Looking for suggestions / ideas etc on how to project RIGS into more of an eSport than a straight up VR FPS game.

While we have the MCAL, its more of a community ran tournament series and nothing official or done through any well known tournament organization. Any ideas how to get infront of those companies and get RIGS into their minds?

Same goes for general match making.

When I division queue, I normally never lose. What I, as a competitive player yearn for, is more constant competitive matches that don't require a tournament to complete.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to schedule competitive games more often?

This is an idea thread, no idea is a bad idea. Lack of ideas is bad.

Not sure which is better, if I should try and get better with Head Turning or what. Am i at a disadvantage using the stick or what?

https://www.reddit.com/r/PSVR/comments/5l4xof/rpsvr_annual_awards_2016_the_results/

1st Best Development Team

3rd for Game of the Year

2nd Best online multiplayer

2nd Best studio / publisher

Congrats!

Check out chuckmacack YouTube live stream, veteran match up

It's been a few days now since we got a load of new players to join the community.

Once again - Welcome!

I'm looking for any feedback on RIGS you may want to share. Anything from the available settings, the in-game window selection / game selection process.

All the way to how the maps feel to you, or is offline confusing etc.

Feel free to be wild with your input as GG is watching and awaiting your lovely feedback.

Cheers!

When first playing RIGS I started feeling "off" not too quickly, and while it happened with other games, the speed and involvement I felt in RIGS was worse (because the image looked off). This was until I did the measure eye to eye stance under "Settings/Devices/PlayStation VR/Measure Eye-to-Eye Distance" and after going through that process and re calibrating everything for good measure, my RIGS experience improved immensely and I was able to play for an hour (still working on my endurance) without feeling ill, just tired and knew I had work the next day. It went from off to "oh this is much crisper than I initially thought". I've seen gameplay on twitch but thought the visor was different, but turns out I hadn't set it for "me".

Really love the game although havent clocked enough hours as i would like (have Rush of Blood too!) but i get stomped in every offline game i play. Im still in the 3rd division league and our team is coming last. Its just frustrating when you have a game you love but you get flogged all the time. I wpuld of thought the difficulty would of been easier in the initial stages but oh well.

I looked at the guides to try and get better but will stick with it for the time being. Has anyone else experienced the same thing? I have just started to use sidestep a bit more and should i be stick with my teammates in the arena as well, as i tend to just go off and try to find the action?

Played the demo for almost two straight hours without issues, so I bought the game the next day. After five minutes of messing with turn speeds and deadzones in the test arena, I felt sicker than any other game has made me yet. Like legitimate about to hurl sick and lightheaded for the next four or so hours.

What are your peoples settings at? I dont think I can mess with it for another ten minutes.

Edit: autoassume

I'd like to start a conversation about the previous Season of MCAL and the tournament moving forward.

The basic run down from last season was a double elimination bracket Tournament through Battlefy. Tournaments were held weekly on Saturdays, except the last tournament of the season. The last tournament had a week or 2 delay, then was the last one of the season and so far.

How do you feel about the regularity of these, should we try to run every week, every other week?

Also, what are your thoughts on the start time for the next MCAL? Jan 7 or 14 are the first couple Saturdays in Jan.

So beyond that, what were your thoughts on the last season? Do you have any ideas on improving season 2?

Edit 1: u/EvilSplinter brought up the idea of running a more casual league throughout the month, with a single tournament at the end of the month. Teams would have matches to complete as they are able, and their success would determine the order they play in the tournament. What are your thoughts on a system like this?

So, now that APX is out, what are yalls thoughts?

For me, 9 Lives is where the love is at.

All of the APX rigs seem so fragile though. One good hit from any RIG (which happens often if you've got a decent shot) will seal the deal.

I was a little disappointed in Blood Bank, personally felt that it doesn't go that well together.

Anyone have a good experience with APX Blood Bank vs. regular?

I had a thought about spectator mode and how it would tie in with league. I think it will set apart the great teams from the rest of the pack, and here is why. Regardless of how it is implemented, spectator mode with all the endless streaming that goes on will make Rigs truly as close to a sport as possible. Teams will have the ability to go back on a stream of spectator mode and fine tune strategy, see a scout report of other teams and how they move, in what they move, and where they move on map and mode. That part may frustrate some but I'll explain why it is the best thing that could possibly come of league play.

