Magnakanus, on 22 May 2014 - 05:12 AM, said:
Fist point, I find it appalling that we have long time players, Founders, Overlord package holders, etc. trying to play the trump that they need the C-bills/XP or have just that one mech to drop with and therewith dictate the actions of others. I have at least 10 mechs I drop with on a regular basis (all fully equipped and with their own separate modules) and around 200 mil in the bank. Needing to maximize C-bill earnings and being stuck with 1 mech is a new player issue, not one for package holders and long term players. Even if you do not own a single mech there are still 4 trial mechs to drop in, so, trump card denied.
What I do as the last man standing depends on the game mode and my mech, like many of the other posters. I also make very sure to type my intentions to my team if I decide to power down for an ambush.
Skermish: If I have no weapons I need to go die by the most convenient method available. I can do no good and there is no other vicotry condition besides my death. If I have weapons I am going to do my damndest to take the enemy down or at least hurt them as much as possible.
Assault/Conquest: If I can, I am going to take somebody with me. If not, well there is a second win condition and the enemy team is welcome to use it, because I am not feeding my mech to them. I will never rush into a mob of enemies just to end the match, ever. I have also never intentionally ran out of bounds (did once by accident when I just started) either.
If you are feeding yourself to the enemy just to save some random people a minute or two you are not doing your best, rather you are being a submissive slave to the will of strangers. Like Conan said (more or less); this is my fight, if you want to help then fine, if not then stay out of my way and be quiet.
Some of us thought we were leaving and sold off all our mechs, then had to rebuy after coming back, which dropped our c-bill totals to very low.
Other's of us maybe are not that good, and other's still don't spend every waking hour playing mechwarrior online, thus our c-bill totals are low.
It's not rocket science. There is a single commodity in MWO that we're fighting for, and that is c-bills. If I launch into a match with one of my hero mechs, because I'm grinding c-bills for the next mech I'm trying to master, and you go hide in a corner at the end of the match and shut down, thus not participating in the game. Yeah, I'm going to be mad, many other people are going to be mad, and you're breaking the rules in that you are supposed to be actively participating in the match.
NOW, the exception to that is if you've been fighting it out all match, are seriously wounded and withdrew... in that instance, it's understandable, and seeing as how you fought it out up to that point, you may as well run off and try to hide... that's understandable... but running off at the beginning of a match to hide in an obscure corner of the map just to run down the clock, especially in skirmish... that's messed up and counter productive.
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