Redshift2k5, on 15 August 2014 - 04:37 AM, said:
Being in a 2-3 man group, especially if you don't have more experienced players to carry you, is making yourself a little fish in a big pond.
They really need to do something about small lower ELO groups, perhaps tossing them into the solo cue with slightly better soloers.. as it is, a few people that are no good that want to team up have an aweful time. Personally id rather see the old 3-4 man drops, come back. then add the larger group Cue's
Granted i feel this is still in beta, but there is a lot to be said about this.. I was just getting into group matching, but getting rolled constantly all night long, (even in large group drops of 8-10) I just have gone back to pugs. Sure not every match is awesome, but more often than not they are close, Or at least close for most of the match till someone pulls away through better strat, or just better/smarter play..
A close match for the first 6-10 mins is much better than rolled in 4 anyway you look at it..
Not to mention, Just add Freaking macros so we can have some basic orders through a key stroke.. come on it is 2014.. even if it is simple as... Form up at Location X, mech sited at X, Muliple mechs flanking X blah blah blah....something you can easily do with a couple key strokes.. they could even add a hot bar at the top of the screen, or you could pull up the battle map, click on a location example C4, then click your macro.. the game could say,, 3 mechs sited in C4 flash across the top of the screen vrs in chat where people miss often. Something like the Incoming missile warning.
and yes.. there needs to be something for 2-3 man teams, out side of saying Play with 12 and get rolled.. that is just total crap.. Not everyone wants to be a pro.. many just want to hang out and have a good time..
If your 12 mans don't have enough people to play against equal players that night, without waiting 20 mins,, why shouldn't they have to break up into smaller groups and fight each other for a while? Basically what the great 12 man groups are saying.. suck it up and loose so i can have someone to kill all night.
I see large 8-10 man groups of complete newbies going up against pros in the few times i have done it.. Screw that... a 4 min match is not fun at all.. sorry guys...
and just for the record, I never complained once about being stuck in a solo cue with 4 man groups.. It was even better when you beat um the next round cause you knew...
Adding color flags to people grouped would also be nice, then you know which are groups, and which aren't, that could be another possible alternative to small groups in solo cue
Edited by JC Daxion, 15 August 2014 - 08:25 AM.