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MrMadguy, on 19 December 2024 - 10:42 PM, said:
Meta isn't "right" way to play game. Meta is actually wrong. It's imbalance, created by incompetent devs. There are just two kinds of people. Ones, who simply adapt to situation, they live in. And others, who have true free minds and therefore want to break through from that dead loop.
So in other words, you think that if you can't play whatever jank you want you're actively being sabotaged.
Not to be overly blunt, but that's made up. Every game has a meta. Even the PVE games had a meta, you could just ignore it there. Here, where you have to actually test your skills against other humans, some of which may actually be sapient and self aware, you have no such luxury.
That's not an attack on you personally. That's not evil devs and conniving balance committees rubbing their hands together in smoke filled backrooms because they want to specifically screw you over personally. That's just the nature of a PVP video game. If you can't accept that then I think you should probably play something else. You'll be happier for it.
MrMadguy, on 19 December 2024 - 10:42 PM, said:
Simple thing. How many 'Mechs do we have? How many 'Mech variants do we have? How many weapons do we have? What % is actually usable? I want to play, what I buy. And I buy, what I like. Without it game is pointless. Because I earn CBs and should spend them on something. There is nothing else to spend them on, than on buying new 'Mechs. And without proper balance - it's purchasing for collection purposes only.
The cauldron, which you seem to spend a lot of time and energy hating, devotes a lot of time to shoring up and fixing old, underplayed mechs. There's a lot of jank in this game that is playable only by the grace of the cauldron. The meta was FAR more exclusive and unforgiving under Paul Inouye and Chris Lowrey's watch. Its kind of funny that your memory is short enough to not remember that.
MrMadguy, on 19 December 2024 - 10:42 PM, said:
Devs don't even understand, that they actually have terrible business model. They say "Buy shiny new Bullshark/Bane". But they don't tell their players, that their current Meta - is shorty Lights/Mediums, that are way too small for firepower they have, like Shadow Cat, Piranha, etc. And what their players end up with - is disappointment.
I don't think you have the background necessary to comment on the developers competency. PGI has had a checkered past but frankly the work they do today vastly outshines the work they did a decade ago.
MrMadguy, on 19 December 2024 - 10:42 PM, said:
I don't ask to fix each and every build in this game. It's impossible due to historical reasons. Because game was tabletop, where things like armor worked properly. And now we have historical values, that don't work at all. For example armor should be doubled or tripled to work as intended. But at least if I play sub-par build, that isn't Meta, matchmaker should allow it via auto-balancing game according to "Noobs only play vs noobs and pros only play vs pros" principle.
There is virtually no useful balancing decisions you can make that come from table top. The only people who think tabletop is a real guideline for balance are tabletop adherents from days of yore who hate anyone below the age of 45.
MrMadguy, on 19 December 2024 - 10:42 PM, said:
Devs usually scared by good matchmaker and sometimes even intentionally refuse to make due to one simple reason. They don't want to reward players for being "bad". But they don't understand, that it kills their game. Because only 1% of top players can be truly "good". And it's exact playerbase, they end up with.
You are not being punished. You need to get a grip. You have made this same post every couple of months for years.
