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[InnerSphereNews]

================= RECEIVING HYPERPULSE TRANSMISSION ===================

Delivered-To: //2-dracon@rasalhague;new.caledonia

Received: August 15^th, 3049

Return-Path: //sales@earthwerks;tiber

HPG-Priority: 3 / B

Subject: House Marik sending supplies to periphery border.

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Hello Customer!

We are very happy to hear that you are interested in our latest offerings on BattleMech weapon systems. This latest sale offering combines affordable pricing with our state-of-the-art ‘Mechs.

There is an instant 35% discount available on our products built within the Free Worlds League, a special thank you from House Marik for supporting FWL industry and commerce.[font=" Courier; background-color: transparent;"] Our[/font][font=" Courier; background-color: transparent;"] weapon systems are designed with an open architecture to allow for greater flexibility in mission payloads while also providing the best attrition tolerance in the Inner Sphere. [/font]

You really don’t have to take our word for it: We are already sending a number of our valued privateer customers to your location to demonstrate these systems themselves in live-fire tests!

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===================== ANALYSING TRANSMISSION ===========================

Event Type: Personal Challenge

Event Begins: Friday, August 15^th at 10:00AM PDT

Event Ends: Tuesday, August 19^th at 10:00AM PDT

Challenge Rules:

• [background=transparent;]While Piloting one or more of the ‘Mechs presented on sale, collect 100 points.[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]1 Kill = 5 Points[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]1 Kill Assist = 1 Point[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Points will only be collected while piloting one of the listed Mechs below.[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Piloting a Phoenix, Founders, Champion (owned or trial), or other Special variant of those listed will also count towards this goal.[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]You may mix and match the Mechs used so long as they are from the list.[/font]

Challenge Reward:

• [background=transparent;]1 Free MechBay[/font]
  

Applicable Mechs:

• [background=transparent;]Atlas AS7-D[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Awesome AWS-8Q[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Awesome AWS-8R[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Awesome AWS-8T[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Awesome AWS-8V[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Awesome AWS-9M[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Banshee BNC-3E[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Banshee BNC-3M[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]BattleMaster BLR-1G[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]BattleMaster BLR-3M[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Centurion CN9-A[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Cicada CDA-2A[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Cicada CDA-2B[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Cicada CDA-3C[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Cicada CSA-3M[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Griffin GRF-1N[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Griffin GRF-3M[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Hunchback HBK-4G[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Hunchback HBK-4H[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Hunchback HBK-4J[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Hunchback HBK-4P[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Hunchback HBK-4SP[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Jenner JR7-D[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Kintaro KTO-18[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Locust LCT-1E[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Locust LCT-1M[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Locust LCT-1V[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Locust LCT-3M[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Orion ON1-K[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Orion ON1-M[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Orion ON1-V[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Orion ON1-VA[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Quickdraw QKD-4G[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Quickdraw QKD-4H[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Raven RVN-3L[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Shadow Hawk SHD-2H[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Shadow Hawk SHD-5M[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Spider SDR-5V[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Stalker STK-3F[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Stalker STK-3H[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Stalker STK-4N[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Stalker STK-5M[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Thunderbolt TDR-5S[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Thunderbolt TDR-9S[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Trebuchet TBT-5J[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Trebuchet TBT-5N[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Trebuchet TBT-7M[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Victor VTR-9B[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Victor VTR-9K[/font]
  
  
• [background=transparent;]Wolverine WVR-6R[/font]

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[Deathlike]

This is slightly better scoring-wise as a challenge... as 20 kills is a hill climb for some.

Edited by Deathlike, 15 August 2014 - 09:06 AM.

[process]

The point system is much more accessible and beginner friendly. Good decision.

[WarHippy]

Looks like I get to use my Thunderbolt 9s again.

