Detangler wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:55 pm
Solo puggers are gonna try and PvE for their wins and get starched 500-120 instead of 500-0 by all the premades.
so.... thats an improvement?
yes 500-120 is an improvement of 120 over 500-0, basic maths.
it's more renown and more contri to the event, so obvious improvement
though your 500-120 is a low estimate in my view.(see below)
and imho the gm is incorrect also, showing what I've said many times; gms have paid little attention to stat crunching the weekend event scans to produce accurate data, they seem almost oblivious to the weekly reality of a never ending stream of king of the hills until this post shone a light upon it. Gamesbond, you dont get stomped to the ground in multiple base scens by premades for 2 reasons:
1. there are multiple bases, so it's a larger area of map that's fought over, not a 5m square patch of mud, the destro zerg is at one base u just take the other 2 bases and can also find solo or small scale fights there, sometimes you even beat the premade because 2 bases beats 1 base, destro seems to struggle with this, so do some order to be fair there is a mentality middle 1 base wins all, but it does not.
2. destro dont like splitting up. using map, having to think beyond the melee ball stay putt centre meatfest mentality, so they rarely take bases other than middle, there are also some destro who believe kills wins all scens coz thats all they know, so sometimes they have even run to order Gy and farm the Gy grinning at each other in euphoria as they dispatch Bws, AMs, Shads,like there is no tomorrow then look around in confusion when they lose 500-350 coz order took 2 or 3 bases and killed their poor black orc or WE base guards.
if the gms gathered data on the event scen as several players here and over other threads have asked them to they'd see this,
id estimate the following if gms gathered data
1. king of hill (and highpass cemetary and praarg) avg win 500-50, % of 500-0s stompings 75%. : Conclusion: 1 sided face roll
2. multiple base (3 or more bases) scens, avg win 500-300, % of 500-0 stompings 5%, : Conclusion: best scen type to have a completive close fight and you give your best til very end, good for community
3. flag runner scens avg score 500-200, % of 500-0 stopings 10% can be either of the above, bit random is this one, could be a happy medium between to the two above, sometimes destro think kills wins and they lose the game as u cap the objective over and over, sometimes they are smart and boss it and take care of objective and batter you fair and square.
on a side note it's strange and unfortunate many good multiple base even matched scens have been turned into king of the hill stompers by the gms eg Logain Forge, Reikland Hills, Black cairn, and the 5 point lava hangar one (Doomfist crater?). I'd like these returned to their multiple base incarnation or maybe a rotation of each of the two versions?
so yes anything is an improvement on king of the hill.
As for your proclaiming little to nothing will change this weekend regardless of scenario type, to that i say, I Look forward to it. Blow the dust of your M keys,and fire up those synapses because it's tactical completive time destro!
Hail and Kill.