanent ... And Goodra actually. You cannot go near any of them without dying. Speedsters like Zeraora, Talonflame or Absol will wipe out any attacker with ease, usually one or two hits at most. I despise CC but until they fix all the broken mons, it's currently the only option right now. Zeraora and Mimikyu can just be thrown in the bin frankly. They're immune to damage whilst they attack you 💀 dumb
@@laurenceh2019i know what u mean, but in other mobas CC usualy for tank/defender/support role, but UNITE almost allrounder had cc moveset, theyre though, insane burst dmg combine with CC
@@loginan6179 oh completely agree. But even in this game Blastoise or Trevenant are so broken with their CC. Trevenant in particular -_- I think there are a lot of unite moves that need balancing more than anything
We love you Cris and I really hope they start caring about this game again. I've been playing only few games a day just to get battle pass etc. bc everything more than that is usually a nightmare, mostly bc matchmaking and also bc I got nothing new to play, epsecially as defender/supporter main. I quite like draft tho, even if team picks whatever, at least banning is usually ok. As you said, we need more content! We dont even get avatar skins anymore (outside battlepass).
For me issue #1 - matchmaking. How i end up having only leftovers? People who haven't played at least 10 games with CPU, people who roam around, taking farm on mid lane, ignoring scoring, ignoring teamfight. How i (2700 achievement points - kinda experienced player) end up playing with 3 guys with 200-350 points and one guy 1000 points?
What I do to at least get some fun out of it is try to carry the team by yourself, makes it challenging at least. If I have to play support, eldegoss and Mr. Mime are the only ones that can carry, IMO.
It's sad seeing our hero sad :( But imo the waning interest among players isn't solely due to poor matchmaking. Also the less release of Pokémon is a significant issue. With over 900 Pokemons already, even if the game reverts to releasing two new Pokemons/month, it will take years to include all existing ones. This doesn't even account for the new Pokémon that Nintendo will continue to introduce in future games based on new regions.
It surely isn't very exciting at the moment. I think the biggest problem for me which ruins the fun is the constantly bad matchmaking. The game is trying to hard to pull me down to 50% winrate with all these
It will get better my Friend, you are doing great Job, curently im also tired of Unite but will try to get back cause its still pokemon :) Keep up with this !
I had an idea for a splatoon debate like competitive raid boss mode Pokémon Unite Gamemode idea Boss Rush and Defense: A game mode where your teams pick between two legendaries like kyorge and groudon and then pick between offense and defense. In offense you attack the enemy teams legendary while they and the team fights back but you have a buff from your legendary that makes you stronger. For defense it’s the reverse of offense and the boss has like a million health globally and each team tries to rush it the other legendary down with the first to ko the legendary winnings
Pokemon Unite is slowly turning into a Graveyard... 😔 And what i basically want in Pokemon Unite: New map(probably like Kyogre and Groudon type map thing 🧍) New emblems New Character(pokemon) for support and defender New held item(?) Rework some Pokemon(like garchomp 🤔) New Ui(?) (idk lol) And some new Chat bubble system Thats all bye :p
I used to play daily but stopped in january. I'm still watching youtube videos and realised that almost nothing changed in the last months. Sure, draft is nice, but honestly if we exclude the new pokemon and the only 3 buffs/nerfs that matter (Buzzwole, Blastoise and Tyranitar) it feels like everything is the same since I left. No new emblems or items, same map and same problems.
New mode bounty:every kill gives a star and the Pokemon which does more kills without loosing have 7 stars max and if it gets killed all stars will be gone for the poke that killed it Say your opinions
I think another issue is that matches end up becoming predictable. As in, you get 10 minutes to score as much points you have. But when it welcomes down to the last 2 minutes, it ends up being the same, whoever gets Zapdos or Rayquaza ends up winning. I know this isn’t always the case, there’s a small chance the other team might be able to defend or might be far enough into the lead, that they still have a fighting chance. Unfortunately it doesn’t happen as often, and the game tends to end up ending in either being one sided or the team ends up surrendering. There have been few times when a game was close and it felt fun because of that, cause it really pushed both teams to do their best. I think there are 2 things that could help making each match less predictable. 1, get rid of the time limit, 2, instead of winning by points, you win by destroying the final goal. like I mentioned before, everything before Zapdos/Rayquaza can still be up in the air. You can be in the lead, your enemy in the lead, or both evenly match. But that could all be tossed in the air during the last 2 minutes. Almost makes it feel as though all your efforts for the first 8 minutes of the game don’t matter when the enemy gets Zapdos/rayquaza and end up winning. Without a time limit and changing how to win, instead of Zapdos/Rayquaza being an automatic win, it’s instead more of a temprary advantage. The team that didn’t get it could still get a chance to turn things around. As for how to destroy the final goal, I think giving it a high amount of points would suffice, similar to needing a certain amount to destroy the first goals. Imagine if the final goal needed 1000 points to be destroyed, so even if your team got Zapdos/Rayquaza and all managed to core the maximum amount of points on the final goal (rougly 500 max) they still need to score another 500 to fully destroy it. This way the other team still has a fighting chance, points are still doubled, and the game isn’t just determined by the last 2 minutes of the game. Another thing I’d like to add before finishing, is that they need to increase the player level instead of stopping at 50. This game has been out long enough yet majority of the players are all now at 50. But with how often one could end up on a team either with a bad player, or someone who stuck with bots, the game itself can’t fully register it. It mainly sees that the two teams have players at the same level, which tends to put solo queue players with randos that end up being lower or higher skilled. Can make it unfair when you try to play by yourself, and the game puts you against a 5 man team while you get complete random who are hard to rely on. There’s some other stuff, but you nailed most of them, the stuff I mention are some I feel could help.
Agreed. I love everything else about the game, but the Rayquaza/Zapdos endgoal is just absolute bonkers! Let me tell you something... I HATE COMEBACKS, in any game, any sport! If you got your ass handed to you, stop trying, just quit! That's why I surrender if I see the game has snowballed in the enemies favor. It's ridiculous that people get rewarded the whole win just for sniping a Rayquaza!
One thing I disagree is getting rid of time, in others mobas matches are at least 15 min long. With unite it's exactly 10 which is better for casual players. I don't mind getting rid of the end game flipper though
Absolutely. It's too late and there's no hope for Unite anymore, at least the international release. Unite has a pretty bad reputation since the unfounded P2W "scandal" that TiMi did little to try and address, and is just getting worse for those that haven't outright forgot its existence, thanks to the God awful Ranked mode, overpriced skins, stagnant player growth, etc. that contribute to the common gripes people have about the game. I think Unite is just gonna get milked until it's no longer worth developing. Real shame, since it could have been so much more in better hands. 🤷♂️
I still play all the time, about every other day or two. Sometimes ill take a break for a couple of weeks and come back. That's just to keep myself from being burned out. It's fun getting really good with a certain pokémon you like
Even though CrisHeroes's win-rate might be going on a downward curve, it's an inspiration for me to know that despite trying to play the best we can, things just don't go the way we want to. That alleviates my fear of losing and quitting Unite altogether. Your videos and streams taught us alot on making good plays and inspires me to go on playing Unite. I actually quit Unite for afew months due to my dwindling win-rate with rough teammates, but chancing upon your videos months later gave me the courage to try it out once more. :)
Completely agreed with emblem part. like why would you use +HP -Def emblem ??? and majority of them is like that. instead of having negative effect. you can have multiple different positive effect instead, it would create much more positive feeling having them even it's not meta (you know what i mean cris. it's like relic system in hsr, a game that cris often play during match making queue) and you can have free standard emblem set for new players to minimize the difference between no emblem new players and regular players.
