>/v/ was defending this
>Nintendo patches out 3 laps in online lobbies
>everyone is forced to play with intermissions where everyone just bags and the barrage of items prevent you from griding or wallriding to spice up the barren stretches of straight highway
>suddenly full on hate train for Mario Kart World
Apologize.

>>714258371 (OP)
YOU VILL PLAY ZE INTERMISSION

>>714258409
You VILL NOT turn. You VILL NOT drift. You VILL NOT grind. You VILL NOT wallride. You VILL NOT skip. You VILL hold A.

>>714258371 (OP)
>>714258409
>>714258454
>taking boost shortcut right after item boxes
what a retard

the particulars of his placement in the race is barely my concern

GUYS IT'S HAPPENING
THERE WAS A PATCH
THEY FIXED IT
CHECK deez nuts

>>714258454
>>714258409
>>714258371 (OP)
All I'm seeing is reasons why Lightning should be removed from the game.
>Hits everyone (in front) AND makes them drop their items AND makes them drive slow for a duration

>facecam
disregarded

After we remove lightning, how would you deter item bagging? I'd say powerful items should have a timer on them where if you don't use them before X seconds, they vanish.

>>714258371 (OP)
>>714258409
>>714258454
How does going in a circle prevent this, retard?

>>714260397
laps have sharp turns and more rails and walls encouraging tricks and shortcuts by which a better player can get ahead, the routes have nothing except for items

>>714258454
>>714258409
>>714258371 (OP)
Lighting is supposed to be really rare item and these clips are him being really unlucky.

But I doubt he cares this baldy makes more than your average doctor probably.

>>714260594
With 24 players shock and blue shell are practically a foregone conclusion

Intermissions are fun

>>714258371 (OP)
why is it so hard for mario kart fans to lock-in?

You never hear about Smash, Overwatch, or even Starcraft players needing more time to warmup.

>>714260941
>AH FUCK I LOVE DOING NOTHING BUT HOLDING DOWN THE A BUTTON

>noooo my children's party game is not competitive enough waaaaah
Cringe!

>>714258371 (OP)
>>714258409
>>714258454
skill issue

>>714258371 (OP)
>>714258409
>>714258454
I'm just seeing proof for why heavies aren't the meta.

>>714258409
It's very funny watching people play action games like RPG's.

wtf is an intermission in the context of mario kart? I haven't played the most recent couple games

>>714261716
When you and the other racers have to ride down a street or lane for a couple minutes before hitting the actual track. The game is open world so all the tracks are interconnected by streets and avenues.

>>714260789
Lmao wtf
why didn't they just make the blocks bigger if they didn't want you to jump them

>>714260789
Deserved to be honest.

>>714261716
Its only the new mario kart world
Because its open world, you drive through the world to the track that was picked and race one lap on it. 2 of your 3 "laps" are the straight drive there.

>>714260789
DON'T FUCK WITH THE DONUT PLAINS BITCH

>>714261754
So this is like a meaningless stretch between races? Do you grid up and wait for a starting gun or is it just like 1 long race? Sounds wierd either way

>>714261716
It's a route that takes you from one course

>>714261897
To the next

>>714261716
There are a bunch of regular tracks you do a few laps around which is how Mario Kart has been for its entire existence. The new game has an open world island where those tracks are connected by mostly straight highways seen in pic related. There's an entire battle royale esque mode dedicated to 10 minute 6 "lap" races using those highways, but Nintendo makes you jump through hoops just to do the traditional 3 lap races. What people want is already in the game, but Nintendo just limits your access to it for no good reason. People found an exploit where randomly selecting a track would get you 3 laps, but Nintendo patched it out like a week and a half after launch.

>>714261890
It's meaningless in the sense that you aren't racing the other players, but also in another sense that if you spent a lot of time practicing another track—and got one you hate—you're basically caught with your pants down.

>>714262036

>>714260298
Stop being pussies and let first place have a small chance of getting good items

>>714262036
It is funny though that by fixing a bug, everyone lost their minds.
With that said intermission tracks can work on some courses like DK Spaceport where you do the whole track anyway and Koopa Beach because holy shit 3 laps on a very small square is ass.

>>714258371 (OP)
I know this has already been said 100 million times but from everything I've seen MKW really has gone in the wrong direction. Too bad you've got tendies who'll defend literally anything on one side, and rage farming grifters on the other. Regardless, it looks shit.

