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[Besh]

TercieI, on 29 July 2016 - 08:30 AM, said:

Tier 5...big mouth...not in top 75 on event leaderboard. Man, if I was in Tier 5, it'd be easy as pie to be top 5 on the Jenner board.

AND the Locust Board .

[TercieI]

Besh, on 29 July 2016 - 08:57 AM, said:

AND the Locust Board .

Pick 'em honestly, but what does farming T5 potatoes prove?

[Ghogiel]

TercieI, on 29 July 2016 - 09:01 AM, said:

Pick 'em honestly, but what does farming T5 potatoes prove?

It proves PSR does.... something.

[TercieI]

Ghogiel, on 29 July 2016 - 09:07 AM, said:

It proves PSR does.... something.

Lol. I suppose.

[Darian DelFord]

TercieI, on 29 July 2016 - 09:01 AM, said:

Pick 'em honestly, but what does farming T5 potatoes prove?

It proves they know more than us and that the game is fine as is.

[Wulfen]

TercieI, on 29 July 2016 - 09:01 AM, said:

Pick 'em honestly, but what does farming T5 potatoes prove?

Serious question: If you're in T5, are you only playing against other T5?

[ShiftySWP and the Pleated Pants]

Stone__Wall, I apologize like I said I would. Seems your are active and playing and I wish you good luck in the Tier grind.

Your forum profile is Stone_Wall with stats as previously posted. I'm curious, is this your posting account and Stone__Wall is you playing account? I know spaces are certainly counted in profile/game names. Mine is maxed.

I am boggled how you are still T5. But your stats tell the most of story. More losses than wins and low match scores. If you want out of T5 (as most of your posts imply), perhaps playing MWO like it is MW3 is not working for you.

FYI your not the only one with nostalgic ties to the Microsoft MW days. Though, that experience is meaningless in MWO.

[Stone Wall]

ShiftySWP and the Pleated Pants, on 29 July 2016 - 09:26 AM, said:

Stone__Wall, I apologize like I said I would. Seems your are active and playing and I wish you good luck in the Tier grind.

Your forum profile is Stone_Wall with stats as previously posted. I'm curious, is this your posting account and Stone__Wall is you playing account? I know spaces are certainly counted in profile/game names. Mine is maxed.

I am boggled how you are still T5. But your stats tell the most of story. More losses than wins and low match scores. If you want out of T5 (as most of your posts imply), perhaps playing MWO like it is MW3 is not working for you.

FYI your not the only one with nostalgic ties to the Microsoft MW days. Though, that experience is meaningless in MWO.

Hey I appreciate that. I think all the 0's I received from my old adapter crapping out has put me in a hole. I do see this is way more a team game. In MW3 one Mech could own a game but it was always TDM and 4 vs 4 was the max.

It shows in game I have 2 spaces. didn't realize until it was shown to me.

Edited by Stone Wall, 29 July 2016 - 09:30 AM.

[Besh]

TercieI, on 29 July 2016 - 09:01 AM, said:

Pick 'em honestly, but what does farming T5 potatoes prove?

It prooves you can lead the Locust Board for the event, and bag 1k MC . Check the Stats for the PlayerName currently leading Locust board....actually, #2 and #3 on the Locust board look Strange to me, too....too little Games for such Stellar performance imho .

So in other words, it prooves people are lame .

Wulfen, on 29 July 2016 - 09:25 AM, said:

Serious question: If you're in T5, are you only playing against other T5?

What I read is, the MM is supposed to match you up with T3 max when you are in T5 . But there seems to be much debate whether its working correctly, or working at all, or so...

Edited by Besh, 29 July 2016 - 09:40 AM.

[Wulfen]

Besh, on 29 July 2016 - 09:36 AM, said:

What I read is, the MM is supposed to match you up with T3 max when you are in T5 . But there seems to be much debate whether its working correctly, or working at all, or so...

I'd love to have a choice, believe me. I don't think these tiers even existed the last time I played.

[Besh]

Well, I did stop playing somewhen Dec. 2012 iirc, then came back something like 2 months ago, and I am def. sure Tiers were not there when I stopped .

I do not think it will be hard for you to climb to at least T3 if you keep playing. I took my sweet time, mostly because I was an Idiot ( had forgotten too many of the specifics of MW:O ) and played totally wrong . Soon I got my Head out of my behind, I started advancing healthily .

How are you liking the Game now, as compared to what it was when you stpooed playing ?

Edited by Besh, 29 July 2016 - 09:59 AM.

[Weeny Machine]

Stone Wall, on 29 July 2016 - 06:12 AM, said:

No where have I said I'm exceptional or the best Light Pilot. I'm just showing my experience in PUG matches as a MW Vet. I'm trying to convince new people and people who migrated from other games that Light Mechs are powerful, but you have to play them right. Don't get the message twisted. I'm not trying to dethrone people from being the best Light pilots. I'm just giving weight to one side of the Lights argument.

