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[Robertthedread]

I have fun once in awhile, but given the team with the most ppc/ac20/gauss wins does get old. Most battles are 8/0, 8/1, 8/2 or 8/3 they are not really fun nor are the even interesting. Its those one out of 20 battles that is down to the last few mechs that are at least fun, but since I hardly see them...

[Training Instructor]

The better your ping is right now, the more fun you're probably having. Or at least, it can definitely enhance it.

I normally play from Moscow with a 130-160 ping, but the second week of June I went back to the U.S. for some business and vacation. The 29 -35 ping matches were a revelation to me. It was a significantly different experience. No lag shields, and with HSR my shots impacted almost every single time. Also, no screen freezes while my video card was trying to reconcile where it knew I was with where PGI was telling it I was.

I'm a decent shot sometimes, but all of a sudden I felt pretty darn good about my skills of hitting mechs where I was aiming. All it took was the worthless piece of s**t PGI servers to be close enough to actually respond to my input in a timely fashion.

[Deathlike]

If I could only pick #1, #3, #6 at the same time...

[One Medic Army]

I've got 100 ping, the only mech I'm having fun with currently is my Cataphract 4x (Quad AC/5), which I strongly suspect is because my Heavy Mech Elo is relatively low.
Mediums/Lights/Assaults it's just boring PPC snipe-fests.

[XX Sulla XX]

That does sound like a big difference in hit detection. And means the very large Russian part of the community is probably not having the best game experience.

[El Bandito]

XX Sulla XX, on 14 July 2013 - 03:31 PM, said:

That does sound like a big difference in hit detection. And means the very large Russian part of the community is probably not having the best game experience.

Russians? Bah. Take a good look at the Oceanics, who have close to 300 ping. But Australia is just a small island anyway, right PGI?

[blinkin]

it seems like the people who are raging and whining all of the time about how this is the worst game evar!!1!1ONE!, are actually more of a minority than i expected.

[BillyM]

The ones who aren't having fun have uninstalled... we're the last 100,000 or so of 1,000,000 who signed up actually still playing. I know of everyone I introduced to the game, I'm the last one playing (and the last one they'll listen to on game suggestions ever again). We all still have some fun, it's just tedious with all the invincible lights and walls of ppcs.

...every now and then, you have a good brawl, and it makes it all worth it.

--billyM

[El Bandito]

blinkin, on 14 July 2013 - 05:43 PM, said:

it seems like the people who are raging and whining all of the time about how this is the worst game evar!!1!1ONE!, are actually more of a minority than i expected.

That's the optimistic newbies skewing the poll. They will learn to be cynics soon enough.

[XX Sulla XX]

It really is a game that is hard on new players. Probably the most important thing to fix.

[CeeKay Boques]

Game play is fun for me. Tweaking weapons and mech designs will be eternal. I do need CW badly though.

[Theodor Kling]

El Bandito, on 14 July 2013 - 06:09 PM, said:

That's the optimistic newbies skewing the poll. They will learn to be cynics soon enough.

blinkin, on 14 July 2013 - 05:43 PM, said:

it seems like the people who are raging and whining all of the time about how this is the worst game evar!!1!1ONE!, are actually more of a minority than i expected.

I am complaining sometimes a lot, because although I have fun most of the time, it could be way better

[MasterErrant]

you need to make it multiple choice....no one of the answers works for me...

[Sybreed]

I play 1 or 2 games and that's enough for me for the day. I'm also getting tired of posting here as it's been mostly futile considering the way PGI listens to feedback. Yeah.......

[Corvus Antaka]

Game is super fun, just the ppc meta is getting a tad old.

other than that its all ui 2.0 and CW now, and DFA DFA DFA DFA

[B0oN]

One Medic Army, on 14 July 2013 - 03:29 PM, said:

I've got 100 ping, the only mech I'm having fun with currently is my Cataphract 4x (Quad AC/5), which I strongly suspect is because my Heavy Mech Elo is relatively low.
Mediums/Lights/Assaults it's just boring PPC snipe-fests.

My 6Mlas-boating Jenner weeps about the insult done to it , oh you evil evil person ^^

Although the ongoing "high-pinpoint-alpha" has grown old very quickly I do enjoy the games played for the most part,because of showing one doesn´t need to permanently go "easy-mode" to be deadly if all works out well on my team/my end (I tend to derp up when it´s most crucial^^) .

[arghmace]

Still having fun but I'm just borked about the untapped potential and stupid over engineered and over lapping design decisions instead of fixing the bottom issues by simply changing some multipliers in configuration files. Also balancing is way too slow. We should've had SRM damage upped and PPC heat increased months ago. Instead I still have to wait 3 weeks to get anything done. Sigh.

Edited by arghmace, 15 July 2013 - 07:45 AM.

[Appogee]

I realised tonight I am not enjoying it any more, and am going to start playing other games.

Key reasons:

1. I almost always PUG, and the Matchmaker almost always puts me on teams of lower skilled players up against premades. So I find myself last man standing and getting ROFLstomped by 6 enemy Mechs in about 80% of matches. I am lucky if one game in ten ends up being even partly close. It's just no fun. (Sure, when I am lucky enough to be part of a team it's a better experience. But sadly, that's not much of the time.)

2. Not enough maps. I swear, I get close to disconnecting now when I see the Alpine load screen, because I just can't stand that long tedious walk to the long range PPC/LRM shooting gallery. Canyons is heading in the same direction.

3. Not enough game modes. Conquest and Assault end up effectively being the same mode, because almost everyone plays Conquest as if it's a TDM.

4. I have lost faith in the devs. Ask The Devs #42 made me lose all hope. PGI admitted they haven't even finished designing Clan Warfare (which was due for launch last December), they can't/aren't going to fix convergence, they're not going to rescale the Mechs, we won't be able to save loadouts in UI 2.0 when it eventually comes, no new game modes are planned, no word on new maps, etc. Oh, but they have been working on decals, a new store and 3PV - stuff we couldn't care less about and makes no difference to the core game.


I love MechWarrior. It's been my favourite game series for almost 30 years. But MWO is becoming a relentless and somewhat unrewarding grind. I think it's time for me to put it on the backburner.

Edited by Appogee, 15 July 2013 - 01:17 PM.

[BookWyrm]

Where's the "I only have fun whining about the lack of balance on the forums" option?

Honestly I still play fairly often, but after over 3000 drops it does get a bit stale..

[Reod Daie]

Orzorn, on 14 July 2013 - 11:51 AM, said:

The stale meta is getting old. I have fun now and again, but my interest is dying off because I know, game after game, it'll generally be the same thing.

That's why I'm trying to get involved in a faction based community. I've only been playing this for a week, and while I like it, and can foresee it getting old very quickly.