HeroCalledJayne
Fraternity of St. Venefice
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2014.01.23 21:33:00 -
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Ignoring the screams from OP, he does have somewhat of a point. I think it's a lttle much to paint all blue dots with the same brush, but there are problems that (I feel) need to be addressed.
I'm a pretty casual FPS gamer. My alt in Eve is much more hardcore. I've played with nullsec blocks, wormhole alliances, pirates, and highsec wardecs. I'm used to being on comms. When I sit down to join a pub match though, I feel like playing some FPS, not putting on another headset and finding my FC squad leader.
That said, I'm also smart enough to look at the map and notice when I need to spawn at a spot about to get overrun, or when I need to sneak around the back and put down a drop uplink. It's possible to work with my team without comms. We'll usually get beaten by a team using comms, but I'm not demanding to win, casual play! I just expect a good game.
Here's where the op has a point though, it's not the proto gear or the curb stomping. It is the blue dots are stupid and give up too easy.
I started a match last night and noticed that, despite a good effort by our team, we just couldn't hold any objectives. I switched to map view to check out where everyone was and noticed 3-4 people just chillin in corners. I don't know what the other teams people looked like, but that seemed to explain it to me. It wasn't a 16v16 game, it was a 16v12 game.
Next match starts, now we're truly getting curb stomped. I sneak around back, get behind an objective, set down a drop uplink and get killed. I respawn at my own uplink, try to get around to drop another, end up killed again. About the 3rd time I'm respawning I notice nobody else is using my uplink... maybe they don't like the position? I look at the map, nope, everyone but literally 2 people, me and one other guy, are chillin afk'ish in the bottom left. I don't know if they gave up or if they just felt like absorbing AFK SP (weren't they supposed to fix that a while ago? I just came back).
In any case. Call it matchmaking, call it activity timeouts. Let squad leaders kick unproductive people from a match? Let teams vote people out of a match? Probably open to abuse, but the mechanics are pretty bad and it boils down to OPs original point (if I read it right)....
You have to account for the mindnumbing stupidity of half the people that join. Right now nothing does. I can stand new players, or bad players, or people that don't use comms and are 0/17 if they are trying. It gets frustrating when a control point gets taken and rather than trying to take it back I watch half my team drop from the game and the other half "POS up" so they don't lose ISK.
My .02 Aurum |
HeroCalledJayne
Fraternity of St. Venefice
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2014.01.24 02:27:00 -
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Nothing Certain wrote: but just like in life you are either part of the problem or part of the solution.
Selectively quoting just to say fair enough. Tonight I got on, synced by headset to the PS3, went into the squad finder, joined an actual team, and tried a few games.
15 seconds into the first match, chaos (keep in mind the first 10 seconds were spawning). I spoke up on comms with a mic check, no response, "Anyone hearing me, or is my headset not on?" nothing, I could see the icon in the lower right when I hit the PTT key. Nobody on my squad said one word the entire time, it was exactly the same as playing a pickup game like normal. So we lost...
Maybe I just got a **** squad. Went back to the squad manager, picked one that specifically said Mics Required. That'll get um! Game got rolling, we rushed forward nearly capturing the first objective but got beaten there. "Hey guys, anyone alive?" *crickets*. We didn't capture the objective once during that entire game. I saw some tanks, but it wasn't a matter of getting steamrolled by them. I saw people trying, drop uplinks going down, but there wasn't anyone on comms, no coordination period. Maybe my mic really is broken? So I backed out of the game and went to the setup. Nope, works perfect there.
I could join a player corp, but honestly, I don't know why one would want me. I play here and there, devoting my time primarily to school and to Eve and my girlfriend second (I won't mention which comes before the other :P ) So short of that, what can I do to be part of the solution?
I've been told to stay away from Ambush, so I have that turned off, but should I stay away from Public Contracts all together? Just play faction contracts? Or did I just get back luck on the Squads, try them again. Where can I find the best "game" currently?
Or should I join one of those holder corps... what is it I got a mail from... The Faction Warfare Army, they seem willing to take anyone. Would that actually get me good games? |