Forum Discussion

6 years ago

DONT put me in the same team with low lvls please

Im lvl 45 myself and a solo player, players under lvl 5 dont even know the basics and are often just a burden. I'd rather up the wait time a bit to find a suitable team.

gameplay discussion

Midnightguide

6 years ago

'not that a level reflects any bearing whatsoever on a players skill in FPS games'
And thats where you are wrong. Read back what I'd just written about knowing keys locations and other critical information about the weapons, the map, the characters or whatever else.
You might be a GOD mechanically but if I get to that tier3 armor (and I will because I know where to look) before you could even look at a measly Mozambique, you're out.
I don't think it's an ungodly thing to expect that my partners should at least know the very basics of the game/genre when I'm flying solo. Yes, I've had enough with strangers getting themselves killed 2 minutes into a game thus ruining my experience aswell. There are always bad starts and bad runs, heck I've been killed countless times minute 1 but I'm not actively seeking death like the rookies because of their lack of knowledge. If it only happened every now and then I wouldn't say anything but it's literally every.other.game. It's VERY frustrating.
And I shouldn't be forced to find a team because the matchmaking is badly designed.

Stevoyd

6 years ago

@Midnightguide
No, that's where you're actually wrong.

A player can come into a game with no game-knowledge whatsoever, and be better at a game than someone who has played it for years. That's why there's such things as eSports, and why Pro players are often paid ridiculous fees to play games. They're naturally extremely talented and skillful, and understand the philosophy and mechanics behind games before they play them.

What you're trying to suggest is; Every low levelled player that plays the game is garbage - which is why I've said you're wrong, because you are.

You don't know "where to look" to get Tier 3 armour, because no one does. It's randomised loot. You know which area to drop to, but that's it. What's to say these low-levelled players aren't taken to those areas by their flight-master and also get the Tier 3 armour?

Not that an extra 25HP will make much difference anyway if you can't aim, and the low-levelled player is a "GOD mechanically"... they'd probably dance around your stray fire and punch you to death, with your Tier 3 Armour too.

The point is in a game you're distinctly average at, there will always be 50% of the player base better than you, and 50% of the player base worse than you. If you feel you're good at the game, you're just adding to the proportion that are worse than you, therefore you need to be the leader and set the example before the game begins. Tell them to follow you, tell them where to loot... or just find a group to be a part of so you don't have to repeat yourself.

Even if you're distinctly average at the game, you have a 50-50 chance whether you're getting players better than you... so over the two players, the likely case is one will be better and one will be worse. You're asking for a 50-50 chance to be stacked 100-0 and always give you players that know how to play.