The hell is going on here?

The matches I played before I went to work today I was forced up against T.H.I.R.D.R.O.C.K which resulted in me getting sniped repeatedly by Saxonmish using a Thales. Why I am placed in multiple matches against those guys when I am just an average-skilled solo player is beyond me.

I now get home from work and the first match I play I am thrown against Dozermouse and his Fatal Absolution buddies; needless to say they ****** me up.

Who do you think I am, CCP? You think I am a god at this game or something? What do you want from me...my blood, sweat, and tears?

This MU ranking crap needs to be reworked because it clearly screws people over.
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How about you metalock the matches to help level things out?
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How about you remove squads from Public Matches?

The hell is going on here?

The matches I played before I went to work today I was forced up against T.H.I.R.D.R.O.C.K which resulted in me getting sniped repeatedly by Saxonmish using a Thales. Why I am placed in multiple matches against those guys when I am just an average-skilled solo player is beyond me.

I now get home from work and the first match I play I am thrown against Dozermouse and his Fatal Absolution buddies; needless to say they ****** me up.

Who do you think I am, CCP? You think I am a god at this game or something? What do you want from me...my blood, sweat, and tears?

This MU ranking crap needs to be reworked because it clearly screws people over.
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How about you metalock the matches to help level things out?
-or-
How about you remove squads from Public Matches?

Better question is why you dont just counter snipe him.

Pubs should have never had squads. It's what allowed pub stomping in the first place. Several organized groups vs randomly matched people is a win button for the squads. Personally I think it's why this game never got popular.

Better question is why you dont just counter snipe him.

Are you ******* serious?

Thanks for the advice. Hopefully next time I will remember common sense counter tactics.

Well, either you got moved up MU (which is good for you) or they are up to the usual "find a low MU player and squad with them" BS I see them pull every day. THIRD ROCK have become the gold standard for scrubbery of late with that. Followed closely by Groupo, Ecce, AE, and Iberica. Seems to be the only way they can maintain high K/Ds. Having to play in the High MU bracket has a normalizing effect over time. No matter how good you are, most are just as good especially if squaded up in that bracket. Which is why there are 10x more leaves in the high MU than low MU. So they go stomp starter fits to make them feel better about small epeens. Make a friend who just came out of academy and watch his games if you want to watch it happen. I have for the last two weeks, and they are there as 3/4 of a squad every day. Every game I watch him play is frustrating as hell for him, and for me to watch. Him in standard or free fits, them in proto MK0s/AK0s/CK0s....
they go 32/2 etc. He goes 2/11. How long do you think he will want to play at that rate?

They are doing more to kill the game than all the lag and imbalance issues combined.

The hell is going on here?

The matches I played before I went to work today I was forced up against T.H.I.R.D.R.O.C.K which resulted in me getting sniped repeatedly by Saxonmish using a Thales. Why I am placed in multiple matches against those guys when I am just an average-skilled solo player is beyond me.

I now get home from work and the first match I play I am thrown against Dozermouse and his Fatal Absolution buddies; needless to say they ****** me up.

Who do you think I am, CCP? You think I am a god at this game or something? What do you want from me...my blood, sweat, and tears?

This MU ranking crap needs to be reworked because it clearly screws people over.
-or-
How about you metalock the matches to help level things out?
-or-
How about you remove squads from Public Matches?

Better question is why you dont just counter snipe him.

You must not be reading the theme of this thread , why keep placing organized squads against random players .?. and I've said this myself many a times .

Where are the CPM's on this ?

Where is the push to actually create a matchmaking system or just to balance teams in matches in general ?

People have been saying the same thing for sometime now but this get's zero attention and interest .

If people are complaining then obviously it has some kind of negative effect so why not fix this ?

Common sense , it's not like these people have no footing to stand on and are complaining just to do so , why can't the system set up matches so that if there are squads on a team , that there is another on the other .?. , sometimes I get matches where I'm clearly on the random team and were pitted against two squads that are on the same team .

How is this balanced ?

Where is the concern from any besides whom this effects ?

Why wouldn't the players who are playing in squads , want better unless they just enjoy stomping ?

But most of these same claim to be so good .

This is a joke that's not even funny and this broken system needs attention .

First he had a thale which has the longest range (and knowing Saxon) it was either on a sentinel or a calmando so if he tried to countersipe Saxon would go even further into the RL or just quit sniping all together. You have no point made whatsoever

CCP is highly susceptible to pressure from special interest groups of players. If they aren't fixing something, it's because it suits someone who has influence with CCP. Same thing happens in EvE.

The only way to build a game is to build it completely without the influence of the player base, make it as good a game as you can without nerffing, buffing or otherwise sullying it to benefit whoever has the greatest influence with the developers, ignoring the complaints on the basis that it's already a good game, and any changes that come from those complaints are not likely to improve it.

