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Why is the Miller TR still worse off?

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Just came off an alert which we started with a fair share of that continent. Gained some territory, lost some - like usual. We were in first for more than half the alert. But then, also as usual for the Miller TR, as soon as the hot phase started, we lost basically everything and came dead last.

Usually I wouldn't care but this happens literally every prime time and midnight alert and I really can not remember when the last time was, that the TR won an alert at said time. By now I'm wondering if it's just the Miller TR that seems to suddenly lose all competence or is this a general TR problem on other servers, too?

This is an honest question.

Posted Dec 24, 2019, 1:19 AM UTC

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Cannotthinkofaname-NC - FRMD•

Its all about leadership. Not even "good" leadership, a flutty, bru or mike just shuffling pop around is all it takes to win alerts. Apparently no one has taken up the mantle on the tr side yet, which isnt a bad thing per se, as it gives leaders a chance to lead people with more tactic and sense than just herding them to a base with maxes and force multiplicator.

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uzver[MM] Dobryak Dobreyshiy•

Leadership is dying everywhere, because there is no incentive to lead or follow. No worthy objectives, no worthy goals, no worthy rewards, no feel of accomplishment.

Whole leadership, its tools and way to coordinate inside platoon or between outfits, works basically trough ass.

Devs give zero fucks abouth this core PlanetSide 2 issues until last letter by Wrel.

But even that letter not giving clear image - what community can expect.

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IIIICopSueyIIII•

I'm honestly kind of lucky that I found an active outfit on Miller. It's an enormous difference to uncoordinated platoons, we could genuinely take bases without overpoping the enemy.

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LAMonkeyWithAShotgunAfrican ping •

Yeah good units are hard to find and the few I know off are rarely recruiting

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biuc•

You should pay attention to the continent pops during alerts, switchers exist, and on my server (emerald) I've seen +8% pop shifts at times

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uzver[MM] Dobryak Dobreyshiy•

Miller TR lost all their leaders.

Those who say "territory control doesn't matter", should be happy.

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TheItchVS:ns_logo: [DIG] TheItchVS•

Miller VS isn't a lot better on that front a lot of dudes there left as well. I'll let myself out ;)

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uzver[MM] Dobryak Dobreyshiy•

Looks like Wrel's letter about "coordination, camaraderie, and conquest" a bit too late - like, for 3-4 years.

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BezBliniant fanatic•

Miller NC is the same if not worse. There are no large outfits left anymore (BHO has folded and TATF was irrelevant long ago). It's got to the point where elitesquads like FRMD are the biggest organised group out there.

Everyone seems to complain ooh our faction never wins alerts or ooh we're always doubleteamed but they never look at the bigger picture. It happens to all 3 factions and they only notice it when it's them that's effected.

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LAMonkeyWithAShotgunAfrican ping •

Remember when FRMD was a midfit, good times.

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LAMonkeyWithAShotgunAfrican ping •

Yeah VS has some really good leaders and players but you don't see them around as much anymore. But when they do show up they cause some trouble. 2 [LOVE] members nearly derailed the entire alert for my squad

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Ladylozes•

You mean their only leader, Bru.

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Thazer[SNGE]•

I know that to outsiders it looks like Brubaker was the only leader on TR. But thats factually wrong and he was very often a detriment to the faction as a whole. There are streams he did on youtube that you can watch. Take a look at his streams and then tell me if you consider that leadership. Personally I dont.

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Ladylozes•

I consider his leadership over Fluttyman's. But yeah there is always a better option when focussing on specific needs of yourself.

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Thazer[SNGE]•

Idk about Flutty never seen the guy lead. Other than facing him. But what Brubaker did was no more than haphazzardly throwing waypoints and yelling at people to redeploy. There was no cohesion, no rhyme or reason to the actions of his "forces" in the actual field. Besides, his constant spamming of new players with invites to his shitty platoons and countless created outfits, probably put off a ton of new players from the game which significantly impacted the TR population on the server, and probably the playerbase as a whole. He was a spiteful little creature and I for one am glad DBG got rid of him.

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uzver[MM] Dobryak Dobreyshiy•

If you mean last one, then yes. But there was lot more of Miller's TR leaders in the past. And they was way better at leading.

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PaulBombtruckEmerald or Miller TR. •

Noticed this a lot too.
It’s like they all feck off for dinner.

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LAMonkeyWithAShotgunAfrican ping •

The reason you lost is because we, the NC, dropped in while you where capping the Vanu tech plant and stole it with 10 seconds to go. Once we had that we were able to secure and back cap the surrounding bases. NC came back from 26% to 36% in the last half hour

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uzver[MM] Dobryak Dobreyshiy•

At Miller's TR, no one is looking at map, or coordinate, everyone is "farming" (actually, getting farmed).

Because of that, no one noticing enemy pop on some hexes, or flyby Galaxies, or just backcaps.

No one cares until TR get warpgated and can't go anywhere.

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