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Post by Vectivus on May 26, 2017 10:10:26 GMT -5
Started a day or two before the update, so not sure it's that. I haven't ever squadded up, but I think I need to now. I don't know what all I'm suddenly doing wrong, but I do know that my teammates have seemingly forgotten how to take beacons. I was rising pretty well, made it almost to Diamond III, but have been knocked back down down to Gold II.
Also a lot of pilots on my team with 3/4 bot hangars. They play super-aggresively, ignore the beacons, and mech out early. I'm soldiering on, but man. Feel like I've been tossed into a meat grinder.
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Post by Paps on May 26, 2017 10:12:15 GMT -5
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Post by Vectivus on May 26, 2017 10:17:09 GMT -5
You're a gentleman and a scholar, Paps.
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Post by Paps on May 26, 2017 10:26:56 GMT -5
Pretty sure I'm neither, but thanks for sayin' so. hahahahaa
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Post by jyantrobot on May 26, 2017 12:20:51 GMT -5
Wow.. just frustrated? lucky you! Battled for hours last night..new weapon upgrades in tow. a slaughter fest! Makes me wonder if the guys who are winning are actually receiving the win on their end...? Two more battles this morning...nada! Rating went from 1515 to low 13's and dropping fast with no end in sight!? Do I need to drop this game for a minute until they get the matchmaking right? Or..do I drop in rank until I can compete?
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Post by adrenachrome on May 26, 2017 12:49:18 GMT -5
Started a day or two before the update, so not sure it's that. I haven't ever squadded up, but I think I need to now. I don't know what all I'm suddenly doing wrong, but I do know that my teammates have seemingly forgotten how to take beacons. I was rising pretty well, made it almost to Diamond III, but have been knocked back down down to Gold II. Also a lot of pilots on my team with 3/4 bot hangars. They play super-aggresively, ignore the beacons, and mech out early. I'm soldiering on, but man. Feel like I've been tossed into a meat grinder. Read my thread in general discussion "how the event affected my gameplay" That's my response to this OP.
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Post by nocluevok on May 26, 2017 13:18:28 GMT -5
Haven't lost 20 in a row, but I was within 20 points of reaching Diamond league when the beatdown and teammate idiocy started.
3/4's of my weapons are maxed out, but there are moments I wonder if I'm firing blanks. That and we end up with a blue that just stands there. I suppose it's just someone gaming the system while they still can. The only difference between us is my teams have managed to win a few matches dispite being outnumbered.
On a side note, for all the Leo bashers out there, my pothead/molot Leo has been surviving and dishing damage quite consistantly in this new rocket heavy environment. I miss having the Trebuchet though.
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Post by Vectivus on May 26, 2017 15:16:39 GMT -5
Haven't lost 20 in a row, but I was within 20 points of reaching Diamond league when the beatdown and teammate idiocy started. 3/4's of my weapons are maxed out, but there are moments I wonder if I'm firing blanks. That and we end up with a blue that just stands there. I suppose it's just someone gaming the system while they still can. The only difference between us is my teams have managed to win a few matches dispite being outnumbered. On a side note, for all the Leo bashers out there, my pothead/molot Leo has been surviving and dishing damage quite consistantly in this new rocket heavy environment. I miss having the Trebuchet though. I've been testing a Pothead-Pinata Leo myself. The results look promising, but I'd need an actual 6v6 fight to know for sure.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2017 19:48:34 GMT -5
All a sign of a simple and basic problems...........hangar metrics are ignored. Given the OPs lvl unless he's way out of it, there no way he should be hitting this. One person carrying the whole team? You lose cause your team sucks? Seems a bunch of talk of new bots and weapons, gameplay modes, but not really on MM.
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Post by Sebenza 21 on May 28, 2017 16:09:42 GMT -5
I get the feeling I'm being dropped down to a lower league by the system.
The smackdown I'm currently in started just after the event ended. I've dropped from D2 to g2 and I'm still dropping.
It's as though MM is saying I don't belong in g2 with the hanger I have and so I'm constantly matched with people who give up.
Usually when a smackdown ends I climb fast but i've dropped to 36% and now I can't climb higher than 40%.
Seems like from the list of everyone in g2 I am lower levelled but i've competed quite well in the past against this level of player.
I can't figure out how to turn this around. Maybe I need to wait till the league month resets.
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Post by sethile on May 28, 2017 16:40:13 GMT -5
Normally with end of month tankathon in progress you'd get as many reds and blues doing it.
It's a sucky losing streak for sure.
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Post by zephyr1138 on May 28, 2017 16:50:11 GMT -5
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Post by NCA2000 on May 28, 2017 19:05:15 GMT -5
I must be playing on the red team at the moment as well. I yo-yoed around S2 to G1 for what seems like ages then this weekend I'm solidly in G2 with a 66% win rate. I've been checking team mate and enemy hangers and nothing stands out. The occasional tanker/fader on either side but not enough to make a difference. One match I lost recently, I couldn't figure out why. I was running around grabbing the occasional beacon doing what I normally do when the match ended really early. Probably should have kept a better eye on the beacon bar.
