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[Lefty Lucy]

http://i.imgur.com/r4Pm0h0.jpg

[Mechteric]

Lefty Lucy, on 05 August 2014 - 06:46 AM, said:

http://i.imgur.com/r4Pm0h0.jpg

why no embed image?

[Lefty Lucy]

CapperDeluxe, on 05 August 2014 - 06:49 AM, said:

why no embed image?

I'm bad at stuff.

[Deathlike]

You can tell the role warfare is being done by Heavies.

[Kaeb Odellas]

So clearly 3-3-3-3 doesn't work. How about buffing the underperforming weight classes there PGI?

[Alistair Winter]

Kaeb Odellas, on 05 August 2014 - 07:18 AM, said:

So clearly 3-3-3-3 doesn't work. How about buffing the underperforming weight classes there PGI?

It's not easy when a solid portion of the players actually want light and medium mechs to be underperforming, and want the Dire Wolf to be the endgame mech everyone aspires to own.

Apparently, it never occurred to neither them nor PGI that everyone will just end up running their endgame mech, trampling new players in their puny light mechs on their way to the center of the map, when not yelling at them for leaving the Dire Whale behind.

Edited by Alistair Winter, 05 August 2014 - 07:34 AM.

[Rhaythe]

I wonder how many players still start cursing light mechs for not RTB'ing before they realized nobody was playing them in the entire game.

[Lefty Lucy]

Alistair Winter, on 05 August 2014 - 07:24 AM, said:

It's not easy when a solid portion of the players actually want light and medium mechs to be underperforming, and want the Dire Wolf to be the endgame mech everyone aspires to own.

Apparently, it never occurred to neither them nor PGI that everyone will just end up running their endgame mech, trampling new players in their puny light mechs on their way to the center of the map, when not yelling at them for leaving the Dire Whale behind.

Yep, progression models only make sense in PVP games if you have strict segregation of players with different progression levels.

I'm not sure if the players who want lights and meds to suck are either slaves to TT fidelity, or just want easy targets since they feel like they've "accomplished something" by saving up for/buying with money a heavy or assault mech. Maybe they use the one as an excuse for the other.

[Deathlike]

Rhaythe, on 05 August 2014 - 07:37 AM, said:

I wonder how many players still start cursing light mechs for not RTB'ing before they realized nobody was playing them in the entire game.

It happened plenty of times in MM v3 (Elo only). At the time, we had slow mediums trying to RTB (like the Hunchback or the non Cent-D variants). Those were hilarious times.

[Alistair Winter]

Lefty Lucy, on 05 August 2014 - 07:39 AM, said:

Yep, progression models only make sense in PVP games if you have strict segregation of players with different progression levels.

And even then the segregation has no purpose in itself. It's a way to keep the players working to unlock new content and more advanced gameplay (e.g. World of Warcraft) or to face opponents of their own skill level and not having to face anyone who are either wildly superior or wildly inferior to themselves (e.g. any game with a working ELO or rank system).

Neither applies to MWO. You can buy everything instantly and after 2 years of playing the game, you're still being matched up with noobs, almost regardless of your ELO.

[FupDup]

Are you playing this game on a potato?

[Lefty Lucy]

Alistair Winter, on 05 August 2014 - 08:06 AM, said:

And even then the segregation has no purpose in itself. It's a way to keep the players working to unlock new content and more advanced gameplay (e.g. World of Warcraft) or to face opponents of their own skill level and not having to face anyone who are either wildly superior or wildly inferior to themselves (e.g. any game with a working ELO or rank system).

Neither applies to MWO. You can buy everything instantly and after 2 years of playing the game, you're still being matched up with noobs, almost regardless of your ELO.

Yep, most F2P developers try to make money off progression models via premium time and paid-for advantages. That's the only purpose for a progression model in a F2P title. I've wished so many times that this game was a subscription model, as I think it would have allowed the developers to focus on content rather than macrotransactions.

FupDup, on 05 August 2014 - 08:44 AM, said:

Are you playing this game on a potato?

Laptop with super-powerful HD4000 integrated graphics.

[Wolfways]

I've always thought Jenners were "special"

[Lefty Lucy]

Wolfways, on 05 August 2014 - 11:08 AM, said:

I've always thought Jenners were "special"

Can we get a short bus cockpit item?

[Wolfways]

Lefty Lucy, on 05 August 2014 - 11:10 AM, said:

Can we get a short bus cockpit item?

An ice-cream cone upside down, dripping onto the cockpit floor?

[Deathlike]

Lefty Lucy, on 05 August 2014 - 11:10 AM, said:

Can we get a short bus cockpit item?

No.

[Wiley Coyote]

Wolfways, on 05 August 2014 - 11:24 AM, said:

An ice-cream cone upside down, dripping onto the cockpit floor?

That made me think of this. Ah, good times.



Back on topic, how about a "Participant" trophy cockpit item?

[CeeKay Boques]

Uh... is 3/3/3/3 in?

[NovaFury]

The matchmaker certainly tries, and after two minutes throws it's hands up in disgust and matches 6+ dire wolves on each team.

[SolasTau]

So that's NOT the Jenner that looked at me confused for a second the other day before I shot it in the face with AC10 and PPC...?