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[LivingstonThe3rd]

as a solo player i have not been able to participate in a single community warfare battle since it has been introduced, ive sat in Queue more than 3 times for over 2 hours and not had a single other person join the lobby. im not sure if its because im playing on the inner sphere side or what but i would like to play the new content at least one time too see what its like. i dont know what i espec to happen from posting this but i thought id post my thoughts and concerns regarding playability in community warfare as a solo player

and in before any body including pgi tells me to find a group.(i dont want to)

[Grynos]

LivingstonThe3rd, on 21 January 2015 - 08:11 PM, said:

as a solo player i have not been able to participate in a single community warfare battle since it has been introduced, ive sat in Queue more than 3 times for over 2 hours and not had a single other person join the lobby. im not sure if its because im playing on the inner sphere side or what but i would like to play the new content at least one time too see what its like. i dont know what i espec to happen from posting this but i thought id post my thoughts and concerns regarding playability in community warfare as a solo player

and in before any body including pgi tells me to find a group.(i dont want to)

You should join Liao , the pay is better for wins , and the queue times are less since Davions always attack Liao .

[LivingstonThe3rd]

well i joine davion permanently cuz my main mech is the raven 3L i dont wnna have to change factions just to play content

mainly i wanna know why queue times take so long

[Davers]

LivingstonThe3rd, on 21 January 2015 - 08:11 PM, said:

as a solo player i have not been able to participate in a single community warfare battle since it has been introduced, ive sat in Queue more than 3 times for over 2 hours and not had a single other person join the lobby. im not sure if its because im playing on the inner sphere side or what but i would like to play the new content at least one time too see what its like. i dont know what i espec to happen from posting this but i thought id post my thoughts and concerns regarding playability in community warfare as a solo player

and in before any body including pgi tells me to find a group.(i dont want to)

The new Call to Arms system is improved- it will actually tell you to go where you are needed.

You can use Davion's Teamspeak without actually joining a unit I believe.

[LivingstonThe3rd]

ive still not been able to join a match because i give up after waiting for half an hour multiple times

[Davers]

LivingstonThe3rd, on 21 January 2015 - 08:21 PM, said:

ive still not been able to join a match because i give up after waiting for half an hour multiple times

Were you dropping on planets that are being contested? I don't know what is going on in CW as I am at work. Yesterday we were dropping within 10 minutes every time. Got to play a lot of matches.

[LivingstonThe3rd]

idk i just kept clicking on the things telling me certain places needed defenders or attacker or reinforcements or some ****

i guess ill just queue and play hearthstone for an hour and see what happens lol

[Harathan]

Since the 3L is a Liao mech, I'm not sure what your point is about Faction content.

[Barkem Squirrel]

There are groups playing right now, in an open TS server and streaming.

http://www.twitch.tv/warpigmc

[LivingstonThe3rd]

Harathan, on 21 January 2015 - 08:36 PM, said:

Since the 3L is a Liao mech, I'm not sure what your point is about Faction content.

from what i looked up Davion made the 3L

[Grynos]

One of the problems, is you being Davion, you are always going to have long wait times. That is because the IS factions they fight against have low populations during NA times usually.

[LivingstonThe3rd]

so it is my choice of faction causing the long queue times then?

[Davers]

Well, one attack window (the most active one for East Coasters). We are at the start of another one, but it probably won't really get to it's 'Prime Time' for a few hours. I had no problems finding matches against Kurita at this time yesterday though.

[LivingstonThe3rd]

i think my lack of knowledge of battle tech lore is affecting my ability to play in CW

[Davers]

LivingstonThe3rd, on 21 January 2015 - 08:44 PM, said:

i think my lack of knowledge of battle tech lore is affecting my ability to play in CW

No, it's not you. It is hard for new players to find a lot of information, if they don't already know where to look.

