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[Mercules]

I always stick around. The only time I haven't is when I hop into a quick match on a work break and I'll be logging off anyway.

I use a Track-IR and so can look left and right even when spectating. This allows me to see things the pilot I am observing doesn't see and I will put this info out there for the team. I know I have influenced teams when I've pointed out things like flanks from the cave/tunnel and such when they would have missed it or other things. Sometimes I'll hang out on my destroyed mech for a bit to pick up some intel and then share it with the team.

[LordKnightFandragon]

I leave, its like being grounded as a kid and you get to watch the other kids play on the jungle gym while you can only sit on the side lines...

[sabujo]

For me, while pugging it's 70/30, staying aboard most of the times. However, there are some periods I do not stick around due to efficiency when in competitions, challenges or active bonuses. In team drops, I always watch till the end as the chance of learning something useful is bigger.

Mercules, on 08 October 2014 - 11:06 AM, said:

Sometimes I'll hang out on my destroyed mech for a bit to pick up some intel and then share it with the team.

That's something that needs to be taken care of. I don't know if many teams do it, but it can be exploited.

[Corbon Zackery]

I watch all games to the very end. This is partly to learn a bit about peoples play styles. To coach some of the noobs left over in the match. And to watch for Disco, inactive players.

You know the guy who logs on with a atlas and does nothing so you lose 12-11 because 100tons does nothing the whole match.

[Mercules]

sabujo, on 08 October 2014 - 11:11 AM, said:

That's something that needs to be taken care of. I don't know if many teams do it, but it can be exploited.

LOL, yeah my rotating around my mech corpse stationary view where I can't target anything so can barely tell people what is going on. About all the intel you can get is if they have moved away from your corpse or not. "Three stil posted on my smoking ruin."

[Bandaron]

If it was a good, hard-fought match, I'll watch, whether it looks like we'll win or not. If I turned the wrong corner and got popped in the first few minutes, I've not got much invested in the match, so I'll leave and grab another mech.

[Kain Demos]

Dawnstealer, on 08 October 2014 - 09:53 AM, said:

I always stick around.

Usually, the reason is because I dropped in a favorite mech and want to keep dropping, or I'll do the "dead guy talking" thing and help out a new player/my team by reporting enemy positions (while the person I'm observing from is busy shooting or getting shot).

Also, you can pick up on things sticking around - builds, tactics, methods of piloting...

"Good artists borrow, great artists steal." ~ Picasso.

Pretty much this.

[Belorion]

Mike Forst, on 08 October 2014 - 09:56 AM, said:

I watch every match to the end. I get to see how things played out and think about any mistakes I made in the match and how I could do better next time.

Deathwatching is also a great way to see how others play. What works what doesn't. If you are in a group you can help the rest of those in your group by calling out weak area's on mech, or let them know who the other (pug) people are targeting.

If you don't deathwatch you cut out an important area of improvement in your game. If you think you are too good for deathwatching to help you are probably wrong, but are unteachable anyway.

[Eddrick]

I stick around and watch almost every time. I'm normaly not in any rush. C-Bill/XP per hour doesn't mean very much to me at this point. I have every Mech I want and Modules for all of them.

[Ph30nix]

depends on my level of irritation, if i went down in a good fight i gladly stay and watch
if i got hosed by something and am in middle of raging then i just leave.

[Zultor]

Viktor Drake, on 08 October 2014 - 10:05 AM, said:

Also if I have to be honest, I like to see my end of match performance and see how it compares and without a feature to view the results while in the mechlab, I am stuck waiting out the end of the match.

This.

I also have started to stick around and watch the match to guage how quickly I died in it. I am trying to work on staying alive longer and one way to know if you die prematurely too often is to watch the remainder of the match. If it ends soon after I die well I stayed about as long as I could, especially if we lose, but if there is a lot of fight left after I die I try and figure out what I could have done differently to survive and thus effect the outcome more.

[CDLord HHGD]

RustyBolts, on 08 October 2014 - 09:51 AM, said:

If I am solo dropping and I get killed I will leave the match 9 times out of 10, whether its one minute into the match or 14 minutes into the match. That way I can jump into another mech and get into another match quickly.

If I am group dropping I will hang around 100 % of the time to try and watch and learn.

Do you stick around or bail?

Depends.... Sometimes I'll get my butt kicked by an intriguing build and I'll quit while the memory is still fresh to go try to build it.

[Rogue Jedi]

I usualy stick around, sometimes I can offer help or advice to less experienced teammates and other times I can learn something from how the rest of the team plays.

also I usualy work on one Mech at a time, as I have found it if I change chassis I tend not to do well the first match.

[Egomane]

Mike Forst, on 08 October 2014 - 10:21 AM, said:

I also like to stick around to chat with the players who often like to ask me questions.

Admit it... You like that, because it gives you an opportunity to post!

[Andi Nagasia]

Dawnstealer, on 08 October 2014 - 09:53 AM, said:

I always stick around.

Usually, the reason is because I dropped in a favorite mech and want to keep dropping, or I'll do the "dead guy talking" thing and help out a new player/my team by reporting enemy positions (while the person I'm observing from is busy shooting or getting shot).

pretty much the same for me,

[Odins Fist]

Depends, i'm usually one of the last guys left on the field (if not the last guy).

But I usually stick around to see just how good or bad the last pilot(s) is/ are, then send friend invite or not.

[Blalok]

Hello, my name is Blalok, and I'm a stat junkie. I stick around for the EOR screen, more so now since MechCollect is no longer functional. Used to be I could walk away and that would get a screen cap for me... but no more.

Oh, and it's usually fun to try to influence the outcome by spotting / coordinating, although I'm kinda disturbed by the idea that TrackIR let's you freely pan the view independently of the pilot you're spectating...

[ShinobiHunter]

I always stay and watch. Partly because I just enjoy it, but mostly to try to learn from other players. I've picked up a lot of things doing this.

[Mike Forst]

Egomane, on 08 October 2014 - 01:29 PM, said:

Admit it... You like that, because it gives you an opportunity to post!

I just like to type words.

[Alienized]

staying in battle and help those that are still active by delivering simple informations is a tide-turner.