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[HAMMERWANG]

So, I just got back into MWO after a buddy told me about CW. Literally haven't been so excited in a decade. Re-installed, fired it up, jumped in a lobby and WHAM! Nothing. For 45 minutes. Still waiting, in fact.

Am I missing something? How does a pseudo-casual, fairly busy game developer + small group of friends get into a fight?

[oldradagast]

It can take forever to find a match, and the system is buggy.

If it's waiting 45 minutes, it's not going to find anything - try again later, basically.

Good luck.

[Flak Kannon]

Hi Hammer.

I would advise wait no more than 15 minutes tops.

5 minutes to call to battle, and 10 minutes for both teams to form.

Make sure to click on the hot spots or the pop up requests in the bottom right of the UI 2.0

HAMMERWANG, on 17 December 2014 - 05:54 PM, said:

So, I just got back into MWO after a buddy told me about CW. Literally haven't been so excited in a decade. Re-installed, fired it up, jumped in a lobby and WHAM! Nothing. For 45 minutes. Still waiting, in fact.

Am I missing something? How does a pseudo-casual, fairly busy game developer + small group of friends get into a fight?

[Liquidx]

In other words.. small community is smaller after 3-4 years of wating for CW.

[Chem1cal]

http://mwomercs.com/...matches-faster/

[Ph30nix]

okay ill post this guide as i did in a previous post talking about wait times

here is what you do to get a match within 5 minutes
first go to this forum post
http://mwomercs.com/.../page__st__1740
go to last page and find the last player to post a planet they are queing for that is in your faction
post that you are queue'ing for that planet and then go que for the planet
have match within 5 minutes

option B
search the map for planets that are almost captured (mutliple red marks)
que for that planet
have match within 5 minutes

ive used this method and been getting matches in minutes sometimes in 30 seconds or less (solo queue)


just used first method after i posted this got into a match within 30 seconds

Edited by Ph30nix, 17 December 2014 - 06:35 PM.

[InspectorG]

HAMMERWANG, on 17 December 2014 - 05:54 PM, said:

So, I just got back into MWO after a buddy told me about CW. Literally haven't been so excited in a decade. Re-installed, fired it up, jumped in a lobby and WHAM! Nothing. For 45 minutes. Still waiting, in fact.

Am I missing something? How does a pseudo-casual, fairly busy game developer + small group of friends get into a fight?

Find a unit on TeamSpeak. 12mans are prioritized.

Plus it is currently VERY VERY VERY timezone skewed. Most 'meaningful' activity will be right before peacetime phase starts.

Euro/Asian/Australian get the short end of the CW stick. Scoring system will likely be changed to rectify this.

[HAMMERWANG]

Sweet, thanks for the responses! I managed to get into a fight after about an hour of screwing around. I'm in all trial mechs though, how do I bring custom mechs?

[Ph30nix]

HAMMERWANG, on 17 December 2014 - 06:37 PM, said:

Sweet, thanks for the responses! I managed to get into a fight after about an hour of screwing around. I'm in all trial mechs though, how do I bring custom mechs?

you have to set up your drop deck, when you click to defend/attack a planet click to edit the 4 mechs that appear there

[HAMMERWANG]

Do they have to be clan mechs or what?

[Brody319]

HAMMERWANG, on 17 December 2014 - 06:43 PM, said:

Do they have to be clan mechs or what?

If you are on a Clan faction all your drop mechs must be clan
If You are on IS you must have only IS mechs in your drop deck.

[Ph30nix]

HAMMERWANG, on 17 December 2014 - 06:43 PM, said:

Do they have to be clan mechs or what?

as you are Jade falcon then yes, you would have to use clan mechs.

Note that only effects CW matches, you can use any mech in skirmishes. (join those buy just hitting play from mech lab screen)

[HAMMERWANG]

Glorious! Thanks a lot champs

[Wolfwood592]

Fastest way to get into a match is to join the matches that "pop" into your screen.

aka the red swords or the blue shields that come up in the bottom right and than blink on your planet list.

[Burning2nd]

Its a beta trial.... its going to take a few patches to get this right, but never the less is a step in the right direction,

just stick to the normal game for now... until the Cw is sorted,