So... how are things...

-.-

How goes MWO, current meta and most of your awful justifications for ignoring it, your ugly faces, terrible builds, CW rollout, scrubs you've been fighting that I'd easily maul, etc. Give me good news, that may precipitate my dreaded return.

Talk to me!

^.^

ps - read this the other month - http://www.reddit.com/r/OutreachHPG/comments/2hzf0p/house_of_lords_closing_mwo_branch/?sort=new

 

Lets just say this, ignoring those earlybird sales things are getting more fun. CW is ok if you are i a group, else it is a deathtrap.

 

Its an odd game atm. Group queue is interesting as so many people playing atm in a semi organised way. You get the usual rolls but you apper able to effect each game quite a lot even in a small team. Of course you also get larger teams practicing for CW which adds a lot of challenge ... and worries me about the quality of some of the CW teams from their performance! I do notice a lot of the older good players are more spread out than before as you'll suddenly notice that "xyz" has changed tags.

Solo queue is essentially unchanged at least in my ELO except almost everyone is in an established unit. A lot of people are grinding c-bills for CW so you'll still see Lords, 228th, AS etc there.

Coincidentally, ignore the Lords thing as they basically reformed - some came some went. I see them regularly in the solo, group and CW queues so they still seem active. There are however definitely more competitive teams than their used to be but they're essentially all playing (or farming depending on your perspective) CW ... which leads to problems as they quite often will be playing solo/small group teams. Just look for @Michael 's thread on the state of CW and it will show you the perspective from a solo players viewpoint. I'm playing on a more organised side so I possibly have a slightly more positive view. You do really have to learn a lot of things from scratch it feels like though. I seem to remember theres a third CW map out soon.

In terms of meta - well definitely lighter and more mobile mechs than before due to the max 240 ton CW cap. Clan mechs have polarised to essentially "laser vomit" setups (SCR, TBR, HBR) or SRM rush (SCR) whereas the IS is far more mixed due to the quirks. There are definitely themes, certain quirked IS mechs like the TDR-9S with its insane ER PPC quirks, quite a few laser boats like the BJ-1X, WVR-6K etc using ML's and LPL's. You get more LRM boats in CW than in the old group queue, e.g. BLR-1S. There were a lot of MPL boats due to the quirks for a few months but CW has dropped that (IMO) as range, mobility and cover is so important there.

OH I almost forgot the AC5 and UAC/5 boats ..... DRG-1N, JM6-DD and DWF....

 

I have 56k GXP, and like, 65mil in cash not counting tons of extra mechs/consumes that I don't need anymore.

So... while installing I smurfed out a simple derp build... then after install, log in... I bought a Kit Fox-S... Primed some of the extra JJs off the legs... and put a C arm on that mofo; ECM ofc...

Then I spent like an hour trying to figure out how to get new modules. Now I got tier 5 in the two CERPPC wep mods and put a CERPPC on the sucker.

Then before dropping, I went into rebind hot keys and the game instantly froze and crashed. Classic MWO shit right there.

Fuckin a...

...I shall post my build if I don't fall asleep in my chair restarting the client up to try a match soon. You guys know I haven't played this since the leadup to launch right?

 

Rofl this things hilarious



Unfortunately the game seems the exact same. While that's a washout I guess for the gameplay, I dunno where CW comes into all of this. It should be like, BOOM in your face the moment you log in, immersing you. Unfortunately it's now an even more convoluted UI with CW... nowhere?

FML

 

Here's my first round back

 

Next game I got teamkilled by "Leeroy Mechkins"

Why am I not surprised...

 

Lol people still remember you maybe... the price of infamy?

That said its the competition atm and I was TK'd in my very first match of it by someone desperate for a kill.

Was about to mention that its ballsy to start with the Kitfox ... then remembered you were in lords so Clan mechs. Surprised at the choice though as not sure I've seen any Lords in them.

On the 56m, sadly c--bills don't go far if you're fully outfitting a mech for CW. Some of my IS CW medium mechs cost 27.1m each to outfit including modules.... whelp.

