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[Michal R]

Please PGI tell me, why this crappy mode is still in MWO?
It's some kind of hell in the game?
Or you can't admit that this mode is bad from the beginning?

[InvictusLee]

Because reasons!!!

[Bombast]

People keep voting for it, so obviously is ok.

[Kargush]

Making a wild stab at how the people behind the scenes at PGI think...

Undoubtedly, it gets the occassional play, and therefore shows up in the stats. Since it's in the stats, it means people play it, and therefore it can stay in the rotation, because people play it.

[Champion of Khorne Lord of Blood]

I just wish that the match voting would pick maps first then pick gamemodes that are available on those maps rather than the other way around. I'm tired of not seeing Mining collective and Canyon Network because there's no incursion or escort on it.

[K O Z A K]

because they invested time and effort into it, so we have to use it, even though the vast majority of players hate it

[meteorol]

The bigger question is not why it is "still" in the game, but why it is in the game at all.

The answer to that would be neckbearded grognards with nostalgia goggles hoping for a SP experience they will never get from a multiplayer FPS.

[Marius Evander]

Escort is one of the best modes in the game. Why ?

Because it is one of two modes that is least likely to turn into standard nascar brawl, but that is also its biggest weakness, the problem is not the mode, the problem is the playerbase, we are conditioned to Nascar, and then a mode comes along when your supposed to do something else, the common poetaetoe cant cope.

[Bombast]

meteorol, on 06 February 2018 - 12:30 PM, said:

The bigger question is not why it is "still" in the game, but why it is in the game at all.

The answer to that would be neckbearded grognards with nostalgia goggles hoping for a SP experience they will never get from a multiplayer FPS.

...What? I don't think old farts or SP seekers asked for Escort.

Cadoazreal, on 06 February 2018 - 12:34 PM, said:

Escort is one of the best modes in the game. Why ?

Because it is one of two modes that is least likely to turn into standard nascar brawl, but that is also its biggest weakness, the problem is not the mode, the problem is the playerbase, we are conditioned to Nascar, and then a mode comes along when your supposed to do something else, the common poetaetoe cant cope.

It's the worst mode in the game because it's poorly balanced on almost every map, often glitches out causing problems, and is the mode most likely to end with 20+ players still alive.

Edited by Bombast, 06 February 2018 - 12:36 PM.

[FupDup]

It's just another Legacy Feature™ now.

[Champion of Khorne Lord of Blood]

meteorol, on 06 February 2018 - 12:30 PM, said:

The bigger question is not why it is "still" in the game, but why it is in the game at all.

The answer to that would be neckbearded grognards with nostalgia goggles hoping for a SP experience they will never get from a multiplayer FPS.

Man, I hated escort missions even in singleplayer. Honestly all I ever here when talking with others about video games is how much they hate escort missions.

[Battlemaster56]

TBH i would be less tilted about the game mode if they nerf the god towers from giving free locks too just only providing seismic sensors, so no lurmtard vote polar or any sup[er open map just hoping to be on defender side with free locks.

That alone will maker the game mode more enjoyable atleast, AI and other stuff they need to get a guy who good with AI and stuff.

Edited by Battlemaster56, 06 February 2018 - 01:07 PM.

[Spheroid]

I keep asking who voted for this **** in all chat, but no one answers. Its universally understood as a source of shame or a mistake.

[K O Z A K]

Spheroid, on 06 February 2018 - 01:12 PM, said:

I keep asking who voted for this **** in all chat, but no one answers. Its universally understood as a source of shame or a mistake.

people vote for it hoping to increase their multiplier

[Spheroid]

@Hazenclaw: The map multiplier is the far more important one to build up. Remember you are always offered two votes. You vote or abstain TWICE.

There is never a need to answer an affirmative regarding map mode ever. Doing nothing will more than likely get you an okay gamemode which is not true of map.

Skirmish on HPG is hardly the end of the world.

[Athom83]

Hazeclaw, on 06 February 2018 - 12:29 PM, said:

because they invested time and effort into it, so we have to use it, even though the vast majority of players hate it

Ie a small part of the minority of players that ever visit the forums...

Spheroid, on 06 February 2018 - 01:12 PM, said:

I keep asking who voted for this **** in all chat, but no one answers. Its universally understood as a source of shame or a mistake.

I vote for it on occasion because I like the mode on certain maps.

[K O Z A K]

Athom83, on 06 February 2018 - 01:28 PM, said:

Ie a small part of the minority of players that ever visit the forums...

not the impression I got from what people say in game chat

[Sigmar Sich]

I do like the idea behind Escort mode. I do not like the implementation though. More VIPs in form of a mobile HQ; no "hey reds, we are here!" turrets; player-controlled paths...
I vote for it from time to time, when i'm bored. And oh boy, am i bored...

[Finring]

Why would it not be? Because you feel you have the right to dictate what should or should not be in the game?

[Iron Heel]

No sir, I don't like it.
Mostly because of bad AI.. really really really bad AI.
While I do believe it's one of the more "team centric" modes and is easy to win, both attacking and defending.
But that's if you can get your team on the same page, and that's the rub.. succeeding at the cat rodeo meta game.