Ridiculously unfair stuff in multiplayer

[TheRussian]

Unfair stuff in multiplayer?

The first thing that came to my mind was Battlefield 3.

It just doesn't strike me as fair that it doesn't really separate the low level players from the high level ones, and can just sorta turn it into a steamroll if a team consisting of inexperienced low-levels have to go up against a team of high-levels who on top of being plain better that the low leveled inexperienced ones, have way more benefits as well. :[

Yea, that always baffled me.

Also: Automatic shotguns. I want to slap the person who thought that was a good idea.

 

[Saucycarpdog]

Noshahr canals on Battlefield 3.

If you're on the side that spawns on the carrier then prepare to have a whale of time trying to even make it to the docks as you're being sniped by soldiers, a tank or two and there's an enemy helicopter spawncamping and blowing up your helicopters. What do you do if your helicopters get destroyed?

....You take a boat. A little shitty thing that's just begging for a tank to blow it out of the water provided one of the snipers don't headshot your as you're driving it.

Very unbalanced map is basically what I'm getting at.

I hate that map with a passion.

I also hate the last part of Metro on rush where the defenders spawn in an open area while the attackers get two tall buildings with a dozen frickin windows. Snipers paradise.

 

[anthony87]

Noshahr canals on Battlefield 3.

If you're on the side that spawns on the carrier then prepare to have a whale of time trying to even make it to the docks as you're being sniped by soldiers, a tank or two and there's an enemy helicopter spawncamping and blowing up your helicopters. What do you do if your helicopters get destroyed?

....You take a boat. A little shitty thing that's just begging for a tank to blow it out of the water provided one of the snipers don't headshot your as you're driving it.

Very unbalanced map is basically what I'm getting at.

I hate that map with a passion.

I also hate the last part of Metro on rush where the defenders spawn in an open area while the attackers get two tall buildings with a dozen frickin windows. Snipers paradise.

One other map that annoys me sometimes is Seine Crossing.

It's actually one of my favourites but the fact that one team more or less has a direct line of sight to points C and D on Conquest pisses me off. Although I wouldn't call that unbalanced, just annoying when a bunch of snipers or engineers with missile launchers hang back in their spawn peppering those two points with fire.

 

[The Wykydtron]

And legit Invasions (both by me and against me) are actually pretty fun! Can you buy Cracked Red Eye Orbs from anywhere that's not the Darkwraiths? Because I really don't want to have to rush the Four Kings to get them... Ever.

If you want a nice way to get started into PvP, try the forest convent, no need for Red Eyes to invade if your part of the covnet, but with all invasions, its liekly that the players you invade will be a fair bit higher level, so you could try simply going human there, you'll be invaded in no time

Another way is to simply place a summon sign there, as most people will be looking for summons for PvP as apposed to help with boss fights etc

You mean the Red Soapstone summon sign? I dunno, the last time I tried that the dick who summoned me had a group of his mates all stood around where I spawned in and promptly gangbanged me to death in half a second XP

I was in Sen's Fortress when I tried that though... Maybe forest invasions are just less dickish in general.

And I may just start many new characters and just invade with base weapons using those few Cracked Red Eye Orbs you get at the start. Start game PvP is so fun!

Hey, host! Chase me into 3 Knights and a Channeler why don't you? Trololololol!

 

[Space Spoons]

I don't believe in "unfair" or "cheap". Like, as a concept, I think it's a bit of a cop-out. It's something players with no skills say to make themselves feel better about losing.

That said, fuck this guy. If he never comes back for another game, I won't shed a tear.

Spoiler

 

[Lug100]

You mean the Red Soapstone summon sign? I dunno, the last time I tried that the dick who summoned me had a group of his mates all stood around where I spawned in and promptly gangbanged me to death in half a second XP

I was in Sen's Fortress when I tried that though... Maybe forest invasions are just less dickish in general.

And I may just start many new characters and just invade with base weapons using those few Cracked Red Eye Orbs you get at the start. Start game PvP is so fun!

Hey, host! Chase me into 3 Knights and a Channeler why don't you? Trololololol!

When I said summon sign i actually ment the white soapstone in the sense that youll be summoned to help fight for the host, 6v6 PvP is great fun!! Plus as a summon, you dont really lose anything from dying

Ive never bothered using the Red Soapsign, as the Dragon eye is much nicer, for one your gaurented to only have to fight 1 person

 

[minimacker]

Every Free To Play game I have played so far.
Or, rather. Pay to Win.

Edit: Except for TF2, you're cool, bro.

 

[White-Death]

Projectiles you fire disappear when you die when they are JUST about to hit a stationary enemy.
Fuck you, Bad Company 2.