When I get home today, I will sign out and search for my stats. I know people can't locate me, so I have a support ticket in with PGI to see what's up.

The tier system is a bad joke. Even in the supposed top tiers people make horrible mistakes. However, T5 is like another world. Calling us top tiers out and telling us that lights are fine while being in T5 is...hubris.

Look...what I did just some minutes ago in one of the weakest Wolfhound variants in top tier.



Again, why do I post that? I don't do that because I want to stroke my epeen but I want to make you the following points clear so that you see that it comes from someone which is not in the potato tier and plays a lot lights:

1. As I already said above: T5 is potato tier. Most pilots are more busy controlling their mechs than doing anything else. T3 would be a different matter because you meet now and then the really good shots

2. screenshots are a proving nothing. Before that I had a streak of terrible games

3. Lights are hardcountered by streaks. In the upper tiers I see in every match at least 1-2 Skill Crows or Skill Cats (errr streaks). Which means even someone who has problems with lights just equips this stuff and can harvest a whole mech class

4. Maps as light counters. Most of my maps have been Polar or Alpine. The bane of non-sniper lights. What a fun!

5. The numbers of this event are a joke in itself. Why? Simply because the top dogs, the heavies are played much less during the even. In a "normal" environment lights are too fragile.

6. The agility of heavies and assaults is still too much. Even with a Wolfie-1 it is a pain to stay out of the firing arc of a Kodiak for a meaningful time.

Edited by Bush Hopper, 29 July 2016 - 10:26 AM.

[Mystere]

ShiftySWP and the Pleated Pants, on 29 July 2016 - 09:26 AM, said:

Stone__Wall, I apologize like I said I would. Seems your are active and playing and I wish you good luck in the Tier grind.

I think your exact words were:

ShiftySWP and the Pleated Pants, on 29 July 2016 - 04:30 AM, said:

I will loudly and publicly apologize ...

I just ain't seeing the "loudly" part. ...

[Satan n stuff]

JediPanther, on 28 July 2016 - 05:51 PM, said:

T3 and below light mechs are fun to battle. Especially novice lights. I had an ach with all smalls just stand and shoot my jenner while I torso twisted and blew off both of the ach's legs. Ran the trial ach and it was super easy mode compared to my jenner and locust.

I think the best part about this event is the fact that I'm seeing all types of the "rare" lights being used such as the adr,non 3l ravens and even a panther or two. Too bad once the event is over light q will probably go back to being just 3ls and achs.

I've been using this as an opportunity to grind my Wolfhounds. Apparently Wolfhounds are rare enough that I first got onto the leaderboard this morning with a score of 300 or so. The scores are getting higher but it doesn't look like the unpopular mechs have enough players to have very competitive boards in general.

[Besh]

Satan n stuff, on 29 July 2016 - 10:31 AM, said:

I've been using this as an opportunity to grind my Wolfhounds. Apparently Wolfhounds are rare enough that I first got onto the leaderboard this morning with a score of 300 or so. The scores are getting higher but it doesn't look like the unpopular mechs have enough players to have very competitive boards in general.

Now theres a hint, if I feel like buying some 'Mechs and Bays and doing some grinding . Thx .

Edited by Besh, 29 July 2016 - 10:35 AM.

[ShiftySWP and the Pleated Pants]

Mystere, on 29 July 2016 - 10:29 AM, said:

I just ain't seeing the "loudly" part. ...

Very true. I will now break my internal law against all caps.....

I APOLOGIZE LOUDLY!!!

Thanks for keeping me honest.

[DrxAbstract]

Light angst reaches new levels after resize, now there is magically a Light Mech focused Tournament... Coincidence? I think not.

Metrics for the Metric God.

[Weeny Machine]

DrxAbstract, on 29 July 2016 - 10:51 AM, said:

Light angst reaches new levels after resize, now there is magically a Light Mech focused Tournament... Coincidence? I think not.

Metrics for the Metric God.

As I said before: the metrics are skewed, though. Usually there is an abundance of heavies and much more dps/higher alphas flying around than during this event

[DrxAbstract]

Bush Hopper, on 29 July 2016 - 10:58 AM, said:

As I said before: the metrics are skewed, though. Usually there is an abundance of heavies and much more dps/higher alphas flying around than during this event

Oh I'm definitely not of the impression the data PGI gathers will be even remotely accurate or useful, but they're still going to make decisions and changes based on it... Strap on your chaps, insert the ballgag and break open that case of KY - Winter is coming.

[Stone Wall]

ShiftySWP and the Pleated Pants, on 29 July 2016 - 10:45 AM, said:

Very true. I will now break my internal law against all caps.....

I APOLOGIZE LOUDLY!!!

Thanks for keeping me honest.

I don't blame you guys. I didn't even know I had a double spaced name. This is probably because I made the account 4 years ago.