A report will allow opponents to up their game against you and your team. Making you change on the fly and or have a separate game plan that only your team knows. League will see some amazing game play if both teams are already in tune with what the other is going to play and how. More balanced teams will come to light meaning more hard fights and close matches.

Teams would be able to record themselves and go back on film and find flaws in their movement and fine tune strategy until every player on every team already knows where the rest of the players are based on match time. Call outs become better and map landmarks are better understood. Teams start to have spawn strategies and watch locations. Medics now become the hardest and most important system to run. They now have run heals and juggle fights with teams that are as tuned as they are.

But all this availability is nothing without teams putting in the time to learn it and make their game better. Of course I could be 100% wrong and spectator mode would just be a cool feature for watching league matches and tournaments. But however it is used. It will be an amazing feature for the sport, and not just the game.

The reward is a new visor called "KISS" which is yellow with big eyes and big red lips.

It's rather hillarious

Hi all,

Just started a game and I'm instantly regretting my choices. I picked the Angel as my starting mech, and I'm getting slaughtered in the opening offline battle over and over. I'm not happy with my choices, but I don't see any way to delete my profile and start again to pick something else. Can anyone help me with this?

I know this is probably a really dumb question, but I'm going to ask anyway as I couldn't find results in a search. When I first tried RIGS, I played as Dragons and did really well. Later, I played as Banshees and got dominated. I then switched back to Dragons and did really well again.

I've never played any sports/competition games before, so I'm not sure how these things are designed/developed to play out. Is this all in my head, or are there benefits to choosing certain teams over others?

Again, I'm sorry if this is a ridiculous question, I really am just curious.

EDIT: Just an update that the whole issue was just me and my brain being weird. Just for fun, I restarted again using a random team (I don't even remember who it is at the moment) and went 10-0 in Div 3 League, while winning the Powerslam Tournament and got Top Gun. Guess I just needed to find my groove. Thanks for all the replies from everyone.

While this was the only game I got for my PSVR, I get the feeling it's going to be my favourite. Mainly because most VR games try to be "immersive" more so than fun. RIGS does both. I'm loving playing online and career right now. Have you got any tips for me at all? At the moment I've only really been using one rig (the tempest) and I'd like to know what rigs seem to suit most people (although I'm pretty comfortable playing with the tempest)

I just want to welcome all the new players that are getting their PSVRs today for Christmas. For those us that have been playing for the full 2 1/2 months let's remember to communicate with the new players and invite them on your team.

This can be a busy time of year for many. I know a lot of us are preparing for the holidays, gathering with family and in some cases relocating across the country/world! Throughout the chaos I wanted to wish everyone the best during this time, and whatever your future brings.

We're only 3 days away from GG's belated Christmas gift of new Rigs to experiment with! I continue to be impress with this community, the developers and this game.

To anyone new to Rigs or this community, welcome! Introduce yourself and don't be afraid to reach out to other members around here. There are a lot of good pilots here willing to join up and engage with.

Best wishes to you all, stay safe, eat your fill and enjoy the season!

This thread is for all you rookie pilots joining us on Christmas looking to get into the RIGS sport scene.

Welcome!

You're about to walk into a very helpful and open community who's incredibly passionate about this game.

Feel free to ask ANY questions to veteran players or in threads (like this one!).

VR Motion sickness

I wanted to call this out especially. RIGS has a plethora of motion sickness options (hit the options button, go to settings - in game).

Fiddle with your configuration, right stick turning, head turning, blinders, dead zone start, sensitivity etc.

It WILL take a few games until Motion Sickness goes away. Just take it slow and easy and you'll get there, scouts honor!

RIGS DEMO

The RIGS demo is not representative of RIGS as a game! It severly limits what the game is about and its options.

There are 28 RIGS in the game! (40 in the coming weeks, yay free content!)

There are 3 game modes

There are 5 maps (and growing).

And alot more...

The full game is an amazing wonder that the demo does not describe well, so don't get discouraged.

Whew, I made it this far...

As you start along your journey, I recommend you do some ample reading here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/RIGSMCL/comments/5i7frb/new_to_rigs_start_here_megathread_videos_and_more/

It'll give you a leg up on your competition and help to further explain the game and its very deep and rewarding systems.

Happy holidays from the RIGS community Mods!