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[MechWarrior3671771]

So tonite I got called a bunch of names - the c word, f-tard, etc. The usual.

Here's the deal guys - its Skirmish. Doesn't matter if its 0-11, I have no duty to report for execution. If I decide to (which I no longer do) its a courtesy I extend to you. And as I've said elsewhere, I no longer feel I owe that courtesy to people who mock Assault & Conquest and keep picking Skirmish, then whine that I am "wasting their time" because I won't die for them.

I never hide, I never shut down. In this match (River City Skirmish), I stalked and engaged 4 separate targets after the score was 0-11. I traded 4 alphas with an Atlas and then disengaged, then shadowed a Timber until I was in optimal weaps range and shot him at least 6 times, then I played a circle dance with two other heavies, cutting in and out between them and landing shots on their rear torso. The only time I stopped was to check Seismic. There were plenty of opportunities to kill me. And I'm not required to stick around and trade alpha's while the rest of your team zones in on my position.

You don't like that, then vote for Assault next time.

[The Basilisk]

Fenrisulvyn, on 16 November 2015 - 02:05 AM, said:

So tonite I got called a bunch of names - the c word, f-tard, etc. The usual.

Here's the deal guys - its Skirmish. Doesn't matter if its 0-11, I have no duty to report for execution. If I decide to (which I no longer do) its a courtesy I extend to you. And as I've said elsewhere, I no longer feel I owe that courtesy to people who mock Assault & Conquest and keep picking Skirmish, then whine that I am "wasting their time" because I won't die for them.

I never hide, I never shut down. In this match (River City Skirmish), I stalked and engaged 4 separate targets after the score was 0-11. I traded 4 alphas with an Atlas and then disengaged, then shadowed a Timber until I was in optimal weaps range and shot him at least 6 times, then I played a circle dance with two other heavies, cutting in and out between them and landing shots on their rear torso. The only time I stopped was to check Seismic. There were plenty of opportunities to kill me. And I'm not required to stick around and trade alpha's while the rest of your team zones in on my position.

You don't like that, then vote for Assault next time.

Very very very well done !

A game lasts 15 mins and nobody has any entitlement to end the game faster just because they got their tinmens behinds shoot out from below them early.

But hey that is what the reporting button is for.
If they call you names its all on chatprotocoll just push the report button.

My fear with this voting for gamemodes is that some witty PGI statistics guy hops along and says: "hi guys from our statistics it is clearly visible that the folowing gamemodes are played to seldomly and therefore are just obsolete and will be removed along with the voting function."
Then we got skirmish and ... yea dead CW .... and thats it for MWO.

[DarthHias]

You are absolutely right. As long as you are fighting, and yes repositioning and making the enemy split belongs to fighting, you are doing it right. Everyone who doesn´t like it shall pick a mode where you can force an enemy into action by capping the base or capping the ressource nodes.
If you sign up for "Kill all enemies" search and destroy belongs to it. The game time is 15 minutes and there is a disconnect button for those who don´t like it.

[MechWarrior3671771]

Thanks. It was a pretty good adrenaline rush, trying to evade the mob and pick out stragglers.

And yah I reported the c-word guy, though I doubt anything will come of it.

[DarthHias]

Back when Assault just got it´s turrets I had a match on Crimson where my team was wiped pretty hard and it was 7:1 me being the last survivor in a badly torn Firestarter, 6 MLas. I hid a bit sneaked up on a Hunchie killed a Catapult inside it´s LRM range and so on. Finally I got them all at 22% Mech was a great match.
According to some guys I just shoul´ve walked to die lol.

[kapusta11]

If it's a loss why hiding anyways? I can't see your k/d ratio neither I care what it is.

[Mike McSullivan]

OP, you did nothing wrong! As you describe the situation, you did the very best you can!
In every gamemode (esp. since voting) there are people who are just angry about that "the worst mode" was chosen.
-> Capping in conquest "are you serious?, coward, go fight!"
-> Capping in assault "stop it, kill is better!"
-> Hiding (while stil active fighting) "coward, go die!"

