What do you think goes on in there when they're picking their loadouts and go with something like Black Widow II, Pistol Amp II, Expert Package IV? I've thought about it, and I think that most of it (when it comes to players with an average N7, which I think means they've been around) just don't care and put it on so that they don't get kicked for having no gear at all. Either that, or they're dedicated trolls. I'm sure this doesn't apply to every PUG, where there's sure to be a new player or two who don't know better so this doesn't apply to them as they're still learning.. I think the same also applies when the match starts, and you see them going down left and right without geling. They either know to gel and don't care, or are purposefully trolling everybody else for whatever reason (especially when it comes to reviving other teammates/doing objectives).
Just my 2 cents after going through a few matches that had me thinking about this. I'm probably either completely wrong or over-anazlying this too much, probably a bit of both.
Inside the head of a PUG..
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Posté 13 mai 2013 - 11:28
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After over a year of playing, 3800 games, I still do stupid crap. Posting on here comes to mind....
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Posté 13 mai 2013 - 11:34
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Mumba1511 wrote...
Casuals.
Your best avatar yet!!!
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Posté 13 mai 2013 - 11:35
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I tend to be very absent minded when it comes to permanent gear, and quite often take grenade capacity when playing none nade kits. It happens.
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Posté 13 mai 2013 - 11:46
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Noticing an influx of new players over the past few weeks. Thinking a lot of it can be explained by the fact that your average PUG player just doesn't understand how things work yet. Saw a pretty new player yesterday, pleased as punch to slap on whatever equipment he just pulled from his veteran pack, including a shotgun rail amp to enhance his Avenger II. They will get it eventually if they stick with the game...one of the reasons I like playing PUGs at 3 difficulty levels....you can actually be a good community steward and help the new crop of players.
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Posté 13 mai 2013 - 11:46
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k1ngl1ves wrote...
Working as intended.
Dont ask me why, but this still makes me chuckle every, single, time.
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Posté 13 mai 2013 - 11:53
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Oh yeah, you can't fault the new players. They're still learning and will find out what works and what doesn't. This was mainly about those who I assume have been around for a while yet haven't noticed. Just like that one match we had on Glacier, where we both thought it would be a pretty good match and turned out the exact opposite.Datdude1970 wrote...
Noticing an influx of new players over the past few weeks. Thinking a lot of it can be explained by the fact that your average PUG player just doesn't understand how things work yet. Saw a pretty new player yesterday, pleased as punch to slap on whatever equipment he just pulled from his veteran pack, including a shotgun rail amp to enhance his Avenger II. They will get it eventually if they stick with the game...one of the reasons I like playing PUGs at 3 difficulty levels....you can actually be a good community steward and help the new crop of players.
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Posté 13 mai 2013 - 12:03
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The-Fantasm wrote...
Oh yeah, you can't fault the new players. They're still learning and will find out what works and what doesn't. This was mainly about those who I assume have been around for a while yet haven't noticed. Just like that one match we had on Glacier, where we both thought it would be a pretty good match and turned out the exact opposite.Datdude1970 wrote...
Noticing an influx of new players over the past few weeks. Thinking a lot of it can be explained by the fact that your average PUG player just doesn't understand how things work yet. Saw a pretty new player yesterday, pleased as punch to slap on whatever equipment he just pulled from his veteran pack, including a shotgun rail amp to enhance his Avenger II. They will get it eventually if they stick with the game...one of the reasons I like playing PUGs at 3 difficulty levels....you can actually be a good community steward and help the new crop of players.
Yeah, got nothing for that
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Posté 13 mai 2013 - 12:58
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For those who can't figure it out with this "cheesy" foreign language : it's the Asari Huntress' stuff. What's the point of this Thermal Mod on the Krysae ?!
Don't know if trolling...
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Posté 13 mai 2013 - 01:11
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Thanks.k1ngl1ves wrote...
Mumba1511 wrote...
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Posté 13 mai 2013 - 01:24
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Mind of a bad pug
Waves 3, 5, 6, 9 and 10 are all good waves to bleed out. Must not bleed out in Wave 11.
No equipment, no gear, a level 3 uncommon weapon is good for gold. Using level 3 characters naked is also a good idea!
If i bleed out, it not because i'm out of my league, its because they never revived me
Playing the game means spectating. Much fun is had by being dead
Objective waves are good waves to shoot things as far away from the others as possible
Dropping every wave is good. It shows how skilled i man in dropping.
