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[Clydewinder]

dont know what else to say. the quality of match in quickplay is abyssmal. last few weeks it's "play a few games, all blowouts one side or the other, quit and play Battletech"

wheres the matchmaker's little "getting dropped on your head" icon that it used to show? could probably use it nearly every round now.

[Dragonporn]

Was sure you gonna request for mechs to be wearing pants(?) for matchmaking to improve...

On serious note, that thing can turn into big poop slinging, but it also may improve general match quality:
If we had something like player Tier icon next to his name or any other indicators of player being new/inexperienced, along with having indicators of vets/good players, there could be happening more coordination in general, especially since tiers are open, and fresh guys are dropped with dudes playing since forever. Thing is, when PUG drops, nobody has any idea what players are around, and it is extremely rare case when newbie says he's new and asking for directions. If we had any indicators of this, people might actually just be more active over Comms, chat, etc, and break down easy stuff inexperienced players are usually missing, which may improve a lot in the match flow.

[TWIAFU]

Clydewinder, on 23 May 2018 - 03:46 PM, said:

dont know what else to say. the quality of match in quickplay is abyssmal. last few weeks it's "play a few games, all blowouts one side or the other, quit and play Battletech"

wheres the matchmaker's little "getting dropped on your head" icon that it used to show? could probably use it nearly every round now.

[BTGbullseye]

Captain Underpants? Infinite underpants!!!

[El Bandito]

Ever since Solaris and BT hit the shelves, MM became worse.

[Bud Crue]

El Bandito, on 23 May 2018 - 05:37 PM, said:

Ever since Solaris and BT hit the shelves, MM became worse.

Nonsense. As many of us were told, no one, and I mean no one, who plays an FPS such as MWO is going to be interested in a turn based strategy game like Batteltech. Didn't you know that they are totally different games with absolutely no cross-market appeal? Its just crazy talk to even suggest that the population of this here shooter whose limited popularity is driven by nostalgia for a 30 year old IP, would be diluted by another game using similar assets and even more immersed in that nostalgia. So stop telling such bald face lies. No players of MWO are playing or even interested in Battletech. Any drop in population and MM quality must be due to something else beside Battletech. Probably aliens. Maybe atmospheric interference? Seasonal allergies perhaps? Hay fever?

/s

Edited by Bud Crue, 23 May 2018 - 06:25 PM.

[BTGbullseye]

Lunar cycle.

[Dragonporn]

Bud Crue, on 23 May 2018 - 06:25 PM, said:

Nonsense. As many of us were told, no one, and I mean no one, who plays an FPS such as MWO is going to be interested in a turn based strategy game like Batteltech. Didn't you know that they are totally different games with absolutely no cross-market appeal? Its just crazy talk to even suggest that the population of this here shooter whose limited popularity is driven by nostalgia for a 30 year old IP, would be diluted by another game using similar assets and even more immersed in that nostalgia. So stop telling such bald face lies. No players of MWO are playing or even interested in Battletech. Any drop in population and MM quality must be due to something else beside Battletech. Probably aliens. Maybe atmospheric interference? Seasonal allergies perhaps? Hay fever?

/s

There are enough people who beat BT by now and getting back to MWO, because once you beat BT, you can't play it endlessly like MWO, and people still need that stompy mech fix, along with BT having piss poor selection of said mechs... yet anyway. I'm sure that both BT and upcoming MW5 serve as great ad for MWO itself, much better than what ads PGI can come up with.

[MW Waldorf Statler]

the new Players most horrible ...thats the Problem ,the Veterans most leave MWO and now we have many of the Players Bottiomground in the Matchs ..all the Backstander LRM Assaults , the One Large Laser Ravens , Trollbuilds ,the "Im Brawl only -S7 Heros" thats hates Polar,the One Army Assaults suicide Squad Players ... all the "Carry me Harder" Player thats used the Team as Shild for easy kills, and After-School Warriors thats crys nerf the IS ...Clans...Laser...more Armor...please Autowin

Edited by Old MW4 Ranger, 24 May 2018 - 08:11 PM.

