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"Guns of Icarus" fans, holding game back.

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Pickle:

--- Quote from: Macheath on March 06, 2013, 02:24:53 pm ---Part of the problem is that, when many new and inexperienced players lose to a well-organized team, they simply leave the match in silence. They don't learn from the defeat, nor make any attempt to improve. Instead, they try to find a game with other players closer to their own experience level, in order to find a "fair" fight. Many players who play online games don't actually want to play with other players. What they really want is to play against really smart AI. They have no interest in communicating with their fellow players, and when the challenge is too great, they prefer to turn down the difficulty instead of raising themselves to that level. This is not exclusive to GOIO, but rather is a shift seen in the culture of online gaming in general over the past decade or so.

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I've often wanted to tell an opposing new pilot what he did wrong, but he's switched out of the match so fast there's no opportunity.  Too many new players don't hang around unless they're winning.  Of course, the frequent connection drops and just plain old bugginess of the servers at the moment isn't helping.  Maybe their not all rage quitting, perhaps the weaknesses of the servers could also be considered part of the problem.  Some stability is required, and quickly.


I had a great series of games the other night with Zoo.  There was noone else we knew available to play with, so he and I each took a Pyra and had at least two L1 players on each crew.  One of my L1 Gunners was pretty good, and I adjusted the ship after the first match to favour his style.  He thanked me at the end of the session for his first ever winning streak.  That felt good.

It's really nice to get a new player that plays the team game.. ..

Chango:
This post is a failure.
Not a stacked team with Firestone.

The problem isn't stacked teams, it's static teams.
I love a little newb bashing, I need deathless achievement.
But mix it up after. If you don't procure the next generation of your crewmates, your grease monkeys will be all gray.

Morbie and I did this exact thing the other night. Ravaged the other team a round or two, then went opposing. You learn more flying against the best than riding in their shadow.

Morbie:

--- Quote from: Chango on March 06, 2013, 04:41:18 pm ---Morbie and I did this exact thing the other night. Ravaged the other team a round or two, then went opposing. You learn more flying against the best than riding in their shadow.

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I do generally find that's the best way to go about things ^^

Charon:
Playing with a team is just about the only way to get a win in my time zone. I get nothing but Russians that respond with "Mother puck you" (the p is actually in there) when you try to communicate. Other than that, they have fun slamming into rocks and generally being worthless: I mean it, they actually videotape themselves playing like this and post the videos in video blogs where they're applauded for their worthlessness.

HamsterIV:

--- Quote from: Charon on March 07, 2013, 08:42:30 am ---Playing with a team is just about the only way to get a win in my time zone. I get nothing but Russians that respond with "Mother puck you" (the p is actually in there) when you try to communicate. Other than that, they have fun slamming into rocks and generally being worthless: I mean it, they actually videotape themselves playing like this and post the videos in video blogs where they're applauded for their worthlessness.


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I have notices some Russians like playing bumper cars and cursing in English. Usually a double merc Pyramidion can net you some easy kills in that situation. Though your Russian teammate will be a bit confused as to why you are not playing bumper cars with the rest of them. I find having the following on a piece of paper next to your computer helps:

Left - slevo
Right - pravo
Front - speride
Back - zadni
Repair - patchine
Shoot - strelet
Hull - corpus
Balloon - shar

These probably aren't the best translations, and most Russians ask me to stop abusing their language, but it is only fair considering what they do to English.

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