Kudos to you cris for being authentic and honest. This is my all time favorite video from you. Keep up the good work and brace for all of the other "Sheep" youtubers following in your footsteps to try and capitalize off of your authenticity.
I actually don’t like draft mode. A couple reasons one it doesn’t matter your teammates will still do solo queue stuff like no one except yourself using a defender. And it takes up longer for a match. I don’t like that I can be locked out of a character when the opponents choose it first. I feel like I have better odds in solo queue than in draft.
it's because matchmaking is bad (cos how easy it is to get to master), now each time you get bad teammates you feel bad twice since you remembered the draft also taking more of your time instead of just playing and be done with it.
Draft hurt my experience. Sometimes I'm sitting there for legit 5 minutes till the teams are finally set - only to end it after a minute anyway cause someone alwasy goes afk. It's the right thing to do ofc but I definetly had more fun when draft wasn't around.
Draft: -Keeps broken mons down, but also makes people who only play a couple mons sad as they sometimes can't do their favorites (especially if it is good) -Takes a super long time to actually do it. 10-15 seconds per ban, 15-20 sec per selection, 45ish second after selection for a 10 minute game. You probably spend a solid 5 minutes going from matchmaking to game just for a 10 minute game. -It doesn't make people pick better. You still can pick just as bad of a team comp as before, it just isn't mirror mons. New mons are all attacking and/or EX mons that we can't use. I want another defender or support (I know Ho-Oh is coming), but constant melee range all-rounders don't feel as fun when we have tons in the category already. I'd also like if they did a rotation for old and new map. Having the OG map every once in a while (include Zap/Rotom/Dread) would be a fun difference where the game isn't always the same every time.
I still watch your videos every day. I also play every day as well. I'm slow to frustrate, but I also perform well and I find joy in it. I don't win every match but it is what it is. I'll basically keep playing and watching until you stop. I respect your skill. Trying to reach your level is what keeps me motivated to play!
Literally the only thing I can agree with is that Unite is slowing down about adding characters but ngl the rest of the video just reeks of desperation. Once something becomes meta we want it to get nerfed and then we complain that other mons aren’t getting the same love, just to repeat the cycle again.
The developers need to engage more often with their players if they don't want the game to die. I think them having polling posts for what to release can be a good start. By letting the fans pick what they'd like to see in the game. • Themed events like the current dragon one was good. Players were given a free unite licence AND a free holowear. • Working on completing lineups for different themed teams could be a great start. We're still missing flareon,vaporeon, jolteon. 2nd legendary counterparts would be good too. They could even release ultra beasts(like buzzwole) for every role(eg: pheromosa as speedster) • updating existing pokemon by giving them forms(duraludon evolution)
I started playing right after zoroark was released, back in (checks wiki) October 2022. The game feels almost exactly the same as it did back then, I did not even get to experience the change in neutral pokemon in the map. The most impactful thing to happen outside of pokemon balance patches and overpowered releases was the change to Rayquaza. It really is time for a major change to occur.
Hey chris, I hope you know most of us watch your channel for you, yeah I watched you for Pokémon unite content but if you had to move onto another game your true fans will still be there with you. I’ll make sure to like and comment to get your videos out there more
It’s funny because the last one they did is copy/paste from the last one. Still has Master at 1400 in the questionnaire, so they don’t even take THAT seriously…
Cris you are right, the player matchmaking is also so bad from 3 days I have only won 4-5 games, the players have negative win-rate and that has made me enjoy unite less and less although I still love to watch your videos and hope to play like you one day your viewership has dropped by a lot, just 17k in 11hrs
I've been watching less and content, and played even less, but not because I've grown distant from it or have stopped liking Unite, but rather because my work has intensified, but you're always a good watch whenever I have free time. Keep up the good work, Chris!! I love your content (and your accent)
A lot of valid points and I really think a new map would bring back a lot of content and people. I mean we’ve had the same map for like 2 years already, new Pokémon can add a breath of life for a few weeks but it gets tiring just playing the same map over and over again. So my map idea is: -Black and White theme -city themed, so the map is a city and you can walk in peoples houses😂 -3 bosses (Kyreum, Zekrom and Reshiram) chosen at random that provide different effects and it’s pretty much a gamble on what big objective you’re gonna get. -mini objectives are the swords of justice or some other Gen 5 Pokémon -etc etc
@@sergiomurilodosreisdesouza9245 Define "alot of players". I'm very sure most of those either are just new to the game, low win rate players or not even playing the game above 2 years.
@@enrithomas7194 estava falando do league of legends que tem o mesmo mapa a anos e sempre tem jogadores, por que querendo ou não é o moba que gente tem que compararmos pq ele que expirar outros mobas a surgirem
I agree with you on everything especially the matchmaking.. i would get so mad becuz i kept on getting very terrible teammates and im the type of guy that hates losing and keep a high win rate. But besides that i would usually get noobies who would go afk for a bit then come back then go afk it gets so frustrating. I would have to go into their discord and find somewhat good teammates to play with.
Never stopped watching your videos but for the past 6-8 months I have definitely slowed down playing PU, I play it maybe once or twice a week. The game just got stale to play and with the lack of new content and balance patches I find myself just wanting to play other games. I really hope they surprise us with a new map maybe like a gold/silver or diamond/pearl themed map but I feel as though Timi is just going to put us on the back burner until the Chinese version is out. I just really hope they start being more open about what’s going on and come out with a road map to get us exited again but sadly since release they’ve been very closed doors I feel as though that will continue and will lead to the end of the game at least in the west
I still play the game, this days I was playing the dragon mode which at least is fun cause ranked is so frustrating. I am sad that Timi does nothing for the game, every corner of it feels like they forgot about it. The emblems, the tickets shops, the maps... I still watch your videos, at this point is because I like your way of doing content so if you decide to try another game I will follow you and at least give it a try. Still, I hope this game can be saved, I think it has potential, they just have to work on it a little bit.
Stopped playing a little over a month ago and couldn't be happier. Miss watching these creators I supported for so long, and fun as the game is, it's just too stressful.
I've been back on for about 4 seasons, and this is the first season I feel ranked is fun/balanced enough that I might grind to 1600. Draft is relatively well implemented, it has eliminated the mirror matches, and pushed some players to pick for the team. I agree its lacking content now. A new map would be great for season 20-21. I'd hate to see this game falloff now that ranked is ~balanced.
The funny thing about draft is it doesn't feel like Im getting paired with decent teammates, the amount of times I'd had 4 Attackers on my team and we get completely demolished within 3 minutes when the enemy team counters and picks Speedsters and All-rounders is sad.
We need to talk about Indian seever. It's been absolutely terrible. Red pings all time, joystick just stops working randomly, it's just been so bad. And I've talked with a lot of people and it's been happening to quite a few one's
I did stopped playing unite for the most part of the year missed all three releases and also free miraidon I do play now but not anywhere near to what I used to and also used to consume lot Pokemon unite content specially you I used to watch every single video on all of your channels but this year this would one of the few of your that I'm watching I also had a plan of starting my own channel because i love the game and I'm also good at it and also because my country don't really have any pro unite content creator like you who teaches players base and make them good eventually but now i don't even think about it and i barely play the game and watch content to learn don't even know anything about the tournaments going on now to even do anything
I still play daily, but my two friends who I’ve done duo and trio with since like season 2 barely play any more, mostly bc of match making. My one friend has about 10k games like me and consistently get teammates with ~500 games. And yeah I was super excited for draft but also hate being forced into defender almost every game to have any hope bc the first three people want to pick attackers/damage dealers and even if I’m early pick my last pick teammate will always pick gengar when we have an absol and leafeon already lol, yet somehow the enemy team always has an eldegoss and trevenant lol even when I give people the golden lottery ticket and pick support the remaining 4 will not pick a tank to round out the team. So sometimes I just have to grief draft and play who I want so the game doesn’t get excruciatingly dull for me. Sad state it’s in right now
@CrisHeroes keep grinding. I’d watch you play different games right now if you started streaming them. Just mix them in with the Unite content. We’ll be here to support regardless!
thank you for your videos and content, I understand the struggles of content creation just too well. I hope you get a massive boost soon, I hope Unite will do something. I've been enjoying my stay here :)
I swore to myself I would go down with this burning ship but damn, the moment I tried out another game it just felt so hard to force myself to come back to this and find my flow again lmao, hopefully I can keep playing this in the future tho, maybe once Timi picks itself up and actually do something with a great game
I’ve played Unite religiously for the last two years, even achieving 1600+ for the last 9 seasons in a row. I think Cris nails some of the issues here, but this is what is personally killing it for me. -How long draft mode takes. It takes wayyyy too long. Why do get 45 seconds after all of the bans and picks? I honestly start to get bored. -Matchmaking seems to be at an all time low. My matches and teammates have been horrible. I have the lowest win rate this season I’ve had in… at least 10 seasons despite trying so hard. It makes the un-fun.