 

[GenericAmerican]

The KV in World of Tanks. When you see one, you know that you are royally screwed. It has the speed of a Soviet tank, the armor of a German tank, and the raw power of a French tank. It can one shot almost any tank below it, and several tanks above it, and the way matchmaking is set up, you'll see one in most games between tier 3 and 7 (it being tier 5). Glad to finally be away from it? That's okay, meet the tier 7 KV-3, an upgrade!

Your kidding me right? You have to be kidding, it's the other way around; the KV is a snack to anything above it's tier. It can barely hit 25kph going down a hill, the turret takes a month to traverse and if your talking about the 152mm derp cannon, yeah, it'll fuck your day up; but you have about a minute before he is reloaded.

Also the KV-3 is a tier 6, going to be moved to tier 7.

Also, it's armor is absolute crap. . .but here is a tip, stop shooting the mantle, that can stop a round from tier IX Td's. But if you have a line on the side of that big bobble head turret, laugh as you ammo rack him.

 

[JamesStone]

The Packs from the Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer. And I know it's a co-op mode, but all the fun is drained out of playing with someone else if they, a level 5 engineer, get all the points, when you, a lvl 25 Vanguard, are getting way behind in the scoreboard, only because that quarian bastard got lucky enough to get a Geth Plasma Shotgun and a fully modded M-77 Paladin, while you are stuck with an lvl 3 M-8 Avenger and a lvl 2 M-9 Tempest. Fuck, I hate random generators.

eh you'll get better packs eventually, and i personally consider it a win when i'm frustrating/doing better than the vanguard on the team, it puts a slight grin on my face regardlesss of what other class i am playing.

(p.s. don't use sub machine guns like the tempest, they are utter shite, pick something else.)

Well, most times I love when the Vanguard in a Silver/Gold match jumps ahead to a Banshee or an Atlas to be met with a insta kill to the face. That's why I love this class. It requires timing, precision and hit-and-run strategies. That's why I end up extremely frustrated when some kid who just started playing a turian soldier (shittiest class+race IMO) gets super scores just because of his Graal Spike Thrower or his M-99 Saber, that he won, at random, in the first pack he bought.

And I know the Tempest is shit, but a lvl2 tempest is paradise when compared to a lvl1 predator unmodded and a m-4 Shurikken.

very true, i understand what you mean by that. (agreed on turian soldier, was quite disappointed, i wanted that to be a good class) you definitely are hitting bottom of the barrel if that is what you are working with ....definitely save up for spectre/advanced spectre packs, it's a pain, but worth it to have a long term gold or better gun to have.

Ohh, I already bought Specter packs. Twice. They gave me 3 medi-gel kits and a tempest, besides the usual stuff. Now you see why I'm starting to have conspiracy theories.

I understand your frustration with being stuck with weak guns, but as far as the points go, who gets the most/least points doesn't matter. The combined total points from all 4 players are added up then evenly distributed between each player. No matter how well they do in the match, at the end every player gets the same Exp and Credits amount for the reward.

If you want a reliable way to grind for credits without needing strong weapons, level up an Adept or Engineer (for this discussion I'm going to assume you only have human characters available) and focus on Biotic or Tech combos. With the Adept, Singularity, then Warp will trigger a Biotic explosion, make sure you focus on area of effect and combo damage when leveling the skills up. With Engineer, Incinerate and Overload will cause Fire or Tech explosions, depending on which ability is launched first. http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Power_Combos for reference. Once you're at a higher level and are comfortable with the character, find a lobby that's fighting Geth on Firebase White on Gold. The bunkers in the room on the far side of the map from the Spawn Point work very well to protect a team while all the enemies funnel in from the other side of the map. Just stay under cover and spam combo explosions. The only time you have to move is for an upload objective and the final evacuation. Enemy targets will come to you and you just need to make sure one team mate is playing an Infiltrator to go after objectives. It helps, but is not necessary, if one player has a Salarian Engineer for their Decoy skill. Successful Gold matches earn about 70000 credits. If you want help, (and if you're playing on Xbox Live) send me a private message and I'll send you my Xbox Gamer Tag, I'm on almost daily.

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Thanks. A detailed and well thought guide that actually helps me, instead of the usual "Stop bitching" responses so commom in the Internet. I'm impressed. Thanks a lot, I'll try that.

 

[Gorilla Gunk]

Am I the only person who thinks the extra guns given in the BF3 DLC's give those who buy them a bigger advantage and those who don't at a disadvantage?

 

[WanderingFool]

As there is at least 8 pages at the time I wrote this, Im assuming somebody has mentioned it, but the fucking knife in almost any COD game. It got real bullshitty in MW2.

