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I hate hangar showdown and I HATE even MORE that it's essential, fix it.

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Jan 9, 2026, 18:1701/09/26
04/24/22
144

I hate hangar showdown and I HATE even MORE that it's essential, fix it.

Hangar showdown sucks, and I hate this game mode and everything about it. most is it's essentia. And what I hate  I'm going to need to be promised some changes or I could get very angry very quickly. I don't know why nobody talks about it but I'm sick of the silence. This is a big issue with the game we can't let slide. I already brought these up once but everybody seems to have moved past it. I'm not going to let people continue to forget.

Let's start with the matchmaking shall we? The matchmaking in hangar showdown is based SOLELY on the number of mech stars you have in your hangar. The failure to take grade into account means if you enter this game mode with mostly rare and below mechs you're screwed in league 3 and beyond cause the power gap between rare and legendary is too great and plarium sells 3 star legendaries so you can get into league 3 when you reach the rare mechs only to be squashed by people who bought low rank legendaries also in league 3. You may stand a chance with mostly epic The same is true for league 2. This really isn't fair it's a p2w design.

Then in addition to being pay to win you can manipulate it easily by using very high star mechs mixed in with low star mechs then you can equip much higher energy than people playing normal in lower leagues while using higher grades in addition to that. But if it wasn't for that your performance is highly dependent on your sole team mate.

This is all made worse by the worst part about it. That being YOU ARE FORCED TO PLAY THIS GAMEMODE BECAUSE ESSENTIAL RESOURCES KNOWN AS MOD PARTS ARE LOCKED BEHIND IT! What's more, YOU WILL SPEND AN INDEFINITE AMOUNT OF A-COINS PER MOD PARTS! To get mod parts you have to earn a certain number of points. 1500 for basic mod parts, 2500 to get all the epic mod parts. But you get a limited number of entries, 5 to be exact, before you have to start frittering away a-coins. You can get approximately 80-100 points per match. In a losing match you can get none. So in league 2 you can get the 400 basic mod parts without spending any a-coins IF YOU'RE LUCKY and win all 5 matches and get 100 points in each. Of course it almost never goes over this way. So you then have to waste an indefinite amount of a-coins to get the mod parts. WHY IS THIS A F*CKING THING?! I mean we already had tournaments as a pay to play game mode where you could end up wasting your a-coins. BUT AT LEAST YOU NEVER HAD TO PLAY TOURNAMENTS TO GET ESSENTIAL RESOURCES FOR PROGRESS AND YOU COULD POTENTIALLY RECOUP YOUR A-COINS!

Why? Why to any of this? Fix this game mode. Fix the matchmaking. Remove the tickets system and buying tickets with a-coins and let us play us much as we want. AND STOP FORCING US TO PLAY THIS STUPID GAME MODE TO GET MOD PARTS! YOU COULD HAVE EXPANDED EVENTS AND INCLUDED MOD PARTS IN THOSE BUT NO INSTEAD YOU CHOSE TO FORCE US TO PLAY A SH*TTY GAME MODE WITH TERRIBLE MATCHMAKING WHY?! De-couple hangar showdown from the resources and distribute those out through events so we're not frittering away a-coins on it cause that's an essential resource too.


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Jan 9, 2026, 18:2601/09/26
Jan 12, 2026, 11:42(edited)
04/24/22
144

AND THE F*CKING COST IN A-COINS INCREASES FOR EACH MATCH BEYOND YOUR TICKEN LIMIT WHAT THE F*CKING ACTUAL F*CKING F*CK THIS IS JUST GREED

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Jan 9, 2026, 18:5601/09/26
Jan 12, 2026, 11:43(edited)
04/24/22
144

OH WAIT IT'S STILL LIMITED SO YOU COULD JUST BE ENTIRE BARRED FROM MOD PARTS UNLESS YOU PAY REAL MONEY AND DREW KEEPS SAYING THIS SH*T ISN'T PAY TO WIN YOU'RE ACTUALLY JUST A F*CKING LIAR AT THIS POINT

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Jan 9, 2026, 19:5901/09/26
04/24/22
144

WHO WOULD HAVE KNOWN I'D BLOW MY LID BEFORE I EVEN GOT A RESPONSE CAUSE I DIDN'T YET KNOW JUST HOW BAD IT IS

Jan 10, 2026, 07:2601/10/26
01/11/20
49

Showdown is a joke. I don't play it because it is so broken. 

Jan 10, 2026, 15:0301/10/26
11/02/25
77

Getting your money then slapping you in the face is the goal of the programmers to this game. It's not about enjoyment or a good experience. It's about your money and only that. You don't matter, only your money does.

Jan 11, 2026, 01:2201/11/26
04/15/23
73

I'm more pissed off about Hangar Showdown that I have to wait a minute and 20 seconds then the match times out because it can't find an opponent. Rinse and repeat. After doing this 5 or 6 times and never being able to start a match, I just give up. On the rare occasion that I actually do get a match, I either have a bot as my teammate or a complete noob who's squad is equipped with low level mechs and long range guided weapons. The whole thing is a failed experiment. If you can't fix it, just scrap it and come up with another way for us to get mod parts. It's literally the only reason to play it. 

