how to win ~60% without OP gears,

thinking of write this away before things changed after the 2nd hangar introduced

continued from this post in another thread: war-robots-forum.freeforums.net/post/217418/thread

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recently I have enjoyed 58~78% win rate for quite some time at master2@ios, without any component gears (or “DIESST” gears) and wondered why this is happening.  

in short, I realized it’s not just skill but also attitude.  I once saw a post saying “if you want to win, play Domination with a CQC hangar”.  I found sth similar. 

during the stretch with >60% win, I often played Domination bcs of beacon and light bot daily tasks.  

what I did were as following: 
1. run a “close quarter support” hangar in Domination (hangar is in my signature),
2. did whatever I can to win, no matter what.  this often involves capping beacons efficiently (i.e. if a teammate go to one, I go to another) and using teammates with better gears (e.g. Ancilots) as much as I can, 

what I didn’t or was not, were these:
3. leave or fade.  if wife calls during the battle, let her wait a bit (...)
4. a champ with DIESST Mk2 gears,
5. in a champ squad, 

all battles were played as a random solo pilot.  so in a 6-vs-6 matchup, my team has 1/6 more chance of having 1 and 2, while 1/6 LESS chance of having 3, 4, or 5.  

3 and 5 are among the most decisive factors, if they ever happen.  I realize having less leaver in my team (because I am not a leaver) (would guarantee a win) is slightly more frequent than meeting a full champ squad (would guarantee a loss).  so chance of winning increases a bit (although not necessarily significant) just by having the right attitude. 

now it’s 1 and 2 (factor for win) vs 4 (factor for loss).  here I think 1 and 2 were winning over 4.  

especially the factor 1 was interesting.  in many Domination games I won, I realize I fought against bots like Zeus or Tempest Furies in maps like Moon and Dead City.  this has been certainly an advantage.  in the Moon I don’t remember when was the last time I lost except against full Champs or with more leaver/faders in my team.  DC was also decent, followed by PP and Valley. 

now in larger maps, SF, Yam, Canyon, and to some extend SZ, I would be at a disadvantage.  but the disadvantage was not as great as the advantage I am getting at smaller map.  in fact, my win% at SF and Yam have been not at all bad.  Canyon was so-so, and SZ has been my weakest point.  

this would be a typical, representative battle result: 

both team had one full DIESST hangars on top, the red one greener (more Mk2) than the blue one.  let them fight each other and I cap beacons in the meantime

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this was less pronounced in Beacn Rush.  the win rate once 78% went down to 58% now, especially those 4~5 consecutive losses right after switching back to the Beacon Rush.  but it has been staying there for a week now.  

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it will be interesting to see how this will change once the second hangar hit the ios world,