The CW side will spam you with alerts once you accept a faction using the faction tab. Thats presuming you want to solo drop.

 

Got TK today, someone trying to killsteal firing an alphy of 4 LL right into my CT from the back.

 

Most blatant example I saw during the first weekend of the competition was in a match after I'd got 4 kills on Forest Colony and died quite happy at having totally wrecked their push and racked up 984 damage. Nothing exceptional but a strong performance. I found myself ghosting a DRG-1N who sat non stop firing at a BLR at about 500-550m while 4 people on our side pushed into their flank and he literally shot them all then blamed them loudly for crossing his firing line. The level of stupidity is sometimes staggering in FPS's.

 

Agreed.
But there is a difference between that and firing at your team when they are at a choke point in the factory.
That, and if you notice that you are hitting your own team, please kindly move that crosshair away onto a wall or something, instead of keeping the damage on your team.

 

Yeah we've all had a volley that gets intercepted by a team mate but theres no excuse to keep doing it.

 

Some people just believe they have first rights on targets and essentially will shoot at them regardless of friendlies in the way. Yes, it is those people that will also complain about the positioning of those friendlies. I often feel the urge to shoot friendlies for a variety of valid reason, but rarely do so on purpose (I may leg a TK-er). And there is the difference. I do not believe it is stupidity. I honestly believe it is a mentality issue,...

 

Is this the return of Dread Lord Soy?

 

I really don't know. Kinda on the fence about it.

I'll prolly try derping around for a couple days... if I get sucked in, ok. I doubt that'll happen, though.

I wasn't in Lords I was DV8, Lords was made after I quit , when DV8 broke up cuz we won the game. When I logged on I had a unit invite from kaffeangst? No idea...

I didn't see anything about CW at all, really. Kinda disappointed that it's not a big tutorial video that just goes BLAM.

I really don't like the UI, it's more tedious and sluggish than Madden '12 or w/e it was that would hang everytime you moved thru a menu screen. I'm not saying I hate it, cuz that's a strong word to use to describe a game interface.

Gameplay seems like it's actually less skillful than I recall, as in the sharpness has been dulled a bit or something I can't quite explain succinctly, but w/e.

 

Quirks made things different. A lot of mechs/builds are semi-viable now if not completely viable.

CW is fun, but like others have said it really requires playing with a group in TS to truly enjoy. It's not up-front and in-your-face yet because they know it isn't finished and is still in the early stages of implementation. They are improving upon it every patch. After they have reached a good point, they will begin focusing on things like New Player experience, tutorials, etc. Probably in an effort to put it on Steam, and they've really needed that stuff for years now. Oh, and a UI re-work... again...

Lots of stuff still happening and changing with those parts of the game, but the gameplay and tactics has remained very similar. Brawling is more prevalent than ever before, but ranged combat isn't obsolete. It's basically evened out and this is probably the cause of your "lack of skill" feeling. You can be effective in a lot more situations now with a lot more builds. Personally it has become more difficult on some fronts. Tactics are a bit harder to predict because there are multiple strategies that work now. Most maps are still fought over in the same areas, maps and spawns could use some attention this year.

Overall things have gotten better across the board. Varying levels of improvement, little for some, a lot for others, but the overall consensus is "improved".

 

Never was at you level of skill, but was myself away from the game for quite some time. Came back a month ago and felt the same way as you.
At least for me nothing has really changed and it had same bugs and clunky UI as before except for now clan mechs were around. I played for 2 weeks and decided to retire again. I at least really saw no point.

Also that is true you were DV8 not Lords. My bad, just assumed it as it was your tag on the scoreboard.

 

I giggle to wonder how long I can remain on Lords unit roster before someone in it says "...wait... wtf... is that Soy?"

CW needs to be IN. YOUR. FACE. Not some bullshit. And it's not even rolled out yet to a legitimate immersive level? Seriously? it's 3052 2015...

 

Freudian slip?
(i kid)