Jan 11, 2026, 04:1401/11/26
12/31/25
3

A High level come show off mod on a low level . That pisses me off 



Jan 11, 2026, 08:1001/11/26
01/30/24
303

I've also stopped playing hangar showdown now. I click on it once in a while then when the timer reaches 80 seconds I am glad for the reminder that I stopped playing it :-). Not just for that reason. All of them - hard to find matches, star based matchmaking, SP dropping, 5 free games limit, etc.

CrystalDrewCommunity Manager
Jan 12, 2026, 11:4801/12/26
02/10/23
3142

Thanks for your feedback on the HS Mode! As you may recall, it's still in the process of fine-tuning, and numerous updates and revisions are planned. Stay sharp as the work is in progress 🪛 

Jan 12, 2026, 18:0301/12/26
Jan 12, 2026, 18:10(edited)
07/09/23
317

So are you removing the battle limit and a-coins cost and distributing the mod parts elsewhere so we're not forced to play any specific game mode for crucial resources? Actually so I'm not forced to pay too cause getting the mod parts without paying is freaking impossible. So you can be less wrong when you say mech arena isn't pay to win

Jan 12, 2026, 18:2101/12/26
07/09/23
317

I bet you can change the resource distribution right now, or at least fairly quickly. Why don't you start there. I hate being forced to play a specific game mode for essential resources especially one I can't even reasonably expect to get said resources from

CrystalDrewCommunity Manager
Jan 13, 2026, 14:4201/13/26
02/10/23
3142
Deepthroat

I bet you can change the resource distribution right now, or at least fairly quickly. Why don't you start there. I hate being forced to play a specific game mode for essential resources especially one I can't even reasonably expect to get said resources from

We will take your feedback into account, thanks 👌

Jan 13, 2026, 20:1501/13/26
09/26/22
218
CrystalDrew

Thanks for your feedback on the HS Mode! As you may recall, it's still in the process of fine-tuning, and numerous updates and revisions are planned. Stay sharp as the work is in progress 🪛 

You've been saying the same thing with just about every player complaint associated with matchmaking in the past few years with no changes or improvements 🤦 it's 2026 while a simple search will show these complaints going back to at least 2021 covering at least three different commmunity managers saying the EXACT same thing. This is not misinformation...

Jan 13, 2026, 21:3401/13/26
07/09/23
317

Oh and I hate frittering away my a-coins for said essential resources

Jan 13, 2026, 23:2901/13/26
12/29/25
2

I just came back to this game bout a month ago, I think there was a 2v2 mode before I quit and I remember liking it a alot, it being the main mode that I played. What the f♡ck happened bro? They absolutely destroyed it for the sake of yet another stupid and/or stupidly implemented feature.

Jan 14, 2026, 10:1001/14/26
Jan 14, 2026, 10:49(edited)
11/29/25
4

I wish that you don't need to get a mech to 6 stars to equip mods, like when I am in a match the are dudes who have been playing for longer than me and have mods on a 4 star killshot and so on and it just f*cking sucks, like I need to go through the mods and he doesn't.

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CrystalDrewCommunity Manager
Jan 14, 2026, 10:5101/14/26
02/10/23
3142
Nimby

I just came back to this game bout a month ago, I think there was a 2v2 mode before I quit and I remember liking it a alot, it being the main mode that I played. What the f♡ck happened bro? They absolutely destroyed it for the sake of yet another stupid and/or stupidly implemented feature.

Hello! This Mode is reworked into Hangar Showdown, a reimagined version of the classic 2v2 heavily based on real players' battles. The Mode is still in active development, so more updates are yet to come this year 👌

CrystalDrewCommunity Manager
Jan 14, 2026, 10:5101/14/26
02/10/23
3142
CaptainAden

I wish that you don't need to get a mech to 6 stars to equip mods, like when I am in a match the are dudes who have been playing for longer than me and have mods on a 4 star killshot and so on and it just f*cking sucks, like I need to go through the mods and he doesn't.

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Will consider your feedback on the Mods, thanks!

Jan 14, 2026, 23:0101/14/26
07/22/21
12

i agree. The way they have it set up to put 2 higher power acct against to lower power accts makes it a rigged game. There should be some equal standing in game but it is always lopsided and i am always on the low side so i loose ....alot. how can i possibly get resources from it when in 3 games i get literally 2 points because both of my opponents can take me out in 1 hit. that suggests its rigged and they are playing favorites. There is no balance in hanger showdown . it is 2 stronger against to weaker. plain and simple. and how are you supposed to get these resources when you get single digit points everytime you play while these dbags get hundreds. how is that in any way balanced . it really makes me question the intelligence of these people

Jan 21, 2026, 03:2201/21/26
07/09/23
317
CrystalDrew

We will take your feedback into account, thanks 👌

Btw so are you removing the battle limit or the a-coins cost or what?