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[VagGR]

.....is actually how many players were so eager to exploit it and now you see LRMs flying all over the place...pathetic...

[KingCobra]

VagGR, on 21 March 2013 - 09:50 AM, said:

.....is actually how many players were so eager to exploit it and now you see LRMs flying all over the place...pathetic...

Please do you think you alone can change human nature? Thats why I would like to play a STOCK only mode MadCat D---->>>

[FrDrake]

VagGR, on 21 March 2013 - 09:50 AM, said:

.....is actually how many players were so eager to exploit it and now you see LRMs flying all over the place...pathetic...

The only thing keeping my team from losing to those 1 shotting A-holes, is me 1 shotting their guys. Only took a few rounds of that before it was boring too though so I just stopped playing until they fix it.

[Royalewithcheese]

Dude, missile bug is fun. Put some lurms or surms on your robot and join in

[Sheraf]

The worst part is the number of people can't take cover

[Commander Kobold]

VagGR, on 21 March 2013 - 09:50 AM, said:

.....is actually how many players were so eager to exploit it and now you see LRMs flying all over the place...pathetic...

easy CBills+missiles finally being useful without having to boat them for a change

[GODzillaGSPB]

VagGR, on 21 March 2013 - 09:50 AM, said:

.....is actually how many players were so eager to exploit it and now you see LRMs flying all over the place...pathetic...

This finally lead me to realize it's not the game, or the playerbase, or the users of this forum. I guess it's more basic. It's human nature for the most part it seems. Exploit presents itself --> people will abuse it like hell. It's just a game, but it really shows how the human mind works.

[Vasces Diablo]

People know its a bug and that it will go away, why not have some munchkin power gaming fun for a day or two and go blow stuff up.

This isn't a tournament, it won't really affect anyone's stats in the long run, and it doesn't cos anybody anything.

SPLOSIONS!!!!

[AimRobot]

[OneEyed Jack]

On the other hand, it really is teaching a lot more people to use cover better.

[Gregore]

GODzillaGSPB, on 21 March 2013 - 10:07 AM, said:

This finally lead me to realize it's not the game, or the playerbase, or the users of this forum. I guess it's more basic. It's human nature for the most part it seems. Exploit presents itself --> people will abuse it like hell. It's just a game, but it really shows how the human mind works.

That is only part of it.

The thing is some people will exploit, this in turn causes the people who would not normally take advantage of something like start to abuse it in order to compete with or defeat the people who first started exploiting it.

It is the competition and desire to survive that brings this out, not the desire to cheat or take advantage of a loophole.

[GODzillaGSPB]

Gregore, on 21 March 2013 - 10:34 AM, said:

That is only part of it.

The thing is some people will exploit, this in turn causes the people who would not normally take advantage of something like start to abuse it in order to compete with or defeat the people who first started exploiting it.

True. But then there are people who don't do that. You can count me among them for instance.

[Homeless Bill]

KingCobra, on 21 March 2013 - 09:54 AM, said:

Please do you think you alone can change human nature? Thats why I would like to play a STOCK only mode MadCat D

So you could play stock cheese? How noble of you =P

[FrDrake]

I think they did this on purpose, after they fix LRMs do you really think we'll be seeing another LRMs are OP post, now that they've shown the players what an OP LRM looks like?

To all those doomsayers who used to say "LRMs killed me in one volley" this current game is what it would look like if you were actually right. Even now it still takes 2-3 volleys to kill some mechs .

[Fut]

Gregore, on 21 March 2013 - 10:34 AM, said:

The thing is some people will exploit, this in turn causes the people who would not normally take advantage of something like start to abuse it in order to compete with or defeat the people who first started exploiting it.

Oh, the ol' "Can't Beat Them? Join them!" attitude. I'm sure you're right, there's probably tonnes of people who've done just that.

It's too bad though, this is a great time to practice avoiding LRMs. When you **** up now, you really notice.
I've been running a 'Mech without AMS for just this reason. When Betty warns of Missiles coming in now my heart starts racing and I know I've got to move or get melted.

Gotta say, I've been doing alright. Haven't died from LRMs yet!

[WarZ]

Fut, on 21 March 2013 - 10:56 AM, said:

I've been doing alright. Haven't died from LRMs yet!

*cough* Bull**it *cough*

That or you only played like 2 rounds and the other team wasnt overly lrm cheesy.

[Helmer]

KingCobra, on 21 March 2013 - 09:54 AM, said:

Please do you think you alone can change human nature? Thats why I would like to play a STOCK only mode

I used my wifes account yesterday on whim and dropped into an , almost, all Trial 'mech game. It was A HELLUVA lot of fun. Turned out to be a very close game, with only 2 of us limping along at the end.

I'd really enjoy seeing a "Stock only" option.

I was using her account because of the sentiment displayed by the OP. I drop with my Founders Cat 80% of the time,and have always enjoyed the LRM support role. But with the latest issue, I'd rather take this opportunity to try something different.




Cheers.

[Yankee77]

VagGR, on 21 March 2013 - 09:50 AM, said:

.....is actually how many players were so eager to exploit it and now you see LRMs flying all over the place...pathetic...

Well, not all of us are. Some of us had LRMs before. I'm still running my Balanced LRM C1 with 25 LRM tubes (3 tons of ammo) and 2 PPCs.

To be honest, I only saw much higher damage numbers in a single match, where an Atlas basically stood there while I rained LRMs on him. In most other matches the damage output was fairly similar to pre-patch days. Seems to me that this is an issue that only becomes truly apparent when people boat LRMs massively, or only in certain circumstances (which I hadn't encountered before). It's very strange, to be honest.

My main worry is that this patch nerfs LRMs to something worse than before the patch, when they were in a pretty balanced spot... and if they make them worse AND then take out splash damage in 2 weeks LRMs might become truly useless.

Edited by Itkovian, 21 March 2013 - 11:10 AM.

[Fut]

WarZ, on 21 March 2013 - 11:00 AM, said:

*cough* Bull**it *cough*

That or you only played like 2 rounds and the other team wasnt overly lrm cheesy.

Don't know what to tell you, Buddy.
Played ~10 games yesterday, never took a full volley of LRMs, and never died from them. Could have been 100% luck on my side (Luck, on my side - for once), could have been that I was working my *** off to not just eat the Missiles - but it is what it is.

Do you feel good, proud, or tough now that you've questioned a random person on the internet?

[Catalinasgrace]

I have to agree that LRMs are messed up right now along with the other missiles as well. However this has taught people a few things as others have posted. First, people have to use cover or die... With that said if LRMs are too weak then people don't worry about cover just they did before. They run out knowing they will not take that much damage and have plenty of time to get back to cover. Heck when people are not all that scared of a Stalker with x4 LRM 20s there is something wrong there.... lol... Like I stated they are messed up now but I think there should be a large price to pay if you get caught out in the open. Lets be honest here, LRMs are slow enough that if this were real they could not fly... lol...

Edited by Catalinasgrace, 21 March 2013 - 11:13 AM.