Pretty sure the EWT do not take into account aborted attempts when calculating average. First try... EWT is 19 seconds, but 55 seconds go by and no battle assigned - so - hit exit. Second try... (as we all know works faster) and you get assigned a battle in 8 seconds. Instead of 55 seconds + 8 seconds the system uses just the 8 seconds when calculating EWT. The system throws away that 55 seconds because it never resulted in a battle placement. No proof - but this is what I suspect is happening.

I'm wondering my Colonel account is always the lowest rank in every battle MM puts me in... Maybe 1 or 2 same rank - everyone else 1-5 ranks higher. And good luck completing that "Finish Top-3 winning team" (x15) weekly mission. ;)

Pretty much. was in a battle last night and we had the drone that deposts extra mines. I kept healing the tanker to keep those mines alive. We must have had at least 30 mines surrounding our flag. Enemy did not cap once. They might be "encouraging" Mine module purchases...

"P.S. I know, Ostrica has been really cruel to you all, she has kidnapped Nives and has been pretending to be him..." A joke? Typo?

Many of the rewards are junk ( 4 batteries) for something that can take 1-2 hrs. And when you get 3x (finish 7 battles) each a different mode, that's 21 battles. Change one and get score 2000 in RGB (which might again be a different mode) and it's no easier. how many hours you think a lot of us play each day?

You are almost caught up already. ;) - MatchMaker is broken - too many battle modes spread low amount of players too thinly and the result is horribly unbalanced battles - Introduced the next generation of Pay-to-Win with Drones and their 300-crystal battery supplies - Seems Devs only want hard-core players in their game as the update to missions will drive casual players to pro-battles or... to quit game entirely

10 kills / battle = 50 battles 20 kills / battle = 25 battles ... so.. somewhere in between? I work out the top-3 x15 = ~ 60 battles. 50% chance for winning team x 50% (at best) for top-3 out of 8 players. If you don't care much about battle result I'd say the 500 kills a bit easier (not easy - eas-i-er). Just keep spamming DD with every re-spawn.

More and more drones in battles now. becoming more common. Where do players get crystals to MU them? Let alone batteries to power them... One player had the drone that lays extra mines - within 4 minutes there must have been 30 mines near our flag. I kept healing him and the enemy never had a chance. They thought the tanker was hacking. Was somewhat comical (form our point of view).

Opened 8 containers last night. Pretty much all garbage. Lots of mines and speed boosts - as if I don't have more than I could ever use already. But hey - got another WC Paint - brings the total to 9. :rolleyes: If only we could archive these useless paints - but never again receive them in a container...

So now that my weekly missions are finally done mid-way through 2nd week, there's no point in playing until "next week". Is this what Devs intended? Less players in battles? :wacko:

Different drone. See post 5757...

OK - then why would what MAF Destrod say above apply? Why would some mines disappear if more were placed? The placer is obviously alive so... the drone limit should only kick in if that player gets killed again.

It's a good idea - but I have strong doubts about co-operation when it comes to random players - half of whom don't speak same language. I don't recall anything about more score for kills based on map location. Seen some suggestions in Ideas section, but never heard there was anything implemented.

so... then no one would want to stay in any battle with 3+ minutes elapsed. You must have been involved in battles that lasted < 5 min or... other team so dominant many defenders score < 100. Can't have missions like that then deny players completion even when they are trying. So now that my alt is done "weekly" missions in 1 & 1/2 weeks, there's no point in playing until "next week". That's exactly what Match-Maker needs, right? My gawd is that ever stupid.

Drone or no drone... there's a maximum number of mines a player can lay? (doubt I've ever lived long enough to place > 8 mines)

I agree with 99% of it. problem is... you are also competing with team-mates when you have finish Top-3... since there's 5 others who won't qualify. I can just see it... Tom - you run as decoy (and get no kill and get destroyed) while I sneak around and take them out (getting score for kills) Bill - Heck no! You run as decoy and I'll get the kill Some of these missions just don't promote team co-operation...

Those "finish battles" are a huge contributor to this issue... all they gotta do is sit there, and maybe collect some supplies or use 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 multiple times...

It's already been made stronger - I see more in battles now - mostly because of the alts. I do wish the Hunter Alt had two missiles that did slightly less damage each - but - at least it's useable. Striker still has some maps where it's better than others, but is better than before with the alts. Not yet my go-to turret though.

So with the freeze alt - every shot is treated exactly the same - with drop-off to 50% (weak dmg) beyond min damage range? (I must have been thinking of the other drone that preserves X mines even with death of mine-layer... "Miner drone"?)

How you figure? The problem wasn't the turrets. The problem was your team. You did the correct action (exit) but for the incorrect stated reason.

Those are 3 different parameters... Speed (top velocity) Power (acceleration and pushing ability) Weight (stability & ability to resist pushing) I don't see how weight affects speed. Mammoth has great power = good acceleration - so it gets up to it's top speed quickly. It's all relative though, as top speed is low. The Hunter/Titan/Mammoth Power/Weight ratios are interesting. 1600/3000... 1400/3800... 1500/4000 Which can push the other??? Guess it depends on which stat has great weight (no pun intended)

Fixed it for ya. ;)

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I suspect that drone is one of the best for CTF. So if they managed to kill you, how many of those mines (%) would stay?

Vulcan Incendiary Band - no mention of 10% damage reduction. Was that removed?