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[DaZur]

Okay... Little context. I love my Quickdraw.

In my mind I considered myself an excellent Quckdraw pilot and in the PUG queue I typically don't have a problem scoring in the top 1/4th of the team and I tend to win more than I lose (Went into the tourney with a 1.33 K/D).

This was my first earnest effort playing in one of PGIs tourneys and being a boastful fella I presumed I would do quite well... Instead I've been unceremoniously humbled.

In total I participated in roughly 30 drops and 10 hours of play. of those I effectively split a 50/50 win/loss.

​At the end of the day I finished in 39th place... 600 points out of 10th and a whopping 937 points out of 1st.

Could I have done better?... Maybe. I'm not convinced I could have crawled into 10th even with another 4 hours of play...

That said, Hat's off to everyone 15th and up... I have to concede it was a lot tougher than I thought and the effort to place upside of 10th was a hell of an achievement IMHO.

Kudos!

Edited by DaZur, 27 October 2014 - 08:47 AM.

[Deathlike]

There's a reason why I talk about Quickdraws fondly, yet I mention all its terrible flaws.

Exposing all its flaws is easy. Making the Quickdraw "not so useless"... that's a tough chore.

Edited by Deathlike, 27 October 2014 - 05:03 PM.

[Vassago Rain]

RIP, pizzadog's soul. 2011-2014, lost grinding for quickdraw first place.

He'll be missed by all of kong.

[DaZur]

Vassago Rain, on 27 October 2014 - 05:09 PM, said:

RIP, pizzadog's soul. 2011-2014, lost grinding for quickdraw first place.

He'll be missed by all of kong.

Soul selling eh?

Now I understand how he pulled off that point total...

[Vassago Rain]

DaZur, on 27 October 2014 - 05:12 PM, said:

Soul selling eh?

Now I understand how he pulled off that point total...

Same with chim. He declared he'd rule the wolverine charts day one, and never let go.

[Deathlike]

DaZur, on 27 October 2014 - 05:12 PM, said:

Soul selling eh?

Now I understand how he pulled off that point total...

If one were to sell their own soul, it would be 1st for all brackets.

I mean... people would give up so much for so little...

Vassago Rain, on 27 October 2014 - 05:15 PM, said:

Same with chim. He declared he'd rule the wolverine charts day one, and never let go.

I gave up on getting #1 after seeing that score. If I even get 5th, it would be a miracle.

[Vassago Rain]

Deathlike, on 27 October 2014 - 05:16 PM, said:

If one were to sell their own soul, it would be 1st for all brackets.

I mean... people would give up so much for so little...



I gave up on getting #1 after seeing that score. If I even get 5th, it would be a miracle.

He was grinding for five hours while listening to In the end by Linkin park. Was quite inspiring.

[Deathlike]

Vassago Rain, on 27 October 2014 - 05:17 PM, said:

He was grinding for five hours while listening to In the end by Linkin park. Was quite inspiring.

Gotta run the music that reflects the mood... because it's insane as it is.

[DaZur]

Vassago Rain, on 27 October 2014 - 05:17 PM, said:

He was grinding for five hours while listening to In the end by Linkin park. Was quite inspiring.

I'm not sure which is more morose... Your depiction of the tourney grind or the congoured imagery of Chim playing to Linkin Park...

[Vaderman]

I bought the quickdraws right before the tournament and decided to give them a whirl. Only got to play a few matches this weekend (moving) but did to get play Monday as I had the day off.

Generally I like playing underdog designs and had a pretty good time. Almost got the energy boat one mastered out, but kinda struggled with the missile builds. Mostly cause of my moral objection to lurms

Was fun tho, had never tried to place in a tourney.

[Nostirius]

This tournament came down to a lot of "luck" when it comes to your team. They need to be good enough to win yet not good enough to roflstomp.

Staying behind and hoping to mob up when your team is mostly dead is a terrible idea because a Quickdraw melts pretty fast when multiple mechs are gunning for you. You need to be near the fights flanking, supporting heavier mechs that push and pest control. It's amazing howmuch of a difference you can make when you make sure lights aren't coring your assaults from behind or generally flanking your team. Don't hunt them though just make sure they don't have a party with the rear of your team. Herd thy Whales!

Cover + Radar Dep. is your friend learn to use the terrain to move around without exposing yourself to much. When you do draw the attention of something that could one shot your st's get into cover and be patient. A lot of people will get bored after waiting longer then 10 seconds for you to pop back around the corner. Use seismic to follow their movement and evacuate when they move toward your position.

In a tournament like this people get impatient quickly because they neeeedz that assist and "must haz killz nauw". Take advantage of that! They are more likely to charge into the open or just ignore something that's not easy to alpha down.

I didn't change anything in my loadouts or playstyle apart from the occasional longshot to get an extra assist and didn't use any consumables because I'm cheap. If you do well you'll be alive until the endgame and your chances of getting that monster game for points increase a lot.

I didn't have much time this weekend and played maybe 9 hours... Still got 8th by just doing my thing.
My build this Tournament:
http://mwo.smurfy-ne...7909ba528dc916d
It runs hot but nothing that can't be managed.

I feel anything under a 330XL doesn't make it quick(draw) enough although some disagree with me and use a 300 std or XL I feel it makes it to sluggish.

Edited by Nostirius, 29 October 2014 - 08:45 AM.