GROUP QUEUE
Mainly play in groups of 2-5 members but the experience varies when it's 2-3 and when it's 4+ members.
With 2-3:
There is a tendency for us to take medium mechs, when that happens the experience can be summed up as frustrating.
Usually we get to play 3+ matches where the unbalance is huge. To the point of having only 50% of the team knowing how to play (positioning, targeting, firing, damage spreading, spotting, scouting, etc) while the rest of the team just run around or stay at the back trying to prevent getting shot (medium lasers fired at 500+ meters and such).
Then when the losing streak is over, we tend to have 1 or 2 matches where our team absolutely obliterates the enemy, to the point of us not being able to to significant work to help... almost as if we weren't needed.
So, again, either way, extremely frustrating!
On groups of 4 or more we tend to have a more varied array of classes (from lights to assaults).
On those matches, things get even enough for both teams as the matches are decided not on the first minutes but after 50% of time passed.
We see much less people not knowing how to pilot and see much more coordination on the teams.
After years playing at 3 digit pings, we now only select EU server, although I can start to select the NA server if it is
FOR SCIENCE!
SOLO QUEUE
My experience on the solo queue has shown me I need to pace myself a bit, but other than that, matches seem to be fairly even.
Sometimes there is a landslide for one side or the other but in most cases the matches seem balanced.
Usually also only select the EU server.
Edit - I don't mind waiting more for a balanced match. I just don't appreciate having to wait longer to have my back-end handed to me in the next 3-4 minutes.
Edited by FlipOver, 10 September 2015 - 02:38 AM.