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[Bigbacon]

Ace Selin, on 22 August 2014 - 11:05 AM, said:

First hour of play and have 7 victories ... sweet.

my first hour was all losses and then I gave up.

Edited by Bigbacon, 22 August 2014 - 11:07 AM.

[ManDaisy]

Welcome to the path of ELO hell. The bigger the winning streak, the dumber your teammates. It is an ... uphill battle.

Edited by ManDaisy, 22 August 2014 - 11:09 AM.

[Bigbacon]

and you know a challenge is going on when you see lights and mediums back at a constant < 15%

[Mawai]

I think it is a decent challenge and fun.

I will likely never have the time to get 50 wins in a weekend but I might manage 10 or 20.

PUG stands for Pick Up Group and usually refers to a random selection of players on each team. (though PUGs may contain one group of size 2-4 on each side). Solo means playing by yourself as opposed to being part of an already organized group before entering the match.

If you are afraid your team will be brain dead then provide the brain. Offer up some suggestions.

"Regroup at ... " or even just "Regroup and let folks sort out how to get together.
"Focus fire"
"Target mech [A .. L]"
"Use R to target"
"Hold locks as long as possible please"

Its not rocket science and most people actually do listen to someone who sounds reasonable.

Also, expect a lot more base rushes in Assault since it makes for a fast win ... watch out for it.

[BOWMANGR]

Woohoo! Really neat PGI! Thank you.

[Stormwolfe13]

Wow overall a pretty good offer. It wont be easy getting the 50 but I guess its not supposed to be. I REALLY REALLY wish though that PGI would let is bank the premium time. Other than that I thinks it's pretty good challenge! PLEASE PGI reconsider the auto-activation of the premium time reward! Thanks!

[Gyrok]

InnerSphereNews, on 22 August 2014 - 08:59 AM, said:

Brother,
A bureaucrat once said, "The sinews of war are money, money, money."
He couldn't have been more correct... The mission postings just keep coming lately, and the bonuses keep getting bigger for veteran pilots. Whatever is going on in the periphery...It's big. Big enough that it has some powerful people coughing up good money to expand our hangars just to send us in there to handle it. I can't tell you where or when we are shipping out, but I've heard rumours of strange new Mechs from faraway systems. All I know for sure is that a full tour is going to net me 6.5 million plus premium scavenging rights. This is why I don't want you to fear for my death brother...because when I return we will get to live like dukes; like princes! I know you were hoping I'd quit after the last mission...but this time I feel like our whole company is really on the path to victory.



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Event Type: Personal Challenge

Event Begins: Friday, August 22nd at 10AM PDT / 1PM EDT / 5PM UTC

Event Ends: Tuesday, August 26th at 10AM PDT / 1PM EDT / 5PM UTC
Challenge Rules:

• While Piloting any 'Mech, in solo, in any game mode, achieve victory.
  
• No opt-in required.

Challenge Reward:

• 10 Wins = 1 Free MechBay
  
• 20 Wins = 7-day Premium Time
  
• 50 Wins = 6.5 million

Just a question, because I am curious...

Why not allow group queue to qualify for this?

All these solo challenges really try to subvert the entire purpose of TEAM gameplay.

Just a thought. As I have grown tired of sitting in teamspeak with 20 people in a channel dropping in the solo queue...

I have also grown tired of having challenges such as these thinning out the group queue population to such a point that you see the same 2-3 groups continually...

Just saying.

[sabujo]

Now, THAT is a challenge! Especially because it is based on wins and not on kills, promoting team effort. 50 wins will be hard but it can be done. Also, love to see that finnaly we get C-Bill in prizes.
Thank you!

[Ace Selin]

Thunderbuns.. PUG = Pick Up Group, so basically anyone who plays alone and gets sorted into a team .. apparently most players. If you drop solo its the same thing, you go into a queue where all players are solo, as apposed to the group queue which is for anyone in a group of 2 to 12.

[Nika Romanova]

Gyrok, on 22 August 2014 - 11:18 AM, said:

Just a question, because I am curious...

Why not allow group queue to qualify for this?

All these solo challenges really try to subvert the entire purpose of TEAM gameplay.

Just a thought. As I have grown tired of sitting in teamspeak with 20 people in a channel dropping in the solo queue...

I have also grown tired of having challenges such as these thinning out the group queue population to such a point that you see the same 2-3 groups continually...

Just saying.

The main reason I play this game is due to the friends I group with. I find your lack of group'age disturbing
Otherwise, great idea.

[noise gate]

omg PGI what are you doing? I wanted to spend this weekend offline.
and now all those plans go straight to hell=)

Edited by noise gate, 22 August 2014 - 11:51 AM.

[meteorol]

Lol, 3 buddies of mine are meeting on one guys house for a good oldschool gaming session over the weekend, was planned for like 6 months now... they will be sooooo pissed when they find out this challenge is solo only

[wanderer]

I love the people going "But whhhhhhhhhyyyy can't I group queue for this"?

Easy. It's stupid easy to cheat your way to wins.

"But whhhhhyyyy is it wins?"

Because you were a pack of anti-social kill-stealers. Maybe now you'll be encouraged to work together.

"50 wins is too much!"

For having no life, you can get 6.5 million C-bills. The choice is yours. 10 gets you a Mechbay,20 gets you 7 days of extra loot and exp. If you can't get 10 wins with motivated people,even a PUG in 4 days...too bad. No soup for you.

[Y E O N N E]

[Sagedabluemage]

dun mind me ill be in my adder taking up a light slot woo woo

[stjobe]

wanderer, on 22 August 2014 - 11:33 AM, said:

10 gets you a Mechbay

That's probably where I'll stop worrying about this challenge; I'm 5-2 at the moment, so looking good.

[WarHippy]

sabujo, on 22 August 2014 - 11:18 AM, said:

Now, THAT is a challenge! Especially because it is based on wins and not on kills, promoting team effort. 50 wins will be hard but it can be done. Also, love to see that finnaly we get C-Bill in prizes.
Thank you!

Yeah, nothing promotes team play better than playing by yourself. Sorry, but this challenge is stupid. Last weeks challenge was much better, and could have been significantly better had they added tiers this week. Such a waste.

[veedubfreak]

Question. As a long time Liao why is this solo only. Is it because all of us at the Word of Lowtax know how to play in groups properly and communication is overpowered?

Also, I have a bunch of banked premium already, is this "auto on when redeemed" crap going to activate my banked premium?

Finally. SQUAWK!

[The Gruntmaster 6000]

Is it bad I only played 2 matches before getting board of the challenge?

[Wildstreak]

Interesting change from the last 2.
Is the Premium Time banked or activates under certain conditions?