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RiceKing55's avatar
6 years ago

Hvv problems

Playing on the lightside on geonosis. Other team refuses to engage me only going for my low level teammate than backs out once they get the lightside. Happens way too much and something needs to be done about it. 

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  • I've noticed the 'backing out when light side' thing a lot with parties.  If the game is close or I succeed against a dark side party it's very likely they all drop rather than replay as the light side.  

    Probably indicative of how much of an advantage the dark side has.

  • RiceKing55's avatar
    RiceKing55
    6 years ago

    It’s acceptable when you lose with the dark side but most the time the other team will just go for the weak links. Ex last night I was playing on trippy hive with 2 buddys and the other team could only kill our level 7 Han. Counted up our deaths at the end of the game and our rando had 19. Next game their full squad is no where to be seen btw they were all emoting for god knows what reason. 

  • Granted the game’s matchmaking system is non existent, however targeting a teams weak-link is standard strategy on pretty much any game.

    Do a better job of protecting your teammates if it’s an issue

  • I don’t know why people are so afraid of losing on this game that has no ranked mode. I was playing with friends last night and we joined in on as lightside for one game against a squad and lost by a couple kills. They were using Grevious and being toxic just spamming claw rush and taunting. Of course the next game when we get to be dark side they leave right away😂 There are lots of honorable players out there but there also a lot of trash players who only play dark side and only want to beat up on noobs. The only thing you can do about it is get a squad and organize a 4v4 vs other squads. I have a group of friends where we will just all 4v4 each other and we have fun competitive games. 

  • @RiceKing55Well, it's a game afterall and so you can do absoloutely nothing to force people to stay as it's not like it's their job to stay on that server or something.

    That being said, forget these server hoppers, they're just pathetic anyways. No need to be upset at all about them.

    Dark Side maybe has power Grievous, but in the end it only depends from which team has the better players.

    Everyone who leaves because he is sorted to the light side after the match has either no confidence or no idea how this game works and is just fooling himself. 

    Limiting yourself to play darkside heroes only when facing hard competition effectively hinders your learning progress with the other hero characters, which then again leads to the devil's circle to leave servers. 

    If we talk about BF 2015, dark side surely is OP in that game, but in this game both sides are closer to each other imo than one might think.

    Light side has strong and varied characters as well and skill makes up for much more than it did in BF 2015.

    And talking about dispatching the weakest team member, guess what I need to do when playing against a 3-people clan stack? There's mostly no point to attack these 3 blaster wielding clan members up front unless your team mates are good and coincidentally cooperating well with you and each other.

    So attack their fourth guy or focus the attack on the clan member who happens to stand too far away from his team mates.

    Maybe this won't win you the game if your team mates in the end die faster than you can kill, but the crying of some of the clan members who think they're entitled to get easy kills because they have a clan tag is worth it.

  • I agree with this too. The light side is not as bad as people say it is. I actually find it more fun to win games as the light side vs squads of 4. Nothing is more satisfying than seeing a squad back out when they get to go against you as the dark side just because they realize they aren’t as untouchable as they thought as the dark side. Dark side is more noob friendly to use but the light side takes more skill which is why you have players that just back out when they get it. Like you said anytime I see a team back out as light side, they are basically admitting they are not as good as you.

  • TRlALON's avatar
    TRlALON
    6 years ago

    @BooBooKitty9999Yeah, especially when both teams are skilled, the match can be really even or even a bit in favor of the light side.

    Just when light side comes up with their blaster heroes, it's a perfect opportunity for all pros with good aim to turn this match into a true nightmare for the dark side.

    Using Iden Versio or Palpatine (or even Boba) is not much of an advantage anymore and needing to rely on Darth Vader and Kylo Ren as counter in such a scenario (as it often happens) opens up more strategic ways for the light side again. Ok, Grievous' claw rush goes over the top now, but the main principle stays the same.

    Especially as Grievous is more a hit-and-run cavalry unit type and can't hold off a wall of blaster fire quite well (unlike Vader and Kylo), same for infantry modes.

  • @TRlALON The Leia rework was a game changer for the light side IMO. She will absolutely shred anyone without a block or who is knocked down. Boba’s can be an issue with the concussion rocket but she made the light side so much better after the rework to the point I’d call it pretty close to even. Then Grevious got his very unnecessary buff/change. It’s made things harder on the light side for sure, especially for blasters. Still like you said he is hit and run. I’ve also found having a Rey saving mind trick exclusively for claw rush to be very helpful in eliminating grevious completely. Dark side are better for sure and they have more combos of heroes they can do without sacrificing any power but the light side is close. I think the light side just needs other heroes to be buffed to be more usable in HvV because you’re unlikely to win against good dark side players unless you’ve got Han, Anakin, and Leia.

  • TRlALON's avatar
    TRlALON
    6 years ago

    @BooBooKitty9999Sometimes it's not because of Leia, but when a lightside team sticks together and one guy is cheesing around as Lando or Chewbacca with clever use of the stun gadgets and good aim, darkside can have a hard time already lol.

    But yeah, once Leia's E-11 was only a good weapon for close quarters as the spray made this weapon too inaccurate; without even considering the recoil. Now this is a solid weapon for mid to far range.

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