Nah. Peak of the day if you're all good little children and stay in a match balance does its work. Iv'e avoided commenting this for a while but almost every thread like this I see people complaining about overly one-sided matches, while when I play; I'm somehow able to have fairly balanced matches after only 2 map rotations most of the time. At the state of the game, a few significantly higher skill players per game is pretty much unavoidable (well I mean assuming us forum-goers witness it it kind of confirms it) and the only time I see a significant balance issue is when one of those players dips out because "insert whining about dallas here," or just because they choose to. Tdm is short enough you should be able to leave before they absolutely have to to avoid causing others grief by leaving mid match or right after freaking balance happens. Some things are unavoidable and even I accidentally slip up in that sense about one in every 5 times I have to leave a match. It's ridiculous when good matches do happen, where it's pretty even at the end or if it's even till the end and one team swings a 10 point lead. People only mention in the chat that it's a good match less than half of the time, which isn't to say they don't notice: but they don't say anything. God forbid a bad or uneven match happens though. I see so many people start to complain, or blame others, or blame balance on the failure.
Then people complain here occasionally (but not really notably often at all) about the newbies. In all my time playing hawken, I can't for the life of me remember any group of players so positive about the game, and so damn respectful of another player's skill or experience. It's honestly the most refreshing thing, and most of them aren't even that vocal in game. If we had working voip (inb4 people latch onto this specific part of my rant because VOIP) I feel like we would bring in a few more voices into a match. The most fun I have ever had in hawken was when in TS or when the voip worked. Of course there isn't much that can be done about that yet, I just think especially with how many games based on PVP these days have voice chat it might turn some people who are accustomed to being social while gaming away. The most lonely thing about this game is not the lack of players for me: it's the lack of person to person contact. This is precisely why you might see me try to insight some sort of vulgar yet good humored banter within matches. To get people fired up, and to get noticed. I don't just want their guns trained on me: I want their spite. I want them to know me in some way. I could be that trash player, or that scary turkey player. I don't care. I hate playing with the equivalent to adaptable AIs.
Sign In
Create Account



Back to top













