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[Truthstar]

Hail Kurita:

For those that haven't read the updated announcement, pls review:
http://mwomercs.com/...79-matchmaking/


I'm sure all the Units are excited to finally have regular competitive drops which will breath new life in our activity numbers and the game itself. Since there aren't weight/Class restrictions, its up to the Community to come up with a standard in order to ensure the most enjoyable experience when performing Unit vs Unit combat. I'm sure this will change in the future but for now I'd like to have a consensus across the IS Units.

I feel the best option for competitive play would be the True Lance format. Since its an 8 man drop, that would mean 2 mechs in each Class. I understand it isn't ideal for everyone but no one here would enjoy fighting unbalanced teams over and over again....we do this already in the current PUG/Matchmaking system. Please discuss internally so we can come to an agreement once it goes live(Dec4th).

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[Lord Ikka]

Standard may be best for competative play, yet not always possible or desired. While I believe that most units won't " Steiner scout" in games, different lance loadouts bring variety to the game. RHoD and Trial by Fire/ whatever other tourneys that come up will have their own internal rules, so trying to make a standard drop format from 8-man teams isn't really needed.

[Kdogg788]

At least with the dedicated eight man queue, the chances of successfully dropping in against a scheduled opponent are greatly increased. Teams will eventually figure out what's best for them and their individual players. There is no standard per say because everyone runs builds that are diverse and you never know sometimes who's going to be on.

-k

[Kilgore]

Some people are saying in retrospect the things we said before it went live. We didn't realize how much ECM would effect the 8-man groups, but it's significant I think.


http://mwomercs.com/...s-back-already/

[Kdogg788]

Of course, many games result in an ECM arms race. There are plants of cheese teams out there running all Atlas' or all Atlas' and one Raven.

-k