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[amenophis]

I'm not sure how this is supposed to work either. I chose the wolf clan so does that mean I can only use clan mechs? I'm still trying to level most of them. Do I just wait in the lobby. After I select attack or when I am notified help is needed that's where I end up but nothing happens there. I know this is bata but there should be some directions somewhere on how this is supposed to work. I'm a solo player so is that a problem? Do I need to be on team speak. Do I need to buy a mic and headphones for this? I'm lost as to how I am supposed to get a match.

Edited by amenophis, 11 December 2014 - 11:51 PM.

[Tesunie]

Platinum Spider, on 11 December 2014 - 11:15 PM, said:

Same here, I get notifications that I'm needed to attack or defend a planet but when I click on the message and click on attack/defend I get nothing but an empty team roster and a timer just ticking away while I do nothing. I'm playing solo, but CW should be open to lone wolves as well as the groups.

I'm not in a unit myself, and you don't need to be. I've been in about 6 matches so far, and they are fun. If you clicked on one of those pop-up announcements, people should already be there looking for more (from my limited understanding). Stick with the lobby search. Eventually, you should get into a match. I found it tends to take me about 10 minutes myself.

The empty looking team roster is a big from my understanding. It should be filling up with people as it goes, but instead right now it remains black until it has found a complete team. Stick with it. You'll get into a match. (Try Apollo... it has been a busy place so far)

AC, on 11 December 2014 - 11:31 PM, said:

Said it in closed beta, going to say it again now. The freaking match maker is a flawed concept!!!! Twice I waited around 45 minutes to play a CW game, and have yet to play one.

This game need lobbies! A lobby system would fix CW as you could then see how close you were to launching a match. You could also play multiple times with your group, and it would be a cake walk to get them on coms and play as a team. This random match maker BS has got to go. The matchmaker never worked well for this game, and it is even worse when trying to use it in CW.

CW is using lobbies. There is a big with it though right now. Read above statement to previously quoted person.

I'd also like to remind people, CW is in beta and was released not even a full day ago. Bugs and problems are too be expected. If you are willing to wait to get into a match, it is a lot of fun.


I'd like to make amention that CW is going to change the way you pay your mechs. May even change how you equip your mechs too. It really is interesting to play. I hope you all are able to get a few matches in. Be patient.

[AdultPuppetShow]

Every time I get a match I'm stuck on the loading screen for about 10 minutes, and I know the match starts without me because I dropped with my unit and could hear them coordinating over comms, then my computer suffers an electronic aneurysm and catastrophically crashes.

Good times.

[Tesunie]

amenophis, on 11 December 2014 - 11:47 PM, said:

I'm not sure how this is supposed to work either. I chose the wolf clan so does that mean I can only use clan mechs? I'm still trying to level most of them. Do I just wait in the lobby. After I select attack or when I am notified help is needed that's where I end up but nothing happens there. I know this is bata but there should be some directions somewhere on how this is supposed to work. I'm a solo player so is that a problem? Do I need to be on team speak. Do I need to buy a mic and headphones for this? I'm lost as to how I am supposed to get a match.

Yes. You will only be able to use clan mechs in CW if you are a clan faction. Confirm the attack or defend action (after you check and create your drop deck). A timer should show up that says looking for group. It may (will) take a while. Sit there and wait for a group to be formed.

You don't need a unit to join. You don't need any team speak to play.

Clicking on one of the pop-ups should bring you to a world that needs help, and thus should have shorter wait times. Be patient. There seems to be a long wait time right now. My experience has it around a 10 minute wait.

If you need further advice or instruction, just ask. I'll be on tomorrow (or much later today depending, about 11 hours from now) to help If I can.

[amenophis]

Thank You Tesunie I will give things another try.
Got in a game and had a good time thanks again you put me on the right path.

Edited by amenophis, 12 December 2014 - 01:12 AM.

[Tesunie]

amenophis, on 12 December 2014 - 12:08 AM, said:

Thank You Tesunie I will give things another try.

I wish you luck. Be patient though. It does take a while. I tend to alt+tab to the forums here while I wait, or read a web comic. I just alt+tab between windows often while I wait.

All I can say is I believe it is worth the wait, as these matches are fun (for me at least). Good luck.

[ResidentCrow]

well, 1 hour of waiting and no game.

[Conjure]

Waited 20 mins, full team, super excited, the match starts and there is no enemy team lol

[Tesunie]

Conjure, on 12 December 2014 - 10:43 AM, said:

Waited 20 mins, full team, super excited, the match starts and there is no enemy team lol

Sometimes that happens. So I'll ask you the same question I'll ask the person I'm quoting below.

ResidentCrow, on 12 December 2014 - 05:20 AM, said:

well, 1 hour of waiting and no game.

What planets are you trying to attack/defend?

Apollo was being a fairly hot spot last night. Actually, any IS world on the clan border was seeming to be rather active. There are also little pop-up windows that show up on the bottom right hand side. I think that tells you where people are waiting.

Beyond that, I can't say. I've been having wait times last night of 10-15 minutes before I got into a match. I'm hoping PGI finds a way to expedite this searching progress.

[SilentScreamer]

ResidentCrow, on 12 December 2014 - 05:20 AM, said:

well, 1 hour of waiting and no game.

Spending time in the lobby and not ever dropping is a very real probability. Not only do you need 12 players on your side, they have to all be in your faction. As a Davion player I see "Turtle Bay" needs defenders all the time.

While I want to play in CW matches I have no desire to help defend a Kurita world from the Clan invasion. Make sure you pick a world that your faction is likely to be interested in.

Conjure, on 12 December 2014 - 11:29 AM, said:

I haven't been in a match were every one was in a single faction. It has been IS vs Clan.

