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[Ch_R0me]

Right now I wanted to make a scout drop. As usual, only one or two people were on queue.

And I was surprised that chat icon didn't blinked. Well, PGI removed the IS chat.

So I took my time, and (thankfully) the game hanged during loading Academy for build testing purposes. Gonna run the Repair Tool for maintenance run to stabilize the client and will try again.

[BROARL]

dear PGI, it's nice that IS chat is allowing us to converse with our enemies, it is very effective.
we have always imagined we needed an ALL chat to enable parlay between IS and the clanscum and this PTS has confirmed this.
please keep an ALL chat in future, burn the faction chat just give us IS chat, clanscum chat, and ALL chat thankyou.

[Xarub]

Tried to play FP on the PTS but other than sitting there watching a reoccuring 7 second timer for 1 hour and seeing the number of players searching fluctuating between 1-4 players... there is nothing to do.

I'll try later again, maybe somewhere in the world some people want those rewards, too.

[EDIT: Right now I can finally get into a few matches. Don't lose hope ]

Edited by Xarub, 10 April 2019 - 04:14 AM.

[LordNothing]

is there a mechanism in place to keep everyone from stacking on one side? like when side a has significantly more people in it than side b. some factions are simply more popular than others and will draw more players. perhaps when things get slanted give new players coming in a bonus for going with the lesser populated side. or simply graying out the overpopulated side when a 2:1 disparity is reached.

Edited by LordNothing, 10 April 2019 - 12:59 AM.

[Bishop Six]

After Error 63 desaster yesterday i didnt try again.

But today i will participate if its possible.

When were the most people on PTS? I guess NA prime time?

[Lith Dael]

GamerPro4000, on 09 April 2019 - 07:19 PM, said:

Just got my 4 games. My last game took forever to find like 10-15 minutes. There were a few times the que reached 9 competitors, but I still didn't get picked. Maybe my ELO is too high?

took forever to find like 10-15 minutes

took forever to find like 10-15 minutes

took forever to find like 10-15 minutes

10-15 minutes

Edited by Lith Dael, 10 April 2019 - 01:11 AM.

[Xaat Xuun]

Bishop Six, on 10 April 2019 - 12:55 AM, said:

After Error 63 desaster yesterday i didnt try again.

But today i will participate if its possible.

When were the most people on PTS? I guess NA prime time?

pretty much , may be different as the week comes to an end, meaning after they update

[Captain Zapp]

Like many others I am struggling to even get my first game on the board because of the 12/12 man requirement and would ask that seriously consideration is given to a 4.4 version if testing of the game mechanics is the aim. It peaked at 8/4 so it would not even get an 8/8 man working.
Then worst part is that while you wait your prevented from playing on the live server because it wont let you have both clients running at the same time, so I can't even play with the camo on my mechs to kill time

update: 1 hour gone and managed to soar up to 9/7 but now starting to drop again and just can't wait any longer.

Edited by Captain Zapp, 10 April 2019 - 02:16 AM.

[Ch_R0me]

BROARL, on 09 April 2019 - 11:39 PM, said:

dear PGI, it's nice that IS chat is allowing us to converse with our enemies, it is very effective.
we have always imagined we needed an ALL chat to enable parlay between IS and the clanscum and this PTS has confirmed this.
please keep an ALL chat in future, burn the faction chat just give us IS chat, clanscum chat, and ALL chat thankyou.

Don't forget about those being separated from Friends & Private chats!

[MechTech Dragoon]

So far current bugs seem to be A. the error 63.
B. Ui bugs, UI bugs everywhere.

Bonus rewards for your contract taken seems to be bugged out on end screen.
Story is being cut off by the UI

the front conflict page that many have posted already.

Itd be cool if a certain faction got Radar, radar jammer, or Intel depending on whether or not they won a phase.

I.e
Phase 1 winning team gets INTEL
Phase 2 winning team gets, either jammer or radar.



The countdown timer is too short aaaaand its frustratingly annoying.

Its hard to see whether the MM is working since its just kicking off matches to get them started.

Phase time being reduced to 2 hours is ******* amazing. A planet possibly changing hands every 6 hours....actually seeing the map change....ugh yes.

The story gives us a reason to fight, its great.

Picking your faction/contract is pretty cool, concerned with how thisl turn out with units though, especially TS units.
Discord based units wont be a problem really, @unitmember yo were going faction A.

Im assuming well get "EVENT" objectives during each conflict phase? If so, that will be amazing.


How is it determined who gets a planet?
Who wins phase 3? If so, winners of phase 1 and 2 should get some form of advantage, I.E, radar sweep, intel, or radar jam.

Or is it just total wins?

Personally, i like the former.

[Teonas]

11/11 atm - come on over

[FRAGTAST1C]

I chose Steiner and I'm in the queue. I noticed that not all of my mechs are available and some of them, despite being fully skilled, are missing skill points.

[Teonas]

Well, its not that you lack funds to fix that

[FRAGTAST1C]

Anyway, a question...

If all the players who picked Steiner are avg while those that picked Marik are above avg, what is the MM supposed to do?

Teonas, on 10 April 2019 - 05:57 AM, said:

Well, its not that you lack funds to fix that

Yeah, no I'm just saying. I saw 200000 MC and thought "Why can't something like this happen in REAL LIFE?"

[arcana75]

So am I correct to surmise based on the story system, the mode (invasion or scout) cannot be selected anymore, and upfront it's decided by the game if it's Scout or Invasion and if Invasion which map mode (currently Assault)?

[Lith Dael]

FRAGTAST1C, on 10 April 2019 - 05:54 AM, said:

I chose Steiner and I'm in the queue. I noticed that not all of my mechs are available and some of them, despite being fully skilled, are missing skill points.

This might be because the player data available to PTS servers is a few weeks old, IIRC.

[FRAGTAST1C]

Lith Dael, on 10 April 2019 - 06:26 AM, said:

This might be because the player data available to PTS servers is a few weeks old, IIRC.

Yeah, thought so. It's ok though. Just played my first FW game. Turns out it was Assault on HPG and 4 people in my team went AFK so we were down by 11 mechs. Just another day in QP.... err.. I mean FW

[Bishop Six]

Is there a chance i can keep the heroes i bought for 50.000 MCs?

[Teenage Mutant Ninja Urbie]

managed to get a game a few minutes ago,
error63 since then.

would be great if we could have an "update" on that........... Paul.
not saying you gotta fix it in the next 3minutes - but at least that you're aware and somebody is looking into it.
reading "try again" feels 'kinda' offensive, when you tried a dozen times already (and it's in there from the beginning)
so.. progress would be nice

[Lith Dael]

Bishop Six, on 10 April 2019 - 06:50 AM, said:

Is there a chance i can keep the heroes i bought for 50.000 MCs?

Yes, and that chance is zero

Would be an epic reward for a buggy PTS session, though <nudge, nudge, wink wink>

Edited by Lith Dael, 10 April 2019 - 07:14 AM.