The solo queue now... the dregs of the game

My god. It's awful. Terribly.Terribly.Awful.

Back when there was one queue, I probably recognized 50% of everyone I played against.
Then Solo and Group split. Recognized 20% originally in solo and that has since grown to probably 40%.

Now? I'm lucky to recognize 10% in solo and the games are simply awful. It's a lucky game if even 25% of the IS mechs in a match are quirk compliant which is a telltale sign of people not knowing wtf they're doing. GGCW.

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I would say this represents most games of what I'm talking about although my score is inflated. Don't recognize anyone. There is only 1 unit I recognize (420). The other team consistently does 300ish while the other mostly does 100. I'd say at least 4 out of 5 games are this.

 

LOL I run my Super Chicken which I don't think is quirk compliant

My Dragon 1N is... I think my Stalker is and my Centurion is a Zombie although I am thinking of switching to the AH for fun.

 

3L Super Chicken is definitely not quirk compliant. It is, however, badass enough not to give a damn!

 

3L is def 2erll compliant, silly gooses. You're only giving up a whopping -5% ml duration.

 

Step 1, get a light.

Step 2, backstab them all

I'm happy because I'm in love again with my first love Jenner F

I've played some games because CW just won't start, never met anyone I know.

 

Lucky gits a lot of the people I see regularly are out in good mechs currently. Most others are still sporting unit tags. Strange thing is the assault mechs that people were levelling have mostly disappeared. It was obvious from being out-turned so easily by some of the mechs that they're at least doubled compared to my Gargoyles and King Crabs. In fact I was often the only KCB or GAR on my side so kept leading the charges.... in an unlevelled mech.. ahem...

 

Didn't PGI state that CW would only run on certain days and certain time periods? Or did they take that back and change it (I know they won't for the challenge weekend, but next week...)?

 

soo after I have spent many many hours in CW I don't find it that great anymore.
Zerg rush or lose. Gates are virtually useless. bugs are freaking ridiculous. etc.

However, I don't understand why this affects the solo queue but it is HORRIBLE!
So yeah I can confirm that

 

What bugs have you been seeing, out of curiosity? Surprisingly, that's the one thing I have yet to run into in CW.

I do agree that the gates are useless except as a choke point, but I don't see how they could change them without making things awful for attackers, and right now attacking needs a bit of a balance boost as is in most cases.

 

Lots of Memory Allocation Ones. I've had to drop my graphics from absolutely maxed to medium.

HSR seems distinctly odd with lasers too.

 

That's why I'm playing lights lately to practice. You can just run off and do your thing.

 

bugs:

missing mech type in end of game screen
screwed up hardpoints when in the "no cockpit in ight mechs" bug in CW maps
no cockpit in light mechs - bug
CTD
drop ship selection resets itself to trial mechs or cannot be saved
etc etc etc

 

TBH the biggest issue with CW is the awful map design, but we can / should create a new thread for this discussion if need be

 

That and it ate up 70 percent of my cpu for no reason during matching.
Also slow framerate... I have had single digit.

 

I recognized someone my last game AND my team won, no idea what you're talking about Lt. (C wot I did there?)

I think I actually run into you the most consistently. I like solo queue to test funky builds and to practice my light piloting now, the team's irresponsibility means little that way.

 

This. This was my greatest fear.

 

The most annoying bug I've gotten is the MWO mouse cursor staying for the match. Having a big Black and Yellow triangle on top of your crosshairs really makes it a pain in the ass to aim.

 

Relaunching the client fixes that for me.
Workaround in battle I pull the mouse in the lower left corner and press c for realigning the torso. So the arrow stays out of the way for at least a while.

 

Press "B" twice. Opens and closes the map, relocks your mouse.