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[Davers]

Illya Arkhipova, on 11 October 2015 - 06:51 PM, said:

or maybe, he doesn't keep up with the team?

My point is, Juggernauts always need escorts. If they had all that power and no Achilles heel, no one would play anything else. Game balance or IRL, it is what it is.

No arguments here, I agree with you.

But if that is how PGI intended the game to be, they shouldn't have stuck all the assault mechs in one group with no escorts around. It would be better if each lance had a mix of weight classes.

[KharnZor]

Davers, on 11 October 2015 - 07:05 PM, said:

It would be better if each lance had a mix of weight classes.

I've always wondered why this isn't the case.

[Illya Ghost Bear]

Davers, on 11 October 2015 - 07:05 PM, said:

No arguments here, I agree with you.

But if that is how PGI intended the game to be, they shouldn't have stuck all the assault mechs in one group with no escorts around. It would be better if each lance had a mix of weight classes.

KharnZor, on 11 October 2015 - 07:09 PM, said:

I've always wondered why this isn't the case.

We used to have that. And the only difference is that the Lights and Mediums would run off...and now you had 3 separate, isolated Assaults spread out, to be picked off, instead of at least having 3 together to support each other a little.

[Metus regem]

The Atlas Overlord, on 11 October 2015 - 05:56 PM, said:

And here we are playing the MWO that uses that philosophy

And it's terrible.

And everyone knows it but refuses to admit that's why.

Dude, play some World of Warships, and you will see that BB's (Battleships) get eaten alive by DD's (Destroyers) and CV's (Aircraft Carriers), so a good CA/CL Captain (Cruiser) will stick with them to fend off Aircraft and give DD's a hard time. It's about working as a team, something I see a real lack of in MWO, too many glory hogs measuring their epeen by damage delt.

[Novakaine]

The way the game should be played.

[Davers]

Illya Arkhipova, on 11 October 2015 - 07:16 PM, said:

We used to have that. And the only difference is that the Lights and Mediums would run off...and now you had 3 separate, isolated Assaults spread out, to be picked off, instead of at least having 3 together to support each other a little.

If the enemy can circle the entire map and pick off all three lone assaults, then they deserve the win.

[Illya Ghost Bear]

Davers, on 11 October 2015 - 07:31 PM, said:

If the enemy can circle the entire map and pick off all three lone assaults, then they deserve the win.

Guess you must have been taking a break...that's exactly what the lights would do...form a wolfpack and pick of the Assaults, on by one.

Not to mention it took even longer to form up your big guns. Maybe Lights could pull their brains out their butts and the faster units could, IDK...converge on the Assault lance? But let's blame the MM for player stupidity....

[adamts01]

Sometimes assaults are completely ignored and I agree that's the hardest part of dropping as an assault in solo que. Of course there's Caustic Nascar, but also HPG when the assaults spawn off on their own and the entire rest of the team circles the other way. I've actually never played an assault because I just couldn't handle being let down constantly by my team. On the other hand it sucks as a medium and light when none of the bigger guys are willing to commit to a fight, you can only poke so much till you get double gaused. If it's one of those nights I just jump in my Timby and play carry the team high alpha strike laser vomit warrior. But that cheesy stuff sucks.

[Speedy Plysitkos]

Novakaine, on 11 October 2015 - 07:21 PM, said:

The way the game should be played.

T5 dream bro.... its like this...