First he had a thale which has the longest range (and knowing Saxon) it was either on a sentinel or a calmando so if he tried to countersipe Saxon would go even further into the RL or just quit sniping all together. You have no point made whatsoever

no squads? yeah lets get rid of the team part of a team game, if you want to get better at the game run in a squad, even a squad of randoms will do better than a bunch of randoms just matched together, as long as you work together you will all do better, this is not CoD, you kind of need a squad, if you have run proto you will know that the advantage it gives you is small at best, the reason the players from the bigger corps do so well is because we work as a team

Use a forge gun, or a militia rail tank, or dropship a heavy or shotgun fit onto his head? Even if you snipe at him with a militia rifle and he moves back into the RL farther or quits sniping, mission accomplished. He's now farther back in the redline, so your team is in less danger, or hes stopped completely, and so is no longer sniping.

The point is nobody should ever be complaining about snipers. They are straight up the easiest thing in this game to counter.

I like everything except for the friendly-fire part for Solo Contracts.

Domination stays. You silly acquisition people.

The simple solution to this is to run in an organised squad as well. It's not exactly hard to find people you like playing with.

You can't complain people who squad up always smack you if you don't want to squad up. As I have have said for a while now, it's not the squad thats the problem, the fact that they can just use seemingly unlimited amounts of proto gear against guys in standard and advanced is.

Meta level lockouts need to be implemented for it to be more balanced cos proto gear can give a significant advantage.

This is pathetic I love fighting people above me it helps me improve I don't wanna be stuck fighting people on my level cause that's no fun it won't give me a real challenge

The simple solution to this is to run in an organised squad as well. It's not exactly hard to find people you like playing with.

You can't complain people who squad up always smack you if you don't want to squad up. As I have have said for a while now, it's not the squad thats the problem, the fact that they can just use seemingly unlimited amounts of proto gear against guys in standard and advanced is.

Meta level lockouts need to be implemented for it to be more balanced cos proto gear can give a significant advantage.

The simple solution to this is to run in an organised squad as well. It's not exactly hard to find people you like playing with.

You can't complain people who squad up always smack you if you don't want to squad up. As I have have said for a while now, it's not the squad thats the problem, the fact that they can just use seemingly unlimited amounts of proto gear against guys in standard and advanced is.

Meta level lockouts need to be implemented for it to be more balanced cos proto gear can give a significant advantage.

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The simple solution to this is to run in an organised squad as well. It's not exactly hard to find people you like playing with.

You can't complain people who squad up always smack you if you don't want to squad up. As I have have said for a while now, it's not the squad thats the problem, the fact that they can just use seemingly unlimited amounts of proto gear against guys in standard and advanced is.

Meta level lockouts need to be implemented for it to be more balanced cos proto gear can give a significant advantage.

How is it organized if your pitting random players that just happened to squad up against players that simply don't play the game unless they play with their mates in a squad ?

That's not the answer and it's amazing when people try to defend this broken mechanic .

You cant replace or mimic the time and familiarity that known squads have , they have an understanding of who their playing with , their strengths and weaknesses as well as being familiar with what their skilled in and what they specialize in .

You cant compete with that I don't care what hypothesis you try to come up with .

Random players don't play well if their not striving for the same goal and even so , you still have major hurdles to overcome . That's no where near balanced and that's why I just don't put too much stock in those who do youtube that break off 30 , 40 and 50 /1 matches because if you were to place most of these people in a solo scenario , they would be garbage and if not , no where near as efficient as they are inside that squad setting . K/D means nothing in this game and truly is an inflated stat because of the squad factor and playing with those whom you are familiar with , clearly that has a major advantage over random players or players that try to emulate that style but don't have the knowledge , experience or the patience to learn the others in their team .

What I just don't understand is , if these players are so competitive ... then why not just lobby for a more balanced system .?. why keep things the way that they are and then come to the forums or be in-game like your this machismo that can stomp all alone or talk about the fact that your too OP because of ... when if your doing this against random players , don't you feel that you have a distinct advantage by playing with people that your so familiar with , while going against random players because in PC matches , which most youtubers don't show ( not just talking about them because I'm mentioning them , except DAAA BEAST .. ) , you / they wouldn't be anywhere as near as efficient in that setting , so why wouldn't you as a competitive player want to play in that type of setting or a system that would produce more even matches .?. but yet no one talks out about how broken this system is , not the CPM , not the GM and not your precious Rattati .

It is broken and it should get attention so that it can be fixed , clearly there are mismatches and disadvantages aplenty .

The hell is going on here?

The matches I played before I went to work today I was forced up against T.H.I.R.D.R.O.C.K which resulted in me getting sniped repeatedly by Saxonmish using a Thales. Why I am placed in multiple matches against those guys when I am just an average-skilled solo player is beyond me.

I now get home from work and the first match I play I am thrown against Dozermouse and his Fatal Absolution buddies; needless to say they ****** me up.

