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[FrontGuard]

Anyone hear news about this week end? 12/5/2014 - 12/7/2014
Will there be an Event or a Contest?

I looked at the usual places and see nothing.

[Artur Valour]

I just jumped on to check the same thing... I hate to say it, but I think PGI spoiled us with all the great contests these last few months!!!

[Saobh]

already 2 threads on this non event...

[Lexx]

There was too much forum rage about the last few contests, so we aren't getting one this weekend.

This is why we can't have nice things!

[xeromynd]

Well thank goodness I read the forums and didn't post a third.

Yeah no confirmation of a contest or lack-thereof so far.
I guess any sort of challenge would have started by now anyway.

[Lefty Lucy]

Lexx, on 05 December 2014 - 12:17 PM, said:

There was too much forum rage about the last few contests, so we aren't getting one this weekend.

This is why we can't have nice things!

People who dislike things are very, very vocal about it, so they can end up getting their way even if they don't represent the majority.

[FrontGuard]

Saobh, on 05 December 2014 - 12:15 PM, said:

already 2 threads on this non event...

OOOPS... Sorry, My bad... Must Remember to click the Order by Start Data Button.

[cSand]

Lexx, on 05 December 2014 - 12:17 PM, said:

There was too much forum rage about the last few contests, so we aren't getting one this weekend.

This is why we can't have nice things!

I have to work to get my free mech?


ITS NOT FAIR PGI SUX

[Jody Von Jedi]

Lefty Lucy, on 05 December 2014 - 12:24 PM, said:

People who dislike things are very, very vocal about it, so they can end up getting their way even if they don't represent the majority.

Squeaky wheel gets the grease.

[Ursh]

Good, I might actually play this weekend.

Yeah, I'm one of those guys who has put a lot of money into the game and can't stand the horrible gamification behavior during the contest weekends.

[Redacted] I don't completely blame the F2P scavengers for the game play, as it's PGIs fault for setting up rewards in a way that more or less guaranteed horrible behavior from the proles.

Got a problem with my attitude? I care a lot.

Edited by John Wolf, 10 December 2014 - 07:36 AM.
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[Lefty Lucy]

Ursh, on 05 December 2014 - 12:59 PM, said:

Good, I might actually play this weekend.

Yeah, I'm one of those guys who has put a lot of money into the game and can't stand the horrible gamification behavior during the contest weekends.

[Redacted] I don't completely blame the F2P scavengers for the game play, as it's PGIs fault for setting up rewards in a way that more or less guaranteed horrible behavior from the proles.

Got a problem with my attitude? I care a lot.

I'm a paying customer who thinks challenges every weekend are fun, even though I don't do well in them. You're falling prey to confirmation bias if you seriously think gameplay is any different during challenges than not.

Honestly, if challenges keep people from playing like you I'm all the more for them.

Edited by John Wolf, 10 December 2014 - 07:36 AM.
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[SnowFox]

Honestly I have mixed feelings about this. I like having the ability to win a free mech bay etc but I also like having a weekend off from grinding to get to it etc.

Might be nice to have a uneventful weekend so to speak

BTW Ursh is troll baiting if you have not noticed, ignore and move along.

Edited by SnowFox, 05 December 2014 - 01:20 PM.

[Saobh]

Ursh, on 05 December 2014 - 12:59 PM, said:

Good, I might actually play this weekend.

Yeah, I'm one of those guys who has put a lot of money into the game and can't stand the horrible gamification behavior during the contest weekends.

[Redacted] I don't completely blame the F2P scavengers for the game play, as it's PGIs fault for setting up rewards in a way that more or less guaranteed horrible behavior from the proles.

Got a problem with my attitude? I care a lot.

Well hopefully CW will be outside of the week end events thingy and thus can continue on (even tho with less players) while all the rest are fighting tooth and nails to win a paper weight cockpit item

Edited by John Wolf, 10 December 2014 - 07:36 AM.
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[Angel of Annihilation]

The problem is the type of events they run, not the events themselves. Halloween was a prime example of an event done right. Most fun I had in a game in a long, long time.

That being said, no event at all over the weekend is a bit of a let down though not as much as a crappy event would be.

[Alistair Winter]

It's awfully quiet. It's almost like they're working on something huge that will be released in a week or two

I love the weekly events, but for most of this game's history, challenges and tournaments have been a semi-monthly thing. Even quarterly. It's been good these past few months, so I don't mind the occassional quiet time.

[Semper Fi]

Yes Halloween Contest was the best so far. Every game a potential treat or trick was awesome.

So Christmas/Holiday whatever you want to call it, its Christmas to me, rebrand Halloween with presents or coal, like Halloween. Week long, and people who don't like them can stay off while the rest of us enjoy the Holidays.

Semper Fi

[Burktross]

Thank goodness-- Everyone once and a while please!

[kf envy]

well the last one they did really got us an lot of trash play so to speak with people getting there 1K an 1A then run off an hide and avoid fighting at all cost

[Dragomir Zelenka]

I'm not surprised there's no weekend event going on, what with CW dropping in a couple weeks.

I am, however, quite surprised they aren't doing a weekend sale. Yes, they did Hero, premium time, and a MC bonus last week, but I would have thought they'd want to have something like a color/camo sale going at least, to get some impulse buys from folks who are sitting on new, hefty stockpiles of MC.

[Johnny Z]

It's quiet. To quiet.