Feel bad for you Cris. For your sake, and for unite players (I stopped playing like 3 months ago) I hope the developers put more updates and love into the game and make it way better than its current state.
I really miss old drednaw rotom zapdos map too i know zapdos was broken but they could always bring some nerfs to winning zapdos like rayquaza it would be so good to have different maps to grind
I respect your objective view and honesty despite knowing that your livelihood depends on this game. It really does lack of new content sadly, been playing less and watch more.
Don’t worry Cris, I’m not goin anywhere. I wish timi would watch this vid and read some of the comments because everyone brings up good points. If unite goes down I’ll follow you to a new game!
Draft is indeed miserable for the player base. Before I could somewhat react to bad picks, but now as the highest mmr player - if I dont get matched up with the 45% duo queues- I get the first pick and I have to rely on my teammates to react decently to the upfollowing choices of the opponents. And all I am left with are Deci and Greninja last picks. I play so much Trevenant now as first pick because it seems to be the only way to securely balance the teamcomp. Is that fun on the long run? - no, of course not.
It is so sad seeing this. This game has so much potential for many things, but Timi is just being weird. I am here for the long run, it is always fun watching your content Cris. Also, much respect to you, dealing with ranked and all the problems Unite has.
This game reamly went downhill right now im thinking to stop the game because i cant stand my teamate some pokemon in the game are just unfun to play against (deciduey leafeon miascarada scither metagross unbreon and many more) and being in a cycle of losing wining then many win to end up having a lose streak becaus we end diyng at raquaza (worst element of the game btw) because tye ennemi team spam there unite at the same time or cc so i guess it will be the last month before i quit
The thing is. Unite is still a fun game to play even if there are no big changes every patch , I know it's only effecting the content creators so far ,but If the Devs didn't do anything about it ,then as you said,the players will get bored of the game and will eventually disappear. if they did something about the emblems , map ,held items and new characters as mentioned it will save the game for the long run
I've been playing every day for 2 years but I think I'm done. Matchmaking will never be fixed for the better. I will always be paired with players who are bad or willingly give up with no repercussions.
Man i thought that draft was going to make the game so much fun again but its super slow and i just keep getting teammates that either dont ban anything or because someone took their cinderace or something they quit the whole game and make everyone restart (that happened to me 3 times in a row once) this game 100% needs a playlist for ranked
Personally, back in the day I used to watch 4 to 5 channels. Now I only watch your content. Thanks for staying somewhat motivated. Hope It gets better!
Got to Master rank a couple of days ago, and ranked has never been more of a hassle than right now. Farm stealers, jungle stealers, trolls, people going afk, the wrong items, horrible team comps, back cappers, peeps ignoring Rayquaza, it's just too much!
I guess I watch more of your DLC than your main channel. Ranked matches are getting more annoying rather than hard that I've been playing more HSR and WUWA than Pokémon unite in the last few months, but I'll stick around with you till the end of the game, you are still my favourite CC for this game
Them changing the release schedule of new Pkmn is what killed it for me. There's nothing new to look out for in this game now with how slow the new releases are
I'm still watching and playing Unite but I completely agree with the issues you addressed in this video. To me it seems TiMi has slowly stopped investing in this game... Which is a shame cause it's such a fun moba with so much potential.
Matching is really the main issue for good players (solo or duo ques) Nowadays i just play for kills and better rotation and stuff which makes me feel better rather then focusing on winning cause its annoying when you have a bot for the teammates and you are dying and losing because of them.
I play more casually but I always manage to at least get to master. This season has been so impossibly awful that I don't think I will be able to. I keep getting games with players with 100 or so games. I play with people that have no clue what they're doing and my win rate is tanking hard which just makes it all worse
I finally came back this season after over a year just to check things out. took my time, got to master last night and excited to try draft. but yeah it was a slog the whole way. still watch all your vids + DLC!
Quick needs list: 1. New rank system (there should NOT be negative WR in masters) 2. New map 3. New mons 4. New rewards/emblems/events to actually grind for 5. More impactful balance patches/purposefully shift metas In the last year I’ve played less because it genuinely makes me frustrated more than having fun. Thus I haven’t bought a unite pass in ages, nor any other gem based item. If Timi actually addressed the issues it would be a good mine to tap into!
I think beeing able to use blue or purple emblems to counter specific pkmn would be interesting, right now the white hp buff is way better than having increased def or spdef, i think buffing emblems would bring more creativity to the game.
have you stopped watching and playing pokemon unite?
I watch and play less these days
Yes sadly
I stopped playing when Mewtwo was released, tried to play again not so long ago but Miraidon was meta, so I really stopped after that
Yes
I watch unite sometimes but never play it
Its also crazy that we haven't had a new Defender or Supporter in over a year. Its pretty much been just All-Rounders and Attackers since Umbreon (with the exception of Leafeon and Meowscarada)
The game will shut down and it will have never released a support battle pass 😂
@@Stephatoscause nobody rly plays support
@@jonemillester casi nunca juegan como auxiliar porque siempre les bajan las estadisticas, nunca tiene pases de batalla, y estrenan licencias unite auxiliares 1 vez al año (comfey llego al unite en febrero del 2023), pero el publico si ha llegado a usar auxiliares bastante, algunas temporadas lo fue Eldegoss, otras Clefable, y tambien Mr Mime
@@jonemillester because they auto lock on a damage dealer and then proceed to complain whenever they die because they suck at playing the game. Most idiots who auto lock on damage dealers are the ones that are dead weight and have poor performance points at the end of the game
No new map
Mindless patches
Ex pokemons but banned 😅
Timi is the developer 😢
Aww Timi im sorry bro great work. but you must be replaced.
@@leejack218 yo si lo aria en horarios que pueda dedicarle tiempo, pero enserio? tu dices que el juego no genera dinero? XD estas enfermo man.
No one else talked about the true problem of this game, monetization. Fyi, unite's monthly revenue is estimated at 1-1.5 milion. That's pathetic. This game simply doesn't generate enough money to continue developing.
When was your last time feeling the urge to spend money on this game? Me and all my unite friends haven't spent anything on this game for over a year. I have stopped buying the season pass for a long time as the content is nothing exciting. Balance patch , new pokemon , new maps is impossible if the game can't make enough money to be sustainable
Matching is also a big problem
@@leejack218 That's what they get for constantly lying with playerbase. They tried to pump as much money as possible earlier instead of focusing on gameplay. Even got into controversies (Ninetails holowear) but still continued. Now no one wants to throw money at them as everyone is aware of their shady practises.