[Barkem Squirrel]

I am trying to get you into a 12 man

[LivingstonThe3rd]

Barkem Squirrel, on 21 January 2015 - 08:48 PM, said:

I am trying to get you into a 12 man

i went to the stream they seemed full. i appreciate the help to get me playing some CW also i thought CW was ONLY clans vs IS is that wrong?

[Davers]

LivingstonThe3rd, on 21 January 2015 - 08:49 PM, said:

i went to the stream they seemed full. i appreciate the help to get me playing some CW also i thought CW was ONLY clans vs IS is that wrong?

No, there is a lot of IS vs IS and a tiny bit of Clan vs Clan too.

[jaxjace]

why dont you try learning instead of blindly droping...

[Tarogato]

Here's the trick to getting into a CW match quickly.
It's really simple, but I'm going to go all out and make a chart to help visualise it.

The ## on the left the numbers displayed by the planet finder in game.
Each column < █ ░░░░░░ █ > represents an individual 12-man team.
< ░░ > represent vacant slots, < ▒▒ > represent occupied.
< ▓▓ > represent a team that is at full capacity.

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##..... team 1.........team 2........team 3........ status
00 █ ░░░░░░ █ ░░░░░░ █ ░░░░░░ █ Don't join, nobody is here.
02 █ ▒░░░░░ █ ░░░░░░ █ ░░░░░░ █ just two people...
04 █ ▒▒░░░░ █ ░░░░░░ █ ░░░░░░ █ only four...
06 █ ▒▒▒░░░ █ ░░░░░░ █ ░░░░░░ █ half a team...
08 █ ▒▒▒▒░░ █ ░░░░░░ █ ░░░░░░ █ Most of a team, you could join.
10 █ ▒▒▒▒▒░ █ ░░░░░░ █ ░░░░░░ █ Join, a team is almost ready!
12 █ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ █ ░░░░░░ █ ░░░░░░ █ 2nd team is empty, don't join.
14 █ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ █ ▒░░░░░ █ ░░░░░░ █ just two people...
16 █ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ █ ▒▒░░░░ █ ░░░░░░ █ only four...
18 █ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ █ ▒▒▒░░░ █ ░░░░░░ █ half a team...
20 █ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ █ ▒▒▒▒░░ █ ░░░░░░ █ Most of a team, you could join.
22 █ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ █ ▒▒▒▒▒░ █ ░░░░░░ █ Join, a team is almost ready!
24 █ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ █ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ █ ░░░░░░ █ 3rd team is empty, don't join.
26 █ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ █ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ █ ▒░░░░░ █ just two people...
28 █ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ █ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ █ ▒▒░░░░ █ only four...
30 █ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ █ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ █ ▒▒▒░░░ █ half a team...
32 █ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ █ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ █ ▒▒▒▒░░ █ Most of a team, you could join.
34 █ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ █ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ █ ▒▒▒▒▒░ █ Join, a team is almost ready!
36 █ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ █ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ █ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ █ 4th team is empty, don't join.
... etc. etc.

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Notice I bolded certain numbers on the left - these are multiples of twelve. So the basic rule becomes:

"as you approach a multiple of 12, it's better to join. At exactly a multiple of 12 or above it, it's better to wait and do something else and check back again later to see if it's closer to a multiple of 12 again."

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edit: let me be super clear on this. The number you're looking at is the number in the Planet Finder on the right. The numbers appear something like 12/11, where the first number is red and the second number is blue. To know whether you need to look at the red or the blue number, look at the symbol in front of the planet name, whether it's red or blue.

Also, there are situations like this:
0/11 ... where you're looking at the second (blue) number, for instance.
This looks awesome for you because it's almost a multiple of twelve, it's only one away! You would be the one person that fills and completes the team and you'd get a match instantly... BUT! There's nobody on the other side, so you'll be sitting there forever waiting for opponents to come. So then the second rule becomes:

"don't join a queue where your side vastly outnumbers the enemy; look for planets where it's the other way around and your help is more needed."

There is an exception to that rule that involves ghost drops and whether or not there is actually a territory that you can attack/counterattack, but don't worry too much about that.

Edited by Tarogato, 21 January 2015 - 11:10 PM.