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[KingDerp]

Curious if this is a "me" thing...

The search times for matches seem to be getting longer and longer...
Actually had a couple of "failed to find a match" messages the other night.

Is the PUG population dropping off that much ?
(It is rare for me to see anyone in a trial mech anymore and I am not a great player
so I doubt it is ELO)

Matches seem to be more imbalanced as well, I'm getting more and more matches
that have screwy mixtures of mechs, 3-4 lights plus a bit of everything else on one
team and the other team is all heavies and mediums. (of course the lights back cap
and ruin the match)

On a side note: Tourmaline is in the rotation far too often, over and over and over again
is taking the fun out of that map.

[Davers]

KingDerp, on 25 March 2013 - 09:27 PM, said:

Curious if this is a "me" thing...

The search times for matches seem to be getting longer and longer...
Actually had a couple of "failed to find a match" messages the other night.

Is the PUG population dropping off that much ?
(It is rare for me to see anyone in a trial mech anymore and I am not a great player
so I doubt it is ELO)

Matches seem to be more imbalanced as well, I'm getting more and more matches
that have screwy mixtures of mechs, 3-4 lights plus a bit of everything else on one
team and the other team is all heavies and mediums. (of course the lights back cap
and ruin the match)

On a side note: Tourmaline is in the rotation far too often, over and over and over again
is taking the fun out of that map.

You do know that is the smartest strategy for the light mechs right? How dare they run away from all those dual AC/20 heavy mechs!

[Victor Morson]

No. It's the ELO system. It's trying to match you with like skilled people, which takes a bit longer.

[Arcadian Xero]

Yes. The game is dying.

[Bloody Moon]

Every game is dying, not just MWO.
Yet your issue is probably the ELO kicking in.

[roguetrdr]

Bloody Moon, on 25 March 2013 - 11:12 PM, said:

Every game is dying, not just MWO.
Yet your issue is probably the ELO kicking in.

>Chicken Little has entered the conversation

[Training Instructor]

The Matchmaking system is trying to find a way to add more ECM lights and Atlases to the other team while only giving your team one stalker or Awesome, plus a couple of RAven 4x or Cicada 3Cs.

My experience lately anyways.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

I see HUUUUUUGE irony here.
The is MWO dying and the poster's name is "KINGDERP"

roguetrdr, on 25 March 2013 - 11:18 PM, said:

>Chicken Little has entered the conversation

that HAD to be sarcasm... not your post, the one you quoted

[Icepick]

It's been more wonky than usual since this "heavy mech" challenge thing, coupled with the new Jager. Give it a week.

[Thorqemada]

The search time is as usual to me...

[Budor]

[Roadbeer]

Questions has been answered, nothing to see here.

I just posted so you all would know that I'm now awake, Good morning everyone.

[Solomon Ward]

People still play this?

...
Brb playing another round.

[General Taskeen]

If you guys think this game is dying its hardly in a nose dive, like say, a truely awful game like Aliens Colonial Marines that has 500 players left, which came out a month ago. There are drops between patches too, and there are many Mech players waiting on the sidelines for ECM and/or weapon balances.

Edited by General Taskeen, 26 March 2013 - 06:22 AM.

[Pando]

Roadbeer, on 26 March 2013 - 06:18 AM, said:

Questions has been answered, nothing to see here.

I just posted so you all would know that I'm now awake, Good morning everyone.

Mornin'. Tis' a good day for the sky to be falling.

[Tank]

It does not take for me to find a match, but it sure more then often throws me to the same people. Sometimes it open new discussions and I have more of a "Tea Warrior Online".

[Belorion]

I have had super quick ques all morning long. Not dead here.

[Roadbeer]

So, having just completed an extensive survey of over... 5 threads, I've noticed 60% of the "Negative Nancy and Debbie Downer" threads are created by members of House Steiner.

I'll make no claims to the validity of this survey, nor draw conclusions as to what it means.

[FupDup]

Training Instructor, on 25 March 2013 - 11:25 PM, said:

The Matchmaking system is trying to find a way to add more ECM lights and Atlases to the other team while only giving your team one stalker or Awesome, plus a couple of RAven 4x or Cicada 3Cs.

My experience lately anyways.

Matchmaking sometimes works out in my team's favor instead of the enemy's...I once got a team of seven Raven 3L's.

Hilarity ensued.

Edited by FupDup, 26 March 2013 - 06:26 AM.

[stjobe]

When I drop in a light, it usually takes way longer to find a match than when I'm dropping in a medium.

Whether that means I've a better Elo with one or the other I have no clue - perhaps it's just the matchmaker trying desperately to find another light to tonnage-match me against, and finally giving up in disgust

Everyone and their mother seems to be dropping in heavies and assaults these days - I'm frequently the lightest 'mech on my team when I drop in my Centurion.