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[Srg Gout]

started ... see the rain .... quit....

[Barkem Squirrel]

Rhialto, on 07 November 2014 - 10:22 AM, said:

I have no friends and never played private games... I guess it's not for me.

Here are some of the different servers, for people to find friends.

http://mwomercs.com/...e-chat-servers/

[Project_Mercy]

Barkem Squirrel, on 10 November 2014 - 10:33 AM, said:

Here are some of the different servers, for people to find friends.

http://mwomercs.com/...e-chat-servers/

I spent an hour and fifteen minutes last night in prime time US on both Comstar and NGNG TS waiting around doing nothing before I found someone to drop with, and that was just someone I knew from Twitch.

It's great that the community has provided these services for us, but they're contingent on the event being something people actually want to do.

[Lily from animove]

The Flying Gecko, on 10 November 2014 - 08:55 AM, said:

Okay so.... this morning I got up and played some mech warrior, my most recent game: 486731267633638083 KFX-PRIME 30 2 105 225 2014-11-10 16:45:51

How exactly did I end up playing at 4:45 PM when it's only 9:00AM?

Okay I figured it out, the 'game time' is in a different time zone then PGI. I live in Vancouver so I assumed that it would be the same. But I guess a better question is why is PGI in a different time zone then the 'game time'?

it doesn't shows you local time, it probably does show the UTC time I guess.

[Kira II]

For various reasons, can't use TS, but still want to be in a group to finish this thing off. Will probably be on until the deadline. Please add me.

[Alaskan Nobody]

Kira II, on 10 November 2014 - 11:58 AM, said:

For various reasons, can't use TS, but still want to be in a group to finish this thing off. Will probably be on until the deadline. Please add me.

Invite sent

Edit:
Two manning it was not to bad Saturday...

Edited by Shar Wolf, 10 November 2014 - 12:40 PM.

[CycKath]

Yeah, weekend was reasonable, last night felt like treading water

[xWiredx]

I think when they put "for science" in the advert for the event they actually meant "hey, we're going to test how tonnage can affect things, so if you help you can earn some free things."

I helped, but only a little bit. I sometimes don't feel like dropping with my group because of things like time constraints and wanting to grind a certain weight class (like when we just received the ice ferrets).

I certainly don't feel like I deserve anything from this event, or that the items should be somehow better. I believe the real point to this is helping improve the matchmaker so getting rolled happens less, and helping is a win/win all around.

[Jman5]

Wraeththix Constantine, on 10 November 2014 - 10:50 AM, said:

I spent an hour and fifteen minutes last night in prime time US on both Comstar and NGNG TS waiting around doing nothing before I found someone to drop with, and that was just someone I knew from Twitch.

It's great that the community has provided these services for us, but they're contingent on the event being something people actually want to do.

Idling in teamspeak waiting to be recruited is probably a waste of time. Instead, drop into a solo match and ask if anyone wants to pair up for the group queue event. Out of those 23 people, someone will likely say yes. Add him to your friends list and voila.

[Big Tin Man]

I don't understand how this challenge is so tough for people, other than the time needed to grid out 60+ games. If you want to play to earn everything, read the scoring formula and adapt. I've had few problems with getting games that qualify running my Raven 3L with ECM, 2 ER large and a tag, probably running around a 70% success rate. Hell, my best game scored 1015 with 29 spotting assists (it was absolutely crazy how the other team ignored me).

[Alaskan Nobody]

Big Tin Man, on 10 November 2014 - 01:26 PM, said:

I don't understand how this challenge is so tough for people

Luck is still a lot of it.

Been THE primary target for almost all my games, and there is little to nothing you can do to score well, when you are the first dead.

Out of my first 30-40 games I had about 6 qualify, and out of those, around 3-4 were due to spotting assist bonus from a UAV

[Zolaz]

How many matches are people taking to complete the challenge?

