From post: 145509, Topic: tid=9764, author=Marvin wrote:From post: 145505, Topic: tid=9764, author=Nubarus wrote:I have yet to see actual team vs team fights here though, all I seen so far is "Do you want to duel?" Does it ever get beyond that stage or is it just going to stay Dual Player with Multi Chat instead of Multi Player?This is more a problem with the players than with the game. All the necessary elements are there ... you just need somebody to organize team combat. But, for some reason, people resist the idea of combining individual clans to form groups large enough to make for a really interesting combat session. ('Though I would not suggest splitting a clan and spreading its members around to fight each other.)
I do kind of agree with you Nubarus but honestly, I am starting to get a little annoyed at your negativity about it.
Marvin is right I believe, that it is more a problem with the players than with the game.
All the necessary elements are already there.
It only needs to be arranged, then team battles could happen more often, but the players have to make it happen.
Mercenary is more then just a pvp game.
Being able to do go free in the universe and still be online with
others to chat is great. There has never been a problem playing coop missions either.
I do agree though, for the most part without people organizing things, team v team gameplay is just not happening in EM. : (
Sometime I wonder why no one plays AA for team battles.
It's hard coded in the game there for MP team battles, not just co-op or deathmatch.
I was late on the scene with AA so I dont actually know what multi play is like in that game though.
Spot on. I've played many games where Team vs Team was the objective ... starting with Combat Flight Sim on the Zone. But the main reason was because you really had nothing else to do ... except maybe a bit of FFA as warm-up. Combat between two sides was 
Chanllenge me to a pvp, ill fight you in any military frame you wish, or any select civie frame ( havnt really tried pvp in the very low tier civie frames not enough equipment space) Also you may make your choice of weapon for me to use: Flare-beam/Fusion Icespear/Fusion Maxim-R/Coil or Fusion. Then get 2 wingmates to join you on TeamSpeak! Ill take you all out in a 1v3!!! This game is great because its not about who got lucky and picked the right setup. Though there may be an advantage for choosing wichever weapon/ship, yes some things do better than others, but experience tells me that: its a hill of beans. All the ships are good, each with their own flavor and tact for usage. Each with their own advantages and disadvantages. A pilot can be sucessfull in most of, if not all of the ships and in PvP. I do agree that some weapons are useless(in pvp or otherwise) and most sub optimal compared to Flarebeam, Icespear, Maxim-R when used in pvp. But I can understand why: Range is King, and there are not many guns to choose from with 700 + range. This will change with the soon upcomming expansion.
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