I’ve been trying to figure out what’s been bugging me recently about DB, I mean the mechanics of what I should enjoy in a game are there, yet a lot of the time I’m not enjoying myself and I think I’ve finally figured out why… I spend more time ‘hoping’ than ‘knowing’.
I hope this server doesn’t say full when I try to join
I hope I’m on attacking when I join
I hope it’s not near the end of the round when I join
I hope even half my team know what they’re doing
I hope there isn’t a cheater
I hope this kickvote passes if there is
I hope the server doesn’t empty as soon as this match ends
I hope this isn’t another lead loadout card
I hope this rare card has a loadout I want to use
I hope I’m not forced to go medic again because we don’t have any
I hope we don’t have 3 Vassili’s on our squad while attacking
I hope matchmaking is somewhat even
I hope one of our team doesn’t quit during a MM game
I hope my binds don’t reset after this update
I hope I hope I hope
Every step of the way from finding a server, to joining a team, to selecting a merc, to playing with others, to opening cases is a trial in pure hope and will. I’m constantly hoping things will go well, and I have very little control over my experience in DB.
Dare I say it but a lot of these problems could be solved by privately run public servers with their own unique names, admins and regular players… a common place to gather, get to know and play with a like minded few and help shape a better experience for ourselves, you just don’t get that with generic random servers and random players. My experience mirrors all of the other random pubbing games with match making and a constantly flux of new players and faces ever changing and mixing.
I just ‘hope’ that I can have more control over my experience in the near future…