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[Athom83]

Tanar, on 16 March 2017 - 06:40 AM, said:

yeah I saw those and thought I misread it that they were going to be one shot launchers and was wondering why even bother. unless they're firing salvos of ac20 rounds in each one, and you set them to different groups or chain fire there's no way their damage is worth taking. you shoot a half dozen times or so in a match and "ok i'm done" <disconnect, hop into next launcher mech>

Rockets Launchers should be firing one at a time with 1 damage per shot, with the number of shots being the rating. Almost no cooldown so holding fire would empty the whole container in a few seconds. Keep in mind, the 20 is only 1.5 tons so if you have 2-3 tons and a missile slot or two, you can possibly fit 30-40 damage into those spare few tons. Think the rocket pods of an Apache or Cobra Gunship. But yah, there will be a lot of newer players "testing" builds that are absolute ****. Like taking a RAC but with only 1 ton of ammo.

[HimseIf]

My whine is i've been away for like 3 years and the patch will be about 7 terabytes or something... too big for my potato at any rate.
i'll still be away a while yet. But i come back to check out the forums and see this thread. Are the rockets actually one shot? Oh man....

[HimseIf]

How the heck am i in tier 5? What happened? Is it judging me based on my time away?

[el piromaniaco]

If i remember correctly there was a specific time window the PSR "software" was using to rate you.
As a newcomer you would have started in T4.

Edited by el piromaniaco, 17 March 2017 - 01:24 AM.

[jper4]

HimseIf, on 16 March 2017 - 08:36 PM, said:

How the heck am i in tier 5? What happened? Is it judging me based on my time away?

when they did the tier calcs it was based off of I think 2500 matches (or something like that) between I forget what time frame. I think if you had less than that it counted the remaining matches as a 0 score (I could be wrong though it's been a while). I only had about 1500 matches in that frame so I started off near the bottom of T5 when it came out as well. so if you missed all that time you were counted as a 0 score and bottom barrel T5 for you!

[Bud Crue]

So. Two days ago I had surgery on my right eye. No biggie, but I had some healing related blurriness and other minor vision impairment so I didn't play much at the end of the week. Doc said vision would be back to normal after a couple of days. So having waited the stated period, last night I thought I was all set. Vision seemed fine. Lets play some games.

Oh boy. Vision was apparently not fine.

I had some pretty good matches. Several over 500 damage and for me that's really good.

Alas, I also did more team damage last night then I have done the entire time I have been playing this game. 54, 178, 47, 78, 125...After the second triple digit occurrence and the second "Bud Crue has triggered the automated penalty..." message and making the team wait for 5 minutes, I knew it was time to call it, and give the eye a bit more time to heal. Yikes.

I swear, I thought I was shooting reds!...I swear!

[IraqiWalker]

Bud Crue, on 18 March 2017 - 06:57 AM, said:

So. Two days ago I had surgery on my right eye. No biggie, but I had some healing related blurriness and other minor vision impairment so I didn't play much at the end of the week. Doc said vision would be back to normal after a couple of days. So having waited the stated period, last night I thought I was all set. Vision seemed fine. Lets play some games.

Oh boy. Vision was apparently not fine.

I had some pretty good matches. Several over 500 damage and for me that's really good.

Alas, I also did more team damage last night then I have done the entire time I have been playing this game. 54, 178, 47, 78, 125...After the second triple digit occurrence and the second "Bud Crue has triggered the automated penalty..." message and making the team wait for 5 minutes, I knew it was time to call it, and give the eye a bit more time to heal. Yikes.

I swear, I thought I was shooting reds!...I swear!

Take care of yourself bud (pun intended).

[Trenchbird]

Looking at the new patch notes... Wow, sorry Clanners. I didn't think you needed to be hit with the nerf bat even harder.

Although, PGI did add something a little funny to the new patch notes;

Quote

Supernova (all variants): Supernova has reluctantly given up its dreams of breakdancing stardom.

Edited by Catten Hart, 18 March 2017 - 09:01 AM.

[The6thMessenger]

Dear Teammates

Please stop standing behind your teammate when fighting, because you will block them should they need to retreat from being under fire.

[Steel Raven]

Tanar, on 17 March 2017 - 07:16 AM, said:

when they did the tier calcs it was based off of I think 2500 matches (or something like that) between I forget what time frame. I think if you had less than that it counted the remaining matches as a 0 score (I could be wrong though it's been a while). I only had about 1500 matches in that frame so I started off near the bottom of T5 when it came out as well. so if you missed all that time you were counted as a 0 score and bottom barrel T5 for you!

