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[NRP]

FupDup, on 01 February 2018 - 07:01 PM, said:

It's Lyen isn't it?

How in the hell did he get 3 ERLLs in that thing and still go 129 kph?

[FupDup]

NRP, on 01 February 2018 - 07:36 PM, said:

How in the hell did he get 3 ERLLs in that thing and still go 129 kph?

Using Smurfys, the only way would be to heavily strip down his armor and definitely use Speed Tweak to bring the speed up.

[Peace2U]

When you realize that some players are on private comms' and the rest of the team is on standard MWO VOIP.
Poor communication is a sure recipe for a loss.
Peace, All.

[Bilbo999]

The game crashes 30 seconds into it.

[N0ni]

When you have assault pilots that don't want to scratch their paint for the betterment of the team.

or

When the team follows the lights thinking that it's time to nascar.

[Mechrophilia]

When the red roster says solitude, skinless, b33f, prtnsprz, etc.. and the blue side possesses unknown names and the delicious smell of perfectly baked potatoes?

Just taking a stab here.

[FireStoat]

Nothing triggers me more when a player in the starting countdown lobby says "Let's call targets, stay together, and please be aggressive" or something similar to this, only to be responded to with...

"LRM boat here - hold locks and I'll make it rain... (burp)" from a dry, ancient sounding dude that's attempting to mimic the Transformers movie. I feel like suicide is the only option.

[ROSS-128]

I remember there was one match where the round started, I walked up with the team, saw an enemy on the minimap, turned the corner, got a really nice shot lined up aaaaand... the game crashed.

Yeah, my mech was dead by the time the game re-launched.

[Kubernetes]

FupDup, on 01 February 2018 - 07:01 PM, said:

It's Lyen isn't it?

Dunno what yer talkin bout bro

[Khobai]

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What's The First Indication That Its Gonna Be A Bad Match?

when your atlas has an lrm20, lrm15, and lrm10 and no lasers

[JadePanther]

Any map you get stuck with me and you dont get me and the team laughing at the start...

Because lets face it sooo many map/mode combos are pretty [REDACTED] that just saying dumb stuff and laughing about life makes the usually fail match a win regardless of outcome..

Seriously some of my better matches have actually turned out wins cause of some ridiculous things people say at the start and get people laughing and having fun to begin with, and usally that flows into some communication and wins..

[Trenchbird]

When I'm the only one calling, or when I start going downhill in the attitude department.

I can get tilted really, REALLY easily, and (my) typical problem behaviors include;

-Poor attitude towards LRM-toting teammates that are in a mech massing 70 tons and above (The "All Catapults can LRM" rule)
-Increasingly frustrated callouts and berating unobservant teammates, especially if they die due to a lack of attention to said call
-Singling out opponents that have wronged me - Legging is a great example, even if I do it
-Singling out enemy Lights
-Singling out enemy LRM boats, especially if they have fired upon me for more than 10 seconds in the past 2 minutes

Of course, my temper problems aside (Hopefully, I can fashion them to at least be entertaining someday, and I'm typically getting better at it-sorry Yeonne Greene for that recent match), other good notices for a 'bad time' game is any time there is an LRM boat in Charlie Lance, with the rare exception. Any match on Polar Highlands (If I lack a light or fast medium) is another good contender.

Edited by Catten Hart, 01 February 2018 - 08:50 PM.

[Bombast]

Khobai, on 01 February 2018 - 08:03 PM, said:

when your atlas has an lrm20, lrm15, and lrm10...

Uhh....

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and no lasers

Oh, thank God. I thought you were talking about me for a moment.

[Koniving]

The first indication of a bad match is I start the match inside a beady-eyed cockpit, knowing I'm looking out from the mouth of a fish and that said fish isn't decked out on the skill tree yet.

[Xetelian]

When people split up at the start of a match.
When people leave the assaults behind.

When it is conquest and the only lights we have are urban mechs, kitfoxes, adders and cougars.

When it is domination on Grim, Alpine or Crimson.

[Vellron2005]

My first indication that it's gonna be a bad match is when I see a large group in the enemy team, and no such group in my team, or when I see I brought a LRM boat, and the map voted is Rubellite..

Also, a good indication is when I see It's siege attacking, and I'm a PUG..

[Kasumi Sumika]

When lone assault faraway from rest of team then being salty after ganked by enemy lights because his ignorance.

[TechChris]

1. (BAD) When the game mode is Escort.

