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[Frack the System]

Nice challenge, good one PGI, thx

Edited by Frack the System, 25 August 2014 - 10:03 PM.

[Lunatic_Asylum]

darqsyde, on 22 August 2014 - 09:10 AM, said:

I suppose I should be thankful this is wins, not kills, based.

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.

[Kjudoon]

Jody Von Jedi, on 22 August 2014 - 09:49 AM, said:

I can't believe all the QQ.

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.

[ShinVector]

gavilatius, on 25 August 2014 - 08:54 PM, said:

Do your part to destroy all clan mechs.

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.

[Colonel Tequila]

3minutes to search for each match, 100 average matches needed for 50 wins.

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.

[CrashieJ]

lunticasylum, on 25 August 2014 - 09:51 PM, said:

Are you joking? The amount of victories is too low. It should have been twice the value in the given timeframe, in my opinion.

most of us have a life, you know

[Random Wanderer]

Finally... finished...

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.

[ExoForce]

My final observation on this challenge:

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.

[Lunatic_Asylum]

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.

[Taffer]

Really? No email? I just happened to check the forums and this is the first I've heard of it.

[Modo44]

Suicide farmers. Suicide farmers everywhere. Hey, PGI, build some automatic farming + TK detection one day.

[jebushunter]

thank you pgi, keep up the good work, these free mech bays are very nice for the poor players like me that already spent their limit. .... any chance of getting a permanent leader board ?_? or even better a monthly reset one... or even more better... BOTH!...... i love you... in a creepy way V_V

[Goose]

122 games, and who knows how many hours.

Teh Elo is a lie …

[Muncehead]

Got my 50 - YAY! Did exactly 10 matches in clan chassis, the rest in a Stalker/Thunderbolt/Locust/Trebuchet mix. Took most of yesterday mind you.

[Sagamore]

While it is entirely possible to die within the first 30 seconds in a light mech if you turn the corner to find 3 Dire Wolves, its probably suicide farming tactics. I even saw Founders use this tactic.

[Goose]

OR, maybe recon is dangerous …

[John Mechlane]

Got my 20 yesterday night (no chance of getting 50, hate solo drops)
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?

[Kjudoon]

Goose, on 26 August 2014 - 01:32 AM, said:

OR, maybe recon is dangerous …

Naw. Role Warfare is not desired in this game. that's it.

[sCOREscream]

Path of Victory is done, was hard, but complete......puh

[Toffa]

JaniTheWeedman, on 26 August 2014 - 01:35 AM, said:

Got my 20 yesterday night (no chance of getting 50, hate solo drops)
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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