Post by TooSchoolForCool on Dec 10, 2017 2:06:27 GMT -5
With the vitriol on the forums, and the genuine unfun I've been having on my Gold 1 account, I needed to step away for a bit and reevaluate why I stay on these forums and whether I really find enjoyment in this game anymore. Unfortunately that meant deleting TinTheFiend, as I do have an addictive personality type (thank goodness I'm a cheap basted) and it was the only way I was going to be able to do so. I am also staying away from my Gold league account, as without sandbagging(or spending hundreds in RM), there is no positive outlook for it.
Earlier this year I swung for the 5th slot, and loaded them up with the only non-premium meta bot (Griffin) with meta Sets (DB/PDB/Punisher).
Au production came to a screeching halt.
Ag earnings were lower than they were in bronze league.
Matches became generally un-fun. It felt like, as a player, I'd have no impact on the match outcomes whatsoever. Every match made me feel woefully underpowered, just to see my name at the top of the charts at the end of the round. That, in turn, just made it gradually worse, it would literally take two days worth of casual play time to get enough Ag to level something from 6 to 7. Even then, the competition would get stiffer with every match, while it takes weeks of grinding to see a marginal improvement in my own hangar. It locks one into said hangar too, as trying anything lighter is met with Max Treb fire.
Here is a match to exemplify. The ENTIRE TEAM was Griffins on spawn. Everything I did felt low impact. A full DB out DPS'd by an Ork Rog. Having 0 push power because my weapons are barely chewing into my opponents, while theirs evaporate my bots. A game which felt utterly terrible, but which is the average result in me VS MM. I can't embrace the suck, because gameplay like this IS WHAT I CONSTITUTE AS SUCKING.
Moral of the story: We as a community need to promote the fun aspects of the game to people that seek our guidance. Rushing to meta status to try to compete with people that have been around for years/spent thousands of dollars is toxic to the experience and creates more hostilities throughout the community.
People listen to us, and the youtubers, but rarely is there any mention of the months or money, we, as role models for the community, have already put into our accounts. Many of these people have been in the game for no more than a couple of weeks, we are NOT making their experience better by rushing them into the upper echelons.
It’s more your tactics than anything. Your matched seemed comparable to many of mine as far as damage given versus received and I have all of my bots at minimum of level 9 (excluding dash and inquisitor), and all the weapons I could ever possibly use at 12 (excluding ember, shocktrain, scourge, storm). Take a breather between kills and search for your next kill in meantime.