*Edit*

Am I the only person who thinks the extra guns given in the BF3 DLC's give those who buy them a bigger advantage and those who don't at a disadvantage?

If they do, it cant be much. I havent really seen much in the way ov OP'ing with the Karkand weapons, save possibly the Famas, but beyond that.

 

[viking97]

Favorite weapons:Axetinguisher, Flare Gun, Degreaser

Oooh, we should get along.

Sniper Rifle

Ah...nevermind. >

I do love how I pretty much stopped hearing people call the Pyro a noob class when the Degreaser arrived. I love that weapon. It makes playing the class so technical and satisfying. I always roll Flare Gun + Degreaser + Axetinguisher. Though that does make shotgun-carrying Pyros a big threat.

axetinguisher? ha, i felt so guilty using that i switched to powerjack and never looked back. 195 damage is insane for how little effort it takes to use. not to mention if you have any skill with the flare gun it makes the axe pretty redundant.

Nah, there's a drawback in its utter ineffectiveness against other Pyros as well as in water. I mostly just run from other Pyros because my loadout sucks versus them. Though I am quite skilled with the Flare gun (it accounts for about 40% of my kills as a Pyro)

what, you'd go for melee kills against pyros if you weren't carrying the axe? bull to the shit. maybe if they have the phlogistinator. . . .

 

[Shrapenel92]

Engie nests.

Well not really since im an expert on busting them but still they do slow the game down like a *****.

This, couldn't there be something that prevents engies all building too close together? Or would this just unbalance the game? I don't know.

wouldn't matter much, a good engie knows to build his dispenser a little ways from the sentry so if his sentry goes down he can build another with the metal.

It's true, I do this myself

 

[DustyDrB]

Favorite weapons:Axetinguisher, Flare Gun, Degreaser

Oooh, we should get along.

Sniper Rifle

Ah...nevermind. >

I do love how I pretty much stopped hearing people call the Pyro a noob class when the Degreaser arrived. I love that weapon. It makes playing the class so technical and satisfying. I always roll Flare Gun + Degreaser + Axetinguisher. Though that does make shotgun-carrying Pyros a big threat.

axetinguisher? ha, i felt so guilty using that i switched to powerjack and never looked back. 195 damage is insane for how little effort it takes to use. not to mention if you have any skill with the flare gun it makes the axe pretty redundant.

Nah, there's a drawback in its utter ineffectiveness against other Pyros as well as in water. I mostly just run from other Pyros because my loadout sucks versus them. Though I am quite skilled with the Flare gun (it accounts for about 40% of my kills as a Pyro)

what, you'd go for melee kills against pyros if you weren't carrying the axe? bull to the shit. maybe if they have the phlogistinator. . . .

Remember the rest of my loadout? Degreaser + Flare Gun + Axetinguisher. I'm overall disadvantaged against other Pyros, unless they have the same loadout.

 

[Dafttechno]

As there is at least 8 pages at the time I wrote this, Im assuming somebody has mentioned it, but the fucking knife in almost any COD game. It got real bullshitty in MW2.

I have the perfect video to support your statement.

 

[WanderingFool]

As there is at least 8 pages at the time I wrote this, Im assuming somebody has mentioned it, but the fucking knife in almost any COD game. It got real bullshitty in MW2.

I have the perfect video to support your statement.

That just caused my eyes to go cross...

I hope to God that Treyarch doesnt let shit like that happen in Blops 2.

 

[Malty Milk Whistle]

Lets see there's:
WoW PvP - if your leveling in wow on a pvp server, good luck.

Highly subjective, that. Don't want to come off flame-y, but I think that after levelling a bunch of alts to 80 I can state I personally enjoyed the constant sense of danger whenever I met a horde character.

... I still parked my rogue with the express purpose of getting revenge on any lvl ?? ganking my alt whenever I was in STV, but that's another story.

On Topic: personally I always disliked the gigantic difficulty curve involved in CS:S. In order to start enjoying the game one has to resign himself to being a punch bag for the first two months.

When i played the game, My cousin (A level 80 for this was was WotLK) warrior and his level 80 mage girlfriend (In real life) usually beat the crap out of anyone who dared to repeatedly gank me.....

I repaid them by proving to be an almost excellent tank

OT: i gotta go with random crits... though they are quite entertaining when i (rarely) get them.

 

[thom_cat_]

 

[jhoroz]

I know you can avoid this by choosing to play the level offline, but I hate it when some 6 year old idiot joins a game in LBP while you're exploring a new custom-made level online and trolling you throughout the entire time, it is unbelievably infuriating, especially if you've just joined one of your friends through PSN, and can't play without being able to tolerate the bullshit from the other players