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Post by Sebenza 21 on May 28, 2017 19:32:02 GMT -5
Hey NCA2000 update us if you keep getting matched up with non-tryers. Having 5 team mates that aren't capturing beacons seems like more than a coincidence. Are MM smackdowns more servere lately? It seems as those people are now just giving up when they are getting smacked down. It makes it seem like there's a smackdown team vs a recovery team.
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Post by zephyr1138 on May 30, 2017 21:15:22 GMT -5
Went from gold3 to gold1. Passed straight through gold2 in a day. 76% win rate. Going to get the smack down soon. I like it though. During my way back down i like trying out new bots.
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Post by NCA2000 on May 30, 2017 21:56:39 GMT -5
I haven't encountered any more "we better stay away from those glowing lights, they could be dangerous" team mates but I haven't hit the smackdown yet either. High side of G2 on 68% win rate. Matches have been fairly balanced but I've run out of silver so I can't upgrade very quickly atm. I don't know whether my non smackdown is due to rapid upgrading (silver and gold from event which has now run out) or MM is starting to work. I haven't hit G1, I think, because I have been playing with my hanger and trying out a few different things. I was pleasantly surprised at the effectiveness of a Zuess/Gekko Leo.
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Post by TheGentleman on May 30, 2017 23:21:48 GMT -5
Started a day or two before the update, so not sure it's that. I haven't ever squadded up, but I think I need to now. I don't know what all I'm suddenly doing wrong, but I do know that my teammates have seemingly forgotten how to take beacons. I was rising pretty well, made it almost to Diamond III, but have been knocked back down down to Gold II. Also a lot of pilots on my team with 3/4 bot hangars. They play super-aggresively, ignore the beacons, and mech out early. I'm soldiering on, but man. Feel like I've been tossed into a meat grinder. When facing a losing streak of 10+ matches the best thing to do is purchase $20 worth of Gold. Pixonic will put a "spender" flag on your account for a week and your winrate ought to balloon to 70%. Best of luck, Friend.
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Post by Paps on May 31, 2017 8:01:52 GMT -5
I dunno about that, TheGentleman. Pretty sure this is tongue-in-cheek, but still. I maintain premium to keep up with upgrades. Also throw some cash at Pixonic during events (I like gambling, sue me) and still float around fifty percent win-rate. I must really suck if I can't do better. Especially considering the favoritism flag. ?
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Post by Russel on May 31, 2017 8:22:52 GMT -5
I dunno about that, TheGentleman . Pretty sure this is tongue-in-cheek, but still. I maintain premium to keep up with upgrades. Also throw some cash at Pixonic during events (I like gambling, sue me) and still float around fifty percent win-rate. I must really suck if I can't do better. Especially considering the favoritism flag. ? Only spent money on gambling, too. No significant raise\drop in winrate, either. My winrate though magically correlates with use of quadropods. If I'm trying to test out Raijin\Fujin - my matches are usually going down the toilet. This can't be related to the quadropods being,,... well.,... unsuitable for a win, can it?
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Post by Paps on May 31, 2017 8:27:19 GMT -5
Raiji an Fuji suck. Cool concepts. Poorly executed. Plus. Everything gets caught on their gangly legs.
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Post by Insane Demon on Jun 1, 2017 19:47:51 GMT -5
It must be you.
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Post by Russel on Jun 2, 2017 3:54:22 GMT -5
Raiji an Fuji suck. Cool concepts. Poorly executed. Plus. Everything gets caught on their gangly legs. As for me biggest turn-offs are: 1) Enormous hitbox. Every shot is hitting you, even shots being fired on another map. 2) Slow walking speed. 3) Once you go sentry - there's no way back. You either die or win. No ability to retreat.
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Post by Danny Linguini on Jun 2, 2017 17:07:06 GMT -5
Raiji an Fuji suck. Cool concepts. Poorly executed. Plus. Everything gets caught on their gangly legs. As for me biggest turn-offs are: 1) Enormous hitbox. Every shot is hitting you, even shots being fired on another map. 2) Slow walking speed. 3) Once you go sentry - there's no way back. You either die or win. No ability to retreat. Quite a few games today I've been getting clobbered by something big and very nasty. Don't even see it coming like you usually see with missiles, can't see anybody with a direct shot, just all of a sudden a bunch of flashes and I'm instantly near death or dead. Can't even get a shot off on anybody cos there's nobody to shoot at. Lose. Lose. Lose. Lose. Lose. Lose. Getting a little tired of that, but I gotta keep playing if I want to upgrade. Maybe there's something to that tanking 「dookie」.
