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[Atma Erebus]

A quick look at the current leader board makes it pretty clear that more games played = higher score. For those of you who missed the fine print in the tournament rules (like me) here's a simple summary: "People with jobs, families or things to do other than play MWO for 72 hours straight need not apply".

[Gunnisson]

So many matches, so many Ravens. Been inundated with flocks of 3Ls and its just not fun. Seems people are going straight back to cookie cutter builds (nothing wrong with that) just a shame.

[Kaemon]

So much crying in this thread, I wonder if they reinforced the forum floor to withstand the weight.

If you don't like it, DON'T PLAY IN IT. Your silence speaks volumes, because your words for the most part, do not.

Let them get a few of these under their belts before you **** off and start the waterworks... The last thing we need is for PGI to get gun shy for trying new things like this, because the constant QQ from the forum makes them clench everytime they even think about it.

It's a test, it's for fun, calm the **** down and play or sit out.

[Imperial Banana Trader]

Gidonihah, on 21 February 2013 - 06:06 PM, said:

Isn't this contest essentially a grindfest and the winner will be whoever can stay awake playing the game the longest?
Doesnt seem any advantage to quality over quantity if you have the time for it.

Yes it is.

[Orbit Rain]

so, just played my first challenge match and very definitely was being shot by an aimbot, was clfff side on forest colony, coming from the arch going back to my (lower side) base, and shot at immediately from about 900m from the water, after jumping to take a look....just *barely* viewing over the hill there....

...so yeah, this "competition" is officially B.S. in my eyes now.

[Nonsequitur]

Hope ELO gets up on it's feet soon because right now it's either my team steam rolls the other team or the other team steam rolls mine.

[Reported for Inappropriate Name]

would not be surprised if the highest scorers drive something with ecm. either a really fast light that abuses the bad hitboxes, or the standard ddc with 80 damage alpha

i also would not be surprised if highest scorers comprise of splat cats, and 50 damage alpha snipers
either way i love losing games where i have 1400 damage simply because its down to how good your teammates are. Has anyone ever had one of those? the only consolation is the mountain of dosh.

Edited by Battlecruiser, 22 February 2013 - 12:51 PM.

[Iron Shamrock]

While I am enjoying this so far. There has been one slight flaw. In the past couple weeks I finally started having matches free of Raven 3Ls. I'm not sure why this was happening, maybe people got tired of hearing the rest of us whining about them. I don't really care why they were gone, but my game balance/scores drastically improved.

I run a Jenner JRD-7, it's fast and fun. It takes a lot of accuracy and patience to drive...but REALLY rewarding when you get it right. Some games you scuffle with the heavies and slowly take them down. Some games you catch a couple AC20s from a K2 and your down. Either way it is a blast.

Back to the tourny though. At noon today I launched and right away saw 2 Raven 3Ls on my team. I hoped it was a fluke...it was not. Almost every match came with 2-3 Raven 3Ls over 2 hours of playing. There is not strategy to playing with or against them. I HAVE to run with them if they are on my team, because there is almost always one on the other team. If i don't have one on my team than I just resign myself to getting a lucky hit and "legging" theirs before they Streak me to death.

Maybe we need some kind of Handycapping of mech variants. It doesn't take much skill to drive a 3L (or the COM2-D for that matter, but to a far lesser extent). It seems to me that if there was a handycap system of some kind, maybe less people would "flock" to the 3Ls as soon this ranking system is introduced. I'm kind of hoping they are tracking the leaderboards and watching what mechs folks are running. I know most of the high ranked light pilots I saw in game were running the 3L.

This is all just my humble opinion. It just seemed to me that the game got a lot more balanced and fun the less I saw that particular mech.

[Oderint dum Metuant]

I winar

[Zylox]

Why do I constantly feel punished/left out for having friends to play the game with?

[Orbit Rain]

...the hacking continues...

If it continues, this game will no longer be viable.

[stealebet]

kinda seems pointless to spend countless hours just to earn a banner. would be more appealing if the rewards were something like

10k mc or a assault hero mech for 1st place

5k mc or a heavy hero mech for second

2500 mc or a light / medium hero mech for 3rd

[Oderint dum Metuant]

Orbit Rain, on 22 February 2013 - 01:41 PM, said:

...the hacking continues...

If it continues, this game will no longer be viable.

Every excuse eh?

Edited by DV McKenna, 22 February 2013 - 01:45 PM.

[JoJoxy]

214th light, 670th med, 390th heavy, 239th assault amounts to 19th overall? wtf!?

[Xenroth]

I hope they kick the people that abuse this ******* system by sync dropping with 16 people together ... because its really strange that all top ranked players have nearly the same win loss ratio and about the same stats ... They abuse quite good because #1 light player has about 7 games more than i have but 26 more rating ... GG abuse!

[saintchuck]

FSxHunter, on 21 February 2013 - 07:40 PM, said:

My wife is definitely going to divorce me after this weekend

Then let her finish higher than you.

[Gamgee]

34-28th light depending. Anyways I've had my fun and see how I stack up. Quite a few of the last few lights seem to have a lag shield. I alpha striked when they weren't even moving and didn't hit. If anyone wants to invite me into a group or something just let me know.

[saintchuck]

JoJoxy, on 22 February 2013 - 01:50 PM, said:

214th light, 670th med, 390th heavy, 239th assault amounts to 19th overall? wtf!?

Much like Nascar, you can win the points leader having never won a race. The ones that are beating you in the class competitions are most likely only running those mechs. Since you are competing in all weight classes then your overall total is better than theirs.

[TheLastUn1corn]

In general, I really like the idea of putting up tournaments like this one. Those give players the chance to work for something, and to show, that they really are the best.

But there is one BIG PROBLEM I have about this "challenge": the reward.

I'm not going to opt in for this challenge, meaning that I would put quite a lot of time to it, just for the chance of getting some silly cockpit banner!!!

Those banners mean nothing to me, they don't give me any advantage or make my gaming any more enjoyable. And, to be honest, it really is a great shame, that PGI has generously decided to reward its very best players with something as trivial as a little cockpit item. This is like saying: "Hey, don't you want to participate in this f***ing hard world championship? We'll even give you a nice sticker if you win!"

As this challenge is called "Be a HERO", why don't they give the champions one of the HERO Mechs as a present? This would be WAAAAAAAAAYYYYY more motivating for everybody to join in. For example, the first 3 players of each leaderboard could be given a Hero Mech plus those champion banners, and places 4-10 could receive another banner as kind of a consolation prize. This would be appropriate for a tournament of such size, and for the whole game 15 hero Mechs more or less mean nothing. Not to mention that Mechs, including hero variants, are only digital goods, so PGI does not have to pay any money to distribute them.

So what do you all think about this? Do you think a simple banner is worth all the work?


TheLastUn1c0rn

Edited by TheLastUn1corn, 22 February 2013 - 02:16 PM.

[Straygo]

Just a heads up, people arent getting capture assists in conquest. i played many matches early this afternoon and capped a bunch of points and ended up not getting any points for it, thus i didnt get a high score because of it. Please take a look at this asap. thanks