576 replies to this topic

[Sagedabluemage]

idk about you guys but im derping in Pretty baby and having a grand old time. tho the deceleration rate nerf OUCH -33.3% i feel more agile in my atlas.

[Khushrenada]

WM Dirges, on 30 July 2014 - 12:35 PM, said:

What I have seen are beyond fun loadouts or test builds. Some show complete ignorance of the gameplay involved.

No you don't have to be hardcore to be a competent player but if you put only 2 weapons on your assault mech or put nothing but small lasers on a slow mech and think that are viable then you need some help.

I myself do not deny the fact that clan tech is superior. The fact is that they are suppose to be in this timeline.

yeah... and if THIS is the only thing that comes close to something called "gameplay" with a story or some background involved, instead of all those brainless drop/mechlab/drop/mechlab "game", then i truly feel sorry for pgi...

[Viges]

Dawnstealer, on 30 July 2014 - 01:07 PM, said:

Am I the only one reading this and saying: "Yeah, that's about right?"

I mean, the Clans blow through the war-hardened Inner Sphere in about a year of fighting. It's not supposed to be all that close. If the IS wins a battle it's something to really be celebrated. Clans are the easy-button of this game and that's how it should be.

P2W or lose

DAMN RIGHT thats how it should be

[Ralatar]

LOL, I play/enjoy both clan and IS. You're statement seems to point that you are a clan fanboy. Ton for ton a clan mech will win vs an IS with equally skilled players. They have brought clan in at a reduced effectiveness compared to TT but they are still superior to IS.

[Xeno Phalcon]

Iv seen clan vs IS constistantly past four matchs they definately messed with MM.

So far my favorites were these:

Spoiler

and this ones a head scratcher, we BARELY won and only because the two left were way too slow to catch the adder on the high ground.

Spoiler

In both I got to mow down AC40 jagers in my Jagerhawk (2xCUAC20) so I was pretty content regardless

[ApolloKaras]

I don't mind if they do stuff like this. However, this should happen AFTER the Clan mechs are released for cbills...

[MoonfireSpam]

Suck it test tube scum Was the only IS win I had but what the hell.

Edited by MoonfireSpam, 30 July 2014 - 01:32 PM.

[Ralatar]

Did you maybe think that the 200 damage is because if the IS shows it's face for more than a sec it's cored out? Try playing a few games IS and see.

[nehebkau]

14 Clan vs. Inner Sphere matches in a row

RESULTS:
Clan 14 wins. vs IS 0 Wins

13 were ROTFLstomps (12-0 to 12-3 games)
1 was a 12-8 game.

[Joseph Mallan]

nehebkau, on 30 July 2014 - 01:25 PM, said:

14 Clan vs. Inner Sphere matches in a row

RESULTS:
Clan 14 wins. vs IS 0 Wins

13 were ROTFLstomps (12-0 to 12-3 games)
1 was a 12-8 game.

Sounds like what I signed up for!

[Mcgral18]

Ralatar, on 30 July 2014 - 01:22 PM, said:

Did you maybe think that the 200 damage is because if the IS shows it's face for more than a sec it's cored out? Try playing a few games IS and see.

I've been playing the IS all day, only got 2 Clan vs IS though.

I got over 450 both times, pretty mediocre score, but that's what happens when you get a laserboat on Caustic and your team derps hard.

Both are 7 under 200 damage. If I can do it...why can't the rest of the team?

[0bsidion]

Saxie, on 30 July 2014 - 01:18 PM, said:

I don't mind if they do stuff like this. However, this should happen AFTER the Clan mechs are released for cbills...

There should at least be trial clan mechs. New players aren't necessarily going to know what's going on and might even have picked their mechs arbitrarily, but there's almost no chance clan side is going to get a complete new player, let alone 2 or more. Pugs like this are virtually guaranteed to be unbalanced due to player skill and experience favoring the clan side. Clan should be 2 stars vs 3 lances in this situation for it to be close to fair.

[Xeno Phalcon]

Actually I dont quite get the reasoning behind changing it to clan vs IS mechs, it should be faction based not mech based. Just because I salvage (fork up $55) something dosn't make me clan.

[Ozric]

0/9 to the Clans. If it's metrics ye be wanting, it's metrics ye be getting.

[Adiuvo]

Mcgral18, on 30 July 2014 - 01:11 PM, said:

Seeing as half the team regularly fails to get over 200 damage, it's safe to say they are pretty ****.

That's what happens in stomps. Always.

[Joseph Mallan]

Ozric, on 30 July 2014 - 01:37 PM, said:

0/9 to the Clans. If it's metrics ye be wanting, it's metrics ye be getting.

As you are a Falcon shouldn't you have written it 9/0 in our favor. And that is how the Invasion is meant to go.

[Bromineberry]

Booo! Last two matches have had mixed teams! Booo!

€: Can't you extend the testing time a bit?

Edited by Bromineberry, 30 July 2014 - 01:51 PM.

[CeeKay Boques]

Nikolai Lubkiewicz, on 30 July 2014 - 01:50 PM, said:

Hey folks,
You seem to have noticed that for the last 2 hours or so, the solo queue had been separating IS 'Mechs vs Clan 'Mechs on each team. If the Match Maker cannot create a full IS vs Clan match, it will put players into IS vs IS or Clan vs Clan. This was a pre-emptive test for Faction warfare as we roll towards Community Warfare. We were able to get some great telemetry from the Matchmaker on this and we are eager to apply what that data is teaching us.

Thanks for participating!

Just do it all day erry day for a day. I want to give you telemetry and chit.

[Ozric]

Joseph Mallan, on 30 July 2014 - 01:45 PM, said:

As you are a Falcon shouldn't you have written it 9/0 in our favor. And that is how the Invasion is meant to go.

Yes but I am a wayward, spacepoor Falcon (or is that actually poor) forced to drive green Catapults, which it turns out really are like half a Timber Wolf.

But lore be damned anyway. Insurmountable odds are great story devices but totally suck in a F2P FPS game.

[Shivaran]

Xeno Phalcon, on 30 July 2014 - 01:33 PM, said:

Actually I dont quite get the reasoning behind changing it to clan vs IS mechs, it should be faction based not mech based. Just because I salvage (fork up $55) something dosn't make me clan.

That's how the TT got killed. Getting more powerful mechs without the disadvantages (I don't do Zellbrigen, I unilaterally decided that my clan mechs were salvage piloted by IS guys!)

Mixing mechs would remove all the flavor in the game.

Anyways, you wouldn't really be able to salvage as Clan tech is far ahead of IS tech. Good luck repairing your cored Clan mech...