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[Kyp Durron]

Seriously, why are the pug queues full and the CW a wasteland?

[Tennex]

maybe because of the hotpatch?

[Alwrathandabout42ninjas]

PGI just released the best map they have ever produced, solo que only, and you ask this question?

[Alan Davion]

Or because some people are sick of having to set aside somewhere around an hour or more of their time, which may result in a turret stomp, a ROFL-stomp, or a half-way decent game.

Where as the PUG queue, you can get anywhere from 3-5 games in the same time span, have less waiting time, and more opportunities for a somewhat even game, though the chances of a ROFL-stomp are just as bad in PUG as in CW.

[PlzDie]

Maybe cause pugs can pug in the pug queues, not so much in CW.

[Monkey Lover]

Lots of reasons here are my top 3.


#1 there is no reason to fight for planets.
#2 12 people can't take planets anymore , You need at least 24
#3 Clan/IS balance is still way off for the top most used mechs.

Edited by Monkey Lover, 08 July 2015 - 09:20 AM.

[Kira Onime]

Some people just don't care about a glorified skirmish match.

[Lootee]

Don't worry! E-sports will save the day.

Lulz.

[Cyborne Elemental]

Unless there is an event that draws people to it, I really don't feel like waiting an hour just to play 1 game that often enough ends up as a ghost drop.

Other than free mechbays, and MC that is far out of reach, I'm not earning enough to need those mechbays anyway, and Cbill rewards are also pretty poor every time I tried to play it.

There just isn't enough reason to make me want to play it.

Taking planets over and over which don't mean anything tactically.. just doesn't do it for me.

There are no objectives, no rewards, and no value from planet to planet, its just the same thing over and over.

Balance between IS & Clan tech still has huge gaps too, why subject myself to that when I can just play pub and get the same thing quicker.

I'd like to offer suggestions, but honestly don't know where to start..

Edited by Mister D, 08 July 2015 - 09:33 AM.

[1453 R]

Allow me to correct your title:

"If People Don't Start Populating CW, CW is Toast."

The game got by for years on the regular queue, it will continue to do so after CW dries up, dies, and has to be reinvented to be less singularly awful for anyone not in Mercstar.

I don't get to sit down and budget four hours of my time in single big blocks to play a game mode less rewarding, both financially and fun-nancially, than the regular mode. Invasion is a good idea executed horribly, respawns should never have happened, and CW folks screamed at solo players so long and loud to stay the ^$%! out of their game mode that, shockingly enough, they all did just that.

What gets me is why those same CW players keep tromping over here to GD and saying "Y U gaiz no play CW?!" Excuse me Sherman, you told me not to. Loudly, and with much rancor and venom. Enjoy your wasteland. The only Wasteland I'm interested in playing in releases on November 10th. Until then, I'll enjoy my regular queue games with a smile on my face and a cheerful wave for the schmucks in CW who got us this sweet Dropship spawn-in on the best map in the game.

Only thing of importance CW has ever accomplished.

[Speedy Plysitkos]

CW is TOAST.

<10% play this PUG stomp sh**.

[Mystere]

Duppie, on 08 July 2015 - 09:16 AM, said:

Maybe cause pugs can pug in the pug queues, not so much in CW.

I only drop solo, always have, and have fun doing so. As such, I am sure players can PUG in CW and have fun as well.

The reason is something else ...

1453 R, on 08 July 2015 - 09:25 AM, said:

Excuse me Sherman, you told me not to. Loudly, and with much rancor and venom.

Well, it most certainly did not come from me or from the other players -- solo or otherwise -- I regularly encounter while playing CW.

And so, again, the reason is something else ...

Edited by Mystere, 08 July 2015 - 09:30 AM.

[1453 R]

Mystere, on 08 July 2015 - 09:27 AM, said:

I only drop solo, always have, and have fun doing so. As such, I am sure players can PUG in CW and have fun as well.

The reason is something else ...

Yeah but how often have you claimed to be the exception to every rule, Mystere?

[Joseph Mallan]

Mister D, on 08 July 2015 - 09:24 AM, said:

Unless there is an event that draws people to it, I really don't feel like waiting an hour just to play 1 game that often enough ends up as a ghost drop.

To be honest, I have a Clan Alt. 3 Cauldrons and a Mist, I got got in several PUG drops in a acceptable time. I didn't try IS cause well I have all my Mechs mastered.

Edited by Joseph Mallan, 08 July 2015 - 09:31 AM.

[Mystere]

Titannium, on 08 July 2015 - 09:26 AM, said:

CW Clan Ghost Bear is TOAST.

<10% play this PUG stomp sh**.

FTFY.

[Alan Davion]

1453 R, on 08 July 2015 - 09:25 AM, said:

Allow me to correct your title:

"If People Don't Start Populating CW, CW is Toast."

The game got by for years on the regular queue, it will continue to do so after CW dries up, dies, and has to be reinvented to be less singularly awful for anyone not in Mercstar.

I don't get to sit down and budget four hours of my time in single big blocks to play a game mode less rewarding, both financially and fun-nancially, than the regular mode. Invasion is a good idea executed horribly, respawns should never have happened, and CW folks screamed at solo players so long and loud to stay the ^$%! out of their game mode that, shockingly enough, they all did just that.

What gets me is why those same CW players keep tromping over here to GD and saying "Y U gaiz no play CW?!" Excuse me Sherman, you told me not to. Loudly, and with much rancor and venom. Enjoy your wasteland. The only Wasteland I'm interested in playing in releases on November 10th. Until then, I'll enjoy my regular queue games with a smile on my face and a cheerful wave for the schmucks in CW who got us this sweet Dropship spawn-in on the best map in the game.

Only thing of importance CW has ever accomplished.

Pretty much what I said, just more eloquently described. Good job sir.

But yeah, CW pretty much seems to be "Top-Tier Comp-Meta Territory" only these days, and you know what, I'm fine with that, but what I'm not fine with is those same players suddenly coming back here wondering why no one plays CW.

Because people like me are sick of being ROFL-stomped or spawn-camped due to the inherently broke-as-shite setup of CW. Yes the PUG queue has its own problems, but none are as bad as what CW has.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Make CW fun for me (PUG), and I'll start playing.

[Mystere]

1453 R, on 08 July 2015 - 09:29 AM, said:

Yeah but how often have you claimed to be the exception to every rule, Mystere?

Well, it's not my fault I am actually really special, as opposed to those who only claim they are.

[CDLord HHGD]

Fewer L33T meta-tryhards (or at least they are more sparsely dispersed) in the PUG queue.

[Joseph Mallan]

MeiSooHaityu, on 08 July 2015 - 09:32 AM, said:

Make CW fun for me (PUG), and I'll start playing.

I have to disagree Mei. The game does not have to be fun in every corner for me as a PUG. I like that there is a place where the groups are meant to be groups.

Unless You are of royal blood its the Mech Commands that do the work.And Jamie Wolf or Kai Allard Liao don't always pull a miracle... Well Kai...

cdlord, on 08 July 2015 - 09:34 AM, said:

Fewer L33T meta-tryhards (or at least they are more sparsely dispersed) in the PUG queue.

And less organized team work.