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[Alaskan Nobody]

Magnakanus, on 16 June 2014 - 01:48 AM, said:

Start using team treason to your advantage people; call out false locations, set up traps, etc.

Is it actually team treason if you are doing it to yourself, or giving false info though?

[Jon Gotham]

Bulletsponge0, on 16 June 2014 - 05:07 AM, said:

many maps, either assault or skirmish, doesn't matter.....

new trend appearing...noticed it many times the ast week or so...

main force of my team is engaged with the main force of the enemy team, generally with a ridge or hill in between...mechs popping up over or peeking around the sides to take potshots...

enemy light appears on radar behind the team

ENTIRE team turns to chase the light, completely ignoring the main force that they are currently engaged with, and have just exposed their squishy rear armor to

enemy pushes over the hill/ridge and obliterates my team....but hey, at least that one guy got to deal a little damage to that one light as the whole team chases him

That's business as normal for online gaming. "I musts get my killz nao!!!"

[Alaskan Nobody]

kamiko kross, on 16 June 2014 - 10:30 AM, said:

That's business as normal for online gaming. "I musts get my killz nao!!!"

Sad but true.

Even happens in WoW's PVP.

Ever seen one of the murderballs there go off course to chase a sprinting rogue?

[Bulletsponge0]

kamiko kross, on 16 June 2014 - 10:30 AM, said:

That's business as normal for online gaming. "I musts get my killz nao!!!"

leaving me and my raven/firestarter/jenner to try to hold off 11 enemy.....then catch hell (L2P noob..lol@that low damage) from my team as they die horrible deaths after I die a horrible (but quick) death

[Jon Gotham]

Shar Wolf, on 16 June 2014 - 10:33 AM, said:

Sad but true.

Even happens in WoW's PVP.

Ever seen one of the murderballs there go off course to chase a sprinting rogue?

That rogue...is usually me:) Pop out of stealth murder a healer taunt the herd and run:P
Once got asked why I was running around the horde's GY as a prot warrior in WSG. I replied, because it takes them 5 mins to kill me, and whilst they all try to do that-you can take the flag.....?
Random player: Oh yeah.............

What can ye do?

[draiocht]

clan mechs...

..for exacerbating the painful gulf between good strategy and bad.


(I look forward to watching them in the 12-man tourneys, but it's definitely not doing the matchmaker any favors. )

[Magna Canus]

Shar Wolf, on 16 June 2014 - 08:31 AM, said:

Is it actually team treason if you are doing it to yourself, or giving false info though?

Nope, it is then called "Information warfare".

[Alaskan Nobody]

Couldn't patch yesterday as I could not get to my computer.

Backing up MWO in case the patch took badly and my external hard drive fell off the desk - now it is taking forever to scan (because Windows)
Cannot back up my install until it is finished
Not willing to patch MWO till it is backed up.

[Harathan]

Was accused of being a CoD fanboy the other night for calling out a bunch of clanners, led by a player who's name included "Kerensky", for running away and hiding in their base when the match went 8 to 6 against them on HPG.

Not sure what CoD has to do with it, but I'm sure your Khan would have something to say about you being scared of freebirths, pal.

[Bulletsponge0]

I'm terribad with my clan mechs. That is all.

[BSK]

Hard to find matches today, hard the search canceled twice today, and another time it wouldn't even stop ..

[Alaskan Nobody]

sneeking, on 19 June 2014 - 03:23 AM, said:

not a bad idea, I patched and it went near a gig ( way over the 555 stated ) it patched though and I played but today its told me to do the 555 again....

screwy screwy

Really good idea for games likely to be patched - back when I was playing WoW I bought my external hard drive after a bad patch like you seem to be having.

Has saved me a lot of trouble over the years (and given me some as well - but saved more than caused)

[Jon Gotham]

Bulletsponge0, on 19 June 2014 - 03:16 AM, said:

I'm terribad with my clan mechs. That is all.

