Bump for a great unit.
I'm one of the newest members to join the Corsairs, and I've been with them for 30 days now. If you are returning to MWO after a long absence (like me) this might be the perfect unit for you. Let me tell you what I've experienced in the past month:
1.
They are a friendly bunch. Seriously, this is about as low drama a group as I have ever come across, in many years of online gaming. There is a constant attitude of 'happy to help, however we can'. You'd have to set some of these guys on fire to get them out of their mellow mood.
2.
They are a generally older group of players. I think I am the oldest (I'm older than the Super Bowl, actually) and the youngest is twenty-ish. Most are married with kids, and all of them act like adults while gaming - fun loving, slightly crazy, and good-natured adults. They aren't above the occasional swear word, but its a pretty clean and polite group of guys - they all know that someone's kids could be watching/listening, and act accordingly. In today's "trash talking, insults are expected" MMO culture, its a refreshing change for me.
3. They are mostly American, with a few Canadians and occasionally other 'furriners' (as our lone Native Georgian calls them). Because of this, they tend to play in the evenings, 8-midnight Eastern time. However there are a few guys who play in the mornings, and end up teamed with Euro TZ players.
4. They have a broad variety of backgrounds - military veterans, college students, full time Dads, machine operators, computer programmers, and musicians. We even have an attorney in the group (being pirate themed, they kinda had to let him join up, professional courtesy and all that.) Some of them have played in other team based combat oriented games (World of Tanks, EVE Online, etc). For some, this is their first MMO. They're just a well rounded group of folks who share a desire to have fun in Giant Stompy Robots.
5.
They have their own Teamspeak server, and voice comms are standard for every serious match. They have their own forums, and they are actively updated and monitored.
6.
They are active in the greater MWO community. As an example, the 'Stealth Sales' thread was started by a Corsair, and it is maintained by him as a community service. Others prowl the New Player forums and offer advice (usually good advice, but there is this one guy...). They all know that for the game to grow and thrive, new players need to be welcomed and encouraged - and long time players retained.
7. They have a few
really good players, some good players, a bunch of average players, and a couple of guys like me ("Pek, shoot the RED targets please, you don't actually make any credits for blasting those guys you spawned in with.")
8.
They are active. To me, this is a Big Deal. I've played in other online games where I join a group only to discover they rarely do things
as a group, or they only play once a week/month/blue moon. These guys drop every night, and they welcome everyone who wants to join the group, without pressuring you to do so. Before PGI introduced 5+ groups to the game, they synch dropped in groups of 3-4, trying to get everyone in the same match (on either side). If they ended up on the same side of a match, it was treated as a company drop and 'good practice for tournaments'. If they ended up on opposite sides of a match, one group changed channels on Teamspeak and then everyone tried very hard to kill the other guys.
9.
They play to win, but not at the expense of anyone's fun. Never any trash talk in public play, period. No 'placing the blame' after a bad match. Everyone understands this is a
game, and its supposed to be
fun for
everyone. Most drops it's 'OK guys, put on your game face, let's kill them all'. Some drops its 'OK, let's see how a base rush works with this kind of group, we've never tried that before, it could be fun.' Some times its a drop like 'OK, Pek wants to know how many mechs we can actually get up onto the Radar Dish in the center of HPG, so everyone grab your favorite jump jet equipped mech and let's embarrass ourselves.'
10.
There is no bias for or against IS/Clan tech, or 'fluff'. Drive what you want to drive, fit it the way you want to fit it. Some of the guys are hard core experts on the BT universe. they can tell you who commanded what unit defending what planet during which battle. They can tell you what Hanse Davion's favorite mech was, and why. Other guys had never heard of Battle tech before they joined the game. They just joined up because they want to Kill People With Giant Robots. Most guys bought one or more Clan mechs, some didn't buy any at all. Nobody is bothered by that, on either side.
All in all, Ransom's Corsairs is a friendly, competitive, fun bunch of folks to play MWO with - come drop with us and see if we're the group you've been looking for. Pirate clothing/speech is entirely optional, good attitudes are mandatory.
Edited by Pekiti, 09 July 2014 - 05:18 PM.
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Daoa Hakoke, on 07 June 2014 - 07:25 AM, said:
WAITAMINUTE! Some of you guys are furriners???!?!?
Basically do exactly what you've been doing while wearing RC colors.
