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[justcallme A S H]

TBH Scouting is a totally dead mode outside of events.

You can wait for 30mins easily many times of the day.

Just ignore scouting if you wanna do Faction Play (outside of events). Plus the c-bills and Loyalty Point rewards are all really low compared to all other modes.

[Jurosik]

justcallme A S H, on 07 June 2018 - 06:13 PM, said:

Yeah some are known for this childish going on.

That said if it's a good game, I have many times popped into another channel to say as much abd vice versa.
We always want good games.

If I'm running open groups I always pop into a few TS Hubs (there are quite a few), and usually tag myself as such.

Hey Ash are you still baned on FRR hub?

[justcallme A S H]

Nope. The Jarl fixed his silly slip of a digit.

[Old dirty B]

justcallme A S H, on 08 June 2018 - 03:08 AM, said:

TBH Scouting is a totally dead mode outside of events.

Well, indeed scouting is not very lively. Getting another premade group of four OR four puggers at the same time is problematic and causes long waiting times. But i think this will improve a bit when units make a bit room for a pugger to join in. This will make it easier to form two groups of four players.

justcallme A S H, on 08 June 2018 - 03:08 AM, said:

Just ignore scouting if you wanna do Faction Play (outside of events). Plus the c-bills and Loyalty Point rewards are all really low compared to all other modes.

I don't care about faction play, i just want to do scouting and the rewards i really don't care bout that either. I like brawling and that works best in Scouting, this relative quick and simple mode is actually a lot of fun, but not when you have to carry 3 rookies against a premade four man team...

Edited by Old dirty B, 08 June 2018 - 03:42 AM.

[Old dirty B]

Scouting is a perfect step up to get introduced into faction play, get to meet other units. New players can be picked up and work their way into other FW modes.

When units keep their guards up and avoid puggers it will only increase the barrier into FW.

[UnKnownPlayer]

So far we have motions for Cobra TS and Comstar. Would anyone like to suggest any more?

Also, I haven't seen representation from many other units in here so if you guys could pass the word that would help greatly, thank you!

[Iceman486]

This may be a long shot but. how about the NGNG ts? Can even possibly get the word out from Sean Lang about 1 cohesive teamspeak.

[MischiefSC]

justcallme A S H, on 08 June 2018 - 03:08 AM, said:

TBH Scouting is a totally dead mode outside of events.

You can wait for 30mins easily many times of the day.

Just ignore scouting if you wanna do Faction Play (outside of events). Plus the c-bills and Loyalty Point rewards are all really low compared to all other modes.

Depends on the time and from the sound of it Clans are getting scouting drops - people are using it to burn through the 10 probation matches.

Also was talking to some IS people who banged out their 10 probation matches back to back in primetime on the weekend.

The rewards for it are absolute **** and pugging in scouting can feel like pugging in QP - that moment when your team is an LRM SCat, an LRM Cheetah and a stock Nova, then the next match you're dropping with the same 3 guys.

I would be a huge fan of a big buff in LP rewards for Scouting. That would help keep it full, often with people from QP instead of bleeding out of the FW population, so it's there to play when regular FW is quiet and you've got it to bang out your probation matches and for new players to farm mechbays.

[Lyons De Flamand]

Iceman486, on 08 June 2018 - 08:03 AM, said:

This may be a long shot but. how about the NGNG ts? Can even possibly get the word out from Sean Lang about 1 cohesive teamspeak.

Because neither Sean Lang nor Bombadil give one r*t's *ss about FP?

[S O L A I S]

MischiefSC, on 08 June 2018 - 08:09 AM, said:

Depends on the time and from the sound of it Clans are getting scouting drops - people are using it to burn through the 10 probation matches.

Also was talking to some IS people who banged out their 10 probation matches back to back in primetime on the weekend.

The rewards for it are absolute **** and pugging in scouting can feel like pugging in QP - that moment when your team is an LRM SCat, an LRM Cheetah and a stock Nova, then the next match you're dropping with the same 3 guys.

I would be a huge fan of a big buff in LP rewards for Scouting. That would help keep it full, often with people from QP instead of bleeding out of the FW population, so it's there to play when regular FW is quiet and you've got it to bang out your probation matches and for new players to farm mechbays.

Actually lrm Ice Ferrets are incredibly effective on Polar and Alpine. You can outrun your targets while looking backwards at them holding locks. Ice Ferrets are very much the Linebackers of scouting. Excellent hitboxes and the brawling IS mediums people bring simply can't keep up and can't get into range to damage you. Even if they do the Fridge rolls damage like it is an assault.

