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[Erox]

Solo droping? Not even for real money!

[Belorion]

Nice

[PharmEcis]

Considering that this is supposed to be a game that emphasizes TEAM PLAY, I'm highly disappointed that all the challenges require solo drops. Instead of making people WANT to group up, you are forcing solo play.

What the hell are you guys smoking?

[DrSlamastika]

Appogee, on 22 August 2014 - 09:14 AM, said:

Hmmm. Winning a match as a PUG is perhaps the hardest thing to do.

I think its still 50% chance to lose or win I like it . . . Its not so hard man.

Edited by DrSlamastika, 22 August 2014 - 11:52 AM.

[Jacob Side]

pug = solo.

pug match in MWO do not, I repeat do not include groups of 2-4 mans.

Get that out of your silly pugger head

Edited by Jacob Side, 22 August 2014 - 11:51 AM.

[WVAnonymous]

So if I drop the match when I die (and lose those post-death assists), and keep 4 to 5 mechs in rotation with an average life span of about 7 minutes per game or 8.5 matches per hour and keep my 1.08 W/L it should take me 93 games in 11 hours to get 6.5 million c-bills.

Sounds like a one day challenge. Step it up boys. PGI is taking it easy on you.



Not to mention in 100 games you should make a minimum of 10 million c-bills anyway...

[WarHippy]

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

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.

Please explain how one cheats their way to wins in the group queue? Win trading? I suppose, but that only works if you know who you are being put up against, and it is easy enough to see that is happening and to punish those players as needed. So really there is no reason not to allow groups.

Getting kills is hardly kill stealing except to the bunch of whiney people obsessed with their score. With last weeks challenge including assists in the challenge it really didn't matter who got the kills as everyone involved was still making progress. It was a much better system than this win based challenge. As for being less anti-social you really think this will be better as a win based event? I don't. In fact what will likely happen is that this will be a much more toxic event because you are going to have a bunch of arm chair generals barking orders, and complaining when things don't go their way. People are going to get frustrated as the losses mount up and people start to blame everyone and anything they can for why they are not winning. [redacted]

Edited by Marvyn Dodgers, 22 August 2014 - 03:17 PM.
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[Naenlor]

Since pugging is a base of 50% win rate, and since my luck is the worst in the universe, I won't be able to do this.

I always get stuck with the losing team. I am the only one that does 2 kill, and 500+ damage, and I am only 2-5 right now after about an hour and half of playing.

I need to be able to talk to my teammates, and since that is impossible in a solo match, then this just won't happen.

[Koniving]

Bigbacon, on 22 August 2014 - 09:26 AM, said:

this is going to be impossible to do

What mechs you got? I could probably muster some help for ya.

Personally when I have to carry the whole team, I bring an LRM boat. I kid you not.


It's a brawling LRM boat... but it's still an LRM boat.

[StevieRayVaughan]

Well i just lost 8 in a row, already done with this nonsense.

No idea how as a new pilot, less than 35 matches played, I'm seeing SJR & HoL members on the opposite team with regularity. Did PGI just throw Elo in the freaking trash now?

That's enough masochism for me, thanks but no thanks.

[Baltor]

I already suspected last weekend that we would have a Liao Challenge this week. I guess it will continue counterclockwise with Davion next weekend. I just wonder why there are no mech requirements this week.

50 wins would be a lot of work, actually to much time for my personal taste.And i don't play much on working days which makes the Auto-Premium-Time less interesting. So i will probably stop with 10 wins. But it is good that there are multiple leves of rewards depending on how much time and effort you are willing to invest.

[Belorion]

PharmEcis, on 22 August 2014 - 11:42 AM, said:

Considering that this is supposed to be a game that emphasizes TEAM PLAY, I'm highly disappointed that all the challenges require solo drops. Instead of making people WANT to group up, you are forcing solo play.

What the hell are you guys smoking?

For these particular ones I am not as torn up about them being solo drops. A) They added group queues back in, They are trying to balance the factions, and teamwork can overcome imbalance pretty easy.

[mack sabbath]

Beast Incarnate XIII, on 22 August 2014 - 11:54 AM, said:

Well i just lost 8 in a row, already done with this nonsense.

No idea how as a new pilot, less than 35 matches played, I'm seeing SJR & HoL members on the opposite team with regularity. Did PGI just throw Elo in the freaking trash now?

That's enough masochism for me, thanks but no thanks.

I feel your pain....nothing but losses, desyncs & lag....but HEY! The Store is still working fine!

[GumbyC2C]

Why do you build a game around team play and then make almost all the promotions for solo players only?

[Tank]

Good challenge, but I rather see it as group only. Because LRM boats count is over 9000 at the moment and some ECMs.

P.S. I vote for special tournament challenge with some restrictions on abused weapon systems.

Edited by Tank, 22 August 2014 - 12:10 PM.

[Zolaz]

lol ... why do I feel like PGI is trolling everyone? 50 wins with the current MM? So if you are any good you get the worst guys in the queue on your team if you are picked to lose. lol

[0bsidion]

Baltor, on 22 August 2014 - 11:57 AM, said:

I already suspected last weekend that we would have a Liao Challenge this week. I guess it will continue counterclockwise with Davion next weekend. I just wonder why there are no mech requirements this week.

Yeah I kind of liked that aspect of the previous events, not sure why they chucked the mech requirements. Sure, a few people complained, but there's always at least 10 people on here complaining about everything they do so no surprise there.

[Dread Render]

Sorry... What is "in Solo" Please?

[noise gate]

6.5 million c-bills is a strange reward for 50 wins. You'll earn much more until you get 50 wins. 500 mc (or more) would be better.

[veedubfreak]

There's a reason I keep my sig.