115 replies to this topic

[Elkarlo]

HighlandCoo, on 28 December 2012 - 03:38 AM, said:

Eventually it will come to pass that if you are engaged in combat (ie: are shooting or have taken a hit) then you will be on a timer before your mech is removed from the match when you are disconnected
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Lets people get back into the game after disconn (when that eventually is implemented) and also prevents this sort of thing.

Ta-Da! beta is beta etc etc etc

Yes it is Beta, but my intention was to get a Picture if i was only Unlucky or if there is a real Issue on.

And your first Solution would even worsen the Problem: Let it be a 10 Seconds Timer, then the Raven will run for his good Powerdown in a Corner and Alt+F4 then. Some of the fast other Mechs would do that too.. instead of trying a Last man stand fight.

The only good Solution i see would be: If they had done Damage, they count, no matter if they had real Disconnect Problems or not. Forced reconnect if the Mech is still alive would be nice too, and lot of people are waiting for it.

[Barghest Whelp]

Yes, I have noticed this myself. I find it a bit frustrating as well. I mean, if the battle is going really badly and I'm the only one left vs. 5 or more guys, I'll go hide in a corner somewhere. Never had much success though. Either way I would never DC in order to save my stats.

Not that my stats are worth saving though...

[Coole]

They ejected

[PiemasterXL]

Coole, on 28 December 2012 - 03:58 AM, said:

They ejected

[Carcass23]

This is new? The whole preserving stats thing is ...way beyond me. Someone please enlighten me what stats that no one can see but you are used/good for. Second, if you bail out.. those really aren't your stats. I hate to break this to you. Buuut... you suck? Not only are you less of a player than your stats say you are buuut... you are lying to yourself. That's the part that kills me, are you fooling yourself into believing you are an ace mechwarrior? Cause... yer not?

[smokefield]

presently i drop from every game i join. i already have a ticket opened for this crash and i stopped joining games for some days already.
as i said in another topic - they should implement disc statistic along with K/D numbers. Lets say if you drop in first minute without doing any damage then will not count as disc...if you stay longer or do any damage and disc..it will add. it will be easy to spot those who disc then.

[p4r4g0n]

Seeing more of this lately but they're not all e-peen strokers doing this. Some are doing it when it looks like a premade is pugstomping at least that's what it looks like from chat.

[Murku]

I've only heard about this Alt-F4 cheat thing recently, but it unfortunately coincides with some genuine dumped from game issues I've experienced. Since last (dec 18th) patch instead of the blackscreen or CTD disconnects I used to get I massively lag out as soon as the firefight gets intense (likely making me look like a total zerg n00b and surrounding me with hostiles) and then lose connection. This would REALLY look like an ALt-F4.....

Tried to see on new issues/known issues if this is a general thing, not seen any more traffic about it than general ongoing issues peeps have. I'm hoping next patch will smooth things out.

So I hope I've not given anyone the impression I'm dodging a Death, my current lame 0.39 KDR is hopefully evidence to my honest unglorious abilities.

[Mycrus]

kdr / wlr - it does not mean a thing... e-peen stroking...

[ObsidianSpectre]

smokefield, on 28 December 2012 - 04:06 AM, said:

presently i drop from every game i join. i already have a ticket opened for this crash and i stopped joining games for some days already.
as i said in another topic - they should implement disc statistic along with K/D numbers. Lets say if you drop in first minute without doing any damage then will not count as disc...if you stay longer or do any damage and disc..it will add. it will be easy to spot those who disc then.

I had that problem once. Uninstalling & reinstalling made it go away.

[smokefield]

trust me..i tried everything now is up to the devs to find where is the problem.

[ObsidianSpectre]

Murku, on 28 December 2012 - 04:35 AM, said:

I've only heard about this Alt-F4 cheat thing recently, but it unfortunately coincides with some genuine dumped from game issues I've experienced. Since last (dec 18th) patch instead of the blackscreen or CTD disconnects I used to get I massively lag out as soon as the firefight gets intense (likely making me look like a total zerg n00b and surrounding me with hostiles) and then lose connection. This would REALLY look like an ALt-F4.....

I'm not even sure it works the same way when it's a legitimate CTD/disconnect. The people who I see disconnect at really convenient times - the ones I'm sure are alt+f4ing - they always give the "Soandso killed ." message when killed, with no credit awarded, but the people who get disconnected at completely random times usually seem to still give kill credit and a proper "Soandso killed Disconnectedguy" message when their mechs are destroyed even though the player is clearly not connected, and even listed as disconnected. This leads me to believe there's a client-sent 'disconnect' message that causes this to happen. If you CTD or your network connection explodes, your client can't send the message, and your mech still gives credit.

I'm not 100% on this though.

[Coole]

PiemasterXL, on 28 December 2012 - 04:01 AM, said:

Shut up and tell me how to favorite this!!!!! HAHAHA

[The Exiled]

i have diconnected a few times in a fight, sadly i was winning at the time so it annoyed me. It happens, alas at the moment the game is quite sustable, while i do not doubt there are players trying to use this to preserve their worthless stats atm it is impossible to know one from the other. What i did notice was i had an extra death added to my stats as well as a loss for the game. If Alt F4 doen't add those stats as well then why is it a genuine drop does

[Pr8Dator]

Coole, on 28 December 2012 - 03:58 AM, said:

They ejected

after the ravens ejeculated bukkake all over them... (spelling error deliberate to prevent censor)

Edited by Pr8Dator, 28 December 2012 - 05:21 AM.

[Vdek]

It's fun killing them right before they manage to disconnect

Edited by Vdek, 28 December 2012 - 05:29 AM.

[Thorqemada]

Kills make money, unregistered kills do not give money afaik.
I had occasionally games where up to 4 players bailed Alt+F4 wise from my killshots.
Its the usual bad sportsmanship you will encounter occasionally in Onlinegames.
Dont make yourself a head over it - its wasted time.

[Brut4ce]

Hail All!

Sadly i have noticed that as well these last few days, vaguely at first but then i was in a fight last night that really left me wondering. It was an assault in River city and we were all in the game for a good 2mins at least, i remember my team making way through the upper city. There were a couple of shots fired at long range, but nothing intense. Then one from the other team disconnected, and within the next 10 secs or so, 3 more followed (!!!) I was like "wtf"??? i even hit tab to make sure it wasn't a bug or something. That is sad to say the least. Makes one wonder about the level of some ppl. I have had my share of disconnects due to the current state of the game, as most of us have had, but at least when in game even if i am bugged i would inform the team so that they know, and try to be of whatever use i can be, even presenting myself as target. FFS there was one time i even got 2 kills playing bugged with no HUD! LOL!

*Cheers*

[Sug]

It's not a KDR thing. It's more of a 'Well this is ******* hopeless I really need to ****' kinda thing.

[Hackett]

I guess I don't understand that stat mindset. I have a horrible kill / death ratio. I die a lot. Less now that I've abandoned PPC, but still, a lot. But that's my role in an Awesome, no? Soak up damage, take down/cripple as many as I can before I'm cored so the hunchies & cats can finish them off.

My point, though, is this game is really fun. I'm surprised at all the 'world of warcraft' -ish posts on these forums of "nerf x" or "z is ruining the game." Whether I'm getting stung to death by 2 circling ravens or pummeled by a couple of LRM cats, or even *winning* a duel against a Dragon, its all good times. Ratio is meaningless.

My 2 cents.