The only problem i see from time to time is, when the last mech, shuts down and hides in the last corner of the map to "not be found". That is just timewasting. Still a part of the gamemode, though.

one example of my own games (a year ago)
We were down 5:10. Me (Battlemaster) and a fellow dragon were the last ones standing. The chat was very unhappy that we didnt just rush into the Enemy and died. So, what happened was: we fought like real heroes, giving cover, taking damage for each other, and one enemey after the other died! When im remembering right he killed 1 and me the other 6!
conclusion: never give up!

Edited by Mike McSullivan, 16 November 2015 - 04:08 AM.

[MechWarrior3671771]

Kapusta: "If it's a loss why hiding anyways? I can't see your k/d ratio neither I care what it is."

I knew I should have used smaller words.

Edited by Fenrisulvyn, 16 November 2015 - 04:01 AM.

[Mycrus]

Fenrisulvyn, on 16 November 2015 - 02:05 AM, said:

So tonite I got called a bunch of names - the c word, f-tard, etc. The usual.

Here's the deal guys - its Skirmish. Doesn't matter if its 0-11, I have no duty to report for execution. If I decide to (which I no longer do) its a courtesy I extend to you. And as I've said elsewhere, I no longer feel I owe that courtesy to people who mock Assault & Conquest and keep picking Skirmish, then whine that I am "wasting their time" because I won't die for them.

I never hide, I never shut down. In this match (River City Skirmish), I stalked and engaged 4 separate targets after the score was 0-11. I traded 4 alphas with an Atlas and then disengaged, then shadowed a Timber until I was in optimal weaps range and shot him at least 6 times, then I played a circle dance with two other heavies, cutting in and out between them and landing shots on their rear torso. The only time I stopped was to check Seismic. There were plenty of opportunities to kill me. And I'm not required to stick around and trade alpha's while the rest of your team zones in on my position.

You don't like that, then vote for Assault next time.

You didnt even get a kill.. 3/10

[FlipOver]

My only wish would be for Skirmish match modes to have a 25 or even 30 minute limit, instead of the current 15.

Also OP, nevermind those who request a suicide. Rather report them for requesting something that's against the game rules

[MechWarrior3671771]

Mycrus: "You didnt even get a kill.. 3/10"

What? The whole team got rolled, it was 11-0 when this started.

And what does 3/10 mean? Don't be passive-aggressive, speak up.

[Mycrus]

Fenrisulvyn, on 16 November 2015 - 04:46 AM, said:

Mycrus: "You didnt even get a kill.. 3/10"

What? The whole team got rolled, it was 11-0 when this started.

And what does 3/10 mean? Don't be passive-aggressive, speak up.

really?

[MechWarrior3671771]

So you're going to hide. Noted.

[MechWarrior5152251]

Most people playing are kids and they get impatient. They lack the ability to see from another person's point of view.

[Mycrus]

Fenrisulvyn, on 16 November 2015 - 05:30 AM, said:

So you're going to hide. Noted.

do you really need something like x/10 explained to you?

no kidding!?

[Makenzie71]

Good for you. Pisses me off when people stop playing because it's a wash. If that last guy is playing, it's still a game. And, believe it or not, I have seen a 11/0 wash turn into a 11/12 win.

[Mycrus]

Makenzie71, on 16 November 2015 - 05:41 AM, said:

Good for you. Pisses me off when people stop playing because it's a wash. If that last guy is playing, it's still a game. And, believe it or not, I have seen a 11/0 wash turn into a 11/12 win.

so that last mech not only earned a 'death star' but did it while alone...

Edited by Mycrus, 16 November 2015 - 05:47 AM.

[MechWarrior5152251]

And most of those "kids" are in their mid 30s and 40s....

[MechWarrior3671771]

Mycrus: "do you really need something like x/10 explained to you?"

Three tenths? March 10th? No idea. Why are you afraid to say what you really mean?

And why are you trolling the thread? You carrying a grudge over from another thread?

[Makenzie71]

Yeah I was on the losing team, too...the frustration on my side was heavy, but I expect I wasn't the only one who thought it was pretty cool that he pulled it off.