Does anyone play factions anymore?

[The nubinator]

Been loving it in this game for a few days now but every time that "Reinforcements Needed" Red Button comes up and I click it and click launch I can't get into a game.


Usually it says 2/3 or 3/3 competitors queuing, sometimes the other number for example 3/3 factions close to the launch button actually says something different. But either way the game never starts and the timer just resets. Why is it telling me people are urgently needed, I get the impression that a game is about to start that is nearly full. But it doesnt seem to be the case?


Am I missing something?

[spartanspud]

I have only played a few faction matches in a thousand hours. It's not really reliable enough to make it worth queuing, even for the pop ups.

[The nubinator]

Originally posted by spartanspud:

I have only played a few faction matches in a thousand hours. It's not really reliable enough to make it worth queuing, even for the pop ups.

Ah damn. I feel like I love the games mechanics but without any added complexity, community or competitiveness I'll lose interest fast.


Trying for half a hour now to join. Currently its 5/10 queue and 5/11 factions.


What do those numbers even mean? My position among competitors and in the faction in the queue? Why even have two different values?

[SharkPlush]

Nobody ever played it op. DOA. I think most players don't have the patience for it. Plus, while you say that, it becomes a lot less fun with random players who give up once they lose a mech or two and just march to their disorganized death.

Get in a unit and get 3 friends and then see how 12v12 feels with some people to talk to. It's a blast.

[Tritol]

Its most active during later hours and friday+weekends, you can easily get chain of dozen games in a row.

Also premades have priority, you can join into the que when its 12/10 but not get into the game because 2 guys in group joined after you when it was 12/11.

There is faction chat, I think you need to join specific faction for that not just freelance, that chat is probably your best info if FP is happening, as people will actually spam there if they need more people to start a game.

It can be quite fun sometimes and using drop deck always beats QP random nonsense, problem is that FP was meant for premades and "competitive" people, so sometimes you will get bunch of donkeys who rush in, die within 20 seconds, insult everyone around and quit ... when that happens, you are not losing 1 dude, but 4 mechs.

[Thundercracker]

for months and months, they've been on a faction rotation that's showcasing factions relevant to MW5 DLC.

my faction has not come up in ages, and im not interested in playing for reduced rewards.

[V4.Skunk]

Originally posted by The nubinator:

Been loving it in this game for a few days now but every time that "Reinforcements Needed" Red Button comes up and I click it and click launch I can't get into a game.


Usually it says 2/3 or 3/3 competitors queuing, sometimes the other number for example 3/3 factions close to the launch button actually says something different. But either way the game never starts and the timer just resets. Why is it telling me people are urgently needed, I get the impression that a game is about to start that is nearly full. But it doesnt seem to be the case?


Am I missing something?

No one plays factions, it's dead.

[The nubinator]

Originally posted by Thundercracker:

for months and months, they've been on a faction rotation that's showcasing factions relevant to MW5 DLC.

my faction has not come up in ages, and im not interested in playing for reduced rewards.

I saw in some video that you can just switch factions all the time nowdays without a penalty? Maybe true?

[The nubinator]

Originally posted by V4.Skunk:

Originally posted by The nubinator:

Been loving it in this game for a few days now but every time that "Reinforcements Needed" Red Button comes up and I click it and click launch I can't get into a game.


Usually it says 2/3 or 3/3 competitors queuing, sometimes the other number for example 3/3 factions close to the launch button actually says something different. But either way the game never starts and the timer just resets. Why is it telling me people are urgently needed, I get the impression that a game is about to start that is nearly full. But it doesnt seem to be the case?


Am I missing something?

No one plays factions, it's dead.

I see. I just feel that constant just QM after QM after QM without any either community ran servers, competitive play or anything really is gonna get old soon. I liked the idea of factions as something more persistent. I mean 1 death per game kinda feels lame too. No tactical choice , no ability to adapt / choose a mech for a situation etc.

[Jimmy With An E]

Originally posted by The nubinator:

Originally posted by V4.Skunk:

No one plays factions, it's dead.

I see. I just feel that constant just QM after QM after QM without any either community ran servers, competitive play or anything really is gonna get old soon. I liked the idea of factions as something more persistent. I mean 1 death per game kinda feels lame too. No tactical choice , no ability to adapt / choose a mech for a situation etc.

During prime time you might be able to get a faction match, but it is pretty dead, however, look out for event queues- Usually they are matches ranging in player amounts, modes, and restrictions, such as medium mechs only. Sometimes they play like faction matches too, with multiple drops in one match. Im not sure what the schedule for event queue is but if it pops up people are always playing it, it gives extra credits too

[SharkPlush]

Random gamers can't handle tactics when they only have 1 mech, what makes you think suddenly it'll be tactical with 4? I regularly observe:

- I bring 100 tons but hide at 100% hp until 5 allies are dead
- we all march into the worst possible position and wait to get fish in a barrel'd
- we sit in the spawn doing nothing for 1-2 minutes letting the enemy team take positions

Etc. this happens in tier 3, the middle rank.

What happened in my experience in faction play was: it was just like QP except I get stuck for 4-6 times as long when it's obvious we've lost within 5 minutes. Now the player that runs away and refuses to engage gets to do it multiple times.

[Tritol]

Originally posted by The nubinator:

Originally posted by Thundercracker:

for months and months, they've been on a faction rotation that's showcasing factions relevant to MW5 DLC.

my faction has not come up in ages, and im not interested in playing for reduced rewards.

I saw in some video that you can just switch factions all the time nowdays without a penalty? Maybe true?

You can stay as freelancer and change sides as you want, but if you pick a side, you can get bunch of goodies, free mech space is especially useful.

Yeah spamming only QP can get boring, but FP can be pain in the ass sometimes too, its still randoms and no tier restrictions, so one day you will be pwning people left and right, and next day you will be on attack and every match will be 20 minutes of sitting around getting farmed by defenders.

Stay on lookout for events, they happen fairly often, and are nice change from QP too. Stuff like assault mechs only, 4v4 or IS/clan mechs only is fun.

[spartanspud]

If people actually played it, I would try it out. But that's probably the same attitude most have. And we don't want to spend 20 minutes waiting just to get bored and give up.

[The nubinator]

Originally posted by SHARKPLUSH:

Random gamers can't handle tactics when they only have 1 mech, what makes you think suddenly it'll be tactical with 4? I regularly observe:

- I bring 100 tons but hide at 100% hp until 5 allies are dead
- we all march into the worst possible position and wait to get fish in a barrel'd
- we sit in the spawn doing nothing for 1-2 minutes letting the enemy team take positions

Etc. this happens in tier 3, the middle rank.

What happened in my experience in faction play was: it was just like QP except I get stuck for 4-6 times as long when it's obvious we've lost within 5 minutes. Now the player that runs away and refuses to engage gets to do it multiple times.

Soooo salty

[SharkPlush]

I don't care who wins or loses, I only want a close game where both sides engage in a fun battle.

[spartanspud]

Played a couple decent games of it today. I think if you get into one, you can get into others a bit faster. But the first was probably 10-15 minutes queuing. The second was maybe about 5.