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[Shiro Matsumoto]

I wonder if we ever get the clans as choosable faction..

[Roadbeer]

Cathy, on 20 March 2014 - 08:52 AM, said:

I can't have an unfair advantage and drop with my mates so Im' not playing..sure MWO is a team game...but this is a solo competition.

Create a climate where being in a group is discouraged or made a hassle.
Hold a tournament where there is no benefit to having a loyalty to any faction other than 'faction pride'
Act "surprised" that the bulk of your players are Lone Wolf in their faction affiliation
Use this metric to 'prove' that Community Warfare isn't something that the majority of your players want.

Enjoy your Esport.

[Zolaz]

Roadbeer, on 20 March 2014 - 09:26 AM, said:

Create a climate where being in a group is discouraged or made a hassle.
Hold a tournament where there is no benefit to having a loyalty to any faction other than 'faction pride'
Act "surprised" that the bulk of your players are Lone Wolf in their faction affiliation
Use this metric to 'prove' that Community Warfare isn't something that the majority of your players want.

Enjoy your Esport.

What can you say ... you live on an island. The Devs know better than you, even though they dont play the game or engage with their community on the forums. Those guys are so far off in left field they arent even in the game.

[Corvus Antaka]

Hey look, it's phase 1 of community warfare.

[Thuzel]

WarHippy, on 20 March 2014 - 08:17 AM, said:

That's if you pay for it, if you don't want c-bills, if you don't want XP, if you don't want achievements, and in all likelihood no effect on CW if and when it arrives. So no I would say that the whole launch module is more of a steaming pile that they covered in glitter rather than what teams were asking for, and this is coming from a solo player.

Logged in for the first time in weeks just to like your post and quote it.

This is it, you've nailed it head-on. Of myself and all my friends who used to play this game, the main reason they haven't even bothered to download patches in over a year is because of PGI's attitude towards the players and towards monetization. Requiring a premium account before letting you set the most basic parameters in a private match, is just crazy. And of course, this is just icing on the cake. Almost every major update they've done in the last 2 years has appeared to either be a blatant cash-grab, or supporting a blatant cash-grab with only the slightest hint of real substance behind it all.

I have no problem with the idea that they need to make money, but I just wish they were at least a little shrewd about it. I'd rather not feel like buying into this game is the equivalent of "loaning" money to my deadbeat cousin.

[John Archer]

Hexenhammer, on 18 March 2014 - 05:12 PM, said:

PGI does a test on faction reward system in preparation for CW, and people complain.

First world forum problems.

They always complain. We live in a world of people expecting everything to be free, handed to them on a silver platter, etc. etc.

Hopefully the complainers do not opt-in. It makes it easier for me to hopefully win some MC during the challenge!

[Onlystolen]

D U S T Y, on 19 March 2014 - 12:25 AM, said:

Thumbs up for not allowing pre-mades to farm on the disconnects.

YES... PREMADES... FARMING... DISCONNECTS... because we know those damned discos are the real threat. i think you're mistaken the word "Premade" for "Pug"

Edited by Onlystolen, 20 March 2014 - 10:54 AM.

[Roadbeer]

Onlystolen, on 20 March 2014 - 10:52 AM, said:

YES... PREMADES... FARMING... DISCONNECTS... because we know those damned discos are the real threat. i think you're mistaken the word "Premade" for "Pug"

Nah brah,
Don't you know that the Evil Premade Boogeymen are and will be responsible for every bad thing that ever happens in MWO?

[Ryoken]

Cathy, on 20 March 2014 - 08:52 AM, said:

I'm bemused by this, and this coming from a person on the verge of quitting because I feel PGI have sold out on brawler builds, and play styles.

Pretty much everyone here wants loyalty points the war map faction point (hell i've pheonix mechs with a bonus I bought and payed for, that most likely won't see daylight now, unless PGI give the most dangerous type of play style some love very soon.

The only point in this competition is to test the loyalty/factions points work before it goes live or before a test server play out, and to make it fair they've made it solo drop, so everyone enters on the same playing field and ohh my god the sulking.

I can't have an unfair advantage and drop with my mates so Im' not playing..sure MWO is a team game...but this is a solo competition.

I'm bemused that you think the best high scores are done in a group drop. But simply this once more proves the crying ignorance of the ever mourning solo pugs.

Let me tell you that a good pilot gets the best high scores when he has the luck to land in a pug match where both teams suck near equally and you can harvest them!

And stop telling the lie that having an unfair advantage in a team game is the main reason to team oriented players. We have been asking for equal distribution and size of premades on both teams again and again. So how is this unfair? Most of us would even be fine with a seperate solo queue just to get rid of those pugs. Cry at PGI to get your solo only queue. There you can go and hunt for all those poor noob players in their champion mechs, and then feel proud about beating them easyly in an unfair battle thanx to your fully buffed out mechs.