I used to play unite every day. But I haven't played for like 3 months now. I got unite in realese day and played it every day since then. But it's so sad I'm not motivated to play it rn Because it was so much fun to play. And unite has it's positives and negatives. But I feel like the negative oversight the positives
Brain dead sentences
@@topheftyr533 English may not be their first language mate, take it easy lol.
@topheftyr533 lol what crawled up your ass today?
I feel the same way about this game.. too many negative outweighs the positive for my enjoyment of the game. If others still like it, go for it.
Draft definitely didn’t kill unite. You brought up a lot of other good points that have effects on the game though: lack of content new characters, relevant nerfs/buffs, new build options, etc. that (imo) have-or could have-a much bigger impact on the game than draft. Draft has been a positive change overall, for me at least.
Pagan
You forgot about Holowear tickets i have 3000 but they are useless😂😂
Bruhhh
I will always be of the opinion that the 'Unite Style' holowear should be obtainable through tickets, I doubt they're what most players are flashing the credit card for anyway.
this is a very embarrasing move, coming from big game like this..
Wdym holowear tickets i am a complete f2p player and i have 50000 aeos coins and 70000 aeos tickets and is nothing to use them on.
Wdym holowear tickets i am a complete f2p player and i have 50000 aeos coins and 70000 aeos tickets and is nothing to use them on.
You are right Chris, I’m gonna sound like not a loyal subscriber because yes I stopped watching you apart that I’m busy in life but mainly cuz Unite is more unenjoyable for me since the introduction of draft. People have always already throw games by having bad picks and even worst now with draft. I also thought draft would fix rank but it made it worst in my experience. I still love watching your videos when I can because your skill and you personality is so enjoyable to watch, thanks Chris.
This... i'm always the first pick and get hard countered while my team eats glue in a corner *picking lane exp share cinderace*
Ikr, the number of times my teammate will be either absent or braindead and then doesn't ban anything 😭
It feels like for players with above average wr in ranked (myself for example 59% nothing crazy) and people who I interact with always have to carry 2-3 players with negative WR's in what is supposed to be the highest rank in the game. These players should be no-where near that rank. What happened to getting stuck in silver, gold etc it doesn't exist in Unite. Aside from personal satisfaction to know you are mechanically good there is no real incentive for these people to improve because they get rewarded with a sticker. Lastly Ray completely kills my motivation. Why is there a game winning objective spawning 2 mins before the game ends, double scoring and can be flipped within less than 10 seconds by 1/2 characters. Drives me mad
59% is INSANE in solo/duo/trio, especially if you have 200+ games in the season. Matchmaking intentionally pairs you with 45% winrates if you have a 59% winrate. They want you to lose
It's because if you are really good and usually carry, they purposely put worse people on your team to 'balance' it out which is absolute bullshit because bad teammates will make you lose no matter how hard you wreck the enemy team
I had to stop playing ranked for nearly 2 months, it made me want to smash my switch to bits. I'm by no means an amazing player but I can comfortably get master every season, I was stuck in ultra 5 for ages, every game my team were retarded with no brain cells and the other team were amazing and played like pro players, something needs to be done about the matchmaking because most games are lost due to awful teammates, I'll happy admit defeat if I was out played but not when my team don't even know how to play the game
I'm only 52% percent WR but the same thing happens to me.
the more MMR things you has, the more unlucky you get with matchmaking. thats how timi tune the matchmaking logic.
The Dragon event seems to have brought a few players back, but they're players who have barely played 100 matches to start. This Full-Burst Battle mode is also spastic and chaotic as heck with these players. It's become unenjoyable.
The dragon event is pointless and gives you scraps like always
Did you mean, Dragonite Dustup?
(It's not a typo. Dragonite is so broken there it makes all other dragons insignificant)
@@shash8048 yeah is so broken over the other dragons and becomes bored that game mode
garchomp and dragonite just perma stun everyone in that trash mode
After getting free skin from 8000 event point i'll stop play that event mode😆
They are messing up their release schedule for new mons. Like we used to get a new pokemon every 2 weeks or so but now we have to wait like a month for them to release another all-rounder... 🤧
a month would be nice they do it every couple of months now.
Like every 3 months lately lol
Checklist for what needs to be done to make this game good again
1: New Map. How long has it been now? Too long that’s all I know.
2: Increase in Balance patch frequency. Need I say more? We put up with chaos for much too long of gaps I feel.
3: Emblem/Item Rework/Balancing. This could be so much better than it is. But it needs to be done carefully. But some items/emblems are just pointless. I’m looking at you Rocky helmet and Pink/Navy/Grey emblems. When will it be your time?
4: Justify the price of your skins! You want me to pay that much for a skin? Look above and start checking things off this list and I might be more likely to spend! Feels like this doesn’t need to be said but here we are.
Anything else you think should be added to this list?
Make aeos coins easier to obtain and add more items to fashion and holowear ticket exchanges so that we can not have a ton of tickets laying around and if we regret spending on a mon there shoud be a refund system. That's all i can add.
Oh, and also make extra energy tanks be bought by anything but aeos gems.
OH, and...... Another point! Give us more defenders and supporters and also give those roles more battlepasses.
Sorry lol i just keep forgetting stuff for some reason
Bruh. Also sorry should be a ping option and basically add more ping options.
The lack of content point reminded me of another game I used to play called Power Rangers Legacy Wars. It had a similar problem except the mediocre patches were 6 or 8 months apart. And they didn’t add new events unless the new character came out a couple months.
Oh wow, that's a name I haven't heard in forever. As soon as Battle for the Grid came out, I immediately dropped Legacy Wars 😂
My issues have been with the amount of time i have to invest to get something i want. If i want a new character, i have to play almost everyday for a month to get them. The events are time consuming but have good rewards, but i can't even play the game when the side events are all i have time for. Not to mention the lack of a new map, ex pokemon not being fun, and lack of new pokemon that aren't attackers/all rounders. This game has felt more like a chore then something enjoyable
The thing is tho the matchmaking is really really bad and there’s no way to report trolling players or figure out how some players managed to reach masters with bad items. I’m not saying I’m a great player coz I know I make mistakes here and there as well, but I used to play unite with a 53% WR. Then ever since the M2Y era it just steadily dropped and now I’m at 49.1%. I was able to bump it back up to 50% when drafts came but that was short lived and now I’m back to my old WR. No matter what I do to bring it up (by learning how to play better or trying new mons), the chance of getting ok teammates is so low that I’m not motivated to play anymore. I don’t even play for hours on end or log in every single day. I pace myself so I can play on a good time, but sadly, being a carry all the time has become downright exhausting. Even when I win it’s no fun anymore coz of the stress when dealing with AFK teammates, trollers, and grievers.
Unless there’s a real change coming to Unite, this is the end for me
dude the matchmaking is so bad I used to have a 56% win-rate in ranked but from the past few days it has dropped to 53 because I have only won 4-5 games out of all I player just because my teammates don't participate in a single objective collectively and don't know team composition or what role a type of pokemon has, it has gotten so bad that when I used to play unite I would be refreshed but now my day gets ruined.
yup i have played like 5000 games in unite and in game i got teammates who played 100 200 games in my opposition people have atleast played 2000 games this season the matching sucks, and the voice ban system so irritating atleast let me talk to the friends that i invited
This game was made to offer to so many people I think, but sadly,
They made it bad-> less people play-> lower profits -> bad game quality ->...
It a vicious cycle
They put draft in but people have no idea how draft or ban correctly. I honestly think it’s hurt the game. The amount of players that troll is also at an all time high. They should’ve updated the tutorial and also needed to add item advice to stop useless builds.
