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[LordNothing]

Alienized, on 26 April 2019 - 06:55 PM, said:

god you worry too much about loadouts
just experiment.
its fine even in tier 1. i see alot of better players fail (including me many times), there are so many ways to influence a game than just adding numbers.
making half a team chasing a squirrel is worth ALOT for example.
just do it!

i usually run whatever i want, even in faction play (mostly on the grounds that qp is unplayable). i also level mechs in fp because a lot of mechs that dont fly well in qp (anything that cant nascar well) usually do really well in fp.

as for squirrels my usual rule of thumb is that if more than 3 people are trying to kill the squirrel, its too many. for the typical player the desire to get cookies far outweighs their ability to kill them. this is made worse when you got 6 guys flailing about trying to kill one squirrel and instead do more team damage on each other and a couple even manage to die. meanwhile the flank is collapsing because everyone and their mother is on the squirrel.

[Weeny Machine]

How do you expect that the MM works wheren basically everyone reaches Tier 1 sooner or later. I am not T1 player but I have been in that tier now for ages

[Inatu Elimor]

I must confess overall games are well balanced lately, good fights overall. I also must confess when getting two bad ones successively I switch to my alternate, lower tier account avoiding building up to much frustration
I even know the times when the good games are being played, with the same players online. They know this probably too.

Edited by Inatu Elimor, 27 April 2019 - 12:33 AM.

[LowSubmarino]

Mister Glitchdragon, on 26 April 2019 - 07:01 PM, said:

Well, that's good to hear. I'm on the cusp of T1, and while I'm still getting stomps and rolls like everyone else, I also participate in plenty of tight matches that get my blood pumping, win or lose. Sentiments like the OP's worry me.

I think I'm one of those players that doesn't belong in T1, but I hope it doesn't suck.

Its ez to be better than 50 to 75 % of what you call Tier 1.

If you dont run into reds entire death ball, e.g. by running clock wise on maps like hpg all alone or in small numbers then youre already a lot smarter than like 50 to 75 % of players in Tier 1 - 3 cause you will see that in basically evry single match either in your team or in team red.

If you understand that taking center on e.g. mining has a lot of advantages, and that advancing to ramp to then be too timid to take center, to find yourself on lowground, clumped up, getting hammred by strikes, to then split to either side and get kiilled brutally by team red on high ground.....

Then youre already better than like 50 to 75 % of players in Tier 1 - 3. Im not joking, theres a huge portion of players in those tiiers that make the most basic mistakes and get instakilled. Youd expect that from ppl that have maybe 50 to 100 matches under their belt tops. And thats being generous. YOu can learn that much faster, after like 20 - 30 matches anybody should realize that you intsadie like that.

So, its actually really, really ez to be better than most players in Tier 1 - 3.

If you survive the first 5 mins and land like 7 solid alphas in anything but lights, then youre already way, way better than like 75 to 85 % of players in Tier 1 - 3. A lot of them melt doing like 50 to 200 dmg in the first 2 mins making the most basic mistakes, eg. spitting basically right away.

If you understant that connecting to a match but to join late in slow heavies and assautls is basically suicide and your chances to survive or contribute in a meaningful way just dropped dramatically, even by just joining the match 30 seconds late, then youre already better than 50 - 75 % of the players in those Tiers. If you join late in slow mechs, youre basically already dead and can just suicide.

And if you understand that silhoueting on a ridge (e.g. polar highlands) vs an entire deathball will instakill you and that that isnt very smart, then youre already way better than like 85 % of the palyers in Tier 1 and 3 that make that basic mistake in literalyl every single match.

So, to not be cannonfodder in Tier 1 - 3 is ridiculously ez if just rember e.g. those 2 or 3 things. Only those 2 or 3 thigns will automcatilly propel you to the best 10 or 15 % of the players.

I know I know....thats how sad but also funny Tier 1 is.

It makes you laugh alot but you also cry alot so bring tissues.

Edited by LowSubmarino, 27 April 2019 - 07:01 AM.

[KodiakGW]

Congrats OP! PGI’s matchmaker now thinks you are just as good as those at the 99th percentile on Jarl’s, no matter if you are or not. Don’t worry, it looks like they are playing multiple alt accounts anyway.

[Alan Hicks]

Welcome to tier 1, MWO big corner of hell. By our glorious match-maker, you are either set to win or lose before a battle begins. Balanced teams are mostly rare. Once tier 1 is reached, you are stuck in there, can't get out.

In a game that gets worse the more you play, no wonder why so many people just left.

People at tiers 2 or 3, savor while it lasts.

[JC Daxion]

there is a diff between t1 and t2.. I see a lot more bad play in the t2 level. that doesn't mean that t1 doesn't have it too. That just means that bad play at t1, means more often than not t1's will take advantage of it. at t2, people can screw up, and it isn't taken advantage of, which makes matches be a bit closer.

t1 also has less patients. If the team starts doing crazy things with out talking lots of people will just say screw it and attack/die and go on to the next match. t2 tends to stick it out as you can turn a -4-5 match into a win more than at t1 because the skill isn't there.

[Lightfoot]

Bring one of your best mechs. If the mech is new or you are experimenting it lowers what you can do. That's about all you can control for sure. Comms are great, but sometimes strategies are dumb.

[Alienized]

there. tier 1 at its best. you dont like it?
well. me neither.
thats just how it is. how it always will be.

[Feral Clown]

Alienized, on 28 April 2019 - 01:59 PM, said:

there. tier 1 at its best. you dont like it?
well. me neither.
thats just how it is. how it always will be.

That's a lot of double d's...thank god PGI added the time standing in a square column so people can feel good about something at least.

[Xaat Xuun]

wasn't there a memo, T1 is the new T5

[Comante]

How do I know which tier am I ?

[HenryFA]

Comante, on 30 April 2019 - 04:22 AM, said:

How do I know which tier am I ?

you're Tier 4, see that number under your icon? The 4 with a green background.

[Comante]

Lol that was easy...

[Mystere]

Feral Clown, on 28 April 2019 - 09:40 PM, said:

That's a lot of double d's...

??? ???

[Alienized]

Mystere, on 30 April 2019 - 06:52 AM, said:

??? ???

double digits..... what you thought?

[Cyanogene]

Git gud

Edited by Cyanogene, 30 April 2019 - 09:11 AM.

[HenryFA]

Comante, on 30 April 2019 - 06:47 AM, said:

Lol that was easy...

easy for what?

[Mystere]

Alienized, on 30 April 2019 - 08:39 AM, said:

double digits..... what you thought?

[JadePanther]

Dakkalistic, on 26 April 2019 - 11:20 AM, said:

You rotate counter-clockwise, and you don't argue about it. You're supposed to know what you're doing, asking is frowned upon. Your build better be optimized, other wise you're considered a liability. You're playing with the adults now, and they spent a good portion of their lives figuring out what works and what doesn't. Naturally, quite a lot of them are wrong.

You have reached the Sea of Jade, the final layer of hell, where nothing ever changes, and everyone knows best.

Yes my sea is a horrible brown sea.. Thats why i've found a donkey to try and tow me up a river to some cozy lake in tier 3 again.. Its a long battle upstream for the sad donkey as It kills him every day, all day. But hey I'll just get another and watch him die too..