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Post by Russel on Jun 2, 2017 17:14:58 GMT -5
As for me biggest turn-offs are: 1) Enormous hitbox. Every shot is hitting you, even shots being fired on another map. 2) Slow walking speed. 3) Once you go sentry - there's no way back. You either die or win. No ability to retreat. Quite a few games today I've been getting clobbered by something big and very nasty. Don't even see it coming like you usually see with missiles, can't see anybody with a direct shot, just all of a sudden a bunch of flashes and I'm instantly near death or dead. Can't even get a shot off on anybody cos there's nobody to shoot at. Lose. Lose. Lose. Lose. Lose. Lose. Getting a little tired of that, but I gotta keep playing if I want to upgrade. Maybe there's something to that tanking ?poo-poo? Can't see how that is connected to my and Paps post. You imply that you were ambushed and destroyed by a 32 km\h top speed bot?
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Post by Danny Linguini on Jun 3, 2017 0:16:48 GMT -5
Can't see how that is connected to my and Paps post. You imply that you were ambushed and destroyed by a 32 km\h top speed bot? Brain fart. I'm implying nothing other than something big, bad and unseen fragged my 「bum-bum」 big time. I spun around while I was getting seal-clubbed to try to see where it was coming from but could see no possible shooter, no trace (like a smoke trail), nothing but flashes and big booms and a rapidly falling status bar. I suppose it's possible it was a Zenit rating down from above, but I didn't think they packed that much of a wallop. They sure don't when I use 'em! Could they possibly be that potent -- and ACCURATE -- when they're maxed out?
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Post by Russel on Jun 3, 2017 0:23:30 GMT -5
Can't see how that is connected to my and Paps post. You imply that you were ambushed and destroyed by a 32 km\h top speed bot? Brain fart. I'm implying nothing other than something big, bad and unseen fragged my 「bum-bum」 big time. I spun around while I was getting seal-clubbed to try to see where it was coming efrom but could see no possible shooter, no trace (like a smoke trail), nothing but flashes and big booms and a rapidly falling status bar. I suppose it's possible it was a Zenit rating down from above, but I didn't think they packed that much of a wallop. They sure don't when I use 'em! Could they possibly be that potent -- and ACCURATE -- when they're maxed out? Not sure why are you talking about you brain problems here, but well. Your situation is undescriptive as hell. And you were quoting my/Paps message. please make sense. we were talking about Raijin, then out of sudden you said something weird about "loosing loosing loosing". What was that related to?
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Post by Danny Linguini on Jun 3, 2017 0:32:46 GMT -5
Brain fart. I'm implying nothing other than something big, bad and unseen fragged my 「bum-bum」 big time. I spun around while I was getting seal-clubbed to try to see where it was coming efrom but could see no possible shooter, no trace (like a smoke trail), nothing but flashes and big booms and a rapidly falling status bar. I suppose it's possible it was a Zenit rating down from above, but I didn't think they packed that much of a wallop. They sure don't when I use 'em! Could they possibly be that potent -- and ACCURATE -- when they're maxed out? Not sure why are you talking about you brain problems here, but well. Your situation is undescriptive as hell. And you were quoting my/Paps message. please make sense. we were talking about Raijin, then out of sudden you said something weird about "loosing loosing loosing". What was that related to? Hey, chill out. Then read the thread title. I was in the middle of a lengthy losing streak, capped off by being taken out with a series of seemingly phantom nuclear warheads that obliterated me in about four hits. What's so hard to understand. Try to keep up.
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Post by rollinfknpower on Jun 8, 2017 11:15:45 GMT -5
Pix must keep a stat on beacon capping I swear. Same thing in cycles over and over. I'm in my tailspin right now too. Was in gold three. Been dropped to silver 2 in 2 days. No one capping or holding beacons. It's not seal clubbing either. Competition is pretty close on upgrade stats. Just seems almost every match my blue team takes 3 beacons for the whole match. I've busted out my beacon runners but no use. Beacons fall faster than I can cap them. And I get the big 20 cup loss for low damage. Love it! Funny thing that was mentioned. Seems like I'm firing blanks. I have more than a few times unloaded a full salvo of db fury into a bot at damn near point blank range only to take off a sliver of damage. Reticle lighting red. All systems go. Maybe it's lag? Lag has been far worse with new update.
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Post by Vectivus on Jun 8, 2017 11:48:12 GMT -5
Glad to hear it's not just me, makes me feel a bit better. I've had to take a hiatus from the game over the past couple of weeks because of Life Stuff, and came back yesterday to find it's still a struggle. I'll keep motoring on, though.
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Post by anjian on Jun 12, 2017 7:20:13 GMT -5
Started a day or two before the update, so not sure it's that. I haven't ever squadded up, but I think I need to now. I don't know what all I'm suddenly doing wrong, but I do know that my teammates have seemingly forgotten how to take beacons. I was rising pretty well, made it almost to Diamond III, but have been knocked back down down to Gold II. Also a lot of pilots on my team with 3/4 bot hangars. They play super-aggresively, ignore the beacons, and mech out early. I'm soldiering on, but man. Feel like I've been tossed into a meat grinder. I get the feeling, happened to me, suffered a long grueling losing streak.
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