DUST Search - [BUG] No More War Barge?

KalOfTheRathi wrote:

Stefan Stahl wrote:

I also noticed the quality of games dropping a lot lately.

Matches more often now start with half-full teams and therefor the less-stocked team doesn't even invest in trying to win the battle.

Does this show in metrics or is it just an impression I got from my limited playtime?

I suspect this is the fallout from BF4 Beta and GTA-V. Both are pulling many DUST players away. Then add in the factor of the limited SP (the CAP) and once you are SP Capped there is little reason to play. So, many are off playing other games before the weekly SP reset.

Then you add in the factor that many Tankers are giving up on DUST altogether and the fact that the last week was the end of the month from 1.4. All of which adds up to fewer players at any one time. Then Scotty tries to engage us in matches with fewer players with the predictable results.

1.5 interest should help somewhat. But three weeks later, we will be seeing this behavior again. BF4 releases 29 Oct, just saying.

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J Lav OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 228	Posted - 2013.10.01 22:15:00 - [31] - Quote Here's my problem with not seeing the warbarge - not knowing how far into the game you are. Yes you can look at the clones and timer, but it's still hard to know if you're in the beginning of a battle or half way through.
KGB Sleep Ikomari-Onu Enforcement Caldari State 289	Posted - 2013.10.02 04:34:00 - [32] - Quote No War Barge also means no cherry picking randoms flashing Proto.
Timothy Reaper WASTELAND JUNK REMOVAL 428	Posted - 2013.10.02 08:41:00 - [33] - Quote Moorian Flav wrote: Why are so many waiting until the war barge to squad up? Don't you have corp members to play with? Not everyone is in a player-run corp. Also at times I may be the odd man out; there may be thirteen (including myself) members on and if they already squaded up where am I supposed to go? I have several channels to look through, but players fresh out of the Academy may not, so the Warbarge is (or rather was) a good place to start looking for friends.
Kiiran-B The Rainbow Effect 180	Posted - 2013.10.02 14:14:00 - [34] - Quote CCP Nullarbor wrote: The warbarge time was shortened for both public contracts and faction warfare so you spend more time in battle and less time standing around. Depending on how fast your PS3 loads or at what point you join the battle, you may not see it at all. Ugh, and I just learned to get onto the back platform. sigh
KenKaniff69 Subdreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 537	Posted - 2013.10.06 02:26:00 - [35] - Quote CCP doesn't seem to realize how valuable this time is to vehicle pilots. Allowing us to see the team rosters severely affects our decisions and co-ordinations with fellow tanks, dropships, AND/OR infantry. For instance whenever I see a group of forging heavies or wyrkomi users, my decisions are quite different from a time when I see NPC corps. I guess it is a way to get yourself out of the warbarge table actually working concept as well, which you quickly sidestepped when asked about the feature which was part of several trailers.
Rogatien Merc Red Star. EoN. 1404	Posted - 2013.10.07 05:03:00 - [36] - Quote you can join squads with squad finder in new build; squadding in WB now a non-issue. faster matches = best matches.
elric the enchanter xCosmic Voidx 183	Posted - 2013.10.07 18:58:00 - [37] - Quote sssbassil wrote: old warbarge time please SOME warbarge time please
I-Shayz-I Forty-Nine Fedayeen Minmatar Republic 1009	Posted - 2013.10.07 19:25:00 - [38] - Quote Hey everyone, calm down. New squad finder will solve all of these issues, if not more. Just relax.
Sana Rayya WASTELAND JUNK REMOVAL 245	Posted - 2013.10.07 20:07:00 - [39] - Quote Will the new squad finder also fix those games where you queue in and there is no one on the enemy team? If we had warbarge time we could at least see that there was no one on the other side and back out without wasting more time. On a related note, why is Scotty so broken? He regularly queues us into games with no clones left or MCC damage critical, yet can't queue players to fill up lopsided games, so instead they remain lopsided for the entirety of the match. What gives?
CommanderBolt A.N.O.N.Y.M.O.U.S. 381	Posted - 2013.10.08 01:22:00 - [40] - Quote CCP Nullarbor wrote: The warbarge time was shortened for both public contracts and faction warfare so you spend more time in battle and less time standing around. Depending on how fast your PS3 loads or at what point you join the battle, you may not see it at all. Trust me that's a good thing. People will adapt and learn to sort out fits in-between battles not right as they are about to start.

