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[ExoForce]

This was easy for my 3F. Much better tournament then last time because of more teamwork now. Like it!

[cSand]

Felio, on 15 August 2014 - 10:51 AM, said:

Still very, very difficult.

Events are worse than useless if people don't feel they can participate.

Should they just give it to you for free then?

Instead of mechbay challenge they can just call it "mechbay weekend" so you don't have to put in any effort?


The lowest common denominator is a bad group to cater to

Edited by cSand, 15 August 2014 - 03:06 PM.

[LT. HARDCASE]

I'm done!. Griffin 3M reaffirms itself as my favorite mech.

Seriously everyone should be able to do this, even just racking up assists.

Edited by Kevjack, 15 August 2014 - 03:42 PM.

[Dread Render]

Anyone Know...
Can I use My STK-3F(C) ?
Please?...
I Hope I hope

[_NARCoMAN_]

EverReady, on 15 August 2014 - 03:00 PM, said:

No.

Awww, so much for the name I guess

[Felio]

cSand, on 15 August 2014 - 03:04 PM, said:

Should they just give it to you for free then?

Instead of mechbay challenge they can just call it "mechbay weekend" so you don't have to put in any effort?


The lowest common denominator is a bad group to cater to

I don't think that phrase means what you think it means.

Edited by Felio, 15 August 2014 - 05:13 PM.

[Postumus]

Is the challenge until the 17th or 19th? The post lists both dates, the 17th in the picture, the 19th in the text.

[IllCaesar]

Render, on 15 August 2014 - 04:28 PM, said:

Anyone Know...
Can I use My STK-3F(C) ?
Please?...
I Hope I hope

Champion, Founder, and Phoenix variants are not excluded from this. If the 3F cacn be used, the 3F(C) can be used. I can't say for certain, but I didn't hear anybody say that their hampions or Phoenix mechs didn't count during last weeks challenge.

[Dread Render]

MarsAtlas, on 15 August 2014 - 05:14 PM, said:

Champion, Founder, and Phoenix variants are not excluded from this. If the 3F cacn be used, the 3F(C) can be used. I can't say for certain, but I didn't hear anybody say that their hampions or Phoenix mechs didn't count during last weeks challenge.

Yeah... That's How I read it.
Thanks

[Kell Commander]

Thank you for actually advertising this challenge unlike the Steiner challenge I found out about by accident on Sunday night with not enough time to complete.

[WarHippy]

Thanks for the mech bay, but have you considered tiers of rewards? Perhaps a free mech at 500 points or something? Either way it was over pretty fast for me after I picked up Ace of Spades in game three.

[IllCaesar]

So, my last match, I'm at 95 points, and I'm doing really well, by my standards anyways. I have two assists with damage spread out to other not yet dead, and have done a lot of damage, and there's an enemy Stalker being harassed by some lights. I come in with my Thunderbolt and de-torso it, leaving it unarmed, and as an act of kindness, let them get the kill, even though I easily could've gotten it. I didn't need that kill, after all, right? Anyways, there's this Atlas that has been poking his head around the corner, really hesitant, so when a light goes to harass him, I assist and start taking the Atlas' front apart with all my weaponry, because I wasn't going to overheat (HPG Manifold). I get his torso orange, and then... desync! XD

No good deed goes unpunished, right? Anyways, I joined back in and luckily I end up with credit for five assists as my team pulls into a 12-10 victory. I hit 100 exactly by luck.

I got my mechbay, I'm happy. I only got six kills all of last weekend, so I didn't get it, but I mananged to get it this time around. Its a lot less pressure when I'm not worried about that kill shot, and as a result, I'm positive I performed much better today than I did during anytime last weekend. I'm not a good player, and I'm not quite that player that ends up high on the scoreboard, so I felt that my contributions to the team and the event were actually worthwhile this weekend. There were some curbstomp matches, and I ended up on both sides of those matches, but they were significantly more coordinated and cooperative than last weekend.

As a side note, I think tier offerings might be a good idea. Purely mathematically, the event's incentive for me to play the game is over once I reach the goal. I'm still going to keep playing, but the event is more or less over for me. I think a potential fit for tier offerings is to have the primary reward as the first tier, and then have either free equipment (one free Endo-Steel or DHS installment on a mech of your choice) or some sort of increased sale discount (for C-Bills, not MC) towards the mechs already on sale. The higher you score in the specified mechs, the cheaper the sale mechs become. Your wallet thickness goes up from all the matches while their price goes down until it meets a certain threshold. I could buy that Awesome I want now, or I could get some more points, say, another 50, and have its discount go from 35% to 50% (maybe have the discount variable based on the weight of the mech, so that it doesn't make heavier mechs, mathematically, the best deal). Its not MC-related, so nobody is too upset about missing out on the higher tiers, and even if its not enough to interest somebody, they've already participated in the event.

[Son of the Flood]

MarsAtlas, on 15 August 2014 - 08:08 PM, said:

As a side note, I think tier offerings might be a good idea. Purely mathematically, the event's incentive for me to play the game is over once I reach the goal. I'm still going to keep playing, but the event is more or less over for me. I think a potential fit for tier offerings is to have the primary reward as the first tier, and then have either free equipment (one free Endo-Steel or DHS installment on a mech of your choice) or some sort of increased sale discount (for C-Bills, not MC) towards the mechs already on sale. The higher you score in the specified mechs, the cheaper the sale mechs become. Your wallet thickness goes up from all the matches while their price goes down until it meets a certain threshold. I could buy that Awesome I want now, or I could get some more points, say, another 50, and have its discount go from 35% to 50% (maybe have the discount variable based on the weight of the mech, so that it doesn't make heavier mechs, mathematically, the best deal). Its not MC-related, so nobody is too upset about missing out on the higher tiers, and even if its not enough to interest somebody, they've already participated in the event.

I agree with the above, good suggestions to keep the challenge going!

It took me 10 games to earn the free mechbay. The assists were a welcome addition.

[The Massive]

I have to jump the fence and sit with the whingers on this one.

No hero mechs? Again?

[AlbertoT16]

Now this is how you should always do challenges!! Best challenge formula so far...

[All your hopes and dreams]

Another stress test, another desync event. Get more iron/bandwidth already.

[Fiona Marshe Pureborn]

This one can be done over a couple of hours. Last week was entirely down to luck and kill-stealing.

This week I can play normally and work it over 20 matches or so (normally average 8 assists with a few kills, so good scoring).

[KevinL21]

In support of these challenges; i just bought a month of premium time... the first purchase i've made since march!

keep the freebies coming so that I can justify making purchases.

looking forward to cw

[The Boneshaman]

are they ever going to do another X kills win a mech? i would like to win another mech again.

[Training Instructor]

Some people forgot that LRMs are just as good at farming assists as they are at farming kills.

Run out in the missile locust with two lrm 5 and a TAG and rack up assists!

Or sit in the back with a missile boat like a good third of the players did last challenge, and which appears to also be happening this challenge.