Main > General Discussion

Raising consciousness for "stacking" !

<< < (8/16) > >>

Garou:

--- Quote from: HamsterIV on September 10, 2013, 04:16:44 pm ---[...] However once I have a good working crew I am loathed to leave them even if it is in the name of balance and fairness.

--- End quote ---
And that to me is really the point. Again, you take what you can get in PuGs, and having an entire ship swap sides isn't always an option. Additionally, speaking from a pilot's perspective, it's hard to leave a team when you have an allied pilot you can get on the same page with. We've all had that experience: an allied pilot not talking, not working with you, or one of those wacky ships where the gunner is in the commander slot and the pilot is down in the crew.

Yeah, in a respect it could be considered stacking, but by the same token having a certain amount of synergy on your team just makes the game more fun, and lacking any synergy makes the game less fun. It's just how team-based games work, not all teams will be created equal unless you're getting into clan V clan matches.

Rainer Zu Fall:
Hamster? Your post is gone. Can you write it again please? There were some ideas in there. That sure happened when I was creating my answer. If I caused that I am sorry and it really wasn't my intention.

And I agree upon reflecting and reading your point of view about it that the idea of creating a password protected game and waiting is really not focused on reality. Let's throw that one overboard.



--- Quote from: HamsterIV on September 10, 2013, 04:16:44 pm ---While I have many friends in this game I doubt there are many that like me enough to me to want to join a password protected lobby and wait for it to fill up with players of equivalent skill level form our friend's list. Fully populating a lobby without random joins is very hard without scheduling and clan connections, neither of which I am very good at.

If I find my self on a stacked team I have taken to flying non standard builds. It allows me to practice new weapon combinations and gives the other guys a fighting chance. If  an entire ship on the other team to ragequits I sometimes hop over to the other team and ask my crew to come with me. However once I have a good working crew I am loathed to leave them even if it is in the name of balance and fairness.

--- End quote ---

I can see that happening. Don't get me wrong, it's in the human's nature to do that. But it's also in the human's nature to hunt and scavenge for food. But we found ways to get around this. So I think if we work on this we can get this sorted out too instead of just don't caring and doing what is best for one him-/herself, be it limitations or making one him-/herself just change for balance now and then.

QKO:

--- Quote from: RainerZuFall on September 10, 2013, 04:27:24 pm ---And I agree upon reflecting and reading your point of view about it that the idea of creating a password protected game and waiting is really not focused on reality. Let's throw that one overboard.

--- End quote ---
Actually, that would be a part of inhousing...

HamsterIV:
Wow that was weird, I didn't delete it, nor did I put anything inflammatory enough for Mod attention (I think).

Here is the gist of my previously deleted post:

Setting up a password protected lobby so that you can have an unstacked game is unfeasible for those of us who don't have scheduling skills or a bunch of friends who would abandon their current game to join yours.

My current method of dealing with stacked games is either trying out non standard/low kill power builds, or convincing my entire crew to swap sides with me if their is a completely empty ship. I really don't like jumping ship when I have an effective crew because getting an effective crew together is one of the best parts of the Guns of Icarus experience.

Rainer Zu Fall:
Your original post is still in my quote, but yeah, I agree with you as said on such locked matches. Been an unrealistic idea.

I just want people to be aware of stacking and to at least think about it, so it may lead to some switch to balance the match now or then (sometimes).
We also could gather ideas, but until now I haven't seen many around here.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page