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[Templar Dane]

FallingAce, on 05 May 2017 - 10:39 AM, said:

Let's review what really happened during Tukayyid 2.

1st . PGI gave most of the merc units the ability to dogpile the Clan side. I.S. side ended up with a lot of pugs.

2nd. Shortly after the event started it was obvious the I.S. was going to get wiped, so PGI changed the rules of the event. I.S. ended up with a 20 ton advantage. Sound familiar? It should. Same thing happened when Phase 4.1 launched.

3rd Wait times were horrendous. There was not enough slots to accommodate all the groups. 14 (clan)groups waiting plus their opponents (14x12)x2 meant 336 people waiting for a map. Population imbalance meant 24 I.S. groups (288 players)didn't have opponents.

Waiting... Waiting... Waiting...




Those numbers don't even account for the people that gave up and logged out.

"THE BEST event this game has ever had" ewwwwww.

Yeah there were MORE people playing for IS, so 228/kcom/MS etc joined clans for shorter wait times and IS still outnumbered clan.

All that in a mode with no matchmaker. A mode that coaxes noobs into it for free mechbays. That and historically the big units tend to end up in the same faction, which many of us have always assumed is so that they don't have to fight each other.

As long as FP has no matchmaker events like this are going to be dictated by those groups. In a perfect world they would be fighting each other rather than crushing pugs, but since people are people things are unlikely to change.

[Monkey Lover]

Templar Dane, on 05 May 2017 - 11:13 AM, said:

Yeah there were MORE people playing for IS, so 228/kcom/MS etc joined clans for shorter wait times and IS still outnumbered clan.

All that in a mode with no matchmaker. A mode that coaxes noobs into it for free mechbays. That and historically the big units tend to end up in the same faction, which many of us have always assumed is so that they don't have to fight each other.

As long as FP has no matchmaker events like this are going to be dictated by those groups. In a perfect world they would be fighting each other rather than crushing pugs, but since people are people things are unlikely to change.

Atleast the last time around it just took longer on the IS side but now if you're not on the winning side you're getting less rewards too lol. You would think this would make the pugs join the clans but I don't see this happening

[Malrock]

All this event does is make me feel bad about not breaking my faction contract earlier, now I am stuck on the IS side for the duration of this event so I can provide the free fodder for all the people piling onto the clan side for their free wins. Interesting how everyone in the thread says oh yup gotta sign up clan now so I can have the OP tech to get the good rewards, since people who do the most winning get the best rewards and loosers get basically 1/2 that. Just goes to show when the chips are down everyone wants to be in a clan mech for the best chance at the best rewards. Pretty much proves how imbalanced this game is. Really love the history of this event that shows how the clans have always been OP and always win this event. Just makes me not want to even play. I mean what is the point? there is no match maker and you can't prevent pugs vs groups so farm fest will reign.

[Monkey Lover]

Malrock, on 05 May 2017 - 01:27 PM, said:

All this event does is make me feel bad about not breaking my faction contract earlier, now I am stuck on the IS side for the duration of this event so I can provide the free fodder for all the people piling onto the clan side for their free wins. Interesting how everyone in the thread says oh yup gotta sign up clan now so I can have the OP tech to get the good rewards, since people who do the most winning get the best rewards and loosers get basically 1/2 that. Just goes to show when the chips are down everyone wants to be in a clan mech for the best chance at the best rewards. Pretty much proves how imbalanced this game is. Really love the history of this event that shows how the clans have always been OP and always win this event. Just makes me not want to even play. I mean what is the point? there is no match maker and you can't prevent pugs vs groups so farm fest will reign.

I don't want easy wins I just don't want to wait 40 minutes for a game. I really hope sides are more balanced this time.

[Malrock]

Monkey Lover, on 05 May 2017 - 02:55 PM, said:

I don't want easy wins I just don't want to wait 40 minutes for a game. I really hope sides are more balanced this time.

You also don't seem upset by easy wins either.

[Calcite]

i'm just here to make a comment

[MookieDog]

TUKAYYID 3: Where the clans can really fell good about themselves and the is doesnt give a damn...

[Monkey Lover]

Malrock, on 05 May 2017 - 03:20 PM, said:

You also don't seem upset by easy wins either.

Best games are the ones where you come down to few mechs v few mechs. Easy and getting smashed I get enough off