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[Dreadgorth]

Lyoto Machida, on 22 November 2016 - 02:22 PM, said:

People WANT to play CW...just not PGI's version of it.

Sir I totally agree with your statement!!

[TercieI]

Does Invasion not suck yet? Then no, I don't want to play.

Lyoto Machida, on 22 November 2016 - 02:22 PM, said:

People WANT to play CW...just not PGI's version of it.

A-friggin-men

[Alex Morgaine]

LordNothing, on 22 November 2016 - 11:42 AM, said:

of course then you get the tukkayid effect where one side drops fast and the other side has to wait 10 minutes. and this is why i argue for fewer buckets, but more than 2. i think 4 is a good number, you can have is vs is fights, clan vs clan fights, and of course clan vs is and vice versa. everyone can fight everyone and there are no dead zones where two teams cannot fight eachother. if one faction has an absurd number of players, the other 3 factions are encouraged to attack that faction, and they are diminished through too many fronts. throw in free trade down (you may switch to a faction with lower population for free, instantly, and without penalty) and then they will self balance.

A lil fine tuning and that could work for the sorry [...yah my phone is right for once] term until something to make cw that we currently have worthwhile could be hashed out. But 1 IS vs Clan bucket only will be disaster for sure.

[MaximusPayne]

I honestly don't know why PGI doesn't incorporate QP into FW. Force all players to align themselves with a faction (IS, clan, or merc), each with their benefits and limitations and have the QP players fight for the smaller worlds. The comp units can hook up for the bigger planets for organized battles with higher stakes and rewards. If PGI truly wanted FW to be its main attraction, the game needs to be designed around it. The map, the lobby, top units...everything needs to be front and center as the players log in.

[Novakaine]

Well Wolfie all dressed up and no one to fight.
Guess people finally got tired of being cannon fodder.

[TLBFestus]

If it keeps him out of the forums, I hope CW/FW picks up.

[BLOOD WOLF]

damn, all the personals in this thread. whats up with all the ego posting?

festus stop being salty that I make you think, I know its not your strong suite but without me you would never use that brain.

sorry, I had to throw that one out there, its not easy to hold back. Snide remarks on my person are just begging for a quip or two

Novakaine, on 22 November 2016 - 03:44 PM, said:

Well Wolfie all dressed up and no one to fight.
Guess people finally got tired of being cannon fodder.

wrong there, we had someone to fight.

Edited by BLOOD WOLF, 22 November 2016 - 04:04 PM.

[Idealsuspect]

BLOOD WOLF, on 22 November 2016 - 11:33 AM, said:

Right now there are 39 players on THUNE. that is before I started in the empty que of 0. nobody wants to play?

save the small talk, all i care about at this point is playing those sweet fw matches, if you want some today come get it. I am clan wolf by the way and we are dropping against the space vikings. You looking for matches, well you got some. Clan wolf and space vikings lets get it.

40ish people at rush hour time what a big deal...

[BLOOD WOLF]

Idealsuspect, on 22 November 2016 - 04:05 PM, said:

40ish people at rush hour time what a big deal...

so? does need to be near 100 for you to be happy?. Three matches kicking of on a planet is good enough. If one of those is me then even better.

apparently some people still wan't to play. If matches can still get off the ground then, cool. Only takes a 12 man to be honest, any more just gets things done faster.

I got messages and there have been people telling me that the effort that I am doing to get people back in FW is something that is at least commendable. Seems to me all people wanna do is ***** on the forums. then get out the way then and stay in QP

Edited by BLOOD WOLF, 22 November 2016 - 04:28 PM.

[Idealsuspect]

BLOOD WOLF, on 22 November 2016 - 04:21 PM, said:

so? does need to be near 100 for you to be happy?. Three matches kicking of on a planet is good enough. If one of those is me then even better.

It was rush hour genius if you happy with 40ish people damn dont lose time in this useless topic and go play

[Tarl Cabot]

Setup on defense for a faction. No one wants to be seal club into losing a planet

[SmithMPBT]

[Idealsuspect]

MaximusPayne, on 22 November 2016 - 02:52 PM, said:

I honestly don't know why PGI doesn't incorporate QP into FW. Force all players to align themselves with a faction (IS, clan, or merc),

Coze they may sell half less mech package ^^ ?

[BLOOD WOLF]

SmithMPBT, on 22 November 2016 - 04:49 PM, said:

so I am talking about my experience with FW today and that is considering trolling? some people have nothing better to do than hate on someone.

[MaximusPayne]

Idealsuspect, on 22 November 2016 - 04:56 PM, said:

Coze they may sell half less mech package ^^ ?

A better game brings more players which in turn buys more mech packs. Even if they stick to the "IS can only use IS mechs and clans can use clan mechs" rule (which I think is a bad idea), make an exception for mercs. Having no loyalty to a particular faction means having no loyalty to the technology as well.

[Deathlike]

I'd play more FW if it was better than Phase 2 or Phase 1 for that matter.

Phase 3 is easily worse than all the previous phases, so good luck with convincing other people having waited nearly a year since the previous phase to produce queue clearing feature that was the Long Tom.

[Dex Spero]

BLOOD WOLF, on 22 November 2016 - 11:33 AM, said:

Right now there are 39 players on THUNE. that is before I started in the empty que of 0. nobody wants to play?

save the small talk, all i care about at this point is playing those sweet fw matches, if you want some today come get it. I am clan wolf by the way and we are dropping against the space vikings. You looking for matches, well you got some. Clan wolf and space vikings lets get it.

I missed out Wolf cuz I was busy but I'm coming for you later

Thanks for trying to keep FW going. I'm right there with you.

[cazidin]

I think, at this point, PGI has given up on Faction Warfare entirely. Especially when their plan to fix it involves making it another quick play mode.

[ice trey]

I want to play as part of an overall faction, help my faction out, follow the calls of the team leader. I want to be rewarded for taking faction specific mechs, be penalized for taking mechs from outside of my faction. I want to play something with objectives that go beyond "kill everybody". I want to see my efforts mean something in the grand scheme of things. I want to see the full roster of players for my faction, whether or not they're on my friends list.

I don't want to get stomped as a pug, so I need to play as a 12-man, but I don't want to spend half an hour between every match because some guy has to go eat dinner or put his kids to bed, I don't want to feel like I'm letting everyone down if I only have an hour or so to burn and can only stick around for two matches. I don't want to join a unit only to be obligated to show up twice a week for training. I don't want to play in a scouting mode that doesn't actually resemble scouting and one side has a very clear advantage over the other...

I like faction warfare when the conditions are right, but the way PGI has set it up makes it a really uphill battle to play. When I have time to kill and I get an invite to a 12 man, usually filling for units that are short on a few players, I have a great time. The rest of the time, it's a lesson in frustration. If I'm going to repeatedly beat my head against the wall, at least Quick Play gets me in a match in under five minutes.

Edited by ice trey, 22 November 2016 - 08:42 PM.

[Navid A1]

Deathlike, on 22 November 2016 - 06:58 PM, said:

I'd play more FW if it was better than Phase 2 or Phase 1 for that matter.

Phase 3 is easily worse than all the previous phases, so good luck with convincing other people having waited nearly a year since the previous phase to produce queue clearing feature that was the Long Tom.

And to think that they were so attached to the cool explosion effect, that they were not willing to accept that it was a mistake... even after CW became a nuclear wasteland.

Sometimes I think that we are thinking about ideas and concepts on a much higher level than what PGI has in mind.