67 replies to this topic

[GreyGriffin]

Dragonslayers, Shadowhawks, and Jump Cataphracts? ECM Spiders?
I bet nobody expected these to be the tournament winners that went on sale!

[Khobai]

and embers

[Dymlos2003]

GASP! They used mechs!

[KharnZor]

i was hoping for cheese cake

[xMintaka]

KharnZor, on 31 May 2014 - 12:54 PM, said:

i was hoping for cheese cake

And what, pray tell, would you call the current sale if not cheese cake?

[Finster]

What, no Locusts?

[KharnZor]

Lunatech, on 31 May 2014 - 12:55 PM, said:

And what, pray tell, would you call the current sale if not cheese cake?

You cant eat mechs silly.

[Lyoto Machida]

Dymlos2003, on 31 May 2014 - 12:03 PM, said:

GASP! They used mechs!

Yeah...mechs all the comp teams use. Hence the lack of surprise.

[Gigastrike]

Meta for everybody!

[Jin Ma]

guess what, they all use jumpjets

[Armored Yokai]

Meh such typical pilots, imho they shouldn't have gotten the exclusive skin and i think the tournament should have been using purely stock.

Edited by Armored Yokai, 01 June 2014 - 01:52 PM.

[Bront]

Final round should have had a 240 ton limit.

[Flaming oblivion]

Nah guys its all good, they won using the same tactic and weapons they always do , The only way they know how they need the advantage to win , That should tell you something about there skill level (or lack of hint HINT) that they need to use the best mechs with the best weapons repeatedly to win, Because if they faced the good pilots in anything but meta they'd get destroyed even if the good pilots were using trials, PGI are just using the tourney to cash grab with the sale from the players that want crutch.

Edited by Flaming oblivion, 01 June 2014 - 03:02 PM.

[Kassatsu]

Stock tournament or no jump jet/SHS-only tournament pls.

Edited by Kassatsu, 01 June 2014 - 03:20 PM.

[Biaxialrain]

I thought this was about role warfare.

I thought this was about huge, lumbering, monstrous mechanical tanks.

I thought this was about strategy, tactics, positioning and teamwork.

The few tournaments I've watched via YouTube didn't contain any of this, in fact, just the opposite. I see most everyone using the same 2-3 mechs with the same loadouts.

What's worse is some are "Conquest" which immediately turn into "Skirmish", what's the point of "Conquest" again?

I've already been in matches where people try to emulate the jump sniping and outright, full on brawling that is shown. Most lose, and lose hard.

Run, jump, shoot, repeat, if you're faster on the keyboard or have faster reaction times you win, not much thought or skill involved.

Boring and available elsewhere.

MW:O is supposed to be better than that, right, the "thinking man's shooter" as I recall.

Edited by Biaxialrain, 01 June 2014 - 05:33 PM.

[Sevrid]

Armored Yokai, on 01 June 2014 - 01:50 PM, said:

Meh such typical pilots, imho they shouldn't have gotten the exclusive skin and i think the tournament should have been using purely stock.

this^ Would have at least been interesting to watch, probably to play too. What happen in the video did not look fun at all

Edited by Sevrid, 01 June 2014 - 05:53 PM.

[Kassatsu]

Biaxialrain, on 01 June 2014 - 05:27 PM, said:

MW:O is supposed to be better than that, right, the "thinking man's shooter" as I recall.

Nah man, that was Half-Life. MWO has always been about left clicking the giant enemy robot's weak point for massive damage. Or sometimes aiming in its general direction and letting your magical never-miss missiles do it for you. But now it's mostly the left-clicking.

[White Bear 84]

Armored Yokai, on 01 June 2014 - 01:50 PM, said:

i think the tournament should have been using purely stock.

Damn straight! A true test of actual ability for the 'meta reliant' pilot...

[KharnZor]

There's some salt in the air.
Get over it.

Armored Yokai, on 01 June 2014 - 01:50 PM, said:

Meh such typical pilots, imho they shouldn't have gotten the exclusive skin and i think the tournament should have been using purely stock.

Flaming oblivion, on 01 June 2014 - 02:59 PM, said:

Nah guys its all good, they won using the same tactic and weapons they always do , The only way they know how they need the advantage to win , That should tell you something about there skill level (or lack of hint HINT) that they need to use the best mechs with the best weapons repeatedly to win, Because if they faced the good pilots in anything but meta they'd get destroyed even if the good pilots were using trials, PGI are just using the tourney to cash grab with the sale from the players that want crutch.

[Tezcatli]

It's just a way for them to justify putting the Dragon Slayer on sale before they nerf jump jets and other weapons.

I don't mind. Nerf it all! Let whatever gods PGI prays to sort em out!