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#4621 oldradagast

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Posted 14 May 2015 - 06:33 PM

View Postkamiko kross, on 14 May 2015 - 12:44 PM, said:

You can expect nothing less from the pub queue. By it's very nature it attracts all sorts of people. In fact, it's exactly what certain people screamed for. Now they have it.
Karmic justice:)


I don't know if you're just messing around or seriously trying to give me grief for complaining about stupid behavior on a thread dedicated to that type of complaining, but I'll stand by what I've told all the "join a team!" people in the past - grouping horrible players together under the same badge will change nothing. They'll still be terrible, but just wearing the same unit colors now. No amount of "teamwork" could help those pilots I saw.

Edited by oldradagast, 14 May 2015 - 06:35 PM.


#4622 Sarlic

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Posted 14 May 2015 - 10:39 PM

View PostBulletsponge0, on 14 May 2015 - 04:25 PM, said:

strange...just saw a Banshee 3M that seemed a little fishy... its LPLs and MPLs both had the exact same duration and cooldown....


Modules? LPL (module) with MPL (with no module) will mostly pair up since LPL will shoot faster.

Edited by Sarlic, 14 May 2015 - 10:40 PM.


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Posted 15 May 2015 - 04:50 AM

View PostGroxGlitch, on 14 May 2015 - 06:29 PM, said:

I finally have to drop a complaint about those pesky Firestarters and their black-hole-of-damage-negation hitboxes.

Was rolling in my 9-cSPL Stormcrow (long story) and engaged one of the little buggers. He saw me and immediately made a B-line for me, across open ground, without zig-zagging. I proceeded to let off full alpha, with admittedly poor aim, spread between his arm and right torso (I had been trying for his CT, but still fully connected nonetheless)
...minimal damage.
OK, so we get into a turn fight. He's literally chasing me in a circle, as I'm twisted and nailing him repeatedly in his CT with my lasers, to absolutely no effect. It's not hard to aim; he's making no effort to deviate, throw my aim off, or otherwise make the process difficult.
I was laying blast after blast into him, yet doing no damage. Attempting to break the circle-dance-of-death, I broke off and delivered one more good shot to him; this took off his left arm and opened his left torso before I fired again, foolishly, into his left torso, hoping to kill his XL and bring him down; I overheated and, having yet again done no damage, he ripped apart my already-mauled back (only 5 armor across the board to begin with, and I had taken some light stray long-range AC fire earlier), killing me. He proceeds to scamper off and survive the rest of the match without going down, still missing just that arm.

And I'm not pissed that I died. I'm pissed that I sunk so many hits into this guy to no effect, and he wasn't even trying. No tactics, no strategy. He wasn't zig-zagging around or throwing my aim off, he was making himself an easy target, and still came out on top. I don't know if it was latency (usually around 100 for me) or what but, man... I normally don't get pissed at a game easily, but that nonsense was enough to get me to straight-up ragequit, probably for the first time ever in MWO.

*phew* That felt good!


It has to be something more than just the Firestarter itself ... because when I play my Firestarters, I would have gotten creamed if I had played like that guy. I take hits and damage just fine so I have to play as defensively as possible and pick and choose when to engage. My ping is usually in the 70's-100's.

#4624 bad arcade kitty

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Posted 15 May 2015 - 05:00 AM

>1) A Spider with a single medium laser. That's it. No other weapons.

and with 10-12 jump jets? but it's fun

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Posted 15 May 2015 - 10:04 AM

View PostCaptRosha, on 15 May 2015 - 04:50 AM, said:

View PostGroxGlitch, on 14 May 2015 - 06:29 PM, said:

I finally have to drop a complaint about those pesky Firestarters and their black-hole-of-damage-negation hitboxes.

It has to be something more than just the Firestarter itself ... because when I play my Firestarters, I would have gotten creamed if I had played like that guy. I take hits and damage just fine so I have to play as defensively as possible and pick and choose when to engage. My ping is usually in the 70's-100's.

From what I understand, most hitbox complaints should really be lag complaints (with lag compensation making problems less obvious but more weird.) I remember getting frustrated by old Counter Strike on regional servers that had bullets versus strafing a few pixels too slow. But now we have ac20s firing a wide miss against a light front, yet somehow hitting rear torso. Gaming expectations have dropped so very far. -_-


And now, a whine against hackusation trolling. I understand the funnies & funsies, but please, trolls, those jokes are wearing repetitively thin. And the newbies might be taking that seriously. Err, oh wait... maybe they were serious... and maybe didn't know how half their team just got their heads knocked to red or off while they just stood around in the first few minutes.... :ph34r:
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#4626 Jon Gotham

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Posted 15 May 2015 - 10:13 AM

View Postoldradagast, on 14 May 2015 - 06:33 PM, said:


I don't know if you're just messing around or seriously trying to give me grief for complaining about stupid behavior on a thread dedicated to that type of complaining, but I'll stand by what I've told all the "join a team!" people in the past - grouping horrible players together under the same badge will change nothing. They'll still be terrible, but just wearing the same unit colors now. No amount of "teamwork" could help those pilots I saw.

