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Raising consciousness for "stacking" !
Letus:
--- Quote from: Captain Smollett on September 18, 2013, 07:56:15 pm ---Actually that sounds intersting, have a game mode (or an agreement) where winning teams have to change ship types after they win and can't chose that ship type again until their opponent beats them.
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...what happens if you win with all the ship types?
QKO:
--- Quote from: Letus on September 18, 2013, 10:45:36 pm ---
--- Quote from: Captain Smollett on September 18, 2013, 07:56:15 pm ---Actually that sounds intersting, have a game mode (or an agreement) where winning teams have to change ship types after they win and can't chose that ship type again until their opponent beats them.
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...what happens if you win with all the ship types?
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Then we send the opponents back to the newbie pool!
Calico Jack:
--- Quote from: HamsterIV on September 18, 2013, 06:48:38 pm ---When I am on a stacked side and I don't want to or can't swap to the other team, I take some funky experimental build as a way of testing myself and my crew. I encourage anyone on a win streak to do the same.
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This is something I do too. I usually take the score as a guideline, if the matches are close regardless of the sides then the balance is right for me
Castus Crios:
I try to read full threads before posting but I think this topic is familiar enough to me to wing it.
Stacking in matches is a right of all players. It has several effects on the lobby in which it is occurring.
1. Inability to win (note that 5-3 or 5-2 matches are possible)
2. Breeding bitterness in randoms
3. Not creating a competitive challenge for competitive players.
Our merit as good players depends on the battles we face but is also dependent on our ability to fly well together (which requires practice). Mentioned earlier was clans "stacking" in order to practice. In these situations I recommend making your purpose clear and asking for "good" players in global to fight against you.
The case against stacking is good overall save the aforementioned caveat. I have had great matches against random players and only at the expense of talking to my friends in party and then doing my best to help the less skilled players in lobby. Either way (stack or not) this game can be fun if all players are actively listening and trying. Good players provide a challenge for the community as well as an opportunity to share advice and knowledge.
So in a nutshell, don't stack if you can't match atleast half of the players (only if they are cooperative) and gain the cooperation of your fellow noobs. As the graphic at the start of the thread said they are our future players!
-CC
Zenark:
I usually do nothing to avoid stacking, but if my ally ship wants to switch sides, that's totally cool. If I've got a crew I like, I don't care who I'm fighting, stacked for us, stacked for them, as long as I'm playing.
About 70% of the matches I'm in are stacked. Rarely is this intentional, but this is an example of what I see most often.
I join a mostly empty lobby and grab a captain slot. The other team has a level 1-3 pilot with a similar crew, and an empty ship beside them. After a bit, a higher level 6-9 pilot joins in on the other team, sees that his ally is a low level, sees that I'm a higher level, and switches teams to be on my side.
I don't think this captain is doing this to be a dick, he's doing it to win, and I'd do the same thing. If however I'm already in my spot and a low level captain joins my side, I'll stick with him. Everyone wants to fly with higher levels because it increases their chances to win. All levels are guilty of it.
The time I don't see stacking is with multi level clans fighting each other. I'd much rather fly alongside a low level fellow Cake than a high level pilot I don't know.
I use pilots as examples but the same applies to all classes.
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