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[Felbombling]

OP, do the math. I've played World of Tanks all month and haven't seen a Sheriff in all that time. Same exact concept as Kill a Dev. My best buddy has not only seen multiple Sheriff matches, he has also killed off a few. Sh!t happens, but I'm not going to cry on the WoT forums that I want my free gold. This is like being p!ssed off that you've played the lottery for years and still don't have your millions.

[Snowseth]

Russ Bullock, on 14 September 2014 - 11:33 PM, said:

Okay I have stated it a few times and I will again. This event really was a "filler" sort for us since we had been having so many and we have such a big one planned for next week.

But if these Kill a Dev ones are just frustrating we can stop doing them.

For the record a Dev has been killed about 200 times so far /shrug

Please make these events "Kill A Dev/Save a Dev."

Kill a dev on the other team, get a reward.
Dev survives the match on your team, get a reward.

[Parjai Skirata]

I like the idea of PGI being a faction during CW, even if it was an event. Could make for some fun times.

[Jack Avery]

Yiphyin, on 15 September 2014 - 01:11 AM, said:

I'd be for it but I like a challenge. Can't speak for every Founder though, some might not like having the entire enemy team go after them every match until the event ends.

Edit: You know, if it was Save or Kill a Founder (Save = getting a savior bonus off a Founder's mech) with say a target of 5 save/kills for a weekend that'd be pretty great. You wouldn't only have the negative of people hunting you, you'd feel special because your team would want to save your bacon from the fire.

I feel like I'm being gunned for half the time anyway! But I demand that we must use the Founder's mechs if this ever happens. Just don't see them much anymore.

[Kraven Kor]

Russ Bullock, on 14 September 2014 - 11:33 PM, said:

Okay I have stated it a few times and I will again. This event really was a "filler" sort for us since we had been having so many and we have such a big one planned for next week.

But if these Kill a Dev ones are just frustrating we can stop doing them.

For the record a Dev has been killed about 200 times so far /shrug

I think this is a great event might just need more "scheduling" or something. Don't let the nay-sayers ruin what should be a fun and light-hearted thing.

[Xtrekker]

Jack Avery, on 15 September 2014 - 09:09 AM, said:

I feel like I'm being gunned for half the time anyway! But I demand that we must use the Founder's mechs if this ever happens. Just don't see them much anymore.

Yes, let's watch our "custom", "exclusive Battlemechs" get roflstomped into the ground by hoards of alpha-pumping meta mechs.

Sounds fun! No really, I think it's cool.

Also...

http://www.mwomercs.com/founders/

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Edited by Xtrekker, 15 September 2014 - 11:49 AM.

[Nathan Foxbane]

Quxudica, on 15 September 2014 - 12:29 AM, said:

I'd add that every dev for the Halloween event should be running Zombie Cents.

I still remember a very bad match on Caustic Valley Russ had while piloting a Cent back in CB. I just put the final nail in the coffin with my own Cent. Of course it was brutal 8-0 steam roll lasting less than 4 min. Poor Russ was our first target just because he had a PGI tag. Every 'Mech on my team fired everything they had that was in range the moment they saw him. His poor CN9-A just melted. My Cent was the fastest of our team group so I got first blood using a Gauss Rifle too. Still feel kind of bad about it since it was my idea to make him our first target.

[SoggyGorilla]

Animal Crackers, on 14 September 2014 - 04:49 PM, said:

I have invested into this event both times I've seen it... once long ago (I figured they listened to our concerns before but...) and many more hours then I intended to play this weekend for that chance to get the "Kill a Dev" item. Both times, I didn't even see a PGI member. PGI could at least give us times they will be on! I know allot of pilots where looking for them round the clock as I was and never seen even 1! I heard 2 players out of hundreds even seen a dev and I played ALLOT! So, I made myself so sick of MWO this weekend I will have to take the rest of the week off as this just sunk it for me. Have a few hours left to try, but just no longer care! Good Job PGI! Your burning this game out for me . This event made me cancel plans this weekend, and to not even see a dev... Well, I know, My bad right? Well, Trust me when I say, I learn my lesson, wont happen again... Just sucks ass!

PGI: You should at least show enough respect for your player base to let them know there are so few of you that we might not even see a dev! I'm wondering how many other players didn't even SEE a dev, let alone get to target one!

If you feel this event makes you upset, let them know, here is your thread. Or BBQ me, What ever at this point! lol

They posted on twitter and streamed on twitch when they were playing this weekend. Sorry you didn't get the memo, but they only have like 50 people tops playing, and I am going to estimate (don't hate me if i am wrong) at least 1 million people play this game over the course of a weekend. your chances are extremely low. Even if you saw one in a game, are you going to complain they didn't power down in front of you so you could kill them? you should rant to your friends and stay off the forums.

[EgoSlayer]

Russ Bullock, on 14 September 2014 - 11:33 PM, said:

Okay I have stated it a few times and I will again. This event really was a "filler" sort for us since we had been having so many and we have such a big one planned for next week.

But if these Kill a Dev ones are just frustrating we can stop doing them.

For the record a Dev has been killed about 200 times so far /shrug

No - please keep them coming. But I'll echo what a few others have said - just make this an ongoing reward/achievement. With the relative rarity of a player dropping against a Dev it should just be something that is a persistent achievement. ~200 dev kills out of how many matches this weekend? That has to be an obscenely low percentage.