I'll still watch you cris, but I've quit the game because 9/10 i always feel awful after playing, and its unfortunate because i used to have so much fun with unite, but i literally cant enjoy it anymore. There are too many stuns, no new map, Ex always being broken, awful matchmaking, no reason to climb ranked, way too expensive holowear, lack of exiting changes, objectives being a literal coin flip, and kill timer all these things killed the game for me. Its so unfortunate because this game had SO much potential, but they literally won't fix the game after about 3 years.
Tbf I uninstalled but I still watch you because it’s not frustrating when it’s not me suffering 😂
I’m not a super competitive player, and i do wish new content would come out but I am still a daily player and still enjoying myself for the most part. That’s probably partly to do with the fact that I am below average in skill and still catching up in that regard.
I havn't played Unite or watched any Unite videos for about 2-3 months now, so is funny I randomly watch Cris video and I see this. There's too many problems with Unite, and the playerbase says so many possible changes to Unite, but the devs do nothing. So many possible changes could happen, due to there being so many problems:
*Solo queue ladder could happen (instead of having solo queue being on the same leader as people who 5-stack and abuse the system by putting a single Vet on their team, etc)
*Comeback Experience in Unite, if the enemy team has 1 player who is higher by 1 level, the ENTIRE enemy team gets a map/global EXP buff of 20%. If 2 levels behind, then 30% exp, Global.
*Rayquaza is a coin-flip. There is lag in Unite naturally, and Rayquaza's HP is very low. Rayquaza dies in like 3 seconds... for a game-deciding map objective. Vastly buff Rayquaza's HP as a minimum, but honestly they should just rework or remove Rayquaza. I prefer Unite 2/China's version where games go beyond 10 minutes and the game is point based rather than a coin flip. Why even play the first 8 minutes of a match then?
*CC Problem in Unite, with no diminishing returns. Why can Zoroark stunlock people with Shadowclaw + FA. 1st stun should be 100% duration, 2nd stun 50% duration, 3rd stun 25% duration, 4th stun immune. Devs/playerbase can think of a duration, maybe like 10 seconds at first and increase/decrease as needed. CC is a huge problem when game is so bursty. Moves deal 75% of a player's HP. Time-to-kill in Unite is extremely low, and the CC/stunlocks makes it so players can't even play the game before they die, 100 to 0 in a CC stunlock.
*Why are the best players on a team punished, with increasing our death timers whenever we get a kill, assist, or score? This is nonsense.
*Griefers in games without a proper report feature. People AFK or move around just to avoid the AFK detector, but they troll the game, hide in bushes and go afk then move or use a move to evade being counted as AFK. Some people feed on purpose (they equip 1 held item and run it down all game). These people who grief are even worse than if it was a 4 vs. 5, it's like a 4 vs. 6 cuz of feeding. Unite devs do not read or even consider reports, it's all automated.
I really like Cris's content, when I played Unite last year or 2 I would watch CrisHeroes almost every day. CrisHeroes does informative videos that helps the playerbase improve (if only they'd watch and pay attention), but the game has been in a downward spiral this year. The game has been conflicted for years, between casual playerbase and wanting to be an Esport, Unite in the past tried to do both like many games, but that always fails. As more good players leave the game, the leftover players of any game can either be very toxic/bad which turns away more new players, and that's the case for Unite atm I feel due to there not being any punishments for trolling. Only the worst players are leftover, making the game even more unenjoyable on top of ALL the other things I said. There are more things I could list, but I just listed a few above.
On top of all this, the Devs take forever to make any balance patches/changes, usually it's 2-3 months. For comparison, League of Legends used to do balance patches every week I hear, meanwhile Unite devs do patches every 2-3 months for obviously broken pokemon that they just now released or buffed to ridiculous degrees.
At the end of the day, it's not the playerbase's fault.... it's the Dev's fault. The devs have complete control of Unite, they created this game and they can make any changes they want, but they choose to do nothing, for months. There are so many changes the devs can do, but they do nothing. Even last year I was expecting them to make major changes to the structure of the game, but by this point I feel it's too late. At this point, they would need a Unite 2, or a COMPLETE overhaul of the base-game mechanics and systems, add in solo queue ladder, so many things they'd have to change. I do enjoy CrisHeroes content, and I would still be watching if Unite was a game worth watching still, but currently I havn't played for 2-3 months and have no desire to play.
I think this is the last year of Unite as it is before it goes into pure maintenance mode. This is all the dev's fault for their years of inaction. Unite 2 is now the minimum required.
tldr; Unite is an extremely flawed game, due to it's base-mechanics that actively punishes good players. The better someone is or becomes at Unite, the less they will begin to like the game. This results in people leaving Unite. Sure, people sometimes return to Unite if there's a cool new Pokemon, like Mewtwo release. But they will leave as the game's base problems are still there. Atm as of 2024, Unite is in a vicious cycle, where the most toxic/bad players are left, making a bad gaming experience, causing more good players to leave, leaving the very worst players possible who either like to be toxic/troll or are so bad at the game they don't understand what's happening
They require Unite 2/a COMPLETE overhaul of the game currently, as an absolute minimum. Else I think the game will completely die as we used to know it by the end of this year
Pure maintenance mode, like HoTS and other games I've seen die over time
In the end, it's the dev's fault
True
I feel like they gotta also add more game modes. The dragon carnival quick battle they added is a good step, but we still need more that could be permanent or like, a weekly change. Like you could have a unite gamemode thats like Capture The Taco from PVZGW
kinda want a underwater game mode(like the dragon mode but its just water type pokemons) but there's barely any pokemon to choose anyway🫠
@@crispyoreos Theres 9 water types if you include Urshifu
My win rate is the lowest it's ever been this season - consistently hit 1600 with a 55-60% wr each season, this season I've played hundreds of games and still not at 1600, wr of 50%. What has happened to SBMM this season??
once you reach 1600 its still the same thing, sadly
I'm sat around 1630. The biggest issue is team mates.
They pair you up with people that just pick a Pokémon because they like it rather than composition.
People that never fight as a team and will happily leave you to defend against 3 people by yourself.
Your jungler will be off helping the side that doesn't need the help and you'll find comfeys just latched onto a Mon the entire game mindlessly spamming heal or attack.
one thing i wish they would add is a way to see numbers. its so annoying not knowing how much damage a move does, if +10 SpAtk is worth having, if a pokemon has more def then spdef etc. it just feels wrong not bein able to know these things
I think this game is very unfriendly to players with a high winning rate. The reason is that players with a high winning rate often match you with less than 50% of the players, and those players with a low winning rate tend to mess around. This is really frustrating. I can only say that the matching system Really sucks 😞
This game would definitely die if you decided not to play it anymore, thank you for all what you do. You're the best content creator!
I still come back to the game from time to time but to be honest, i get burnt out so quickly when i reach master that i just stop playing. The map is the same every time i come back and the grind is just not fun/rewarding. I will be watching your videos anyways because i think you are a great content creator but its sad to see the game on that state anyways.
They haven't done shit about the ridicuous amount of CC in the game. Their balancing is garbage. I used to be an aegislash main, now due to power creep, shield form isn't tank enough to tolerate getting damaged and stunned for a billion years and going in sword form will get you death in 0.2 seconds. They made ex mons broken at every release so that those who bought them early with gems stomped everything. Forget about getting new content, they consistently made the existing content worse.
Unfortunately there are certain mons you need to absolutely destroy with CC to even have a chance and even then it might not help you.
Look at Tyranitar, Gyarados, Metagross and Trevanent ... And Goodra actually. You cannot go near any of them without dying.
Speedsters like Zeraora, Talonflame or Absol will wipe out any attacker with ease, usually one or two hits at most.
I despise CC but until they fix all the broken mons, it's currently the only option right now.
