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[jonfett]

So, ever since the new skill tree was announced, I've felt it unnecessary to attempt to master any of the wide stable of my mechs that still need upgrading (which is a lot). I tend to play 3-5 matches a day in quickplay right now, and always use my mastered KDK-3 (UAC-5/UAC-10 build). I figure i'll just increase XP on it for when we get the big XP payout to redistribute as we see fit.

I just had a match where I was accused of being a Tryhard for using a Kodiak. The chat was full of people upset that I was using a Kodiak. I was the last one alive and won the match, along w/ the Shadowhawk who followed me on my flanking maneuver behind the enemy.

I've always thought of myself as a casual mediocre player, possibly a potatoe. Definitely not a Tryhard. I think I've only ever scored above 1000 w/ my KDK-3 a couple of times. So, the KDK-3 has become too good, even in my hands... Are KDK-3's going to be relegated to the same dusty hangers as Gold mechs? Will we start getting TKed in the back just for bringing them?

[RestosIII]

Pilot a meta build, and people will claim you're a tryhard. It's just the same old, same old. You should try piloting lore builds instead, that way you get told off for being a selfish, terrible player that's trying to ruin everyone else's fun by piloting "bad" builds.

[TercieI]

Just FWIW, it read to me like XP you've spent will become GXP, not XP you've accumulated. I'm currently working on mastering everything I have to maximize my GXP payout. More details are coming, but I suspect you're on the wrong track.

[Mister Blastman]

When I was a kid, being good at something was respected and admired. Nowadays, be good at something and you're villainized. What a sick world we're in.

[Tristan Winter]

I don't think any normal, mentally healthy people hate anyone who's using the KDK-3. The main thing that bothers people about people playing OP mechs is when those people attribute their own success to their skills instead of their mech.

People get annoyed when KDK-3 players act like they're super elite players because they got a good match score, and people especially get annoyed when KDK-3 players say stuff like "wow, my team sucks, I'm the only one who did more than 500 damage". Some people just get angry about anything though. They get angry at LRM boats, they get angry at light mechs, they get angry at dual gauss, they get angry at NARCs... who cares.

It's just a game. One shouldn't take it seriously, and one shouldn't take the people who take it seriously seriously.

[Revis Volek]

The only META build i dont get flak for the the Single LPL LCT or the Single ERPPC MLX...

[Felicitatem Parco]

Piloting a Kodiak makes you a TryHard pilot just like how cooking a nice tenderloin makes you a TryHard chef: if you start with good ingredients then people assume you are leaning on a crutch.

[Bud Crue]

jonfett, on 21 December 2016 - 04:20 PM, said:

So, ever since the new skill tree was announced, I've felt it unnecessary to attempt to master any of the wide stable of my mechs that still need upgrading (which is a lot). I tend to play 3-5 matches a day in quickplay right now, and always use my mastered KDK-3 (UAC-5/UAC-10 build). I figure i'll just increase XP on it for when we get the big XP payout to redistribute as we see fit.

I just had a match where I was accused of being a Tryhard for using a Kodiak. The chat was full of people upset that I was using a Kodiak. I was the last one alive and won the match, along w/ the Shadowhawk who followed me on my flanking maneuver behind the enemy.

I've always thought of myself as a casual mediocre player, possibly a potatoe. Definitely not a Tryhard. I think I've only ever scored above 1000 w/ my KDK-3 a couple of times. So, the KDK-3 has become too good, even in my hands... Are KDK-3's going to be relegated to the same dusty hangers as Gold mechs? Will we start getting TKed in the back just for bringing them?

Wha?

If a "tryhard" (which has always struck me as a fairly unimaginative insult and in fact a compliment) is someone who runs a Kodiak, does that mean the, like, remaining three people who have yet to run one are the only non-tryhards.

That is stupid.

[Mystere]

I sense a whole lot of this:

Edited by Mystere, 21 December 2016 - 04:46 PM.

[NRP]

So, who was mad at you for piloting a KDK-3 and winning the match? Your team, or the enemy team?

