Weeny Machine, on 19 November 2022 - 03:15 AM, said:
Indeed. Most of the time you have a 4-men premade either in your or the enemy team. Both is no fun because in most cases it ends in a roll.
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I have fun regardless if I win or lose as long as a match is as balanced as possible and therefore thrilling. It is also no fun if the premade is on my side and we roll the enemy team and I waited longer for the match than playing it.
Sometimes, when I spawn in a slow 'Mech in some remote drop zone, the game is over for me before I can do anything: A competent premade can wipe out a third of the random solos team before I can even get there.
Weeny Machine, on 19 November 2022 - 03:15 AM, said:
When I said in chat that it is no fun I got the reply "make a premade and win". I mean, you see the mindset of these people (surly not all but certainly many) which is: win = fun. I mean, how pathetic is that? If you have to drop with a bunch of good players all in meta mechs in a niche game with low population...can a victory be even less meaningful? Have people such a low self-esteem that they gain anything from doing this seal-clubbing? Apparently...which is even more pitiful.
Obviously, it is meaningful for them, since they keep doing that.
Weeny Machine, on 19 November 2022 - 03:15 AM, said:
What those people forget is, this way they are driving solo players out. And then they face premade vs premade (if there are matches at all) and we all know how the group oriented modes fared...even the 4-member scout mode or whatever it was called.
Do you really think that they care? After all, check the shape of the Community Warfare.
Weeny Machine, on 19 November 2022 - 03:15 AM, said:
So, why not have a priority setting which means premades will face premades and if there is none in the group they end up with pugs.
PGI has always been siding with the premades.
Weeny Machine, on 19 November 2022 - 03:15 AM, said:
But hey, we are getting closer to the all-time low from 2019 according to the steam player charts. Some more laser alpha spam and more "Iwantonlytoplaywithmyfriendsforfun-butweareallsurprisinglyinmetamechsand4mengroup" and we get there.
Three Assaults and ECM
Wolfhound to really use the every last ton of the allowed tonnage. Four identical meta
Warhammers. Etc. Something like this?