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[xybrid]

I don't know why the weight matching has been so sub-par lately, but nearly every game I have played tonight has 7+ assaults in it. Ruins the fun, ruins the strategy. Someone really should bring that number down to about 4 max, so it's not a shitstorm of derp every game.

[Deathlike]

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Sorry for that. It's the way things are.

[xybrid]

But not the way it should stay, at all. Who wants variety anyway?

[Wispsy]

ProtoKyle, on 31 October 2013 - 08:40 PM, said:

I don't know why the weight matching has been so sub-par lately, but nearly every game I have played tonight has 7+ assaults in it. Ruins the fun, ruins the strategy. Someone really should bring that number down to about 4 max, so it's not a shitstorm of derp every game.

Assaults are the strongest mechs in the game. Is it surprising that more people want to play them? I have been some nights when I am not run in my light playing 6+ games with no lights and no more then 2 mediums on my team in a row. Think how badly it is going to be if tonnage limit matchmaking comes into solo queue. The assault queue going to be very very long compared to the rest. I mean high Elo games already take years to find and are almost all assault mechs.... Inc 4 hour wait times!!!

[DaZur]

Doesn't everyone pilot an assault?

There are a lot more folk (myself included) who could not pilot an assault out of a wet paper bag... and are far more productive in heavies and lights...

Mediums are still our red head step-mechs however...

[Sandpit]

rofl

i clicked on the link thinking, "Oh my, THIS should be good!" and you my friend did not fail to deliver. Good call for yet another "assault (insert exagerrated adjective here) and needs to the fixed" thread

You sir, have provided us with an entertaining thread for the weekend!

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[Navy Sixes]

Wispsy, on 31 October 2013 - 09:18 PM, said:

Assaults are the strongest mechs in the game. Is it surprising that more people want to play them?

No, I don't think it's surprising. It's disappointing. I think the problem is that everyone wants to take an assault and then figure out what kind of role they want to play (you know, the guy who wants to stealth around and surprise the enemy from behind in his Atlas? Spectate him as he wanders alone through the frozen city tunnel while his teammates get slaughtered.) No big deal; we were all new once and everyone has to figure things out. But what happens is rather than say, "Oh, I want to run a fast flanker, so I'm going to start learning how to build/run meds and fast heavies." They say, "Well, everyone says assault is best, and that's what I've been in so far, so never mind. I'll just stick with my Atlas."

And a whole new generation of "Lights shouldn't be able to kill me/ this map is too big/ this map is too hot/ quit capping/ can we get rid of any nerf that stops me from running my 12 PPC-Alpha dream-build?" threads are spawned.

[xybrid]

Sandpit, on 31 October 2013 - 09:38 PM, said:

rofl

i clicked on the link thinking, "Oh my, THIS should be good!" and you my friend did not fail to deliver. Good call for yet another "assault (insert exagerrated adjective here) and needs to the fixed" thread

You sir, have provided us with an entertaining thread for the weekend!

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^Only play assault? Shocker.

[mike29tw]

Role warfare is working as intended. In the mean time why not purchase our newly released hero mech Jester?

[xybrid]

2/3's of the team is assault. Such wow, much strategi

[NextGame]

ProtoKyle, on 31 October 2013 - 08:40 PM, said:

I don't know why the weight matching has been so sub-par lately, but nearly every game I have played tonight has 7+ assaults in it. Ruins the fun, ruins the strategy. Someone really should bring that number down to about 4 max, so it's not a shitstorm of derp every game.

Don't worry, the solution to the problem is already in place. Every medium that gets released is now the same height as, or taller than, assault mechs in order that players can get the same feel from this less popular weight class.

[Johnny Reb]

Well, other than the good light pilots, most get top winnings damage from Assault. So new ppl play assault to max gains.

NextGame, on 31 October 2013 - 11:12 PM, said:

Don't worry, the solution to the problem is already in place. Every medium that gets released is now the same height as, or taller than, assault mechs in order that players can get the same feel from this less popular weight class.

Heh, lets all play assault or lights, rest be damned!

[Joseph Mallan]

Johnny Reb, on 31 October 2013 - 11:16 PM, said:

Well, other than the good light pilots, most get top winnings damage from Assault. So new ppl play assault to max gains.


Heh, lets all play assault or lights, rest be damned!

Actually you see a lot of to many Assault AND to many Light threads but never to many heavy or mediums... Wonder why that is?

[RiotHero]

Not only are they all assualts but, none of the assaults even play as they should. They all hide in the back of the map with "sniper" weapons. I'm new and it doesn't make any sense to even me.

[Deathlike]

Joseph Mallan, on 01 November 2013 - 07:41 AM, said:

Actually you see a lot of to many Assault AND to many Light threads but never to many heavy or mediums... Wonder why that is?

It's because the Trebs Hunchy and Quickdraw Dragon doesn't get enough love.

Edited by Deathlike, 01 November 2013 - 07:56 AM.

[Joseph Mallan]

RiotHero, on 01 November 2013 - 07:51 AM, said:

Not only are they all assualts but, none of the assaults even play as they should. They all hide in the back of the map with "sniper" weapons. I'm new and it doesn't make any sense to even me.

Not quite true. It is not the fault of the 50-60 KpH Mech that the 70-150 KpH Mechs leave them in the dust.

Deathlike, on 01 November 2013 - 07:55 AM, said:

It's because the Trebs Hunchy and Tbolt Dragon doesn't get enough love.

The Dragon hasn't gotten love since the 3025TRO and quite possibly the BattleTech Box Set!

[King Picollo]

Play conquest.

Usually see less Assaults as faster movement is needed for the capping.

[BarHaid]

Joseph Mallan, on 01 November 2013 - 07:41 AM, said:

Actually you see a lot of to many Assault AND to many Light threads but never to many heavy or mediums... Wonder why that is?

I'm going to fix that RIGHT NOW.

[FupDup]

Joseph Mallan, on 01 November 2013 - 07:41 AM, said:

Actually you see a lot of to many Assault AND to many Light threads but never to many heavy or mediums... Wonder why that is?

That's because most of the playerbase doesn't want mediums to have a role beyond reducing their team's tonnage, and people love their heavies too much (some statistics I've seen suggest that heavies are even more common than assaults).

[Joseph Mallan]

I think Alistair Winter's numbers showed the breakdown being Heavies, Assaults, Lights then Medium in order of appearance. I could be wrong though.

BarHaid, on 01 November 2013 - 08:08 AM, said:

I'm going to fix that RIGHT NOW.

Go ahead silly, see what happens.