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[Profiteer]

In the VAST majority of games I've played at least one person disconnects in the first 10 seconds.

MWO is possibly the most brutal and unforgiving game I've played when it comes to teamwork and numbers. Losing a teammate straight away puts you at a real disadvantage.

Please don't tell me this is because the game is beta and there are lots of bugs. I've played over a 1000 games personally and only had one crash. This must be players using macros to farm xp/c-bills.

It's ruining the game.

There needs to be a penalty for players that disconnect more than 'x' times in 24 hours to discourage this.

[xRaeder]

No. We need MW:LL.

We need server browsers, respawns... basically port MW:LL into this game. Then these disconnects won't matter.

Keep the random matchmaker for ranked matches, but that's it. That is the only way to solve this.

[Jacmac]

If you think it is bad, then you weren't around before they changed the reward system. It was a mess with all of the suicide players a month or so ago. There's some disconnects, but it isn't that bad.

[Profiteer]

Jacmac, on 21 January 2013 - 09:51 PM, said:

If you think it is bad, then you weren't around before they changed the reward system. It was a mess with all of the suicide players a month or so ago. There's some disconnects, but it isn't that bad.

Honestly, I rarely get a single game without 1-3.

[Pr8Dator]

Its not all deliberate... ever since the last patch, people from Asia and Australia has also been experiencing SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED CTD or Session Lost on match start. In fact, it is so ridiculous now that about 30% of the matches I start gets CTD upon match start or a few seconds into a match...

[Profiteer]

Pr8Dator, on 21 January 2013 - 09:54 PM, said:

Its not all deliberate... ever since the last patch, people from Asia and Australia has also been experiencing SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED CTD or Session Lost on match start. In fact, it is so ridiculous now that about 30% of the matches I start gets CTD upon match start or a few seconds into a match...

I'm from New Zealand. 1 crash in over 1,000 games.

I think a lot of it is farming.

[Lefty Lucy]

They've changed the reward system to be based largely on in-game performance. I just don't see how this would be an effective farming strategy.

[Profiteer]

Lefty Lucy, on 21 January 2013 - 09:59 PM, said:

They've changed the reward system to be based largely on in-game performance. I just don't see how this would be an effective farming strategy.

If you have it running 24/7 collecting 100xp + 25,0000 c-bills (more for wins) a match adds up.

Think about it... the game is still beta and requires balancing etc. This may take months. In that time you could easily master every mech in the game without playing a single match.

So when the game is released proper you're set to go without doing any of the hard work.

Normally I wouldn't mind so much what other people do as long as I'm having fun. But as a 100% pugger this is impacting my games and is annoying as hell

[Skyfaller]

Profiteer, on 21 January 2013 - 09:46 PM, said:

In the VAST majority of games I've played at least one person disconnects in the first 10 seconds.

MWO is possibly the most brutal and unforgiving game I've played when it comes to teamwork and numbers. Losing a teammate straight away puts you at a real disadvantage.

Please don't tell me this is because the game is beta and there are lots of bugs. I've played over a 1000 games personally and only had one crash. This must be players using macros to farm xp/c-bills.

It's ruining the game.

There needs to be a penalty for players that disconnect more than 'x' times in 24 hours to discourage this.

Its a CTD bug that has been going on for a long time. I get it very rarely. You launch, it says map loading and POW you're staring at your desktop all the sudden. *shrug*

[Windies]

Lefty Lucy, on 21 January 2013 - 09:59 PM, said:

They've changed the reward system to be based largely on in-game performance. I just don't see how this would be an effective farming strategy.

It's not, I'm quite sure it's people CTD'ing and losing sync with the servers. With that said I would rather it be from asshats afk grinding and disconnecting, then at least I know it's willing and not from poor coding.

[NintenJoe]

Im seeing it alot more too. I have also noticed a few new 'crash' type bugs on my end so others could be dealing with those.

[GalaxyBluestar]

Profiteer, on 21 January 2013 - 10:05 PM, said:

If you have it running 24/7 collecting 100xp + 25,0000 c-bills (more for wins) a match adds up.

Think about it... the game is still beta and requires balancing etc. This may take months. In that time you could easily master every mech in the game without playing a single match.

So when the game is released proper you're set to go without doing any of the hard work.

Normally I wouldn't mind so much what other people do as long as I'm having fun. But as a 100% pugger this is impacting my games and is annoying as hell

if people have such systems that they don't care how minute the rewards are then no game is safe from that sort of farming. basically you want anyone with the unfortunate occourance of internet related problems or game bugs to simply get nothing cause the disc will happen anways if the server drops or the game still has bugs. really we need a fixed up game engine not maul up the game mode rewards. yes i've seen 1 disc almost every match and oddly enough it hasn't dictated the outcome entirely if it were 2 or more then you'd be in trouble but as some one said the farmers were worse months back then they are now.

the only bug that forces me to disc is the memloss bug which cuts the graphics down to basic componants so you can't see anything it's just some scattered coloured squares. this happens when the ram's used up or something and your fps in the penultimate game is at it's lowest so you can anticipate the need to restart the client but most people can't and so jump straight in to find they need to jump straight out. it's a problem this game's always had unfortunately.

