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#1 TheGreyWolfe

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Posted 01 December 2018 - 05:39 PM

Every match - I say the same thing - just stop voting for this mode.
The Devs already can read the data - this mode is more than broken and no one wants to play it.

But still....I guess we keep getting the trolls that want to vote for it.

Just stop - doesn't make you look cool - doesn't make you win - only way to get through to the devs about this mode is to just stop voting for it.
I can go into the multiple reasons this mode is broken - but it still is voted for.

Please just stop.

#2 Rainer Frost

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Posted 01 December 2018 - 05:58 PM

Actually I like playing Escort.
Gaining local superiority to flip/keep a radar tower is a mildly interesting objective.

#3 TheGreyWolfe

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Posted 01 December 2018 - 06:03 PM

Sure occasionally ...
But that rarely happens as a factor in winning the mode. It usually comes down to the VIP and its unknowable course. Yes you can control that some by the "radar" flipping mechanism - but 9/10 games it never matters.

Edited by TheGreyWolfe, 01 December 2018 - 06:04 PM.


#4 Tarl Cabot

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Posted 01 December 2018 - 09:27 PM

I vote for it to up my multiplier. Most of the time no issue but there have been a few times where several were doing it... imagine gettin Escort with 63ish%... hahaha.

#5 CycKath

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Posted 01 December 2018 - 11:29 PM

Stop voting for Canyon Network Skirmish all the time and I would. I vote Escort because its something different for a change.

#6 Prototelis

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Posted 01 December 2018 - 11:36 PM

View PostCycKath, on 01 December 2018 - 11:29 PM, said:

Stop voting for Canyon Network Skirmish all the time and I would. I vote Escort because its something different for a change.


I would rather eat a Reuben every day until my heart exploded than the **** sandwich that is escort.

#7 Pain G0D

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Posted 01 December 2018 - 11:37 PM

I love an escort match . It's so rare

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Posted 01 December 2018 - 11:49 PM

I think escort is missing a critical something...

Like allowing the VIP to shoot enemies on his path instead of only being able to run blindfolded into them...

Or allowing players to choose the VIP's path by lighting up one pathfinder beacon instead of another, so the whole match doesn't depend on the dumb A.I. choosing the map's worth possible path...

Here's a simple suggestion : The VIP is invincible, but enemy mechs can make him stop moving by shooting at him. So to let the VIP reach the dropship in time you have to clear a path for him.

#9 Prototelis

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Posted 01 December 2018 - 11:55 PM

The VIP IS NOT AI.

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Posted 02 December 2018 - 12:16 AM

View PostPrototelis, on 01 December 2018 - 11:55 PM, said:

The VIP IS NOT AI.

Well it's not entirely on rails either, since it can choose between multiple paths...

What about my idea of only allowing enemy mechs to make the VIP stop moving, but not to destroy it, so your whole team doesn't have to go suicide into an obvious enemy firing line before the VIP does ?

#11 Y E O N N E

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Posted 02 December 2018 - 12:20 AM

View PostHumble Dexter, on 02 December 2018 - 12:16 AM, said:

Well it's not entirely on rails either, since it can choose between multiple paths...


That's still on-rails, though, because the path choices are still fixed.

#12 Weeny Machine

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Posted 02 December 2018 - 02:35 AM

View PostRainer Frost, on 01 December 2018 - 05:58 PM, said:

Actually I like playing Escort.
Gaining local superiority to flip/keep a radar tower is a mildly interesting objective.


Let me guess, your favourite movie is Fifty Shades of Grey and you are a fan of Marquis de Sade? ;)

#13 RustyBolts

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Posted 02 December 2018 - 06:00 AM

Nope. Vote for it every time. Just like Polar Highlands. Just to see the QQ in chat. And no, I dont have LURMS. lol

#14 Savage Wolf

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Posted 02 December 2018 - 01:05 PM

I agree. Except if the other mode is Skirmish then totally vote Escort. Stop voting for skirmish. Vote for an actual game mode.

#15 Flyby215

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Posted 02 December 2018 - 01:33 PM

I know people hate the mode, I read the chat every time it comes up.

However, I really enjoy the mode. It is rare, it is different, and my absolute favourite thing to do is as a defender sniping people trying to flip the radar points. Not enough to kill; but just enough to stop the cap. I'll spread my fire across multiple targets, just to make sure no one can actually cap the point Posted Image

But hey, it is a voting system. Unpopular game modes don't happen often, but once in awhile, annoying things get voted in. Heck, I didn't vote for the current political party. Posted Image

#16 PurplePuke

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Posted 02 December 2018 - 06:40 PM

Escort comes up just often enough to keep the game interesting.

#17 Athom83

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Posted 04 December 2018 - 10:26 AM

This thread makes me want to vote for escort every time it pops up for the next few months.

#18 GuardDogg

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Posted 04 December 2018 - 10:31 AM

Another thread about escort. Escort is awesome.

#19 Djinnhammer

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Posted 04 December 2018 - 10:36 AM

View PostTheGreyWolfe, on 01 December 2018 - 05:39 PM, said:

Every match - I say the same thing - just stop voting for this mode.
The Devs already can read the data - this mode is more than broken and no one wants to play it.

But still....I guess we keep getting the trolls that want to vote for it.

Just stop - doesn't make you look cool - doesn't make you win - only way to get through to the devs about this mode is to just stop voting for it.
I can go into the multiple reasons this mode is broken - but it still is voted for.

Please just stop.

Stop voting for derpmish. Straight deathmatch is boring as hell.

#20 Dimento Graven

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Posted 04 December 2018 - 10:46 AM

The purpose of escort was PGI's first foray into "asymmetric" battle in the public queue.

Though honestly, they should have done it with Conquest Incursion, having only ONE base to be attacked/defended. PGI chicken ******* the F out on that one.

Edited by Dimento Graven, 06 December 2018 - 07:34 AM.






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