Okay, so I've been a solo player in the competitive playlist for a while now because I have been girding Luna's Howl. Now, I'm not Cammy, or anything like that when it comes to crucible. But I'm not terrible. However, I have never seen such an ass-backwards "competitive" playlist ever, and here's why:
1. You lose points if someone else leaves, and you still continue the match. Even though you know its a lost cause 90% of the time.
2. If you get disconnected from a match. You have about a 20:80 chance to get in. The 20 being in your favor.
3. Matchmaking doesn't mean throw every random person that exists in the search queue into a match with no parameters.
4. Countdown is not fun, and it never has been. And if you play solo. Good luck, because everytime you get countdown, you're almost guaranteed to lose.
5. Personally, I believe they should either remove radar again. Or just fix it to not detect someone blinking from three countries away.
6. Breakthrough is a gamemode that shouldn't be in comp.
7. As a general game aspect. Why is it when I'm good enough to keep my reticle on target when I'm in the air, I don't get shots off? If someone is good enough to keep their aim steady when jumping, they should at least get a bit more than a shot or two landing out of a full clip.
8. I love Crucible and always have. But I am tired of the devs overlooking clear, and obvious outcries from the community to make simple fixes and tweaks to make the game better. There's a reason we don't have Trials yet Bungie. Learn from your mistakes.
9. Finally. For the love of -blam!-. If I am playing solo, don't put me against a full stack, or a clan. Sometimes it works out, but more times than not. It just isn't even worth making the effort to win.
I love Destiny so damn much, I truly do. And I have blindly supported every move the game has made. No matter how scummy it may have been. I pre-ordered every time, I buy any expansion they give. And though it hurts me to have to keep throwing down cash to continue playing a game that I've already put money into 3 times. I still love it, because when Destiny was first announced, I was so in awe at what it could be, and even after it dissapointed almost everyone. I stood alongside the series with a heart of iron to defend it. But I can't pretend that the game is flawless, we all know it isn't. But we do all want it to be better. But we as a community cannot make the change simply by ourselves. If you ask me, a PTR of sorts would do the game wonders. If any devs see this, which I imagine they won't since it's in the crucible section. Please, please just hear us out. We are still part of your community. We are still playing your game. And we are still trying to reach you to help make it better for everyone.
Make Destiny Great Again.
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Yeah I dropped from 1700 to 1100 in 4 days playing solo comp.. also I'm in Australia and lfg often connects me with players in the US, so there are always delays making it very hard to play :( I'm pretty close to giving up as I'm constantly matched against sweaty 4 stacks with only solo players on my team. And this happens about 80% of the time if I'm lucky I might get paired with a 2 stack. Feels I just can't catch a break. I'm not annoyed at people who team up and go on rampages but I'm definitely in support of a solo comp playlist so that there is at least a chance of having a fair game. Very discouraging :(
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14 RepliesEdited by omegacon4: 10/8/2018 4:50:35 PMD2 is no longer a game that cares about what solo gamers think.
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Matchmaking is what is terrible for me. I played against a 4 stack who were wearing their glory emblems and having at least 4000 as their rank. While I’m only at 700 lol. Balanced.
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5 RepliesI expect to match stacked teams in comp as a solo player but what I don't expect from a competitive game mode is when my group is made up of people who are clearly only in there cause u have forced them in there to complete a quest, there is nothing competitive about that, I'd love to know how often these stacked teams actually play other stacked teams as I bet it's probably as low as 20% of there games. Matchmaking really needs to be SBMM for this kinda game mode, as the ping matchmaking simply doesn't work as PvP still lags regardless.
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Pvp and gambit should be split between solo q and team q. Problem solved.
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Or maybe they should not force solo players to do pvp... but what we gona do, we need the power gear and they want to force all players to do everything so they can keep the illusion that most players enjoy everything... wich is clearly false... sacrifice their current customers to keep an image that may atract new noobs to this time-wasting-trap...
