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[Void2258]

I just came back from lunch and tried to get in some matches on the PTS, but it stayed searching for almost a half hour before I finally left. And I was trying to test a Jenner. Wither everyone has gotten pissed off at the current state of things or the double XP weekend is sapping the tester base.

[Kristian Radoulov]

Everyone's pissed.

[Alienized]

for no reason at all.

[Papapeshu]

Good job there's no specific end to this test then!
I'm just trying different mechs in the testing grounds atm.
....oh my poor nerfed ENF-5P 2xUAC/5 fire rate
Need a new favourite mech again!

[ShinVector]

Huh... 2XP weekend... With Maulers... And didn't know if was still going on..

[Felio]

I know. You can still get to the testing grounds, though.

[stjobe]

Well, it doesn't take long to realize this isn't something that's either enjoyable to test or even remotely ready to actually test.

If indeed it is a first iteration (although how anyone thinks the notoriously slow PGI is going to be able to do multiple iterations and still get this thing in by October is beyond me), it needs to go back to the drawing-board post-haste.

This thing's broken, there's no need to test it further.

Take it down, bake up a better one, and let us at that one.

[Mogney]

This rebalance nerfed commandos, the weakest chassis in the game. Really i dint think we need to spend any more time testing. Its a fail.

Edited by Dr Tachyon, 12 September 2015 - 11:08 AM.

[ShinVector]

stjobe, on 12 September 2015 - 10:51 AM, said:

Well, it doesn't take long to realize this isn't something that's either enjoyable to test or even remotely ready to actually test.

If indeed it is a first iteration (although how anyone thinks the notoriously slow PGI is going to be able to do multiple iterations and still get this thing in by October is beyond me), it needs to go back to the drawing-board post-haste.

This thing's broken, there's no need to test it further.

Take it down, bake up a better one, and let us at that one.

You asked for this in some post somewhere..
Its not that bad but the nerf still doesn't make much sense...

Commandos
https://youtu.be/A-YRFrIub2A?t=125

For me I do want IS vs IS balance to be brought back inline.
Then they can go ahead and nerf the clans if they not going to give IS some kind of advantage...

Edited by ShinVector, 12 September 2015 - 11:19 AM.

[Astrocanis]

stjobe, on 12 September 2015 - 10:51 AM, said:

Well, it doesn't take long to realize this isn't something that's either enjoyable to test or even remotely ready to actually test.

If indeed it is a first iteration (although how anyone thinks the notoriously slow PGI is going to be able to do multiple iterations and still get this thing in by October is beyond me), it needs to go back to the drawing-board post-haste.

This thing's broken, there's no need to test it further.

Take it down, bake up a better one, and let us at that one.

I hope, hope, hope that PGI didn't even look at the quirks before they enacted them. Because if they did, the MWO franchise is in the hands of 10,000 monkeys happily trying to write the Bible.

Most of the quirks are incredible. Some of them are just ridiculous (+280% yaw rate on EXE, -3500 yaw on a light)? If they did, in fact, review these before pushing them, then the desert that is the PTS is merely a harbinger of things to come on the production servers.

[Midax]

I do believe they have stated this patch will get pushed back until the get feedback on the PTS and can make changes. I don't think this will be live in Oct from what we are seeing now.

Edited by Midax, 12 September 2015 - 11:20 AM.

[ChapeL]

You are wasting your time Midax, people are far too busy being outraged to be reasonable

[Livewyr]

Honestly:
1: I opened up the PTS and patched.
2: I looked at the Shadow Cat (the only mech I ultimately care about, and really needed help.)
3: Saw the random Torso Twist Range nerfs to the different CTs. (Which are otherwise Identical)
4: Took it into testing grounds to confirm it wasn't a typo.
5: Spent 30 minutes trying to figure out "why."
6: Ultimately decided that someone just threw darts at a board (with a blind fold) to decide what was what.
7: Closed the PTS.

8: Now seeing if anyone else knows about the rationale.

Edited by Livewyr, 12 September 2015 - 12:03 PM.

[Lily from animove]

waiting and waiting, no matches incoming, guess the event drags too many people off, and the disappointment in how unblacaned this De-balance patch is. You don't eally need many "test games" to already see the issues of chosen values.

[Monky]

This thing needs months of work. Even just basic evaluation of what's in there currently needs to go to november. This is a silly, ridiculous farce of a balance attempt.

[Lily from animove]

ok i'm done, go to bed now, 50 minutes and no match :/ squeezed mysef into the medium queue which was at 10%.

Edited by Lily from animove, 12 September 2015 - 12:54 PM.

[Blockpirat]

In total I've spent about two and a half hours today trying to get a match, mostly during EU primetime. No luck.

[KraftySOT]

To be fair, its pretty bloody obvious this is not even 10% of the entire balance pass. This is just sensors.

Cant we just do a private match?

[Smotty]

KraftySOT, on 12 September 2015 - 01:52 PM, said:

To be fair, its pretty bloody obvious this is not even 10% of the entire balance pass. This is just sensors.

Cant we just do a private match?

I hope your correct because as of now the majority of the player base is scratching their heads and wondering "WTF Paul, do you even play this game?"

[Rogue Jedi]

I tried to play on the PTS but after about 45 minuites in queue I had yet to find a match so was forced to abandon without playing a single match