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[Tarl Cabot]

Any type of lobby that pulls players out the main circulation would not nor should it be free.

A lobby type system would allow those to form actual lance/short company units for dropping purposes in the general queue to earn C-Bills/experience but anything else should come at a cost.

http://mwomercs.com/...66#entry2060066

Basically, it would utilize Solaris gaming world initially, broken up into House sectors + general sector. To drop in the general queue nothing needs to be done but to drop against specific people/units (which would not generate any funds/experience) those pilots would need to purchase a Solaris Pass (daily/weekly/monthly rate) in MC to simply allow one utilize Solaris out of queue. Then the drop itself would cost C-Bills or R&R is utilized (the House's military's are not going to pay to repair and rearm your mechs).

This would allow players to play against specific players but then to get back into the fray and earn C-Bills with military drops.

[BLUPRNT]

Damn Bro or Sis.

Rebas is now the elected community spokesman.
Next Rebas for President.
I see a bright future for PGI and Rebas if this is read and taken into great thought by the powers that be.

Nice work and dedication Rebas.

[Rebas Kradd]

Noobzorz, on 15 March 2013 - 12:59 PM, said:

Massive ******* wall of text that could've been twice as effective at half the length, but damnit do I ever agree with the sentiment and points you make (though, seriously, it was a chore among chores to read).

You should have seen my first draft.

[ShadowDarter]

Lobbies are coming i believed PGI said so the only thing that is required is patience...

[Team Leader]

I didn't bother reading the whole thing, my eyes started to hurt, but yeah this would be helpful. What kind of lobby do you mean, though? Like, a call of duty style lobby or a "join a server from a list" lobby?

[Rebas Kradd]

Team Leader, on 15 March 2013 - 02:44 PM, said:

I didn't bother reading the whole thing, my eyes started to hurt, but yeah this would be helpful. What kind of lobby do you mean, though? Like, a call of duty style lobby or a "join a server from a list" lobby?

I suppose that can be debated. I tried to leave the options open and focus on function, not specifics. Basically anything that lets 8-mans drop against the specific group they're looking for, would do a lot for PGI (IMHO) and satisfy a lot of gamers. Any customizable options beyond that will only multiply the community's options, but I'm open to reasons as to why that might imbalance things.

[MischiefSC]

I wonder at the player population size. A lobby system would certainly shake up the games current matchmaking system as it would remove a ton of folks... conversely it would reduce the premades dropping in Elo matches which isn't a bad thing for everyone pugging.

I'd be all for a lobby system for matches that had no xp/cbill reward or other impact on the game though. Just a way to go play and screw around for fun.

[Magicbullet141]

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