If it was the enemy team, just tell them their tears will be used to refill your Cool Shots. On the other hand, if it was your teammates complaining that you carried their sorry arses to victory . . . well, I don't think you should worry about it too much.

Edited by NRP, 21 December 2016 - 04:48 PM.

[Wil McCullough]

Mystere, on 21 December 2016 - 04:45 PM, said:

I sense a whole lot of this:

polar highlands?

[Fox With A Shotgun]

Wil McCullough, on 21 December 2016 - 04:50 PM, said:

polar highlands?

Literal mountains of salt, man.

@OP:

Drink in the salty tears of the pugs as you wreck their faces in. KDK-3 is good at what it does, but is by no means OP if you deal with it correctly. If they aren't capable of plopping a NARC on you and LRMing you to death, or focus firing your squishy squishy CT, then they deserve to get stomped.

Just as potatoes gonna potate, haters are gonna hate. It's a fact. Whatever happens, just remember that you can use whatever the hell you damn well please.

Edited by Fox With A Shotgun, 21 December 2016 - 04:59 PM.

[Snazzy Dragon]

How dare you play good mechs! If you aren't piloting a vindicator with LRMs you're a dirty tryhard!

Seriously, people just like to b****.

[Toe Cutter]

Sucks to hear that. However after just returning from a long break I find the public queue rather more polite these days, in coms and text. Regardless, some off those whiners are just a "drop" away from you never hearing them again.

[Crotch RockIt]

Revis Volek, on 21 December 2016 - 04:41 PM, said:

The only META build i dont get flak for the the Single LPL LCT or the Single ERPPC MLX...

Meta MLX? Pretty sure that's an oxymoron.

[Davegt27]

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So, ever since the new skill tree was announced, I've felt it unnecessary to attempt to master any of the wide stable of my mechs that still need upgrading (which is a lot). I tend to play 3-5 matches a day in quickplay right now, and always use my mastered KDK-3 (UAC-5/UAC-10 build). I figure i'll just increase XP on it for when we get the big XP payout to redistribute as we see fit.

I just had a match where I was accused of being a Tryhard for using a Kodiak. The chat was full of people upset that I was using a Kodiak. I was the last one alive and won the match, along w/ the Shadowhawk who followed me on my flanking maneuver behind the enemy.

I've always thought of myself as a casual mediocre player, possibly a potatoe. Definitely not a Tryhard. I think I've only ever scored above 1000 w/ my KDK-3 a couple of times. So, the KDK-3 has become too good, even in my hands... Are KDK-3's going to be relegated to the same dusty hangers as Gold mechs? Will we start getting TKed in the back just for bringing them?

Naw I think you just ran into 1 in a thousand matches where they are real salty
I would not worry about it

My KDK-3 is trash in my hands I striped the Mech so it says invalid

[Agent 0 Fortune]

It sounds like you are a tryhard, look at you seek approval in this thread. You need to forge your own path and be comfortable with your decisions and their consequences.
If you were there, this thread wouldn't exist. You need to quit trying and start doing.

[General Solo]

Some people don't try so that when they lose they can say

Well, I really wasn't trying

Weak as S#$*&)* fence sitters

Edited by OZHomerOZ, 21 December 2016 - 06:23 PM.

[LT. HARDCASE]

There is only trying, and not.

The tryhard insult is nonsensical.

[Chuck Jager]

Agent 0 Fortune, on 21 December 2016 - 06:20 PM, said:

"You need to forge your own path and be comfortable with your decisions and their consequences."

I went to a private art school that basically said that if you want to do the above you need to be better than those around you, because talent will only get you so far. Also it is really hard to continue to enjoy what you do with mediocre results. The school was rated #2 in the US for most homework assigned. The "tryhard" experience in a typically feel good environment has made me learn to always play at my best. This is because you learn that competition is about not blaming others, but realizing what you can do to be better. (I think the school also had a saying about "if it was for fun we would have more glue guns and cut felt")

Nobody needs to apologize for not being a C student. I have made many Cs in my education, but I never blamed the A students.