39 replies to this topic

[PancakeBunny]

it sucks, it feels sad and empty, why not remove that garbage arty/air strike instead?? it would be funnier a 16x16 instead, go nuts! not this sad lonely thing.

[Davegt27]

give it some time

[Brom96]

Nah. I cannot make more then 200 damage in my usual builds. Teams are either passive or get wiped under 3 mins.

Simply not enough time.

Groups matter too much and there is no place for solo player anymore.

I shall pause next 5 days, and stop playing if, as I suspect it would, this becomes permanent setting.

I must say that I am surprised, but hey, great way to alienate part of your player base.

Sorry, I forgot to mention, but where's in game announcement? How many players follow the forum?

Edited by Brom96, 17 March 2022 - 12:23 PM.

[pattonesque]

Brom96, on 17 March 2022 - 12:22 PM, said:

Sorry, I forgot to mention, but where's in game announcement? How many players follow the forum?

to be fair it pops up in the announcements as soon as you log in

[martian]

pattonesque, on 17 March 2022 - 12:26 PM, said:

to be fair it pops up in the announcements as soon as you log in

Do you mean that annoying pop-up that I have to close manually without reading every time I log into the game client?

That pop-up that can not be disabled in the Settings? Another PGI's failure.

[Gas Guzzler]

Brom96, on 17 March 2022 - 12:22 PM, said:

Nah. I cannot make more then 200 damage in my usual builds. Teams are either passive or get wiped under 3 mins.

Simply not enough time.

Groups matter too much and there is no place for solo player anymore.

I shall pause next 5 days, and stop playing if, as I suspect it would, this becomes permanent setting.

I must say that I am surprised, but hey, great way to alienate part of your player base.

A ton of people asked for 8v8 so sorry, the greater player base is not being alienated just because Brom96 doesn't like something.

That being said, plenty of people are doing more than 200 damage regularly, so.......................

martian, on 17 March 2022 - 12:42 PM, said:

Do you mean that annoying pop-up that I have to close manually without reading every time I log into the game client?

That pop-up that can not be disabled in the Settings? Another PGI's failure.

Hahaha

"That announcement thing that I have to look at every time is annoying and doesn't count. Where is the announcement PGI? I want it announced MY way."

[Brom96]

As always, my personal opinion, which may be worth exactly nothing to others, like yours is for me. I cannot presume to speak for others.

[ScrapIron Prime]

martian, on 17 March 2022 - 12:42 PM, said:

Do you mean that annoying pop-up that I have to close manually without reading every time I log into the game client?

That pop-up that can not be disabled in the Settings? Another PGI's failure.

Yeah, that pop-up, where they tell you things you might need to know about the game you're about to play. How ELSE are they supposed to alert you to things?

Personally, I like it. Faster queue times, and it feels nostalgic to me, like before they implemented 12v12 in ye olden days.

Also, if you play these next five days, you'll see the meta change a bit. Less people behind your push, less people to shield your buttocks from flanking mechs... it favors generalist builds just a little bit more. Which I kinda like.

[LordNothing]

do it for science. im doing it for fun.

[KaptinOrk]

So much salt for a change that's existed for just a few hours. I'd imagine that it would take at least a couple days for a rudimentary "8v8 meta" to develop.

[Ronin113]

I have to agree 8 and 8 sucks see you when it is over,

[Radbacker]

What?? When was this 8v8 announced? I haven’t played for a couple of days but might not bother for a couple of weeks if it’s gone 8v8, just can’t see it being fun for an average/bellow average player like me. I might try a couple of games tonight just to see but doubt I’ll enjoy it.

CU Radbacker

[Lord Sevenous]

8vs8 will only be in the game until tuesday (sadly)

[Blood Rose]

Glad to see the former meta players are seething. Get good or get out, your days of dominating are over (until the next patch).

[VeeOt Dragon]

as someone who plays this game just for fun i absolutely hate this 8v8. i hate Meta and avoid using such builds as i find them boring. this 8v8 punishes those who just want to have fun and don't care about meta. hell it punishes Assaults even more because if you get that objective (Assault or Conquest) match you lose to caps easily if your team draws the short straw and doesn't get any lights. it also doesn't help when some maps have ultra spread out spawns. i played about 3 matches with this new 8v8 and i think i will wait till it is over before playing anymore. as a middle of the road player its not like i am going to be carrying a match (it does happen and when it does i oft say over VC "when i have the highest match score you know you done ****** up"). oh i could probably get low Tier 1 if i played meta but thats just boring and who cares, tier 3 is fine for me.

the part that really pisses me off is that they chose to do this during an event so that is an entire weekend i can't work on the events at all. they should have waited to do this until after these two events were over and made an event just for it. i don't have the inclination to grind for an entire day on matches where i am not having fun because i have to play meta just to get anything at all Match score wise. **** that and **** 8v8, push that into group/comp play and let the meta try hard cry babies have it.

if Faction Play was worth playing and not a meta comp stomp fest i would move over to there but i haven't played Faction in years because of that.

see you all when the 8v8 is over.

Edited by VeeOt Dragon, 18 March 2022 - 03:17 PM.

[Vellron2005]

8 vs 8 feels like I'm playing COD or some crap like that. TTK is reduced to seconds. Game unplayable for me right now. Simply not fun.

[DevilWoman]

Bad idea, 8 vs 8 sucks. Lost time for the weekend, see you when the game becomes normal.

[pattonesque]

Vellron2005, on 18 March 2022 - 03:26 PM, said:

8 vs 8 feels like I'm playing COD or some crap like that. TTK is reduced to seconds. Game unplayable for me right now. Simply not fun.

sorry, confused a bit on this. how is TTK reduced with fewer mechs on the field? I'm curious to see how your experience has played out here

[Vonbach]

pattonesque, on 18 March 2022 - 03:45 PM, said:

sorry, confused a bit on this. how is TTK reduced with fewer mechs on the field? I'm curious to see how your experience has played out here

Basically every match is a stomp one way or another. Its go meta builds or die and assaults just get killed. If this continues it will drive all the casuals out of the game. Its bad.

[pattonesque]

Vonbach, on 18 March 2022 - 03:55 PM, said:

Basically every match is a stomp one way or another. Its go meta builds or die and assaults just get killed. If this continues it will drive all the casuals out of the game. Its bad.

do you think that might be mitigated by a reduction in group size, or better tonnage balancing, or both?