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[Obadiah333]

HELLOOOOOOOO streak boat!

[Wulfen]

MadHornet, on 28 July 2016 - 03:59 PM, said:

@death

That's not the point here. What I'm saying is the amount of fast 'mechs has gone up, thusly all of them fly ahead and the assaults can't deal with being backstabbed by an equally large number of fast 'mechs. You don't need ALL of them to go out in front because what is going to counter the problem then?

I fly ahead, especially in specific modes like Domination, but I almost always circle back to the core of our force. Get a quick lay of the land, and then group up with the heavier mechs for support. Seems to work okay.

[Plastic Guru]

MadHornet, on 28 July 2016 - 04:39 PM, said:

@davers
We don't need more of this "Well I do what I want, screw everyone else!!!" mentality.

Wait...have you not played in a public match?

Personally I played lights and mediums for several matches last night and had a ball. Frenetic and frenzied.
Being a predominately light pilot it was VERY SATISFYING having a lance or two of light with me swarming over one or two Assaults while a lance of mediums stood guard for us.
That was the first night...I don't know how that's going to transition to tonight's game though.

Just like with the Medium Event...I played what I liked and didn't give a thought for my K/D ratio crap.

Personally...I'm going to buy me some more lights...I bought all the Urbanmechs last night (yeah...I'm that kind of dude)

Plastic Guru

[MadHornet]

"Quit sitting in the back slinging lurms."

Didn't even use a single LRM. Wow nice psychic abilities. You can really tell exactly what I played, can't you?

"There isn't a sight more pathetic than an assault not capable of fighting off a light mech on its own."

"A" "LIGHT MECH"

I'm fairly certain there isn't just ONE light mech.

[justcallme A S H]

AnTi90d, on 28 July 2016 - 04:10 PM, said:

So, what's the solution?

If you spawn in an assault, your team will 100% run off and abandon you.

Your choices are to:

• try to catch up with the Nascar fans and get shot in the back by the other team's lights, doing the same.

• sit in the spawn and do nothing.

• charge the enemy team and get slaughtered.

It's the medium event, all over again.. except this time it's even worse for fatties.

Haven't come across the "assault left behind" once, not once.

Why?

In game comms.

Use them.

[Bilbo]

Revis Volek, on 28 July 2016 - 08:48 PM, said:

Stop Using Internet Explorer and i bet it will work.

Light event is great, go fast or go home.

You can still use internet explorer. Just need to click the light switch on the top left of reply box. Everything then works as it should.

PhoenixFire55, on 29 July 2016 - 01:32 AM, said:

Lights are doing their job, the rest of the team should do theirs. There isn't a sight more pathetic than an assault not capable of fighting off a light mech on its own. THAT (badness) is what ruins the game for you, not something else.

You don't honestly think that, during an leader board event focused on lights, anyone will ever face "a" light mech do you? That being said, I haven't played anything but my Atlas in months and if I play during this event, I certainly won't be using it that much if at all.

[Wulfen]

R31Nismoid, on 29 July 2016 - 06:20 AM, said:

Haven't come across the "assault left behind" once, not once.

Why?

In game comms.

Use them.

Yep. One of my matches last night, an assault asked for some help with a Cheetah giving him some problems. Couple of us lights came back, helped him finish off the Cheetah. A quick 'thanks', and we moved to other areas where we could jump in.

[Jables McBarty]

MadHornet, on 28 July 2016 - 03:52 PM, said:

I am not against lights, this isn't a rant, flip your keyboards to safety mode, please.

People are already starting to play copious amounts of lights and a mix of 40 tonners. 5 matches in a row have people begun intense nascaring with anyone heavier than 55 tons being left behind, then whoever backstabs first wins. It really isn't fun at all, and people playing heavier 'mechs literally cannot do anything about it but be stuck with the enemy team driving their flanks in seconds.

Please, anyone playing for this event, diffuse it before it happens, call for group ups, don't fly ahead thinking you being in a pack of lights means instawin, because it doesn't, it ruins the game for everyone else on the team.

Thank you for reading.

MadHornet, on 28 July 2016 - 03:59 PM, said:

@death

That's not the point here. What I'm saying is the amount of fast 'mechs has gone up, thusly all of them fly ahead and the assaults can't deal with being backstabbed by an equally large number of fast 'mechs. You don't need ALL of them to go out in front because what is going to counter the problem then?

Think of it this way:

It's a bacchanal--It is the Saturnalia for Lights.

When was the last time I was able to really wolfpack? I can't remember. Mostly 1-2 lights dropping per match. Now I have....four fellow lights???? RALLY TO ME BROTHERS!



Sorry but we've just spent 3 months politely guarding your butts. For five days, it is our time.

