I have hit a turning point in my approach to this game...
Apr 3, 2017 11:54:52 GMT -5
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Post by ⓣⓡⓘⓒⓚⓨ48 on Apr 3, 2017 11:54:52 GMT -5
... sorta.
So, rather than muck up a thread that prolly has a different subject... I want to just rant about how my experience has been, and how it has affected my attitude.
See... I was an optimist. I used to take every explanation and progress update Pix released, as honesty. I used to believe that they wanted the game to succeed. I used to believe that there was an end goal that would allow for good game-play at all levels. I used to believe that the player experience was foremost in their minds. I used to believe that I had found a game to be content with. I used to believe that I would be putting off things that needed to be done in real life to get a good round of matches in... kill some bots, make some Ag and Au, and have fun with my team. I used to believe that 12/12 was an attainable goal. I used to believe that there was no way things could be worse than the clubber scourge.
Now, I am firmly of the belief that I have no idea what the hell is the point.
Always before, the matches themselves were what kept me from worrying about trifling little things like: Natashas with Zenits and Noris having a get together with Natashas with Trebs and Gekkos and never leaving the home backyard, MM mismatches and Nerfing and Buffing the wrong things, lack of communication, no new content in a timely manner (wow protolot... took you a while to show back up... -_-), etc. The full on 6 Blues vs 6 Reds could turn out either way... team mates and opponents were varied, some great, some not, but there was a chance, every game, to be in a fun situation, win or lose. The BATTLES are what I play(ed) for. Not the rewards, not the standings, but the bot crushing, beacon capping, camper killing, center flanking, spawn raiding fun of the game, instead, kept me pressing that orange button that took me to the battle.
So, now, the only way to have anywhere near a decent game, in my experience, is to squad up. Yet, that is becoming harder and harder to do, due to the times that I can normally play the game bc of Real Life being overwhelmingly busy, not being the same times that others are on, usually. And the lack of as many people playing, as well. This past weekend has been an exception, btw... so I am not completely set on giving up, yet.
This revelation brought me to a realization.... The only thing that keeps me playing are the players themselves. NOT the game. I have fun when a squad-mate and I team up well and blast Reds in a 4:1 kill ratio setting. I have fun when we struggle and fight tooth and nail for every second of Beacon control, only to lose at the end. I have fun when I have to use every bot that is in my hangar, as well as when I am well protected and use only my Zeus bot, effectively, almost the whole match (Carny can get beacons too 8) ) I have fun in any game that my team and the reds are obviously involved, engaged, and playing the game in an all-out brawl. You get the drift, I am sure. I am also sure, you know how rare this is now.
So, I no longer feel the desire to defend the devs or believe them when they say they are doing something about the situation. Nor do I want to rail against them... I am more apathetic and just adopt a wait and see attitude. I play to squad, now, since I can only squad to play. I don't know how much longer I can keep putting common sense on the shelf and letting hope for something better cloud my vision of the game. Sure there are bright spots, but they are sullied by tankers/DCs (whichever it is) running rampant. So, I am biding my time until I get pushed too far... and/or the squads that I can find become less than it takes to complete the majority of my dailies. Solo games used to be the majority of my play b/c of how random my windows of opportunity to play were.... now, I can't just jump on for a quickie, and that has brought me to a pretty low trophy count, and a pretty low overall outlook on the game.
Sure hope this gets alleviated soon... if the separate queue idea doesn't fix it, I hope it doesn't take them 2 more months to decide to try something different, then 2 more to fix it. I'll be gone before that. Not a threat or anything... just a TL;DR post about what was a pretty positive player turning around and realizing that I am really at the bottom of a well surrounded by walls of slick stone and mold, and that the light I was seeing was really so far above me that I had no way of actually reaching it...
Hope PIX throws down a rope ladder soon.
Cheers for reading, if you chose to.
So, rather than muck up a thread that prolly has a different subject... I want to just rant about how my experience has been, and how it has affected my attitude.
See... I was an optimist. I used to take every explanation and progress update Pix released, as honesty. I used to believe that they wanted the game to succeed. I used to believe that there was an end goal that would allow for good game-play at all levels. I used to believe that the player experience was foremost in their minds. I used to believe that I had found a game to be content with. I used to believe that I would be putting off things that needed to be done in real life to get a good round of matches in... kill some bots, make some Ag and Au, and have fun with my team. I used to believe that 12/12 was an attainable goal. I used to believe that there was no way things could be worse than the clubber scourge.
Now, I am firmly of the belief that I have no idea what the hell is the point.
Always before, the matches themselves were what kept me from worrying about trifling little things like: Natashas with Zenits and Noris having a get together with Natashas with Trebs and Gekkos and never leaving the home backyard, MM mismatches and Nerfing and Buffing the wrong things, lack of communication, no new content in a timely manner (wow protolot... took you a while to show back up... -_-), etc. The full on 6 Blues vs 6 Reds could turn out either way... team mates and opponents were varied, some great, some not, but there was a chance, every game, to be in a fun situation, win or lose. The BATTLES are what I play(ed) for. Not the rewards, not the standings, but the bot crushing, beacon capping, camper killing, center flanking, spawn raiding fun of the game, instead, kept me pressing that orange button that took me to the battle.
So, now, the only way to have anywhere near a decent game, in my experience, is to squad up. Yet, that is becoming harder and harder to do, due to the times that I can normally play the game bc of Real Life being overwhelmingly busy, not being the same times that others are on, usually. And the lack of as many people playing, as well. This past weekend has been an exception, btw... so I am not completely set on giving up, yet.
This revelation brought me to a realization.... The only thing that keeps me playing are the players themselves. NOT the game. I have fun when a squad-mate and I team up well and blast Reds in a 4:1 kill ratio setting. I have fun when we struggle and fight tooth and nail for every second of Beacon control, only to lose at the end. I have fun when I have to use every bot that is in my hangar, as well as when I am well protected and use only my Zeus bot, effectively, almost the whole match (Carny can get beacons too 8) ) I have fun in any game that my team and the reds are obviously involved, engaged, and playing the game in an all-out brawl. You get the drift, I am sure. I am also sure, you know how rare this is now.
So, I no longer feel the desire to defend the devs or believe them when they say they are doing something about the situation. Nor do I want to rail against them... I am more apathetic and just adopt a wait and see attitude. I play to squad, now, since I can only squad to play. I don't know how much longer I can keep putting common sense on the shelf and letting hope for something better cloud my vision of the game. Sure there are bright spots, but they are sullied by tankers/DCs (whichever it is) running rampant. So, I am biding my time until I get pushed too far... and/or the squads that I can find become less than it takes to complete the majority of my dailies. Solo games used to be the majority of my play b/c of how random my windows of opportunity to play were.... now, I can't just jump on for a quickie, and that has brought me to a pretty low trophy count, and a pretty low overall outlook on the game.
Sure hope this gets alleviated soon... if the separate queue idea doesn't fix it, I hope it doesn't take them 2 more months to decide to try something different, then 2 more to fix it. I'll be gone before that. Not a threat or anything... just a TL;DR post about what was a pretty positive player turning around and realizing that I am really at the bottom of a well surrounded by walls of slick stone and mold, and that the light I was seeing was really so far above me that I had no way of actually reaching it...
Hope PIX throws down a rope ladder soon.
Cheers for reading, if you chose to.