Really? Even fighting clans everyone on my side was Davion...

**edit**

Took 8 drops but finally got into a multiple faction group. Used strikethrough on my mistakes.

Edited by SilentScreamer, 12 December 2014 - 02:58 PM.

[Conjure]

I haven't been in a match were every one was in a single faction. It has been IS vs Clan.

Edited by Conjure, 12 December 2014 - 11:30 AM.

[Tesunie]

SilentScreamer, on 12 December 2014 - 11:22 AM, said:

Spending time in the lobby and not ever dropping is a very real probability. Not only do you need 12 players on your side, they have to all be in your faction. As a Davion player I see "Turtle Bay" needs defenders all the time.

While I want to play in CW matches I have no desire to help defend a Kurita world from the Clan invasion. Make sure you pick a world that your faction is likely to be interested in.

Defenders (particularly against clan forces) do not have to be all of the same faction. You could always help defend Apollo then, which is a Steiner world. Part of the glorious (for now) Fedcom...

Conjure, on 12 December 2014 - 11:29 AM, said:

I haven't been in a match were every one was in a single faction. It has been IS vs Clan.

I have. Attackers are typically of the same faction from what I have observed, and my IS vs IS conflicts have been pure one faction vs another pure faction team. I'm not sure if this was typical, or if it just so happened to be.

[dranozir]

Its take to long to lauch CW match ! Fix it !

[RolloI]

endless waiting to play .....
planet stat do not update ....
unacceptable wait 45 min for 1 game

Edited by RolloI, 12 December 2014 - 01:36 PM.

[Mad Porthos]

You know, you really need some sort of way to let players on a given planet defend or attack to see who is actually there as it builds the attacking and defending team. I was in groups of 8, 9 players last night, waiting for 3 extra players to fill out our team and it only managed 2 matches over 4 hours in different places. It seems that as soon as a player drops into a lobby to attack or defend a system and sees "WAITING FOR TEAM", with 12 blank spaces they think, ok empty no one is here and click into another and another and another planet. Each time then they are nearly filling in the total for one side, but then taking thier number back... musical chairs until by chance we actually have like 9 in our team and 3 individuals who entered and ACTUALLY WAIT long enough for the system to know we now have a full 12... and then I would guess we have to wait for the same thing to happen for the other side of x players on the attackers... who are waiting for thier random fill in guys to actually fill up thier 12 and stay...

...as if that was not bad enough, say one of our guys drops out, right before it confirms the match, then again, no match more waiting... and we can't even tell it's all happening. Those slots for attack and defend in the lobby must fill up dynamically so that people understand they need to get more people to fill up thier 12 people and so that the people who are coming in as solos can see they are NOT IN AN EMPTY LOBBY. Otherwise they will keep wandering around a wasteland looking for a game that has someone in it...also we will keep having 12 mans on like the defend side... defending against NO ONE, cause the attackers give up right after or as the game decides it has a match.

This needs fixing.

[Tesunie]

Mad Porthos, on 12 December 2014 - 01:00 PM, said:

This needs fixing.

You present a very good point. I believe that the game lobby is suppose to work as you describe, and that would be a huge help. Just being able to see that other people are there as well would be helpful. And it is probably all the people who quit the search that make the timers so delayed.

This is the part where I agree with you, and then mention that it's "in Beta" and that "there are known problems and they are working on it". I kinda wish they could work on it more faster, and/or that they wouldn't have a challenge event happen till more of the bugs in the beta system was cleared up... but it is what it is. Maybe they were hoping that by having the challenge event going involving the CW system, that they could get better testing numbers to find more problems to fix? Or that it might drum up interest and have less wait times as more people join in?

[duccio]

wait time of 15 or 20 minutes - I am giving up
Canadians know how to do well only juice maple

cw [color=#212121]do not work[/color]

[Tesunie]

duccio, on 12 December 2014 - 03:54 PM, said:

wait time of 15 or 20 minutes - I am giving up
Canadians know how to do well only juice maple

cw [color=#212121]do not work[/color]

First, colors don't work on the forums from my knowledge.
Second, it is "doesn't work", or "Does not work". Not "do not".
Third, it is in Beta still. The wait times are long because people are not staying in the lobby and waiting for a match before they cancel he search.
Fourth, look at this thread for more information: http://mwomercs.com/...-the-que-on-cw/
Fifth, it's Maple Syrup. Not Maple Juice... (Or it's also called Maple Sap, before it is turned into a syrup.)

(And yes, I'm trying to be a little funny here.)

Edited by Tesunie, 12 December 2014 - 04:02 PM.

[Chuckie]

Seriously PGI.. this is BAD.. REAL BAD.. Cant launch anything.. I have waiting an average of 10 minutes and drop out looking for another match.

I know we are bascially alpha testing it and should be thankful its here.. I get that..

BUt maybe a few hot patch fixes to make this work. Yesterday our team of 8 got in one match and then after 2 hours of screwing around went to pugging. I am on a hour of waiting around..

MAYBE its our unit we sided with FRR. But we have no choice but to stay with them as we dont have the money to swap out as we stuck with a 28 day contract. Can you at least reset the contracts..?

[PremithiumX]

I've been waiting 20 mins to defend Turtle Bay. Guess no one wants to get nuked from orbit :\


Update: After 25 mins I gave up. Now I'm in a group with 4 other people trying to defend Turtle Bay, wait time closing in on 10 mins.

Update 2: After another 20 minute wait our group slimmed down to 4 total. Now we're trying an attack instead of a defense.

Edited by PremithiumX, 12 December 2014 - 04:54 PM.