Warning: If you are easily offended, this post is not for you.
I am trying to stay active in this game but PUGS are so intolerable! I'm not gonna beat around the bush, I blame certain types of people, certain age groups, specific times of day where the online experience of this game is night and day. People who know what I am talking about have written various PUG guides, ( I made sure to study before writing this) they share the theme "pugs are useless, don't rely on them, play the meta".
I have played countless matches. I can tell how most games will turnout within the first 30 seconds, no joke. I don't know, maybe it is a COD generation who all thinks they are super heroes, or maybe people just don't care. It begs the question: Does the pilot skill rating have any affect on match making? I liken solo que on any given evening to elo hell. This is where I watch my pilot rating yoyo day and night simply because theses matches spin wildly out of control.
I will break it down for the noobs:
Your don't get more kills by trying to get more kills.
Leaving a man behind means you might as well shoot them your self (hey almost sounds like a real battle! imagine that)
"Stick together" does not mean tripping over one another aimlessly following the fastest mech towards the least secure location possible, (blob-the-middle, choke-point, exposed low ground)
Its not that pugs wouldn't know strategy if it hit them in the face, but pride! So many kids with something to prove and no time to listen. Theses things I've talked about are not even on peoples radar, and they are just the tip of the iceberg! After playing with people on this game for oh, two years I can say that with some confidence. I will honor the outliers, not all rounds are bad, I do from time to time come out happy with a pug well played even if I did poorly.
I say this here because it too much to say mid game, lol, and frankly because it needs to be said. There is something wrong with the pug experience that drives me (possibly allot more) away from this game not towards it. You gotta ask your self, is it us, or the game?