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I’m doing the same. I think I’m a fair good enough solo player and if we had a solo playlist I think I could do it fine. I fear that stage will ruin my progress though, shit but what can I do.
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1 ReplyGood luck. I know a lot of solo players are pushing for a solo playlist, but it’s ironic that most commenters blame their situation on either getting put against a 4 stack ( debatable because a traditional “stack” is 4 individually strong players, not the crap 95% of commenters talk about) or getting paired with garbage solo players (that’s most solo players). If nothing else, it would be interesting to have a solo comp just to see people come on here and comment that MM is to RNG on how they split the good solo players up. Won’t even get into the fact that solo comp wouldn’t stop anyone from sending out party invites or opting into chat.
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6 RepliesCammy used to be fun to watch. Now he's so arrogant I can't stand to hear his friggin voice. Guy thinks he's mlg pro every since he went to pc.
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I'm getting a little tired of wasting my time in competitive. Play for a couple of hours and am roughly the same rank as what I started with. Just can't seem to string a few wins together playing solo. Not going to sit here and blame team mates, because I can be bad at times too. If there could just be something more to help out solo players a little, would make it a bit more bearable... maybe.
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maga And the bow is great for air shots.
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2 RepliesWell I think in quick play they should a team lock like gears of war 4 did only allowed to have a 3 man team. But comp that's just dumb if you a solo player why would you want to play the full team mode? You talk about bungie not willing to make the change and how ironic that you aren't willing to find a team for that one game mode. I'm a solo player but I need a team for something I'll sure as hell look for one what kind nibblehead makes something harder for themselves?
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18 RepliesEdited by Fishyb: 10/8/2018 2:06:33 PMSolo que for both Normal PVP & Comp would solve all this. Know why they don’t do it? All the streamers and sweaties would all have to play each other and wouldn’t be able to stop everyone, every match, they would have to play other teams of equal skill and not actually win every match without fail. Bungie don’t want their precious streamers having to work against other equally skilled players now do they.
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Don't disable radar. Make it so radar highlights players that are stationary and just camp a power ammo or waiting at a corner.
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2 RepliesEdited by Les Grossman: 10/9/2018 12:52:04 AMCammy from Street Fighter?
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removing radar made 1% of the community happy. it wasn't a good change.
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13 RepliesGreat post but was ruined at the end with the trump shit..... I wanted to thumps up this post but can’t now.
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2 RepliesBump, happy solo players are speaking up again. Keep that up guys.
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1 ReplyRemove radar is dumb idea, because of 1 hit melee kill and shotgun.
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5 RepliesThe matchmaking works on your comp points. Give or take a 100 points. And breakdown certainly doesn’t belong in Quickplay. It’s a mode that requires smart thinking, and to push as a team.
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Edited by Blitz: 10/9/2018 5:45:36 AMLeavers are the biggest plague of comp. Doesn't matter if its a 4 stack or a bunch of solos toxic repeat offenders will always leave. Usually spouting toxic garbage as they leave. Quitter penalties need to be harsher in comp. Just goes to show even if a freelancer mode still existed "solos" would still leave the moment they die once.
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2 RepliesEdited by Infamous067: 10/8/2018 11:17:11 PMI disagree with a lot of what you said, you sound like another player wanting a freebie whenever things don’t go your way. I get that players leaving the match truly sucks especially as a solo player but I’ve won games against 4 players while I only had 3 on my team. The disconnection issue truly is a problem and I agree it needs to get fixed. About the modes, I’m sorry but breakthrough is actually really fun and so is countdown. Ill take those modes over survival any day.
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You make some valid points and i agree that eververse should be removed from this game.
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3 RepliesI wish someone could find that roadmap that said they would add solo matchmaking by this fall. It was way back during CoO, then they change the roadmap.
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1 ReplyDoes Cammy actually like cakes?
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5 RepliesI think I got matched against a full team with only solos for the first time ever. We lost 98 to 9 about 2 minutes into a Capture match. It's the only time I've noticed a full team on the other side and was by far the worst pub stomp I was ever on the losing side of.