Zeraora and Mimikyu can just be thrown in the bin frankly. They're immune to damage whilst they attack you 💀 dumb
@@laurenceh2019i know what u mean, but in other mobas CC usualy for tank/defender/support role, but UNITE almost allrounder had cc moveset, theyre though, insane burst dmg combine with CC
@@loginan6179 oh completely agree. But even in this game Blastoise or Trevenant are so broken with their CC.
Trevenant in particular -_-
I think there are a lot of unite moves that need balancing more than anything
We love you Cris and I really hope they start caring about this game again. I've been playing only few games a day just to get battle pass etc. bc everything more than that is usually a nightmare, mostly bc matchmaking and also bc I got nothing new to play, epsecially as defender/supporter main. I quite like draft tho, even if team picks whatever, at least banning is usually ok. As you said, we need more content! We dont even get avatar skins anymore (outside battlepass).
For me issue #1 - matchmaking. How i end up having only leftovers? People who haven't played at least 10 games with CPU, people who roam around, taking farm on mid lane, ignoring scoring, ignoring teamfight.
How i (2700 achievement points - kinda experienced player) end up playing with 3 guys with 200-350 points and one guy 1000 points?
What I do to at least get some fun out of it is try to carry the team by yourself, makes it challenging at least. If I have to play support, eldegoss and Mr. Mime are the only ones that can carry, IMO.
It's sad seeing our hero sad :(
But imo the waning interest among players isn't solely due to poor matchmaking. Also the less release of Pokémon is a significant issue. With over 900 Pokemons already, even if the game reverts to releasing two new Pokemons/month, it will take years to include all existing ones. This doesn't even account for the new Pokémon that Nintendo will continue to introduce in future games based on new regions.
And even then, not all pokemon are worthy of being added in my opinion, or regardless of that statement, at some point the moves become repetitive.
It surely isn't very exciting at the moment. I think the biggest problem for me which ruins the fun is the constantly bad matchmaking. The game is trying to hard to pull me down to 50% winrate with all these
It will get better my Friend, you are doing great Job, curently im also tired of Unite but will try to get back cause its still pokemon :) Keep up with this !
Bring back and keep Full Fury, Panic Parade or make something new to keep us engaged in the game.
Exactly, they can do like a weekly or bi-weekly gamemode cycle
Panic parade got boring after a while, I’ll be honest
Or just have a dedicated gamemode tab
Yes! Give us more fun modes! Boss Rush too!
I had an idea for a splatoon debate like competitive raid boss mode
Pokémon Unite Gamemode idea
Boss Rush and Defense:
A game mode where your teams pick between two legendaries like kyorge and groudon and then pick between offense and defense. In offense you attack the enemy teams legendary while they and the team fights back but you have a buff from your legendary that makes you stronger. For defense it’s the reverse of offense and the boss has like a million health globally and each team tries to rush it the other legendary down with the first to ko the legendary winnings
Pokemon Unite is slowly turning into a Graveyard... 😔
And what i basically want in Pokemon Unite:
New map(probably like Kyogre and Groudon type map thing 🧍)
New emblems
New Character(pokemon) for support and defender
New held item(?)
Rework some Pokemon(like garchomp 🤔)
New Ui(?) (idk lol)
And some new Chat bubble system
Thats all bye :p
Also add skill based matchmaking in which you are paired with those players who has same or almost same winrate
1. Fix the mic ban
2. Fix the Reconnecting thing it should reconnect fast
3. Fix Matchmaking
I also want new defender support Pokemons which are skill based like hoopa and eldegoss and not like clefeble and comfeyy .
I used to play daily but stopped in january. I'm still watching youtube videos and realised that almost nothing changed in the last months. Sure, draft is nice, but honestly if we exclude the new pokemon and the only 3 buffs/nerfs that matter (Buzzwole, Blastoise and Tyranitar) it feels like everything is the same since I left. No new emblems or items, same map and same problems.
New mode bounty:every kill gives a star and the Pokemon which does more kills without loosing have 7 stars max and if it gets killed all stars will be gone for the poke that killed it
Say your opinions
Also the lag is insane. Its getting harder to play the game properly because of the lag. I fucking hate lag problems... They should fix it
I think another issue is that matches end up becoming predictable. As in, you get 10 minutes to score as much points you have. But when it welcomes down to the last 2 minutes, it ends up being the same, whoever gets Zapdos or Rayquaza ends up winning. I know this isn’t always the case, there’s a small chance the other team might be able to defend or might be far enough into the lead, that they still have a fighting chance. Unfortunately it doesn’t happen as often, and the game tends to end up ending in either being one sided or the team ends up surrendering. There have been few times when a game was close and it felt fun because of that, cause it really pushed both teams to do their best.
I think there are 2 things that could help making each match less predictable. 1, get rid of the time limit, 2, instead of winning by points, you win by destroying the final goal.
like I mentioned before, everything before Zapdos/Rayquaza can still be up in the air. You can be in the lead, your enemy in the lead, or both evenly match. But that could all be tossed in the air during the last 2 minutes. Almost makes it feel as though all your efforts for the first 8 minutes of the game don’t matter when the enemy gets Zapdos/rayquaza and end up winning.
Without a time limit and changing how to win, instead of Zapdos/Rayquaza being an automatic win, it’s instead more of a temprary advantage. The team that didn’t get it could still get a chance to turn things around.
As for how to destroy the final goal, I think giving it a high amount of points would suffice, similar to needing a certain amount to destroy the first goals. Imagine if the final goal needed 1000 points to be destroyed, so even if your team got Zapdos/Rayquaza and all managed to core the maximum amount of points on the final goal (rougly 500 max) they still need to score another 500 to fully destroy it. This way the other team still has a fighting chance, points are still doubled, and the game isn’t just determined by the last 2 minutes of the game.
Another thing I’d like to add before finishing, is that they need to increase the player level instead of stopping at 50. This game has been out long enough yet majority of the players are all now at 50. But with how often one could end up on a team either with a bad player, or someone who stuck with bots, the game itself can’t fully register it. It mainly sees that the two teams have players at the same level, which tends to put solo queue players with randos that end up being lower or higher skilled. Can make it unfair when you try to play by yourself, and the game puts you against a 5 man team while you get complete random who are hard to rely on.
There’s some other stuff, but you nailed most of them, the stuff I mention are some I feel could help.
Agreed. I love everything else about the game, but the Rayquaza/Zapdos endgoal is just absolute bonkers! Let me tell you something... I HATE COMEBACKS, in any game, any sport! If you got your ass handed to you, stop trying, just quit! That's why I surrender if I see the game has snowballed in the enemies favor. It's ridiculous that people get rewarded the whole win just for sniping a Rayquaza!
One thing I disagree is getting rid of time, in others mobas matches are at least 15 min long. With unite it's exactly 10 which is better for casual players. I don't mind getting rid of the end game flipper though
Pokemon unite is going to dead path
Absolutely. It's too late and there's no hope for Unite anymore, at least the international release.
Unite has a pretty bad reputation since the unfounded P2W "scandal" that TiMi did little to try and address, and is just getting worse for those that haven't outright forgot its existence, thanks to the God awful Ranked mode, overpriced skins, stagnant player growth, etc. that contribute to the common gripes people have about the game.
I think Unite is just gonna get milked until it's no longer worth developing.
Real shame, since it could have been so much more in better hands. 🤷♂️
I still play all the time, about every other day or two. Sometimes ill take a break for a couple of weeks and come back. That's just to keep myself from being burned out. It's fun getting really good with a certain pokémon you like
Even though CrisHeroes's win-rate might be going on a downward curve, it's an inspiration for me to know that despite trying to play the best we can, things just don't go the way we want to. That alleviates my fear of losing and quitting Unite altogether.
Your videos and streams taught us alot on making good plays and inspires me to go on playing Unite.
