Edited by Frack the System, 25 August 2014 - 10:03 PM.
Path To Victory Challenge
#581
Posted 25 August 2014 - 09:43 PM
#582
Posted 25 August 2014 - 09:51 PM
darqsyde, on 22 August 2014 - 09:10 AM, said:
However, the number of wins could be considered....excessive.
Assuming a 50/50 win percentage(Elo/MM perfection), it could be 100(!) matches to get all 3 rewards. At 10 minutes per match that is 16-17hours(!) of play time. That seems a bit....much to do over 4 days. Even to get the mech bay could average 1.5-2hrs of play time.
Still, wins does beat kills.
Are you joking? The amount of victories is too low. It should have been twice the value in the given timeframe, in my opinion.
Edited by lunticasylum, 25 August 2014 - 09:51 PM.
#583
Posted 25 August 2014 - 09:56 PM
Jody Von Jedi, on 22 August 2014 - 09:49 AM, said:
QQer: "20 kills is too hard, encourages kill stealing. We need a challenge that encourages team play."
PGI: "OK, get 10 wins, get a free mech bay."
QQer: "Wha, Wha, groups aren't allowed. whaaaa, whaaaa." (runs and hides behinds mommy's skirt)
You just can't please everyone. So don't worry, PGI, keep up the good work. I like what you've done here. It's something different for a change.
Jody
No your team has to win.
And now you have the "SYNC DROPS ARE CHEATING!!!!" ragefest.
Rational Player: "Why are they cheating?"
QQer: "Because they're bad players from the Group queue using teamspeak!"
RP: "Haven't you been asking for VOIP for Solo Queue forever?"
QQ: "Yeah but thats different! It violates the idea of what Solo means!"
RP: "What DOES 'solo' mean in your mind?"
QQ: "ummmmmm... No groups?"
RP: "and if they accidentally happen to find themselves in a match with friends, is that an unfair sync drop?"
QQ: "ummmmmmm..... yes?"
RP: "So what do you want PGI do to to stop this?"
QQ: "Ummm make them stop?"
RP: "okay... how."
QQ: "Ummmm mmake... them?... stop?"
RP: "That is not a method or rational response."
QQ: "YES IT IS! YOU'RE EVIL TOO!"
RP: "Answer this then. How is it players who are bad in your queue is cheating? Can't you beat them easier?"
QQ: "YOU'RE EVIL! SHUT UP!"
RP: <walks away>
Edited by Kjudoon, 25 August 2014 - 10:04 PM.
#584
Posted 25 August 2014 - 10:00 PM
gavilatius, on 25 August 2014 - 08:54 PM, said:
seriously it has become "the team with the most Direwolfs Wins"
I find half the team being cut down due to a C-UAC5 barrage within 3 minutes of the game.
tell me "Balance as intended" PGI.
I am counting the Timbies too.
Prosperity Park, on 25 August 2014 - 08:40 PM, said:
If each team had 4 IS Mechs, and each team had the same number of Clan Mechs, then nobody's getting more wins due to their team having more Clan Mechs... just use a different set of data next time
I think you are forgetting ELO doesn't care whether you are in a Clan mech or not.
The new formula is.. Team with more Dire and Timber wolves win 90% of the time !
Edited by ShinVector, 25 August 2014 - 10:03 PM.
#585
Posted 25 August 2014 - 10:01 PM
300 minutes of wasted life.
You know I'm sure more of us would love these challenges if the matchmaker could do pairings quicker.
Thanks for hosting an event and giving us some tangible goodies.
#587
Posted 25 August 2014 - 10:34 PM
I like the rewards for this challenge. Some people seem obssessed with the mechbay challenges: me, I have ten of the things now sitting empty. I don't need any more. C-bill rewards for challenges, now, that's something I've been thinking we needed for some time. And the premium time? Wonderful. It gives me a chance to earn some more c-bills of my own (maybe I'll be able to afford at least one Dire Wolf when they come out! (you know they're totally going to be like 30 million or more)).
I admit I wasn't so happy about the fact that getting the rewards was entirely dependent on getting good results out of a team of random somebodies thrown together. Sometimes you get good somebodies, but other times... the number of times I watched my team scatter mindlessly across all corners of the map, ignoring all calls for coordination, and getting us brutally massacred while inflicting no damage to speak of on the enemies... Ugh.
Oh, and the fact that I spent almost all of the 100+ games of the challenge on the same three maps wasn't too great either. Therma, Caustic, and Frozen Colony, with heaviest emphasis on Therma (of course). Some of the others scattered in once or twice, but rarely. I dropped in Canyon exactly once throughout the entire thing.
But these are all old complaints. I won. I got the money, I got the time, I got the bay I don't need. I'm... going to bed now.
#588
Posted 25 August 2014 - 11:15 PM
With my best mech and my best skill/effort took me 3 hours 40 minutes to do 20 wins.
On my alt account as a fresh cadet with the underrated trial mech Ive played easily for fun and it
took me 2 hours 15 minutes for 20 wins. Almost twice as fast. Point of the story:
Dont take this game too seriously.
#589
Posted 25 August 2014 - 11:19 PM
gavilatius, on 25 August 2014 - 10:28 PM, said:
most of us have a life, you know
Everyone does: we all have a life, families, hobbies, and work. That does not mean that people who are casual should get everything that hardcore players can get. I am fine with getting 20 won matches, not 50, as I am just a casual player; but it feels that the rewards are a bit too high for such relaxed gameplay.
#590
Posted 25 August 2014 - 11:27 PM
#591
Posted 25 August 2014 - 11:35 PM
#592
Posted 25 August 2014 - 11:39 PM
#593
Posted 26 August 2014 - 12:04 AM
Teh Elo is a lie …
#594
Posted 26 August 2014 - 12:13 AM
#595
Posted 26 August 2014 - 01:15 AM
#596
Posted 26 August 2014 - 01:32 AM
#597
Posted 26 August 2014 - 01:35 AM
After the 20th winning round i quit the game, before getting the message about redeeming the free premium time.
My quetion is this: Did i delay the activation? The redeem window will pop-up next time I log in...right?
#599
Posted 26 August 2014 - 02:16 AM
#600
Posted 26 August 2014 - 02:25 AM
JaniTheWeedman, on 26 August 2014 - 01:35 AM, said:
After the 20th winning round i quit the game, before getting the message about redeeming the free premium time.
My quetion is this: Did i delay the activation? The redeem window will pop-up next time I log in...right?
Yes. Worked for me anyway...
Toffs
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