Return of Reckoning

It just seems dis heartening to constantly fight against pre mades all weekend when your just a player wanting to have some scenario fun with the possible xp bonus. This weekend has been non stop losses to order and it's pre mades. I'm not against pre mades, but I think giving them the incentive to camp the que all day is just bad. Why not have the weekend xp bonus apply just to the PUG scenario?

I'm assuming that PUG players are the majority and it just feels like being treated like scenario lemmings is not ideal to keep those new players who also want to enjoy playing on the weekend with a bonus. I always prefer the PUG scenario being that I know it's not going to be a pre made and if it was also the xp scenario then the que times would not be an issue.

Pre mades can still fight and they get the benefit of doing so, but it will then be against other pre mades (maybe?) most likely where they may actually have to fight for it. Benefit of wins in a pre made still applies with more strategy but at least it's not a cancer to the rest of the populace trying to have fun.

Anyhow, was wondering if others may feel the same way. I am making an assumption that I'm with the majority (sure feels that way in the chats).

So in a game that evolves around grp-play you want give more to those not grped, makes perfect sense

smcclell wrote: Mon May 18, 2020 10:57 am It just seems dis heartening to constantly fight against pre mades all weekend when your just a player wanting to have some scenario fun with the possible xp bonus....

I feel you, I played both sides this weekend, on Order solo which netted in basically a 90% loss rate and me banning the sc from queueing, simply not worth my time. On destro I was in a 3 man/woman pre-made where we won most scenarios (we queued only the event scenario). So while it would be cool to have a pug sc with a bonus, I don´t think it will happen and the only recommendation I can give you is if you want the bonus, form a pre made and if you can´t do that, spare you some nerves and avoid the event sc like a plague.

I would think a PUG scenario as a form of grouping and indeed potentially the very first grouping experience a new character may have.

Not a very good one if the only scenario popping is the xp one because it's perma qued by pre mades.

The majority of players I see in scenario's are not grouped, maybe I am wrong in this assumption? (least pre 40 what I am privy too)

I mean the PUG scenario must be there for a reason in the first place yeah? A need for it?

Anyhow this is just my experience as a mostly solo player. I join warbands, PQ groups and sometimes duo, will even do a pre made myself sometimes so I understand what you are saying with the game being grouping focused and I enjoy those facets of the game also. But in the instance of pre mades in scenario's (at least while weekend xp) it feels not to be working as intended for competitive gameplay.

Hell you could keep the random scenario as is with a xp bonus, just add it also to the PUG one. See what happens maybe. Let the pre mades go against each other.

The issue is order hates making premades (NA). They hate making premades for low lvl SCs, theres few premades for t4 (and only during event) and they dont make premades for city. The best solution is to just make a premade but unfortunately it just doesnt happen often on order.