Amenhir

F2P games are totally consumer-driven, unfortunately, that consumer is called a whale. The target is always the 2% or whatever the amount is that spends thousands upon thousands of dollars on the game. As long as those players exist they will continue to create ways to entice them to spend. If the whales suddenly stop because of some addition they don't like, then the game will change.

If I didn't have a great group of clanmates to play with I probably wouldn't. Solo play just isn't enjoyable to me for the most part. I can't imagine that's an outrageous feeling to have. I'm glad you get enjoyment out of the game.

There really isn't a reason to play any modes in this game. At least not if you're looking to enjoy yourself. It seems that WG is doing everything in its power to suck any fun out of this game with gimmicks. If you're going to do randoms then make sure you div up with friends. Doing it solo is akin to bashing your face against a brick wall laden with rusty spikes. Of course, this is just my opinion.

Do you have screenshots from all those times way back when to prove it?

I don't think how well he did matters. It's next to impossible to try to quantify what someone else believes is fun or not. I can have a 200k Kraken game and the battle is still a miserable experience.

The menacing factor is having to DCP the damn pings along with everything else. If it were just invisible spotting without homing super torps, then sure, you would have a valid point.

I don't like Subs because it's possible to never see them the entire battle. I don't like that I have to waste my dcp to remove pings because if I don't I'll get utterly destroyed by citadel ignoring super torps. It's stupid. They should create a different way to remove pings. I have fires and floods to worry about that can come from almost everything in the game. Dcp a couple of pings and then get set on several fires by a CV, BB secondaries, HE spam. If I dcp a couple of fires then I'm inevitably going to be getting pinged, meaning I'm eating a crapload of damage that positioning doesn't mitigate.

I got the Pan-American thingie.

Three losses in a row are my limit. When that happens I step away from the game for several hours, or I run co-op battles. The beautiful thing about this forum is that you get to complain about people complaining about losing streaks. Do keep in mind that not everyone is like you. Some people keep on playing until they're bottles of rage waiting to explode. They come here to vent, and sure enough, people dogpile on them. However, I do agree with you that you shouldn't allow it to get that bad before you change it up. A game is supposed to be fun. Take care now.

I've had infected hang nails that were more fun to play with than ranked battles.

The radar thing most definitely.

Skill-based, probably not, but balanced across teams, absolutely.

Waaaah, I'm so tired of all the complaining about these losing streaks because I happen to not be in one. OP, get over yourself. This seems like just an excuse to show off a winning streak. How about simply making a post outright bragging instead of denigrating other players as well.

I've been playing video games for a long time as I'm sure most of us on this forum have. I've learned something...most game devs and publishers are exactly the same. Sure, there might be slight deviation but generally speaking, they're all identical. They create solutions to problems they made. They seem to intentionally screw the pooch in order to pull the ol' "We've listened to feedback and we're _______." It's never going to change with WG. You have to decide how much of the gaslighting you're going to put up with before you throw in the towel. I'm not blaming any specific person, but the gaming industry certainly has a common attitude when it comes to players. The trick is putting out a comprehensive road map that you follow to the letter. Never make a promise, and if you do and you have to break it, better make the compensation super awesome. I think it's safe to assume that most of the people posting here love the game and they really want it to stick around for a long time. Hopefully, WG will learn some lessons from this situation. I doubt it, but it would be nice.

So if I go and buy a powerball ticket it's not gambling because I can see the sign out front that says 250,000,000? I mean I know what I'm getting if I win.