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[Maj Destruction]

.......when 3 of your assaults wander off on their own. All you can hope is that the other team is also goofing around. Perhaps the training academy should include some lessons about teamwork.............

Matt

[w0qj]

It was a strange day yesterday Wednesday...

In 2x QP fights, entire Team went to a corner of the map, enemy took over center & high ground, shot us like fish in the barrel

Both games I tried to go to center of the map as usual, but I was literally the only one, so had to scurry back to join main group (to die)...

Edited by w0qj, 01 September 2022 - 06:28 AM.

[XenoWraith]

I get those feelings all the time when my team does nothing and wonders away. Then I get even worse feelings when they all wonder away from each trying to fight 3 others at the same time by themselves and it always seems to happen every match.

[ScrapIron Prime]

"Okay," I think to myself, "I'm going to post up here toward the middle of the map and cover the approach to... and my entire team is doing the nascar again. Forget tactics, just run to catch up."

[Andrewlik]

I do admit, as an assault player, I do have a habit of wandering off.
At least when I do, I announce "I'm going to hold the corner at X"
Then I announce "There are exposed targets at X+2, taking potshots"
Then I announce "On me, 3 on seismic"
Then I pop a UAV and scout the 5 on the corner
Then I say "need reinforcements, they're are too many here, gonna hold them off as long as I can't
Then I hold the corner for another 1-2 minutes, keeping the enemies there
Then I die in the first 1-4 of the team, doing more damage than half my team by the end of the match

While I do admit I could have gone with the team, I don't think I could've communicated much better, so IDK why my team's aren't following up. This doesn't happen every game, but often enough to be annoying

[ScrapIron Prime]

Andrewlik, on 01 September 2022 - 07:46 AM, said:

While I do admit I could have gone with the team, I don't think I could've communicated much better, so IDK why my team's aren't following up. This doesn't happen every game, but often enough to be annoying

Comms are disabled by default for new players. You have to turn them on in settings. I'm guessing a lot of people don't know that.

[XenoWraith]

ScrapIron Prime, on 01 September 2022 - 08:00 AM, said:

Comms are disabled by default for new players. You have to turn them on in settings. I'm guessing a lot of people don't know that.

I know I’m asking for the world but they need to fix it that to be enabled by default for new players.

[Ihlrath]

ScrapIron Prime, on 01 September 2022 - 06:16 AM, said:

"Okay," I think to myself, "I'm going to post up here toward the middle of the map and cover the approach to... and my entire team is doing the nascar again. Forget tactics, just run to catch up."

I felt this in my very soul man. It's like playing with a bunch of morning radio jocks....

"Hit that W key and RIP IT OFF!"

[XenoWraith]

Ihlrath, on 01 September 2022 - 03:44 PM, said:

I felt this in my very soul man. It's like playing with a bunch of morning radio jocks....

"Hit that W key and RIP IT OFF!"

You think thats bad try moving around to get some cheeky shots in only for your own team to go "nope moving away from the action,"

[Vorpal Puppy]

How about the feeling you get when you see the team the matchmaker gave you, and then look at the red team and know it's going to be a 0-12 stomp.

[TheCaptainJZ]

w0qj, on 01 September 2022 - 01:48 AM, said:

It was a strange day yesterday Wednesday...

In 2x QP fights, entire Team went to a corner of the map, enemy took over center & high ground, shot us like fish in the barrel

Both games I tried to go to center of the map as usual, but I was literally the only one, so had to scurry back to join main group (to die)...

Yeah I played a little yesterday and had an odd match on Tourmaline where both teams moved in unusual patterns from what you'd expect. Usually, everyone fights in the middle but that didn't happen and the teams were scattered. I had that kind of feeling in other matches too where the flow was just off from normal. Not sure how to explain it.

[Gasboy]

Today's Ctrl-Alt-Del is pretty relevant to this thread.

[Nightbird]

Gasboy, on 02 September 2022 - 10:57 AM, said:

Today's Ctrl-Alt-Del is pretty relevant to this thread.

Haha, it's true.

It's important to communicate

"I'm going to push in 30 seconds"

check mini-map to make sure team is in position to push with you

"I'm going in 3... 2... 1..."

Works like a charm.

[Gasboy]

Nightbird, on 02 September 2022 - 11:02 AM, said:

Haha, it's true.

It's important to communicate

"I'm going to push in 30 seconds"

check mini-map to make sure team is in position to push with you

"I'm going in 3... 2... 1..."

Works like a charm.

Yeah, you'll find out right away who's paying attention and who's also willing to be a team mate.

[crazytimes]

Yeah it's really upsetting when the slow assaults don't join the tail end of the nascar rotation.

On some maps, in slow mechs you just cut across certain parts and you can join the rotation midway through their first lap. On old canyon, you could actually just wait for the second lap and join in then.

[feeWAIVER]

I get that feeling at the beginning of the match if I hear my team talking about their mechs and trying to joke around with each other.

Friendly banter seems to be a big indicator that we are about to lose.
I don't want to say anything at the time, because I don't want the team to start the match in with a negative attitude, or wanting to argue...
And I can't say anything after we wiped, because then it just looks like sour grapes.

[Bassault]

If "wandering off alone" means "I left them all behind in the NASCAR" then it isn't exactly their fault now is it?

crazytimes, on 02 September 2022 - 02:57 PM, said:

Yeah it's really upsetting when the slow assaults don't join the tail end of the nascar rotation.

On some maps, in slow mechs you just cut across certain parts and you can join the rotation midway through their first lap. On old canyon, you could actually just wait for the second lap and join in then.

Or how about you stop ******* nascar'ing because the enemy is coming from the left not the right? You know, you have to shoot the enemies, right? This isn't a racing game.

Edited by I LOVE ANNIHILATORS, 05 September 2022 - 11:02 AM.

[ScrapIron Prime]

I LOVE ANNIHILATORS, on 05 September 2022 - 11:01 AM, said:

If "wandering off alone" means "I left them all behind in the NASCAR" then it isn't exactly their fault now is it?

Again, this is why I don't run a mech that moves less than 60kph if I'm solo dropping. Sometimes you just gotta lift your skirts and run!

[Ihlrath]

feeWAIVER, on 02 September 2022 - 04:18 PM, said:

I get that feeling at the beginning of the match if I hear my team talking about their mechs and trying to joke around with each other.

Friendly banter seems to be a big indicator that we are about to lose.
I don't want to say anything at the time, because I don't want the team to start the match in with a negative attitude, or wanting to argue...
And I can't say anything after we wiped, because then it just looks like sour grapes.

That's funny... I get the exact opposite feeling because you know they'll communicate and make calls rather than be silent and try to be lone wolf morons.

[PocketYoda]

Its usually those vocal few with "AmAzInG IdEaS" i'm going to do this and everyone follow me we will win... RIP.. I usually think to myself FFS... here we go again as the team Lemmings after him..