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[TLBFestus]

Typical Round of Battle Royale:

24 mechs drop onto map.

6-8 mechs immediately hide and shut down.

12 die within the first 2 minutes because they draw the crappiest spawn locations.

about 6 more die in the next few minutes as they took damage in the initial moments of contact but killed their targets. Unfortunately they succumb to the now powered up "hiders" that they encounter.

Final winner.....They that hide the best.

[Asym]

I was of the opinion that PGI should have started with FFA or a variation of a grand meele; and then, worked their way backward to 2x2/1x1. So as to not poison the well right up front as they are doing now. Hundreds of players have left MSO because of Solaris and the demise of CW/FP.....

I guess, PGI either knows something we don't or just don't have a clue? Darned if I know....

[Khobai]

not sure what the point of this post is

you dont want solaris FFA because you think someone can win by hiding?

which could easily be remedied by having a scoring system that rewards other things besides being the last mech alive

like if one guy does 1000 damage and gets 4 kills but dies. And another guy hides all game and gets 150 damage and 1 kill. there should be no guarantee that they get 1st place just for being the last mech alive. sure there should be a bonus for being the last one alive, but not enough to guarantee you 1st if you did nothing but hide all game and kill a damaged mech at the end. But the guy that did 1000 damage and 4 kills should still get first place, he did better. The guy that ran and hid didnt do anything to deserve 1st place.

Also there could be something like crowd reaction bonuses. Doing certain things could give you a crowd reaction. Like getting a headshot for example. If you run and hide you wont get those crowd reaction bonuses. Maybe the opposite like the crowd boos you for non-participation and you lose points lol.

and yeah Solaris shouldve at least had 8 player FFA. PGI really bungled Solaris by not including FFA.

Edited by Khobai, 13 March 2018 - 01:13 PM.

[PocketYoda]

Solaris wont just divide the match maker it will divide the community.. even more than it is now. Might even empty the community like the skills trees did.