That's their schtick... you either "don't understand..." or you "are in the minority..."

We are not placed in battles based on GS though... One combo at 8999... next combo could drop to 6999... good luck when enemies nullify your 8999 combo with 50% module. He's complaining because enemies with way more ranks have much better options. See above. And it should be by rank.... If you are a Colonel and have spent wisely and earned lots of crystals, upgrading your equipment so it is better than your peers is the reward and you will thrive. Upgrading your equipment and having to play against Gismos is hardly a reward for the hard work you have done. Really no incentive to upgrade much is there?

Does not mitigate the fact one community has advantage over another. If EN community can get by for time without WIKI updated, why can't Russian community get by like that as well. Obviously having different communities playing on even ground is not important.

You are not getting the point. Updating them ALL at same time is exactly the point. If TO wants to be international then stop releasing info piecemeal - hold all info until everyone can get it. OR... don't release updates into game until documentation for these updates is ready as well. It's like selling a new electronics item, then mailing out the instructions 2 weeks later. Who does that? "Official announcement topics in forum" often contains incorrect information. Another one of the points discussed. This is becoming cyclic. Players complain that forum has incorrect info. Mods say wait for WIKI. Russian WIKI updated first followed later by other WIKI.

All WIKIs should be updated ~ simultaneously. One community should not be privy to info another does not get for a while. The delay from one WIKI to the other gives first one an advantage. Either all communities get update right away, or all wait until it can be available for everyone. Makes it fair - right?

Yeah - I have my doubts about "equal probability"... get same map 2x in a row... but some maps I have not seen for weeks. Can't recall last time MM put me in Rio...

The WIKI did not have all the info when the alterations were released. So even if players visited that, they would not have all the info they needed to make an informed decision.

You can't even read what is in your own links. DEFAULT RANK LIMIT. Try to figure that one out will ya? Ah forget it. You really have no clue. None. At. All.

They should move JUG to Pro-battles - it's quite the niche mode. Thank goodness they don't have missions based on that mode. At least I haven't seen any yet...

Every now and then I'll do the CTF 4 flags no timer - but - they can be frustrating - seem like they never end. 20 minute battles are just about perfect. Enough time to attract devoted players, but not so long players tire of the battle and just leave.

"smaller rank bracket: TO said that everybody should be able to play and they want mixed level rank in battle - those are the same since I started to play 3 years ago" What does this even mean? How does tightening up rank brackets (to make playable battles) prevent people from playing? Maybe they have to wait a little longer, but they will still be able to play. Or 7 vs 7.. or 14 players in DM instead of 16. Get outside of the box once in a while... "I guess you like mults, raiders and traps, as you did not denied it" Why would I need to? It's a rhetorical question - or at least - it should be. And if you don't think there are mults in battles today you are delusional. --------------------------- MM does not work unless players have incentive to play, and incentive to STAY and FINISH battles. Having a "threshold" to get stars is counter to that. Many players see their team is losing and bail early so they don't waste their time getting 1 or 0 stars and no chance for the top3-winners-team mission. As soon as players bail that team is doomed and remaining players lose out even more. Get rid of that threshold, allow players who stick it out in a crappy battle to get at least 1 star. And players dropped into half-finished game as well. Otherwise - they see the current status and bail. Players will play more and stay longer - and as a result, battles will improve. It's a positive feedback-loop.

Did not the original firebird alt description indicate it received +50% damage? In reality it is 10%. Also - Vulcan "fire" alt - when I bought it there was nothing about 10% damage nerf. Now there is. Misleading info like that can affect the buy / not-buy decisions...

Balanced battles in which outcome is determined in last minute. :ph34r:

Any new battle-modes should be relegated to Pro-Battles. Players in MM battles are already spread thin enough as it is.

You won't be doing Max damage if you plan to hit from afar on the larger maps. I make use of Vulcan's 50% "weak" damage a lot on maps like Kunger (have not seen that in MM now for weeks). Enemies are quite surprised how fast their health disappears when getting hit by enemy from across the map. Of course you are not gonna equip this alteration when placed on smaller maps like Sandal or Sandbox. Kunger, Alexandrovich, Solimnnsk, etc - where you have long-range camping spots are best. It's a little like using the smoky high-impact alt - you give up some big damage to annoy targets more...

Source?

On large maps I'd think the faster re-load for Sledge would increase the DPS. If you are already using that 50% weak damage, firing more often more than makes up for the few times enemies are within the mid-range. Depends on how you use it.

I have enough hours on Isida to know how it works. Insulting other posters does not make your idea better in any way. Nah - this would just enable fighting heavy hulls with protection. Currently isidas run out of juice before they can kill. Trade off is that it's not as easy to kill lighter hulls.

I figured you'd skirt around the Challenge and mission-completion issues. Anyone can guess - but not everyone posts like they actually understand what is really going on behind the scenes. Try to help all of us infants understand and give a shot to answering my 3 questions on improving match-Maker. Or are you just blowing more hot air?

Before MM there was a battle-list. It displayed the ranks for players in the battle. One could join or not join based on that. All that was needed was a player selecting create battle that was relatively close to your rank. Then you never had to fight Gismos as a Colonel. The "direction they chose" (if actually true - you are not a MOD - where's your inside info?) is poor. Players have daily and weekly missions, and there are events like the Challenge (42 days!) wherein individual performances are focused on - not team play. The lower-rank players have great difficulty completing these missions (finish top-3 x15) and gaining stars when they are so far below some of the other players in same battle. You bring up team-play. Ironic. They merged servers of different communities and destroyed communication which basically has killed team-play. Wait wut? Patents preventing improvements? :rolleyes: What patent prevents TO from implementing early-battle termination - which they already had before? What patent prevents TO from tightening rank-brackets so players don't get 0 stars for staying in and finishing one-sided battles? What patent prevents TO from closing player slots with 3 or less minutes remaining?

I'll ask again ... ... How fast will Wasp (with Mammoth OD activated) be traveling? Does Mammoth OD not affect the speed of the tank? By a LOT?

Well Firebird is OP - so using that as your baseline is a mistake. People have been complaining about Firebird for a while. And I disagree that alteration MUST consider other alterations. You need to consider what you want your turret to do better, and weigh that against a nerf to balance it out. Decreasing healing does not balance it out.

What? <_< What is DPS of m4 firebird? What is DPS of m4 Isida? Why would i want to weaken Isida? I have m3 18/20 and have more hours on Isida than any other single turret. Of course your idea is OP - you want to increase it's attack but have no negative effects in DM. It's win-win. Alterations are not supposed to be win-win. We are not discussing other alterations. We are discussing the proposed alteration for Isida.

My Colonel account played a match-Maker DM battle where leader in score was a ... Gismo. :o Seems legit... <_<

I agree You don't even need any friends. Just create a battle for yourself, drop and collect.