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[C E Dwyer]

I stopped giving a damn about this game, and stopped spending money on it.

Took close to two months off, rarely play more than four games win or lose, and have more fun than when I bought every mech pack.

I'm also playing better than I have in ages

[SouthernRex]

You know what, I'd like to apologize for the silly remarks on my end. I mean they were obviously at a level of joke (I mean read all of them) but I am easily triggered by smart *** troll remarks like "git gud" and "lolumad". With the **** going on in my life with everything, and then being tilted from losing consistently, the comment just made me decide to start vomiting text. I'm glad you guys got a laugh out of it, but Bandito as a man I apologize. I should not have brought my stress here, it was childish, triggered or not.

[RussianWolf]

Dino Might, on 01 February 2017 - 08:02 AM, said:

FFA would be fun, but only for a short while. I am convinced that if you want to make the game more accessible and fun for everyone, you have to divorce fun from winning.

I was there from day one. hint: only half the people in any one match get to "win" so why get fixated on it?

Now it is a lot of fun when you are the last mech on your team, and you just keep swinging and take out their last 4 mechs. (yep, had it happen in CB running my pretty baby. I had people on the other team cheering me on becuase... pretty baby.) But I've also had plenty of fun in matches that seemed one sided on the end screen, but all the survivors are chiming in going "one more hit and I was a goner". So winning, while nice, has never been the goal for me. Just having fun. I also once ran a Spiver 5v with 12 jump jets on old Forrest Colony and did this big jump to get on top of the spire.... "someone on the other team types in "PULL!!!!" and I was near instantly obliterated. But I was laughing the entire time. I was way up there.

For me . the game just got stale. All the modes feel the same. All the mechs feel the same (and I have a crap load... 250 or something ridiculous like that).

To me the challenge was always trying to do well with "inferior" builds. I mastered my Urbies in stock config for pete's sake. No one who NEEDS to win does that. lol

[Acenan]

The way i found to have fun playing the game atm is Solo quick play or 12 man FW..

Don't even touch FW solo.. you have a horrible experience imo atm...

[RestosIII]

Bud Crue, on 01 February 2017 - 04:05 AM, said:

Also, keep in mind that these forums...at least the general discussion...is a catch-all of everything from venting about balance and PGI, to discussions of the most obscure lore of BT/MW, to the utter drivel of humble bragging e-peen posts.

Excuse me, but you forgot the best part of GD. The gifs.

[Bombast]

RestosIII, on 01 February 2017 - 09:42 AM, said:

Excuse me, but you forgot the best part of GD. The gifs.

Wait, Bud Crue forgot about the gifs?

[MeiSooHaityu]

I don't play anywhere near as much as I used to, but I still think it is fun overall.

As for the losses, it goes both ways. I have had long winning streaks and long losing streaks, and everything in between. So goes the life of a PUGer.

[Mudhutwarrior]

I come back and run a few matches every so often but I find I tire of the repetition quickly. The new modes you never see and the game is pretty much populated by Call of Duty Twitch types now. Chat is sanitized and PC rules the day. It seems to suit them.

That may work for 14 year olds and those who still think like one but in general the game is pretty dead. I liked it when you had to think and there was room to try new things or tactics. That's all gone. Just twitch mwo exists now.

[Coolant]

methinks that your happiness in playing the game shouldn't depend on the win or loss of match. That is beyond control, but your own play is what you can control and if you do well, why complain...shouldn't you be satisfied with that?

[Davegt27]

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Is Anyone Even Having Fun Playing This Game Anymore?

no not really

its like they sit around trying to figure out how to make the game suck more each month

[Evil Goof]

How did this thread get so derailed...

[Looren]

after playing a while i start see issues.
One of them is total wrong mech for a map, something you cannot just fix in *advance*..like you in lrm mech and get HPG or you in a cloe range brawler and land on Polar....

I guessthat wasalready suggested but why they dont make Mechdecks (smilar the ones you have in Faction or Wa Thunder) also for random fight where you can put 3 or 4 mechs (same class so all mediums, heavys etc to avoid issues with lance selection from mm) with different equipment and after you ee what for map you get you pick the mechs that is the bst one for that map?

no gamebreak, no technical challenge (as said drop decks already here in Faction) and 100% more fun.......dont get it....

[Bombast]

Evil Goof, on 01 February 2017 - 01:27 PM, said:

How did this thread get so derailed...