2. (REALLY BAD) When game mode is Escort......and your more than a minute in and only 3 or less ya teammates have figured out where an "exit" from the "base" is!!!!

[El Bandito]

When there is a heavily Slavic accented player throwing profanities.

[LowSubmarino]

UnofficialOperator, on 01 February 2018 - 05:11 PM, said:

Mine is when 3 guys in comms start moaning and harping on the first trailer from 4 years back... what the actual ****?

1. Indicator its gonna be a bad team:

Often times theres a single guy on comms saying 'hi' or 'good hunting'. Theres apparently a significant number of socially awkward basement dwellers, cause frequently im the only guy responding to that. If somebody says 'hello ppl' especially actually speaking and addressing us, then you respond. Give him respect. Teams that dont even answer him (one time it was even a girl, sounded nice, says hello evybody, but the mwo pug player remains silent. Gives me the impression they dont get out much. If they cant even say hi ingame to somebody that addresses them to be friendly and polite and communicate then I doubt they ever in their lifes talked to a girl and said hi.

It also correlates with instances where teams perform rather weak. Getting hammered hard early, loosing several mechs.

Nr. 2: If you check map after abaout 30 seconds into the game, you can already see the way they are moving. Some teams dont communicate that much or mostly via marking targets and common sense but move more or less in an at least loose formation and know the relevant map locactons (most probable movement and approach lanes of team red etc.) and act accordingly. Not splitting. One glance at around 30 seconds and then a confirmation at 60 seconds and some teams are already split beyond hope. Which is prolly the dullest thing you could do. So bad in many scenarios, that even if you would just walk with your team without firing once at the enemy, you'd still be a much better help and contributor than a guy that splits in a heavy or assault mech. Or in too large light/medium skirimisher numers.

3. A team that is purely driven by follow my nose and the guy in fron of me and any red signal no matter what. Even if you had a loose formation, it sometimes breaks up by one spider turning a corner and flashing a few lasers. And not only one light, but a warhawk and a Centurion follow him. Far off to the side. It gets infinitely worse, because they were already more to the back and the outskirts of the nascar train. Meaning their rather wide radius would have given them trouble to catch up even when they were still in formation.

Now?

They are doomed. The spider deserves several promotions and a slap on the back for completly disrupting significant percentages af team reds firepower and armor to a point where a win is 90 % probable. You hear moaning often times accompanying such moves. Reactions are quite strong usually every second time this happens, as there are some ppl who understand how powerful a tool such as the radar is. They immediatly see that their chances to win this game have just been dramatically reduced in that very instance. And yet, even though even as a very new player you will very quickly remember just how negative ppl react, when you play like that....and still, many many ppl do it in every match. No matter the tier.

4. I always have an uncomfortable but also very familiar urge to know where the enemy is at any given time. If possible in any way, I wanne know where the lights are, the heavies, that fat huge army but also the little backstabbers. And the missile boats. And the snipers. Where are they. What are they doing. Are they shooting me? Approaching me? Trying to instakill that big missile boat of us, which I will then go and cover and use as a lure to draw somebody in to pounce and kill him. or do I attack him right away, scaring him off, not doing much dmg, but saving my guys or girls back armor.

Where are they. How can I use that information.

When I see enemy movement in larger numbers, then I know its like a battering ram. You either stay well clear of them. Or you pull your forces together and - depening on terrain - build a firing line. Cause many guns having the opportunity to fire vs few guns wins you the game. In my mind I sometimes wanne by force immediately move ppl in e.g. a firing line or semice cirlce in front of that battering ram. It is what I would do right away. Not stay in their way in small numbers or in big numbers that have no los cover fire because of bad positiong. Like I see on the platform of grim so often. And they get massacred by a push where team red can see small numbers of mechs and many, many guns fire vs only a few guns.

And you look up at the score. And you half wince. Team red had one kill and while you glanced up, it just jumped to three. Bamm bamm bamm. They smash those small numbers as a battering ram. Many guns vs few guns. Few guns have no los cover. No firing line.

And they die to it again and over again almost in every single match.

But is too tiring sometimes to always tell ppl what to do. And I dont wanne be a constant smartass ingame. Sometimes I just want ppl to just move properly and know what to do. And when ppl do that they are generally also communicative and easily talk, laugh over voip. You see right away they are communicative ppl in real life and not....weird ppl.

Theres more points....but Its prolly already been said somewhere.

Edited by oneda, 02 February 2018 - 02:04 AM.