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Between the constant crashing and totally useless teammates in pickup groups, MWO is actually getting kind of frustrating nowadays. We should see about trying a taleworlds premade at some point - maybe you guys won't run solo into a sea of LRMs and die + quit match inside of the first 45 seconds of the game, or do < 100 total damage in an assault mech when I manage > 300 in the same match playing a Jenner.
G36E
Baron
Just started today, had a few hilarious rounds. Not getting the complaints about heat or slowness.
Teamed up with a pair of commandos to take the long way around Snow City and capped the base before the other guys even noticed us.
Flanked with a pair of Atlases on Snow Colony (Moss was involved).
Killed an Atlas with a trio of Cicada/commandos on River City.
EDIT: Just walked a lance of Atlases into the enemy home base at Snow City. We were entirely unopposed during the 4 minute walk through the tunnel :U
Teamed up with a pair of commandos to take the long way around Snow City and capped the base before the other guys even noticed us.
Flanked with a pair of Atlases on Snow Colony (Moss was involved).
Killed an Atlas with a trio of Cicada/commandos on River City.
EDIT: Just walked a lance of Atlases into the enemy home base at Snow City. We were entirely unopposed during the 4 minute walk through the tunnel :U
Lyran Scout Lance is best Scout Lance.
A tiny bit depressing that it worked so much better than our other attempts at flanking.
A tiny bit depressing that it worked so much better than our other attempts at flanking.
If you'd been playing since the last patch you probably wouldn't have that k/d ratio (can you even see that anymore? thought it got removed with open beta). Until 10am tomorrow (not sure which time zone) LRMs are kind of retarded. They'll rain down from ~90 degree angles and all land on virtually the exact same location on your mech - no more peppering the ground around you with a few strays. My Jenner(s) have gone from untouched to dead in 2 LRM volleys, and I don't mean from their entire team. One match last night was kind of retarded...enemy Jenner and I had a 0.3 second skirmish, at which point I started running back to base with the enemy scout chasing me. Despite bobbing and weaving, I got completely obliterated by LRMs about half a second before the other Jenner got 2 shotted by my team's LRMs. Seen a lot of the non-trial missile boats not even loading any backup weapons and still doing >= 1200 damage per match in a quite short amount of time.Kevlar said:
Hotfix for that retardation at 10am, though you may still have graphical issues. I actually seem to crash a bit less with this latest patch, but have sometimes had my framerate bottom out for no apparent reason.
Kevlar
Baron
Wheem said:
20,000
MechWarrior® Credits
28 / 0
Kills / Death
1,280,067
C-Bills
31,933
XP
32 / 0
Wins / Losses
28.00
Kill / Death Ratio
248,976.22
Accumulative C-Bills Per Match
997.91
Avg. XP Per Match
Stats page under your profile. I only played 4 matches this patch and have had weird graphical issues so not going to bother until they fix that. 4 man groups are also kind of lame.
Huh, was that there a few days ago? Could have sworn I looked for it after open beta ended and there was nothing. Also, 28 kills in 4 matches would mean that you got the killshot on all but 1 enemy player in every single match - is it uncomfortable to have a horseshoe crammed up there?Kevlar said:
Anyway, to illustrate the LRM problem that's supposed to be going away in a few hours: I've actually had a few instances where I got 1-shot by a single mech with LRMs. A random teammate (I always pug) was helping me to cap the enemy base when a Commando showed up, and I immediately got the "incoming missile" message, which I knew meant I had to move. In an effort to not go criticial immediately, I ran down the pathway into the valley and stayed flush against the ice wall. This broke LOS with the Commando (who stayed in their base fighting my teammate), but the missiles still came down at a perfect 90 degree angle (thanks for nothing, canyon wall) and 1-shotted me from essentially full armor to dead...~65k CBills in repairs because some dillhole can press R and a weapon group hotkey.
Kevlar
Baron
I played a few matches when it went open beta, but only four when the last patch hit. Not sure when stats worked since I didn't know about it until the other day when someone told me. I've only got 7 kills in a match once with a jenner so far.
Those LRMs seemed to probably just hit your head by the way the arc is now going (thankfully being fixed) since they all would hit your weakest point essentially. LRMs have always been OP though pretty much, it just gets annoying when they are given out in trial mechs like candy.
Edit : 35 kills 1 death now, game just crashed and apparently I got killed.
Those LRMs seemed to probably just hit your head by the way the arc is now going (thankfully being fixed) since they all would hit your weakest point essentially. LRMs have always been OP though pretty much, it just gets annoying when they are given out in trial mechs like candy.
Edit : 35 kills 1 death now, game just crashed and apparently I got killed.
I actually haven't been crashing nearly as much with this patch, though it still happens on occasion. For some reason I do get some video stuttering now sometimes, where I used to not, and that actually saved a crippled up Catapult from dying to me earlier. I had him so close when I started getting a lot of freeze-and-go stuttering, and then his team showed up before I could finish the job and I had to run away.
Are you mostly running with premades, by the way? I've had some matches where I get a really solid (pickup) team, and then others are...just...wow. While spectating, I've seen some people running around in the trial Catapult without ever using its missiles, and others using high-heat mechs (trial or otherwise) and shutting themselves down by alpha striking (including with LRMs at point blank range) every few seconds. I've seen people shoot teammates at the beginning of the game (I once had a Catapult K2 fire both of his Gauss Rifles into the rear of my center torso as soon as the countdown ended, and then immediately disconnect), and others have aim so bad that they shoot the ground 70% of the time, teammates 20% of the time, and enemies the remaining 10%.
