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[InfidelX]

Anyone noticing extremely long wait times?
We didnt seem to have much problem a few days ago.
Yesterday and today.. just two of us havnt even been able to get into an invasion match.
Scouting matches came up quickly but we've sat for 20 minutes waiting and have yet to get an invasion match in the last two days.

[FallingAce]

Speaking for the entire I.S here

NOPE

[tenchugecko]

Even the worst Clan Pugs are rolling over me, so im out in QP doing 1000dmg in my kdk3 without even trying.

clans are so cool now. IS is paper now.

[Karl Marlow]

And so it came to pass that the clans advance was stalled when the rest of the inner sphere learned what the southern houses have known for years. The Great flaw with FW. The best defence is to not show up.

[ShiftySWP and the Pleated Pants]

Many IS players are abandoning ship.

PUGs are fleeing from the mode.

Your wait times are a symptom of the disease that PGI has created for FP. Give it a week and Clans will be ghost dropping to Terra and beyond.

Personally, I'm enjoying the scout que and may do the main tug of war occasionally. But frankly
, I'm tired of try to teach / DC for groups the wanna run lore build and save the IS solo in their TBT.

Edited by ShiftySWP and the Pleated Pants, 19 December 2016 - 06:52 PM.

[Starbomber109]

I wonder, there's like, a timeslot where the victories are less skewed and more even. Like, around 5pm, and around 7am (granted kinda odd times but that's what I've been noticing) the win/loss ratio is almost even....then as time goes on, it swings HEAVILY in clan favor. I'm just curious, who is playing at those times? 7AM is almost certainly not NA server, but the 5pm one kinda confuses me.

Edit: And why the sharp falloff? Is it just the IS skilled pilots get their hour of Cbills and abandon ship, while the clanners are willing to go for like 3? Or is something else going on?

Edit2: For reference, I'm GMT -6

Edited by Starbomber109, 19 December 2016 - 07:55 PM.

[Leone]

Nope. I was dropping with my IS alt getting back to back matches all night.

~Leone.

[BearFlag]

Just created a Clan account today. Been grinding and Scouting a bit. In a few HOURS I've had only ONE Call to Arms (that I noticed). On the IS side it's a constant barrage.

Population is off a tad.

Edited by BearFlag, 19 December 2016 - 10:53 PM.

[Positive Mental Attitude]

IS pugs are leaving in droves, Theyre terrible also. So now the clanners get to wait to fight whats left.

MJ12 and Zitos mom drop during the day most of the time. EVIL did a ton of them this saturday also but couldnt hold the tide when everyone got one after happy hour. Pugs took way too many losses to our wins. Not that I actually care where the map says we are... Damn near impossible to take planets as IS tho.

[naterist]

BearFlag, on 19 December 2016 - 10:52 PM, said:

Just created a Clan account today. Been grinding and Scouting a bit. In a few HOURS I've had only ONE Call to Arms (that I noticed). On the IS side it's a constant barrage.

Population is off a tad.

just a smidge lopsided id say, just a tiny smidge

[DivBy0]

What have you expected? After the ridicilus stomp of the IS-PUGs in the last week and the switch back from nearly any Merc to Clan, the Clan population in the active FP player base must by over 6:1 or more and every day it get worse.

If you want have instadrops switch to IS

InfidelX, on 19 December 2016 - 06:24 PM, said:

Anyone noticing extremely long wait times?
We didnt seem to have much problem a few days ago.
Yesterday and today.. just two of us havnt even been able to get into an invasion match.
Scouting matches came up quickly but we've sat for 20 minutes waiting and have yet to get an invasion match in the last two days.

[TWIAFU]

InfidelX, on 19 December 2016 - 06:24 PM, said:

Anyone noticing extremely long wait times?
We didnt seem to have much problem a few days ago.
Yesterday and today.. just two of us havnt even been able to get into an invasion match.
Scouting matches came up quickly but we've sat for 20 minutes waiting and have yet to get an invasion match in the last two days.

Jumping on that bandwagon not panning out to be all that much fun?

Three factions in a two faction system turning out to be a lot of fun for the lemmings?

Brought it upon yourselves, with the help of PGI, and now reap what you have sown.

Have fun.

[naterist]

TWIAFU, on 20 December 2016 - 04:28 AM, said:

Jumping on that bandwagon not panning out to be all that much fun?

Three factions in a two faction system turning out to be a lot of fun for the lemmings?

Brought it upon yourselves, with the help of PGI, and now reap what you have sown.

Have fun.

PREACH BRUTHA

[Starbomber109]

Redjack d3, on 19 December 2016 - 11:18 PM, said:

Damn near impossible to take planets as IS tho.

That sounds like poor attitude! I'm sure a unit dedicated enough could cut a path right through clan space, we've seen it before, we'll see it again. (then they'll switch contract and plow to terra but whatevs)

[Monkey Lover]

Starbomber109, on 20 December 2016 - 09:14 AM, said:

That sounds like poor attitude! I'm sure a unit dedicated enough could cut a path right through clan space, we've seen it before, we'll see it again. (then they'll switch contract and plow to terra but whatevs)

Ya if they out number the clans then ghost drop they can do it. Not really winning. But merc don't care they have never looked for a good fight anyway

Edited by Monkey Lover, 20 December 2016 - 05:28 PM.

[MischiefSC]

Some wrist will switch IS for a week or two to get drops.

Most won't stay when they can't carry every pug vs most other units.

Huh. I expected it to take longer than this.

[Jun Watarase]

Im not 100% sure, but does the server selection under quick play affect FW server selection now? Because that might be influencing wait times if it does...

[Stormie]

No. Faction play is still exclusively NA servers

[Mawai]

Large queue times or lots of ghost drops are simply expected based on the design. Since IS don't appear to be having trouble getting matches, it would seem that there is a large clan population.

I posted the following before the patch ...

https://mwomercs.com...times-in-fw-41/

[MischiefSC]

Mawai, on 20 December 2016 - 09:00 PM, said:

Large queue times or lots of ghost drops are simply expected based on the design. Since IS don't appear to be having trouble getting matches, it would seem that there is a large clan population.

I posted the following before the patch ...

https://mwomercs.com...times-in-fw-41/

Almost like some people predicted this issue well in advance.

Huh.