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[kapusta11]

Players of all tiers are lumped together and if you're good you can get 700 damage and 2 solo kills in the crappiest mech possible?

Saw 4 LRM5 Trebuchet yesterday, that's a free kill essentially. How many people testing builds like these are out there?

Please, consider changing PTS to 8v8 format.

Edited by kapusta11, 03 July 2017 - 12:38 AM.

[Doctor Dinosaur]

Only good testing can happen in groups, where you can test special set ups like (Missile system) agains (Anti missile system (AMS, Stealth armour etc.)).
What is it worth if you test jump jets on polar highland? What is a stealth armour test good, if always cold maps are being picked? How should we test Micro pulse lasers on polar highlands, when someone else is testing boating MRM?

On PTS you can get quantity, not quality, regarding testdata.
Running PTS during events won't help with quantity either, and no rewards for playing, testing nor reporting bugs even punish those players who want to make this game better.

[Reno Blade]

It's more about player feedback than testdata i would think.

And if you have 16 people, feel free to use the private lobby for 8v8.
Otherwise it's easier to get matches with lower group size.

[MustrumRidcully]

There is no doubt further balancing will need to happen after PTS.

But stuff like "minimum range sucks" or "somethnig weird is happening with ghost heat" are things that can be figured out in 4v4 already.


And if you have 16 or 24 players to make some tests, you can do private matches.

Edited by MustrumRidcully, 03 July 2017 - 04:28 AM.

[Antares102]

I am still working on reaching 1000 damage with my MAL-2P.
Only reached 965 damage so far.

But I know what you are referring to.
PTS is not necessarily representative.
However, it is better than PGI just dumping changes on us without any testing at all.

Edited by Antares102, 03 July 2017 - 07:57 AM.