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Richard LeMoon:
I was pondering something just now, and was wondering if anyone had thoughts on it. Matchmaker breaks sometimes, obviously outmatching one team if numbers are too low. Your crew form of two ships gets tossed in a much less experienced lobby. The lobby empties, or the match is not so good.

So, what if there was an extra option in MM to place a crew-formed of 2 into a 2v3 lobby to try to even the balance. I think it could be fun, and would make the outcome much more uncertain. Thoughts? What new strategies or preferred builds would you use? Attack the weakest or strongest ship first? Lures and traps, or full assault?

Tropo:
sounds great 3 v4 could also work

would be happy to make a custom lobby and take the 3 ship out of the match for testing

Omniraptor:
I think 2v3 would be exceedingly difficult for the 2, provided all ships are participating in an engagement. 3v4 might be doable..

Squidslinger Gilder:
Meh, I do this all the time anyways. Half the time in 3v3s, one of the allies either rages early or has no clue how to use the map. The trick is not trying to give them a crash course in airship battle tactics but to use their uselessness to your advantage. So they leave early? Well that isn't a 2v3, thats a 2+ship filled with AI vs 3. Use the dead ship as a decoy and if the build isn't terrible, the shots will help your own. So fight near it.

Ally useless and flying around aimlessly? Lead the enemies to him. Let the fire be drawn so then you can benefit from the distraction.

There is various scenarios where you can exploit 2v3 matters. Often times the team with 3 gets cocky and makes more mistakes. They tend to think its an easy win for them. Done this in 2v2 too. If ship wouldn't respawn or they wouldn't chase, I'd focus on quick hit and run attacks. Focus on the trailer ship. Always the trailer simply because it takes too long for the lead ship to react and turn around. You can usually score a little perma before you have to run.

Arturo Sanchez:
that being said. I'm not new to 2 v 1.

No AI is. I just had a 2 v 1 against overwatch and their scrub meta pyra.

Vs my sniper pyra Pyra that had 1 AI as reliable crew. And two noobs who I had to tell every thing on every single step (kinda put a handicap on my concentration on piloting which I really needed to do).

And one scrub fish that was never around to even act as a meat shield.


That being said 2 v 1 ended with 3-5 to overwatch because the third kill was me trying to kill overwatch. But they eventually wore me down long enough for his ally to get a few lucky mortars in right after I finished off overwatch ship and it just hull broke me with a gat before its death.


With 2 ships vs 3? Where 2 thirds is bigger than 1 half in terms of amount of firepower.

It's highly possible given the stated system that I would win those circumstances.





The question is though, what are the parameters for allowing such an inherently unfair lobby? Underdog?

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