I actually quit Unite for afew months due to my dwindling win-rate with rough teammates, but chancing upon your videos months later gave me the courage to try it out once more. :)
Completely agreed with emblem part.
like why would you use +HP -Def emblem ??? and majority of them is like that.
instead of having negative effect. you can have multiple different positive effect instead, it would create much more positive feeling having them even it's not meta
(you know what i mean cris. it's like relic system in hsr, a game that cris often play during match making queue)
and you can have free standard emblem set for new players to minimize the difference between no emblem new players and regular players.
not to mention some stats in emblem is completely outclassed.
All we use is White brown green black
we actually only have 4 color lol
Kudos to you cris for being authentic and honest. This is my all time favorite video from you. Keep up the good work and brace for all of the other "Sheep" youtubers following in your footsteps to try and capitalize off of your authenticity.
I actually don’t like draft mode. A couple reasons one it doesn’t matter your teammates will still do solo queue stuff like no one except yourself using a defender. And it takes up longer for a match. I don’t like that I can be locked out of a character when the opponents choose it first. I feel like I have better odds in solo queue than in draft.
it's because matchmaking is bad (cos how easy it is to get to master), now each time you get bad teammates you feel bad twice since you remembered the draft also taking more of your time instead of just playing and be done with it.
I hope for changes
Same!
Draft hurt my experience. Sometimes I'm sitting there for legit 5 minutes till the teams are finally set - only to end it after a minute anyway cause someone alwasy goes afk. It's the right thing to do ofc but I definetly had more fun when draft wasn't around.
Draft:
-Keeps broken mons down, but also makes people who only play a couple mons sad as they sometimes can't do their favorites (especially if it is good)
-Takes a super long time to actually do it. 10-15 seconds per ban, 15-20 sec per selection, 45ish second after selection for a 10 minute game. You probably spend a solid 5 minutes going from matchmaking to game just for a 10 minute game.
-It doesn't make people pick better. You still can pick just as bad of a team comp as before, it just isn't mirror mons.
New mons are all attacking and/or EX mons that we can't use. I want another defender or support (I know Ho-Oh is coming), but constant melee range all-rounders don't feel as fun when we have tons in the category already.
I'd also like if they did a rotation for old and new map. Having the OG map every once in a while (include Zap/Rotom/Dread) would be a fun difference where the game isn't always the same every time.
Kinda boring with ranked map, i want rotom zapdos. If im remembr the first time UNITE was release we can select map we want to play
I still watch your videos every day. I also play every day as well. I'm slow to frustrate, but I also perform well and I find joy in it. I don't win every match but it is what it is. I'll basically keep playing and watching until you stop. I respect your skill. Trying to reach your level is what keeps me motivated to play!
Literally the only thing I can agree with is that Unite is slowing down about adding characters but ngl the rest of the video just reeks of desperation. Once something becomes meta we want it to get nerfed and then we complain that other mons aren’t getting the same love, just to repeat the cycle again.
Ima be honest I’ve some ideas they can maybe add in this game. Idk if anyone wanna hear my ideas but if so I’ll be happy to share with everyone :)
The developers need to engage more often with their players if they don't want the game to die. I think them having polling posts for what to release can be a good start. By letting the fans pick what they'd like to see in the game.
• Themed events like the current dragon one was good. Players were given a free unite licence AND a free holowear.
• Working on completing lineups for different themed teams could be a great start. We're still missing flareon,vaporeon, jolteon. 2nd legendary counterparts would be good too. They could even release ultra beasts(like buzzwole) for every role(eg: pheromosa as speedster)
• updating existing pokemon by giving them forms(duraludon evolution)
Game's goal is to make lots of money by doing least amount of work and that's what Pokemon unite Is
I started playing right after zoroark was released, back in (checks wiki) October 2022. The game feels almost exactly the same as it did back then, I did not even get to experience the change in neutral pokemon in the map. The most impactful thing to happen outside of pokemon balance patches and overpowered releases was the change to Rayquaza. It really is time for a major change to occur.
Hey chris, I hope you know most of us watch your channel for you, yeah I watched you for Pokémon unite content but if you had to move onto another game your true fans will still be there with you. I’ll make sure to like and comment to get your videos out there more
They have a questionnaire every month😅😅
It’s funny because the last one they did is copy/paste from the last one. Still has Master at 1400 in the questionnaire, so they don’t even take THAT seriously…
You are a fucking talented gamer man. And I like your video's/comments/tips.
Tbh I'd watch you play all kinds of other games.
Cris you are right, the player matchmaking is also so bad from 3 days I have only won 4-5 games, the players have negative win-rate and that has made me enjoy unite less and less although I still love to watch your videos and hope to play like you one day your viewership has dropped by a lot, just 17k in 11hrs
I've been watching less and content, and played even less, but not because I've grown distant from it or have stopped liking Unite, but rather because my work has intensified, but you're always a good watch whenever I have free time. Keep up the good work, Chris!! I love your content (and your accent)
A lot of valid points and I really think a new map would bring back a lot of content and people.
I mean we’ve had the same map for like 2 years already, new Pokémon can add a breath of life for a few weeks but it gets tiring just playing the same map over and over again.
So my map idea is:
-Black and White theme
-city themed, so the map is a city and you can walk in peoples houses😂
-3 bosses (Kyreum, Zekrom and Reshiram) chosen at random that provide different effects and it’s pretty much a gamble on what big objective you’re gonna get.
-mini objectives are the swords of justice or some other Gen 5 Pokémon
-etc etc
Mapa diferente lol está no mesmo mapa a anos e tem jogadores ainda então o problema não está no mapa
@@sergiomurilodosreisdesouza9245 Define "alot of players". I'm very sure most of those either are just new to the game, low win rate players or not even playing the game above 2 years.
@@enrithomas7194 estava falando do league of legends que tem o mesmo mapa a anos e sempre tem jogadores, por que querendo ou não é o moba que gente tem que compararmos pq ele que expirar outros mobas a surgirem
I agree with you on everything especially the matchmaking.. i would get so mad becuz i kept on getting very terrible teammates and im the type of guy that hates losing and keep a high win rate. But besides that i would usually get noobies who would go afk for a bit then come back then go afk it gets so frustrating. I would have to go into their discord and find somewhat good teammates to play with.
your pfp seems a bit cursed💀
@@Shinobukocho-giyu eh? She my queen
Never stopped watching your videos but for the past 6-8 months I have definitely slowed down playing PU, I play it maybe once or twice a week. The game just got stale to play and with the lack of new content and balance patches I find myself just wanting to play other games. I really hope they surprise us with a new map maybe like a gold/silver or diamond/pearl themed map but I feel as though Timi is just going to put us on the back burner until the Chinese version is out. I just really hope they start being more open about what’s going on and come out with a road map to get us exited again but sadly since release they’ve been very closed doors I feel as though that will continue and will lead to the end of the game at least in the west
I like your content Cris, hope you keep making it
I still play the game, this days I was playing the dragon mode which at least is fun cause ranked is so frustrating. I am sad that Timi does nothing for the game, every corner of it feels like they forgot about it. The emblems, the tickets shops, the maps...
I still watch your videos, at this point is because I like your way of doing content so if you decide to try another game I will follow you and at least give it a try.
Still, I hope this game can be saved, I think it has potential, they just have to work on it a little bit.
Stopped playing a little over a month ago and couldn't be happier. Miss watching these creators I supported for so long, and fun as the game is, it's just too stressful.
I've been back on for about 4 seasons, and this is the first season I feel ranked is fun/balanced enough that I might grind to 1600.
Draft is relatively well implemented, it has eliminated the mirror matches, and pushed some players to pick for the team.
I agree its lacking content now. A new map would be great for season 20-21.
