Why does so few people play SW?

[ProfPlump]

[quote=“novelBastion;12118”]There are atleast 3 times the OBJ matches running at any time and I don’t understand why.

Don’t people understand what SW is and they just see Objective and think COD/CS?[/quote]

Objective is much more entertaining for pubs, while Stopwatch is much more balanced and fair.

[bgyoshi]

I don’t like a forced timer. Spending 15 minutes getting rolled over, twice, isn’t fun. Similarly, sitting there steamrolling an opponent twice is really not fun. Plus, if a map is not fun to play, being stuck on it for 2 15 minute rounds is real bad.

Objective is hands down better if for no reason beyond the fact that if you’re getting steamrolled, you only have to suffer through 7 minutes or so since you can’t complete the first objective, instead of 15 minutes. Then you’re done, and teams reshuffle.

[MarsRover]

Objective is better balanced. People tend to leave during a game more often in Stopwatch.

[RedBeard]

I dislike SW because it takes twice as long and because I end up on losing teams all the time, probably because I’m willing to join matches in progress. Unfortunately an even game of SW is like a unicorn if it exists, there isn’t credible evidence it has existed. Plus you just don’t get the rewards from OBJ. Think of it this way, there is roughly a 1/3 chance to get a case after OBJ, it isn’t 2/3 after SW, but SW normally takes double the time. It’s not a good investment. I kept trying to find out why people would play SW and thought I was missing something, I think they only do it to complete missions, that’s the only reason I do. If I get a mission to win 2 SW matches, I just delete it and hope something better comes up in 3 hours.

Clearly you have never been to North Korea! You will find the fossil you seek.

[KUST_LunarTM]

More cases per minute in Obj

[SaulWolfden]

The team balance being horrific is more apparent in Stopwatch. It is not fun to be steamrolled or to steamroll another team twice.

[teflonlove]

Spending 15 minutes getting rolled over, twice, isn’t fun.

To be fair, it’s never twice 15 minutes but 15 minutes of failing as attackers and 2 minutes being steamroaled as defenders. But it’s an awful experience nevertheless.

Objective is hands down better if for no reason beyond the fact that if you’re getting steamrolled, you only have to suffer through 7 minutes or so since you can’t complete the first objective, instead of 15 minutes. Then you’re done, and teams reshuffle.

True that.

Let’s hope for the coming match making improvements.

BTW on min 10 servers Stopwatch usually is a lot of fun because the skill gap between players is lower and there are no 3/27 Vasilis or non ammo dropping Skyhammers. But I suppose many players never get there because of their awful experience at the non level restriced servers.

[bgyoshi]

BTW on min 10 servers Stopwatch usually is a lot of fun because the skill gap between players is lower and there are no 3/27 Vasilis or non ammo dropping Skyhammers. But I suppose many players never get there because of their awful experience at the non level restriced servers.

I honestly didn’t notice much difference between Min 10 SW and regular, aside from the lack of bad snipers. Steamrolls were just as frequent, they were just with a different team composition.

[LifeupOmega]

I get so very, very tired of jimmy no-aim the 3/28 vas player shuffling in the second half and all my hard work going to waste.

[Szakalot]

I get so very, very tired of jimmy no-aim the 3/28 vas player shuffling in the second half and all my hard work going to waste.

frankly shuffling any time after 5min of first half is silly too. one team gets 15min, the other gets 10

[straightforwardMacad]

I’ve always preferred stopwatch because of the longer matches. Switching a map after 5-10 minutes gets annoying after a bit and besides. I also fancy playing on both sides. If they would improve the teambalance there might be more players playing stopwatch rather than objective.

[watsyurdeal]

Because they suck

Seriously, it’s that simple, people just don’t know how to coordinate with each other.

[Doggerinoz]

Some people don’t like long matches.

[CyberVonCyberus]

@Doggerinoz Did you really need to necro a thread that was 2 years old ?

[binderr]

Personally I want casual stopwatch just like casual objective, its more balanced. Im kind of tired of playing casual objective games where it end in less than 5 minutes. I’ve stopped playing stopwatch from server browser as most games are terribly balanced. Why can’t they just implement the same algorithm and bring casual stopwatch too, we need stopwatch dam it!