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[Ted Wayz]

Doesn't always happen, but invariably there are times when you just know your team is headed for a loss. What are your tipping points?

Oddly enough a disco is not one for me. Seen too many matches were a team has overcome the loss of one or even two players. But when I see a lance of anything but lights break off to "do their thing" it is usually not a good sign.

[oldradagast]

These days? Hitting the button to launch a game... no idea what's been going on the past few weeks, but it seems Tier 3 has suddenly been filled with people who can't play the game. Horrible builds, insane anti-team work, total lack of coordination, and so on. It's been horrible, and I wish I could say what's changed, but I can't think of anything specific. Sure, I'm leveling some new mechs, but I cannot accept the notion that me playing mechs that are not fully leveled somehow makes my team lose at least 2 out of 3 games all of a sudden in the past few weeks; I'm not that important.

Stupid bad luck adds to this: just got out of a game with 2 disconnects and 1 suicide on my team... again, never happens to the red team... ugh... this losing streak stinks, and payouts for losses are so bad, regardless of performance, it's almost not worth playing. Hell, it's taking 4+ games to get the stupid 2XP bonus for the day for a given mech; a month ago, it was a flip of coin to win or lose, with a slight edge on winning based on my account stats. Now, it's loss after loss after loss... no idea why.

Edited by oldradagast, 01 February 2016 - 07:30 PM.

[Aresye]

When you say where the team should rally over VOIP, nobody says a word, and there's a teammate in every grid square on the map.

100% failure rate so far whenever I've seen this.

[InspectorG]

This is what you do:

You go full Shiny and Chrome

[Wolfways]

When I choose a CPLT-K2 (or any CPLT really) and hit Quick Play.

[Sigilum Sanctum]

Aresye, on 01 February 2016 - 07:25 PM, said:

When you say where the team should rally over VOIP, nobody says a word, and there's a teammate in every grid square on the map.

100% failure rate so far whenever I've seen this.

This happens every goddamn time on River City on Skirmish or Assault. I'll immediately make the call to take D4 Upper City, and then every ******* TIME I get ignored. EVERY ******* TIME the enemy team crosses the bridge and flows down D3 like Overlord dropship just vomited its payload and glasses all of us.

I go out of my way to tell the team how stupid they are for this every time this happens.

Edited by Sigilum Sanctum, 01 February 2016 - 07:50 PM.

[Deathlike]

Report enemy coordinates and see teammates stay in totally different grid and stand still like target dummies.

Edited by Deathlike, 01 February 2016 - 07:55 PM.

[Troutmonkey]

UAV pops up, revealing entire enemy team
UAV gets shot down
Spider turns up behind your team. Everyone forgets the 11 mechs in front of them and engages a spider they can't catch or hit

that, and Nascar

[RoboPatton]

When your team just starts heading off in all directions at the start of the match, or just plain ignore the assaults.

[Clownwarlord]

Yeah it is sad when you can see it really early when you see your team forming its death ball in solo but you notice your lights rushed out on their own to die in the first 2 minutes. Some times it is easy to overcome the lose of lights but it really does hurt if the other team is using their lights to flank and poke your rear while your main force is facing the enemy main force. You might not see this being an issue in tiers 5,4,3 and some times 2. But when you know you get a tier 1 match small things like this punish you.

[Sjorpha]

Someone starts whining about the team, matchmaker, faction balance issues, map or game mode from the start of the match.

or...

The other team has all the FRR players.

[SQW]

Unfortunately, there are noobs that are not even worthy of that title.

Last night, the 11 of us (dead) were watching our last guy in a HBK-4P. The guy missed 5 alphas in a row against a half dead heavy mech standing less than 50m away. The chat was filled with WTF. I think he was using keyboard for everything...

Or that one time our last Stalker with 4x15LRM decides to shoot approaching enemies without using lock. Total dmg in game = 23.

Or when the entire alpha lance decides to nascar 'ninja' cap base on that inferno map. By running through the enemy formation. When the enemy were still on their half of the map. Result: 4 dead mechs for <25% capture.

Some are just so bad in hand-eye co-ordination or tactical sense it makes you wonder why they play this game? Glutton for punishment?

[Alistair Winter]

I swear to god, Tier 2 is the new underhive. The last week has been a nightmare. Really struggling to be a nice person on the internet, and failing hard.

[Johnny Z]

I don't know its weird been on an amazing win streak the last 30 matches or so in the last few days. Been piloting my Urbanmech and Commando to for the most part. Thanks match maker and great teams.

[Troutmonkey]

SQW, on 01 February 2016 - 08:18 PM, said:

Last night, the 11 of us (dead) were watching our last guy in a HBK-4P. The guy missed 5 alphas in a row against a half dead heavy mech standing less than 50m away. The chat was filled with WTF. I think he was using keyboard for everything...

You should spectate me playing with joysticks. It's super hard but incredibly immersive. Forcing joysticks on everyone would solve TTK overnight

[SQW]

Pretty sure the Tier system isn't working or is ignored when MM is trying to fill an empty slot.

I do find going assault give me higher win rate because I just prevented an idiot from trying out a big mech for kicks without knowing what to do with it.

[Johnny Z]

I suspect all the really bad players have turned off their hacks. Having a field day out there. Getting 4 victories in a single match with a Commando means the bads are playing legit. This is top tier to.

Hey bads that were using hacks, your already banned don't bother trying to play legit now. LOL

Ok I take that back. I shouldnt make fun of the baddies especially since its rumoured a bunch of them are getting banned soon. Sorry.

Edited by Johnny Z, 01 February 2016 - 08:35 PM.

[Wolfways]

SQW, on 01 February 2016 - 08:30 PM, said:

Pretty sure the Tier system isn't working or is ignored when MM is trying to fill an empty slot.

Tier system doesn't work. It has little to do with player skill.

[SQW]

Troutmonkey, on 01 February 2016 - 08:28 PM, said:

You should spectate me playing with joysticks. It's super hard but incredibly immersive. Forcing joysticks on everyone would solve TTK overnight

"Guess this game is not made for joysticks" was the epitaph of a first-time pilot two nights ago.

I'd probably get one too if they ever make one sturdy enough. Like out of cast iron.

[El Bandito]

When half the team chases that Locust.