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[Davegt27]

I play for hours every day and what a dramatic change from Tuesday morning
when it was 45% heavy Mech use

now it’s down to 6%

Edited by Davegt27, 22 October 2014 - 07:03 AM.

[Malcolm Vordermark]

Indeed, and even though the assault queue didn't drop that much its mostly Atlas instead of Dire Wolf. I've taken this opportunity to grind out my Mad Dogs without the Dakka Wolves out in force.

[cleghorn6]

I just saw 0% Light, 70% Medium, 7% Heavy, 23% Assault.

Centurion/Shadowhawk/DoomCrow Lulz.

[Davegt27]

I also never seen such a fluctuation in percentages

Lights are at 10% now

[Jody Von Jedi]

I'm a dedicated medium pilot. It's good to see the weight class well represented for once. The low cost Stormcrow and Shadowhawk sale combined with the free CN9-AH plus the change to rewards was just what the medium class needed.

But as a medium pilot, that also means I love the QKD. My loadouts are just as fast as my mediums and handle just as well. I usually don't play them because the queue wait times are so long. Since the patch, it's given me an opportunity to stretch the old QKD-5Ks legs again. They were getting stiff from non use.

Jody "Quickdraw" von Jedi

Edited by Jody Von Jedi, 22 October 2014 - 07:20 AM.

[Magos Titanicus]

ah i love it, those meds are just sweet cannonfodder to my heavies

[Lily from animove]

Rouken, on 22 October 2014 - 07:09 AM, said:

Indeed, and even though the assault queue didn't drop that much its mostly Atlas instead of Dire Wolf. I've taken this opportunity to grind out my Mad Dogs without the Dakka Wolves out in force.

this, feels good to pilot the MDD; centurions are a nice target and unskilled atlas has still some twisting issues you can use for your advantage.

[Davegt27]

I really love the blackjack very fun mech to pilot

I am just not good enough to last more then a min or two

so I dusted off the old dual gauss Jager and I have like 7 kills today already

[Macksheen]

Prior to the drop, I ran Stormcrows. After the injection of new mediums and assaults, I'm in either an Adder or a heavy clan (Mad Dog or Summoner usually, not the Timber).

I'm waiting to enjoy all my lovely IS mechs after Nov 4 ... then I'll be in Awesomes, Quickdraws, Blackjacks, Hunchbacks ... oh my

[WonderSparks]

As interesting as it is to see the sudden shift in 'Mech usage, I do not really think this belongs in the New Player Help forum...

[MercJ]

WonderSparks, on 22 October 2014 - 08:32 AM, said:

As interesting as it is to see the sudden shift in 'Mech usage, I do not really think this belongs in the New Player Help forum...

Agreed, but it might be helpful for new players to remember this:

Those percentages show numbers IN THE QUEUE, and do not necessarily reflect the total numbers of each weight class in play at any given time.

Obviously, right now there are a lot of mediums waiting to be matched Just wanted to mention this though, since I think many people might get the idea that the percentages are showing the distribution of the playing population, and that isn't necessarily the case. A 0% in a weight class basically means that those players aren't waiting to be matched, not that there aren't any players using that weight class.

[Virlutris]

Rouken, on 22 October 2014 - 07:09 AM, said:

Indeed, and even though the assault queue didn't drop that much its mostly Atlas instead of Dire Wolf. I've taken this opportunity to grind out my Mad Dogs without the Dakka Wolves out in force.

Like this for me last night. Fewer Timbys in the queue, and a (pleasantly) surprising number of Summoners and Thunderbolts.

However, I was sad to see fewer whales on the field--they make the juciest slow-moving apartment-building-sized targets for missle spam while leveling a missle boat. Unbasic-ed Atlases present less opportunity, because it at least seems like they move more, faster, and make better use of cover. It was still a lot of fun though

BTW, great spotting last night by the laser-pointer and wi-fi specialists. Made my Mad Dog grinding that much more fun, and I hope I got you some pretty paychecks

[Sadist Cain]

Time for the big boys to move over. The Mediums have come to take the dancefloor.

The Centurian mantra...

[dragnier1]

WonderSparks, on 22 October 2014 - 08:32 AM, said:

As interesting as it is to see the sudden shift in 'Mech usage, I do not really think this belongs in the New Player Help forum...

*agrees*

Davegt27, on 22 October 2014 - 07:15 AM, said:

I also never seen such a fluctuation in percentages

Lights are at 10% now

This happened when novas (and direwolves) were out for sale . It would switch again in 2 weeks. I'll probably refrain from working on my shiny, new stormcrows till then.

[Davegt27]

its at 8% for heavy Mechs now

61% medium is way up maybe that's the reason

[FupDup]

[DaZur]

I'm patiently waiting for the impending demand for a Medium class nerf because the Heavy class is now under represented...


Go ahead and laugh... But know it's gonna happen.

[Rhaythe]

Considering mediums were the workhorse of the Battletech novels, I'm okay with this. But it won't last.

[Darian DelFord]

MercJ, on 22 October 2014 - 08:43 AM, said:

Agreed, but it might be helpful for new players to remember this:

Those percentages show numbers IN THE QUEUE, and do not necessarily reflect the total numbers of each weight class in play at any given time.

Obviously, right now there are a lot of mediums waiting to be matched Just wanted to mention this though, since I think many people might get the idea that the percentages are showing the distribution of the playing population, and that isn't necessarily the case. A 0% in a weight class basically means that those players aren't waiting to be matched, not that there aren't any players using that weight class.

They may not repreent the actu numbers playing in matches, but their damn close. Dropping with only 1 or maybe two lights since the patch. Give it a week or two and heavies and assaults will be 40%+ Mediums 15% and lights less than 5%

[Mathium]

For the past few weeks I've been leveling Shadowhawks purchased during the Faction weekends and Novas that I finally was able to afford due to all those same challenge payouts. Just wish I had known the Stormcrows were going to go on sale then. Now I finally get to level my Dragons and Thunderbolts without feeling guilty by the lopsided MM. Fewer Timberwolves and Direwoves are helping out too. Just a matter of time till the balance returns to "normal" since Timbies's and Warhawks arrive for c-bills soon.

Edited by Mathium, 23 October 2014 - 08:05 AM.