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Edited by Ursa Pantera Draconis:
5/30/2021 6:11:53 AM
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New Gambit needs Freelance mode now more than ever!
As long as we have this current matchmaking system, and since Bungie saw fit to take the rewarding social aspect of early D1 out back to strangle it, solo matchmaking in Gambit is comparable to the misery of non-freelance, solo-matchmaking competitive Crucible & Iron Banner.
And when I wind-up, for the sixth time in a row, on teams full of solo players, half of them not even in clans and very clearly holding their controllers upside down, and most if not all of the other team is once again in the same clan, I’m not even allowed to spare myself the misery by quitting the match because of the ban system that you normally use to punish your customers for having spotty internet connections.
And now, there’s no longer any (lazy) excuse about “further splitting up playlists,” in Gambit, is there?
Try to stick with ways that encourage people to join clans that don’t include matchmaking algorithms that casually punish players for having the audacity to play solo sometimes and use your matchmaking system.
So ffs, give us Freelance Gambit already, or just fix the awful matchmaking system.
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Freelance wouldn't solve much unfortunately. Teams might be slightly more unorganized without stacks, but that won't stop players from melting bosses or having gilded Unbrokens blasting you away.
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1 ReplyThe artifact mods needs to be deactivated in gambit. Tired of insta boss melts.
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11 RepliesNew Gambit needs to be shoved up Drifter's arse, then shot out of a canon into the sun. Old Gambit was far better.
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theres no point in winning anyway , just do the 3 forced weekly ones for loot and never play it again that week lol
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as someone who is only 15-ish wins towards re-gilding Dredgen, I feel your pain. To be fair, however..I have seen a squad of blueberries smash out and summon a primevil when the team of 4 clanned up members on the other side only has 15 motes banked. It's an outlier, but it has happened. All I can say is good luck.
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Gambit needs a lot of work. They took away what made the mode enjoyable and made Gambit Prime Lite. It's just not fun. A freelance node would be nice, but they really need to just take Gambit back to it's roots. Nobody complained about OG Gambit like they complain about the current iteration. Gambit Prime was such a sweatfest sometimes. It was borderline painful. Gambit Prime needed to go because of the sheer quantity of assets committed to it, but getting rid of OG and Prime to create this hybrid was the wrong move. Ideally, I would like to see Gambit split back into 2 nodes, an OG clone for casual play, and the current mode, maybe with a Glory-esque system, for the more hardcore. Then, people who just want to farm the newest Gambit loot can go sweat, and people who just want to grind out infamy while not hating themselves for playing Gambit can play OG.
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Edited by Althanash: 6/1/2021 3:40:52 AMThey should have scrapped normal gambit. Kept Prime. Scrapped the armor bonuses since they could not balance them properly. There's no real way to address invading. However when you play it enough you learn most likely spawns. Freelance won't solve any issues and to be honest....I've beaten stacks before. Edit: Heavy Ammo needs to be completely taken away as well. Stasis is a whole other conversation but the freezing also needs to be removed. It's amazing how much better games in gambit or anywhere feel when you're not getting frozen or hit by an overly easy and lethal heavy weapon.
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I much preferred The Reckoning if I'm being honest. With a descent team, the rounds were pretty quick, and it was a great way to farm certain weapons. Thinking about it, Menagerie was a lot of fun too.
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Idk if freelance would fix anything. IB freelance is still either mercy or get mercied.
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I only load into Gambit for the pinnacle and when I do I only touch the controller enough not to get kicked while I watch youtube. Kinda feel bad for the people on my team but hey, what are you gonna do when Bungie forces you into a list you can't stand?
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Gambit is far from new ! It’s a sad one round one mode activity now. Again just vault gambit .
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And quickplay crucible while they are at it...
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I'd appreciate freelance but I'd rather they just remove the mote drain from blockers.
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5 RepliesYou guys still play gambit ?
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Yep sick of being matched up against clans
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To be Honest everything at the crucible need a solo queue, it's beyond me why iron banner had already a solo mode and control not...
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LoL Not going to happen. Why? More players are actually Raiding than running Gambit. 245k Gambit Player 251k Raiders Via Charlemagne Why does this Matter? Two reasons. 1)More ppl are finally running End Game content rather than chasing a +1 pinnacle that doesn’t have slot protection so what’s the point. It’s a waste of time. 2)Bungie is NOT fixing to take a dead playlist and split it up even further just so little Timmy can feel better about himself. The LAST thing Bungie needs to do is waste time and recourses on the horrid gamemode that is Gambit. Gambit should have been abandoned a long time ago.
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1 ReplyThe Drifter needs to drift off again. 5-6% participation and it's the featured playlist mode. It's miserable and every season my involvement is the same. 1. I'm just getting pinnacle and the weekly bounty 2. Oh, it's bonus infamy now I'm just going to get my shader/emblem and rank reset. 3. Oh, I'm SO close to getting gilded I might as well just go invade those extra 20 kills and 10 wins (I almost never invade, I think it's the ultimate in cheesy PvP) Never is my thought process, oh I want to go have some fun playing Gambit. I don't even care about bottom dollar. It's just this rolling "might as well" And sorry, to your point, four person collaboration with set roles and layouts is going to win over 4 rando's trying to get their bounties done or just chasing rewards pretty much every time. But Bungie can't afford to put in freelance, the player pool in that mode is too shallow.
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Gambit just needs to go away. Its not fun, the mote bug STILL isn't patched and to add insult to injury? The loot isn't even that good. The pinnacles are the only thing worth doing it for, and even then most people I see just sit in spawn and afk those 3 matches.
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1 Reply3 for pinnacle and out. Seasonal challenge? Maybe little more then. Caring about wins? Nope. Why? I have enough stress IRL don't need more from a halfbaked gamemode.
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2 RepliesGambit just needs to be vaulted!
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It does. I still don’t like gambit but yeah...it does.
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Edited by THA_3rd_GUY: 5/31/2021 5:02:58 AMI just wish they would change the spawn patterns. You can predict where the first wave spawns in before you even drop in. On Earth? Fallen and Hive at Ruins, Cabal at Trees. Titan? Fallen and Hive at Command, Scorn at the Burrow. Nessus? Everything at Base. It's just so predictable, that it just makes it even more boring.
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Freelance will not make gambit any more enjoyable. Convincing yourself otherwise will bring more satisfaction then you’ll get from bungie wasting their time on something gambit related. But hey the grass is always greener over there isn’t it.
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Longer matchmaking times, no thanks. New maps, a deeper loot pool, and maybe another pass at something like the Gambit Prime mode in the form of mods is what's needed. More things to vary the game mode and entice more people in.
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Except it doesn't
