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[GalaxyBluestar]

Chunkylad, on 04 January 2013 - 11:44 PM, said:

That isn't what assault is about though. That is what they are looking to do with dropship mode whenever they decide to work on that (deathmatch basically) When people see the "Base is being captured" message pop up they panic, hence strategy. No one wants to have the loss on their screen because one tiny light mech capped your base while your team was out with gold in their eyes.

you're wasting your breath here they want dakka dakka. assault mode with bases just hinders them. this game is devolving into mech grudge matches and nothing else, it's like any other fps except in slow heatridden mechs. mechwarrior and the ideas of capture recon defense falls on death ears. it spoils their conquring point click skills. team play = gang up on those who can't gang up. stratagy = stay away from such and such, smother that guy! their brains can't handle looking after anything but themselves. for months we've had this same old grind of clashing with the odd sniping and when something finally different happens people **** all over it cause apparently a change of pace, a bit of fresh air spoils everything! conquest plays exactly like assault cause no one wants to miss out on g*ngb*ng wins so it's just like assault except you're more likely to be on a team that doesn't stick together and therefore loses. blob vs blob in lagfest that's all MWO is and all it ever will be.

[ConnorSinclair]

PANZERBUNNY, on 04 January 2013 - 11:40 PM, said:

NO more bonuses for capping unless it's Conquest mode.

I advocate ZERO bonus, even for XP.

It will get people fighting. Assault is already so lackluster in how it's played, to say it's "strategy" to cap the base is silly.

It usually only happens when your team outnumbers the enemy due to killing many of them and the rest can't disengage to stop it OR they just don't try to stop it.

Offer no rewards and it becomes and means to simply end the match.

More fighting. Less glowing Tron base capping. We're not in the grid.

B-b-b-BUT MUH META GAMES!

MUH MLG PRO 6 RAVENS WITH CAP MODULES!

[Draxtier]

I don't play this game to run past the other team without ever firing a shot. I play this game to get in to fights and blow up other big, stompy robots with my big, stompy robot. I care more about having fun than winning or profiting from the match in terms of CBills and Xp.

But that being said, running past each other on river city is something that seems to happen a fair bit, and in a situation where other team is intent on capping, and not interested in a proper fight, the correct thing to do is to pile on the enemy cap while one or two of your better pilots (preferably with ECM) head back to your base to delay the other team.

Games like the one described in the OP are pretty lame, but also not really worth getting too upset over. Chalk it up to experience and queue up for the next.

[Farix]

PANZERBUNNY, on 04 January 2013 - 11:40 PM, said:

NO more bonuses for capping unless it's Conquest mode.

I advocate ZERO bonus, even for XP.

Nope, PGI needs to stop punishing success. Assault mode isn't deathmatch. That much should be obvious by looking at the winning conditions. So stop complaining when other players don't play it as deathmatch.

[Straythief]

That why we invent shut down. There was once a match were both team didnt see each other and start capping. I knew that would since is saw 4 light mech in my team. So i hide near my base and just shut down. So both team start capping and I suprised them and start bring chaos and the fun part was that I killed 2 mechs as an atlas by hitting all my wep at there cockpits. Fun part was that i made more points than 4 ppl of my team.


Conclusion stop capping its **** and no fun and you waste time.

[R3AGANSMASH]

so, its totally smart strategy and tactics and "how youre supposed to play the game of mechwarrior" when you stand next to a random satellite looking building for 20 secs or so? makes zero sense, especially at a period in the game's dev where it doesnt contribute anything but a W in the column (utterly useless).

also, it's like you get mad when people say 'GIVE US A GAMETYPE WHERE WE HAVE TO FIGHT', but then use underhanded insults that picture us as some type of typical FPS scum. it's honestly a little hypocritical. 'lets play mechwarrior, but if you dont have to fire a single shot to win in around 2.5 minutes do it!' lol at this mindset.

[GalaxyBluestar]

R3AGANSMASH, on 14 January 2013 - 09:40 PM, said:

so, its totally smart strategy and tactics and "how youre supposed to play the game of mechwarrior" when you stand next to a random satellite looking building for 20 secs or so? makes zero sense, especially at a period in the game's dev where it doesnt contribute anything but a W in the column (utterly useless).

also, it's like you get mad when people say 'GIVE US A GAMETYPE WHERE WE HAVE TO FIGHT', but then use underhanded insults that picture us as some type of typical FPS scum. it's honestly a little hypocritical. 'lets play mechwarrior, but if you dont have to fire a single shot to win in around 2.5 minutes do it!' lol at this mindset.

you didn't read did you it was just a one time occasion where if it happens then just take it and move on. i don't condone ninja capping but if it happens then if you're too dumb to stop it expect a loss, the reason why ravens get away with it is because of the damn ecm, lag and ssrm powers they can tumble you with so defence is out of order. that's why i'm angry because at one time capping was a valid tactic and people didn't gripe about winning and loseing. now though a few months later it's all premade raven's **** and you're abusing the system rather than taking it as a game mechanic. i really hate ecm for that. all i can do now is shoot at things in my face or don't that's what MWO has come to and it's boring as hell and if you all want it that way. fine enjoy the same old same old.

Edited by GalaxyBluestar, 14 January 2013 - 09:50 PM.

[Cato Phoenix]

To the original poster, look at the other team members point of view. They could argue that they got rolled because 4 other mechs dashed for the cap.