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[DerMaulwurf]

I don't mind people who want to play escort mode. They just shouldn't be able to force me to play it.

[KoalaBrownie]

DerMaulwurf, on 15 December 2016 - 08:29 AM, said:

I don't mind people who want to play escort mode. They just shouldn't be able to force me to play it.

You should expect to play the new mode heavily for a few weeks after release, just as Terra Therma was played heavily when it was re-released

[JediPanther]

Unless you "gift" Overlord Russ a large amount of money I doubt we will ever see the hard game mode selection option again. As for me Domination mode can burn in hell and I'd never have to see it. I'd have skirmish mode on always and screw the rest so people have to fight or die in a corner like headless chickens.

[GenghisJr]

DerMaulwurf, on 15 December 2016 - 08:29 AM, said:

I don't mind people who want to play escort mode. They just shouldn't be able to force me to play it.

The mode is garbage, and so are all the others that are not skirmishj

[El Bandito]

Played for 2 hours. Haven't seen single Escort. Sadface.

[1453 R]

JediPanther, on 15 December 2016 - 09:42 AM, said:

Unless you "gift" Overlord Russ a large amount of money I doubt we will ever see the hard game mode selection option again. As for me Domination mode can burn in hell and I'd never have to see it. I'd have skirmish mode on always and screw the rest so people have to fight or die in a corner like headless chickens.

GenghisJr, on 15 December 2016 - 10:04 AM, said:

The mode is garbage, and so are all the others that are not skirmishj

Sadly, this is why we don't have mode selection anymore. Or, well, one reason anyways.

Because guys who want to run the clock out on every single game they play and can't tolerate any game mode where they can be forced to consider a win condition other than 'Pad my KDR' would disrupt the buckets too heavily for Piranha's tastes.

[vibrant]

El Bandito, on 15 December 2016 - 11:09 AM, said:

Played for 2 hours. Haven't seen single Escort. Sadface.

Please clarify - you played Mechlab-Warrior for 2 hours?

[GabrielSun]

I only got to play a different mode when I had x7 vote. But then it wound up being on River City... so win-loss. Since we can only win one of them, everyone who has won should be shunted to a don't-need-it-anymore queue.

[JediPanther]

1453 R, on 15 December 2016 - 11:13 AM, said:

Sadly, this is why we don't have mode selection anymore. Or, well, one reason anyways.

Because guys who want to run the clock out on every single game they play and can't tolerate any game mode where they can be forced to consider a win condition other than 'Pad my KDR' would disrupt the buckets too heavily for Piranha's tastes.

Glad you assume I give a **** about kdr stat. Look mine up and it is craptastic. I play for fun but I really hate those sobs that do just run from combat or go power down in a corner as much as any one else. I'm also not one of those fools that tries to claim high alpha or kills in a match makes me better than every one else. If pgi made the actual game mode objectives fun and well paying far more than just most-damage-for-rewards you'd see people play to them instead of kdm.

[Nameless King]

DerMaulwurf, on 15 December 2016 - 08:29 AM, said:

I don't mind people who want to play escort mode. They just shouldn't be able to force me to play it.

Nope make maps and modes random, that would be the best option.

[LastPaladin]

DerMaulwurf, on 15 December 2016 - 08:29 AM, said:

I don't mind people who want to play escort mode. They just shouldn't be able to force me to play it.

I agree, it was a stupid change in the first place. Unpopular modes are still going to be unpopular, whether people are deselecting them altogether or just voting against them. Under the old system though, if you liked unpopular modes, you were still guaranteed to be able to play them, it would just take longer to get a match. Now there is no guarantee that you will get to play an unpopular mode at all, so the new system actually doesn't even help with what it was intended to help.

The only advantage at all to this system is that it guarantees that certain classes of mechs cannot just avoid a mode en masse (for example, assault pilots choosing to avoid conquest for obvious reasons). I'm sure that makes things easier for balancing drops, but it just makes things more frustrating for players, whether you love or hate a particular game mode.