Todays play experience was worrysome

[Chewy]

Originally Posted by Bocheezu

I've played nothing but solo the entire beta and every time I join a random outfit squad, I feel like it's a bunch of solo people that just happened to be grouped together and the squad leader didn't have a clue how to organize anything. I don't know what the outfits in this game are doing, but whatever it is, it is by-and-large ineffective. The Enclave is really the only outfit actually making a difference; I notice immediately when Enclave is hitting NC bases. I'm not trying to blow smoke up Enclave's ass, because I really don't care, but I do notice them.

From an NC standpoint on Esamir, the biggest problem I have is the lack of direction at biolabs. There may be 1-3 teleports into the dome, but there is one very obvious way to push, and that's the teleport that's right next to the spawn shield generator (if that teleport exists). At Mani and Andvari, it is the SW satellite in both cases, and tends to be the last satellite captured from an NC standpoint, so the zerg never uses it. I constantly pull Sundy, park it right next to the teleport, and direct people in /re to push through that teleport. I get the typical response of 3-4 other solo dudes, while no one else gives a shit and outfits are doing fuck all to actually take the base. I have not actually captured a biolab in two weeks. Everyone keeps zerging three teleports at a time instead of focusing through one of them, and eventually defenders start spawning at other bases, bringing tanks, and blowing all our shit up. The lack of organization is so frustrating.

This is what happened to me today. I joined up on an attack on a VS bio-lab and damn near everyone was camping the vehicle spawn and when it opened up about 10-15 of the herd ran in and got trapped when the shields came back online. It only got worse from there. Everyone was only using the jump pad to enter the bio-lab and was easily pushed back after the first wave because we never went in as a group again, maybe 3-4 at a time with almost no medics to boot.

After I seen that the attack wasn't going to work I went to the other front hitting the TR and found another herd. It lasted for a single base then everyone split up. When the sundy I was in made it to an outpost we had 5 people in it and 2 lightnings as backup. The moment resistance came, it was just me and one other guy to hold back an army. Don't have a clue where the others went.


I love this game when you can find a good battle line. There's nothing like defending an area for hours from constant attack, or fighting for every inch to take a base. But without a focused group, it always ends up with you all alone when the herd moves out without saying a word.