>>714258371 (OP)
>>714258409
>>714258454
He's playing knockout tour, not VS.
At least post videos of the relevant content.

All the issues would be solved if you just remove lighting from the game

>>714260789
Check out the fun police

>>714260517
Most of the times doing this loses you speed, doing nothing and ignoring the new mechanics is usually better, even in laps

>>714262437
Shortcuts don't lose you speed retard
If you just trick for no reason then yeah that doesn't work

>>714262437
Pretty much every track world record uses rails or walls

>have a huge problem with sandbagging being way too effective in 8
>completely fixed the problem in World
>players having fun
>developer becomes furious that the game isn't being played "as intended" and implements a change to force everyone into tracks which have an even worse sandbagging problem than 8 did
I don't understand Japanese developers. They're so horrendously out of touch with their playerbases and they do baffling shit like this all the time.

>>714262190
>fixing a bug
It was an intentional decision. Because the random tracks could be anywhere on the map they opted to make it the full circuit instead of arbitrarily picking a roadway to start from.

They didn't anticipate this being the preferred way to play, especially after wasting dev time on the intermissions

Is there any way to FIX intermissions? They have obstacles, they have items, they have rails, there's clearly gameplay there. Would picking different paths for them that are more winding and not just the shortest route to the next track work?

>>714263053
Tone the fuck down the items, first. The item balance on routes needs to be different. But I don't expect this from the game that guarantees you a triple shroom if you purposefully miss the start boost.
Mechanically intermissions need challenges to interact with, like more obstacles, more rails on the road, more ways to gain speed through skill. As it stands the only effective way to gain speed on routes is from items. That's fucked up. But that would require them to basically rehaul all the routes and that is just really unlikely.
A realistic fix is to keep straight routes to knockout tour and have a normal grand prix mode without routes. Alternatively add 200cc with further speed boost on intermissions and turn them into makeshit F-zero. You'd still have to rebalance the items.

Wait so the "open world" is just straight line highways connecting all the tracks? jej

>>714261248
Actually I think World is more competitive than 8DX. Tracks have less easy shortcuts and mechanics are more complicated. As a result the game is more fun for complete sweatlords or absolute casuals, but frustrating for those in the middle of skill chart. You used to be able to learn a couple easy shortcuts that doesn't require much precision for the lap in 8DX. Now in World Some tracks don't even have easy shortcuts, those there are are harder to pull off especially in online matches.

Okay I will play the intermissions

>>714260298
Bring back pow block except make it hit people behind as well. Doesn't slow you down like shock, but makes you drop all of your items if you're hoarding.

can we stop talking about this game and just let it die off? july is the month od bananza

>>714263327
no you can go off road and explore in free mode

>>714263327
Not quite. There is a free roam side mode where you CAN drive anywhere but its boring as fuck since there's nothing like boss battles and you just win shitty stickers for doing the missions. It feels like an after thought

>>714262190
>They didn't anticipate this being the preferred way to play, especially after wasting dev time on the intermissions
The Mario Kart devs don't understand their own game.

>>714263327
Hell yeah brother, this is the future of racing. Obeying traffic laws!

https://youtu.be/_o3mF1oL00o
truth nuke

>>714266362
Is this worth watching or is this just a guy pointing out the obvious as if it were a hidden truth for 10 minutes?

>>714268059
not worth watching. he goes over the same talking points that literally everyone has already said a dozen times over. all the mk youtubers don't really know what to do. they all clearly hate playing the game now but they have to keep making videos for views.

>>714258371 (OP)
Intermissions could be made better if they set it to 50cc ABOVE whatever you're playing at in terms of speed. 200cc intermissions would be fun as fuck.

>>714258371 (OP)
Fuck this piece of shit game

>>714268461
>hold A... but HARDER!
Just increasing the speed alone won't solve all the problems

>>714263053
>Is there any way to FIX intermissions?
The changes needed would be too extensive. There are simply too many fundamental flaws.

>>714258371 (OP)
Arr yu havinggu fun gaijin?

>>714268461
Or they could just have each intermission end with a normal 3 lap race. There's no reason for most of them to end with a single lap, especially when DK Spaceport and Rainbow Road get to keep all of their laps.

>>714266362
I like it

>>714268461
The problem with that idea is people would suddenly notice the drop in driving speed once they reach the track, might end up feeling really lame every time it happens.
>>714268649
It'll make it go by faster, which in turn would help justify then adding additional laps to the actual track.

Game is bullshit intermissions or not
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Rl4N9_3ho