Anyone else here losing interest in this game?

Yes, I have (with the help of the new match making) started to come to the conclusion that games where your winning / losing is 80%+ outside of your control simply aren't that enjoyable. At least for me they're not. My hard learned skills and carefully curated hangar setups mean relatively little compared to the luck of the draw for teammates / enemies, the wonkiness of the match making, the size of the pool of people currently playing, the map you happen to get, and even the sheer luck of the match itself ( who chooses which bot when, which bots/weapons the enemy happens to choose, who randomly decides to go which direction, etc.).

On an individual basis this is as much a game of luck as skill if not more so. And there is a reason I'm not sitting in a casino pulling a slot machine lever.

I'm owning Fury' with my aphid/hydra griff... You should give that setup a try.

I hear you, brother. I've been playing for about a year, getting close to maxing and I anticipate not approaching the game with the same amount of fervor as before. I do enjoy the stepped up competition, I do. But I miss the laid-backness and unpredictability of what used to be silver tier.

I also notice a significant shift here on the forum. Pix used to be held in such high regard but now there is a crescendo in the vitriol aimed at them.

Especially at open maps the game is turning into a sniper and camper game... this is not my style of playing. So... I get really bored this time with the new MM. I stopped RM in the game for that and hopefully Pixo will see that playing against 3 - 5 maxed Furys is destroying everything...

Hey gang.

Truth be told, yes. Not losing interest, lost interest.

With all that happened recently, War Robots went from something I eagerly looked forward to playing every chance I got. Towards the end simply playing to at least knock my dailies over became a chore. Simply put, it just stopped being fun.


My time with War Robots started out like most... I played with little care for the meta (and kinda never did). I levelled unevenly, and made my fair share of poor loadouts, level 7 Destrier goddammit! Then realised I was very outmatched.

Like many, my journey led me to the original wiki forum, where I learned about play strategies and styles, tiers, tips and everything else. Eventually that tide brought me here where I honed my gameplay even more. But most importantly I met some pretty cool pilots, and immersed myself in their journey too. Perhaps I had even more fun in getting myself wrecked taking screenies because Strange Bots seen in the Wild and Funniest Robot Names. I even looked forward to Beaning, getting Beaned and throwing in the randomest head scratching Five Word posts I could.

Anyways. My whinging is not coming as a clubber. Never did. But once I understood the tiers I knew I could find my place in the skill heirachy, learn, adjust, move up, repeat. It was loads of fun.

Perhaps that's what I miss the most from the old Match Maker. I knew where I stood at all times. I could truly gauge how well or how badly I was doing and make the necessary adjustments before the next round of levelling. If I wanted a challenge I could load in my absolute best hangar and push myself hard. Losing in such a situation came with a smile because I knew I did my best, and every loss came with a valued lesson. Winning was even better (nah, really?) because doing my best paid off. Not just the AU rewards but also in knowing that doing my best and pushing myself was worth it. On the flipside if I was worn out from work and wanted to kick about in a Destrier with Punishers (seriously, I love that bot/weapon combo) because hey, tired, don't wanna be uber competitive for a couple of rounds, I could.

Side note, when my darling girl wanted to play herself, I could level her hangar accordingly and she too could stomp and romp with a big smile on her face.

All the community ever wanted was to keep clubbers/farmers out of the lower tiers, let the newbies be newbies. A slight nerf to the Gepard (sorry for using Gep Mag clubbers as a yardstick, I'm aware you're not all bad) and/or some sort of penalty/barrier system was needed.

Pixonic have proven they could have done this all along. With the sneaky Gepard Nerf AND the 1/1 Gateway To Hell barrier. But they didn't until it was too little, too late.

When the new MM rolled out I was actually quite eager to get in and see how well I could roll with the big boys. Not very well at all, BUT, it was yet another chance to learn and adjust, and therefore improve. Should have been fun. Truth be told my skill (and in turn gear) meant nothing facing even lesser skilled players with maxed out hangars.

I know how to flank Rhinos, Galahads etc. I know how to scope the battlefield and defend my weakpoints/play my strong points. I even took on a Lancelot in an Aphid Stalker and won. It took forever, felt like an rpg bossfight, and loved every second of it.

Nowadays the game has become far too erratic to know where I stand. It's either "Bugger, we lost. Oh that's right, 11/12's all round." or "Sweet, we won! 「whiskey tango foxtrot」 the rest of the players are Bronzies."

Now, Wifey and I have a line for when we start cracking the 「dookie」s at videogames. "If it's making you angry, why the 「fluffernutter」 are you still playing it!?"

Maybe if/when Pixo fix their Yugo-esque 「fluffernutter」up (and I do mean Yugo as in the car, fellow revheads) and their playstore page is filled with mostly good reviews, I may download it again. Until then, I'm out.

For those sticking with it, I wholeheartedly hope your efforts are not in vain and you still find enjoyment playing. Power to you. Truly.

Light Our Darkest Hour.

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Agree, agree! This is exact the reason, why i quit camper maps before the game starts.

I play since 4 month. At the beginnig i tried all availabe bots and weapons. Heavy bots wtih long range are too boring for me and so my peferred hangar was light bots - especially geps. So i spend some real money and a lot of time for my geps. Before the mm update i facing griffins and leos in the same class of about 6/9 - and it was hard enough to beat them in an knife fight. But actually i face 12/12 furies with long or mid range weapons. There is absolute no chance for a fair match.

In the past i was not focused on heavy bots and long range weapons. So i'm not competitive anymore. I canged my hangar to heavies, but i have no competitive long range weapons. It is not my decision anymore what bots, weapons and strategy I want to play.

So at the end the only successful strategy is buy a big fat and slow bot with long range weapons and play like a sniper. But this is really boring, isn't it?

If you guys want to leave the game, feel free to give anything to me before doing so...

All joke aside it takes ages to get bots or weapons in this game. That's a bit depressing to see people with beautiful hangar talking about leaving this game.

Just my feelings. Can't  force me today to do my daily tasks.

Long answer: No

Dot often see tt fury, usually trebs. The thing that makes me groan the most is the Ancelot. Once that monstrosity appears, it's largely game over.

Flank it with plasma or get right in its face with a DB.

Even just corner shooting it with a plasma Galahad works, given enough time. I've popped the Lance's physical shield and killed a few that way.

The real problem is the passengers that an Ancelot will bring with him. Usually the threat of rockets deters dense stacking, but the new mighty Ancile takes away that threat. So you get, to borrow a cardboard counter wargaming term, kill stacks.

Not losing interest, no.

Barely play anymore, mostly just checking to see if MM has gotten better, which it has not.

So on your way across the map to take out a fury you get to try and pass 5 other bots whom most are taking shots at you from a safe distance and another who is in your face.. You rarely make it cross map to get the fury...  OR if you take your time and waste 3 or 4 minutes trying to get to the fury or natsha safely you lose out on damage so low trophies and no gold rewards for you..



I think the long range game at the higher lvls will prove to be unfun and when the league system is implemented you will see most all players staying in the mid tiers


As for ancile lancelot... stay out of range and use range weapons..  otherwise its a game of numbvers either your teammates rush ahead with you or you all sit back and take shots and hope for an opening