[Besh]

LCT -1E 6SPLas 190XL Soundtrack

Edited by Besh, 29 July 2016 - 08:10 AM.

[Angel of Annihilation]

Davers, on 28 July 2016 - 04:22 PM, said:

Maybe stop dropping in mechs that require the team to babysit you?

I was going to point this out myself. There are about 400 mechs in this game and 300 of them are not fat, slow Assault Mechs. Expand your horizons and play one of them for week.

Another option is if your upset none of the lights want to stick around and babysit the Assaults, do something about it. Play a light mech and babysit the Assaults. I mean if your unwilling to do it yourself you really have no room to complain about it.

[Spleenslitta]

Deathlike, on 28 July 2016 - 03:55 PM, said:

To be honest, following Lights in a slower mech is to your own detriment. Lights have historically been proactive in going ahead, whether or not it is a good place to be or go. It's an error if you are trying to follow a Light mech early in game w/o actually having said speed.

It's also unrealistic for a Light mech to "hang around" slower mechs - their goal is to wander ahead so that you can figure out what to do yourself.

Bring out the bongodrums. Gather the firewood around the totem dedicated to our ancestor of light mechs Lord Firebee.
We must honor this great player who says so much good stuff by sacrifising him to our Lord Firebee.

Our Lord of Evasive Action, Companion of the juggernaut Mackie and lord of all that is fast on it's feet.
We shall honor Deathlike so he can sit by our Lord Firebee's side to give advice and neverending flattery.

Get some rope and bloodhounds...we need to track Deathlike down so he can be properly honored. Hurry hurry skurry.

[MadHornet]

@viktor

I've already explained that you don't have to do that.

[Brizna]

I imagine there is a numbre of Crows and Vultures packing loads of streaks??? MMmmmm Adder Streak boat, rings right in my mind.

[Douglas grizzly]

i dont mind the event as all mech versions deserve attention, however that being said i absolutely detest being forced to do conquest 5 and 6 games in a row. I have no wish to do that scenario ever and to be forced to time and time again. If lights want to do that then they can go on a separate map and make themselves happy. stop forcing others to do something that for the most part, the vast majority of the people choosing conquest are totally incompetent anyway.

[Wulfen]

Douglas grizzly, on 29 July 2016 - 09:06 AM, said:

i dont mind the event as all mech versions deserve attention, however that being said i absolutely detest being forced to do conquest 5 and 6 games in a row. I have no wish to do that scenario ever and to be forced to time and time again. If lights want to do that then they can go on a separate map and make themselves happy. stop forcing others to do something that for the most part, the vast majority of the people choosing conquest are totally incompetent anyway.

You mean like the rest of the time, when we're all forced to play Skirmish?

[Besh]

I am getting the feeling a few people have made Alts and decked out some Chassis to pwn T5 Seals so they can rule the LeaderBoards . I have already looked up quite a few high up names and found they have a disturbingly SMALL number of Games in Global overview, compared to their performance in the competition so far .

Lame .

Anyone know whether PGI allows the use of Alt accounts for that purpose ? If not, I got a mind to take Names and write support about it .

Edited by Besh, 29 July 2016 - 09:31 AM.

[Wulfen]

Besh, on 29 July 2016 - 09:30 AM, said:

I am getting the feeling a few people have made Alts and decked out some Chassis to pwn T5 Seals so they can rule the LeaderBoards . I have already looked up quite a few high up names and found they have a disturbingly SMALL number of Games in Global overview, compared to their performance in the competition so far .

Lame .

Anyone know whether PGI allows the use of Alt accounts for that purpose ? If not, I got a mind to take Names and write support about it .

Not sure if you're talking about me, but I've been on here since 2012. I quit playing a long time ago and just recently came back to see if the game had improved. My older stats have been archived, I believe.

If you'd like to blame me for what tier I'm in, that's on you. Not like I have a choice.

[Besh]

Wulfen, on 29 July 2016 - 09:38 AM, said:

Not sure if you're talking about me, but I've been on here since 2012. I quit playing a long time ago and just recently came back to see if the game had improved. My older stats have been archived, I believe.

If you'd like to blame me for what tier I'm in, that's on you. Not like I have a choice.

Nope, NOT talking about you . Check up some of the other Names around you .

And no, def. not blaming anyone for the Tier they are in . I mean hey, I am in Top20 atmo, with only half of my counting Games so far being what I would call decent . If you are T5, I will say I am occasionally facing MUCH steeper competition during this Event than you will . But nope, no Probs there...

Edited by Besh, 29 July 2016 - 09:45 AM.

[Wulfen]

No worries. I know it might look strange, because I know I only have a 120 matches in or so. At this point I'm just glad I can still halfway aim.

[Zolaz]

If you are going to play a Heavy or Assault just bring a lot of Streaks. Light pilot go bye bye.