Who do you think I am, CCP? You think I am a god at this game or something? What do you want from me...my blood, sweat, and tears?

This MU ranking crap needs to be reworked because it clearly screws people over.
-or-
How about you metalock the matches to help level things out?
-or-
How about you remove squads from Public Matches?

The hell is going on here?

The matches I played before I went to work today I was forced up against T.H.I.R.D.R.O.C.K which resulted in me getting sniped repeatedly by Saxonmish using a Thales. Why I am placed in multiple matches against those guys when I am just an average-skilled solo player is beyond me.

I now get home from work and the first match I play I am thrown against Dozermouse and his Fatal Absolution buddies; needless to say they ****** me up.

Who do you think I am, CCP? You think I am a god at this game or something? What do you want from me...my blood, sweat, and tears?

This MU ranking crap needs to be reworked because it clearly screws people over.
-or-
How about you metalock the matches to help level things out?
-or-
How about you remove squads from Public Matches?

I never said have random people squad up, I said squad up with people you like playing with. That is a very distinct difference. Also if random solo players don't want to play as a team and just want to run around like headless chickens doing their own thing that is there choice, but you can't whine and moan it's unfair if you choose not to even try.

I'm not defending the matchmaking cos it is atrocious, I'm defending getting rid of squads cos people don't want to squad up. If pub squads were to disappear, everyone would just go and play fac war.

Meta lock pubs so proto gear can't be used and things suddenly become a lot more even.

Brother, I feel your pain. At the start if games I'll run my most expensive suit, almost adv. level gear in all slots (no proto yet). Its the kit that I get the most WP with lately so I'll try not to die at all. I can square off against most people, retreating if out ranged and stomping if they are within.

Then I'll go up against a player where I get the drop, unload half a clip before they bunny hop away and put me down in less than 2 seconds of fire. They end up with half hp even after me getting the drop. This happens so often, I can instantly call proto and sure enough proto suit and weapon.

And for some reason THIRDROCK has been doing this often lately. SKILL OF GOD is another I've noticed almost every day a few players proto stomping. My highest MU is 34, and it's an APEX that was gifted to me. Of my real suits, it's a 31.

What are the MU of some proto fitted players? I'm curious of the difference.

meta lock doesn't solve passive skills and experience playing the game it'll just have people stomp in adv gear. Removing squads from pubs or making the q put squads against squads is the only fix for pubs other than that stomps will still happen.

To FW statement: they already squad stomp FW so what would change? Getting more balanced FW battles perhaps.

Pubs should have never had squads. It's what allowed pub stomping in the first place. Several organized groups vs randomly matched people is a win button for the squads. Personally I think it's why this game never got popular.

I'd second that. The game needs a devoted soloist mode without squads, where soloists can destroy each other amidst the chaos of non-communication. I'd play that exclusively.

You mean meta level not MU. My full decked out MK.0 has a meta level of 64 I think the highest is 70 (just a guess)

To often people give up simply because they see a Corp squad on the other team. Even when in a squad I hear them say over com's " oh great it's ( place Corp name here ) I'm gonna snipe "

Ive said it a million times, your on a team squad or not. Squading give a very big advantage even with cheap suits.

Meta locking won't stop it. Your personal ability to adapt in all situations should be what determines how well you do, not if your on a squad with glass cannons.

I never said have random people squad up, I said squad up with people you like playing with. That is a very distinct difference. Also if random solo players don't want to play as a team and just want to run around like headless chickens doing their own thing that is there choice...

Meta Level does go higher than 70. I just checked my suits and I have a Proto Logistics at 74, a Proto Assault at 75, and both my Scottsman Officer Suit and Rattati's Officer Suit show 78.

I think 78 might be the highest meta level you can get.

Out of curiosity...highest I could build was a rattati at 101, and a logibro at 128.

Edit: highest I could build and would run... Bolth would be huge force multiplier's.

I put in bold what you typed that pisses me off and let me tell you why.

For some reason you think that if I am running solo that I am not acting accordingly to benefit my team in a match. That right there is ********. I have enough situational awareness in this game to assess what my team needs based on what I see them trying to do and what I know they need to do. I do not need someone to constantly hold my hand and guide me into what I should be doing in a match.

Also, joining a squad does not in any way mean that you are playing as a team. With my experience being in a squad and playing with/against squads I have noticed that squads act in the best interest of the squad, not the team. I see squads abandon blueberries constantly leaving them to get slaughtered instead of jumping in and helping them survive. Most squads don't know a damn thing about working as a team.

The high meta suits is one of the reasons I think meta locking is a bad idea... I could do the same in reverse and make basic suits with very low meta but also extremely tough/good at what they need to do. Experience, sp, and knowledge can make basic suits deadly. Summa tho I don't do it often squad with me sometime ( if I'm playing invite me or message me ) and I'll show you how I play.

Better question is why you dont just counter snipe him.