Alcina Nektaria
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Posted - 2015.10.08 15:36:00 -
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If you really double down and think about it, there are many factors that play into the imbalance of games.
- For one, there are the exploits in which higher tiered players can get put in a match vs lower tiered players just from having a low tier player as their squad leader.
- Another issue is that of Scotty randomly filling matches because there is such a huge divide between solo players vs squads. If we had a mechanic for solo players to queue into matches where there are only other solo players that would be a viable fix and also a means for actually testing the theory that "squads are too op"
- Toss in the next issue being that people don't usually run conventional suits in pubs. Lezbehonest....pubs are a breeding ground for testing which fits work vs which don't.
- Along with the point above, lets look into the fact that I can GUARANTEE that close to half of the player base don't know what a proper fit looks like for their racial class.
- Lets also take a look at the fact that people test other roles that may have piqued their interests and don't quite understand how the role is actually SUPPOSED to be played.
- Then there are people with absolutely no brain that don't understand you have to pay attention to what's going on around you and adapt to various situations.
- There are also people who have good gun game, and those who can't aim to save their lives and Auto Aim can't even help them. (Telling these players to give up or quit is not a solution, maybe we should be encouraging them to try another role such as uplink deployment, or speed hacking, or even just a transport role. Fly an ADS or drive an LAV around with a mobile CRU)
- Among many other reasons I won't continue to list, there is the fact that MANY don't understand tactics or how certain maps are supposed to be played. This has EVERYTHING to do with the way you approach the objective(s) to flanking, to uplink deployment (i hate you assholes who put uplinks super high on towers right above the enemy where the only way to get down is hopping down into a whole mass of red)
The list honestly goes on and on, but what it comes down to is a need for compromise on both ends. Adding in a seperate solo mode and also the community stepping up to help the noobs out.
I gave some fresh newbie a Spartan Assault BPO so that he could see a semi-decent fit on a Gal Assault, but also so that he could make some money and take all the risks he wanted with no penalty (but only to his KDR which is not even a relevant statistic)
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Alcina Nektaria
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Rise Of Legion.
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Posted - 2015.10.08 19:53:00 -
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Daemonn Adima wrote:You're absolutely right on most points, except you can't really modify or balance the game around those factors.
When on average, a new player has to land 90% more shots than a veteran, something is wrong. The disparity is too great and even veterans admit they can feel the gap in performance.
This is the main cause of stomping, not squads. Take 4 people into a game with tactics and put me on the other team. If we are on similar MU, that squad will die. There are absolutely ways to counter squad tactics, but how do you counter the disparity performance when it averages the numbers we've posted?
That was kind of the point I was getting at. There's a way to go about "fixing" it but it seems no one is on the same page about it.
Which is why there should be a solo mode. The whole reason CCP reduced squad sizes was to fix the matchmaking process, but if we look at the solo players queuing in as well, it has just as much of a chance to throw off the matchmaking as the 6 man squads did.
The absolute BEST CASE scenario i see for a fix on this subject is
A. Add a Solo Queue
B. Under "Other Contracts" list the current matches going on so that players can join to fill the battle instead of hoping that Scotty will fill all the matches himself.
As for the stomping side of it, yes there should be some sort of Tier lock BUT it should be player chosen in squad settings.
I realize this would probably take A LOT of work on CCP's part, but this is the community they have and if they want things to get better, if WE want things to get better then there needs to be some actual positive feedback and achievable ideas, not just rants and arguments about dropping squad based matches or solo players going to biomass because they don't want to work as a team or squad.
It comes down to compromise.
Edit: the points A and B go together it's not a choice between one or the other. Wasn't sure if I had made that clear.
KEQ and ROFL. Diplomat.
D4GG3R is my mom.
Only REAL pancakes wear dresses.GÖÑ
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