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[Terran123rd]

I really don't like it, and I'm just going to wait until the 22nd to log back in.

It's just not fun any more.

[Sawk]

HMM of course you new guys complain about everything, i like the 8 vs 8, but i would like to see scouting to come back, 4 on 4, seems there a few 4 man teams around NOW : )

SAWK i now have 21000 drops, and i made star captain in 2 clans : )

[VeeOt Dragon]

i personally hate this. it punishes people for doing anything not "meta" i hate meta its boring and shows no imagination. you see the same 3 mechs in each weight class with the same 3 builds. also not giving us a choice during an event no less is even worse. i will be waiting until this farce is ever. i have already stated in other threads my reasoning but in short this seems to be something more for meta try hards and fans of games like CoD than anything else. more players per team is always better though i understand with the shrinking player base that 12v12 is the most we are likely to get. it punishes support builds or dot builds anything not high alpha meta is punished. in matches where there is an objective (conquest and Assault mostly) the MM often fails to give one team a light mech or if it does its not a fast light (one match the only light we got was an Urbie with a speed closer to that of an average medium, the other teem had a flea and a Piranha). so far i have seen no decrease in match wait times even so that doesn't even count as an excuse for this 8v8 qp crap.

if 8v8 becomes the norm then i will be leaving for good and sad to do so. it also seems to make crap MM even worse as you get entire teams lacking a weight class more than before and groups tipping the balance even more. every match i have been in has been a stomp and none have been fun even the one time i was on the winning team. honestly if Faction wasn't such a meta comp stomp fest for anyone playing IS i would simply move over there but i don't need that frustration, i play for fun not headaches and dealing with overly competitive people.

it seems to me that 8v8 will steepen the learning curve even further chasing off even more new players. MWO already has a rather punishing learning curve and this makes it worse not better. what we need is NEW players both retaining them and attracting more. i will be telling anyone interested in the game (i do bring a few people into from time to time from my various Discord channels) to wait until its over. this game is already going through a slow death and this will only hasten it i am afraid. instead of spending money on 8v8 optimization that money could be spent on some advertising or something.

[Redbird One]

Why was this test not run on the public test game site?

[VladimirTepes]

Very poor move, these are old maps not one is designed for 8v8 your testing data is pretty invalid at that point.

You've just made it more dominated by 4 men groups and dull lights

Clearly you want to do 8 v8 i suspect strongly youll claim it really worked regaredless...
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[denofsteves]

8V8 highlights how poor the matchmaking is. Any skill disparity makes the matches wildly one-sided. Raw tonnage differences are much more difficult to overcome.

[Kynesis]

strooka_ace, on 18 March 2022 - 06:25 AM, said:

hey, why not 15v15 ?

Resources that could have been spent on that or other broad appeal projects went into Solaris 1v1.

[kodiakus]

8V8 is boring, feels empty, reduces every match to the same formula. I'm not playing while it's in effect, count that in as part of the data you're gathering please.

[Kynesis]

FLG 01, on 17 March 2022 - 09:56 AM, said:

There is (or was?) 4v4, and everybody hates it: scouting.

8v8 is a step towards that. It is as quick as it is dull and boring, plus even more unbalanced thanks to 4 premades.

Scouting had its charms. As people have noticed with 8v8 though, 4v4 even more drastically highlighted even the smallest differences between player skill and builds. It worked really well for elite players.

[Spare Parts Bin]

This game whether 8v8 or 12v12 is a mixed bag. A group that jokes before the match usually I do better as does the group. These silent groups where people pursue their own goals and leave slower Assaults like my Stalker Misery or 5M behind most of the time we don't even amount to a speedbump.

[Griffster]

I didn't care for you limiting groups to four and I certainly don't care for this 8 vs 8. I won't be playing again until after tuesdays patch.

[Kurt the Merc]

Just taking a moment to say I love the 8v8

[Karshtakavaar]

Do not like.

[HalfwayHenry]

I will not be playing again until this is over. The fact you forced me to play it shows just how dumb pgi can be. Disconnects are felt way more, fighting the same premades is garbage, some weapons are now almost made even more useless now, 4 assaults on one team 1 on the other all just some examples of why this sucks. If you want to beta test let the cauldron morons do it for you not the rest of us.

[2RC4U]

**** it's friggen ****, fix faction get scouting going do something, 8 v 8? what 5 mins game 5mins of loading waiting in que, longer games less load times or is this a push to get more into faction?

[Spare Parts Bin]

2RC4U, on 18 March 2022 - 06:00 PM, said:

**** it's friggen ****, fix faction get scouting going do something, 8 v 8? what 5 mins game 5mins of loading waiting in que, longer games less load times or is this a push to get more into faction?

I hope not I do not really enjoy Faction Play as it currently is.

[Vorpal Puppy]

Played yesterday and a bit more tonight. Not enjoying the change. Going to take a break till this is over.

[n00bies r gr8]

Do not want 8v8 for quick play. Maybe try 10v10 if you need to "enhance" the experience, but the dynamic so far this weekend has not been positive. Thanks.

[Barbet]

I think 8v8 could really help faction play where people can wait up to a half hour to get a match.
But for quickplay, it hurts my brain and makes me cry so much.

[TheSteelRhino]

Leave 8x8 on the old school maps (ie smaller)....... some variety is not bad.
Having said that, I feel like it forces everyone to "heavy up" b/c you have to carry more.

sad for my IS mediums.