I lost a game a few days ago because a teammate in a laserboat Hunchback helped the last remaining enemy Raven and Jenner more than he did myself and the Catapult on our team. He shot the bejeezus out of my back and took off one of my arms, and then failed to do anything to the Raven as it finished me + Catapult off after I killed the Jenner. So that match came down to a shot-to-pieces Raven vs our mostly-undamaged Hunchback; our guy lost because he managed to hit the Raven all of twice while it ever.so.slowly. whittled down his armor and killed him. It was painful to watch, and that type of thing + premade teams is why I actually have a negative win/loss ratio LAWLZ.
Are you mostly running with premades, by the way? I've had some matches where I get a really solid (pickup) team, and then others are...just...wow. While spectating, I've seen some people running around in the trial Catapult without ever using its missiles, and others using high-heat mechs (trial or otherwise) and shutting themselves down by alpha striking (including with LRMs at point blank range) every few seconds. I've seen people shoot teammates at the beginning of the game (I once had a Catapult K2 fire both of his Gauss Rifles into the rear of my center torso as soon as the countdown ended, and then immediately disconnect), and others have aim so bad that they shoot the ground 70% of the time, teammates 20% of the time, and enemies the remaining 10%.
I lost a game a few days ago because a teammate in a laserboat Hunchback helped the last remaining enemy Raven and Jenner more than he did myself and the Catapult on our team. He shot the bejeezus out of my back and took off one of my arms, and then failed to do anything to the Raven as it finished me + Catapult off after I killed the Jenner. So that match came down to a shot-to-pieces Raven vs our mostly-undamaged Hunchback; our guy lost because he managed to hit the Raven all of twice while it ever.so.slowly. whittled down his armor and killed him. It was painful to watch, and that type of thing + premade teams is why I actually have a negative win/loss ratio LAWLZ.
If I remember correctly, 8 man groups will be re-enabled on the 20th, though they'll only be matched against other 8 man groups (and I think class-matching is removed as well, which lead to some people complaining about the potential for teams running 8 Atlas and just turtling up in their base - whether that'll actually happen or not, who knows).Kevlar said:
There needs to be some weight limits, otherwise there is almost no reason not to roll with a diverse Atlas lance(tweaked for various roles) with maybe one or two lighter mechs for scouting.
Official Developer plan in regards to matchmaking:
Currently we are at phase one.
Official Developer plan in regards to matchmaking:
Currently we are at phase one.
There is/was a thread on their forums with people arguing over the weight limit thing (and I never saw for sure, is that only for 8 man groups or is that for the game as a whole?) Some people seem to think that a team of 8 Atlas mechs would actually be easy to beat in a "normal" game, since a faster team could cap their base as they're lumbering across the map, and if they leave some on defense and assault with the rest, you could split their forces pretty easily. On the other hand, if they all have AMS and just turtle up in a clump at their base, there's not a lot that most teams can do about it (especially on some maps). Their firepower could brutalize any scout that spots for LRM boats, and 8-16 AMS (depending on which Atlas mechs they're using) would cut the damage way way down anyway. Brawling against 8 Atlas in a confined area is also quite the challenge, since they can carry some really amazing close-range firepower, and have hands down the best armor in the game.
I think that one of the better/simpler suggestions that I saw on the official forums was to implement a total weight limit for 8 man teams. It may fit with the lore of the game's universe, since the drop ships could only carry so much, and would encourage the use of more balanced teams. People raised the question of teams running 8 light mechs in that case, but I don't think that's as bad as it's often made it out to be, and I certainly haven't noticed the "lag shield" that some people complain about. I actually spectated one guy that was griping about it in chat during a game, and from what I saw he was consistently shooting a significant distance behind the Jenner that he was trying to kill.
I think that one of the better/simpler suggestions that I saw on the official forums was to implement a total weight limit for 8 man teams. It may fit with the lore of the game's universe, since the drop ships could only carry so much, and would encourage the use of more balanced teams. People raised the question of teams running 8 light mechs in that case, but I don't think that's as bad as it's often made it out to be, and I certainly haven't noticed the "lag shield" that some people complain about. I actually spectated one guy that was griping about it in chat during a game, and from what I saw he was consistently shooting a significant distance behind the Jenner that he was trying to kill.
Kevlar
Baron
People saying lag shield are usually people with high ping I notice. I live an hour away from their servers so having 30ms or lower is nice, never notice lag shields for lights I fight.
I wish more people in my clan would go atlas so I could fight more in my jenner. I had someone in CB say I had a lag shield when he was just using ppcs on me at 20m away.
I wish more people in my clan would go atlas so I could fight more in my jenner. I had someone in CB say I had a lag shield when he was just using ppcs on me at 20m away.
Yeah, I've come up against a few all light teams in Beta. They're certainly intimidating, but unless they manage to split the enemy team they're not really effective. You can run circles around a single mech, but eight mechs in a spot, all facing a different direction is another matter. Works well against a disorganized PUG, but even a PUG with half decent players can counter it.
Indeed, the Lights simply can't tank in the long run, so if you employ some basic tactics and try not to let someone get completely separated they will have problems. (Being careful to avoid the base cap.)
I am much more afraid of the so-called Steiner Scout lances, even a bad Atlas pilot can absorb and in turn cause a lot of damage to your team. Multiply that number by three or more and you start having problems, especially if they work together to cover the blind spots and focus fire.
I am much more afraid of the so-called Steiner Scout lances, even a bad Atlas pilot can absorb and in turn cause a lot of damage to your team. Multiply that number by three or more and you start having problems, especially if they work together to cover the blind spots and focus fire.
Úlfheðinn said:
I'm sorry, but there was no other way to express my sentiments. Try playing from SEA or Australia.
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