They also do small pulse builds and med pulse builds well and play very much the same as aforementioned Linebackers. Scaled down LBK brawl works too with splat and flamers. Need to get more clammers to get onto the Ice Ferret meta.

[Bishop Six]

Hey!

So thanks for your friendly note yesterday UnKnown.

Please let me explain:

I am totally noobish regarding Online-Gaming and its environment. I barely played Online Games before MWO.

I installed Teamspeak at the moment i joined The OSOs. Even nowadays i wonder sometimes where are the voices coming from when i am on 2 TS-Channels at the same time

What i want to say:
I like your idea!
I dont know what to do and how to do, but i will do it! Just tell me how this should work and i will do my part.
Maybe if you have some time the next days pm me ingame or come to our ts and we can talk about my UNKNOWledge...höhöhö

[Sjorpha]

Lately I've been invited more and more often to groups that aren't on TS/Discord at all. They just invite a bunch of strong players on their friends list and launch, then just talks through the ingame VOIP. These groups have ended up being really strong too.

I prefer being on TS or Discord though and I miss the days when the FRR hub was more populated, but as long as I get to play with a nice group I'm happy.

A hug QoL improvement would be if PGI could extend the VOIP functionality so groups could talk outside of matches.

Now pooling the population to a main TS hub would certainly be good for new players as they don't have a list of the different servers to hop around between and look for groups, and they also don't get spontaneous invites to groups in game, that's gotta be rough if you really want to group up but can't find one.

The question is if this is doable, and even if it is would that central hub actually be well populated?

[Soapy Squirrel]

great idea unknown
i am surprised that HHOD hasnt stepped up more for this,
when i started playing that was the hub for IS

[Yondu Udonta]

Sjorpha, on 13 June 2018 - 03:34 AM, said:

Lately I've been invited more and more often to groups that aren't on TS/Discord at all. They just invite a bunch of strong players on their friends list and launch, then just talks through the ingame VOIP. These groups have ended up being really strong too.

Should I claim credit? Hehehe.

[Sjorpha]

Yondu Udonta, on 23 June 2018 - 06:21 AM, said:

Should I claim credit? Hehehe.

Yeah, thanks for the invites

It's not just you though, there are some other people creating groups in this manner as well.

[Ivor]

Hey y'all. I have a Discord channel that a bunch of folks are already in. The place for it is to be just the community hub that was mentioned by the OP. We also have some infrastructure already set up for tournaments and competitions. Check it out, tell your friends.

https://discord.gg/jAPPU6b

*edit* I went back and someone mentioned that discord is not open to all, but that is just not true. Sure, you do need an "invite" to the server, but that's no different than distributing the URL. The link above will never expire, so feel free to distribute to whomever!

Edited by Ivor, 29 June 2018 - 11:25 AM.

[Anubus15]

TL:DR but, As a new player looking to make some friends and find a team, I spend almost all of my time in "Looking for a group" in the main game TS, rarely if ever someone else drops in. LFG in game as well.

EDIT: I believe the na1.mech-connect.net TeamSpeak is the official Channel? I just checked my TS bookmark and that is the one I spend most of the time connected to.

I am new to the whole online gaming thing in general, so I'm not sure of the social aspects of just jumping into a drop deck with others already in it, I would rather be invited. but again, I may be over thinking things.
This is the first gaming PC I've owned since basically, 2006?; and never really got on the band wagon of paying to play consoles online. outside of free PSN on the PS3, but then PS3 didnt have all the different servers and such to hunt through to find players. It was all local and right in your face. which IMO was a good thing for novice users like myself. So I would like to stress, that I may be behind the times a bit in MANY aspects of the online gaming community. That said:

Something like a recruits home; hiring hall; or things of that nature?
Just something to point clueless people (Like me!) in the right direction, and allow them to talk to/play with the RIGHT people.
Hell, I don't even know if RadioFX is working yet in my TS! haha
MWO and LL are the only online games I currently have interest in playing online, and mainly MWO because at least I already OWN my mechs... The rest are single player RPGs

Ultimately, as a new player and fresh meat in the MWO community, I think I (and I assume MANY other new/er players in similar situations) could benefit GREATLY from a centralized TS just to get some drops in and get a feel of some other players before joining a group, downloading the inferior (IMO) discord, and just jumping in with people because of the thread online. $0.02

I like TS because the availability of mic clicks and radioFX addons help with immersion IMO; I have yet to see a single option for either of these on the discord platform... But again, this is just my opinion and what I am looking for as far as "fun" goes.

Edited by JustDave11517, 29 June 2018 - 12:23 PM.