I think 24m needs to be taken away from the TDM deployment que and given it's own Mayhem que.
As it stands now it's far too hard to bring balance to 24m matches especially when you have no other choice but to que into it. The teams are always a mixture of fresh pilots and veterans whereas this would be easier balanced in 6v6 at the 12v12 scale it becomes too much of a liability to have anyone who isn't at least competent in 1800 or above.
The map sizes themselves cannot warrant tactical rotations as once 3-4 people are on respawn timer that team is forever split and doomed to fail. The armor values of mechs enforces a playstyle that makes you take advantage of weaknesses in your own line or the enemies line taking away the ability to distinguish yourself in the Hawken duels we all love. 24m becomes so boring so fast. Once the match hits the counter rotation stage kills only occur when you catch someone out of line or leave someone behind. This is so much like MWO in all it's worse ways that I can't stand to see it here. It works better in MWO because the map sizes, zero respawns, and punishment for rage quits (you cannot launch in the mech you went out into that match with until that match has finished) as I've seen 4 people leave a team basically crippling that 24m Hawken match.
The balancing issues and pilot population are the number one reasons to entirely remove 24m but for me it's about how boring 24m is and how MM forces me to play it. The inability to escape 24m matches has already caused new late night pilots to just put the game down. Putting down the 12v12, 8v8, and 7v7 needs to happen sooner rather than later so that new people can feel more fit into their MMR and I can have games that challenge me to get better and do more than wait for fuzzy bunnies to hop out of line.
I want it completely removed personally but I'm willing to accept that someone out there for some reason likes it. Since that is probably the case I'm willing to settle for allowing Mayhem to have it's own seperate que. I know that this will likely just halt all Mayhem games as it did the first time it was introduced. Tell me your reasons why you like Mayhem? It's just too boring for me anyway you spin it and isn't Hawken at all.
TL;DR
24m is boring and can hurt Hawken. 24m takes away what we love about Hawken, mech duels and teamwork, and replaces it with rotational camping. Give Mayhem it's own seperate que to stop match making from forcing people to play it. Gundam! I was so bored when I wrote this. No one takes 24m seriously of course.
Edited by Kamile, 10 May 2015 - 06:34 AM.
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