I'd hate to see this game falloff now that ranked is ~balanced.
The funny thing about draft is it doesn't feel like Im getting paired with decent teammates, the amount of times I'd had 4 Attackers on my team and we get completely demolished within 3 minutes when the enemy team counters and picks Speedsters and All-rounders is sad.
We need to talk about Indian seever. It's been absolutely terrible. Red pings all time, joystick just stops working randomly, it's just been so bad.
And I've talked with a lot of people and it's been happening to quite a few one's
I did stopped playing unite for the most part of the year missed all three releases and also free miraidon I do play now but not anywhere near to what I used to and also used to consume lot Pokemon unite content specially you I used to watch every single video on all of your channels but this year this would one of the few of your that I'm watching I also had a plan of starting my own channel because i love the game and I'm also good at it and also because my country don't really have any pro unite content creator like you who teaches players base and make them good eventually but now i don't even think about it and i barely play the game and watch content to learn don't even know anything about the tournaments going on now to even do anything
Love watching you Cris, found unite as a Pokémon fan and you are the first creator I ever watched
dont worry cris, the game might go up and down, we are with you ❤
I still play daily, but my two friends who I’ve done duo and trio with since like season 2 barely play any more, mostly bc of match making. My one friend has about 10k games like me and consistently get teammates with ~500 games.
And yeah I was super excited for draft but also hate being forced into defender almost every game to have any hope bc the first three people want to pick attackers/damage dealers and even if I’m early pick my last pick teammate will always pick gengar when we have an absol and leafeon already lol, yet somehow the enemy team always has an eldegoss and trevenant lol even when I give people the golden lottery ticket and pick support the remaining 4 will not pick a tank to round out the team. So sometimes I just have to grief draft and play who I want so the game doesn’t get excruciatingly dull for me. Sad state it’s in right now
@CrisHeroes keep grinding. I’d watch you play different games right now if you started streaming them. Just mix them in with the Unite content. We’ll be here to support regardless!
thank you for your videos and content, I understand the struggles of content creation just too well. I hope you get a massive boost soon, I hope Unite will do something. I've been enjoying my stay here :)
Still watching. You're my favorite Unite content creator and I've learned heaps from you.
I swore to myself I would go down with this burning ship but damn, the moment I tried out another game it just felt so hard to force myself to come back to this and find my flow again lmao, hopefully I can keep playing this in the future tho, maybe once Timi picks itself up and actually do something with a great game
I’ve played Unite religiously for the last two years, even achieving 1600+ for the last 9 seasons in a row.
I think Cris nails some of the issues here, but this is what is personally killing it for me.
-How long draft mode takes. It takes wayyyy too long. Why do get 45 seconds after all of the bans and picks? I honestly start to get bored.
-Matchmaking seems to be at an all time low. My matches and teammates have been horrible. I have the lowest win rate this season I’ve had in… at least 10 seasons despite trying so hard. It makes the un-fun.
Feel bad for you Cris. For your sake, and for unite players (I stopped playing like 3 months ago) I hope the developers put more updates and love into the game and make it way better than its current state.
I really miss old drednaw rotom zapdos map too i know zapdos was broken but they could always bring some nerfs to winning zapdos like rayquaza it would be so good to have different maps to grind
It's the Chinese version of Unite that gets treated the favorite one in the family and neglects this version like it's the middle child 💀
I respect your objective view and honesty despite knowing that your livelihood depends on this game. It really does lack of new content sadly, been playing less and watch more.
Don’t worry Cris, I’m not goin anywhere. I wish timi would watch this vid and read some of the comments because everyone brings up good points. If unite goes down I’ll follow you to a new game!
i still play, and watch this content regularly. I will forever support crisheroes. Truly the crishero of all time
Draft is indeed miserable for the player base. Before I could somewhat react to bad picks, but now as the highest mmr player - if I dont get matched up with the 45% duo queues- I get the first pick and I have to rely on my teammates to react decently to the upfollowing choices of the opponents. And all I am left with are Deci and Greninja last picks. I play so much Trevenant now as first pick because it seems to be the only way to securely balance the teamcomp. Is that fun on the long run? - no, of course not.
It is so sad seeing this. This game has so much potential for many things, but Timi is just being weird. I am here for the long run, it is always fun watching your content Cris. Also, much respect to you, dealing with ranked and all the problems Unite has.
If this keeps going on, soon this game will be dead for sure, and by soon I mean very soon
This game reamly went downhill
right now im thinking to stop the game because i cant stand my teamate some pokemon in the game are just unfun to play against (deciduey leafeon miascarada scither metagross unbreon and many more) and being in a cycle of losing wining then many win to end up having a lose streak becaus we end diyng at raquaza (worst element of the game btw) because tye ennemi team spam there unite at the same time or cc so i guess it will be the last month before i quit
The thing is. Unite is still a fun game to play even if there are no big changes every patch , I know it's only effecting the content creators so far ,but If the Devs didn't do anything about it ,then as you said,the players will get bored of the game and will eventually disappear. if they did something about the emblems , map ,held items and new characters as mentioned it will save the game for the long run
There is now a notification that the game cannot be played anymore within a year and couple months in two countries.
Rip pokemon unite
I've been playing every day for 2 years but I think I'm done. Matchmaking will never be fixed for the better. I will always be paired with players who are bad or willingly give up with no repercussions.
Man i thought that draft was going to make the game so much fun again but its super slow and i just keep getting teammates that either dont ban anything or because someone took their cinderace or something they quit the whole game and make everyone restart (that happened to me 3 times in a row once) this game 100% needs a playlist for ranked
I see all your videos chris, in all your channels, love your content and if unite sinks I will sink with you my man, thanks for the effort.
Personally, back in the day I used to watch 4 to 5 channels. Now I only watch your content. Thanks for staying somewhat motivated. Hope It gets better!
Got to Master rank a couple of days ago, and ranked has never been more of a hassle than right now. Farm stealers, jungle stealers, trolls, people going afk, the wrong items, horrible team comps, back cappers, peeps ignoring Rayquaza, it's just too much!
I guess I watch more of your DLC than your main channel. Ranked matches are getting more annoying rather than hard that I've been playing more HSR and WUWA than Pokémon unite in the last few months, but I'll stick around with you till the end of the game, you are still my favourite CC for this game
Them changing the release schedule of new Pkmn is what killed it for me. There's nothing new to look out for in this game now with how slow the new releases are
I'm still watching and playing Unite but I completely agree with the issues you addressed in this video. To me it seems TiMi has slowly stopped investing in this game... Which is a shame cause it's such a fun moba with so much potential.
Matching is really the main issue for good players (solo or duo ques)
Nowadays i just play for kills and better rotation and stuff which makes me feel better rather then focusing on winning cause its annoying when you have a bot for the teammates and you are dying and losing because of them.
I play more casually but I always manage to at least get to master. This season has been so impossibly awful that I don't think I will be able to. I keep getting games with players with 100 or so games. I play with people that have no clue what they're doing and my win rate is tanking hard which just makes it all worse
I finally came back this season after over a year just to check things out. took my time, got to master last night and excited to try draft. but yeah it was a slog the whole way.
still watch all your vids + DLC!
Quick needs list:
1. New rank system (there should NOT be negative WR in masters)
2. New map
3. New mons
4. New rewards/emblems/events to actually grind for
5. More impactful balance patches/purposefully shift metas
In the last year I’ve played less because it genuinely makes me frustrated more than having fun. Thus I haven’t bought a unite pass in ages, nor any other gem based item.
If Timi actually addressed the issues it would be a good mine to tap into!
I think beeing able to use blue or purple emblems to counter specific pkmn would be interesting, right now the white hp buff is way better than having increased def or spdef, i think buffing emblems would bring more creativity to the game.