Sadly, there is not enough players in this game to justify clans fighting clans while fighting IS. As everyone knows if you don't have people playing clans you don't have an adversary, CW is dead.
Since, this game does not and cannot ever follow strict battletech lore, remove clans from fighting clans....there simply isn't enough people to go around to keep CW alive. Also, CW is not all about 228 and MS. If they change more than two factions in a year they should be penalized to only be allowed to play as a Merc for the same amount of time they kept jumping ship. Punish 228 and MS so they never control this game ever again.
Clans vs IS = CW is alive
Clans vs Clans and IS = CW is dead
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Change Cw Algorithm So That Clans Never Fight Clans
Started by ManusDei, Jan 11 2016 04:51 PM
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- Shredder
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Posted 12 January 2016 - 02:34 AM
MS and 228 don't control the game. The game is broken. That is all there is to it.
It is PGI's job to provide real and significant incentives for people to stick to one faction in general and preferably to a subfaction in particular. If that is not done it is PGI's fault that the game is messed up. Fighting for a faction should give specific benefits that are LOST when switching sides. Right now it is even actively encouraged to switch factions, due to the possibility of reward farming.
I imagine that if you'd get something at ranks 10, 15 and 20 that is 1%, 2% and 3% better than what you could get otherwise, be it weapons, engines, heatsinks, that you'd see fewer people switching sides. Planets held also need to mean something and switching sides needs to result in immediate loss of all planetary holdings.
You cannot penalize people for playing the game the way it is. Or you can, but that is just a **** move then.
It is PGI's job to provide real and significant incentives for people to stick to one faction in general and preferably to a subfaction in particular. If that is not done it is PGI's fault that the game is messed up. Fighting for a faction should give specific benefits that are LOST when switching sides. Right now it is even actively encouraged to switch factions, due to the possibility of reward farming.
I imagine that if you'd get something at ranks 10, 15 and 20 that is 1%, 2% and 3% better than what you could get otherwise, be it weapons, engines, heatsinks, that you'd see fewer people switching sides. Planets held also need to mean something and switching sides needs to result in immediate loss of all planetary holdings.
You cannot penalize people for playing the game the way it is. Or you can, but that is just a **** move then.
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- Urban Commando
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Posted 12 January 2016 - 03:05 AM
Reread features coming in Phase 3.
There should be such features as players deciding which planets can be fought for and incentives to not switch sides.
Also: CW is not essentially dead, only because Clans play a "minor role" right now. IS vs IS sees a lot of (good) fighting. Thus CW may be only "dead" for clans, but as long as there are still people on Clan vs Clan frontlines I don't see a reason to call it dead. Maybe there is few IS vs Clan fighting, but I am ok with that (would be great if that changes again with phase 3, but right now it is something refreshing to fight against other IS players).
There should be such features as players deciding which planets can be fought for and incentives to not switch sides.
Also: CW is not essentially dead, only because Clans play a "minor role" right now. IS vs IS sees a lot of (good) fighting. Thus CW may be only "dead" for clans, but as long as there are still people on Clan vs Clan frontlines I don't see a reason to call it dead. Maybe there is few IS vs Clan fighting, but I am ok with that (would be great if that changes again with phase 3, but right now it is something refreshing to fight against other IS players).
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Posted 13 January 2016 - 08:06 AM
Clan vs Clan is part of the whole Battletech universe. That said, maybe some cooperation between Clans could be done.
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