[IllCaesar]

Much better already, I can tell. Assist points means more lights and mediums, less people missile-boating to "steal" kills (though LRMs still benefit), less friendly-fire trying to "steal" kills, etc. Might see a lot more arty and airstrikes than usual, but otherwise, I don't see this upsetting the balance of the metagame. Also, really nice touch to add an extra day. Not only is good because, well, extra day, but people in certain time zones already miss out on a lot of time. In the last one, for, say, Australia, it would started very early morning and ended before people would've gotten home from work.

Only downside I can think of is that this is the Clan vs IS weekend. That mech limitation for this is going to mess with some people's ability to participate in both.

Edited by MarsAtlas, 15 August 2014 - 09:09 AM.

[Deathlike]

Trial/Champion mechs and Phoenix mechs aren't in the list... so new players have to "buy in" with the current crop of mechs.

Edited by Deathlike, 15 August 2014 - 09:08 AM.

[TercieI]

Very nice improvement from last week (and last week was fine).

[Hobo Dan]

Still waiting for the: hit "R" and hold target long enough to gather target info challenge x 1000. Earn a cookie cockpit item.

[wanderer]

My body Orion is ready.

[Votanin FleshRender]

I'm a very mediocre player and I don't have much playing time = the Steiner challenge was very difficult for me.

My son had none of the Steiner mechs, so he had to use exclusively trial mechs (though he did buy a trebuchet in the middle), and he struggled a lot getting his mechbay.

For casual players, this is so much better, so thank you to PGI/IGP!

[Votanin FleshRender]

It says champion mechs must be owned... does that mean trial mechs don't count this time?

[Pragmatix]

Hobo Dan, on 15 August 2014 - 09:15 AM, said:

Still waiting for the: hit "R" and hold target long enough to gather target info challenge x 1000. Earn a cookie cockpit item.

I cannot like this comment enough.

[Sky Hawk]

Assists should be 2 points, but, IT'S A GOOD STEP IN THE GOOD WAY!

Hope, in the next kill-weekend count TAG/NARCing and SPOTing (both 1 point) too.

Nice Try!


PS: No Trial Mechs? I am crazy or you? BAD! BAD! BAD! BAD! BAD! BAD! BAD! BAD! BAD! BAD! BAD! BAD!

PS2: PLEASE! FIND AT LAST SOMEONE, WHO CAN READ AND CORRECT YOUR SALES-TEXTS BEFORE YOU PUT THEM ONLINE! PLEASE!

Edited by Sky Hawk, 15 August 2014 - 11:59 AM.

[Belorion]

Includes assists!!!! Yes!!!!

Step in a very positive direction. Two thumbs up.

[Bigbacon]

hmmm.. my choices are KTO-18 or a locust..

err, and the 3L

so 20 kills or 100 assists?

Edited by Bigbacon, 15 August 2014 - 09:40 AM.

[BloodStar]

So... no trial mechs for people who don't own any one of these?

Edited by BloodStar, 15 August 2014 - 09:41 AM.

[Reno Blade]

Deathlike, on 15 August 2014 - 09:07 AM, said:

Trial/Champion mechs and Phoenix mechs aren't in the list... so new players have to "buy in" with the current crop of mechs.

Quote

Piloting a Phoenix, Founders, Champion (owned), or other Special variant of those listed will also count towards this goal.

Looks ok

[Myke Pantera]

Nice challenge! Thanks guys!

I am missing the colors in the image above though. Steiner challenge image was a little better.

Appreciate that the completion requirements are a little different from the Steiner challenge!

Also, please watch out not to blow too many good ideas at the same time! If you can maintain this frequency of challenges than good. But don't go on a run of 2-3 months without a challenge, because they all happened this august/september!

Edited by Myke Pantera, 15 August 2014 - 09:41 AM.

[Deathlike]

Reno Blade, on 15 August 2014 - 09:40 AM, said:

Looks ok

Oh good. I missed the fine print.

[Desintegrator]

Nice Challenge !
Time to grab out some good old Mechs !