F'ing Stars, how do they work?

Discussion in 'Monday Night Combat PC Discussion' started by zarakon, March 16, 2011.

  1. NeoCyberman

    NeoCyberman Active Member

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    Wait the ceiling blocks gapshot shots on Steel Peel?
  2. Xx Tikki xX

    Xx Tikki xX New Member

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    it doesn't stop air strikes :(
  3. Sayed Stafa

    Sayed Stafa New Member

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    I was actually thinking about this the other day. It seems pretty inconsistent that longshot and gapshot dont work in Steel Peel, but air strikes do? :?
  4. d-roy

    d-roy Active Member

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    Do enlighten me. 'Cause I can't.


    It's illogical, yes. But it does make Steel Peel more unique.
  5. Nekoh

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    The star rating system sucks so ******* much, I won a 1 v 1 and dropped from 4 star to 3 star, what the **** is that about? Also if you are losing a match just quit and you won't drop stars at all. Good way to stay up.
  6. DehydratedWater

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    I have yet to be killed by anyone other than a 4 or 5 star player by anything other than luck.
  7. Revolution_Jones

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    It's known that I'm not a fan of stars. Because of the glitchiness. But I found myself with the biggest reason why I wish they would go away.

    I do not want to try anything else but my main with his set endorsements.

    I was thinking about getting into a Support or trying a Tank once I felt comfortable with the Assault. Now, that I'm fighting to keep 4 stars, even though I'm helping winning games (by kills, turrets, hazards and the like)... I don't want to venture out and try something new. To try to build up my rep again because of the enviable deaths I'll have. I don't even want to move my main's endorsements one iota, for fear of everything being thrown off balance.
  8. FunkyGoose

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    It seems at the moment that every game i go into is populated entirely by 3 star folk, NOTHING i do seems to change it... even mvp'ing or sucking for entire games :/
  9. Dragon-Guard

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    hey guys, can anyone explain this one to me?

    a few days back ive hit 5-star rating, havent lost a single match after that with a k/d of 3-5, a friend of mine i sometimes play with had the same, hitting 4 a day after me.

    Now yesterday we joined an ongoing match, im on red he's on blue.
    Not that much time left but we play and my teams horrible.
    I actually managed to get some pushes in vs an extremely aggressive team but at this point in already 4-5k behind everyone else in cash.
    The match finishes with us losing, i still managed to score 22 kills with 10 deaths from the start of the match (being the only guy actually trying to push in against 6 guys hurts with low lvl skills)

    Regardless, im still the best player in my team kill wise and k/s ratio wise, but least valuable because everyone else had already 5k when i got it.

    My friend being on the other team ad about 12kills and 6 deaths or something, at least something close to 2 k/d and his team of course won.

    After the match i drop back to 4 stars and he drops back to 3 stars.

    Like what the hell just happened, ive played 5 days with a 5 star rating without even losing and 5 k/d, then i lose an ongoing match with still the best k/d in the match (even in the enemy team) and i drop back to 4.
    Same for my friend who actually won that game.

    Now i dont really care that much about me being 4 or 5 start or whatever, but it just doesnt make any sense, ive crushed a lot of 4-5 star players in horrible ways round after round and still still stay 4 and/or 5.
  10. DeadStretch

    DeadStretch Post Master General

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    Here in lies the problem with a 5 point scoring system. From the way it sounds the All-Star ranking system sounds very similar to Halo's ranking system. Thing about that is they have, I think, 100 levels.
  11. thebabelfish

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    Could the stars also be based off your leader-board rank/stats?

    I was 9th on kills and about 20th on money last I checked. my first game I went from 2 stars to 5, and it's never moved since.

    Some kind of uberpost about how they figure these things out would be interesting.
  12. Dragon-Guard

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    dont think so.
    i dropped recently from 5 to 4 but my stats have only improved, even went from k/d 2.5 to 2.6 and about 50-60 ranks up on the leaderboard
  13. Nekoh

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    The stars rating is total made up bollocks, there is no requirements it's just random. I think they should remove it altogether. Also I hate ******* dickheads on pub servers, they don't know how to ******* play or push or defend or juice. It's ******* annoying. I ******* shuriken'd my wall earlier with a knife.
  14. Shurryy

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    Who cares...?
    The Star Rating is just a rage bait in the form of a ranking system anyway. I played a game yesterday, a guy on my team was 5 stars and dropped to 4, he dominated pretty badly, and the other team goes "OMGLOLOLOLOLOOOL YOU LOST A STAR OMAGAWD UNOOBTROLOLOLOLOLO".

    So... Why care? The game would be better without it if it isn't even functional.
  15. Ekanaut

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    Next update will have much more granularity between the stars. Dropping a single Star feels very significant and will less so when you see the update. Also it will help us to make sure everything is working as intended.
  16. d-roy

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    I'd like an option to hide my stars!

    I have a two mates who bought this game during the free weekend (Oh man, they are really bad at this game atm). But whenever I try to stack with them before game-launch, I get a ton of randoms stacking at my side just 'cause I'm 5 stars, so I rarely get to play with them at all. :geek:
  17. Vlane

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    At second 11 or 12 pick the other team. Me and my friend do it all the time when we play.
  18. d-roy

    d-roy Active Member

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    It happens even though I do this. And sometimes my mates fails at doing so :x
  19. CrazyStreetBum

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    Quick post illustrating a possible problem with the star system.

    Joined a server with rating 3.50, picked Assassin, my team won. I was at the top of the scoreboard for money earned, and the only player to kill more than 100 bots. My K/D ratio was 15/16, with I believe nine assists.

    My rating fell to 3.47.

    It would appear that bot kills are not factored into the rating, which seems remarkably counter-intuitive for a game whose strategy is so dependent on the act.
  20. d-roy

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    Bot Kills are factored. Stars, however, rely a lot on KDR.

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