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[arghmace]

Well, color me surprised. Just played 4 battles with a 4 man group and we actually found battles pretty fast. Don't know if I was just lucky.

[MonkeyCheese]

Nikolai Lubkiewicz, on 20 May 2014 - 11:24 AM, said:

Alright everyone. Matchmaking numbers continued to spike with Rule of Three's. So we are adjusting this Class Limit to a maximum of 4s.

This means any of the following variations of weight classing will be possible:

3/3/3/3
4/3/3/2
4/4/3/1
4/4/2/2
4/4/4

Still better that Aslt/heavy everything before

[Jam the Bam]

4/4/4

Now that sounds like a good idea.

[Voivode]

Sarlic, on 20 May 2014 - 11:24 AM, said:

Is it me, or is the playerbase dropping fast? I notice alot of the same players as my opponents.

Thanks for the patch.

I've been reading on these forums about the "rapidly dropping playerbase" for like three years. It fluctuates, the hours right after a patch drops are usually pretty low population (hence why they chose it as their patch time)

[Gremlinn]

25 minutes and still searching for one fight as a LIGHT MECH!!! I don't get angry easily...but you are wasting my one day of premium time...again!

[Sir Trent Howell]

I could read a ******* book in the time it takes to hit a match.

[Bandeeto]

15+ minutes solo qued as the reccomended light mech. still waiting

[nagdamnit]

I'm a fan of the game. I've spent a little money on it and have gotten plenty of value from it so I've no complaints in that regard. However I'm too old to be waiting 3-4 minutes for a game. I'll be back to play as soon as the queue times return to an acceptable level.

[WarHippy]

Voivode, on 20 May 2014 - 11:24 AM, said:

Will be checking this out when I go home. Please keep 3/3/3/3 in this time, I'm so bored with FatCamp warrior online. I'll wait an extra minute or two for better matches.



Alright, that sounds like matches will still be fairly well balanced.

Where was that posted I haven't seen that post?

[Sarlic]

Voivode, on 20 May 2014 - 11:27 AM, said:

I've been reading on these forums about the "rapidly dropping playerbase" for like three years. It fluctuates, the hours right after a patch drops are usually pretty low population (hence why they chose it as their patch time)

Maybe that's what people are experiencing with the waiting times?

[nagdamnit]

Nice one. Lets see if that improves things

[Sir Trent Howell]

Nikolai Lubkiewicz, on 20 May 2014 - 11:36 AM, said:

Repost due to button mashing error: Alright everyone. Matchmaking numbers continued to spike with Rule of Three's. So we are adjusting this Class Limit to a maximum of 4s. This means any of the following variations of weight classing will be possible:

3/3/3/3
4/3/3/2
4/4/3/1
4/4/2/2
4/4/4

We are going to see how this works out, there remains a strong possibility we will have to further increase this maximum or altogether shut off the class limits and revert back to group limits in the interim, so please stay tuned here. We are playing by ear on this one as we build the data. Thanks again for standing by.

Why isn't a straight tonnage limit being used?

[Adiuvo]

I'm sure you've guys have already reviewed tonnage limits for groups, but if 3/3/3/3 isn't working out I would love to see group tonnage put in. Groups are the main cause of mech class overload as it is.

[Morang]

Nikolai Lubkiewicz, on 20 May 2014 - 11:36 AM, said:

Repost due to button mashing error: Alright everyone. Matchmaking numbers continued to spike with Rule of Three's. So we are adjusting this Class Limit to a maximum of 4s.

Were you even visited by obvious idea to add a minimum of 2 so as not to relax it too much and to keep all classes present? Idea "2-4 per weight class" circulated forums a lot since 3/3/3/3 was announced.

[zhajin]

Nikolai Lubkiewicz, on 20 May 2014 - 09:06 AM, said:

With another stroke of luck, we have successfully enabled 3/3/3/3 with this patch. We will continue to monitor it as needed, but we are very hopeful for this iteration.

this is really just kinda comical at this point.... do they have a razzie or darwin award for game developers?

[happy mech]

the firestarter champion is nice, but it wastes some weight
could you pgi look at it if got time?

move heatsink into engine slot
upgrade armour to ferro-fibrous
remove some armour (6) from head
equip either a ml, 2 jj, 2sl, or 1 ton ams ammo

thanks!
what do you think?

[Ydav]

Another nothing. What else to expect from the fish?
flags... great! it's cardinally improve game process

[zhajin]

Morang, on 20 May 2014 - 11:41 AM, said:

Were you even visited by obvious idea to add a minimum of 2 so as not to relax it too much and to keep all classes present? Idea "2-4 per weight class" circulated forums a lot since 3/3/3/3 was announced.

for the love of god man they cant even get the ==3 code to work, dont put any more ideas in their heads. this is the same company that came up with "ghost heat"....

Edited by zhajin, 20 May 2014 - 11:43 AM.

[Threat Doc]

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Ohhhh, talk about a full-on robot chubby!!! Holy crap, that was really cool. Thanks for sharing.

Nikolai Lubkiewicz, on 20 May 2014 - 10:53 AM, said:

Please note that with 3/3/3/3 re-enabled, if you encounter extended wait times with the matchmaker, we would greatly appreciate a report in the following thread: http://mwomercs.com/...-3333-feedback/

Yeah, when I get on this evening I'm not going to remember that, Niko... you guys should set an additional sliver at the top of the forums for reporting problems and have it linked to that thread.

nagdamnit, on 20 May 2014 - 11:34 AM, said:

I'm a fan of the game. I've spent a little money on it and have gotten plenty of value from it so I've no complaints in that regard. However I'm too old to be waiting 3-4 minutes for a game. I'll be back to play as soon as the queue times return to an acceptable level.

Need I remind you of what times were like between '95 and 2000, when it took an average of 45 minutes to three hours to have enough people come on to play one or a few games? MWO is friggin' beautiful in regards to finding these PUG matches.

However, PGI... come on with somethin' good for us, please? The vast majority of reports are that 3/3/3/3 is a failure, yet again... it's time to start putting the BV system together, now... stop foolin' around with restrictions and make it so the Private Match tonnage setting is actually swapped over to BV, which is game-determined pilot-skill-modified 'Mech values... leaving the closed ends for Elo, stubbornly, is denying you a much greater population of gamers, whether you're losing any, now, or not.

[Modo44]

Adiuvo, on 20 May 2014 - 11:39 AM, said:

I'm sure you've guys have already reviewed tonnage limits for groups, but if 3/3/3/3 isn't working out I would love to see group tonnage put in. Groups are the main cause of mech class overload as it is.

Seconded. Low tonnage can be just as disruptive, so it needs to be a weight range.