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[Hexidecimator]

I start my day fitting modules for my favorite brawling mechs, looking forward to heavy ammo rounds of ballistics and missiles. My first couple matches are tough battles, I close the gaps and put out a lot of damage but it seems today is filled with LRM pilots so I decide to change weight classes.

As I jump into my Light mechs, I am feeling confident that I will be of use to my teammates. My first ten matches produce no LRM pilots and my team loses horribly. Does that match maker purposely try to screw me? Questions start to become conspiracy theories and I decide to change again.

I have decided that long range sniping will better suit my play style today, as I can assist LRM pilots in securing kills and not be too far ahead like I was in my brawling mechs. My first drop is loaded with Atlas pilots that call for an aggressive push, I am now convinced that match maker is out to ruin my day and boldly charge forward. After my early exit from the fight, I am watching the continued engagement and I read that chatter that my team is typing in game. Things like "GG, bad team", "Cowardly snipers, great game", "LRM baddies", and I wonder if these pilots knew how many play styles I had tried today, or how many other pilots might have had my same experience.

Now with no cares to give and just determined to have fun, I jump into my Gold Timberwolf for my last battle. As I begin to advance forward from spawn I immediately lose a leg. My team chat reads, "GG loser". Mechwarrior Online.. gotta love it!!

[Mothykins]

D:

I love seeing golden 'Mechs on the field, especially on my team. That blows man.

But yeah, Pug life is pretty tough, and people seem to just like to make it miserable for everyone.

Edited by Cavale, 20 November 2014 - 12:29 PM.

[Hexidecimator]

I just wanted to type out a typical day that we all go through, I dont actually own a Gold mech, just seen this happen in game and thought I would add it to this post. Sometimes the frustration that players add to other peoples game is worse than anything in game and I thought I would make a journal type entry to highlight it.

Edited by Hexidecimator, 20 November 2014 - 12:45 PM.

[Mothykins]

Hexidecimator, on 20 November 2014 - 12:31 PM, said:

I just wanted to type out a typical day that we all go through, I dont actually own a Gold mech, just seen this happen in game and thought I would added to this post. Sometimes the frustration that players add to other peoples game is worse than anything in game and I thought I would make a journal type entry to highlight it.

After having played with a team mate who DOES have a Gold Timby, I wince every time he drops in it. I love the thing, but even in groups, people on your team will shoot at it.

There's some seriously caustic people out there, and yeah, they'll go out of their way to make everything worse. It's never cool.

[Agent 0 Fortune]

It would nice if PGI looked out for its whales. I'd love to see an automatic one day per component ban for friendly fire on gold mechs

Edited by Agent 0 Fortune, 20 November 2014 - 12:43 PM.

[Mothykins]

Agent 0 Fortune, on 20 November 2014 - 12:42 PM, said:

It would nice if PGI looked out for its whales. I'd love to see an automatic one day per component ban for friendly fire on gold mechs

A bit heavy handed, misfires happen. My 1V(P) has been the unfortunate victim of many accidental deaths. Generally because it's short, and on most mechs, gausses are mounted very low...

[Alistair Winter]

I will never understand the people shooting at gold mechs. I understand regular team kills, I understand most of the people griefing in the game. But shooting at gold mechs? It makes no sense at any level.

Anyway. Let's all just praise the Gods we don't have integrated VOIP that forces us to listen to people spreading this kind of hatred verbally. At least I can turn chat off, or simply stop reading if someone on my team starts trolling. VOIP with strangers? No thanks.

[Scratx]

Been there, done that, gotten no t-shirt for it.

Other days, the stars all align and I kill 1, 2, 3, 4 mechs per match and I'm wondering how long my luck will hold.

Best we can do is shrug off when things go unreasonably bad and carry harder.

And if a bad run goes long enough, stop for the day, grab a beer and chill. Fire up the game again the next day or so and enjoy.


( also, hi there Hex, been pugging lately, will probably try to get some group action in the next few days. hit me if you find me on C* NA )

[superteds]

i will leg every gold mech i see.

[PappySmurf]

Fist off HEX great story its to bad some players are just vengeful R-TARDS in MW:0 I can could 20-40 times I have been killed to team killers.

Agent said (It would nice if PGI looked out for its whales. I'd love to see an automatic one day per component ban for friendly fire on gold mechs)

Agent friendly fire happens almost every battle we play in MWO and it is quite different from Team Killing a player or purposefully crippling a player before battle starts. For those rare individuals I do advocate a 3 strikes your out rule for team killers.

Edited by PappySmurf, 20 November 2014 - 12:49 PM.

[Scratx]

superteds, on 20 November 2014 - 12:47 PM, said:

i will leg every gold mech i see.

And I report anyone I see deliberately TK'ing or team damaging, so please do that while I'm watching you.

[Hexidecimator]

Hey Scratx, been in the lab working on some drop builds for the team but yeah definitely will look for you when we are grouping.

[LordKnightFandragon]

Cavale, on 20 November 2014 - 12:27 PM, said:

D:

I love seeing golden 'Mechs on the field, especially on my team. That blows man.

But yeah, Pug life is pretty tough, and people seem to just like to make it miserable for everyone.

such is the life on online gaming......its why I am totally awaiting the arrival of PVE for MWO in almost any form. I am on a personal boycott of the PVP in this game. Its just not fun. Its just loss after loss after loss....scrub team after scrub team. I wont say im uber myself, I could improve, but when the games just steamroll one way or the other, there is never really much time to even play the game. By the time anything has developed in a match its pretty much over. By the time the shooting starts, its almost decided. so there is time to fire a few rounds and then the game ends. So not really much time to learn anything....I figured some stuff out watching videos, but in game....its a joke mostly.....no fun at all.

Then as the OP goes on about how his team deliberately blows his mechs leg off just because, that only adds to the misery.....

Its why id take an army of AI bots over any players.....atleast then I could get the satisfaction of knowing my team will fight....and NOT be deliberately trolling or being idiots...

[Sigilum Sanctum]

I want flood lights on my mechs so I can shine them on the golden mechs I see. Make them even more gaudy and ostentatious so the enemy team can see their fabulous doom.

[Abivard]

A simple "teammate 'so and so' is shooting you" message would be nice, maybe make it a global message.