Profile of Cinders

Thanks!

Ok, so use the Captain and Lieutenant, but don't replace them? There are so many unique units in USF, but a lot of them are one-shot wonders, like the Captain. The LT nets me a quick bazooka, but then falls off after mid game.

So many damn individual abilities to keep track off, lol

Actually, they are sorted by themselves somewhere beyond 1k rank.

Again, I'm talking at bigger than 1v1.

Load up a 3v3 or 4v4, instantly a coin is flipped and a team has a drop. That team loses.

The bottom ranked players are probably the droppers, but anything beyond pro level players is just random based on "did you get the quit/drop?"

Actually, they are sorted by themselves somewhere beyond 1k rank.

No, there's been plenty documentation in MOBAs, which often has a similar system of "rank." Often called the "trench," you can't escape it by going through it. Games are not determined by skill, but by whose teammate rage quits first. Over enough games, it evens out to 50/50 and you can neither rise nor fall beyond a modest range.

In 1v1, this archaic system of "let the gods decide" works okay. 2v2 and above muddles the 80% curve of players, deciding their fate via the law of averages or they manage to be blessed/cursed in an anomaly. As with any large system of numbers, patterns do occur, such as players escaping the trench or skilled players falling to the bottom of the trench from a long series of quitters on their team. The olympian players and the clueless will not see a problem as they are not our average player. Those stuck in the trench will be unhappy while those that barely got out of it via skill + luck or, more often imho, mostly luck, will try to keep a lid on the system to maintain their benefit.

And, let's be honest, the AI is a death sentence. The enemy immediately pushes that side and capitalizes on their advantage. Now, in theory, a pro player might handle a 2v3. But this supposes that the other player on the pro's team is "onboard" and capable. But, true to human nature even as far back as the first shield formations, weak players will tend to hide in the shadow of the better player, collapsing a theoretical equal-push from the 2 players. Somebody like Helping Hans will lose in large matches as his fan/random teammates collapse and leave him to take massive losses.

This will be fun:
1) Why does COH2 allow people to leave with no punishment? 2v2, 3v3, and 4v4 are then screwed when someone rage drops. I'm just trying to play a game for fun and I don't care about the lost rank.

2) I quit games early or mid game when I realize I have a non-winning team. Because I'm trying to play a single fun game during my break rather than endure a team that turtles or blobs.

The simple math is that it is faster to quit and start a new game. Yes, I do hope the opposing team stays till the end. But you don't fix a broken system by suffering through. You play into the broken system until its dysfunction garners attention.

You guys are right, it will probably sit as afk as a "glitchy af unit" until enough attention is garnered that it is not working or, better yet, someone figures out how to exploit its glitched mechanics.

But thanks for the advice. I've tried aiming at the far BACK END of the enemy units and it just punts the round into the dirt well short of that. I'd love to have my replay where I hit a 3 squad blob in the open... and only 1 rifleman died, leaving 17/18 to keep going. That brave, brave rifleman absorbed that 30 megaton blast for the rest of his unit!