After running into a mass of enemies then drop, i must repeat this as its an obviously very good tactic
Player X did that and didn't die, so i can do the same and not die too!
A juggernaut means i'm ready to play gold and platinum! Dropping many times a wave as a juggernaut means i'm doing good!
Waves 3, 5, 6, 9 and 10 are all good waves to bleed out. Must not bleed out in Wave 11.
No equipment, no gear, a level 3 uncommon weapon is good for gold. Using level 3 characters naked is also a good idea!
If i bleed out, it not because i'm out of my league, its because they never revived me
Playing the game means spectating. Much fun is had by being dead
Objective waves are good waves to shoot things as far away from the others as possible
Dropping every wave is good. It shows how skilled i man in dropping.
After running into a mass of enemies then drop, i must repeat this as its an obviously very good tactic
Player X did that and didn't die, so i can do the same and not die too!
A juggernaut means i'm ready to play gold and platinum! Dropping many times a wave as a juggernaut means i'm doing good!
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Posté 13 mai 2013 - 01:35
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Saw a Smashguard packing a Black Widow and Paladin on Gold earlier.
I'd heard about Asari sniper builds before the Huntress came out, but I've never heard of a Phoenix sniper build.
And this was Gold.
I'd heard about Asari sniper builds before the Huntress came out, but I've never heard of a Phoenix sniper build.
And this was Gold.
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Posté 13 mai 2013 - 01:40
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You guys are just mean hearted. There are a lot of new players who are joining us and learning the ropes. New players will make mistakes - just like we made mistakes. Granted, some puggers make some really bad choices......
Look at it this way, where else are you going to get that much entertainment?
Look at it this way, where else are you going to get that much entertainment?
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Posté 13 mai 2013 - 01:43
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After hundreds and hundreds of hours and thousands of games....I do dumb **** every now and then for lolz. Played as a nova guard vs Collectors platinum last week...that was fun lol.
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Posté 13 mai 2013 - 01:45
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What really irks me is seeing all these n7 <120 drop into platnium lobbies. I recall us seeing a brand new n7 L1 too. Was tempted to start up the mission with him just to see what he would do. The last time we did that it was pretty fun
Anyway... I imagine they are just thinking they need $$$ (credits) fast and quick. So they hope they can search for a lobby that will carry them all the way to extraction. Last night we let this paladin play that was running armored compartments and some low level guns (it was U/U/P too). And all he did was die left & right. Both games around Wave 9 he only had 30k. At wave 10 he would rocket his score up to 70k because he'd try to missile everything.
What was he thinking? We could only guess. We watched him hide in the corner and die repeatedly even if no enemies were near him. Was pretty weird
Anyway... I imagine they are just thinking they need $$$ (credits) fast and quick. So they hope they can search for a lobby that will carry them all the way to extraction. Last night we let this paladin play that was running armored compartments and some low level guns (it was U/U/P too). And all he did was die left & right. Both games around Wave 9 he only had 30k. At wave 10 he would rocket his score up to 70k because he'd try to missile everything.
What was he thinking? We could only guess. We watched him hide in the corner and die repeatedly even if no enemies were near him. Was pretty weird
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Posté 13 mai 2013 - 02:17
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For those that obviously aren't brand new, I agree that it is probably them just throwing on whatever so they don't get yelled at for not having gear. Or they are running out of equipment and are just putting on whatever they have left.
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Posté 13 mai 2013 - 02:21
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This thread wasn't meant to bash on new players. It was about those who have been around for a while yet still don't seem to get what works and what doesn't. --Tonymac wrote...
You guys are just mean hearted. There are a lot of new players who are joining us and learning the ropes. New players will make mistakes - just like we made mistakes. Granted, some puggers make some really bad choices......
Look at it this way, where else are you going to get that much entertainment?
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Posté 13 mai 2013 - 02:25
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Two things.
1) PUG does not mean bad player or players with bad load outs etc. PUG is a player in a public game and there are just loads who are very good, very competent and very talented. If you want to talk about bad load outs or bad players talk about them but tossing every single public player into 'pug' is pretty meaningless.
2) It's a MASSIVE bonus to see players equip anything other than gear so I really don't care if they make a load out mistake.
1) PUG does not mean bad player or players with bad load outs etc. PUG is a player in a public game and there are just loads who are very good, very competent and very talented. If you want to talk about bad load outs or bad players talk about them but tossing every single public player into 'pug' is pretty meaningless.
2) It's a MASSIVE bonus to see players equip anything other than gear so I really don't care if they make a load out mistake.
