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Post by shawngonakillyou on Oct 13, 2022 22:25:03 GMT -5
30 losses in a row after, AFTER, 6 of 7 full squad reds against randoms. Not joking. 30 losses straight and 36 of 37.
I don’t care if it is a rule violation, if anyone wants my hangers, DM me. I’m am 100% serious. I cannot be this level of angry so regularly- I’m scaring the people in my house.
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Post by Poopface on Oct 13, 2022 22:47:43 GMT -5
That’s just silly. After 4 bad matches you should have stopped. Forcing a crap situation is just being a glutton for punishment and succumbing to The Red Mist.
There are still fun aspects to the game. Just learn when to put the device down.
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Post by slugpug on Oct 13, 2022 22:53:24 GMT -5
How to not get angry at this game…. Go take your self out for a good steak dinner, take your woman out for a night, a few drinks. Spending money on Pixels only leads down one road.
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Post by J.u.n.k.M.a.l.e. on Oct 13, 2022 23:00:55 GMT -5
Oof. I've been there. (I mean heck, half the messages I sent in clan chat...)
I used to never want to quit when people wanted to keep going but lately after six or seven bad games I'm just... done. Matchmaking has, somehow, despite all odds, managed to get substantially worse in the last patch. I lost a game today where it was me, four masters and an expert against three champions in S-rank clans, one champion in a AAA rank clan, and two masters.
And the Expert came in #3.
So the merge has done more than just highlighted how many hackers are out there. Something about the matchmaking has gone weird.
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Post by TerrorStorm on Oct 13, 2022 23:04:41 GMT -5
Thatâs just silly. After 4 bad matches you should have stopped. Forcing a crap situation is just being a glutton for punishment and succumbing to The Red Mist. There are still fun aspects to the game. Just learn when to put the device down. I get in these modes (prime time for Asia Server) where it is just game after game of brutal defeat. Even the wins getting last place. This is behind players with the MK3 Hangers with either 3 Seraphs and 2 Khepri's or vice versa. Top three guys on both sides are like clones. Rest is the usually mishmash of Masters and Experts with 0 or 1 kill. Just complete humble pie. I normally follow your sage advice and after 4 or 5 matches like this just tap out. Otherwise BP starts going up and IPAD gets nervous about an unannounced trip out the window. It is tough sometimes as you keep telling yourself... "Can it really be this bad??? Surely the next game will be fair." NOPE... it is that bad. On a side note: Have fully committed to FTP. Not giving these rat 「illegitimate child」s another penny. (Still gonna play.) My gaming allowance is going for some new skins for my Queen in Clash of Clans!
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Post by ѻﻭɼﻉ on Oct 13, 2022 23:15:27 GMT -5
Im with ãdookieãface bro, if the mm smacks down every match, after about 5 matches max I put down the device and do some other cool stuff, because I know what will happen if I dont, cuz it did - some years ago I got so angry I literally folded my ipad in half, just folded it like I was closing a 「fluffernutter」ing book. Expensive moment of anger!
Anyways, you are not alone in your frustration, but dont make decisions and plans while swimming in fire. Take a break for a few days or a week and do something else. Come back when you wanna try blowing stuff up again.
I almost deleted everything in my hangars. Taking several days off, then getting morning wood about my Mag Blitz going bananas brought me back into some great matches.
No more than 5 ãdookieãty matches, then take a break. Rule.
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Post by Typhon Johnny on Oct 13, 2022 23:48:29 GMT -5
I feel you bro .... and many here also.... this is why we are here.. Set it aside. Take a long break. If permanent, than one good thing is we had some fun and some laughs.
Be well shawn.
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Post by gus169 on Oct 14, 2022 0:13:19 GMT -5
you folded your iPad in half? I'm impressed
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Post by munkeeee on Oct 14, 2022 0:29:43 GMT -5
Hi, my name is munkeeee and Iâm an addict. To getting my 「bum-bum」 kicked by a game. Because Iâm a fool for pix bs.
