Willard Phule, on 06 September 2020 - 03:15 PM, said:
That's what the 5mgs on a VGL-2 are for. Same as the 2 UAVs, Arty strike and AMS. Unless you join a premade group, don't plan on winning. Just plan on increasing your PSR. It's a moral victory.
I do not use arty OR uavs, or any consumables at all actually.
I do use AMS whern i can fit it, but because it helps increase TTK on my teammates, not because it increases my match score. (most games you get a marginal score anyways. i average 80 missiles a game shot down when im not in my kit fox... that's what, 12 MS? it's piddling.
I've bought 2 chassis since the que merge. One is a Black Lanner. 40 wins and 30 losses over 70 games for a 1.33 winrate.
The other is a V.eagle 4 (the one that can't poptart) running a brawling loadout. 57 wins and 43 losses for a 1.33 winrate.
My stats on my other mechs with over 100 games tend to be better, but they were partially gained when qp was solo/group split rather then merged so i don't consider them relevant.
If premades were deciding all the matches, and us pug players were as helpless against them as you claim, i shouldnt be winning 33% more often then i lose.Seems like I should be breaking even at best, since it's a coin flip which team gets the premade, or it should be less then 1, because statistically im more likely to end up on the solo team getting clubbed aren't I.
Group players have ONE advantage. They are talking to each other. The cost to that is they usually aren't even attempting to communicate with the rest of their team at all.
Guess what. the game provides every pug with a way to talk to each other too. Use it, and the premade advantage magically dissapears.
Edit: deleted a bunch of rambling that i've thought better of after hitting post. I had a point but will rewrite it in a less hostile manner tomorrow when i've had some sleep. My apologies..
Edited by Deadead, 10 September 2020 - 08:43 PM.