I'll need to remember this if Tier 2 keeps pissing me off (Potatoes to my right, Teir 1 dual gauss snipers to my left. Make up you damn mind matchmaker! )

[nehebkau]

I hate these events.... so many uncooked potatoes in FW.

[jper4]

Steel Raven, on 18 March 2017 - 04:34 PM, said:

I'll need to remember this if Tier 2 keeps pissing me off (Potatoes to my right, Teir 1 dual gauss snipers to my left. Make up you damn mind matchmaker! )

well if it makes you feel any better i'm in Teir 3 where it's match 1- one team stays silent scatters to the winds and is wiped out with at least one person complaining about the team then the next match everyone is cross communicating in chat/VOIP, targets called out and focus fired and the other team is wiped in under 4 minutes. then match 3 and a couple people chat, only half the team scatters and is close because the same happens on the other side.

and again i'm not 100% positive what I said before is totally accurate. but if you make a new acct you'll be in T4 not T5 cause...reasons

[C E Dwyer]

The6thMessenger, on 18 March 2017 - 01:34 PM, said:

Dear Teammates

Please stop standing behind your teammate when fighting, because you will block them should they need to retreat from being under fire.

Countered by don't stop at the top of the only ramp in 500 yards and not expect others to be using it

Totally different whine

Getting really sick and tired of people complaining about modes for their own potatoness

Also why the Hell are P.G.I even bothering with rocket launchers they were supposed to be only used by periphery types and those down on their luck, who couldn't find anything better.

Edited by Cathy, 19 March 2017 - 03:46 PM.

[wshwash]

The6thMessenger, on 18 March 2017 - 01:34 PM, said:

Dear Teammates

Please stop standing behind your teammate when fighting, because you will block them should they need to retreat from being under fire.

Yes... A fat marauder IIC behind your butt while you are backing from enemy fire. I got this once in river city ramp, how frustrating.

[Kasumi Sumika]

What's up with these Assaults / Heavies that only use long range weapons but never push and being a turret on 1000m away peek-poking nonstop!!???

It's become more common and this irritates me.

[Alienized]

Kasumi Sumika, on 20 March 2017 - 06:41 AM, said:

What's up with these Assaults / Heavies that only use long range weapons but never push and being a turret on 1000m away peek-poking nonstop!!???

It's become more common and this irritates me.

it been like that since the DWF came out? ...
at one point i just got frustrated enough to camp and hide in my highlanders and victors until someone came into my range.
like in frozen city cave.

i hoped it will change but it will never change. ppl are cowards. its all there is left, its all the maps are made for. its all the mechs are that came in.

[Bud Crue]

Rural internet. Wife is on a video conference. Kids are all on their "school portals" doing home work. Dad can still forum warrior but lacks bandwidth to play the game when everyone else is online being productive. Sigh. I miss the father-centric society of my youth.

[nehebkau]

Bud Crue, on 20 March 2017 - 04:00 PM, said:

Rural internet. Wife is on a video conference. Kids are all on their "school portals" doing home work. Dad can still forum warrior but lacks bandwidth to play the game when everyone else is online being productive. Sigh. I miss the father-centric society of my youth.

My daughter sent me to the store to get feminine hygiene products today... no wonder i'm developing man-boobs.

[odiemoncrew]

Is it just me or should they get rid of LRMs/MRMs/SRMs
during freaking contest events because you end up getting
the solo queue where one side does nothing but lrm and win.
I mean it gets to feel like at certain parts of the day those
matchs would be every other match. Of course, others, i would
end up on the team that potatos.

Edited by odiemoncrew, 20 March 2017 - 08:48 PM.

[Steel Raven]

Kasumi Sumika, on 20 March 2017 - 06:41 AM, said:

What's up with these Assaults / Heavies that only use long range weapons but never push and being a turret on 1000m away peek-poking nonstop!!???

It's become more common and this irritates me.

We are back to the Sniper Meta, why PGI has been taping the PPC and Gauss with the Nerf Bat. As a brawler who often gets a torso shot off by a single Kodiak 3/Direwolf Alpha after rounding a corner too fast, I can understand people being hesitant. Especially when someone shouts 'PUSH!' and your lance is the only one pushing into a kill zone.

Could be worse, you could have a lance of Lurm jockeys who never poke their head above cover.

Edited by Steel Raven, 20 March 2017 - 08:48 PM.