User blog comment:Lancer1289/Are People in Multiplayer Lacking in Intelligence?/@comment-3497012-20120728130656

I'm gonna start this by saying I feel ya on the store. I hate the randomized packs. I only recently really started playing multiplayer because I never really unlocked classes that I wanted to play. Now I've finally got a few, and it's actually fun for me, but just because I wasn't getting the things to keep it interesting, I'm just now a 207 N7 ranking and just now graduating to Silver matches. I feel so behind, even though with certain classes I do work (Engineers FTW).

I've actually not run into TOO many problems with other players. Probably the worst of it comes from people's use of medi-gel. Apparently, there's a section of the population that doesn't have any in reserve and will promptly bleed out after Leeroying themselves in round 2. On Bronze =\

I can't say that people not knowing how to use a class is too irritating, but that's because I'm sort of that guy right now. I started really playing multiplayer again because, in a very short period of time, I unlocked the N7 Fury, Destroyer, and Slayer, every single Adept (not that I enjoy playing them besides the Fury), krogan Sentinel and Vanguard, asari Vanguard, both batarian classes, geth Engineer, male and female quarian Engineers...basically, a whole bunch of classes, many of which I actually want to play. Problem is, having never used them, I'm spending a lot of time back on Bronze, demonstrating a pretty hefty case of the n00bs as I'm trying to get a handle on them. I tend not to be too harsh on people who seem to be getting a feel for a newer class, since I'm in their shoes. Besides, Bronze is full of people with new classes or <Level 10 characters, so it's not too bad there.

That said, I completely understand how it's a problem on higher difficulties, because the very first time I played the Slayer, I got put smack in the middle (round 6) of a Silver match. It didn't matter that I'd already gotten my Vanguards to level 17 and had a allocated all my points in what I felt would be useful, I had NO IDEA how to properly use the Slayer; it doesn't have Nova, it's somewhat melee-oriented, its best attack for range involves a wind-up animation; there were so many differences between it and the regular human Vanguard I already knew how to use that I was basically a load for the whole match, because I came in during crunch time against a bunch of Reaper enemies with no idea how to handle the class I was playing. I've actually not played the Slayer since, just because that left a bad taste in my mouth.

I will admit, objective ignoring is irritating on all difficulties. I'm guilty of it with some classes on Data Upload missions (human Vanguard; charge away from the area just to Nova spam spawning enemies), but for the most part I actually try to complete the objective. I am reluctant at best to personally retrieve an item if I'm playing a Destroyer, though (they're just SO SLOW). There's no excuse for not contributing to a drone transport or 4-part capture.