[DrSlamastika]

finally done all 60 points
BTW: hamster is awesome

[DarthPeanut]

Big Tin Man, on 10 November 2014 - 01:26 PM, said:

I don't understand how this challenge is so tough for people, other than the time needed to grid out 60+ games. If you want to play to earn everything, read the scoring formula and adapt. I've had few problems with getting games that qualify running my Raven 3L with ECM, 2 ER large and a tag, probably running around a 70% success rate. Hell, my best game scored 1015 with 29 spotting assists (it was absolutely crazy how the other team ignored me).

Just for comparison to how dramatically different your scores are if you are not playing that way.... 4 kills, 5 assist, and 991 dmg was a score of 202. 2 kills, 9 assist, and 934 dmg was a score of 262. Etc etc.

Felt like I put in decent work by normal scoring standards in a match but apparently it does not hold a candle to a light poking at range equip with a tag in this case.

BTW that is not directing anything negative at you or whatnot. Just using your score example for contrast.



ETA: Correction, put up the wrong score originally. Looking at the wrong screen shot compared to the results in the tournament page.

Edited by DarthPeanut, 10 November 2014 - 02:45 PM.

[Alaskan Nobody]

Zolaz, on 10 November 2014 - 02:12 PM, said:

How many matches are people taking to complete the challenge?

Anywhere between 60 and 200 I would guess.

No idea what the average is though - that is pure guestimation

[DrSlamastika]

For me it was 103 matches for 60 points. (two times we was over weight)

worst score: 7
best score: 477

no TAG, NARC or LRMs

Edited by DrSlamastika, 10 November 2014 - 02:52 PM.

[Big Tin Man]

DarthPeanut, on 10 November 2014 - 02:30 PM, said:

Just for comparison to how dramatically different your scores are if you are not playing that way.... 4 kills, 5 assist, and 991 dmg was a score of 202. 2 kills, 9 assist, and 934 dmg was a score of 262. Etc etc.

Felt like I put in decent work but apparently it does not hold a candle to a light poking at range equip with a tag.

BTW that is not directing anything negative at you or whatnot. Just using your score example for contrast.



ETA: Correction, put up the wrong score originally. Looking at the wrong screen shot compared to the results in the tournament page.

No offense taken, I know I'm gaming the challenge to get there faster. I'm actually taking a shot at PGI for dropping the points awarded for getting the kill instead of the assist. As I stated in previous challenges with similar formulas:

KILLS SHOULD BE WORTH THE SAME, IF NOT MORE THAN ASSISTS

And Shar, maybe your 8,900ish posts make you a priority target...

[Alaskan Nobody]

Big Tin Man, on 10 November 2014 - 02:46 PM, said:

And Shar, maybe your 8,900ish posts make you a priority target...

I am quite sure since I rarely step into the group que however - I was surprised how much MORE people notice me there

Spoiler

Edit: the 89 is only the number of posts outside Jettisoned however - your true number is listen under your profile

Edit:
Wrote the wrong subforum

Edited by Shar Wolf, 10 November 2014 - 03:17 PM.

[GrizzlyViking]

I like the group queue challenge and had no problem completing all of it by Sunday evening. Thanks for the challenges and keep the chances to win free stuff coming!

[Cosmocat]

This event was pretty grindy and didn't offer anything that was particularly interesting to me. Partly I really just don't find cockpit items particularly motivating as an end goal, let alone at a rate of about one cockpit item to 30 games played, so I skipped this event (and so did all of my friends who play this game regularly).

The reward scheme from the Halloween Trick or Treat event was about a hundred times more engaging. Getting small randomized rewards after every qualifying game was a much more fun way to approach an event than slogging through a large number of games to meet an arbitrary quota. Instant gratification is fun.

Something I would personally like to see as opposed to cockpit items would be an event where you can win a small number of camo colors (perhaps random basic ones). Other than that, mech bays, c-bills, gxp, and so on are nice.

Edited by Cosmocat, 10 November 2014 - 04:03 PM.