Or at least do it for a longer period like a full month so that it remains exclusive but not so exclusive that the majority of the player base have never even had the opportunity to achieve it.

[Yiphyin]

Well if you look at the Kill a Dev thread in announcements a few of them actually fight back and live through matches too.

[CDLord HHGD]

Russ Bullock, on 14 September 2014 - 11:33 PM, said:

Okay I have stated it a few times and I will again. This event really was a "filler" sort for us since we had been having so many and we have such a big one planned for next week.

But if these Kill a Dev ones are just frustrating we can stop doing them.

For the record a Dev has been killed about 200 times so far /shrug

No, no! Don't stop! I still need to get mine.

Maybe make in an always on sort of thing? Or an achievement with still teh cockpit hanging item of course.

[Catalina Steiner]

Animal Crackers, on 14 September 2014 - 04:49 PM, said:

So, I made myself so sick of MWO this weekend I will have to take the rest of the week off as this just sunk it for me.

This made my day.

[Gyrok]

Animal Crackers, on 14 September 2014 - 04:49 PM, said:

I have invested into this event both times I've seen it... once long ago (I figured they listened to our concerns before but...) and many more hours then I intended to play this weekend for that chance to get the "Kill a Dev" item. Both times, I didn't even see a PGI member. PGI could at least give us times they will be on! I know allot of pilots where looking for them round the clock as I was and never seen even 1! I heard 2 players out of hundreds even seen a dev and I played ALLOT! So, I made myself so sick of MWO this weekend I will have to take the rest of the week off as this just sunk it for me. Have a few hours left to try, but just no longer care! Good Job PGI! Your burning this game out for me . This event made me cancel plans this weekend, and to not even see a dev... Well, I know, My bad right? Well, Trust me when I say, I learn my lesson, wont happen again... [REDACTED]

PGI: You should at least show enough respect for your player base to let them know there are so few of you that we might not even see a dev! I'm wondering how many other players didn't even SEE a dev, let alone get to target one!

If you feel this event makes you upset, let them know, here is your thread. Or BBQ me, What ever at this point! lol

Only one I saw was on my team, and I told him to stay in my hip pocket. If I could not kill him no one else was going to...

[CocoaJin]

Animal Crackers, on 14 September 2014 - 04:49 PM, said:

PGI: You should at least show enough respect for your player base to let them know there are so few of you that we might not even see a dev! I'm wondering how many other players didn't even SEE a dev, let alone get to target one!

Because we thought their dev studio was the size of Blizzard or Bioware...maybe SOE? Dude, it's like 30 of them, common sense would have suggested it would be difficult to find one, let alone kill them...even if you were lucky enough to get one in game, it's a 50/50 chance he'd be on your team.

Edited by CocoaJin, 15 September 2014 - 04:48 PM.

[FactorlanP]

Of all the things that a player could complain about...

This just isn't a concern of mine... I don't see anything wrong with this event, as it is. Heck, if it were so easy to find (and kill) a Dev, the rewards for an event like this would approach total meaningless.

There is value in rarity.

[Sky Hawk]

Russ Bullock, on 14 September 2014 - 11:33 PM, said:

Okay I have stated it a few times and I will again. This event really was a "filler" sort for us since we had been having so many and we have such a big one planned for next week.

But if these Kill a Dev ones are just frustrating we can stop doing them.

For the record a Dev has been killed about 200 times so far /shrug

Do not stop it!.. It's a funny event, but somehow, you must work out it better... You are so few.. and so many player... I don't know how.. ...


OK, what are you thinking for example, something like that:


1. If a player Kills a Dev, will become an "I Killed a Dev!" Item. AND you show that somehow, in the scoreboard for the rest of the weekend (change the color of the name or make it flickering or somehow unique....)

2. If a player Kills a "Dev Killer", he become the "I Revenged a Dev!" Item....


With that way, you could involve much-much more players..

[MechPorn]

If you want to face a Dev, for the most part I would suggest that you blow up your ELO to the lowest that you can obtain....


LOL

[LiGhtningFF13]

TB Xiomburg, on 15 September 2014 - 06:00 PM, said:

If you want to face a Dev, for the most part I would suggest that you blow up your ELO to the lowest that you can obtain....


LOL

Don't be so saucy !

[Kain Demos]

Russ Bullock, on 14 September 2014 - 11:33 PM, said:

Okay I have stated it a few times and I will again. This event really was a "filler" sort for us since we had been having so many and we have such a big one planned for next week.

But if these Kill a Dev ones are just frustrating we can stop doing them.

For the record a Dev has been killed about 200 times so far /shrug

I didn't see any devs until 50 kills already happened but it was fun to be on the lookout for them.

I would just file this under "you can't please everyone" and "people always find a way to ***** about ANYTHING". I mean after all, this was a giveaway of something (MC) that has a dollar value attached to it and it still wasn't enough for some people.

I'd like to see an event like this again.

[Xulu]

Not that it matters to me one way or the other, but I just checked my stats. 3294 matches and I know how many matches I've had where I've seen PGI - 1. Maybe it's bad luck, maybe it's timing.../shrug.