The social team oriented players do not seek an unfair advantage, they want to play with their friends.
The competitive team oriented players do not seek an unfair advantage, they want a challange and seek for good opponents.
It is the cadet stalking, statwhoring puggers that seek an unfair advantage, and therefore cry all the time in fear if there is something that could hinder their foul play from time to time.

I think it is unfair to all those team oriented players that we can not play with our friends because of some egocentric solo puggers who would rather cry themselfes to death than let others have something they do not.

Thanx for ruining our game, I just hoped you would have stayed hiding in your throne room or played MW2-4 solo instead of destroying the "Online" of Mechwarrior Online.

Edited by Ryoken, 20 March 2014 - 11:29 AM.

[LiGhtningFF13]

But first of all a better matchmaking system plz! Just had 5 rounds with 2 less in every god damn round.

[Magic Murder Bag]

Came back to the forums to see if its flame was still active, and sure enough it still burns brighter than the Kiln of the First Flame back in Lordran. Many are worthwhile and definently home in the right spots [matchmaker and those things], but the rest just......uh........yeah.


Also, are people seriously still whining about the premades? Admittedly, I used to have a severe dislike for them, but at this point you get used to them (not to mention you actually fight/partake with people that actually know what they're doing, it's just a matter of adapting or ragequitting)...


[readies Black Iron Greatshield for iminent flaming defense]

Edited by Magic Murder Bag, 20 March 2014 - 11:45 AM.

[PhoenixFire55]

I just love how a lot of people who have been using one faction tag for ~2 years suddenly changed to another faction in the last two days ... just saying.

[DirePhoenix]

John McFianna, on 20 March 2014 - 09:19 AM, said:

I wonder if we ever get the clans as choosable faction..

In June.

[Eglar]

FOR THE HONOR OF HOUSE KUR...I MEAN LIAO!!

The competition in House Kurita would be too big lol. When it comes to solo dropping I would bet on Kurita, Davion,Merc,Marik.

Lonewolves Liao FRR and Steiner lack the strong solo players at least in my Elo bracket. If you just want to jump onto a brand-wagon and get the reward for being in the strongest faction I'd put my bets on Kurita. ;-)
Too bad I won't have the full weekend to play.

That being said, my wishlist:
INTRODUCE 12 MEN TOURNAMENTS THAT HAS NO ELO RESTRICTIONS
REMOVE ELO FOR THE DURATION OF THIS TOURNAMENT

ALSO:

INTRODUCE 4-MEN WITH A PLAYER-BASED SCOREBOARD SO I CAN TEAM UP WITH 3 NEW PLAYERS, PLAY "HERO OF THE DAY" AND GRAB ALL THE DAMAGE AND KILLS.

INTRODUCE 4-MEN WITH A GROUP SCORE LEADER-BOARD SO I CAN DROP WITH A ggclose™ TRYHARD-LORDS-LANCE AND RAISE MY KDR TO 20+ BESIDES WINNING THE TOURNAMENT

.. OH WAIT..


p.s. @ PGI can you switch alignment during the tournament to rank in multiple houses?

Edited by Eglar, 20 March 2014 - 04:11 PM.

[Y4wn]

[Texas Merc]

Roadbeer, on 20 March 2014 - 09:26 AM, said:

Create a climate where being in a group is discouraged or made a hassle.
Hold a tournament where there is no benefit to having a loyalty to any faction other than 'faction pride'
Act "surprised" that the bulk of your players are Lone Wolf in their faction affiliation
Use this metric to 'prove' that Community Warfare isn't something that the majority of your players want.

Enjoy your Esport.

May I frame this?

And to add, for a tourney where the scoring is like it is, being in a team actually hurts you.

Their scoring promotes selfish tactics.

[ShinVector]

Oh no.. Liao fraud spotted.

[Mason Grimm]

Statistically...

lone wolves: 32
mercs: 19
kurita: 16
frr: 11
davion: 9
liao: 7
marik: 6
steiner: 4

Those are the last tournament winners (totals)

Looks like the Lone Wolves are the gunslingers of the MWO universe!

[Roadbeer]

Roadbeer, on 20 March 2014 - 09:26 AM, said:

Create a climate where being in a group is discouraged or made a hassle.
Hold a tournament where there is no benefit to having a loyalty to any faction other than 'faction pride'
Act "surprised" that the bulk of your players are Lone Wolf in their faction affiliation
Use this metric to 'prove' that Community Warfare isn't something that the majority of your players want.

Enjoy your Esport.

Mason Grimm, on 20 March 2014 - 06:23 PM, said:

Statistically...

lone wolves: 32
mercs: 19
kurita: 16
frr: 11
davion: 9
liao: 7
marik: 6
steiner: 4

Those are the last tournament winners (totals)

Looks like the Lone Wolves are the gunslingers of the MWO universe!

Just like the Gypsy woman said

[Sandpit]

John McFianna, on 20 March 2014 - 09:19 AM, said:

I wonder if we ever get the clans as choosable faction..

probably about the time my loyalty points get implemented
and 5-11 man groups can play just like everyone else without having to pay for the "privlege" of having friends