Another observation form a guy who just came back...
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:16 pmSince returning, I;ve started playing my guys from the bottom up. My reasoning, that as the lowers become the highers, the old highers shove back down and bemcoe the new lowers: everyone ends up only a few hundred (or I suspect in the upper levels, a few thousand) xp between each other, instead of the 8K I had between #1 and #12 when I first logged back in. And so far, this seems to be working pretty well, in that spots 7-12 are hauling skidplate up the ranks quite nicely. But I still seem to be playing the same 6 guys, while bots who were the #2-4 on the team are sliding way back. I'm not entierely sure why either, though it could be how often they get played and the legth of battles/post battles. Maybe the "system" hasn't hit equilibrium yet, and it'll work out nice and pretty in the end. As it is, I am getting a nice, even split between the bots, so maybe too, I'm just a bit surprised.
I've also noted that the bottom bots have been benefitting greatly from lopsided and one-sided battles. A lot of missions I've been in have been 4 on 2 or three 0n one, or all against no one. I prefer the latter two, as they seem to generate a 200+ exp haul versus the 100xp baseline genrated from having no one. There's also a trend in the lower levels, that the cons all seem to play in the mornings (for me, anyway) and the autobots at night, as most missions past 10pm EST end up with four bots or more agains nobody, and the morning/noonish missions end up with me agaisnt the whole wide world. Mostly, that's a a platewhuppin' though Trancross did manage to chase off a duo with his bleeding, oozing pulp once. (The mission time finished, he did more damage to the two of them than they did to him, he won). But that's been an issue since before me, which was before OS was the game-god. (WHo preceded him again?)
I've also noted that the bottom bots have been benefitting greatly from lopsided and one-sided battles. A lot of missions I've been in have been 4 on 2 or three 0n one, or all against no one. I prefer the latter two, as they seem to generate a 200+ exp haul versus the 100xp baseline genrated from having no one. There's also a trend in the lower levels, that the cons all seem to play in the mornings (for me, anyway) and the autobots at night, as most missions past 10pm EST end up with four bots or more agains nobody, and the morning/noonish missions end up with me agaisnt the whole wide world. Mostly, that's a a platewhuppin' though Trancross did manage to chase off a duo with his bleeding, oozing pulp once. (The mission time finished, he did more damage to the two of them than they did to him, he won). But that's been an issue since before me, which was before OS was the game-god. (WHo preceded him again?)
but I really don't think they would appreciate that sorta thing, I mean this topic is about being observant and welcoming back our players who took a vacation from all that XP generating for crying out loud.