[Papaspud]

I'm finding the match scores are closer, but that is because there are so many really bad players. The actual game play is horrible!

[El Bandito]

Papaspud, on 24 May 2018 - 11:34 PM, said:

I'm finding the match scores are closer, but that is because there are so many really bad players. The actual game play is horrible!

And the new RAC2 buff is giving people ideas of horrible RAC2 boat builds.

[BurningDesire]

should i stop playing and crapping up your games? you could play it solo with no problems of crappy players

[Bishop Six]

Papaspud, on 24 May 2018 - 11:34 PM, said:

I'm finding the match scores are closer, but that is because there are so many really bad players. The actual game play is horrible!

Many good players with good teamwork are playing in FP from what i can say.

If i drop QP, then just for testing new FP builds. But thats enough what i see there. Playing Assaults in QP is pretty much bad, no one will help you or wait for you.

QP=Heavy Mech Nascar

Come on, join our FP family, the one and only place in MWO where at least a bare minimum of tactics & teamplay is used.
And the more friends you bring, the more tactical and team focused elements you can use.

[Luminis]

Bishop Six, on 24 May 2018 - 11:57 PM, said:

If i drop QP, then just for testing new FP builds. But thats enough what i see there. Playing Assaults in QP is pretty much bad, no one will help you or wait for you.

Eh. I play Assaults most of the time and my Annis and CP-S are pretty slow. Can't say that I feel bad about playing them. Or that I feel like I need to rely on my team's support to do well in them. I actually find that I'm far more at my team's mercy if I'm playing something lighter.

[Bishop Six]

Luminis, on 25 May 2018 - 01:01 AM, said:

Eh. I play Assaults most of the time and my Annis and CP-S are pretty slow. Can't say that I feel bad about playing them. Or that I feel like I need to rely on my team's support to do well in them. I actually find that I'm far more at my team's mercy if I'm playing something lighter.

Glad to hear that. My comment is for sure my subjective opinion and referring to Solo QP

[BTGbullseye]

El Bandito, on 24 May 2018 - 11:37 PM, said:

And the new RAC2 buff is giving people ideas of horrible RAC2 boat builds.

And some really good ideas too... Like my quad RAC2 FNR-6U. (24DPS for up to 10 sec, fast heat dissipation, 4x ERML backups)

[Soulless86]

I just started playing this past weekend after having Battletech take up my last two weeks of game time.

I don't get why people don't talk at all in PUGs and why LRMs are their raison d'etre. Trying to push as a heavy or assault 90% of the time ends up in you dying no one wants to back you up. Sitting behind a hill and waiting for the enemy to come to you is boring as ****.

You go to give back up to someone, they leave the area and then you're by yourself while the centre is a big shitfight. No one uses comms, barely anyone speaks in team chat. Do i need to go premium to be put into a decent team?

Edited by Soulless86, 25 May 2018 - 03:08 AM.

[Alexandra Hekmatyar]

TWIAFU, on 23 May 2018 - 04:38 PM, said:

I suggest allowing people to wear pants just in case of some shocking revelations that might bring.
Like really man some things should stay a secret.

[TWIAFU]

Alexandra Hekmatyar, on 25 May 2018 - 03:32 AM, said:

I suggest allowing people to wear pants just in case of some shocking revelations that might bring.
Like really man some things should stay a secret.

Thing is, you get +1 Piloting and Gunnery skill checks by not wearing pants.

And a higher heat threshold.

[Alexandra Hekmatyar]

TWIAFU, on 25 May 2018 - 03:48 AM, said:

Thing is, you get +1 Piloting and Gunnery skill checks by not wearing pants.

And a higher heat threshold.

But is it worth losing your eyes over?
That's the real question.