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[Ante Mortem]

My Kill/Death ration went from 1.18 to 1.0 in one year. Are my opponents getting better or amI regressing?

[InspectorG]

Maybe you did better with weapons that had shorter duration or less spread?

Maybe potatoes are getting heavier?

I bet im doing worse as well, and i just hit Tier 1.

[VulcanXIV]

InspectorG, on 01 March 2019 - 07:20 PM, said:

Maybe you did better with weapons that had shorter duration or less spread?

Maybe potatoes are getting heavier?

I bet im doing worse as well, and i just hit Tier 1.

Potatoes getting heavier. Lol. The sad reality of our heavy/assault overlords

[Bombast]

Uh...

https://leaderboard....h?u=Ante+Mortem

[Ante Mortem]

I changed my name twice. Thats why you don't get the full picture.

[Nightbird]

If you want to get better, I suggest playing some good light and medium mechs. Once you see the matches play out from a different (faster) perspective, you'll get much better at piloting your heavies and assaults.

[Xmith]

Blame it on PGI's attempt to balance the game. Every change to weapon effectiveness is designed for weapons to be less effective.

[Ante Mortem]

I see more coordinated attacks than before, and I feel I'm always the primary target especially when I'm trying to keep up with my Dire Whale !

[thievingmagpi]

skill level bottomed out. makes it so people of average skill have a much harder time carrying. i know this because i'm really bad at this game

Edited by thievingmagpi, 01 March 2019 - 07:44 PM.

[Maddermax]

Ante Mortem, on 01 March 2019 - 07:16 PM, said:

My Kill/Death ration went from 1.18 to 1.0 in one year. Are my opponents getting better or amI regressing?

I see you’re in tier 2 (like me), so It’s likely you’re just hitting more T1 games, and no longer getting into any games with T4/T5s.

[The6thMessenger]

Probably depends on your playstyle. Did you change playstyle, or change tier which have different dominant playstyles?

In my experience, I usually have higher KDA with poke playstyle. However I'm more in tuned and have better satisfaction over-all with brawling "in-the-face" playstyle, which greatly made my KDA inconsistent.

[Oberst Wilhelm Klink]

Ante Mortem, on 01 March 2019 - 07:16 PM, said:

My Kill/Death ration went from 1.18 to 1.0 in one year. Are my opponents getting better or amI regressing?

Ante Mortem, on 01 March 2019 - 07:29 PM, said:

I changed my name twice. Thats why you don't get the full picture.

You are playing since 2012 and still are tier 2?

InspectorG, on 01 March 2019 - 07:20 PM, said:

I bet im doing worse as well, and i just hit Tier 1.

You are playing since 2014 and just hit tier 1?



Every potato can hit tier 1 in a few weeks, that's why matchmaking getting worse and worse.

Some of you should rethink their playstyles.

Edited by Oberst Wilhelm Klink, 02 March 2019 - 02:00 AM.

[Antares102]

Ante Mortem, on 01 March 2019 - 07:40 PM, said:

I see more coordinated attacks than before, and I feel I'm always the primary target especially when I'm trying to keep up with my Dire Whale !

My suggestion would be dont play a Dire Wolf.
Its really hard to play and left behind almost always when the nascar starts.
Play something like a Hellbringer with ECM and laser vomit.
ECM protects you from the rain, it's quite fast, has good hit boxes and so on.

Also try to mind the following simple rules:

• Make surviving your primary goal. The longer you survive the more often you have the chance to do damage.
  
• Dont be greedy and peek around a corner if you to kill a badly damaged mech when there is also half the enemy team waiting
  
• Always have somebody in front of you. That guy will get focused when you walk around the corner with him and you can get away it you notice it was a bad idea.
  
• Always stay with the team, never do solo actions, not even when you have ECM.
  
• Try to play mechs with high alphas (e.g. hellbringer) that you have to reduce your face time as much as possible.
  
• Don't play staring weapons like lock on weapons and RACs.
  
• Learn to torso twist. It will double your play time when you know how to roll damage.

[Grus]

Bombast, on 01 March 2019 - 07:26 PM, said:

Uh...

https://leaderboard....h?u=Ante+Mortem

Get um!

[Bombast]

Ante Mortem, on 01 March 2019 - 07:29 PM, said:

I changed my name twice. Thats why you don't get the full picture.

What were your other names? May be able to find a trend that could explain the problem.

All I can really say at this point is that I seriously doubt the issue is "everyone else is getting better."

[Grus]

Bombast, on 02 March 2019 - 07:41 AM, said:

What were your other names? May be able to find a trend that could explain the problem.

All I can really say at this point is that I seriously doubt the issue is "everyone else is getting better."

Don't hold your breath on that.

Edited by Grus, 02 March 2019 - 09:24 AM.

[Ante Mortem]

- Thanks for your sound advice antares...Your stats speak for themselves.

- My former pilot name were Karbon, karcajou. The jarl’s list only goes back to 2016, Keep in mind that I srtarted in 2012.

- Indeed, being in tier2 may result in facing more experienced and skilled players.

- The former skill system favored ppl like me who owed 3 Variants or more.

- Finally, although not in any stats lists, the lights are way much more powerful that when I started, now when I get killed, it is by a light; (75%) of the time

[justcallme A S H]

Ante Mortem, on 01 March 2019 - 07:16 PM, said:

My Kill/Death ration went from 1.18 to 1.0 in one year. Are my opponents getting better or amI regressing?

Regressing.

No question about that there.

To go backwards over time is uncommon.

[Bombast]

Looking at all three of your names... it seems you're hugely inconsistent in performance. Just all over the place.

My assessment is that you're just on the wrong peak in your jagged history, and that you should probably shift away from your overwhelming assault usage and pilot something a bit lighter and faster that'll let you more easily deal with the current quickplay meta of spastic positioning and swing wide NASCAR.

[Racerxintegra2k]

Antares102, on 02 March 2019 - 02:55 AM, said:

My suggestion would be dont play a Dire Wolf.
Its really hard to play and left behind almost always when the nascar starts.
Play something like a Hellbringer with ECM and laser vomit.
ECM protects you from the rain, it's quite fast, has good hit boxes and so on.

Also try to mind the following simple rules:

• Make surviving your primary goal. The longer you survive the more often you have the chance to do damage.
  
• Dont be greedy and peek around a corner if you to kill a badly damaged mech when there is also half the enemy team waiting
  
• Always have somebody in front of you. That guy will get focused when you walk around the corner with him and you can get away it you notice it was a bad idea.
  
• Always stay with the team, never do solo actions, not even when you have ECM.
  
• Try to play mechs with high alphas (e.g. hellbringer) that you have to reduce your face time as much as possible.
  
• Don't play staring weapons like lock on weapons and RACs.
  
• Learn to torso twist. It will double your play time when you know how to roll damage.

Great advice ... terribly boring playstyle and really not fun, unless winning is everything.