Just because I have challenged you in the past for your attitude towards the group/solo thing, does not mean I'm having a go now.
Easy tiger.

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Posted 15 May 2015 - 12:10 PM

challenge weekend = timid gameplay and no fun allowed

#4628 Bilbo

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Posted 15 May 2015 - 12:15 PM

View PostCookiemonter669, on 15 May 2015 - 12:10 PM, said:

challenge weekend = timid gameplay and no fun allowed

I'll never understand the change in behavior that comes with challenges. The target numbers are never really difficult to reach.

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Posted 15 May 2015 - 12:21 PM

Weekend events attracting casual players.

Few minutes ago some cataphract was trying to lrms-brawl me...

#4630 Bulletsponge0

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Posted 15 May 2015 - 02:15 PM

View PostMosadoff, on 15 May 2015 - 12:21 PM, said:

Weekend events attracting casual players.

Few minutes ago some cataphract was trying to lrms-brawl me...

saw a 120 kph jenner armed with 3 SL and 3 SPL a few minutes ago....

#4631 Alienized

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Posted 15 May 2015 - 02:16 PM

standard engine? lol

#4632 Bulletsponge0

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Posted 15 May 2015 - 03:07 PM

strange things going on...

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how is that possible???

.. still have CT intact, still have LT in tact... yet my Hellbringer was killed due to engine destruction...
no ammo in any torso section... I only lost my left arm and my RT.....

#4633 IraqiWalker

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Posted 15 May 2015 - 04:34 PM

View PostBulletsponge0, on 15 May 2015 - 03:07 PM, said:

strange things going on...

Posted Image

how is that possible???

.. still have CT intact, still have LT in tact... yet my Hellbringer was killed due to engine destruction...
no ammo in any torso section... I only lost my left arm and my RT.....


The LT is dead. From the rear. The ARMOR on the LT from the front is still there. You lost both STs.

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Posted 15 May 2015 - 07:32 PM

View PostCookiemonter669, on 15 May 2015 - 12:10 PM, said:

challenge weekend = timid gameplay and no fun allowed


well i have to bring out da trudy pointer CN9AL for these events. it an't much but it gets the points. just pilot casually and notice just how much a cn9 gets ignored. bring arty, uav, radar dep, and range to taste.

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...260c30c628590e1

fast enough to get out of trouble but with just enough range to get the assists to get the 30 points.

so if you see a cn9 strolling along the outside edge of map with a parasol over one shoulder, don't worry it is just me taking it easy. now if i could just find a mech sized fizzy drink with an umbrella.....

Edited by loopala, 15 May 2015 - 07:32 PM.


#4635 Bulletsponge0

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Posted 16 May 2015 - 08:22 AM

View PostIraqiWalker, on 15 May 2015 - 04:34 PM, said:


The LT is dead. From the rear. The ARMOR on the LT from the front is still there. You lost both STs.

never was there an indication I lost the LT...I still had ECM at the time I died (due to RT destruction)

#4636 Bilbo

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Posted 16 May 2015 - 08:35 AM

View PostBulletsponge0, on 16 May 2015 - 08:22 AM, said:


never was there an indication I lost the LT...I still had ECM at the time I died (due to RT destruction)

You just lost it last, you know... when they blew of the torso from behind.

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Posted 16 May 2015 - 08:52 AM

View PostBilbo, on 16 May 2015 - 08:35 AM, said:

You just lost it last, you know... when they blew of the torso from behind.

then why no indication of that on the damage screen I posted? lest thing destroyed was the RT and the uac-5's

#4638 Bilbo

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Posted 16 May 2015 - 09:02 AM

It may have been since you can't scroll up to see anything else. It all pretty much got blown off at once.

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Posted 16 May 2015 - 03:59 PM

I see cheaters everywhere, under every rock, behind every tree, over every hill and even in the bathroom looking up at me from the bowl.....

Paranoia really sucks the fun out of the game.

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Posted 17 May 2015 - 03:59 AM

View Postnehebkau, on 16 May 2015 - 03:59 PM, said:

I see cheaters everywhere, under every rock, behind every tree, over every hill and even in the bathroom looking up at me from the bowl.....

Paranoia really sucks the fun out of the game.

Ah, you reached where I am. The negatives and inability to trust the game to be applied 'equally' far outweigh all the joy I used to get of the game.

Now, I'm waiting to see if PGI is really addressing this or if it's just a PR stunt.

I'm really hoping they do that, THEN replace perfect convergence with dynamic or cone of fire.

Till then, I lurk. :(





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