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[A Shoddy Rental Mech]

Play Clan



That's 47 Clan wins to 3 I.S. wins for a 94% win rate for those who don't git it.

[Fuerchtenichts]

Well, obviously because a serious amount of good IS players decided to concentrate on scouting. That is why IS had the better overall W/L ratio.

I guess your question is, how to encourage good IS players to play invasion?

Edited by Fuerchtenichts, 21 October 2017 - 11:05 PM.

[Commander A9]

Drop as a team?

Drop alongside a unit?

Form a unit?

Join a unit?

Things we've been encouraging people to do since day one in Winter 2014?

Edited by Commander A9, 21 October 2017 - 11:21 PM.

[A Shoddy Rental Mech]

Fuerchtenichts, on 21 October 2017 - 11:03 PM, said:

Well, obviously because a serious amount of good IS players decided to concentrate on scouting. That is why IS had the better overall W/L ratio.

I guess your question is, how to encourage good IS players to play invasion?

This isn't Luthien.

This is Saturday night U.S. Primetime.

[Fuerchtenichts]

...

I'm starting with the Man In The Mirror ...

Edited by Fuerchtenichts, 22 October 2017 - 12:33 AM.

[Roland09]

Does it show how many of these Clan wins were ghost drops?

Yes, join the Clans to make Mostly Waiting Online more fun. Sounds legit.

[TWIAFU]

The Nerf Bat, on 21 October 2017 - 09:55 PM, said:

Play Clan



That's 47 Clan wins to 3 I.S. wins for a 94% win rate for those who don't git it.

That's what happens when QP with respawn pilots meet easier button mechs.

Tired of loosing and can't play as part of a team in the teamwork queue? Go Clans for easy button, ghost drops, and long wait times!

LOL

[Van mw]

2 losses from yesterday were in my team. We were 10-12 people who know how to shoot. But we couldn't do anything because clan laser vomit seems like runs cooler than IS brawlers on Terra Terma (1 drop, 48-2x) and Caustic (2 drop, 48-20). Enemy team sat 400-600 m from the ridges and annihilated us. No way to close distance in cover because they were good in manuvering and adjusting position on our movement.
Enemy was good, but I don't expect such stomps when I drop in team. Range + Speed + Cooling in favor of clans were too much that cycle.

[Jman5]

Hey, I was part of that 1 win at 8:54 yesterday! Looking at how the whole night went it suddenly feels lot more impressive.

[Jonathan8883]

If Faction Play wasn't 90% Sieges it would be more fun. Siege maps are generally not very fun for at least one team.

[MischiefSC]

Fuerchtenichts, on 21 October 2017 - 11:03 PM, said:

Well, obviously because a serious amount of good IS players decided to concentrate on scouting. That is why IS had the better overall W/L ratio.

I guess your question is, how to encourage good IS players to play invasion?

Balance Clan/IS tech?

[Fuerchtenichts]

MischiefSC, on 22 October 2017 - 09:07 AM, said:

Balance Clan/IS tech?

I think that Clans simply have to adjust their scouting mechs/loadouts and tactics. No need for balacing activities.

[Davegt27]

well the only thing that can be done is lock out pugs

and 1 man units from FP

you guys and PGI have been saying it for so long I am getting sick of hearing it

step 1 define a unit

unit = XX (at least more than 1 man)

step 2 = make FP for units only

this needs to be done even if its just for an event so PGI can work on there game
maker

*note game maker is not matchmaker
*note 2 it might be to late to save the Zeppelin

[MischiefSC]

Commander A9, on 21 October 2017 - 11:21 PM, said:

Drop as a team?

Drop alongside a unit?

Form a unit?

Join a unit?

Things we've been encouraging people to do since day one in Winter 2014?

They did. Then factions lost purpose with 1 bukkit and balance went screwy, so they went Clan and merc. That or they play scouting. Lots of units in scouting.

[Spheroid]

More people should be encouraged to go Clans. It is the rational thing to do. The long wait times can be dealt with by enabling same techbase combat between factions.

The slider bar should be made persistent pending an eight hour ownership check to not blunt planet capture with the addition of a second front.

The broken population modifier should be replaced by a territorial control bonus of sufficient amount to overcome win rate earning discrepencies and encourage faction migration by mercs.

Edited by Spheroid, 22 October 2017 - 10:07 AM.

[Vonbach]

Fuerchtenichts, on 21 October 2017 - 11:03 PM, said:

Well, obviously because a serious amount of good IS players decided to concentrate on scouting. That is why IS had the better overall W/L ratio.

I guess your question is, how to encourage good IS players to play invasion?

Getting rid of heavy lasers would be a start.

[Alexandra Hekmatyar]

Pfff screw easy mode.

[HammerMaster]

Fix? how about 10v12 as we asked for from start of clans. Now the only way to fix is clan v clan and IS vs IS.

[SmokeGuar]

Several of those drops were ghosts, I was on one of them and heard there were several before.

Perhaps a marking is needed on log when ghost drop occurs.

[slide]

I spent the weekend playing Mechcommander Omnitech (for about the 20th time through).

100% more fun was had.