Axis / Team stacking The Thread Reborn

[kabex]

There's loads of people with German army signatures, or names, or clans... aren't there any Russian ones?

Tons of russian divs/clans/units/etc. It's not all about the Germans.

There are some people in these boards and anywhere in the world that have a more fascist ideology(nothing wrong with that, political leanings are political leanings, regardless of history) and there are those with communist ideologies, I dare say they could be found in even numbers. These people like to play the soldiers who fought for their respective ideologies, no?

If I was a commie you'd see me on the Soviet team all the time.

 

[Jet Black]

Tons of russian divs/clans/units/etc. It's not all about the Germans.

There are some people in these boards and anywhere in the world that have a more fascist ideology(nothing wrong with that, political leanings are political leanings, regardless of history) and there are those with communist ideologies, I dare say they could be found in even numbers. These people like to play the soldiers who fought for their respective ideologies, no?

If I was a commie you'd see me on the Soviet team all the time.

Unless the Russia outnumbers Germany, in which case you should switch sides

 

[kabex]

Unless the Russia outnumbers Germany, in which case you should switch sides

Yeah, I like to play as Axis but when they have a bigger team I don't complain about choosing the Soviets, I am incredibly lethal with the M38, so swift- so perfect.

 

[noshens]

am I the only who has no side preference?

 

[Phoenix-D]

am I the only who has no side preference?

Nope. I'll even the teams as best I can; I've bounced back and forth multiple times in the same round before.

 

[Eater1]

There's loads of people with German army signatures, or names, or clans... aren't there any Russian ones?

It's because many Americans have Germany-army-fetishes, or worse, SS-fetishes.

 

[Crescendo]

I like to play as a machine gunner most of the time, and I much prefer the MG42 so I'll play the on the German side if I can. The problem is that I have a conscience. Because axis nearly always has more players, I can't willingly join that team and feel good about it so I usually end up on the Russian side. The last time I played axis was a week of game time ago.

It is an issue.

 

[MrBunsy]

am I the only who has no side preference?

Me also. I reckon the best way to defend a map is to know how it's attacked, and vice versa. I always head to the emptiest team and after quite a while of playing you've played all the maps on both sides.

 

[rhohan]

assume clan stax formation!!!

hahahaha people will complain about anything.

here is an easy solution, in all seriousness: if you want to not have teh stax, LEAVE THE FRIGGIN SERVER. that is right, see people who prey on that don't have fun when there is no one to shoot.

 

[Fu. Svedberg]

am I the only who has no side preference?

Nope I don't have any side prefrence either.

But I wish I could play axis a bit more often since I like to play both sides but as it is now I'm on soviet team most of the time when I play.

 

[*FMJ*Bird]

It's because many Americans have Germany-army-fetishes, or worse, SS-fetishes.

The americans? Not according to all the pings I saw in the 10-12 days we played the game. The european players joining were far more of a problem than North American players with better pings. Could be perception but I dont think so.

Have they worked on or discussed the remedy for the broken balance - team whoring yet?

With a player base numbering hundreds now they better come up with something.

I wish I had purchased a physical copy so it wasnt linked to my CS Source account. Now I cant sell it, DAMNIT

 

[-MM!!-Lazarus]

I wish I had purchased a physical copy so it wasnt linked to my CS Source account. Now I cant sell it, DAMNIT

That would have made no difference. But if you buy another game from steam or a game using Steam you might consider creating a new acount for that game only. That will allow you to transfere it later on.

 

[aesdana]

ohh don

 

[Oberst Freitag]

so far ive only seen russian stacks...and never people try to stack their teams...

 

[Vonreuter]

Interesting... Which maps do you play? Try Kaukasus and you'll see what a Soviet stack looks like. Everybody wants to sit on the hill and snipe the "stupid Germans" clambering up the ridge.

I most often play Axis despite the apparent superiority of Soviet weapons. I mean, you can't beat a 71-round PPSh in close combat (I often switch to any PPSh as soon as I find one), and it's a widely known fact that Russian rifles are better than the Kar98k... Even the SVT-40 gets a bayonet. Also, the Soviet grenades are much more predictable than potato mashers... The only unique weapon Germans get is the Sturmgewehr, and the Russkies counter this by getting the only AT-rifles in the game. So what's the problem here? Surely the weapons are balanced enough!

I agree only on the fact that the auto-balance has issues, which should be fixed ASAP.

 

[Chao2]

I've noticed the axis stack quite alot recently, i admit i prefer playing axis but I will go soviet if teams aqre unbalanced.

Just really annoying that I can spend 10 minutes fighting for one side, then some guys stack the teams and i have to switch. Undoes all the work I've put into winning.

 

[Majai]

If your paying $500 for you server and getting shitty performance you need to look for a new provider. My clan rents one for $35 and we get full 32 slots with no problem.

 

[Phoenix-D]

I agree only on the fact that the auto-balance has issues, which should be fixed ASAP.

It isn't just auto-balance. I've seen many times where one team starts losing and people from that team bail to the WINNING team.

 

[Tak]

Auto-balance would fix that problem though, by forcing players back over to the other team.


Autobalance should be in the next patch (not saying it is, just saying what I believe should be important) along with 'no selection' showing up as spectators. Or at least out of the team rosters. The teamstacking does happen (more often with German than Russian, but both ways work) and hurts the fun.


Then you have the whole 'lol stfu n00b, jist play!' reaction from some when you mention the teams are stacked five up, but that is a whole different problem

 

[Oberst Freitag]

It's because many Americans have Germany-army-fetishes, or worse, SS-fetishes.

thats because we had respect for them in WW2 seeing most of the Americans who fought them were of German decendents


and then theres the cold war...