Soulja Ghostface MCDUSTDONALDS 123	Posted - 2013.10.08 01:29:00 - [41] - Quote I-Shayz-I wrote: Hey everyone, calm down. New squad finder will solve all of these issues, if not more. Just relax. grr that was my line. no war barge necessary with this new nift tool it was howerver very fun trapping peope in a corner all u need is 3 people.
KalOfTheRathi Nec Tributis 792	Posted - 2013.10.08 02:26:00 - [42] - Quote Stefan Stahl wrote: I also noticed the quality of games dropping a lot lately. Matches more often now start with half-full teams and therefor the less-stocked team doesn't even invest in trying to win the battle. Does this show in metrics or is it just an impression I got from my limited playtime? I suspect this is the fallout from BF4 Beta and GTA-V. Both are pulling many DUST players away. Then add in the factor of the limited SP (the CAP) and once you are SP Capped there is little reason to play. So, many are off playing other games before the weekly SP reset. Then you add in the factor that many Tankers are giving up on DUST altogether and the fact that the last week was the end of the month from 1.4. All of which adds up to fewer players at any one time. Then Scotty tries to engage us in matches with fewer players with the predictable results. 1.5 interest should help somewhat. But three weeks later, we will be seeing this behavior again. BF4 releases 29 Oct, just saying.
KalOfTheRathi Nec Tributis 792	Posted - 2013.10.08 02:29:00 - [43] - Quote CCP Nullarbor wrote: The warbarge time was shortened for both public contracts and faction warfare so you spend more time in battle and less time standing around. Depending on how fast your PS3 loads or at what point you join the battle, you may not see it at all. Many of us realize that fact, Null. What we would like is, at least, splitting the difference. Not the quick version and not the long from before. Something half way which will allow some to note the opposition and, hopefully, some squad information as well.
KenKaniff69 Subdreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 537	Posted - 2013.10.08 15:38:00 - [44] - Quote KalOfTheRathi wrote: Stefan Stahl wrote: I also noticed the quality of games dropping a lot lately. Matches more often now start with half-full teams and therefor the less-stocked team doesn't even invest in trying to win the battle. Does this show in metrics or is it just an impression I got from my limited playtime? I suspect this is the fallout from BF4 Beta and GTA-V. Both are pulling many DUST players away. Then add in the factor of the limited SP (the CAP) and once you are SP Capped there is little reason to play. So, many are off playing other games before the weekly SP reset. Then you add in the factor that many Tankers are giving up on DUST altogether and the fact that the last week was the end of the month from 1.4. All of which adds up to fewer players at any one time. Then Scotty tries to engage us in matches with fewer players with the predictable results. 1.5 interest should help somewhat. But three weeks later, we will be seeing this behavior again. BF4 releases 29 Oct, just saying. You are correct. CCP will need to have their stuff together in order to hold a player base through the next few months. Delaying vehicle changes two updates and still not giving confirmed dates is not a step in the right direction. That is exactly why I have been playing GTA and BF4, instead of running Madrugars for the Amarr.
v3r5u5 The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 0	Posted - 2013.10.08 21:22:00 - [45] - Quote Moorian Flav wrote: Why are so many waiting until the war barge to squad up? Don't you have corp members to play with? In theory, yes. In practice, no. Apparently I play when the rest of my corp is either sleeping, working, or otherwise away from the game. So I end up having to solo almost all the time


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