jae112200 wrote...
I guess for me it's a time by time basis. I usually play silver, but I try not to kick anyone in lobby, regardless of N7 ranking. Now if during the first game a person with a low N7 keeps going down, scores really low and in general seems out of place then the next game I'll consider kicking. N7 is hard to use to judge performance because some people find one class and just stick with it forever, never exploring other classes or builds. Personally when I want to try a new character in a class i've already maxed out i'll promote and start at zero, so i can get a good feel for it at first and then when I reach 20 i've come close to being really good at it, but there is always room to grow. I personally use my batarian soldier and my qme for most of my matches, because i've used them the most and feel the most comfortable, but I can rock an asari if I have too, and that's because I took the time to learn the class. My N7 is only 620 but I can consistently top the boards and that includes the times when there are those the 1000+ N7s.
*nods* I completely agree. That's how I learned as well. Or actually, how I'm still learning. I found I hit plateaus at several points, most notably about a month ago. I spent several weeks, from... oh, I dunno, about N7 700 to 1200, where I could easily solo Bronze, could consistently dominate Silver, but was only -okay- on Gold. I got that good with every single class, and most races and builds, developing a very solid, broad understanding of how each power and class works, which did help me, by knowing how my teammates worked. But I just couldn't seem to break through that threshhold to being a truly great Gold player, and knew I wouldn't have a prayer in Platinum.
So I went back to focusing on a single build. In fact, it was a new build I'd never used, with a power I'd scoffed at before. Namely, a Human Soldier with Adrenaline Rush. While I played many Human Soldiers, I always respecced out of AR. I was convinced that the damage bonus wasn't worth it, considering that it does no time dilation, and the few times I tried it, my gut feeling confirmed that.
I also never really liked the Claymore. Its reload times were horrible, and a miss was a disaster. The high damage just wasn't worth the trade-off in my mind.
Then I watched zHHk's how-to video on a human soldier, and learned that Adrenaline Rush gives a free, instant reload upon activation, as well as a s shield boost, making it useful for faster firing of single-shot weapons, and as a panic button when taking damage.
Also, while I'd heard of reload-cancelling, I hadn't really taken the time to learn how to do it. So I watched his video on that as well, and practiced, alone on Bronze at first, then on Silver, then took it to gold after I had a dozen or so matches under my belt on Silver, and was topping the charts reliably.
So a power I hated, and a weapon I hated, are now my mainstay, and the only character I'm really comfortable playing on Gold PUGS, or Platinum. I went from Claymore's timing being BOOM -- tick -- tick -- tick -- tick -- tick -- BOOM, to BOOM-BOOM -- tick -- ticBOOM -- tick -- ticBOOM -- tick -- ticBOOM-BOOM. I went from scoring 50-60k in Gold to 120-150k.
Now I'm at a plateau with my Claymore Rape soldier, where I feel like I need to broaden my skill base again, so now I'm starting to learn the Geth Shotgun Infiltrator to that new level, to branch out. Then I'll maybe move on to a Phoenix Adept or something, I dunno.
Anyway yeah. You're learning about how I did, I'd say. Keep playing, you'll get there! So will I!
I simply don't believe that players with low N7 ratings (in general for you nit-pickers) can claim that kind of experience level, learning curve, or understanding, either of the game, or themselves. So yes, I feel comfortable stating a preference for playing with other players at my approximate level of skill and experience, within a reasonable margin.
I want to be able to judge that -before- I waste half an hour of my life on a painfully bad team, because... well because I'm a selfish monster, I'm sure many of you will say. So be it. The ONLY method I have at my disposal to make said judgement, is to look at a player's N7 rating, and gear setup. That's it. Ther IS no other way.
So yes. You're all right. Congratulations. N7 -isn't- a very good determining factor for a player's skill. But it's all I have. So I'll use it, and make the most of it, and frankly, if you can't handle that, too bad. I'm still going to do it. As others with rational minds have stated, so will they. So will the rest of the community.
So if you really, truly want to prove that your low N7 rating doesn't matter, good luck, and I hope you enjoy being kicked from many games without a chance to show how good you are. I hope you're filled with righteous indignation thereafter. I hope you realize that nobody else cares.
For the rest of us... it matters. It matters because there -is- no other option. So... that's that.
And I'm going to bed.
Modifié par FirroSeranel, 18 juillet 2012 - 11:27 .
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