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[whitelightshadow]

I have noticed since the last Hotfix,

The following has changed:

1. Uneven team balance - Did a skirmish game where the my team did 3x the damage the winning team did and lost anyway. ECMs that is all on one team. Try winning a game where half the other team consists of lights with ECMs. Was awesome to see a real crazed dogpack at work though.

2. Horrible hit boxes - Before the fix I would rack up between 350-800 points in damage with multiple kills in any of my mechs. Now I cant even get more than 200. Hammer a Jager closeup with a LPL, 2xMPL and a AC/20 four time in the back without significant damage well that is how bad it has become.

Sad to say I have to do what I become accustomed to do - wait for a patch that actually fixes the issues and not make it worse. Then come and play again.

In short I will be back in force when the hot "glitch" has been sorted with a real hot "fix".

O, by the way PGI congrads on reaching one of our computer magazines great games that is not recommended due to "programming and production issues"

[Kyynele]

All ECM on one side matches have been happening for over a year pretty consistently.

Doing a lot of damage but failing to get kills just tells that the team didn't have good enough aim and spread the damage around. These happen.

Personally I haven't noticed any hitreg issues after the patch. Got several 500-950 damage matches with typical 2-4 kills last night using lasers, PPCs, ACs and missiles (not all in the same mech.) Maybe you had just had a streak of bad luck matches, maybe you truly have some technical/connection issues. Anyway, sorry to hear you've had bad times.

[Wintersdark]

...which is why damage done is a useless metric. You're example of a match outcome doesn't necessarily or even likely have anything to do with the matchmaker - Kyynele covered one reason why, and there's lots more.

ECM distribution is not nor has it ever been a matchmaking parameter. Its just random.

Hit registration isn't perfect, but its decent. Your example... Well, to be honest, its possible but highly unlikely. Start recording your matches, post video. Gotta say, as it sounds to me, You're Just Doing It Wrong.

[whitelightshadow]

Wintersdark, on 02 May 2014 - 07:07 AM, said:

Gotta say, as it sounds to me, You're Just Doing It Wrong.

Well that didn't take long, deny, deflect and blame the client. So there is more to this story then. I guess it will go like all the times before. Client complain, deny, deflect and blame client. Then with the next patch the issue is miraculously gone without even being noted in the patch details.

I have been playing this game long enough now and this is how it always cycles with issues. I am not that stupid, been there, done that. If you wanna see... go look in the mirror....

[Wintersdark]

I didn't say there were no issues with the game, or with the patch. What I did say is YOUR specific issues seemed to be much more a case of your attributing things to bugs that aren't.

I'm also the client, here. I have no stake in defending PGI. I just don't think you've got a valid complaint in this instance.

[Marvyn Dodgers]

Please step back and keep it to game related issues folks, don't assume who is or isn't blaming the "client" as client has connotations as both the customer and the game files.