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Post by billwillson on Jul 18, 2017 21:03:24 GMT -5
When the firetruck do people stop being hang back heros with their zeniths and norincos? Scooping up a whopping 150k damage, 0 kills and 0 beacons all game... Does this eventually stop in the higher leagues? Also subrants: firetruck this event chest, firetruck to the new thunder (we meta now), and firetruck level 30s in silver league.
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Post by Danny Linguini on Jul 18, 2017 21:39:09 GMT -5
I can tell you it doesn't stop in Gold. I just moved up to Gold 1 AGAIN (4th time, I think -- I lost count now), and it's worse than ever, I had one game with three campers on my team, and another one with three gekkos hanging back on the red team, which was good for us because that meant chasing only three red bots for beacons instead of six. But I digest.... lots of campers, and lots of leavers and deadwood. Somebody said it gets better when you get to Diamond and above, because those players are more serious. We shall see. Maybe.
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inspirace
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Post by inspirace on Jul 18, 2017 21:46:38 GMT -5
in ios, zenits etc are hard to see after diamond. instead you will see treb campers, and they actually do some damage.
it may also depend on the time of the day - I see Chinese campers early morning (2~5am) in the US, who just sit and fire lvl12 trebs all the time, getting the top dmg in a losing team,
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Post by drake1588 on Jul 18, 2017 21:59:14 GMT -5
I've seen some embarrassingly bad play in diamond and expert since I've been here.
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nolsp1
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Post by nolsp1 on Aug 13, 2017 6:11:09 GMT -5
Beacon Rush maybe better.
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ziglodyte
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Post by ziglodyte on Aug 13, 2017 9:21:56 GMT -5
For me, match quality was the worst at the upper end of Silver. Since then, things were noticably better in gold and even better than that in diamond. On Android, making it out of the silver slums is a big deal because the ratio of tankers to more earnest players changes dramatically after that.
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Post by Muhlakai on Aug 14, 2017 7:37:47 GMT -5
You'll still see the occasional Zenits in Diamond, but fortunately the noricums seem to have disappeared. They were replaced by gekkos. It's not that there aren't dumb people as you move up, just that they'll be dumb with slightly better weapons.
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Post by Demosthenes on Aug 14, 2017 10:06:43 GMT -5
iOS Expert 2: I honestly can't remember the last time I saw any zenits or noricums. Frequently see maxed trebs and gekkos - both of which can do significant damage. Some hydras, which are more of an annoyance than anything else.
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vinceh
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Post by vinceh on Aug 18, 2017 13:34:22 GMT -5
When the firetruck do people stop being hang back heros with their zeniths and norincos? Scooping up a whopping 150k damage, 0 kills and 0 beacons all game... Does this eventually stop in the higher leagues? Also subrants: firetruck this event chest, firetruck to the new thunder (we meta now), and firetruck level 30s in silver league. they become treb fury or treb+gekko natashas. So, a bit improvement? |
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Post by doubledeez on Aug 18, 2017 15:51:18 GMT -5
Nope. I'm in Diamond 2 and there is a sad lack of strategic initiative based on observation of enemy tactics...
...okay, pilots aren't capping beacons.
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Post by GuitarGuy on Aug 18, 2017 15:58:44 GMT -5
Sadly, Your going to find no beacon mofos all the way up to Champion. Granted, the play gets better and its not as prevalent once pilots learn CQC but it still goes on. When solo, I see what I call "Jaded Champs". Pilots who run solo and the MM forces the 50% win rate and it just crushes there spirit. They give in to it and just go for as much damage as possible, if they win. fine. if not. its just on to the next brawl. beacons are someone else's concern...
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Post by xXrobotrippinXx on Aug 18, 2017 18:05:26 GMT -5
I've noticed a huge difference since I hit D2, about 4 days ago. Granted, when I was in D3 it was mostly gold players.
Since I got into D2 and it's pretty much 85% diamond, 10% expert & 5% gold, I haven't seen one Zenit/Noricum setup.
There are still quite a few Snipers but they are using Trebs/Gekkos or Molots. You're probably always going to have snipers and campers, that's just a given.
In my experience it DEFINITELY DOES gradually get better though. It definitely seems like everyone is really trying to win a lot more and fighting over beacons and holding them more since I hit D2.
It's weird, I noticed a bigger change in it from D3 to D2 than I did from silver to D3, I think.
That's just my experience on iOS.
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