I'm noticing some disturbing trends in these "lower MMR" matches of mine that I don't like, and they are starting to turn me off from playing anymore. Can any of you skilled Vets tell me if this would still happen if I joined 1 Star matches instead? (My own MMR is high 1500s btw).
1) Smurfs - Let me be blunt. I'm sick of all the smurfs pretending to be new players and stomping us unskilled players. 600 points, no deaths, "First day!" Yeah,....right. I'd rather be pounded by honest 2300 MMR players than liars.
2) "Readying up" issues. Even a dummy like me now knows to wait for an even number of players before starting a match. Unfortunately no one "down here" listens to me, so we start off with unbalanced matches. Is this any different in higher tier games?
3) Hellfire spam. I kept asking this last night - Are hellfires the new "meta"? I am so tired of being in a match where 4 of the 6 enemies are bruisers or rocketeers. Yeah, I can dodge ONE hellfire salvo, but not 4 in succession. I'm sorry but this seems like such a low skill, cheap weapon. Is there more mech diversity in higher tier matches? (And if its not Hellfires, its Sabot rifles.)
4) All the Heavies. If its not Rocketeer in these lower matches its Incinerator, then Vanguard, then Brawler, etc. This is only a personal gripe, because I like 1-shotting enemies with my Predator, and these mechs are just SO FAT. Are there fewer heavies in higher tier matches?
5) Players leaving matches, during and afterward. YES I do this too, mainly because everyone else is. We start losing, someone quits, it gets worse for us, someone else quits, it gets worse. Frankly I usually bail at this time. Its not like we can actually win at this point no matter who switches/joins (and the best enemy players rarely switch in these lower matches, I have noticed). Then, at the end of the match, maybe SIX of the 11 or 12 who stayed to the end actually continue to the next match, making for a less than full forum and encouraging another unbalanced match. (Again, I usually bail at this point too. I'd much rather join a full match.) Are these problems any better in the higher tier matches?
6) Players allowing MM to place them, and THEN leaving. This TOTALLY screws up MM if I understand it right. Did they just want to be on one player's team so badly that they'll quit if they don't get placed with them? Does this happen a lot in higher matches?
These are the main issues for me right now. I'm just hoping that I can find better, more even matches "higher up", and that those people also tend to hang around. Now, because I am low skill a lot of Vets probably don't want me around, and our team will be more likely to lose with me on it. But with Predator I can (hopefully) keep my deaths to a minimum.
Thanks for your feedback.
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