Hmm after watching you play the deathchicken-I doubt you are bad in the Adder or Kitfox:)

[Alaskan Nobody]

kamiko kross, on 19 June 2014 - 08:21 AM, said:

Hmm after watching you play the deathchicken-I doubt you are bad in the Adder or Kitfox:)

Fun fact with the Adder - take 8 armor off the "head" and you can fully armor the legs at no cost
(rest of the mech comes full armor)

Which brings up my whine....


Kit fox needs more armor, cannot just re-allocate

[Jon Gotham]

*sigh* Timid teams again, or specifically timid heavy and assault pilots.
Just had a game where me in my Kit Fox (30 tons @97kph) had to take on and push vs 3 Timberwolves, because me glorious Timberwolf+Misery team mates wouldn't. After I pushed and took 2 of them, they decided it was safe.


GRRRRRRR!

[1453 R]

Can I whine about the staggering number of "Clan 'Mechs OP, P2W is Here, Y U NO SEPR8 CLAN AND IS IN KYOO?!" threads currently infesting the forums like termites?

Never mind. I don't care what you think, I'ma whine about it anyways!

WAAAH!

[jper4]

kamiko kross, on 19 June 2014 - 04:34 PM, said:

*sigh* Timid teams again, or specifically timid heavy and assault pilots.
Just had a game where me in my Kit Fox (30 tons @97kph) had to take on and push vs 3 Timberwolves, because me glorious Timberwolf+Misery team mates wouldn't. After I pushed and took 2 of them, they decided it was safe.


GRRRRRRR!

and on the other side- well same side different mech and the reason why i hate piloting assaults. "ok i have lots of armor, decent short/mid range firepower so once i see a trouble spot or a fight in progress i head there to help my teammates" i arrive and it's 4 v 3. i die seconds later as it becomes 1 v 4 since my arrival was clearly a sign for the rest of my teammates to retreat leaving the assault that can;t retreat well to stand there and deal with not only the mechs i came to help you with but their friend who just showed up. i've been doing better average damage in my Locusts than my Battlemasters- even the 1V...

or i push, see several arrows moving behind me pointing in the same direction so i figure i can be the assault bridgehead to a push. "um guys, why did you stop at the corner/ridge?" as 500 LRMs proceed to rain down on me from across the map thanks to the 1 spider facing me to target, instead of you know being too busy running for it's life from multiple mechs.

at this point the only assault i like is the 1S since i can just lob lrms all day and not have to worry about getting offered up as a sacrifice so they can live another minute or so.

[Jon Gotham]

I know what you mean matey. From my point of view though, I'm there waiting to back them up-I'll never leave an assault hanging. But I'm getting really sick of them cowering, not pushing when they can do so safely.
I've played assaults and I push. Oddly I've had more success doing that than cowering.

I think that timid hiding and running away is endemic to the population as a whole. As long as ANYONE ELSE goes first it's ok *nods* Trouble is if your assaults hide, There's no one else that can be tanky enough to hold the line.....In the example I gave both of them were in good shape, with enemy mechs badly hurt. they were actually going to turn AWAY from the enemy until I charged. If I can manage to put up a fight in a mech with 3 medium pulse lasers and under 30pts of armour on my CT I'm sure 80+ Tons x2 can!

People seem to lose their nerve so easy in a war where you never get hurt....

[varez]

My whine? this thread is so happy I was reminded of this video.

[White Bear 84]

1. I have to work, therefore I cannot play with my timberwolf. Then I have a date with the GF tonight. Therefore I cannot play with my timberwolf. First world problems

2. Just because you are in a clan mech does not mean teamplay is out of the window. This includes: FF to the back, all mechs converging on the same spot & making it impossible to move from enemy fire, you are not rambo and you are not invincible... ...and you are not contributing to the team playing like a n00b.

Edited by White Bear 84, 19 June 2014 - 07:42 PM.