25 replies to this topic

[CyclonerM]

I would love it, at least in private matches, but i have an objection.

A biased poll is a biased poll

[Jack Corban]

CyclonerM, on 29 July 2014 - 03:52 AM, said:

I would love it, at least in private matches, but i have an objection.

A biased poll is a biased poll

If you had read the poll as you call it you would have noticed that this is a petition and not a poll. You either sign a petition or do not.

Edited by Jack Corban, 29 July 2014 - 10:53 AM.

[Joseph Mallan]

To be fair you do need a No option for this Poll. I did after reading the third option change my vote to Why wasn't it put in at the start.

I think "Stock would also be a good CW for the actual Invasion matches. It would be a bit harsh for us Inner Sphere players, but that is how the Invasion was after all.

[Malleus011]

I'd certainly like to see Stock set up as a viable mission type, mode, or matchmaking setting.

It's easier on newbies. It's slower and more tactical. It avoids the FoTM meta. And it's loads of fun.

It'll also sell more 'mech bays, because Stock players will own more 'mechs ... because they're having more fun.

[Carl Avery]

Jaeger Gonzo, on 29 July 2014 - 01:46 AM, said:

On top of that I would add pilots skill reset

Yes, yes! This is the only thing that disappoints me about our current stock 'mech matches -- we have to allow skill unlocks because there's no way to turn them off. The skill unlocks being off would make the game play more like Mechwarrior: Living Legends -- even more slow-paced and tactical than our current stock matches.

Edited by Carl Avery, 30 July 2014 - 09:11 PM.

[Christopher Hamilton]

I would gladly die in the battle line with you for this, even though you are a soldier of theodore kurita

Full support, I bett my locust on this !

General Taskeen, on 26 July 2014 - 02:57 PM, said:

The best way to do it is through server mutators.

Examples:

[ ] Assault
[ ] Conquest
[ ] Skirmish
[ X ] Any

[ X ] Stock 3025
[ X ] Stock 3050
[ X ] IS vs IS
[ ] IS vs Clan
[ ] Clan vs Clan

Since PGI/IGP doesn't seem to want to go back to the old style dedicated server rooms, this is the only way I can think of it working in the context of randomly matched with people.

This selection example here means "Any Game Mode, but only IS vs IS, and Stock 3025 OR Stock 3050"

By mixing and matching selection options, people join the kind of match that they want. So for instance, they don't want stock? Then don't select it, and thus you are matched with Custom "Mechs" but you can choose between IS vs IS, IS vs Clan, and/or Clan vs Clan still. However, certain mutators would have to be made not work in conjunction Like "stock 3025" and "IS vs Clan" - "Clan vs Clan" options wouldn't work.

Another simple example to narrow the search (like other Multiplayer games out there):

[ X ] Assault
[ ] Conquest
[ ] Skirmish
[ ] Any

[ X ] Stock 3025
[ ] Stock 3050
[ X ] IS vs IS
[ ] IS vs Clan
[ ] Clan vs Clan

Stock 3025 essentially always means "is vs is" anyways. So in this case its strickly "Assault Mode Only, Stock 3025 Only, IS vs IS only" Choosing a Mech with Tech 2 would have to throw out an error that the "This Mech is a Stock Tech 2, can not join with this one"

The Stock options would have to work like the old games, where it just simply reverts your 'Mech to Stock automatically when joining.