Playing less and less everyday. Just got rolled by a clan squad, again. So I walk from the game and come here. To OUR version of AA.
Much better.
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Post by ᥣᵃᵛᵃʲᵃᵛᵃ on Oct 14, 2022 1:06:06 GMT -5
What the others said, Shawn - it was World Mental Health day on Monday just gone; our work had a tonne of stuff about stresses and coping mechanisms and I see patterns in War Robots that ring alarm bells.
I last took a year off - missed the Faff froodles fun, walked back into Cudgel Kheps and now Seraphs. However long you go for, know that Pix will have some special bs waiting for your return.
May the wind be always at your back; may the sun shine warm upon your face, etc.
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Post by S1E1 on Oct 14, 2022 1:14:40 GMT -5
Do what you have to. I really think War Robots is designed to be detrimental to people's emotional health. Many of these games are but War Robots seems particularly bad. I found my anger levels plummeted when I switched over to Mech Arena. I also have noticed that the MA threads never get all that angry at all. No offense to everyone who still really enjoys it but War Robots just seems toxic.
Anyway, if you need a game to hop to for now vs going cold turkey, you can give MA a try. MA is a lot cheaper too and they don't really nerf gear. It does frustrate and piss me off sometimes too tho, so it's not totally benign. Just nowhere near as bad.
FYI - I have learned that the deep, slow breaths trick actually does work if you feel the anger rising. Apparently there's some kind of biofeedback from expanding your diaphragm that causes your brain to start calming down. I don't know but it is a useful trick after a particularly stressful match.
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Post by milty72 on Oct 14, 2022 3:14:26 GMT -5
Hi, my name is munkeeee and Iâm an addict. To getting my 「bum-bum」 kicked by a game. Because Iâm a fool for pix bs. Playing less and less everyday. Just got rolled by a clan squad, again. So I walk from the game and come here. To OUR version of AA. Much better. Bring it in bro.
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Post by TerrorStorm on Oct 14, 2022 3:58:21 GMT -5
Well… I’ve got a great Clan in CoC which I find fun and mentally less stressful than this. Always open to new comers! PM me!
Like a lot of you after playing since 2015 I’m addicted, weaning off the spending but still playing. Like Munkeeee said less and less and for sure my quest to rise in Leagues is gone… completely. Content now between M2 and (soon) M3 which is fine. Love all the stuff that is great about this game but the scale has for sure tilted toward despising what is broke.
This Forum has become much better than the game. Feel like I play the game to be part of the forum.
As the demon Mephastophilis said… “Misery Loves Company.”
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Post by thediss on Oct 14, 2022 5:53:39 GMT -5
The game is designed to make you feel 「dookie」 and try make you bust open your wallet, coz spending on the latest magic 「dookie」 will make your experience better. It wont though.
I still advocate for quitting at the start when you see the usual players and clans who will just stomp you, and especially advocate for enjoying the slow burn with upgrades and building hangars - dont spend real money, just let the upgrade timers do their thing and occasionally be nicely surprised when an event chest gives you something decent. Again, just dont speed anything up, we see that the matchmaker doesnt take account of much, so spending on or speeding up upgrades gives false sense of progress. I still enjoy most games I stay in, and have made it to 4/5 straight quits in a row without LPQ I think. But the OP run of luck sounds particularly awful. Maybe mix up the game mode if not doing that already, or do your own stuff like be a pure healing supporter for example. The matchmaker must swing in your favour at some point.
Otherwise, when Iâm not simply quitting matches and being peeved off at a Seraph spanking my maxed Lucho 1 on 1, Bloons 6 is a pretty chill time waster. Also, Brawlstars for some 2 min bursts of fun. Its not pay to win, and is a great on-the-bog game too.
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Post by shawngonakillyou on Oct 14, 2022 7:18:19 GMT -5
Thanks for all the replies crew - you all are the reasons I still like to play and honestly some very great friends.
