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#1 A banana in the tailpipe

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Posted 25 October 2014 - 05:14 AM

Every OTHER match.

Please do something about the map rotation. It is really really bad so far this weekend. Maybe the datacenter hiccup threw it out of whack?

#2 Sergeant Random

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Posted 25 October 2014 - 07:23 AM

Bring LRMs and the griefer code will put you in Mining Collective

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Posted 25 October 2014 - 07:34 AM

I would much rather have map troll than matchmaker troll. Just sayin'.

#4 Joseph Mallan

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Posted 25 October 2014 - 09:09 AM

View PostSergeant Random, on 25 October 2014 - 07:23 AM, said:

Bring LRMs and the griefer code will put you in Mining Collective

High heat Mech and you'll get Mordor!

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Posted 25 October 2014 - 10:06 AM

I see that too.
I like Caustic, but.... after 5-6 times in a row it's becoming boring :)

#6 Saint Scarlett Johan

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Posted 25 October 2014 - 11:02 AM

I decided to keep stats for my A1 Splatcat before we got Clams.

Alpine 71% of the time I dropped in my A1 Splatcat.

#7 Bishop Steiner

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Posted 25 October 2014 - 11:07 AM

View PostLord Scarlett Johan, on 25 October 2014 - 11:02 AM, said:

I decided to keep stats for my A1 Splatcat before we got Clams.

Alpine 71% of the time I dropped in my A1 Splatcat.

I would actually LOVE it if they added code to punish people running boating. LRMboats get HPG, etc, Splatcats get Alpine..... teach people to build balanced frikking mechs finally.

#8 Saint Scarlett Johan

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Posted 25 October 2014 - 11:12 AM

View PostBishop Steiner, on 25 October 2014 - 11:07 AM, said:

I would actually LOVE it if they added code to punish people running boating. LRMboats get HPG, etc, Splatcats get Alpine..... teach people to build balanced frikking mechs finally.


Except I frequently get River City in my near stock 8Q. <_<

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Posted 25 October 2014 - 11:15 AM

View PostBishop Steiner, on 25 October 2014 - 11:07 AM, said:

I would actually LOVE it if they added code to punish people running boating. LRMboats get HPG, etc, Splatcats get Alpine..... teach people to build balanced frikking mechs finally.


Balanced = un-optimized. Besides, on some of my 'laser-vomit' builds, I bring a multiple of ERLL's, ERML's & MPL's. That's both balanced AND boating. Should I be penalized for that...??

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#10 Bishop Steiner

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Posted 25 October 2014 - 11:16 AM

View PostXythius, on 25 October 2014 - 11:15 AM, said:


Balanced = un-optimized. Besides, on some of my 'laser-vomit' builds, I bring a multiple of ERLL's, ERML's & MPL's. That's both balanced AND boating. Should I be penalized for that...??

~Xythius

Multiple range parameters really ain't boating. These LRMvomit or SRM vomit mechs that <are useless on half the maps are just that..useless.

And what you call "optimized" means over specialized, which should mean you need support from other units to succeed.

#11 BigFatGator

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Posted 25 October 2014 - 11:21 AM

View PostLord Scarlett Johan, on 25 October 2014 - 11:02 AM, said:

I decided to keep stats for my A1 Splatcat before we got Clams.

Alpine 71% of the time I dropped in my A1 Splatcat.

That's funny, I haven't seen Alpine in weeks.

#12 Xythius

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Posted 25 October 2014 - 11:25 AM

View PostBishop Steiner, on 25 October 2014 - 11:16 AM, said:

Multiple range parameters really ain't boating. These LRMvomit or SRM vomit mechs that <are useless on half the maps are just that..useless.

And what you call "optimized" means over specialized, which should mean you need support from other units to succeed.


While I know that this is first & foremost (unfortunately) an 'FPS w/ 'mechs', the whole idea of a 'team' means you should have support from the rest of the units on the field.

Now, even though that is really just a pipe dream in puglandia, fulfilling a 'role' shouldn't penalize you. Hell, they just instituted rewards for certain roles. There should be no penalization for 'boating'. The simple fact that they're ineffective (in some of the more extreme cases) will weed most of that out.

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Edited by Xythius, 25 October 2014 - 11:32 AM.


#13 LordKnightFandragon

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Posted 25 October 2014 - 12:57 PM

Caustic, it can go the way of the Dodo....Mordor can follow it....though my last like 6 games havent been on Mordor....sooo, yay?

Edited by LordKnightFandragon, 25 October 2014 - 12:58 PM.


#14 Lily from animove

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Posted 25 October 2014 - 03:40 PM

caustic is fine,

boating is fine,

warm maps are fine.

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12 lasers on the nova? no problem, just needs more patience.
2 PPC adder, also fine, people just need to control their spammy triggerfinger and avoid the calderas of caustic and especially terra therma.

I actually like caustic, I often have some of my best matches there in my Nova. People just have to keep an eye on the sykpe, because UAV's can be the doom of your entire team. but UAV awareness and the ability to shoot them down is also part of skill.

Edited by Lily from animove, 25 October 2014 - 03:52 PM.






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