

Anyone Else Noticed How If You Get On A Losing Streak....
#1
Posted 23 January 2019 - 12:27 AM
#2
Posted 23 January 2019 - 12:32 AM
Also, I've noticed that it continues over into other games - lose four games in MWO, give up and try WoT and you'll carry on losing!
#3
Posted 23 January 2019 - 12:49 AM
#4
Posted 23 January 2019 - 08:27 AM
PSR = potato saturation rating. Potatoes float.
#5
Posted 23 January 2019 - 09:27 AM
But you shouldnt be playing to win in general in qp, quikc play is for fun and if your fun is winning then your going to have a bad time because of the aformentioned match maker
#6
Posted 23 January 2019 - 09:43 AM
#7
Posted 23 January 2019 - 09:47 AM
#8
Posted 23 January 2019 - 10:01 AM
#9
Posted 23 January 2019 - 10:48 AM
I think the worst loss streak I've ever had was about a dozen... that was one of the kill+win+survive events. Wasn't really worth it; I ended up selling the 'Mech anyway because Victors were hot steaming garbage at the time. After that I took a hard pass on every other survival-required event until PGI stopped doing them.
For breaking a loss streak before it truly starts, though... if I really want to keep playing, I'll set aside whatever I planned on running and drop a trollmech instead after the third bad loss. Usually the lulziness or challenge factor is enough to put me in a better headspace, and since I'm running a trollmech I don't have the right to complain about other people derping either. More often than not, the streak breaks right then and there, with the trollmech delivering a respectable performance and pulling me out of my slump... or, if it doesn't, at least I end the night on something fun instead of something rage-inducing. AC20 Raven or LB20X Incubus are my slump smashers of choice most of the time.
Sometimes it sure seems like the matchmaker is out to get you... but that's human perception. You're more likely to have a particularly bad game stick in your head, while forgetting all about the mediocre wins in between. I've had nights where I came away from the game feeling like I'd had an unbroken loss streak, only to check up on my stats and discover I'd at least broken even.
#10
Posted 23 January 2019 - 11:45 AM
WrathOfDeadguy, on 23 January 2019 - 10:48 AM, said:
I think the worst loss streak I've ever had was about a dozen... that was one of the kill+win+survive events. Wasn't really worth it; I ended up selling the 'Mech anyway because Victors were hot steaming garbage at the time. After that I took a hard pass on every other survival-required event until PGI stopped doing them.
For breaking a loss streak before it truly starts, though... if I really want to keep playing, I'll set aside whatever I planned on running and drop a trollmech instead after the third bad loss. Usually the lulziness or challenge factor is enough to put me in a better headspace, and since I'm running a trollmech I don't have the right to complain about other people derping either. More often than not, the streak breaks right then and there, with the trollmech delivering a respectable performance and pulling me out of my slump... or, if it doesn't, at least I end the night on something fun instead of something rage-inducing. AC20 Raven or LB20X Incubus are my slump smashers of choice most of the time.
Sometimes it sure seems like the matchmaker is out to get you... but that's human perception. You're more likely to have a particularly bad game stick in your head, while forgetting all about the mediocre wins in between. I've had nights where I came away from the game feeling like I'd had an unbroken loss streak, only to check up on my stats and discover I'd at least broken even.
S-SRM Pakheet, for all those times you don't care what happens, so long as someone on the enemy team has a rougher time than you.
#11
Posted 23 January 2019 - 12:22 PM
Then again, sometime you just need to take a break. I sometimes find myself playing better after playing some KF2 or Indie platform that still demands quick reflexes but breaks me from my MWO habits.
#12
Posted 23 January 2019 - 02:26 PM
When stuck in a loss streak, avoid queuing right back with the same mech just after the match ends for everyone : Switch Mech tonnage or launch a few minutes after your match ends.
#13
Posted 23 January 2019 - 02:35 PM
1) the PGI match maker is that advanced
2) there is enough population to make that feasible.
? ? ?
#14
Posted 23 January 2019 - 06:12 PM
#15
Posted 23 January 2019 - 06:17 PM
Dee Eight, on 23 January 2019 - 12:27 AM, said:
Wait 10 minutes, then clicked play again... you will be with a different group of players instead of dropping with the same players over and over again. I do this if I keep landing on teams of the same players who have a different playstyle than I do.
#16
Posted 23 January 2019 - 07:51 PM
S 0 L E N Y A, on 23 January 2019 - 02:35 PM, said:
1) the PGI match maker is that advanced
2) there is enough population to make that feasible.
? ? ?
Well the are those who have tracked the stats of dozens and hundreds of matches checking the stats on every player on each team and there's a definite recurring pattern where the matchmaker loads the best on one side and whatever is left over onto the other side.
#17
Posted 24 January 2019 - 04:13 AM
Dee Eight, on 23 January 2019 - 07:51 PM, said:
I'd like to see those 100+ stat tracks. Everyone I've done myself or seen anyone else post has been negative in that respect.
Personally, I find that when I'm in a losing streak, and I mean a real losing streak, its because...
Kiran Yagami, on 23 January 2019 - 09:43 AM, said:
El Bandito, on 23 January 2019 - 06:12 PM, said:
You lose a bit, which happens, and it changes the way you play for the worst. Then you lose more, and you start playing even worse. And then 20 minutes later your completely inconsolable and in a manic state of play, sabotaging yourself. I found there's two way to try and combat it.
1. Don't leave a match when you die. Force yourself to stay. It allows for some down time, lets you check out the match to see whats happening and if you could have done something different, and I find that I'm generally a bit more reserved when playing a match if I've resolved to not leave immediately upon death.
2. Stop playing. At a certain point, you'll get so frustrated there's no way to save your play session. Don't let it get that bad.
#18
Posted 24 January 2019 - 05:52 AM
Bombast, on 24 January 2019 - 04:13 AM, said:
^ This. By staying after my death I can offer advice to the survivors of my team and help them to turn the match around. Happened many times.
#20
Posted 24 January 2019 - 09:20 AM
Variant1, on 23 January 2019 - 09:27 AM, said:
But you shouldnt be playing to win in general in qp, quikc play is for fun and if your fun is winning then your going to have a bad time because of the aformentioned match maker
I tend to operate the same way. If I get into 2-3 matches in a row, I take a 15 minute or so break. It is almost if the MM gets lazy and instead of randomizing each and every match, it just finds it easier to toss you in with many of the same players that lost the last match with you. Give it 15 minutes and the MM stops doing that.
On the other hand, if you find your winning, punch that drop button as fast as you can cause it works in reverse here, at least until enough of the losers get fed up and break or quit forcing the MM to again randomize the teams.
Don't know if this is true or not but it sure feels that way and 90% of the time that short break will get me out of the slump.
As far as winning or losing in QP, yeah I don't mind losing when the match is close and I am able to put up good results because of it, however when is a loss simply because your team just can't get it together, it is beyond frustrating, especially if this occurs multiple matches in a row.
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