To clarify, I had my wife put a parental shut down lock on my iPad a few weeks back so I’d stop staying up until 4am. Those 30 losses are over several days. And it was 100% MM pairing me with blues who could consistently snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. The competition was not always overpowered - only faced a few duos and clans in those 30 losses.
This is my 3rd iPad and my 3rd phone (twisted one iPad to shattering, punched through the second, threw one iPhone out the window on the highway, and rage gripped another into a new shape, and my current 2-month-old iPad is taking on a curved shape in many planes).
I’ve said it before on this forum, I didn’t have any games for nearly 20 years because I have serious issues with them. My son got me into this and it was a fun way to connect with him, but he stopped playing for other games (as expected at his age). I go into full addict mode with games and it was always unhealthy, and clearly still is for me. War Robots is a bit twisted, but this is a me problem. I cannot control my addiction, my compulsion for perfection, nor my rage when gaming so I need to step away.
I really wish selling/donating your game was a possibility because I have some amazing gear that I would love to put into the hands of someone here. The damage some of you vets could do with my mess of stuff would be wonderful to unleash.
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Post by Cdr. Crimmins on Oct 14, 2022 7:46:18 GMT -5
You've got to do what's best for you, buddy.
It’s good that you understand yourself. I hope you can find a way to time drop still on coms and/or disengage from treating this game as a competitive one.
There is very little in War Robots that is remotely fair or even-handed, but the game used to be great.
And there is always 6 Pack. We'll beat those piloting skills into shape! He he
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Post by darr on Oct 14, 2022 8:06:28 GMT -5
The solution...short of not playing anything at all, is to switch to offline games. Go Steam, Epic, Ubisoft and whatnots look up interesting games, buy once and play.
War Robots is pure rubbish today, flame-me-not, looking at the endless op bots week after week. No idea why so many clamour those Youtube videos...not that they are really great at playing. T1 bots? They just load them with deadbeat drones, dung chips, and heaven beams.
Gone are the days of choosing to deploy a fast bot or a heavy bot to suit the task and map. And that was barely 2years back. Now is just orange onion rings, purple chicken baskets, buttshoot lightning, autobot beams...ZERO on skill play. Any nobrain Youtubers can do this...yes even those with silly alter ego pilots.
Sorry don't bane me. Yet. I wanna continue to "educate" the great players here...and continue to troll the game.
Peace.
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Post by Rollo Tomasi on Oct 14, 2022 9:38:07 GMT -5
30 losses in a row after, AFTER, 6 of 7 full squad reds against randoms. Not joking. 30 losses straight and 36 of 37. I don’t care if it is a rule violation, if anyone wants my hangers, DM me. I’m am 100% serious. I cannot be this level of angry so regularly- I’m scaring the people in my house. I have a potential solution for you: look past the stats and remember that it’s not win or lose, but how you play. So, assemble a hangar of your FUNNEST bots and make them as fun (and effective) as possible without sacrificing your main hangar. I’ve been running this new line up this morning (Mars is hot off the 40% discount express). It’s so fun, IDGAF if I win or lose. If I see a hacker, I still bail. It’ll mostly suck vs full meta squad, but guess what? That’s awesome; get in, get a little bacon snack & some damage, and mech out early (with aggressive but not suicidal play) to exit their drop cycle. I hit a couple of heavy duos and shredded them with pure mayhem. Here’s my joy (occasional guest appearance by Jumping HB). I’m sure it won’t work every time, but fun AF! …now go make yours!
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Post by Oliver Kloesov on Oct 14, 2022 9:53:32 GMT -5
There's a morning guy who shall remain nameless who has a pretty good hangar and he's earned around 8000+ cups (pretty good, right?) and consistently BAD win rate. Like 20% all the time. My record against him must be 60-8 or something. And when he's a blue it's often a loss.
I think it's because he does not G.A.F. and he does what he wants. I don't know where all those cups come from but he must play ALL the time. Yuck.
This person found their happy place obviously.
