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[JediPanther]

Aloha, on 10 July 2019 - 03:35 PM, said:

I'm not sure what you would consider a "known assault pilot" but I have notice that how an assault mech performs in a match depends a lot on how its team mates behave. I often see one or two assault mech getting under 200 damage on NASCAR-prone maps. What happens is lights and mediums run ahead, heavies and fast assaults follow, and the slower or more timid assaults get left behind and focused down quickly by the enemy team's NASCARing lights and mediums. If the don't have ECM, then they would draw fire from the LRM boats. They often get destroyed before they get to the main fight.

What I mean by known assault pilot is that it is one who plays in a manner that is borderline tos and coc breaking. One that has done so for years. I personally have made many screen shot and video reports of this player to support when they became an option. For a time I assumed said pilot was banned and most likely was for a period of time.

Luckly that pilot and I often play at different time zones but the matches I had with that pilot his performance was well beyond sub-par. The pilot usually stands on spawn waiting for the team to fight then tries and farms the damaged enemy team or strolls behind the team randomly shooting at the enemy. I once threw a match in a locust sitting on spawn and recording the pilot in solo q in skirmish match.

Using team speak I tried to get him to be far more active.
me: You really need to go get into the fight and not stand here all match.
him:This is how i play. Deal with it
me: I am. I'm recording video right now to e-mail support.
him: silence.

The match was a loss and the enemy quickly came after the last of us. I did a rambo charge getting one kill then left the moment i could leaving atlas ***** to his fate.

[Prototelis]

Lol. That sounds like Vellron

[Feral Clown]

Azhrael, on 10 July 2019 - 05:43 PM, said:

@ Feral clown.

Because never tried to look up myself historically, was irrelevant to the point. Im T2, and im asking if it is correct for me to be matched with new people.

I guess i mentioned it then because i wasnt sure if it could affect my personal matchmaking, but further investigations now tell me that its not the case.

Now that my e-p3n1s size has been properly measured and the troll fed, do you have an answer for that question?

Troll? Ok, my point in no way says you're bad but rather that your estimation or feeling of averaging 300 is off. Not even by a huge amount, but 70 points is somewhat significant. Perhaps I am being a stickler, but I do find it hard to digest what people are saying if they are not being honest.

As far as matchmaker, the last adjustments I read from PGI is that they try to make sure tier 5's and 1's never meet. This said the MM has a timer that relaxes criteria after certain duration of time. Tiers 4, through 2 however will face pretty much everybody, especially considering the current population.

[Prototelis]

FWIW; its also just about impossible to remain in a low tier.

As an experiment on an alt I dropped two strikes on my team, got a TK (I wasn't actually going for a TK), never locked an enemy (0 assists), and overheat killed myself. I still got a PSR boost because we won despite coming out of that match with a 10 minute ban

[Azhrael]

@ Feral & Proto

Indeed, last couple of days i have found external sources that confirm your info. Coupled with the MM update Thread in this very forum, i am kind of surprised that nothing has been done to address the Tier problem specifically.

But then again, there's a reason why there's so many ppl doing as i do :Come back every year or so to see that 1 thing is fixed, and 20 other are broken or ignored. Lets just hope MW5 brings some light to everyone.


Pd : Now I understand your pick with dishonest claims, tho it was by no means relevant, i should have took the effort to be precise, apologies.

[Moochachoo]

You know I get a little superstitious with the MM, sometimes I think it’s the mech I pick that will determine whether or not I win, like if I pick a mech I really liked, that was built perfectly, I lose more, but if it’s some Frankensteined mess for an event, I win more.

Edited by Moochachoo, 12 July 2019 - 12:02 AM.

[PhoenixFire55]

Prototelis, on 11 July 2019 - 05:42 PM, said:

Lol. That sounds like Vellron

I can name at least 3-4 more I've seen just over the last week. Problem is, you and I understand that this kind of behavior is directly assisting the enemy and thus violates the CoC, but PGI doesn't, coz they've never been able to grasp the entire "team" concept of their own supposedly "team oriented" game. Hence these kind of griefers are still here.

[Feral Clown]

PhoenixFire55, on 12 July 2019 - 12:03 AM, said:

I can name at least 3-4 more I've seen just over the last week. Problem is, you and I understand that this kind of behavior is directly assisting the enemy and thus violates the CoC, but PGI doesn't, coz they've never been able to grasp the entire "team" concept of their own supposedly "team oriented" game. Hence these kind of griefers are still here.

Honestly I feel PGI abandoned this team concept completely due to the numbers of people who play as a yoloist is far, far higher than any other group. Financially they have to pander to the 'I do what I want crowd'.

[PhoenixFire55]

Feral Clown, on 12 July 2019 - 12:47 AM, said:

Honestly I feel PGI abandoned this team concept completely due to the numbers of people who play as a yoloist is far, far higher than any other group. Financially they have to pander to the 'I do what I want crowd'.

I'd say it was pretty obvious since back in 2014 when they've introduced the "you-can't-play-with-more-than-3-friends" matchmaker. Funny thing, even tho there are clear evidence that PGI caters to yoloists, said yoloists still yap smth about how this game is e-sports oriented or some such nonsense.

[Kotzi]

I doubt the majority of whales cared about Esport. Its PGIs decision, their sight clouded by the possible cash they could earn. Only thing is, you need a popular game first or a good game at least. But instead of creating that PGI went the lets make a World Championship and Mechcon to hype the minimum viable Product.

Make a good game people will come, no matter if they are BT nostalgics, which the most founders are i would assume, or anyone who wants a fun Mechwarrior game. Focus on hyping it instead by wasteing tons of money for **** no one cares, voila, here we are.

[Feral Clown]

Kotzi, on 12 July 2019 - 01:06 AM, said:

I doubt the majority of whales cared about Esport. Its PGIs decision, their sight clouded by the possible cash they could earn. Only thing is, you need a popular game first or a good game at least. But instead of creating that PGI went the lets make a World Championship and Mechcon to hype the minimum viable Product.

Make a good game people will come, no matter if they are BT nostalgics, which the most founders are i would assume, or anyone who wants a fun Mechwarrior game. Focus on hyping it instead by wasteing tons of money for **** no one cares, voila, here we are.

You didn't read the message above yours did you? Priceless, your timing though.

[Prototelis]

Mechcon kind of just shows how niche the IP is, TBH.

Needs a reboot to be relevant.

PGI has never done anything seriously to turn this game into an e-sport. They've done nothing but cater to the lowest common denominator and drive away skilled players in droves.

Edited by Prototelis, 12 July 2019 - 01:22 AM.

[Azhrael]

Prototelis, on 12 July 2019 - 01:21 AM, said:

Mechcon kind of just shows how niche the IP is, TBH.

Needs a reboot to be relevant.

PGI has never done anything seriously to turn this game into an e-sport. They've done nothing but cater to the lowest common denominator and drive away skilled players in droves.

This is exactly along the lines i have been pondering lately, as a Fan of the IP.

What about some kind of Animated series? I really dont know the cost relative to a video game, but have you seen..lets say League of Legends animations?, World of Tanks/Ships?

Maybe a couple OVAS with that kind of animation could do wonders to revive/reboot the IP.

I know that sounds more like wishful thinking, but they DO have the rights for that, dont they?


Pd : Just let me dream.....