(If this is better off in another MWO thread, my apologies.)

I've come to the realization lately that the MWO devs are, at best, indifferent to the free player community, and I suspect they actively dislike the free, *solo* player community.

At least it feels that way.

To be fair, I understand -- I'm not producing revenue, so my only real contribution from their angle is that I keep them from having to code up AI bots for the paying players to shoot at. :D

If I *were* going to drop money on the game, though, it would be because I think I'd enjoy the Community Warfare stuff more than I enjoy Random Deathmatch 121-A. Of course, being able to test that theory would require I actually get to experience the CW content. And, um, that's where the Devs demonstrate their hate for lone wolves.

I've managed to get into three matches, with a combined wait time of over an hour, and each time was on a random group of other solo players who got utterly steamrolled by Clan Wolf (with the <-MS-> unit in particular putting the boot to us on all three occasions). Further, forum posts by the devs reveal that this is by design -- the matchmaking details actively favor groups over solo participants, in a variety of ways, which leads to long wait times for loners. Overall, these do not make for an experience conducive to making me want to open my wallet.

I know there are a few folks hereabouts who play, and I'd like to volunteer my services as a not-completely-stupid pilot, or at least mobile cover, in order to see what all the shouting is about. I just wanna have fun, man.

Given the general atmosphere around here, I figure I have a better chance of finding a non-rabid casual-friendly unit by asking you guys than by sending random messages to folks in MWO :) Even assuming I could figure out their chat system. (It's not just me, right? That thing is stupid.)

--sofaspud--