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Post by Poopface on Oct 14, 2022 10:34:18 GMT -5
There's a morning guy who shall remain nameless who has a pretty good hangar and he's earned around 8000+ cups (pretty good, right?) and consistently BAD win rate. Like 20% all the time. My record against him must be 60-8 or something. And when he's a blue it's often a loss. I think it's because he does not G.A.F. and he does what he wants. I don't know where all those cups come from but he must play ALL the time. Yuck. This person found their happy place obviously. Finding your happy place is the key. It's easier said than done and can be hard to stay on the line.
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Post by shawngonakillyou on Oct 14, 2022 10:44:30 GMT -5
I have been considering only playing during drop nights because I do find fun there. I get frustrated every once in a while, but then Thunderkiss (who has been MIA) or >^\}VULTURE{/^< (who has been very busy running a farm SOLO!!!) make a crack and get me giggling again. 6-pack also has some pull because a bunch of great characters there including the ultimate coach Cdr. Crimmins. I don't want to walk away from the friendship part of the game, and my NEXT clan has that too (diarrhea makes me laugh all the time with his constant use of profanity). I'll think more on it. What happens is I downward spiral fast into borderline obsessive behavior with games. And when things I feel I should be able to control don't do as planned (just total denial in War Robots, I know, I know) I slip into anger. I think I'll be hopping on Comms tonight to see who joins time drops and maybe play a few. Then likely take a break to clear my mind and then try breaking back in to only playing with friends. I get far less frustrated when I play with you all - the "good ones" in the game (i.e. - not cheaters, looking for fairness, general goofballs, great teammates and coaches). I think I just cannot play without comms because I am such a people person. The frustration of War Robots turns into a traffic-like rage when running solo/not on comms - because it is impersonal I go to rage too quickly. Honestly, this may be more the root for me and I think the traffic analogy is a bit of an epiphany just now. We'll see. ...and Rollo Tomasi, excellent advise and I have trended that way - it's why I end up in TDM, because many of my favorites play better there. And damn you for bringing up Mars. I played it in Test server and had a blast. I've been strongly resisting upgrading the "standard" version because I know the SE will arrive in a few weeks. But it is a hoot to play. Not great for the game overall because as someone dealing with a lot of Mars, it is a PITA. But it is also a lot like the Typon conversation we've been having on another thread - hit or miss. If there is a shieldbreaker pilot, your fun is over quick. If not, Mars aegis seems to be one of the strongest in the game and is really hard to deal with (that said, I outdueled a top player's Mars with my radiation Mender yesterday - one of the micro-wins in the 30 losses - sooooo satisfying because I know at the start of the fight he thought he was winning this 1v1 one easily) What I do not find surprising is the level of support from this forum - via this thread, via IM...I've provided the same in the past when others hit their breaking point and I always see you each giving a part of your heart to the folks in need. You truly are great human beings, and I can't thank you enough (although your damn kindness will likely keep me playing this accursed game )
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Post by shawngonakillyou on Oct 14, 2022 10:52:50 GMT -5
Do what you have to. I really think War Robots is designed to be detrimental to people's emotional health. Many of these games are but War Robots seems particularly bad. I found my anger levels plummeted when I switched over to Mech Arena. I also have noticed that the MA threads never get all that angry at all. No offense to everyone who still really enjoys it but War Robots just seems toxic. Anyway, if you need a game to hop to for now vs going cold turkey, you can give MA a try. MA is a lot cheaper too and they don't really nerf gear. It does frustrate and piss me off sometimes too tho, so it's not totally benign. Just nowhere near as bad. FYI - I have learned that the deep, slow breaths trick actually does work if you feel the anger rising. Apparently there's some kind of biofeedback from expanding your diaphragm that causes your brain to start calming down. I don't know but it is a useful trick after a particularly stressful match. War Robots - definitely toxic. But also so cool... I def won't be going to another game, but may stick to only playing this one with friends as in my latest reply. If you're old enough to remember the Bill Cosby stand up about breathing in pregnancy, that is a closer approximation of what I end up doing. But, you are 100% correct - deep, slow, rythmic breathing activates the parasympathetic nervous system which is the counter to the fight-or-flight autonomic nervous system and is an effective counter. I just don't think clearly when I am seeing red already - I smash the "battle" button immediately going into the next punishment - as Poopface noted, glutton.
