Leo_1408, on 09 February 2018 - 03:09 AM, said:
and my team score is most often in the top three - but we lose the battle time after time (even after I have shot down 10 - 15 enemy aircraft). What is it I am doing (or not doing)? Are there team balances where it is impossible to win?
Yes -
My experience with 2.0 is quite a lot of the time due to your own AI pilots or simply the plane lineup on red, let alone flights of players who regularly curbstomp any opposing team, you have lost before the match even starts.
For the times I play I routinely see on red humans, flights or not, ranging from 25th to as high as 5th in the current hall of fame rating; blue just lost that match unless some kind of planetary alignment occurs.
Matchmaker has ''randomly'' placed those players on blue with me for less than five, if not less than three, matches in total; another good, new, player has been on blue with me exactly once - we are always opposed.
I was doing okay'ish with Shinden at tier VIII to test the waters, then unlocked and purchased two more aircraft at those tiers (a fighter & heavy fighter).
Now I'm averaging at least five, and at times twelve to fifteen games, per session with just that pair of planes simply looking to get the daily bonus; some sessions however I just give up on trying for a win with either.
Staying with the bots may rack up a big score, yet blue loses on capture points; just tonight I lost a ''Winged Legend'' earning match (~16 kay) as red pointed out before able to shoot down the last few friendly planes.
Roaming, I can sometimes (rarely) stay ahead of how fast blue loses those captured areas but I'm often lucky to break a five kay score for all of that effort.
The typical amount of frustration makes it almost not even worth trying to play each day; I may just go back to weekend only sessions, and never again bother with premium time beyond the occasional day here or there.
I get atrociously salty in chat playing those tier VIII planes, but honestly, why should I be even remotely happy about day after day of repeatedly losing no matter what because it's not even in my hands to TRY for a win.
Edited by Soylent_Red_Isnt_People, 09 February 2018 - 08:59 AM.