I'm sorry if I'm being a bit dense.. What are you trying to say with OP image?
I'm sorry if I'm being a bit dense.. What are you trying to say with OP image?
Taking the extra time to make sure your crew, ship, and of course yourself are having all the right loadouts necessary and prepping them on how the Captain would prefer them to act onboard beats people who just rush the ready up without any preparations just to play the game quickly (and I guess lose quickly).
THIS IS GAME OF SYNERGY PEOPLE. NOT ZERG RUSHING IN LOBBIES.
Synergy takes time.
So, experienced captains beat inexperienced captains. Ship loadouts are also very important- at close range a junker has a very clear advantage over a pyramidion. News at 11.That is true. Yet I take an example from my own self. I know all loadouts on an engineer, and I honestly don't care what they bring (I mean DynaBuff&Pipe vs Mallet/Spanner or Extinguisher vs Spray and not some other crazy loadouts). There are sometimes times I want to be sure that gunners got Incendiary, Burst, Heatsink or Lesmok to go with certain weapons, but it still doesn't happen that often and is pretty fast to check or comment. I can't kick players off my ship, so I'm not gonna scream into mic for half an hour like some captains do in lobbies for players to be responsive.
That being said, you don't need thousands of matches and dozens of achievements under your belt to understand how to play the game- I've played a fair bit, and around 60% of what I know about playing the game I learned in the first three days of playing, by reading guides on the forums (steam guides are entertaining, but outdated). The other 30% I learned a few weeks in by pestering more experienced players (special thanks to my senior ducks, especially sunderland for parkour tips). A lot of newer players I've seen have been deaf and mute, which is kind of depressing :( There's so much awesome information out there, and most veterans are perfectly willing to answer questions.
i would just like to point out that the more you play the game and the better you get the more you like to win and optimize your builds, then when you come up against a high level team it comes down to the little things such as lets say for instance to meta mideons, both captains are the same level and skill but one takes time to optimise the crews loadouts so he can have top engineer bring a buff kit so his gat and mortor now do more damage and he has both them bring greased rounds because its going to be close range,,, and he wins that engagement 9/10 you just have to look at the wolfpack to now how devestating a well built pyra and its crew are them guys are at the top level for that sort of play,That happens in every sport, competition, game - the more experience you have, the more little tricks you have that you can fiddle with. But are they really important in a non-serious match? I've played competitive tournaments in other games, and I agree that it makes sense there. Yet in pubs where you can't even control who goes on your ship, it might be more useful to relax a little bit. Helpful to do those little optimizations when there's free time and no one is waiting... but if you're holding up the game, you'll just make people leave the match and cause snowball effect of everyone deserting.
all the top clans prepare and spend countless hours on builds and map postion and weakness and strength of the ships respectivly, the more you are exposed to this level of play the more habits you pick up on then you will understand the frustration when you want to implement your new found knowledge only to find out or my gunner wants to bring what ever he wants because no one has ever told him that the person at the helm runs the ship, so the concept it strange added on to that the consitent READY UP OMG!!!! READY UP and you become frustrated very quickly and forget about the idea,
one of the core strengths of the community is outlined in ''lobbies of icarus'' everyone knows everyone you make friends have a bit of banter and friendly rivals and it makes the game more intresting and more enjoyable in my oppion for the sake off a few minutes to prep in what could last upto 10-15 minutes of game play is a very little ask, for such how do you think people form and join clans outside of there real life friends they talk to people get to know them listen and learn,
yes this meme might be a bit of an in joke for people who have stuck with the game a few month but am sure after a while you well become the norm to wait a few minutes in lobbies :),
(http://i.imgur.com/4EyZbtE.png)
There certainly is a lot to be said for teamwork, preparation and communication now isn't there? :P
My favourite thing to do in this game right now is find new people thirsty for knowledge and blood and willing to listen - then training them up into a formidable fighting force. The joy in their voices when we down our enemies is enough to set any dapper Captain's heart alight with pride.
Such is one of the beautiful things about this game. Its those moments, when you take random people who want to play well and have fun and then just have a good time, whether you win or lose. Or just load up a Galleon with Hellhounds with Lochnager Shots while being buffed. To quote the season, laughing all the way.That sounds like a lot of fun. Have you been sneaking aboard my ships?
Have you been sneaking aboard my ships?
So That's where all of my alcohol went off to...Have you been sneaking aboard my ships?...Nooooooooooooo. I didn't sneak aboard the ship and deprive you of all caskets of Moonshine/vodka. *shot*
Meh, I do all my waiting in lobbies waiting for the teams to sort themselves out or come up with an adequate presence. This wait leads to *interesting* discussions.Interesting is certainly one word for it! I love what we get up to in lobbies while we're sorting everything out.
causing hell in a handbasket
It's the unofficial cake motto...He be not too far from the truth, dear Pieman.
Lobby Simulator 2014 has finally gone MLG, just wait to see how these MLG teams deal with our kind of no-nonsense lobby stalling techniques!
For the question who came up with the name... Well about everyone who played the game long enough.
But now it's a real thing. We made it happen, and I'm playing it right now. If you add me on Steam, you'll see I'm not lying.
You should get with us Muse ;)
Btw I vouch for Mizta, I know he did the graphic you saw him post, give him his freebie.
Oh, like that. It's a fairly common prank, just add the executable to steam as a custom game and rename it to whatever you want.
http://gaming.stackexchange.com/a/1179
Lobbies of Icarus Online update V 1.2:(http://i.imgur.com/G3n735K.png)
Can I unlock my power-ups to increase story time? quock
Lobbies of Icarus Online update V 1.2:(http://i.imgur.com/G3n735K.png)