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Post by Poopface on Oct 14, 2022 10:58:39 GMT -5
Do what you have to. I really think War Robots is designed to be detrimental to people's emotional health. Many of these games are but War Robots seems particularly bad. I found my anger levels plummeted when I switched over to Mech Arena. I also have noticed that the MA threads never get all that angry at all. No offense to everyone who still really enjoys it but War Robots just seems toxic. Anyway, if you need a game to hop to for now vs going cold turkey, you can give MA a try. MA is a lot cheaper too and they don't really nerf gear. It does frustrate and piss me off sometimes too tho, so it's not totally benign. Just nowhere near as bad. FYI - I have learned that the deep, slow breaths trick actually does work if you feel the anger rising. Apparently there's some kind of biofeedback from expanding your diaphragm that causes your brain to start calming down. I don't know but it is a useful trick after a particularly stressful match. War Robots - definitely toxic. But also so cool... I def won't be going to another game, but may stick to only playing this one with friends as in my latest reply. If you're old enough to remember the Bill Cosby stand up about breathing in pregnancy, that is a closer approximation of what I end up doing. But, you are 100% correct - deep, slow, rythmic breathing activates the parasympathetic nervous system which is the counter to the fight-or-flight autonomic nervous system and is an effective counter. I just don't think clearly when I am seeing red already - I smash the "battle" button immediately going into the next punishment - as Poopface noted, glutton. War Robots is like that birthing bit.
Push em out, shove em out, wayyyyy out!
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Post by darthfinny on Oct 14, 2022 11:39:36 GMT -5
I really think it’s about playing on comms with your friends. That’s what makes it fun for all of us.
Even when I’m in a full squad we sometimes get demolished by hacker clans or a single hacker. If it happens more than once in a row we switch modes or take a five minute break.
But even when we get destroyed, the comments made are hilarious and make it worth it.
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Post by Poopface on Oct 14, 2022 14:07:47 GMT -5
Speaking of comms, I hope to join up tonight. Hoping to learn the finer points of spideration from the experts!
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Post by Cdr. Crimmins on Oct 14, 2022 15:07:31 GMT -5
I cannot get on this weekend, away with my brothers! I will think about all you time droppers though!!
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Post by munkeeee on Oct 14, 2022 15:28:04 GMT -5
come back to the time drops YOU started. its more fun, less bs, we get to talk 「dookie」 before during and after the games, especially if we get rolled.ill be around tonite for the drops.
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Post by 079 on Oct 14, 2022 19:00:31 GMT -5
Were you playing in the evening? If so, do I need to explain why that is a recipe for disaster? I know that we all got work and evenings are the best times to play, but you just gotta know going in that it’s gonna be rough. Put on the thick skin that you probably use for other things already.
I personally like to see I how I actually benefit from a battle instead of just win or loss. Stat wise, getting first on the team in a loss tends to be better for resource earnings and league rating than getting fourth in a winning game, so personally view the former as actually better than the latter. It’s all a matter of perspective.
I hope you’ve cooled off though. I’d hate to see you leave just like that!
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Post by Oliver Kloesov on Oct 14, 2022 21:57:46 GMT -5
My most consistent fun is 7:30 am...
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Post by Endobot on Oct 15, 2022 4:42:20 GMT -5
I lose a lot of games and my win rate rarely stays above 50% for very long. It`s more usually in the 30s and even drops down into the 20s sometimes. And the many times where it seems like that, match after match after match, no matter what you do each and every red is going to kill you easily, or, there are always several of them onto you at all times no matter where on the map you happen to be and you just can`t get to any of those beacons no matter how determinedly you try and the lose is already decided from the start, it really, really infuriates me. If I can come out top, or near top, on the losing team, though, I just try to take some satisfaction from the fact that at least I played my part for the blue team (and didn`t get the dreaded -22).
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