I am the Train Master, and it is my will that keeps threads on or off track. This thread displeased me with it's salt and insincere questions, and so I decreed that it did not deserve to be on any rails.

So sayeth Bombast, and so it is the truth.

[Cog777]

SouthernRex, on 31 January 2017 - 05:31 PM, said:

I left for a year, and 5 days in I remember why:

Loss.
Loss.
Loss.
Loss.
Loss.
Loss.
Win.
Loss.
Loss.
Loss.
Loss.
Loss.
Win.
Loss.
Loss.
Loss.

Yep. Before December 1-2 month I started to play with Atlas. I was getting feel how it should play. I was proud that I reached the same score as Kodiak SB in brawler role.
Than happened. Around December Marauder 2 was introduced, MM was changed (according to another forum, they enabled playing T5 with T1) and my scores with Atlas felt down. 1.3 to 0.8 (win/rate and kills/death I know it is not brilliant but I have only low specs laptop, it is difficult to play with low fps.) I had similar bad series, after 10 lost games , 1 winner game and 10 losing games again in row...

Finally I bought a Pretty Baby and I did 2.5 ratio kills/death and 1.5 win/lose and I was getting fun again but yes.. It happend with me also.

[Dryderian]

Screw, on 01 February 2017 - 01:50 PM, said:

Yep. Before December 1-2 month I started to play with Atlas. I was getting feel how it should play. I was proud that I reached the same score as Kodiak SB in brawler role.
Than happened. Around December Marauder 2 was introduced, MM was changed (according to another forum, they enabled playing T5 with T1) and my scores with Atlas felt down. 1.3 to 0.8 (win/rate and kills/death I know it is not brilliant but I have only low specs laptop, it is difficult to play with low fps.) I had similar bad series, after 10 lost games , 1 winner game and 10 losing games again in row...

Finally I bought a Pretty Baby and I did 2.5 ratio kills/death and 1.5 win/lose and I was getting fun again but yes.. It happend with me also.

That explains a lot I dragged myself through T3 which was a pain, in my opinion the worst tier. I thought everything will be better when you reach T2, coordinated matches, good firefights. It seems when RNG or it seems to be called MM here,is against your mech, you end up with a lot of new players against a T1/T2 or mainly some of both and some lower tiers.

I lost a lot of matches today(more than 11 in a row) and as much as I am self critical I do not believe that my Hunchback is the reason for it. Get your **** togther PGI.

Edited by Dryderian, 01 February 2017 - 02:10 PM.

[Flak Kannon]

Why do I still love this game 4 years later? And still play?


Because it is not easy.

It is rather hard. Even the best of the best will loose matches in the PUG que often, and often in waves. Not uncommon to loose 6 in a row, or win 6 in a row. I know my skill has swayed many a match that a lesser pilot could not have, and I know my skill can not sway a match that even the best overall best ever player could. Some losses are ordained....

Its the nature of 12-12, so.. I enjoi doing my best, playing my best, and having fun win or loss.

If your enjoiment is tied to wins only, this game will never be for you. Ever. No one can win 75% of their games in the PUG que on regular basis, year over year. Yes, you can go 4,5,6 KDK. But that is a different topic.


Fun is what you enjoi. Not having fun? Do not play.





Flak

[Piney II]

I'm still having fun, but I've never taken this game with the uber seriousness some do.

MWO is a great diversion for me and I enjoy it.

[a gaijin]

OP: Yes, still having fun.

About a month ago I thought I was getting burned out so I stopped using my usual mechs.
Went outside my comfort zone and started using ones I am completely unfamiliar with. Also started doing play styles that I thought didn't match me but finding out they can be fun as well.

So if you are not having fun I recommend trying a different sized chassis than what you normally use, a completely different tech tree than you are used to, and try a play-style outside what you normally do.

Been using Inner Sphere assault mechs all week and they are a lot of fun

[Old-dirty B]

yes i'm having fun, not enjoying those stomps (whichever direction) particularly although a good dogfight makes up for a lot.
But i play mainly for the occasional close GG, where a few duke it out in the end game, especially those games where you make a great comeback and pull out a win against all odds.

[the punk who stole your thunder]

No - i don't have fun.

But i hate myself anyway so i have fun torturing myself by playing.

hmm .. wait .. doesn't that mean that i have fun?

I'll go and ask my nurse ...