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[Aidan Crenshaw]

Roodkapje, on 23 August 2021 - 05:13 AM, said:

AMEN! Brother! AMEN!

That moment when you made a lot of kills/damage/assists/match points and then have a look at the Event Stats : Hmm... I seem to be missing some WINS ?!?!

I had a lot of matches where my damage output was high or even made multiple Solo Kills but my team thought it was a better idea to LURM and camp the whole time so we lose anyway and they don't even do 50% of my damage output at the end!

Sometimes I am really having some serious doubts if I should keep on playing this game from time to time...

Look at it that way, if people like you stop playing the s****y lurmers win and there's less of us against mor of them...

[Roodkapje]

Aidan Crenshaw, on 23 August 2021 - 05:18 AM, said:

Look at it that way, if people like you stop playing the s****y lurmers win and there's less of us against mor of them...

Thank you for the inspiring words!

[D V Devnull]

Aidan Crenshaw, on 23 August 2021 - 05:18 AM, said:

Look at it that way, if people like you stop playing the s****y lurmers win and there's less of us against mor of them...

Roodkapje, on 25 August 2021 - 09:20 AM, said:

Thank you for the inspiring words!

Now if only everyone could just get to the point again where they respect each other's combat styles, are all willing to actively communicate, and would keep their Team alive around them... Then the various matches that we all play could be a lot more fun too.



Heck, I know this is a discussion for a different topic... such as one I know is in progress in the General Discussion area... (Please just take my words here as a passing thought, and do not expand discussion about this within this thread!!!) .......

Spoiler

Maybe instead of using Balance Nerfs to try to force people to get up front with Lock-Ons and instead ultimately result in causing people to shrink back because the Weapons fail to function reasonably & fast enough, perhaps we need to use Buffs and have people willing to communicate and work together instead in order to result in ultimately causing people to be confident and willing to simply move in on their own. (Something like how MWO felt about 5.5 years ago, for example!) I have already learned from someone else (starting a long time ago, but they keep reminding me every so often) that they are not willing to move in further than their old & partly-disabled body and their Mech's Weapons will safely enable them to move in, and they're absolutely broiling with anger over the current Lock-On Weapons state... So the only answer is to Buff those Lock-on Weapons to the point where they feel that they're safely able to get in closer without getting mowed down in three seconds by Ballistic/Energy Weapon users, particularly since they make a point about the matter of "Lock-Ons = No Torso Twist" when trying to actually shoot an Enemy Target on the fields.

...and... I will throw that in a shrinker here because the page simply does not need extra scroll.

~D. V. "Like you, wishing they knew where the communication from 5.5 years ago went..." Devnull





[Quick Edit by the Post Author for a formatting inconsistency...]

Edited by D V Devnull, 25 August 2021 - 01:46 PM.

[Aidan Crenshaw]

Don't mistake my words here, Dev. I do appreciate LRM support for their capabilities to suppress enemy movement and softening targets! It's the s****y lurmers I don't like. You know the ones hanging out 800m away from the enemy, shooting all their ordnance into terrain...

[D V Devnull]

Okay... I'm at fault for the slight off-topic, but I should not be unclear with my own standing on things...

Aidan Crenshaw, on 25 August 2021 - 08:26 PM, said:

Don't mistake my words here, Dev. I do appreciate LRM support for their capabilities to suppress enemy movement and softening targets! It's the s****y lurmers I don't like. You know the ones hanging out 800m away from the enemy, shooting all their ordnance into terrain...

I hear that and agree, as people definitely should never waste Lock-On Missiles by splatting them on the terrain.

I'm worried more about the ones who honestly want to be Team Support and hit the Enemy with those Lock-On Missiles but fall under most (or more likely, ALL) of the following criteria...

• have to fight their own body, either due to age or disability
  
• can't get things to lock fast enough to feel safe about coming closer than 800m
  
• can't deal enough damage because the spread is too wide
  
• have to stay behind cover because Torso Twist is not allowed while attacking
  
• have a slow computer which can't be upgraded, and are therefore unable to handle the overload from incoming LoS Ballistic Weapon attacks
  
• can't handle LoS battling because of one or more of the above (particularly the first item)

...and yet are also serious about playing & battling on MWO while not asking their Team to unnecessarily overexpose for them.

Heck, there used to be a time about 5.5 years ago when I remember that a LRM-Boat which also had SRMs on-board (as in, more of a hybrid build) could help get a good push going, and be able to help rapidly crush targets at a range bracket of about 230m from what they were hitting. But, we have ended up with OverNerfed Missiles both in Locking and Non-Locking forms, with the MRM ending up king in capability over all of them to the point of "OverBoat Or Die" to make anything else work, and even then it still ends up that sometimes those simply can't. If only we could get communication & coordination among Teams to become more of a thing again, as those are the days I wish would return, then the game might have a better chance of recovering a giant active population... *sigh*

EDIT (a few minutes later) :: Admittedly however, the state of Events has improved in the last 5.5 years... I would not want to have that revert!

~D. V. "Maybe it's just rose-tinted glasses, but I could swear that MWO was a lot better 5.5 years ago." Devnull

Edited by D V Devnull, 26 August 2021 - 10:26 AM.

[Agent Super Chicken]

Almost time for next month - it's been a year since the last time letter and number decals were on sale - any chance colorable decals will be on sale with next month's event?
A lot of new players need to adorn their mechs

[D V Devnull]

Agent Super Chicken, on 09 September 2021 - 11:01 AM, said:

Almost time for next month - it's been a year since the last time letter and number decals were on sale - any chance colorable decals will be on sale with next month's event?
A lot of new players need to adorn their mechs

Before we get to that... I think one thing needs to be said to Matt/Daeron and anyone else at PGI who helped with making this Event possible...

THANK YOU for this month's Shadow Hawk SHD-2K Event, Matt/Daeron/'Events Team @ PGI'!!!

And now for me to get ready for unpacking my own, since all of my Challenges on the roster are done.

~D. V. "It's always a good idea to be thankful for the enjoyable things which one has earned!" Devnull

[Vulso]

Looking forward to the September event.

[Roodkapje]

Vulso, on 15 September 2021 - 03:57 AM, said:

Looking forward to the September event.

This ^^^^

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Roodkapje, on 15 September 2021 - 09:17 AM, said:

This ^^^^

It's late...