Edited by GalaxyBluestar, 21 January 2013 - 10:15 PM.

[PocketAces]

I am from Australia and I would have to alt-F4, say every 6 games. Many who team up with me do also, due to black screen, block text, no hud or weird mouse problems. I have gotten to the point I restart the client every five matches.

[Test Monkey 13]

matchmaker is broken. my last battle was in the city.

we were waiting for more (us 7) them (6).

then we get an 8th.

i comment one of the opposing side dc's (saying eff that we assumed)

suffice to say they lost and 7 minutes of our lives were wasted ****-slapping a grotesquely outnumbered opponent.

[Elder Thorn]

Profiteer, on 21 January 2013 - 09:46 PM, said:

In the VAST majority of games I've played at least one person disconnects in the first 10 seconds.

MWO is possibly the most brutal and unforgiving game I've played when it comes to teamwork and numbers. Losing a teammate straight away puts you at a real disadvantage.

Please don't tell me this is because the game is beta and there are lots of bugs. I've played over a 1000 games personally and only had one crash. This must be players using macros to farm xp/c-bills.

It's ruining the game.

There needs to be a penalty for players that disconnect more than 'x' times in 24 hours to discourage this.

1.:

Skyfaller, on 21 January 2013 - 10:07 PM, said:

Its a CTD bug that has been going on for a long time. I get it very rarely. You launch, it says map loading and POW you're staring at your desktop all the sudden. *shrug*

2.:
there is a bug, that makes your cockpit look like 8-bit style + usually you have very low fps in that case, no point in sticking arround, if you shoot anything it might even be friendlys - take a look here: http://mwomercs.com/...inecraft-style/ (screenshot included)

3.: there is a bug, that leaves you with a black screen, no point in playing then either. To be honest, i didn't experience that particular one in a while

4.: there is the "4 fps bug" - the fps counter inside the client will tell you, your framerate is fixed at 4 fps and it will feel like 1 fps. no point in playing, you disconnect, restart the client, get in next match / wait for your lancemates to finish

5.: i haven't encountered a CTD for a very long time, but i think it's still there for some people

In the end, i am not sure if you are trolling, if so: i don't care, my time right now is well spent
If you are not trolling - you should consider yourself lucky if you don't experience any CTDs or any other bugs. Take a look into the feedback part of the forums, also the old ones. Not all bugs are fixed, some people have serious problems playing the game. For some performance dropped with every patch. I agree that you can't say anymore, that this is a beta, but it is a bug ridden game and constant disconnects due to unplayability are the consequences.

[SpiralRazor]

Profiteer, on 21 January 2013 - 09:46 PM, said:

In the VAST majority of games I've played at least one person disconnects in the first 10 seconds.

MWO is possibly the most brutal and unforgiving game I've played when it comes to teamwork and numbers. Losing a teammate straight away puts you at a real disadvantage.

Please don't tell me this is because the game is beta and there are lots of bugs. I've played over a 1000 games personally and only had one crash. This must be players using macros to farm xp/c-bills.

It's ruining the game.

There needs to be a penalty for players that disconnect more than 'x' times in 24 hours to discourage this.

youve been extremely lucky then...because the majority of us get a game breaking bug every 8-10 games...and thats the square truth bro.

[Johnny Reb]

Only ***-hats do this just take the lose and deal!

[Profiteer]

Elder Thorn, on 21 January 2013 - 10:15 PM, said:

1.:

2.:
there is a bug, that makes your cockpit look like 8-bit style + usually you have very low fps in that case, no point in sticking arround, if you shoot anything it might even be friendlys - take a look here: http://mwomercs.com/...inecraft-style/ (screenshot included)

3.: there is a bug, that leaves you with a black screen, no point in playing then either. To be honest, i didn't experience that particular one in a while

4.: there is the "4 fps bug" - the fps counter inside the client will tell you, your framerate is fixed at 4 fps and it will feel like 1 fps. no point in playing, you disconnect, restart the client, get in next match / wait for your lancemates to finish

5.: i haven't encountered a CTD for a very long time, but i think it's still there for some people

In the end, i am not sure if you are trolling, if so: i don't care, my time right now is well spent
If you are not trolling - you should consider yourself lucky if you don't experience any CTDs or any other bugs. Take a look into the feedback part of the forums, also the old ones. Not all bugs are fixed, some people have serious problems playing the game. For some performance dropped with every patch. I agree that you can't say anymore, that this is a beta, but it is a bug ridden game and constant disconnects due to unplayability are the consequences.

I do experience those bugs.

When I do I type "yellow Screen" "4fps". I don't just quit.

[twibs]

Lately I've been getting crash to mechlab a lot when playing on laptop. I press launch, see the screen go black and then get back to mechlab as if the match had just ended.

Sometimes I get 3 games in row, sometimes it's 3 crashes in row.

[Johnny Reb]

I am talking about when ppl dc when they know they are about to die not game bug dc!

Edited by Johnny Reb, 21 January 2013 - 10:29 PM.